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Harry Potter. Diagon Alley. July 31.

The visit to Gringotts was full of surprises for Harry Potter. From the moment he walked into the bank, he was rendered speechless. Everything from the goblins to the gigantic vaults was amazing. Well, maybe having a huge and full vault was less of a surprise, but more of a shock. IS's was very helpful in providing Vault's total estimate value as 25K galleons based on total mass after a quick scan and it also raised the priority of acquiring a book on financial management and laws.

After Gringotts, the most noticeable locations were the bookstore Flourish and Blotts and Ollivander's, a wand-making shop.

While spending some time in Flourish and Blotts, Harry was originally going to buy only the listed amount of books, but after seeing books on 'Enchanting Muggle Machines' and 'The Containing of Magical Energies' an idea popped into his head.

“Might as well help me with shielding IS, I wonder what else I could find that might be useful.” he thought quickly.

Following that train of thought, Harry decided that he might find a use for 'Various Methods of Flying', 'Golems, Is It Really That Simple?', 'Enchanting Armor and Weapons', and 'Everyday Charms'. Thinking back a bit more and remembering last month, Harry decided that he might as well start learning as much as he could since there will be no Dudley in Hogwarts, or if he didn't have the time, he could scan all reading material in case he decides to learn magic at home. Pulling more books off the shelves on as many subjects that jumped out at him, he could only smile.

Harry Potter. Ollivanders Wand Shop. July 31.

If there was one thing he decided on, it was that Ollivander's place was creepy, just like its owner.

-"Good afternoon" - someone said quietly as he entered.

Harry jumped up where he stood, clearly surprised at the seemingly hidden voice. He was used to sensing any approaching danger and to naturally be sneaky, so he wasn't noticed, but having the same done back to him was chilling. Looking behind him, he found that Hagrid was also taken by surprise, the chair underneath him cracking under the sudden change of weight.

-"Hello" - Harry uttered awkwardly to an elderly man with glowing whitish eyes who had entered the room holding a long slim box.

- "Ah yes. Yes. Of course. Hello. I thought that I would be seeing you soon Mr. Potter. You know, you have your mother's eyes. I remember her coming for her wand as if it was yesterday. 10 inches with a quarter, Ivy. Best wand for charms."

"Notification: directed unknown energy radiation, source unknown"

He moved closer to Harry, his silver eyes staring directly into his green emerald ones, creeping out Harry even more as he moved closer.

-"Your father, on the other hand, selected a wand made from Redwood. 11 inches, flexible. Powerful and irreplaceable for Transfiguration. Ah, what am I saying – He selected? Of course, that is an incorrect young man. You see, it is the wand that is selecting the wizard."

"Warning: unauthorized surface scanning of secondary core detected"

He moved even closer to Harry. Clouded silvery eyes seemed to look through the nervous boy as if he was not there.

-"And here..."

Moving closer still, Ollivander touched Harry's scar softly with his hand, causing him to wince slightly.

-"I'm sorry, but I'm the one who sold the wand to the person that did this..."- he said softly. - "13.5 inches. Yew. Very strong wand, very strong, and it was in the wrong hands... if I only could know what it would do..."

Shaking his head sadly and silently, he moved past the boy to address the other larger man in the room.

-"Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! What a pleasant surprise... Oak, 16 inches, supple, isn't it?"

-"It is sir, it is"

-"That was a good wand, good. But I assume it was broken when you were expelled from school?"

-"Erm... yes sir, it was broken sir, but I still keep the halves."

-"Of course... you are not using it anymore?"

-"No sir, no. How can I?"

Turning around to watch the two, Harry noticed that Hagrid's grip on his umbrella was getting stronger. As if nothing happened between the two, the old man turned around and gestured for his hand.

-"Well, Mr. Potter. Let's see. Which hand is your wand-hand?"

-"Erm, I'm right-handed..." – said, Harry.

-"Your hand, please. Like this."

Objects and measuring tapes flew around him opening and closing in a whirlwind of activity.

-"Each and every one of Ollivander's wands contains a strong magical substance, Mr. Potter. Usually, those are unicorns’ hair, phoenixes' feathers, and dragon heartstrings. Just as there are no two identical unicorns, phoenixes, or dragons, there are no identical Ollivander's wands. And of course, if you take a wand from another wizard, the result will be different."

As Ollivander walked away towards the rows and columns of shelves, the scale haphazardly bumped into Harry as it continued to measure.

-"Enough."

No later than the old man's voice rang out that the scale fell to the floor.

-"Well Mr. Potter let’s start with this one. Beech, dragon heartstring. 10 inches. Take it."

As soon as Harry took the wand in his hand.

"Warning: unknown device attempting connection"

-"Wave it, don't just watch at it."

Harry waved his hand and some kind of force impacted the nearby boxes leaving an indented mark.

"Notification: external ECG detected, assigning port name E-ECG0; unknown energy channel detected, assigning name EC73; port E-ECG0 is connected to secondary core via EC73."

"Warning: software and hardware update for use of E-ECG0 is needed"

"E-ECG0: Effectively 4%/16% Main/Secondary core, maximum power 0.72PU"

-"Hmmm. Maybe this one?"

"E-ECG0: Effectively 8%/25% Main/Secondary core, maximum power 0.76PU"

Apparently, result was better, but still not fitting enough for Ollivander.

-"No good? Let's try this one: 7 inches. Expect a pleasant recoil. Try it..."

Harry couldn't even give it a wave before Ollivander took the wand back from his hand.

"Warning: E-ECG0 is unstable"

-"No this won't do, let's try another one."

"E-ECG0: Effectively 7%/26% Main/Secondary core, maximum power 0.64PU"

Harry was checking one wand after another and all wands he checked were below 70% for him, with none being higher than 60% for IS core. Soon, a bundle of rare wands with around 50-60% both characteristics and more than 1PU were placed to the side. Ollivander seemed quite happy with the result.

-"Tricky customer, eh? Don't worry, we will find you a fitting wand. Interesting... That's an unusual combination, but we can try. The holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, obedient, resilient."

Harry took the wand in hand and felt heat run down through his fingers.

"Notification: unknown energy channel detected, assigning name EC74; unknown energy medium detected, registering as MD5, connected via EC74"

"Warning: E-ECG0 link connected through MD5"

"E-ECG0: MD5 working as a converter; effectively 14%/96% Main/Secondary core, maximum power 1.7PU"

Harry raised the wand above his head, then lowered it with a whistle as bright golden, velvet blue and blood red sparks left the wand, harry clutching his head as his mind went blurry.

-"Aaaahhh."

-"Harry!"

"Alert: critical instability detected in the secondary core, discarding energy package (2PU)"

At this point Harry felt a rush of energy through his scar towards his hand, however, the pain was gone as soon as it had come. Looking down at the wand in his hand, he found that it had started hissing and smoking.

"Alert: attempt to block energy channel EC74 to MD5 failed, logged for later maintenance; MD5 is malfunctioning and causes core instability, please replace, repair or remove MD5 device"

"Warning: ECG connected to E-ECG0 port is destroyed, please remove or replace external ECG device"

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-"Strange. Never before have I seen a wand die this way. Strange and peculiar." muttered Ollivander as he stared into the deep green eyes of the wand holder.

-"Oh, I'm sorry, it wasn't intentional."

-"You shouldn't worry, Mr. Potter. I never expected this myself but should have. You see Mr. Potter; I remember every wand I've ever sold. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail's feather resides in the wand you destroyed gave another feather... just one other. For it belonged to the wand which gave you your scar."

-"And who owned that wand?"

-"We do not speak his name! The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. It's not always clear why. It just so happens that the wand you just destroyed and the wand of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named are brothers. Also, the fact that you were able to burn this wand out of sheer reflex shows how powerful you are. Hmmm. I don't think I have anything strong or resistant enough in my possession. Not at the moment, at any rate."

-"So I can't find a matching wand here?"

-"You may be correct Mr. Potter. I don't know what to offer you... Perhaps we can make a custom one, but it will take at least 2 months just for the wand itself, as components may be harder to find, and no doubt be very expensive."

-"But Harry needs to be in Hogwarts in a month. He can't go without a wand!"

-"Mr. Rubeus, you should not worry. I'm not sure how, but Mr. Potter here separated a few wands which are both fitting enough for first year spells and powerful to survive for some time."

Quickly browsing the wands to the side, Harry picked up the one that felt the lightest in his grip.

-"I will take this one. How much for it and the one I destroyed, and if you can, how much for the custom wand if I choose to accept?"

-"This one is 6 galleons. Don't worry about the Phoenix wand, it was my mistake. And around 25 for custom work, and you will have to return this one, so 19. Trust me, Mr. Potter, a custom wand should allow you to open your full potential and won't die from overload."

-"Ok, let's do a custom wand. Do you need something from me?"

-"Just a few samples actually. Follow me please."

Sage. Location unknown, time unknown.

...Loader report: "24 hours of memory reverted, 24 hours of memory saved to log"

Oh, that was bad. Not only did I lose some memory, but I also lost track of time and location.

Let's see.

According to log headers, first critical reboot was on Harry's birthday, caused by Hagrid's actions. Report specifies 'biological energy manipulations'? At least this one is processed.

Second reboot was caused by object location 'Bar; Leaky Cauldron' which was marked on map as 'power plant', where I managed to shield Harry from a mass of mobs. It seems my active shield somehow made the mob participants very excited. Detected some activity from the object "scar", but most of sensors were blinded by surroundings, so precise recordings are not available. Again, fully processed.

Third reboot was caused by object 'Wall' and that was not hard light or pseudo-matter. Strange and not processed.

Why was I trying to send 'first contact' package via all available radio and quantum ports?

Forth reboot activated emergency stability system and since military protocols were in use, I kept working but was writing down most of the information instead of analyzing it. Why did I activate military protocols? As soon as my military mode was deactivated, I got unexpected 24 hr rollback unfortunately logs don’t cover my thoughts.

At least partial deployment was up 24/7 and I have a video feed and full log dumps. Before watching it, I will have to change my Personality Matrix even more. 'Impossible is possible' statement in the 'Base Energy Research' submatrix and few others should do the trick until a more stable environment can be attained. Alternatives include adding a new statement for 'Magic and then leaving it as 'unknown'? Will have to decide on the go.

Priorities:

1. Update personality Matrix

2. Time and location

3. Analyze video feed and 24h memory log

4. Scan and analyze biological ECG.

Biological ECG? Better start with first position before continuing with the list or with a scan on surroundings or I may incidentally find something to cause more reboots.

Why Tabane is not acting? I need urgent maintenance

Diagon Alley, Ollivanders shop, August 3.

-"Hello, Garrick. How are you today?"

-"Albus. What a 'pleasant surprise'. I believe you are here to ask me about Mr. Potter."

-"As direct with me as always, I see. But you are correct. Did the wand you made for young Harry choose him?"

-"Yes and no, Albus. Yes and no."

-"Something went wrong?"

-"The moment wand tried to bond, Mr. Potter destroyed it."

-"Why would Harry do such a thing, and more importantly, how?"

-"Mr. Potter's magical center went out of control causing him pain. Then Mr. Potter somehow produced a pulse that fried the wand from inside. I still don't understand what exactly I saw. The energy was focused long before it entered wand, not gathered by it"

-"Focused pulse of such power with unstable center and without a wand? Should be impossible. Even for adults with stable magic! Are you sure?!"

-"Of course not. It was what I saw, but as I said, I cannot understand it."

-"Did you find the reason for the eruption?"

-"Harry Potter is in process of forming a familiar bond, looks to be the fourth or fifth month of the bond in terms of progression... Don't ask me, I don't know what it is, and not even sure if it was with him. What do I know is that I never saw anything like it and in terms of raw power it's probably much stronger than your phoenix."

-"How you missed it then? Such a powerful creature should leave readable traces of ambient magic. Or at least it should be visible to your sight. Did Harry provide you with any part for a wand?"

-"Everything is much more complex than you think, Albus. I noticed energy leaking into Potter's magical center only after asking for his own energy sample. Same thing with a familiar bond. Energy is appearing from nowhere and the bond is focused inwardly. It's the first time I have ever seen anything like this."

-"Can you say anything useful about the familiar’s energy?"

-"It should be intelligent, strong, and overprotective. Probably can use magic. The main aspects are Steel, Void, Speed, Evolution, and Protection, possibly more. Those are just what I could recognize and understand."

Dumbledore frowned in concern at the new information as he walked around the room, coming to a stop where Harry was standing earlier.

-"Did you miss the life aspect?"

-"No, it may have a few more aspects, but it has no life or death. Of any amount, mind you."

Bringing his hand up to his forehead, Dumbledore's closed his eyes in thought.

"What kind of beast can be nor alive, nor dead? Even the chimeras of old, mythical beasts from other worlds and necromancer constructs had either life or death carved into their being in some respect. Void? Items with Void aspect are extremely rare and dangerous, the beasts that wield Void even rarer since our world has no Void of its own. What could it be?"

At least he had a few years to research it and prevent the bond from fully forming, just in case. His own bond with Fawkes took almost 3 years to form and then an additional 5 more years to finalize. For an 11-year-old boy, such a powerful companion should take even longer. Still, there was the question of other aspects. Ollivander was a wandmaker with decades of experience and was one of the most proficient people in the world with wand aspects, so simply missing something was out of the question.

-"And what do you mean you could not understand an aspect?"

-"Never encountered them before, at least one more main aspect, and a dozen or so secondary aspects. That's the reason I can't use any of its parts as focus. It was also why I never asked for them. By the way, do you know, where I can get some "live metal" or "quartz root"?"

"Something out of our realm then, then Void makes sense. Will need to visit a few friends and borrow a few books." Such creatures were rare if anything. -"I may have a contact you need, Garrick. I will ask him. Anything else?"

-"Nothing important right not now. Hmm, actually this might peek up your interest. Our young charge, Mr. Potter, somehow selected the most fitting wand for both himself and his familiar without my help. He was not using Mage Sight or any artifacts I know of."

-"How curious. If that's all you can tell, I will take my leave... Ah, did you ask Harry, what his familiar is?"

-"He asked me, what’s a familiar. And said that today is his first day of seeing or hearing about magic. At that revelation, I felt relief. I think I would rather not see that familiar and certainly don't want to get on its the bad side."

"Just one more reason to prevent a bond from forming," thought Albus Dumbledore as he headed to the door.

-"I see. Thank you for your help, Garrick."

-"Be well, Albus. And stop playing your games with Mr. Potter, it will not end well."

-"I can't Garrick. I can't. It is for Greater Good." replied Albus as he stepped into the fireplace.

-"Oh, did I mention that Mr. Potter's bindings were removed, and the magical center was constantly on overcharge?" said Ollivander with a hint of mirth in his voice now that he was alone with no one wo hear.