Harry Potter and the Magical Tours

Summer break - Harry's first with the Weasleys in The Burrow. Except that his journey to the Japanese Zen master is due in a few days. Until then, Harry is busy with shopping, planning, and talking with various people ...

Harry travels to Japan, for his four-weeks' seminar with the Zen master recommended by Lupin. He uses the services of 'Magical Tours', and these services take a very unexpected turn ...

Part I of Harry's four-weeks' seminar with the Japanese Zen master. From dawn till dusk, this 'sensei' keeps Harry busy with exercises, from weaponless combat over meditations to writing poetry in the form of haikus. And then there is still someone else to keep Harry's mind busy ...

Part II of Harry's four-weeks' seminar with the Japanese Zen master - as well as with the other people in this house. Harry has mastered the basic rules to keep his balance - reason enough for his teacher(s) to make some exercises a bit mor challenging ...

Harry is back from his seminar in Japan. He has a lot to tell - first Ron and Ginny, then his godfather about the accident in London Linkport. Then he is invited by the Chang family, meets Cho, and has another conversation, a very difficult one ...

In Hogwarts, Harry feels like a conference member - everybody wants to talk with him at once. Lupin wants to hear about his success in the seminar. Fleur wants him as an assistant in her dance lessons. Almyra wants to know what's between him and Cho. The new aikido teacher wants him as assistant too. And the Gryffindor Quidditch team has to find replacement for the four members lost ...

First steps into new roles for Harry - aikidu assistant of Kenzo, dance assistant of Fleur. Additional steps in his efforts to court Cho, somewhat less successful than his conversations with Ron and Ginny - about Quidditch, mostly ...

Harry gets visitors from Beauxbatons. Two younger girls who expect him to serve as a Hogwarts guide, and an older one who wants an interview about his encounters with the Dark Lord. In return, Harry learns something new, and quite astonishing ...

Harry has a plan to figure out how all these owls get lost, and this plan involves two owls - Hedwig and Almyra. Needless to say - Cho's reaction is nothing short of furious...

Hogwarts receives a sponsorship in the value of three Japanese recreation rooms, causing a conversation between Dumbledore and Harry. However, this is just the beginning in a series of some breathtaking events and developments - with only some of them agreeable ...

For more than sheer politeness, Harry has to invest a bit more time in simple school work. He finds a way to attend Grubbly-Planks classes again without rising wis workload, and the witch welcomes him with a special job. However, it's not in the name of this faculty that Harry visits the former Giants' camp ...

The season's first Quidditch match is due - Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. But first, Viktor comes with surprising news - and in the match, this news play quite an important role ...

It's the Hogwarts Christmas Ball. First Fleur creates a remarkable collection of representatives for the first dance. Shortly afterwards, Harry's young crew presents another dance. And then, things develop pretty quickly ...

Christmas break in The Burrow. Leisure time with lots of presents, and conversations. For example with Bill and Fleur - they want help from Harry, to claim Bill's Goblins Request. And when Harry visits Magical Tours for a prolongation of tickets, he encounters problems ...

When visiting the Magical Tours headquarters to solve the ticket issue, Harry is first disappointed and, next moment, very surprised ...

Harry receives a card from Sirius Black. Among some nonsense, this card contains three keywords - about a meeting, about help, about danger ...

Harry meets the Goblins in Dumbledore's office, to discuss the plan how to counter the attack toward the wizard prison. Then, waiting for this day, he receives a very long and very disquieting letter ...

Things look bad for Sirius Black, with investigations of his doings, with political pressure. In the meantime, Harry and Ron try to find better tactics in Quidditch, interview Fleur for this purpose, with surprising results ...

Ron pushes his Quidditch team through the last training sessons. Then their next match is up and running - Gryffindor vs. Slytherin ...

As a consequence of the event at the Beauxbatons ball, Harry finds himself in an interrogation room of the French police. There, he has a longer conversation with Commissaire du Police Claude Domingieux ...

Back in Hogwarts, Harry has to stand quite some looks from the other students. Only his friends make these days bearable for him - although one of them leads to a very special kind of detention ...

Sirius invites his rescuers to a party - Harry's first real party in life. This is followed by the Durmstrang ball, a quiet affair, compared to recent evenings for this purpose ...

Harry and Deborah start tracking down Sirius' last steps before his disappearance. They scan his office, his home - with some success ...

Harry talks with many people, preparing for his encounter with Voldemort, and to find him before he himself is invited. When talking with Cho's mother, Harry becomes aware for which purpose Sirius has been kidnapped ...

Harry awakes and realizes that he has reached part of what he was looking for - Voldemort sits opposite him. Unfortunately, Harry's wand is in Voldemorts's hand, and Harry is tied to his chair ...

Harry and Voldemort still in combat, only now Harry holds the steering wheel - but Sirius is still somewhere, and only Voldemort can release him. This is why Harry gives a promise in three parts ...

The battle is fought - however, there are still end-of-term exams, and there is still the Quidditch match Gryffindor vs. Rawenclaw ...

End-of-terms days ... Yes, Harry has to do some exams, only that's hardly something to worry about, because another problem keeps him busy. Then he manages to tell Ron and Ginny about his new fortune, only that doesn't solve his problem either. And the Headmaster announces some point awards, the winner of the Hogwarts House Cup is found - and still, neither does Cho know about Harry's fortune, nor has Harry any idea what Cho is going to do ...