a different harry potter

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Chapter 1 - An Explosive Entrance

He looked like he did not have a single worry in the world.

The man embodied nondescript. Short brown hair, eyes that were almost empty in the sense that they did not hide anything and nothing seemed to be going on behind them. He wore plain clothes that were clean and well-worn. His gait was unhurried or unbothered and he walked down the sidewalk with a whistle on his lips and a large bag in his hand.

He walked on, looking about with interest at his surroundings. His path took him down an industrial district of the city, where warehouses and large buildings lined the streets. He finally stopped at a door to the large building, just shy of being truly filthy among the general debris and detritus that littered the ground and the surroundings. After checking the address against a slip of paper he held, he knocked on the door, a cheery sound that felt slightly out of place.

A piece of the door opened, an eye slit, revealing a pair of distrustful eyes. "Yeah?" The voice was as suspicious as the eyes.

"Delivery!" the former man said cheerily, smiling blandly and holding up the bag. He blinked as the eye slit was closed and the door opened. The other man was dressed in dark clothes and wore a frown like he did the sloped hat on his head. He jerked his head and the first man entered the building willingly. He blinked once more as he noticed more men sitting in the entryway, all looking at him with evident suspicion. "Afternoon gents," he greeted genially and got grunts and scowls in reply.

"Finally, I'm starving," another man said and took the bag of food with ill-grace.

"Say, wicked tattoo," the delivery man said, noticing a spider on the other man's neck. He looked intrigued as it crawled up and down the webbing that was also tattooed on the man's neck and jaw. The purple and green inked spider crawled along the black webbing. "Looks real."

"Cost a lot," the man said, sneering but looking proud at the same time.

"I bet," the delivery man said. He waited for the first man to count out the coins and took them, tucking them into a pocket. "Thanks for the business. Let us know if you want anything else." He smiled pleasantly at the others and left the building, whistling as soon as he started walking down the sidewalk once more. After walking several blocks away from the building, he took a sharp turn, no longer following the path that he originally took to get there. He weaved his way through an alley and came up to another dingy door.

Before he could knock, a whisper came out from behind him. "Thunder?"

"Cannon," the man replied without hesitation. He turned and stared into the empty space within a small alcove in the adjacent building. "Keep telling you to not use that cologne on stake outs. Doesn't suit you, first of all, and second of all you stand out in a place like this with it."

There was a flicker of movement and the space rippled, revealing a slightly crestfallen young man standing there wearing robes in muted red with padding around the extremities and chest. "I didn't put on any today," he complained.

"Did you have any on the last time you used your gear?" The man grinned at the other man's flush. "Gotta think about that sort of thing, Fellows."

"Yes, Lieutenant," the young man said sheepishly.

"You'll get there," the Lieutenant said encouragingly. "You know, eventually." He smiled as the other man sighed and the door opened. He walked in......

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