'Why do you wear those clothes?' Venom complained once Harry had finished getting changed.
"If you really have access to my memories then you know why," Harry grumbled, not really that fond of his clothes either. His beige-coloured trousers needed an extremely strong belt to be held up, his blue shirt was a checkered one that Dudley had worn once before never wearing again, the bottom of his shirt reaching just above his knees.
'Because of the Dursley's, I know,' Venom growled. 'but they're not here now! Are you really going to let them decide what you wear? You're rich! Buy some new clothes!"
"I can't, if I go back and they find out that I have new clothes then…"
'You won't go back,' Venom cut in with a firm voice. 'and even if some disaster forces you to temporarily go back there then they won't take away your clothes. I won't let them! Now, when we go out, you need to buy new clothes.'
"Hmm, fine," Harry said after a few moments, realising that Venom had a point. He was rich enough, why couldn't he buy some clothes for himself. If things got really bad then he could find a way to just hide them in his school trunk, something that should be possible given that he had access to magic. "though I have yet to see anything impressive about you so I hope you understand if I have my doubts."
'Hmm, how about this?' Venom asked.
"How about… what the…" Harry trailed off as he felt his trousers and shirt get ripped into pieces and fall of his body, he had barely had a second to register what had happened when suddenly his body was covered in new clothes. His beige trousers had been replaced with black jeans, his checkered shirt was replaced with a black t-shirt and a black hooded jacket. "… whoa!" Harry couldn't help the grin that appeared on his face. "That's cool!"
'I know,' Venom replied, sounding quite proud.
"Um… does it have to be all black?" Harry asked, looking down at his new clothes.
'I don't know, do you have to be all fussy?' Venom retorted. Harry flushed slightly, realising that he might have sounded ungrateful. He opened his mouth to apologize when suddenly his shirt changed into a white colour. 'Better?' Venom asked.
"Much," Harry nodded appreciatively. "sorry if I sounded ungrateful." He added apologetically.
'Make it up to me with food,' Venom replied.
'Fine, the only problem I see right now is that I don't think it's wise to order more food from Tom, with how much I'm eating he might get worried and call a healer. I also can't go out, I'm not technically supposed to leave this place." Harry remembered.
'Yes, you can, the Minister just said that you should stay in Diagon Alley and not leave this place at night, not that we have to listen to him. Don't you remember what I said? We can do whatever we want, if we want to go out then we'll do so.' Venom told him just before Harry's hood went up over his head. 'Watch.' Harry looked down and couldn't help but gape when he saw himself turn invisible.
"You can turn me invisible?!" Harry blurted out, an invisibility cloak was one thing, but being able to turn invisible by yourself (even if it was through an alien being that had latched onto you) was an entirely different situation.
'Impressed yet?' Venom asked in a smug voice.
"Yeah," Harry chuckled. "I'm impressed." He admitted. "So, now what? We just sneak out the door?"
'No, the window.'
"The window?" Harry blinked. "Can you fly?"
'I can make wings to glide, but we won't need to fly. Open the window then jump out.'
"I'm sorry, but did you just say 'jump out'?" Harry asked with a hint of disbelief.
'Yes, jump, now.'
"Do you know how big a drop that is?! I'll end up snapping my ankles!"
'You won't snap your ankles while I'm here, trust me. Now move.' Venom impatiently ordered.
"This is madness," Harry whispered to himself before he moved to the window. He opened it and gulped as he looked down at the three-storey drop.
'Jump, trust me.' Venom's voice echoed in Harry's head.
"If I end up in the hospital then I'm never going to let you live this down." Harry gulped as he climbed onto the window ledge, and closed his eyes while taking a moment to curse his Gryffindor nature before allowing himself to drop and fall towards the ground. For a few seconds, he felt the wind being pushed aside by his body as gravity pulled him straight to the ground. Harry grunted as he felt his feet impact against the stoned floor beneath him. "Bloody hell!" Harry's eyes snapped open and widened as he stared between his unharmed self, the ground and the window he had just jumped off of. "Wow, you really did make me stronger."
'Yep, now do I have to tell you to go again or should I just take control of your body and get the food myself?' Venom growled
"I would have thought than an alien as smart and strong as you could handle being patient," Harry commented before deciding to start walking down the alley he was in since he didn't want to make Venom hungry and angry enough to follow through with his threat. 'Can you hear me if I talk to you like this?' Harry thought.
'Yes, why?' Venom asked.
'So I don't have to keep speaking out loud,' Harry explained. 'I'll get weird looks if I speak out loud, besides it kind of negates the whole invisibility thing. Why do you ask? Don't you know my every thought or something like that?'
'I asked because I wasn't actively looking through your mind,' Venom explained. 'when I am, then I can know your every thought.'
'Oh, fair enough.' Harry said just before stopping once they neared the end of the alley. 'You need to turn me visible again, I can't buy anything if I'm invisible.'
'Fine.' A second later Harry found himself visible once again.
"Thanks," Harry whispered before walking out into Diagon Alley, he did his best to keep his head down and made sure to leave his hood up, hoping to not have anyone recognise him. A minute or so later he had neared a cafe, he was ready to go in and try sampling foods, hopefully, he would be able to find something that Venom approved of in there.
"Excuse me, young man," A female voice said. Harry stopped and turned around and saw a brown-haired woman in muggle clothes staring at him. "sorry to bother you, but can you please show me where the wizard's bank is?" She asked. "My daughter rushed off to the bank and I don't think she noticed that I was busy and hadn't followed her."
"Oh, um… sure." Harry nodded, barely a second later he winced as he heard Venom yell 'NO!' from inside his head.
"Are you alright?" The woman asked, noticing his expression.
"Yeah, sorry, just a headache. Follow me." Harry turned and began walking. 'What the hell, Venom?' He mentally asked.
'Don't help her!'