Sherie P. Ghim (harry potter)

Chapter Three: Diagon Alley

I'm a Witch. I'm a real Witch. I still need to let the information sink in. It's all to surreal.
        As I walk downstairs, Will comes out of his bedroom and joins me to go get some breakfast. There is one thing I learned about Will  while living here, and that's he loves food. I don't see how that much food can fit in his body. It's hilarious!
        I pour both of us large bowls of cereal with strawberries with glasses of orange juice. He eyes it hungrily as I place it in front of him on placemat. I chuckle once he almost eat all of it in a matter of thirty seconds. He should be in a cereal eating contest. That is where he belongs.
        "Get up Anna!" We hear Auntie yell loudly. When she enters the room she starts bustling about. She is wearing black flats with black pants and a nice top.
        We all climb into the small backseat of the automobile, me being squashed in the middle. To make it worse Will starts bickering with Anna.
        "Won't you to SHUT UP!" Once they get a glimpse of my face, they know to leave me alone.
        Once we arrive in town, we pull up to this old looking pub called the leaky cauldron. What on earth are we doing here? I pull out my list of supplies to look over.

                                                                                                        HOGWARTS SCHOOL

                                                                                               of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Uniform

First Year students will require:

1.Three sets of plain work robes (black)


2.One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear


3.One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)


4.One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)


Please note that all pupils’ clothes should carry name tags

Course books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

    The standard book of spells (grade 1)        

by: Miranda Goshawk

    A History of magic by Bathilda Bagshot

    A Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

    A Beginner’s guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

    One thousand magical herbs and fungi

        by Phyllida Spore

    Magical Draughts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

    Fantastic Beasts and where to find them

        by Newt Scamander

    The Dark forces: A guide to Self-Protection

        by: Quentin Trimble

Other Equipment

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad


PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

        I look over the entire list in awe. We need so many things and we've come to a pub? This woman is mad!
        I follow her inside curiously. What the heck is going through her mind right now? I don't understand any of this and how can we even get this stuff here in London?
        The pub is very dark and shabby. Some women were drinking sherry while a man in a top hat spoke with the bartender. Auntie leads us through and into a small, walled courtyard. Where there was nothing but a trashcan and a few weeds.
        Look around while she does something with the wall when suddenly a small hole appeared and it grew larger and larger and larger and a second later were facing a giant archway. Past it was an old cobbled street that twisted and turned.
        "Welcome to Diagon Alley children!" She exclaims happily.
        As we walk down the crowded street I look at everything, or at least everything my eyes lay upon. There are brightly colored shops and witches just like me everywhere! I look over at will and notice he looks like he's going to faint. It's all way to much. I look at cauldrons and potion bottles. I can hear some complaining about high prices and great robes. This is all to surreal. I see shops filled with parchments and books and such! Oh I can't wait to go in there.
        "Gringotts," I hear Auntie mumble in annoyance, She obviously doesn't like this particular building. I wonder why. The building was white and towered over all the other buildings. Standing beside the doors was a...a.... troll?
        "That's a goblin," mumbles auntie. The Goblin bows as we approach. Once we go through the door there is a second set with writing on them,


Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take and do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

                                                                                              Of finding more than treasure there.

        What the heck was that supposed to mean? What do they have? Some sort of grim reaper down there? I don't want to even think of someone trying to rob this place. I have a feeling it would end very badly.
        We were now in a large marble hall with a bunch more goblins scribbling on parchment and counting money. We all approach the counter at the end of the massive hall.
        "Hello, We are here to make a withdraw," Auntie states and hands him the package with the duplicate key,
        "Yes I see Ms. P..... Ghim,"
        "Everything seems to be in order, I will have Griphook take you down to the vault, Griphook!"
        Past the door Griphook led us through was a narrow stone passage lit by torches, He whistles and a cart comes to our side. We all climbed and got crammed in and we were off.
        At first we hurdle through the maze passages. We plunge down after a burst of fire erupts. Both Auntie and Will look quite ill after that on drop while Anna is screaming in excitement. The cold air burns my skin, and my eyes I will say. We pass an underground lake. Once we stopped both Will and Auntie lean against the stone walls with trembling legs. Anna and I  both stand up normally.
        The Goblin unlocks the vault and a lot of ghastly looking green smoke comes out and as it clears, I just about faint. Inside were mounds of gold and silver coins and brown knuts! and it's mine. Well partially. Auntie described that I share this account with someone. I don't know who though...
        I fill up a large change purse with the so called Galleons and sickles and we leave. Once we arrive back to the surface, Auntie is suddenly relaxed while will is still in shock. I can't blame him though. He had grabbed some wealth as well while we were down there so he could grab his supplies and be able to pay for them.
        Auntie takes Anna and walks to a sweet shop while we go get fitted for our robes. We walk into a place entitled Madam Malkin's together and a squat woman addresses us,
        "Hogwarts?" She asks in a questioning tone.
        "Yep,"
        "Well then,  we'll get you fitted towards the back,"
        She leads both Will and I and starts pinning the robes and partway through a boy with a pale, pointed face and bleach blonde hair walks in.
        He approaches us and stands on a footstool while someone starts to pin his robes also.
        "Hello," he states, kindly I think.
        "Hi," I reply, "You going to Hogwarts also?"
        "Yep, I'm pretty sure I'll be in Slytherin my whole family has for centuries.
        "Slytherin?" I state, puzzled.
        "Are you, a muggle born?" He asks digusted. "You must be if you don't know the houses,"
        I see Will next to me tense up and glare angrily at that boy, I seriously wonder if Will is going to punch him.
        "Actually, I'm a halfblood,"
        "Well, so your so called friend is a filthy mudblood then?" He ask.
        THAT'S IT. I am Angry now and nobody, I repeat NOBODY wants to see me angry. I lunge for the boy but Will hold me back with an iron grip.
        "Shut up before I break your nose Blondie..." I say through gritted teeth.
        "Getting defensive are we?" He asks snobbishly. "Oh and don't call me Blondie,"
        "Make me," I pause, "....Blondie,"
        He scowls angrily at me and right when the squat lady tells me I'm finished I literally run out the door, knocking a kid with jet black hair down, but I don't care, I need to get outside before I explode.
        I take deep, deep breaths. Everything is fine. I really hope I don't end up in Slytherin. I really dread our next meeting. Gosh he was a jerk.
        We meet back up with Auntie and Anna and go to get the rest of our supplies. All I need is my wand now..
        Will and I both walk into Ollivander's wands nervously. The place is covered in a layer of dust.
        He makes me try many until he hands me an eleven inch holly wand with a unicorn hair core while Will got a ten and a half inch wand that was cherry with a core of dragon heartstring.
        When we both leave I am hit with a burst of sudden glee. THIS IS REALLY HAPPEINING.