Chapter 4: A Browse in Diagon Alley
I turned out that Hagrid and Jessica had known each other. So Hagrid had joined them in their quest to get the school supplies for Hogwarts. Dan looked down at the paper in his hand: his supplies list.
Uniform
All 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
Fifth Year Course books:
1. The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by, Miranda Goshawk
2. A History of Magic by ,Bathilda Bagshot
3. Magical Theory by, Adalbert Waffling
4. An Advanced Guide to Transfiguration by, Emeric Switch
5. One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by, Phyllida Spore
6. Magical Drafts and Potions by, Arsenius Jigger
7. The Monster Book of Monsters by, Newt Scamander
8. Advanced Dark Forces: a Guide to Self-Protection by, Quentin Trimble
Other Equipment:
1 wand
1 cauldron ( pewter, standard size 2)
1 set of crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl, cat, toad, or snake
Dan finished reading. "A pet, Harnsworth had never allowed pets. What should he get? A snake? An owl? It fit with him being a Parslemouth, it was settled that he would get a snake." Dan had all the things he needed except his books and uniform. So, while Hagrid and Jessica went to get ice-cream he would get his uniform.
He walked in to the shop, Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions. As he walked into the shop he noticed a boy in the corner. The boy was about Dan's age. He was standing on a stool being measured by a tape measure. Just a tape measure, no one holding it. The boy had a face that was extremely pale and a nose that seemed to stick straight up in the air.
"Hogwarts dear?" asked a voice that came from behind Dan. Dan jumped and turned around.
"Yes ma'am," Dan answered.
"Then step up hear on this stool," she said as she motioned toward's the stool next to the pale boy. Dan hopped up onto the stool and, not wanting to engage in conversation with the pale boy, turned and looked out a window.
"How come I've never seen you at Hogwarts before? This can't be your first year," said the pale boy.
"This is my first year at Hogwarts. I'm transferring from Hogwarts," Dan answered.
"Oh I see. Hey, names Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. What's your's?" Draco asked, extending a hand.
"Sisent, Dan Sisent," Dan answered liking the boy less and less. But to be Polite he took his hand and shook it. Draco's skin felt clammy to the touch, but cold like ice. In a minute Madam Malkin had given Dan the right size robes and Malfoy had left the shop. Dan took some gold from his velvet money bag and paid Madam Malkin. As he left the shop Hagrid and Jessica had returned with three sherbet ice-creams. Dan accepted the sherbet with a "thank you."
"Where to next?" Jessica asked.
"Flourish and Blotts book store," Dan answered. They waked down the narrow sidewalk, eating there ice-creams as they went. At Flourish and Blott's, Dan got all of his course books, he also purchased: Hogwarts a History, and another book called: Seers.
Dan, in Harnsworth, had proved to be a true seer. They got out of the bookstore and headed down the narrow sidewalk again.
"Where to now?" Jessica asked again.
"Hogwarts lets you have pets, so I wanted to get one," Dan stated. "Where do I go to get a pet, Hagrid?" Dan asked.
"Next stop, Magical Menagerie!" Hagrid answered. So they walked to the Magical Menagerie.
"Dan, what kind of pet do you want?" Jessica asked as they reached the door.
"I'm not sure, I think I'll look around on my own. Why don't you two meet me back at the Leaky Cauldron!" Dan said.
"Okay, we'll do that," Jessica told him. "I'm hungry anyway!" she exclaimed. So Dan went into the shop and Hagrid and Jessica headed up the street. As he reached the back of the shop, where the snake tank was, he heard a jumble of words from the snakes. But as he peered over the glass container, there was a hush.
"Hello my friends," Dan said, in parslemouth. Dan was answered by a series of, "How do you do sir," from the snakes.
"I am fine my friends, I am hear to take one of you as my pet," Dan was answered by a series of excited whispers and a few "Pick me!"s. "Who is that?" Dan asked as he saw a silver snake with a greenish tint laying in a corner.
"That is Nemelith, son of The Great Nepenthe, or so he says," answered a small, black snake.
"Who is The Great Nepenthe?" Dan asked the black snake.
"Ahh, The Great Nepenthe was once He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's pet. When he was young You-Know-Who put a spell that he had made up on him. That spell made it so that The Great Nepenthe would live as long as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named," the black snake finished.
"I will take him then," Dan concluded as he picked up Nemelith. "Hello Nemelith, I am Dan your new master," Dan told him.
"Hello master," Nemelith said.
Dan paid for Nemelith and also a silver cage that was light as a feather. He then headed back to the Leaky Cauldron where Hagrid and Jessica were sitting at a table looking at menus.
"What did you get?" Jessica asked anxiously. Dan opened the cage and Nemelith slithered out.
"Oh," said Jessica surprised because she never knew that Dan had a liking for snakes.
"Can I hold him , Dan?" Hagrid asked excitedly. Dan nodded his head and Hagrid scooped Nemelith into his hands.
"His name is Nemelith," Dan told them. As Hagrid began stroking Nemelith's soft scales. They finally put the snake away and ordered lunch.
I turned out that Hagrid and Jessica had known each other. So Hagrid had joined them in their quest to get the school supplies for Hogwarts. Dan looked down at the paper in his hand: his supplies list.
Uniform
All 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
Fifth Year Course books:
1. The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 5) by, Miranda Goshawk
2. A History of Magic by ,Bathilda Bagshot
3. Magical Theory by, Adalbert Waffling
4. An Advanced Guide to Transfiguration by, Emeric Switch
5. One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by, Phyllida Spore
6. Magical Drafts and Potions by, Arsenius Jigger
7. The Monster Book of Monsters by, Newt Scamander
8. Advanced Dark Forces: a Guide to Self-Protection by, Quentin Trimble
Other Equipment:
1 wand
1 cauldron ( pewter, standard size 2)
1 set of crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl, cat, toad, or snake
Dan finished reading. "A pet, Harnsworth had never allowed pets. What should he get? A snake? An owl? It fit with him being a Parslemouth, it was settled that he would get a snake." Dan had all the things he needed except his books and uniform. So, while Hagrid and Jessica went to get ice-cream he would get his uniform.
He walked in to the shop, Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions. As he walked into the shop he noticed a boy in the corner. The boy was about Dan's age. He was standing on a stool being measured by a tape measure. Just a tape measure, no one holding it. The boy had a face that was extremely pale and a nose that seemed to stick straight up in the air.
"Hogwarts dear?" asked a voice that came from behind Dan. Dan jumped and turned around.
"Yes ma'am," Dan answered.
"Then step up hear on this stool," she said as she motioned toward's the stool next to the pale boy. Dan hopped up onto the stool and, not wanting to engage in conversation with the pale boy, turned and looked out a window.
"How come I've never seen you at Hogwarts before? This can't be your first year," said the pale boy.
"This is my first year at Hogwarts. I'm transferring from Hogwarts," Dan answered.
"Oh I see. Hey, names Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. What's your's?" Draco asked, extending a hand.
"Sisent, Dan Sisent," Dan answered liking the boy less and less. But to be Polite he took his hand and shook it. Draco's skin felt clammy to the touch, but cold like ice. In a minute Madam Malkin had given Dan the right size robes and Malfoy had left the shop. Dan took some gold from his velvet money bag and paid Madam Malkin. As he left the shop Hagrid and Jessica had returned with three sherbet ice-creams. Dan accepted the sherbet with a "thank you."
"Where to next?" Jessica asked.
"Flourish and Blotts book store," Dan answered. They waked down the narrow sidewalk, eating there ice-creams as they went. At Flourish and Blott's, Dan got all of his course books, he also purchased: Hogwarts a History, and another book called: Seers.
Dan, in Harnsworth, had proved to be a true seer. They got out of the bookstore and headed down the narrow sidewalk again.
"Where to now?" Jessica asked again.
"Hogwarts lets you have pets, so I wanted to get one," Dan stated. "Where do I go to get a pet, Hagrid?" Dan asked.
"Next stop, Magical Menagerie!" Hagrid answered. So they walked to the Magical Menagerie.
"Dan, what kind of pet do you want?" Jessica asked as they reached the door.
"I'm not sure, I think I'll look around on my own. Why don't you two meet me back at the Leaky Cauldron!" Dan said.
"Okay, we'll do that," Jessica told him. "I'm hungry anyway!" she exclaimed. So Dan went into the shop and Hagrid and Jessica headed up the street. As he reached the back of the shop, where the snake tank was, he heard a jumble of words from the snakes. But as he peered over the glass container, there was a hush.
"Hello my friends," Dan said, in parslemouth. Dan was answered by a series of, "How do you do sir," from the snakes.
"I am fine my friends, I am hear to take one of you as my pet," Dan was answered by a series of excited whispers and a few "Pick me!"s. "Who is that?" Dan asked as he saw a silver snake with a greenish tint laying in a corner.
"That is Nemelith, son of The Great Nepenthe, or so he says," answered a small, black snake.
"Who is The Great Nepenthe?" Dan asked the black snake.
"Ahh, The Great Nepenthe was once He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's pet. When he was young You-Know-Who put a spell that he had made up on him. That spell made it so that The Great Nepenthe would live as long as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named," the black snake finished.
"I will take him then," Dan concluded as he picked up Nemelith. "Hello Nemelith, I am Dan your new master," Dan told him.
"Hello master," Nemelith said.
Dan paid for Nemelith and also a silver cage that was light as a feather. He then headed back to the Leaky Cauldron where Hagrid and Jessica were sitting at a table looking at menus.
"What did you get?" Jessica asked anxiously. Dan opened the cage and Nemelith slithered out.
"Oh," said Jessica surprised because she never knew that Dan had a liking for snakes.
"Can I hold him , Dan?" Hagrid asked excitedly. Dan nodded his head and Hagrid scooped Nemelith into his hands.
"His name is Nemelith," Dan told them. As Hagrid began stroking Nemelith's soft scales. They finally put the snake away and ordered lunch.