This is going to be a co-written fic with me and Ranma Inverse......again I'm Alyssa, and Ranma's Iris. This is out of pure BOREDOM. oO; And we don't own Harry Potter, or any of the characters, except our own, of course!
The Meeting, by Aisha Iwakura
"IRIS!! Wake up! We have to go down to Diagon Alley today!!" Alyssa Patterson shouted up the long staircase, tapping her foot on the wooden floor.
Alyssa was average height and weight for an eleven year old girl, just starting her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her dark brown hair fell just past her shoulders and curled slightly at the ends. Her eyes her a lighter brown colour, with flecks of green in them and a cloudy gray outline. Both her and Iris lived at the Leaky Cauldron, since they didn't have parents. Her mother had died at birth, and she and her father had come to the Leaky Cauldron to live since they had nowhere else. A month after living here, her father died of a rare cancer, leaving her alone to be taken care of by the innkeepers.
"Iris! What's keeping you??"
Meanwhile, upstairs, Iris Wordensbader's eyes opened to Alyssa's yelling and she groped blindly around the beside table for her glasses. After getting dressed, she stumbled down the stairs where a very impatient Alyssa was waiting. She yawned and waved at her friend sleepily. "Sorry, I was still asleep."
Iris was much like her friend Alyssa in a few ways. She had the same dark brown hair that was always kept in a loose, waist length braid. Her smoky grey eyes were framed by the glasses she always wore, but were nevertheless very pretty. Her father abandoned her pregnant mother when he found out she was pregnant, leaving her alone. Her mother died a couple months after she was born from an unknown cause, causing her to be dumped on the front step of the Leaky Cauldron. Her an Alyssa have been best friends ever since.
"Don't you remember?" said Alyssa, "We have to go get our school things today! We leave tomorrow for Hogwarts!" Alyssa smiled at her forgetful friend's expression.
"What are you standing there for?? Lets go!" Iris grabbed Alyssa's hand and headed out the back door to the brick wall that seperated the Leaky Cauldron from Diagon Alley.
"Three up...two across...there!" Alyssa exclaimed, tapping the brick wall. The bricks moved aside to reveal a tall, open archway and the girls hurriedly walked through to the crowd of people in Diagon Alley.
Iris pulled out a piece of heavy yellow parchment from her pocket and unfolded it. "We should go to Gringotts first, we don't have much money on us." Gringotts was the bank specially for wizards to keep their gold or valuables in. It was said that Gringotts is the safest place to keep something in the wizarding world because of its very high security. Probably thousands of goblins were placed all around the massive bank to keep things from getting stolen - and goblins aren't very nice creatures.
Iris giggled at the morning last week when they had gotten their Hogwarts letters. Her and Alyssa had been sitting at a table, eating their breakfast and watching customers duck in and out of the Leaky Cauldron when a large, handsome tawny owl had swooped in from an open window and plopped two large envelopes in each of their cereal bowls. They had been anticipating their letters, but when cereal was splashed all over her, Alyssa shrieked and almost impaled the Hogwarts owl with her fork.
Iris had been the one to save the owl from a horrible death. Before Alyssa could reach it, the owl had hopped onto Iris' shoulder and nipped her ear affectionately. Iris, being the owl-lover she is, grinned and inserted a bronze knut into the owl's leg pouch before he took off again. She knew Alyssa was easily freaked out by sudden animal movements, but she couldn't help but feel a little angry at her for trying to attack a defenseless owl that was only delivering their Hogwarts letters.
"There is is," Iris said, as they neared the enourmous Gringotts bank. As they walked in, they were greeted by a rather grumpy looking goblin at the front desk who was writing in a large black ledger.
"Could we be taken to vault 623?" Alyssa asked the goblin as he looked up from his ledger.
"New Hogwarts students?"
Iris and Alyssa nodded.
"Very well then. GRIPHOOK!!"
Iris and Alyssa blinked and looked around. A door behind the desk opened and a short, pudgy looking goblin came running to the goblin at the front desk.
"Griphook, take these ladies to vault 623."
Griphook nodded and walked under the divider that seperated the public area from the back area where the goblins worked. Alyssa and Iris followed the pudgy Griphook through a tall door on the other side of the room. Alyssa and Iris had been inside Gringotts many, many times since they lived at the Leaky Cauldron, but they had never been inside the back area. They got money from the innkeeper to spend in Diagon Alley, and were told to save ther money in Gringotts for Hogwarts.
As they stepped in, they met cold darkness and Alyssa felt Iris slide an arm around her waist in an attempt to keep close to her. They heard a lantern being lit and they looked around to see Griphook sitting in what looked like a mine car with a steering wheel and seats. Iris and Alyssa climbed in and fastened their seat belts over their laps just before the cart took off with a roar. The two girls bounced along in their seats and Iris gingerly peeked over the edge to see nothing but what looked like miles and miles of darkness below. She gulped and scooted as close to Alyssa as she could.
Iris was thankful once they reached vault 623 and Alyssa noticed the green tinge in her friend's face. The two girls followed Griphook to the huge solid steel door and he inserted a key that was as large as him and turned it. The door swung open and Iris almost let her jaw drop at what was inside. The pile of gold inside wasn't a mountain, but it wasn't a tiny pile either. Alyssa supposed it would get them through their seven years at Hogwarts, but Iris oggled at the gold. She'd never seen this much gold in her life! Iris quickly snapped out of it and scooped a couple handfuls of the gold into her money pouch, as did Alyssa. As they were climbing back into the cart, Iris tapped Griphook to get his attention.
"Could we possibly go a little slower, please?"
"One speed only," Griphook grunted, and the cart was off, speeding down the track again.
Once outside in the bustle of Diagon Alley, Iris rubbed her eyes under her glasses and looked around. "That was some, wild ride, huh?"
Alyssa grinned at her friend. "Yeah...Iris! Watch out!"
Iris had been walking, not looking where she was going and she bumped into and older boy, causing her fall, her glasses flying off and la a few feet away from her.
"Huh?" she muttered as a blurred face she'd never seen before came into view and helped her up.
"Are you okay??" he asked, handing Iris her fallen glasses. She heard Alyssa gasp softly behind her and she put on her glasses. She jumped in suprise when she saw who it was.
"H-Harry Potter!" Iris heard Alyssa squeak, and she raked his forehead to find...yes, there it was. The scar. Harry helped Iris up and she saw him notice where her eyes were.
"Oh...sorry...I bet you tire quickly of people staring at your forehead." Iris smiled, while Alyssa walked up beside her.
"It's no problem. You're okay, right?"
Iris nodded.
The Meeting, by Aisha Iwakura
"IRIS!! Wake up! We have to go down to Diagon Alley today!!" Alyssa Patterson shouted up the long staircase, tapping her foot on the wooden floor.
Alyssa was average height and weight for an eleven year old girl, just starting her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her dark brown hair fell just past her shoulders and curled slightly at the ends. Her eyes her a lighter brown colour, with flecks of green in them and a cloudy gray outline. Both her and Iris lived at the Leaky Cauldron, since they didn't have parents. Her mother had died at birth, and she and her father had come to the Leaky Cauldron to live since they had nowhere else. A month after living here, her father died of a rare cancer, leaving her alone to be taken care of by the innkeepers.
"Iris! What's keeping you??"
Meanwhile, upstairs, Iris Wordensbader's eyes opened to Alyssa's yelling and she groped blindly around the beside table for her glasses. After getting dressed, she stumbled down the stairs where a very impatient Alyssa was waiting. She yawned and waved at her friend sleepily. "Sorry, I was still asleep."
Iris was much like her friend Alyssa in a few ways. She had the same dark brown hair that was always kept in a loose, waist length braid. Her smoky grey eyes were framed by the glasses she always wore, but were nevertheless very pretty. Her father abandoned her pregnant mother when he found out she was pregnant, leaving her alone. Her mother died a couple months after she was born from an unknown cause, causing her to be dumped on the front step of the Leaky Cauldron. Her an Alyssa have been best friends ever since.
"Don't you remember?" said Alyssa, "We have to go get our school things today! We leave tomorrow for Hogwarts!" Alyssa smiled at her forgetful friend's expression.
"What are you standing there for?? Lets go!" Iris grabbed Alyssa's hand and headed out the back door to the brick wall that seperated the Leaky Cauldron from Diagon Alley.
"Three up...two across...there!" Alyssa exclaimed, tapping the brick wall. The bricks moved aside to reveal a tall, open archway and the girls hurriedly walked through to the crowd of people in Diagon Alley.
Iris pulled out a piece of heavy yellow parchment from her pocket and unfolded it. "We should go to Gringotts first, we don't have much money on us." Gringotts was the bank specially for wizards to keep their gold or valuables in. It was said that Gringotts is the safest place to keep something in the wizarding world because of its very high security. Probably thousands of goblins were placed all around the massive bank to keep things from getting stolen - and goblins aren't very nice creatures.
Iris giggled at the morning last week when they had gotten their Hogwarts letters. Her and Alyssa had been sitting at a table, eating their breakfast and watching customers duck in and out of the Leaky Cauldron when a large, handsome tawny owl had swooped in from an open window and plopped two large envelopes in each of their cereal bowls. They had been anticipating their letters, but when cereal was splashed all over her, Alyssa shrieked and almost impaled the Hogwarts owl with her fork.
Iris had been the one to save the owl from a horrible death. Before Alyssa could reach it, the owl had hopped onto Iris' shoulder and nipped her ear affectionately. Iris, being the owl-lover she is, grinned and inserted a bronze knut into the owl's leg pouch before he took off again. She knew Alyssa was easily freaked out by sudden animal movements, but she couldn't help but feel a little angry at her for trying to attack a defenseless owl that was only delivering their Hogwarts letters.
"There is is," Iris said, as they neared the enourmous Gringotts bank. As they walked in, they were greeted by a rather grumpy looking goblin at the front desk who was writing in a large black ledger.
"Could we be taken to vault 623?" Alyssa asked the goblin as he looked up from his ledger.
"New Hogwarts students?"
Iris and Alyssa nodded.
"Very well then. GRIPHOOK!!"
Iris and Alyssa blinked and looked around. A door behind the desk opened and a short, pudgy looking goblin came running to the goblin at the front desk.
"Griphook, take these ladies to vault 623."
Griphook nodded and walked under the divider that seperated the public area from the back area where the goblins worked. Alyssa and Iris followed the pudgy Griphook through a tall door on the other side of the room. Alyssa and Iris had been inside Gringotts many, many times since they lived at the Leaky Cauldron, but they had never been inside the back area. They got money from the innkeeper to spend in Diagon Alley, and were told to save ther money in Gringotts for Hogwarts.
As they stepped in, they met cold darkness and Alyssa felt Iris slide an arm around her waist in an attempt to keep close to her. They heard a lantern being lit and they looked around to see Griphook sitting in what looked like a mine car with a steering wheel and seats. Iris and Alyssa climbed in and fastened their seat belts over their laps just before the cart took off with a roar. The two girls bounced along in their seats and Iris gingerly peeked over the edge to see nothing but what looked like miles and miles of darkness below. She gulped and scooted as close to Alyssa as she could.
Iris was thankful once they reached vault 623 and Alyssa noticed the green tinge in her friend's face. The two girls followed Griphook to the huge solid steel door and he inserted a key that was as large as him and turned it. The door swung open and Iris almost let her jaw drop at what was inside. The pile of gold inside wasn't a mountain, but it wasn't a tiny pile either. Alyssa supposed it would get them through their seven years at Hogwarts, but Iris oggled at the gold. She'd never seen this much gold in her life! Iris quickly snapped out of it and scooped a couple handfuls of the gold into her money pouch, as did Alyssa. As they were climbing back into the cart, Iris tapped Griphook to get his attention.
"Could we possibly go a little slower, please?"
"One speed only," Griphook grunted, and the cart was off, speeding down the track again.
Once outside in the bustle of Diagon Alley, Iris rubbed her eyes under her glasses and looked around. "That was some, wild ride, huh?"
Alyssa grinned at her friend. "Yeah...Iris! Watch out!"
Iris had been walking, not looking where she was going and she bumped into and older boy, causing her fall, her glasses flying off and la a few feet away from her.
"Huh?" she muttered as a blurred face she'd never seen before came into view and helped her up.
"Are you okay??" he asked, handing Iris her fallen glasses. She heard Alyssa gasp softly behind her and she put on her glasses. She jumped in suprise when she saw who it was.
"H-Harry Potter!" Iris heard Alyssa squeak, and she raked his forehead to find...yes, there it was. The scar. Harry helped Iris up and she saw him notice where her eyes were.
"Oh...sorry...I bet you tire quickly of people staring at your forehead." Iris smiled, while Alyssa walked up beside her.
"It's no problem. You're okay, right?"
Iris nodded.