Disclaimer: I do NOT-NOT-NOT own the Harry Potter series or any of the details of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, Forbidden Forest, etc. in this series…
Author's Note: Rukia Katomi here. Sorry for not writing for so long… My computer broke down and I couldn't write for a MONTH… Dreadful curse put upon me you know. It's called the Virusianthus… Of course it's Virus for short. enjoy my latest selection!
"I'm coming…Thadump… Tha Dump…THA Dump… THA DUMP! Here I am!"
"ARGGHHHHH!" 11-years-old Minnie woke with a start. She felt perspiration on her neck.
"What a nightmare." She muttered. She opened the window blinds and adjusted her eyes to the sunlight.
"Hmmm, already 8:27? Darn, better get ready for the day." She murmured as she put down her bedside clock. Minnie hurriedly took off her pajamas and changed into a pair of crisp jeans and a t-shirt saying 'If it's a chick, it's ME.' She brushed her teeth and washed her face. Then she neatly French braided her chestnut hair.
"Mum! Is breakfast ready?" bellowed Minnie from the top of the stairs.
"Yea Minnie, so come on down and make yourself useful setting the table," Mrs. Periwinkle Ross yelled. As Minnie stumbled about setting the table, Jean Ross and Wayne Ross sat down.
"Hey JeanieWeanie!" Minnie teased her older brother. Wayne Ross looked at her sternly and Minnie lowered her eyes.
"Sorry pops." Minnie apologized. As the family all sat down and started eating, the family dog came around the doorway carrying a mouthful of papers.
"Thanks Gurb." Jean said as he took the mail from Gurble. As Jean shifted through the mail he stopped and grabbed two letters out of the pile.
"Mum, Hogwarts mail came. Would you mind calming down Minnie? She's all over me!" Jean exclaimed as Minnie squealed and grabbed at the letters.
"Minnie wait. We'll get to the letters together." Minnie sighed contentedly. Her mother always had a way of relieving the family. They first opened the letter addressed to her brother.
"Hmmm, well, it seems like we're gonna go shopping soon. I'd better check on the Floo Powder later." Periwinkle stated. She put down Jean's letters and opened the next Hogwarts mail. Minnie gave an excited squeal. Periwinkle smiled at her young daughter.
She really has grown so. The house will be so quiet with her away at school. Oh well seems she's happy. Periwinkle thought.
Periwinkle quickly scanned through the letter and gave a winning grin towards Minnie. Minnie lighted up even more and started jumping around screaming for the mere joy of it.
"Peri, you really do have a charm that makes people as crazy as they can ever be." Wayne shook his head. She simply grinned at her worn out husband.
"Hmmm… What should I wear today?" Minnie pondered as she looked in her closet. She chuckled to herself.
I bet I'm the first one who worried about what to wear on a SHOPPING day.
Finally Minnie decided to wear a buttercup cotton skirt with a white ruffled slip-on. Also, she wore white sneakers with black stripes with the outfit.
"Hmm… I wonder if I overdid it…" she paused as she looked in the full-length mirror. In the reflection she noticed her silver jewelry box and giggled. She went over and took out her favorite gold heart locket and matching gold heart earrings. She viewed herself again and finally approved of herself.
"My Lord Minnie! You've- You really dressed up didn't you?" Periwinkle gasped. But Jean and Wayne looked her over and nodded in approval.
"This is the 7th time in her life, that she wore her clothes like a girl. I told you buying her those clothes weren't useless." coughed Wayne. Periwinkle shot him a look with glazing eyes.
Finally Periwinkle, Jean, and Minnie were ready to go. Wayne excused himself saying he had a bit of nausea.
When the reached Diagon Alley, they hurriedly went to the bank and each took out some money from the family vault. Of course they were paused at the vault for a while when Jean complained that Minnie had more money in her pile than him (Each member had a corner of the vault in which he or she kept their money in. Of course Wayne's pile was biggest, than Periwinkle, then- Guess). But Periwinkle stopped that quarrel by reminding Jean about when he spent almost three-quarters of his savings on a Nimbus Two-Thousand.
When they came out of the bank, Minnie and Jean headed towards Flourish and Blotts while Periwinkle went to a nearby clothing shop called Witch Wear. At Flourish and Blotts Minnie and Jean got their textbooks and went off separate ways. Minnie towards Madam Malkin's (Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions). Their she got measured and received two small bundle of clothing.
"You'll probably want to head toward Ollivander's next sweetie!" She called out as Minnie stepped out. Minnie mouthed the words 'Thank You' and walked off towards Ollivander's to get her wand.
When Minnie finally finished shopping and arrived at the arranged meeting place (A fountain), she was carrying a bundles of clothing, a cauldron, a wand box, a package of books, a box of crystal phials, a set of brass scales, a package containing a telescope, a pack of new socks, and a bag of treats in her new trunk. The money bag that was full and heavy a few hours ago was light and barely jingling. She frowned at first but when Fyona her new barn owl cooed at her she broke into a grin.
"Hello Minnie! huff huff I see you got on with your shopping without much trouble." panted Periwinkle. She was huffing and puffing from carrying two suspiciously heavy looking bags. Jean came up from behind her snickering.
"Mum, did you overspend again?" asked Minnie. Periwinkle gave her daughter a wide-eyed innocent look.
"Of course I didn't. There was a few 60 off sale so I just bought a cough few things." Periwinkle declared. The trio broke into gales of laughter and walked arm in arm to the nearest chimney only to disappear in a second.
At the Ross house three people walked out of a weird fire from the fireplace.
"Phew I never did like the use of Floo Powder transportation. It always makes me dizzy." Periwinkle gasped out.
Finally, the day the Ross's were waiting for came.