A/N ok I'm sorry it took longer than I expected to update but things kept coming up, like my trip to Tofino, and then the next day Eclipse comes out and I NEED to finish it! Btw, it's AMAZING! Not as good as Twilight but better then New Moon! For the people who have no idea what I'm talking about I HIGHLY recommend you read Stephanie Meyer's books. 1st one is Twilight then its New Moon and the 3rd just came out on Tuesday and its Eclipse. It's about a girl who falls in love with a vampire. Ok that might sound really lame and maybe even predictable but it really isn't. Even my super macho guy friend loves it and the only reason it's his 2nd favourite book is because he's not comfortable enough with his sexuality for it to be his 1st HEHEHE ok. I'm done promoting twilight. ON WITH HARRY POTTER!
Disclaimer: blah blah blah you know the drill. Me NOT JKR!
"You can call me Torri by the way." I say to the big, BIG, man.
"I'm 'Agrid, Rubeus 'Agrid." He replies.
"So are we close to Diagon alley?"
"Almost there, just in this pub here. Famous yeh know!"
I look up at this icky looking pub. Famous my ass! I've never heard of "the leaky cauldron" plus if its famous why isn't anyone going in? Actually no one even seems to see it. OHH I get it, its one of those magic places that only wizards and witches can see, DUH! Then something dawned on me.
"Wait Diagon alley is in a pub? That doesn't seem right!"
"No its not IN the bar, the passage to it is in the back"
We go into the shabby looking pub. Seriously, for a famous place its pretty gross!
"Hey Hagrid! Stopping by for a drink?" asks the bartender
"No Tom sorry, Hogwarts business once again! Maybe next all right?
We walk to the back of the pub and Hagrid takes out a pink umbrella. He tapped the wall three times and the brick he touched shook a bit, next thing I know there's a small hole there. It grew and grew and grew. Now there's an archway and we walk through it and look out onto the cobble stone street.
"Ok then where 1st? I need some money don't I? My parents left me a whole bunch but where do I get it here? Is it even transferred here? CRAP I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY DO IT? How am I –"?
"OH shush it, we got banks here don't yeh worry! All your money was safely transferred to Gringotts and that were we're going 1st silly! Gosh are you always this tightly wound?"
"Well no, but I am in a new CONTENENT! So, I don't really know what to expect! But yah I guess the wizarding world is pretty much the same everywhere."
"Alright, here we are gringotts. They got goblins over in America too?"
"Well yes of course! They are the best aren't they?"
"You want to do it your self or shall I?"
"I can do it thanks" I walk over to the goblin at the front desk "hello my name is Victoria Rochester, I'm here to withdraw some gold from my vault. I expect it was safely transferred from Trinktotts in America?" (Ok I know lame name but it actually took me a while to get that XD)
"Yes follow me madam, right this way."
After getting all my gold, I meet up with Hagrid just outside the bank.
"All set? Ok 1st lets go get your robes then you need an owl don't you? What else RIGHT your books and all your school supplies"?
He seems more like he's talking to himself than to me. I'm guessing he has a bad memory
"Hagrid, I have a list of everything I need, you don't need to remember it all calm down!"
1st we go to get my robes, 3 black robes.. EW! seriously... well i guess black DOES go with everything! oh well. whatever. this dumbledore guy has no fashion sense.
As we leave the store, i remember that i had a question for Hagrid.
"so Hagrid... you never answered my question that i asked you at the airport. you obviously arent all human... half giant maybe? i dunno maybe not... you might just be big boned, that what my old headmaster said she was but i knew better. theres no way she was full human"
"well yeh right about that. im half giant. my ma was giant. im not supposed to do magic, i dont have a wand. dumbledore gave me this here umbrella just for emergancies. after i graduated from Hogwarts no one wanted to give me a job because of my background. they were scared. but dumbledore was kind enough to let me be the keeper of keys and grounds at hogwarts and gave me a place to stay."
"thats nice of him! i dont see why anyone would be scared of you though, your so nice and gentle and all that"
"now thats nice of you to say. but still. people have their worries and stuff."
"ok so now that you have asnwered my question, lets continue shopping im exhausted and i really need to get this over with"
"Right, right, all right lets go then! Actually Torri, you think you can do this by your self, I need to get back to the school and help Dumbledore with something."
"Yah sure no problem!"
A/N all right I know its short, but this time, it's just to give you all a little something for now. And I currently writing "Diagon alley part 2" as you are reading this so it will be up in a few hours maybe less depending!
Oh and I REALLY need better ideas for chapter names seriously! Diagon alley. That's just lame! Any ideas? Il dedicate this chapter to you… well its kind of hard to get a better name for this chapter. But if you figure out any better ones for later chapters there you go. And there I go rambling again. OK I'm gonna to start next chapter
-LOVE, LINA
