Chapter 2 Diagon Alley

It took nearly an hour to get to town and when i arrived i took out my letter and memorized the directions. About 20 minutes into walking around i knew i was close. Especially when i saw a weird looking family go into the pub that the directions told me to go to. They all had red hair and freckles. I went into the pub right behind them.

"Excuse me." i tapped the girl from the family's shoulder, "Do you know how to get to Diagon Alley?"

"Oh yeah. Sure, just follow us. I'm Ginny Weasley." she said and shook my hand.

"Bleu Potter." i said with a smile. Her eyes got wide and her whole family turned around when i said my name. "What?" i asked confused.

"The Bleu Potter? The Girl-Who-Lived?" said one of the boys from the family. I just looked around confused.

"What?" i asked again. "I'm just trying to find a way to Diagon Alley." i said in surrender. what were they talking about?

"Come with me deary." said the mother of the family that was short and had a warm look in her eyes. She grabbed my elbow and dragged me towards the back of the pub. We all ended up in a small room with brick walls and a random crate. The father of the family brought up the rear and closed the door. "Bleu, in the wizarding world you are considered, i guess, very famous."

"Why?" i asked confused.

"Because of what happened to your parents." she said almost sadly.

"They died in a car crash." i said incredulously.

"Who told you that?" she said.

"My aunt and uncle. They never really liked my parents. Or me for that matter." i said the last part almost to myself.

"They lied to you. They were killed by a powerful dark wizard. He tried killing you to, but somehow you survived. That's how you got that scar dear." i was still really confused but this gave me a lot to think about. All around the line of, 'I'm glad i left'. I nodded and shrugged.

"Mum can we go now?" said one of the smaller boys. Their mother sighed and introduced her family. Her name was Molly, her husbands name was Arthur. With her she had 4 sons. The twins are Fred and George, then Percy, and the youngest boy was Ron. Ginny was the youngest in the family and the only girl. Then Molly turned ad started taping the brick wall with her wand. Seconds later the bricks began to separate and open to show a fairly busy cobble stone town with cute but weird little shops that help all different magical items.

"Oh Bleu, are you going to Hogwarts?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Yeah." i said with a nod.

"Good! Well before we all begin shopping, we need to stop at Gringotts." she said and continued walking. I raised my eyebrows but continued walking. As we walked Ginny and her brother Ron began telling me about Quidditch. I instantly fell in love. Soon we entered a tall building called Gringotts that looked slightly slanted, and was being ran by goblins. Short, mean looking creatures.

"Does Bleu Potter have a vault?" Mrs. Weasley asked a goblin.

"Yes. Why?" the angry goblin drawled.

"We would like to go to her vault and the Weasley vault please." Mrs. Weasley told the goblin. "I don't think your parents would have left you with nothing." Mrs. Weasley said quietly to me. The goblin then motioned for two smaller goblins to take us to our vaults. We sat on an iron cart together until we came to a stop.

"Bleu Potter. Please come with me." said one of the goblins almost roboticaly. He grabbed a lantern and shuffled off the cart. I followed slowly. We walked through a hall for a while until we stopped at a wrought iron door with some serious locks.

"Stand back." the goblin said sternly. I stepped back as he took out his wand and began moving it down the center of the door. As the wand went down locks began unlocking. The door opened slightly as air rushed in.

"You may enter." said the goblin. I sighed and opened the door further. Mrs. Weasley was right. My parents left me not just a couple handfuls of gold, but mountains. I turned and looked at the short goblin. My eyes asking if this was really mine. He nodded and handed me a small blue bag.

"Thank you." i said and stepped into the vault. I filled the bag with as much as i thought i needed and was surprised when i found that i could put as much as i wanted and it never got full. Must be some wizard walked back to the cart after the goblin locked the door to my vault. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were waiting patiently but their kids ...not to much.

"Finally!" moaned the boys. Ginny just smiled and made room for me to sit next to her again. We then went to the Weasley's vault but i stayed in the cart with Ginny. Apparently they didn't have much money so it was pointless to all go. So to pass time Ginny told me about the money. There are 17 Sickles in a Galleon, and 29 Knuts in a Sickle, meaning there are 493 knuts to a Galleon. So Galleon, Sickle, and Knuts. Lovely.

"Come on deary. We'll help you get your school things." said Mrs. Weasley once we left Gringotts. Soon i found out that Ron was going into his first year as well. First we got our books which i was more than eager to start reading, then we went over to the magical pet shop. The bell rang on the door when we walked in. The shop was empty of people but crowded of various animals.

"Can i help you?" said a strange woman that was running the small shop. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were out getting new quills for us while we were here to ask about Ron's rat and to see about getting an owl for me.

"Scabbers has been awful sick i think lately." and he went off with the old shop keeper. Fred and George stuck close to me as i looked around.

"Ugh. Weird old lady, eh?" Fred? George? said. I giggled.

"Yeah. So what should i get? Frog, owl, bat, ...toad?" i said cringing at the last word.

"Definatly-"

"An owl." said the twins while finishing each others sentence. I had it.

"Okay. Which is which?" i asked putting my hands on my hips.

"Fred."

"George." they each said truthfully. I looked them both back and forth. Looking for a difference. And thankfully i found one. A small one. Fred's hair was slightly longer than George's. That's it. Oh joy. I raised my eyebrows, shrugged and continued looking around. Until i spotted her. A bright blue owl, in the back of the shop, in a cage. I walked up to her and when our eyes met she began to frantically try and get out of the cage. I ran over to the old shop keeper.

"I want the blue owl back there please." i said in a rush as i pointed over to the owl.

"No." she said plainly. All emotion drawn from her face.

"And why not?" i asked getting angry.

"That owl is not right. Shes dangerous." she said blankly.

"Shes locked in a cage! How would you feel if you were locked in a cage for your whole life?" i said my voice rising as well as my temper.

"Shes not for sale." she said.

"I don't care. I'm taking her whether you like it or not." i said to her. Her face softened. Then she nodded.

"12 Galleons then. You don't know what your getting yourself into." she said. I left and went to go and get the beautiful blue owl. She stopped jumping around when i picked up her cage and looked like she had never been happier. At first she was tense and unhappy. Now shes relaxed and almost like she feels safe now. But what to name her.

"I think i do." i said and put her cage on the front desk. It was now hot in the small shop so i pushed my hair out of my face.

"Oh dear. I am so sorry that i gave you any trouble. Please no. Keep your money." she said upset now. I was confused at first then realized that she knows who i am now. I sighed.

"Please, its fine. Don't worry about it." i said and put the money on the counter, grabbed my new owls cage and left the small shop with Fred and George in front of me.

"What are you going to name her?" Fred asked me. I shrugged and thought about it.

"Brite or Caeruleus?" i asked for suggestions.

"Whats that last one mean?" George asked. Then i thought about that.

"It means Blue." i said and wondered how i even knew what that meant in the first place.

"Definatly-"Fred.

"That last one." George said simply. I laughed and looked down at my beautiful owl.

"Hows Caeruleus?" i asked my owl. She gave a happy hoot and we all laughed. "Well, i guess you name is Caeruleus now."

"Oh dear! That owl is beautiful! Bleu we got everything now we just need to go get you and Ron a wand." Mrs. Weasley said happily. "Now give me that, and Ollivanders is right over there. We'll wait out here dears."

"Okay. Oh and please be careful with Caeruleus. She hasn't had the greatest upbringing and doesn't seem to like people that much. Be good." i said the last part to my new owl. I handed her gingerly to Mrs. Weasley who took her just as sweetly. Ron and i then went into Ollivanders.

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