A/N sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've been really busy. I'm having to pick my options, as well as doing my French GCSE two years early I hope you like this one. We're going to Diagon Alley. YEY!
Chapter Two: Diagon Alley
The doorbell went at 10 o'clock on the dot. Rose staggered to the door and opened it. There stood Lily and Susan fully dressed. What Lily and Susan saw was a bleary-eyed Rose in baby blue, cow printed pyjamas, pink fluffy bunny slippers and holding her Dolly.
"What are you still doing in your pyjamas?" Lily asked, annoyed.
"I just got up!" Rose said behind a yawn. Lily and Susan looked at Rose in disbelief.
"What?! Don't look at me like that. I was up until one. Pushing Daisies was on last night, so now I ship Emerson/Olive, so I was writing a fan fic about it."
(I DO ship Emerson/Olive and I WILL write a fan fic about it. Yeah, it is a pretty cute pairing. YEAH FOR EMERSON/OLIVE! Look, can you just get back to the point.)
"That is a really lame excuse. We know you were watching Twilight all night," Susan said with a grin.
"ROBERT PATTINSON IS SOOOOO HOT! Though I think he's hotter as Cedric Diggary then as Edward Cullen. Though he's pretty hot as a nerd in 'Bad Mothers' Handbook'. I wonder if Cedric is really that hot. I love Cedric, not for who he is played by but for how he's described in the books. I really want to go out with him. I know what I'll do. I'll –"
"You'll get ready is what you'll do." Lily hated sounding like a mum. But it had to be done with Rose and Susan around. They were about as bad as Fred and George. Sometimes even worse. Also she heard the whole, 'I love Robert Pattinson and Cedric Diggary' about 20 times a day and was fed up with it. The way Rose could say it one breath. No doubt when the time came she would make a move on Cedric, even though she wasn't meant to. But nothing could be done when Rose was in love.
Two hours later and they were outside The Leaky Cauldron. It was a shabby as J. had described it. The muggles didn't even look at it, as the girls knew would happen. Lily looked at Rose and asked, "Have you got your key?" Rose nodded. She had it, well at least she hoped she did. She had spent an hour looking for it the day before. She had even had to tidy her room for it! Rose hoped it hadn't fallen out of her pocket.
The girls walked into the pub. It was quite empty for a Saturday morning. They looked over to the bar and saw Tom the innkeeper cleaning some glasses. Rose mumbled something about wanting to try butter beer before Harry and Hermione. Lily and Susan ignored her like they so often did. When they reached the small courtyard that would lead to Diagon Alley, Rose asked, "Does anyone remember how to get in?" Lily nodded, then realised that you couldn't get in without a wand. It seemed like Rose was on the same wavelength, for once – well she does have her moments – because she went back into the pub and seconds later she was back followed by Tom. It seemed like she had already explained their situation, because Tom just smiled, tapped the bricks then went back inside. The archway opened to reveal the street that Rose, Lily and Susan had read and listen about so many times.
"WOW!" The girls let out in unison. It was even better than how it was described in the books. They passed all the shops that J. had described in detail. As they past Eeylops Owl Emporium Rose could already see her pure black owl that, no matter what, she was going to call Midnight.
They finally reached the snowy-white marble building that was Gringotts. As they were bowed in by a couple of goblins they read the famous words advising people not to rob them. They entered the great marble hall and walked to the closest free goblin.
"Hi, we're here to get some money out of our vaults," Lily said, taking charge, as she so often did in theses situations.
"Do you have your keys?" the goblin asked in a surprisingly high voice. There was a moment of silence as the girls rummaged through their bags looking for their keys, and then held them out to the goblin.
"Everything seems to be in order," said the high-pitched goblin after looking at them. "Griphook!" the goblin shouted. Rose, Lily and Susan looked at each other and smiled. What was the likelihood of them getting the same goblin that Harry would soon get? An idea suddenly struck Rose. "How much money do we have, and have the Weasly family already come?"
The goblin looked confused, but answered, "A lot, and no."
"Ok, cool. Right, before the Weaslys come can you take a fifth from each vault and put it in the Weaslys' one, with this note." As Rose said this, she grabbed a quill and a piece of parchment from the desk and wrote,
"Here's a bit more money, get everyone new robes, not just Percy. Also Ron doesn't like corned beef. See you in school."
And with the note in their hands, Rose, Lily and Susan followed Griphook to one of the wooden doors.
Half an hour later the girls walked out of Gringotts, Rose still in a trance. When the goblin had said a lot she thought he'd meant as much as Harry. Rose herself was richer than Harry AND Draco put together. Combine the three girls together, and they would have enough to take over the wizarding world, not that they would, but they could if they wanted to.
"That was a really cool rollercoaster! Not the best I've been on, but really fast. Let's go on it again!" Susan's excitement seemed to seep into Rose, as it so often did, because Rose started blabbering about where to go first. "Should we get our uniform first? Or maybe our wands – they're very important. Could we go to Eeylops, I want to get that black owl before anyone buys it! Maybe we should get our bo-"
"I want to get a cat! If I do, can I borrow your owl when I need it, Rose? Or maybe you, Lily!" Susan cut off Rose in her excitement about getting a cat.
"Yeah, sure you can. Maybe you can get a pure white one and call it Star. Then our pets will be called Midnight and Star!" Rose and Susan started jumping up and down and squealing with joy.
"BE QUIET!" Lily shouted. Not loud enough for the whole street to hear, but loud enough to shut her two best friends up.
"OK, this is what we'll do. To begin with you two will calm down, and once you have done that, we will go and get our uniforms. Then we'll get our books. After that our potion ingredients, scales and whatnot. Once we have finished with that, our pets, then our wands. By that time it will be lunch, which we'll have in The Leaky Cauldron, and then we go home. Does anyone disagree?"
The two girls shock their heads. They had always been slightly scared of Lily, especially when she got angry.
At about half past one, Rose, Lily and Susan flopped on the wooden seats at The Leaky Cauldron. They were surround by bags and three owl cages; Susan had changed her mind at the last minute when she saw a glossy, dark purple owl that she said was "cute." The shopping bags were filled with their schoolbooks, as well as some extra books such as "Hogwarts: A history. (Yeah so now when Hermione goes " Have any of you read 'Hogwarts: A history?" we can say we have and really put her off. HeHeHe!)
The girls looked at the wands they had just bought. Rose had bought a wand that was 11 1/2" Willow, dragon heartstrings and was good for Charms. Lily's one was 10", Cherry, unicorn tail hair and good for Transfiguration. Susan got a 9" wand made out of ash and dragon scale that was very good for defence.
Tom the innkeeper walked over to the girls to take their order.
"New Hogwarts students, I see." The girls nodded. Tom smiled.
"Because you are new, I'll give you a discount." Rose, Lily and Susan smiled as a sign of thanks.
"But first what would you like?"
"Can I have a Butterbeer and a hamburger oh, no, you wouldn't have that ok then, can I have a steak and mashed potatoes with loads of gravy, but no onions." Rose was always the first to order, because she was always hungry and always a picky eater.
"OK. What about you two?" Tom asked looking at Lily and Susan.
"We'll have the same, but with the onions." Lily said.
"OK. That will be 10 galleons." The girls paid their share, then Tom walked off to get their order. There was silence at the table as the girls did their separate things, Lily looking at the books and Rose and Susan playing with their owls.
When the food came,
Lily said, "You know what we have to do as soon as we get home?" Rose and Susan nodded, then tucked into their food.
Well I hoped you liked that chapter. Now you know what to do, you've probably been asked in every fanfic you've read, but I'm going to say it anyway R'n'R. The next chapter would probably be up sooner because I'm on Easter Holidays, YEY! Before I go I just want to say HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
