A/N – Okay, so this is the newly edited/redone chapter 2! I hope you all are enjoying the story and are pleased with my editing/rewritting that I have done! Although there were many ppl before who didn't think that there was anything wrong with it...but I have to admit the story was rather poorly written due to how much ive changed and developed in my writing skills since I first started it! Happy Reading everyone!
Chapter 2
Hermione, Dumbledore and Brooke, apparated to Diagon Alley. (Brooke holding onto Dumbledore's arm, using side-along apparition as she could not legally apparate yet.) Brooke's first impression was that Diagon Alley looked incredibly different from "malls" and stores she had in the Muggle world, and she found it very old and out-dated, but as she let the atmosphere sink in and she saw how wonderful it all was, she came to appreciate it more.
Their first stop was Gringgott's Wizarding bank, to start up an account for Brooke and to convert her money into galleons. "Sir, why do you all have different money?" asked Brooke on the way to deposit her money into her new vault.
"Well, we wish to be different than the muggle folk and want to distinguish ourselves as we are after all, an entirely different type of human." responded Dumbledore. Than they dropped off some of her money and took what they would need with them to purchase her new school things.
They started at Madame Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. Once inside the robe shop, Brooke and Hermione had a look around, and they both tried on robes, (Hermione for fun since she didn't need new robes.) Brooke was having a joly old time, there were so many choices, but in the end had chosen two pairs of Black Hogwarts robes, with a cloak to go with it. "Well now all you need is a dress robe." informed Hermione.
Immediately in the dress robes section, Brooke found a silver dress that was on display. She fell in love with it at once and tried it on. The dress was a v neck with 2inch straps, and came down from her thigh on an angle with hanging twirled fabric at the bottom! It was stunning!
"Wow!" was all Hermione could manage. "That dress was made for you!" commwnted Madame Malkin. The dress hung perfectly on her cruves and made her look slimmer, and didn't over accentuate her large D-cup breasts. Brooke went to pay for the dress, her dress robes and another turquoise dress that she liked aswell.
Then they made their way Flourish and Blott's bookstore and Hermione immediately rushed through the entire store in a whirlwind, and came back with all the books that Brooke would be needing, they purchased them and then made their way to the Stationary Store to get all the stationary Brooke would need, and Hermione stocked up on parchment and some new quills aswell. Brooke found all the quills and ink, quite ridiculous, as she had pens with ink already in them that were so much easier to use, but none the less she bought them as they were required in the Wizarding World.
Next was the Apothecary and Cauldron shop. There they bought a cauldron, a potions kit and all the essentials she would need. Hermione also bought her school things that she would need that year aswell, since this would be her only time to go to Diagon Alley, seeing as things would get pretty busy once they got to the Burrow with Brooke.
As they were strolling to the next shop, something caught Brooke's eye. She noticed a white owl outside the Magical Menagerie and she just had to have it! "Professor, would you mind if I went into The Magical Menagerie over there?" asked Brooke immediately.
"Not at all, you are allowed an animal after all." So Dumbledore waited outside the shop while Brooke and Hermione went in and looked around. Brooke saw enormous purple toads, a gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell, poisonous orange snails, a fat white rabbit that changed into a top hat and back, cats of every colour, custard coloured furballs, and sleek, black rats, rather more intelligent than normal rats. There was even a noisy cage of ravens that matched her dark raven coloured hair, but none of these compared to the beauty of the white snow owl she'd admired outside. So she asked the proprietor with heavy black spectacles how much for the owl.
"Thirty Galleons." she replied in a fake cheery tone.
Brooke paid for the owl and some treats then took him with her. "You know Brooke, Harry has an owl very similar to that one you just bought." comented Hermione. "Oh right! Hedwig right?" she asked. "Yeah. He'll probably be all confused when he sees yours here." laughed Hermione. The two girls went outside to meet Dumbledore. When he saw them he said "Well, that's a lot you've got there isn't it?"
Then he flicked his wand and everything except the owl and Hermione's things disappeared. While they walked to Olivander's, Brooke's new owl started yelping. Brooke let him out of his cage and he jumped up onto her shoulder and started nipping gently at her ear, (which is considered a good thing in the Wizarding world, she'd always thought that animals hurting you in anyy way was a bad sign.) "Well I'll be!" proclaimed Dumbledore. "That is most unusual; you haven't even had him for 10 minutes and you already have a bond with him, you must have a great connection with animals to have that effect!"
"Well I have noticed over the years that I get along well with all animals, but I never thought anything of it." said Brooke plainly.
"Well, that is very extaordinary." said Dumbledore.
They the got to Olivander's wand shop. Olivander came to the front and asked, "What may I do for you today Dumbledore?"
"Well I have a new student who needs her own wand. Her Muggle parents have hidden her from the magical world for 6 years." summed up Dumbledore.
"Ahhhhh, I see Dumbledore. Well now, let's find you a wand my dear, Miss...?" asked Olivander.
"Coles."
"Miss. Coles." finished Olivander.
"Now let's see here...hmm how about this one?" suggested Mr.Ollivander. She opened a vela haired wand – birch wood, and flicked it, and then a shelf collapsed. "No! No that one!"
Next she tried a wand with the hair of a centaur and waved it. That action caused the door to fly open. And again she replaced the wand. "Here, try this one." said mr.Ollivander, handing her a wand with dragon heartstring - rosewood. This time when she waved it started raining on the two of them. They put back the wand and instantly dried off.
Brooke noticed a box that sparkled pink, and Mr. Ollivander procedded to pick it up and hand her the wand within. She read the label which said that it was made with Unicorn hair – rosewood and she opened it and gave it a wave, a light wind blew through the room, the sign that meant she was worthy of that wand.
"Ahhhhh, this is a special wand that has been in my store for years. I have never found anyone worthy of it yet, as this wand's unicorn hair was from a very high powered Unicorn. This hair is from the mane of the very first and only female Unicorn to become tribe leader, Keira of the Unicorn's! Very interesting. May I see you use it?" explained Olivander. With this order she used the wand and yelled
"Expecto Patronum!" and a Pheonix shot out of her wand and spread it's wings.
"I see, very well done indeed. You are deffinately worthy of this wand Miss Coles. I would be more than cheerful to sell it to you." So Brooke paid for the wand and the three of them then proceded to leave the shop.
Once out into Diagon Alley once more, they walked down to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes's, to visit Fred and George. But they didn't know that, watching them from a far, was none other than Draco Malfoy. He had been shooping for some new school items when he saw Dumbledore in Diagon Alley and decided to spy on him. After last year, and the Headmasters success at persuading him not to kill him, he was very suspicious of the man's true intentions. (Well what Malfoy thought he had anyway...) Then he had noticed the Mudblood Granger and some new, girl he'd never seen before, accompanying him. Allthough ...he had been wasting to much time on worthless people unworthy of his time...and his Mother would be getting worried about him.
Inside Weasley's Wizard Wheezes's, Dumbledore was having the time of his life trying out some of Fred and George's merchandise. "I'm glad to know some of my student's did something amusing with their lives." complemented Dumbledore.
"These products really are amazing!" said Brooke.
"And who might you be?" asked George. "Because you've stolen my heart away with your beauty."
"I'm Brooke Coles, muggle born. I'm new." laughed Brooke.
"So how old are you? You couldn't possibly be eleven." asked George once more.
"No, I'm seventeen." answered Brooke.
"Wow! Then why haven't you been at Hogwarts?" asked Fred.
"Because my parents hid me from the magical world and were ashamed of me. They hate that I'm a witch." answered Brooke.
"That's not nice. I don't like your parents at all." commented Fred. "Keeping this beautiful face from Hogwarts!"
"Thanks, but my parents aren't that bad, they are a bit tough on me though, but they're alright." said Brooke.
"Well, Brooke, Hermione. We better be getting to the Burrow." interrupted Dumbledore.
"Yes, Professor." chimed Hermione obediently.
"Hey, you could always stay here you know." whispered Fred, being the flirt he was.
"No thanks, Fred. I think I'll be going to your parent's house thanks." whispered back Brooke.
"Suit yourself." said Fred.
Then Brooke, turned to Hermione and the three of them apparated to the Burrow.
