Hey, guys! I guess you must have noticed by now that Alex must be somehow special in the wizarding world, as Dumbledore would hardly need to see a regular schoolboy to tell him he was a wizard. Could this possibly be connected to the fact that Alex is going to school as a third-year? Oops, I've said too much... *slithers off and starts writing chapter three*
Chapter Three – Diagon Alley
"Hey, Alex!" called Jack. "We're getting your stuff today!"
Alex torpedoed out of his bed. He had slept with his day clothes on so he wouldn't have to waste time changing clothes. He bounded down the stairs three at a time, and then skidded into the kitchen.
"Let's go, then." he panted. Jack had almost fainted when she had discovered Alex was a wizard. It took a bit of persuasion to get it into her head, but then she acted as if she knew all her life he was a wizard. He began testing his magic, doing simple things like levitating a pin. Soon he was able to levitate a brick with ease.
"Okay then," Jack said, "let's go. You'll be needing your shoes, though." She added, glancing down at his bare feet.
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I think it was here," said Alex, glancing down at the map Dumbledore had provided him , along with a large sack of gold, before departing. Two red dots were standing in front of a brick wall. According to the map, behind that brick wall was Diagon Alley. He then thought that Dumbledore might have made a mistake. But Dumbledore didn't seem the type to make mistakes.
"I don't get it," said Jack, looking at the map. "How do we get in?"
As if to respond to her words, the bricks began breaking away from each other, as if it was being crashed into by a truck, played in slow motion. Fifteen seconds later, a doorway stood before them, with no sign of a truck.
"Wow!" Alex cried. He opened the door and went in, Jack following close behind.
Okay then, we'll have to go to Flourish & Blotts first to get your books," Jack said, but Alex was dragging her towards a shop called Honeydukes. There, to much of Jack's protesting, he bought five sherbet balls that made you levitate a few inches when sucking them, a large bar of caramel chocolate which he gave to Jack, and a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. Then they went to Zonko's Joke Shop, where Alex bought two packs of stink bombs. There, he met a redhead fifth-year at Hogwarts who gave him a small jar of what he called 'Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder' for a Galleon. Then he went to Flourish & Blott's, where he bought all his books. He was very interested in a book named, How To Tame Dragons, but Jack pulled him away from it before he got any ideas. Then he went to a place called Defence Against The Dark, where he bought a Sneakoscope. But then he went to Madam Malkin's, and that's when things went a little wild.
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The woman named Madam Malkin was poking pins all over him, measuring the size of everything. She finally stopped, went to a shelf and pulled off three sets of robes and a pointed black hat. Just as he was trying them on, three people entered the shop. One bushy-haired brunette girl, a redhead looking very similar to the one he met in Zonko's, and a somewhat messy black-haired boy with wild hair and a just visible scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt. All went well until the brunette asked who he was.
"You're new here, because we haven't seen you around before. You're definitely not a first-year."
"I don't know why I'm a third-year already, because I had no idea I was a wizard until now."
"Oh, are you muggle-born too?"
"I think so... I'll probably be able to know when I know what muggle-born means."
"Being muggle-born is when you're born with magic to two non magical people."
"Then I don't actually know." Alex admitted. "My parents died a few months after I was born, so I don't know if they were magic." The boy with the black hair glanced over at him, then looked back at whatever he was looking at before. The brunette caught him looking curiously at the boy, and then said,
"Harry's parents died when he was young too." She said it in a finalizing tone, saying without words not to talk about it. At that moment, a boy with platinum blonde hair and a pale face walked in with a woman who was undoubtedly his mother, as they both had the same features.
"If you're wondering what the smell is, Mother, a Mudblood is in here." The boy drawled. All three boys reacted instinctively; The black-haired boy and the redhead whipped out their wands, while Alex replied with a kick in the groin.
"Argh!" He cried out, clearly in pain.. He pulled out his wand, but Alex swiftly kicked it out of his hand. It flew backwards and hit the wall with a CLINK.Even though Alex didn't understand what a Mudblood was, he knew it was offensive.
"Come, Draco," said the woman, who was obviously struggling with keeping her temper. "Now that we know what scum shops here, we'd be better off elsewhere." The boy named Draco bent over and picked up his wand. He knew he couldn't use it there, but he vowed to use it soon.
Hey, guys! Not the most eventful chapter there, but I needed to do something to link Alex with the trio. Vote on my profile page which House you want Alex to be in! I vote Gryffindor, but all of them are possibilities. Please R&R!
