A/N: Okay there's not that much to write so let's get to the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own HP. JKR does. (Do you have to put a disclaimer on every chapter?)
Chapter 3
"This is floo powder. You just throw it into the fire, step in, and say where you want to go. James and Lily can go first so you can see how it's done," Dumbledore explained to Martina. She already knew how floo powder worked but she still let him explain it.
She watched Lily and James take a pinch of powder each and throw it into the fire, stepping in, and shouting 'Diagon Alley'. She followed suit and found herself whisked off with only a last single glance at Dumbledore's office. The last thing she saw was Remus Lupin, smiling at her.
Martina's landing when she stepped out of the fireplace and into The Leaky Cauldron was ungraceful, to say the least. She hit the floor, hard. "Ouch, I seem to be doing that a lot," she muttered to herself.
A hand on her elbow pulled her up and she looked sideways at Lily. James was talking with a man she assumed was Tom. He looked exactly like he had been described in the books.
"Thanks," she said to Lily. Lily smiled and nodded. Martina couldn't help but smile back.
A few minutes later, Sirius, Remus, and Peter stepped out of the fireplace. All of them landed gracefully enough, with the exception of Peter. He stumbled out of the fireplace, knocking a few of the empty chairs in the pub over.
"So where do we go?" Martina asked cheerfully even though she already knew the answer.
"This way," Remus said with a smile. Sirius gave a silly little bow and said "Mademoiselle, allow me to escort you."
"Thanks but no thanks," Martina said laughing. "I can escort myself."
Sirius looked slightly put off but he soon got over it.
The six walked into what looked kinda liked a back alley, except it was boxed in with bricks. Remus went to one of the walls and tapped it three times. A passageway opened before Martina's eyes. Even though she had read about it, nothing was like actually seeing Diagon Alley open up before you.
Diagon Alley was very busy, as she learned right off. She noticed Remus stuck close to her. He probably thinks I'll get lost, she thought indignantly. I'll show him.
"Our first stop is for a wand isn't it?" Martina asked. "Yes, that's probably a good place to start," James said, starting to lead the way. "Ollivander's makes the best wands," Peter chipped in.
Martina didn't need James to lead the way and she found Ollivander's rather quickly, without James leading.
She entered and the others followed. Inside Ollivander's, there were rows and rows and stacks and stacks of wands. "Mr. Ollivander?" she called.
An old looking man with very piercing eyes came out from behind one of the rows. His clothes were slightly old-fashioned and he was a little bit stooped.
"Have you come to buy a wand?" he asked Martina gazing at her. "Yes, sir," Martina answered, shifting. His gaze made her uncomfortable, like he could see through her.
"Very well," he said, ignoring her companions and walking down one of the rows.
He came out carrying a long blue box which he opened and took out a wand. He handed it to her.
"Give it a wave," he commanded. Martina did and a light bulb in the lamp next to her exploded. Remus waved his own wand and muttered Reparo and the light bulb flew back together and into the lamp.
"Not that one," he muttered to himself.
He went back and forth between rows and stacks taking out wands and handing them to her. None of them worked for her and he would always snatch it back and say "Not that one."
When Martina was running out of patience, he came out with a long black box that had the Hogwarts' crest on it. He took the wand out, looked at it for a moment, and handed it to her.
She took it cautiously and waved it. A particular warmth spread up her fingers and into the rest of her body.
Ollivander smiled and took the wand back wrapping it up in the box and handing it to her. "Curios. This wand is made of birch, a very strong wood type. It is very curios that you should get this wand when it was said to have a piece of each of the founder's spirits inside of it. It was always said that the founder's believed if they were ever broken up; one person would be able to use that wand. For what purpose, I do not know but it is very curios indeed," he said gazing at her hard.
Again, that stare unnerved Martina. She wanted to get out of there quickly so she said, "Dumbledore said to put it on his tab."
She quickly took the wand and walked, almost ran, out of the shop. The others followed and when she was a few stores away, she stopped to catch her breath and the others joined her.
"Are you okay?" Remus asked her, concerned.
"Fine, that guy just unnerved me a little," She responded. "He does that to everyone," Lily said reassuringly. "Yeah, I almost ran out of the store when I first saw him," James chimed in.
Sirius and Peter laughed at that. Remus smiled and Martina managed a weak smile. Lily just looked disapproving but she couldn't hold it for long and she too smiled.
"Where to next?" Sirius asked. "Clothes," Lily said and she dragged them all to Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.
As they walked, they talked and Martina learned that they were in their seventh year (as she would be when she was sorted) and that Lily and James were Headboy and Headgirl.
Lily personally confided in Martina that she thought Dumbledore was on something if he had let James be Headboy. Martina just smiled, knowing what would happen in the future, but then she frowned. "Are you alright?" Lily asked her.
"Fine," Martina answered, faking cheerfulness. She decided not to think about the future too much.
She also learned that Dumbledore had asked Remus to give her lessons to catch her up on the classes. She wasn't sure how she felt about that just yet.
When they got to the clothes store, it really wasn't that busy and Madame Malkin could see to Martina immediately. She measured Martina and fitted her with her school uniform, robe, and hat. Lily also said that Martina needed a set of dress robes because there was going to be a ball during the school year. Martina found a beautiful blue color that she thought might look good on her and Madame Malkin fitted it onto her.
When they were done, Madame Malkin said she would send everything to Hogwarts'. The next place they went was the Apothecary. Martina got the potions ingredients she needed. She also learned they were only a week into the school year so she needed a lot.
They went to Flourish and Blott's and Lily helped Martina find the books and quills and parchment she needed. Martina also looked for the book she had always wanted to read, Hogwarts': A History.
She took it off the shelf before putting it back.
James and Sirius came up behind her and James asked "Are you going to get it?"
Martina turned around and answered "No, it wouldn't be right. I shouldn't spend Dumbledore's money."
She walked off to the counter to pay for her things. While her back was turned, James motioned for the others to join him and Sirius. He took the book off the shelf and quickly explained his plan. The others agreed and they all went off.
After Martina got her books, Lily, Peter, and Sirius whisked her off to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. Sirius claimed he'd buy. When Martina asked where James and Remus were, Lily said they went to another store to buy a few things.
After they all got an ice cream and sat down, they started to talk about what classes were like. Even though Martina knew the some of the teachers, she didn't know if the same teachers were in the time. She learned McGonagall, Flitwick, and Binns still taught they're same subjects and that Slughorn taught Potions, a woman named Prof. Kress taught Herbology, a woman named Prof. Ransbottom taught Divination and a man named Prof. Kettleburn taught Care of Magical Creatures which were the subjects Martina was taking, since they were the most common.
James and Remus joined them shortly, both grinning about something. Remus was hiding something behind his back. Martina looked at them strangely, but didn't comment.
Soon they were all headed back to Hogwarts' which meant another floo ride. Martina landed a little bit more gracefully this time even though she had several packages but not all of them. Remus and the boys had taken most of them. Lily had also tried to help, but James had taken the packages she held from her and insisted she shouldn't stress herself. He was trying to be chivalrous but he just ended up annoying Lily and causing her to get mad.
When they landed back in Dumbledore's office, he was sitting behind his desk as calm as ever. "Did everything go okay?" he asked pleasantly.
"Everything went fine. Thank you for paying for all this," Martina said nodding to the packages.
"My pleasure, Miss Wilkinson. Your clothes have already arrived and I set up a bed in the Gryffindor girls' dorm. Ms. Evans can show you where it is and tell you the password. Also, I ask of all of you not to tell anyone who Miss Wilkinson really is and where she comes from."
Martina and the others nodded to him and left. She yawned as she walked down the staircase from Dumbledore's office.
As they walked, Lily talked about the girls' that Martina would be sharing a room with. She said they would get along great.
When they got to Gryffindor Tower, everyone was already in bed. The girls said good bye to the boys and they went their separate ways. Martina remembered something and asked Lily what day it was. "Saturday," Lily replied showing Martina where she would be sleeping for tonight. Lily changed into her pajamas and Martina, having no pajamas, would just sleep in her clothes.
So it's a day later here then it was in my world, Martina thought before sleep overtook her.
