Author's Note: Alright, I received a lovely review from a reader that pointed out a few mistakes. Thank you, Lady Elizabeth of New York for pointing those out. As of now, I will change from bold to regular. So with out further adieu, here is the next chapter based off of J. K. ROWLING'S HARRY POTTER! I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER!
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The familiar crushing sensation occurred where your lungs tried to contract and your heart seemed to explode. Just when it felt like you would pass out from holding your breath, your heart expanded, and you breathed deeply as if you just ran a marathon.
They walked down the bustling streets of Diagon Alley: past Apothecary, where they bought standard, first year potion-making kits, in front of Dervish and Banges, where they saw many children and teens purchasing pranks, jokes, and such, and walked up to a littler store called Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.
Inside the shop was a short, kind-looking woman who stood Luna and Hadley up on two stools, and started fitting them into their Hogwarts robes (they had been on the letter Hadley and Luna received on their eleventh birthdays).
After Madame Malkin's, they went to Potage's Cauldron Shop to buy two pewter cauldrons. Then, they went to Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment. There, they bought two brass telescopes, two sets of brass scales, and two sets of glass phials.
After these shops, they went to Ollivander's Wand Shop (Makers of fine wands since 302 B.C.). After Luna tried three times, she received a unicorn tail hair, cherry wood wand. Hadley, however, literally tried every single wand Mr. Ollivander had, but not a single one worked. She tried for three and a half hours, before Mr. Ollivander decided to make a wand specifically for her. He went into the back room with Hadley, and together, they created the perfect wand.
"What kind of wand is it?" Luna asked as they walked down the street.
"It's amazing, really," Hadley said. "It's made from redwood with copper and pure gold laced in. And its core, oh it's marvelous! Her braided tail hair from a thestral, a hair from a sphinx, and a strand of thread from a real invisibility cloak! Isn't it wonderful!"
"Wow...that's brilliant!" Luna exclaimed. "Does it work well."
"Beautifully."
They walked to Magical Menagerie, where Hadley bought Siamese cat named Tammy. Then, they trio went next door to Eeylope's Owl Emporium where Luna bought great horned owl and named it Artemis. They stopped to have ice cream at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. While they ate, (Luna had cherry cheesecake ice cream and Hadley had orange sherbet) Hadley spotted Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and a bushy-haired girl, but she was too nervous to go up and speak with them. She did, however, point them out to Luna and Daddy, but they had to leave, so they didn't get to talk to them either.
They went to Flourish and Blotts bookshop and saw Gilderoy Lockhart (Daddy, Luna, and Hadley thought he was a bit to full of himself to really care about him, which was quite something for Luna because she was nice to everyone). They passed the Weasleys, and Hadley secretly slipped half of her savings (23 galleons, 13 sickles, and 18 knuts) into Mrs. Weasley's money bag that she had momentarily set on a table. The Lovegood family vault had plenty of money anyway. When their great uncle Phineas died, he was a rich, unmarried man, and left them nearly 500,000 galleons! (If you don't think that's a lot, it would be 2,500,000 pounds!) The twenty-five-ish would not be missed.
They bought their books, said goodbye to the Weasley family, and were whisked away once more by side-along apparition (which their animals didn't like much), and ate lunch. Luna and Hadley worked together to make a lovely salad of iceberg and romanian lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, boiled egg slices, and bits of sliced ham. They ate on their flat roof to enjoy the warmth of the summer, which would soon fade into a chilly autumn. After they did so, Luna and Hadley began to pack.
"Robes on the bottom, then the books, potion kit, and some Muggle clothes," Hadley muttered as she packed. She also stuck her jewelry box inside. Then they collapsed on their beds.
Luna fell asleep quickly, but Hadley lay awake. She wished that Professor Dumbledore had let her come to Hogwarts last year. After all, her birthday was September 7th. Isn't that close enough?
Oh well, she thought. Tomorrow they'd be heading to Platform 9 3/4 to get on the Hogwarts Express to go to Hogwarts. She felt Tammy spring up on her bed and bat her across the head. Hadley could tell she wanted to be petted. As Hadley did so, Tammy purred contently and arched her back. Hadley smiled. Soon, she fell into a deep sleep.