(Kaitlan's POV)
How am I supposed to not blush or laugh when the thoughts going through this girl's head are so funny! Sometimes I really do hate hearing other peoples thoughts. It can be so annoying. For instance, right now! At the Weasley house we are about to go into a fireplace and I can hear everyone's thoughts! Looking over at the twins in front of me I can hear them overflowing with excitement. We are going to rule this school year with a pranking fist! I shake my head and try to clear my mind and focus, but God, it's hard! I can hear every thought around me whether I want to or not! I have to focus if I want to hear individual thoughts.
Ok then, let's see… ah, the one in the very front with red hair (duh it is the Weasley house), not too tall, and standing with my brother. Oh, what is his name… Um oh yes, Ronald! As I listen in, his thoughts yell out in my head. Hermione, Hermione! I can't wait to see her! I let an amused smile creep up on my face. It was expected from what I hear from Harry about his two friends. Oh well nothing interesting there.
I turned to watch the first Weasley step into the fireplace and take a fist full of green dirt out from a jar. I looked on, uninterested as he yelled out before throwing the powder below him. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?
"He-he just flashed. Green flames. Disappeared!" I cried in disbelief.
"Oh I guess your not familiar with flu powder." To my right my new friend Ginny spoke. "The flames envelope you and then put you down at the place you say."
"That's-that's. That's bloody incredible!"
"Oi, Harry your sister's got a mouth on her!" Called one of the twins.
"Kaitlin, you've got to watch what you say in front of my mum." Ginny warned in a whisper.
"Oh. Ok, I got it." I really need to watch that! Growing up with unfiltered thoughts sort of made it hard not to blab the first thing in my own head.
"Alright Harry, go ahead then dear. That's right just a handful, nice and easy. That's a good lad. Alright now say very clearly and loudly 'Diagon Alley'." Instructed Mrs. Weasley leading my brother into the fireplace.
"Diagonally!" My brother screamed while coughing from the powder around him.
"What did he say?" Asked Mrs. Weasley.
"Diagonally" Replied Mr. Weasley.
"Oh Dear." Sighed Mrs. Weasley "Well come on then kids let's go find him."
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We eventually got to our destination with no trouble with the rest of us.
"Wow!" I said, "This is incredible!"
"Yeah it is pretty amazing. I can't wait to go get all my stuff for Hogwarts!" Ginny squealed.
"Yeah, but first I have to get money. Wait! I forgot to get the key! Harry says you can't get in without a key. Great, I only have a tiny bit of money that I brought just in case." I tried to explain to my stunned friend. "See just this." I pulled from my pocket the little money I had from my part time job sweeping hair at the barber shop down the street. "So I have to budget it wisely." I looked at the crumpled money in my hand. "Do you think I'll have enough for everything? I don't know how expensive everything is here."
"MOM!" Ginny shouted over her shoulder.
"What is it, dear?"
"I'm taking Kaitlin to Gringotts real quick. We'll meet you at Flourish & Blotts in half an hour."
"Alright dear, but be careful!"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "We will."
"Ginny, we can't, I don't have a key."
"We need to get your money." She said simply. Is she mental?
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Gringotts was huge! It had guards at the door with so many people coming in and out of it. I looked awkwardly around the decrepit creatures working behind the counters as we walked in and into the line.
"Um Ginny," I said, "Maybe this isn't a good idea, I hear Goblins aren't very nice."
"Cool it, would you? Besides, you're one of the Potter siblings, they wont turn you away."
"Ginny, I'm not even the famous one! Plus, this is my first time in the wizarding world since I was three months old! I could be anyone." I said with a slight hint of annoyance.
"I'm sorry your brother isn't here with the key so this can be a normal first visit, but trust me, this is going to be fine." She is so in love with my brother, I can see it in her head.
"There are guards, Ginny. Guards! Now let's leave! I want to know if they found Harry. Come on let's go, now."
"Were you going to leave before making a withdrawal from your account miss?" I turned to see a scraggly old looking creature glaring down at me from behind the counter.
"No I-I don't want have any means of making a withdrawal." I said shaking my head to see if the creature in front of me was an allusion and was actually just an old man. He wasn't.
"Yes she does. This is miss Kaitlin Potter, daughter of Lily and James Potter and sister of Harry Potter. She would like to make a withdrawal." Interjected Ginny.
"Oh? and does miss Potter have her key?" Asked the old looking thing.
"No sir, her brother has it, but I know you goblins. You keep extra keys here and I know you have an uncanny sense of smell so you know who she is, so help her! …Um please." She added hastily as she yelled at the gnarled goblin.
"Yes, of course," He spoke darkly, Ginny had spunk that was for sure.
The goblin led us further into the bank and we got on a roller-coaster-like cart. "Keep all hands, and feet, inside the compartment at all times." Said another smaller Goblin that was now helping us.
"Yes sir." I said getting tight in my seat. Not only did this thing look like a roller-coaster, it felt like one too. "Eeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" I screamed as we sped from side to side, forward to backward, and up and down. It was the best ride ever!
"Vault number 687, The Potter Vault." The goblin said with a squeaky voice, as we got out slowly and slightly tipsy. The goblin put a tiny key into a lock and turned twice. I could here the locks coming apart one by one.
Even goblins know what her brother did for the wizarding world. She's just lucky she survived. I shook my head, and snapped myself out of it, just as the last bolt clicked.
The sight I saw when the door was pushed open almost made me faint. Inside the giant vault, were mountains of gold! No joke!
"Oh my, my God! Ginny, how am I supposed to carry all this?"
Is this little twit daft?
I looked over, and almost glared at the little goblin helping us, sometimes it really sucked reading minds.
"Oh, don't worry. Each gallon piece is worth 5 pounds of muggle money. I believe sickles are .29 pounds and knuts are .01 pounds." Ginny spoke happily. Happy, (I knew for a fact), because she liked showing me the ropes.
I made a withdrawal of 60 gallons. I had never made a withdrawal before, but Ginny said that would cover everything I needed, plus a little extra. We headed over to Flourish & Blotts to meet up with the rest of the Weasley's, and, hopefully, my brother.
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When we got to the book store it was jam packed with people!
"What's going on, do you think?" I asked my friend.
Oh My God! It's Gilderoy Lockhart! I heard someone think.
"Who's Gilderoy Lockhart?" I turned to ask Ginny.
"OHMYGOD! Gilderoy Lockhart is here! Where, where is he?" She yelled over the crowd.
What was going on? Why were there so many women shouting? I tried to concentrate and find someone's thoughts that sounded familiar. Who's this Gilderoy fellow? Ah there! That's my brother! Got them! "Come on Ginny let's go I found them."
"Do you think their by Gildy?"
"Gildy? Honestly Ginny what is going on? Who in God's name is Gilderoy Lockhart?"
"Only the hottest, most amazing wizard of all time! He's done so much! Gone to so many places! He's also quite the looker." Her eyes got a little glossy at the end, and she had a funny smile on her face.
We finally found the Weasley's, and they had my brother! "Hey bro!" I said, once we found them. "What's going on here?"
"Some guy named Gilderoy Lockhart is here, but I thought you would already know!" My brother gave me a knowing smile.
"I do, of course, but what is the big deal? I had to drag Ginny here, she was in a romantic coma!"
"I'm not quite sure either, all I know is this guy is famous in the wizarding world. He's over there, why don't you 'ask' him yourself." My brother was using code so as not to tell the Weasley's. He wanted me to look inside Gilderoy's head. Well, just a peek wouldn't hurt.
I turned my head into the general direction where I guessed Gilderoy was sitting focusing my mind on the spot. Let's see…. Merlin this is hard but I do love it! Oh, how I love it! And the best part is no one...
"Oomph." I got knocked over by a mob of woman in there late 20's, but not before I heard the last part of that thought. It really does suck reading minds.
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