A/N: Duty Sucks. Sorry this chapter isn't as long. I'll try to make the next one longer.
Disclaimer: I wish I did, but I do not own South Park or Harry Potter.
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They arrived with a bang. Seemingly in the middle of an alleyway. This didn't look like somewhere you would buy wizard-books and wands.
"Where are we?" Sheila asked, a bit scared.
Professor Tran chuckled. "Not to worry, not to worry. We've apparated to the nearest alleyway to the entrance to Diagon Alley. Welcome to Charing Cross Road in London, England. If you'll follow me." he said, leading them out of the alleyway.
They walked for only just a bit until Professor Tran suddenly stopped.
"Here we are." he said. "Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron."
All anyone noticed at first was a bookshop and a record store. Upon closer inspection, they all noticed that there WAS a building there, but...
"It's just a broken-down old shop." Randy observed.
"You expect us to go in that delapadated place?" Sheila said.
"What are you talking about, Mom?" Kyle asked, following Professor Tran. "It looks fine to me."
"Me too." Stan said, following after Kyle.
The confused parents followed the professor and their children inside the run-down building. When they got inside, however, it wasn't a run-down building at all, but a busy pub, with many people in it.
"Hello Professor." came a voice.
There was a beautiful lady coming up to them. She shook Professor Tran's hand as if he was a frequent visitor, which he probably was so.
"Hello Hannah." Professor Tran said, shaking her hand.
"It's been awhile. What brings you by? Would you like something to eat? We've got a Leaky House Soup Special, with Exploding Lemonade." she asked.
"Oh no thank you. I was just helping some new students buy their school supplies for Hogwarts." he explained, motioning towards Stan and Kyle, who hesitantly steped up to shake hands with the nice lady.
"Hello." Kyle and Stan said.
"Hello." Hannah smiled back. "First year at Hogwarts dear?" she asked.
"Yeah. Our parents aren't magic, so we're real glad to have Professor Tran help us." Kyle said.
Stan nodded.
Hannah smiled. "You're American?" she asked, noticing their accent.
Stan and Kyle nodded. "Sure are." they said in unison.
"Well I hope you enjoy your time here. Your parents should see some of the Muggle London sites while they're here as well." she smiled.
"Well, I don't want to take up too much of your time, Hannah. Got to get them their school supplies." Professor Tran said.
Hannah nodded and pointed towards some stairs. "Well, you know where the enterance is. I'll see you around, yeah?" Hannah asked.
"Of course. Give my best to your husband."
"If I can ever get him away from his plants long enough." she smiled.
Professor Tran laughed, and ushered the children and their parents to the steps, which let to a very curious brick wall.
"This my friends, is the enterance to Diagon Alley. Step back please, step back." Professor Tran got out his wand and tapped a series of bricks. The bricks parted, and what was once a plain brick wall turned into the doorway to Diagon Alley.
"Woah!" Stan and Kyle said simultaniously.
They couldn't believe their eyes. There were shops and shops that littered the alleyway. Professor Tran started to walk, and the kids and befuddled parents hurried after them.
Stan and Kyle looked around. They saw all kinds of shops. They noticed the signs as they passed by. Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, Twilfitt and Tatting's, Whizz Hard Books Ollivanders, TerrorTours, the Magical Menagerie, Flourish and Blotts and so many more. They couldn't keep their eyes on one thing at a time.
"Professor, where are we going?" Sharon asked, sticking close to her husband.
"Ah yes. Well, these shops don't take Muggle money, so it needs to be exchanged at the wizarding bank, Gringotts." he explained.
As they approached the bank, Stan and Kyle could see how awesome this building really was. It was a snow-white multistoried marble building. There was a sign hanging up that said, "Fortius Quo Fidelius", though neither Stan nor Kyle knew what this actually meant. As they really approached the entrance to Gringotts, they saw it led into a small entrance hall and another set of doors. Engraved on these silver doors were the words:
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Enter, stranger, but take heed
'Of what awaits the sin of greed
'For those who take, but do not earn,
'Must pay most dearly in their turn.
'So if you seek beneath our floors
'A treasure that was never yours,
'Thief, you have been warned, beware
'Of finding more than treasure there.
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Kyle wasn't sure why, but he thought someone would have to be crazy to rob this place. He didn't like the feeling he got from being in here, and he hoped that they could just get their money and go.
"Come on, come on." Professor Tran said, showing them the way forward.
As they entered the building, the boys saw what looked to them like elves. But they weren't happy or jolly or smiling like Santa's elves would have been.
"Um...what are these creatures?" Stan asked Professor Tran, glancing around nervously. He was obviously just as intimidated by Gringotts as Kyle was.
"They're goblins." Professor Tran said, as if it should be obvious.
"Oh." Stan felt a bit stupid at his question.
As they approached the muggle/wizard currency exchange, a goblin glared at them from behind a counter.
"May I help you?" it asked.
"Um...yes. We...we need to exchange our money here." Randy said, obviously just as unnerved as everyone else seemed to be.
Well, that is, everyone besides Professor Tran.
"I see." The goblin took the money from Stan and Kyle's parents, counted off the bills, and quickly exchanged them for a heap of little gold, silver and bronze coins.
"Is that all?" the goblin asked.
"Y-yes." Randy said.
"Then get lost. I haven't got all day to dilly-dally." it said.
They left the bank, feeling a lot better than they had when they'd gone in.
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Stan and Kyle just seemed to be thankful the goblin didn't eat them.
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A/N: Hey guys. There's chapter 4. I'm sorry I didn't get to update yesterday. I didn't have a good day. But if I get good reviews, I might feel like updating more frequently. Read and Review!
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