Sparks in Twilight
Chapter Four

After Charlie told me to pack, I ran straight upstairs, and threw anything and everything in my reach into the duffel bag that was under my bed.

A half hour later, we were heading to the airport, and I was glad that Charlie was able to get tickets on such short notice.

An hour after we got to the airport, we were boarding the plane and I started jumping in my seat. Dad constantly told me to be still, but I couldn't help it. I was a witch. I could do magic. This was so cool! It felt like a dream, like I would wake up at any moment. I kept on pinching myself as well, just to make sure.

Hours later, we landed in London, and got off the plane. Dad told me that we were going to stay at a hotel for a while, and then head out to Diagon Ally – the place where I would be able to get my school supplies.

We checked into a hotel, and Dad immediately fell asleep. I had a tougher time from being so excited, but I forced myself to calm down, and fall asleep so that tomorrow would come quicker.


Dad held onto my hand the whole time we were heading through the streets of busy London. I couldn't see anything that looked the least bit magical, so needless to say I was getting a tiny bit… rude.

"Dad, hurry up! I don't see anything that looks like magic! Where are we?" I said my voice a bit whiney.

"Keep your shirt on Bella, were almost there. Just one more block to go." He tugged me along faster, were we nearly jogging now. It seems that he has gotten really excited about this too. I also noticed that lately an English accent kept on coming out of him. I guess he was born here or something.

We finally made it to this tiny… bar. When I pointed this out to Dad, he said that it was the Leaky Cauldron, a pub, not a bar.

Pardon me for my mistake.

I saw that people who were walking by didn't even look at the pub, they looked from the – oh my god, a book store! – to the weird shop that looked like it sold old records. I didn't pay attention the record shop, and barely paid any attention to the building in front of us that my father kept on smiling at; my eyes kept on drifting towards the huge book store beside us.

I started walking toward it, almost like a magnet, but was stopped when something was restraining me. I looked back, and saw that my hand was held tightly by Charlie's, and he didn't even seem to notice it.

"Dad, I wanna go inside. Let's go check out some books." I started tugging his hand towards the direction of the book store.

"What? But Bella, I thought you wanted to get your school supplies?" Dad looked at me perplexed.

"Yeah, I do, but later. Please?" I tried this puppy pout on him that my other best friend – Angela – said works on her dad all the time, but Charlie seemed invincible to it, and instead started half-dragging me towards the Leaky Cauldron.

I looked longingly at the book store, and felt sadness when the door closed and I couldn't see it anymore.

As we made our way through the pub, the barman called out.

"Charlie? Charlie Swan? Is that you?"

Charlie turned his toward the barman, and smiled. "Tom! You still work here? After all these years!"

Charlie walked towards the barman - Tom, arms spread wide. Tom mirrored Charlie, and came out behind the bar.

They 'man-hugged' and got into a conversation about what they were doing the past years.

What a bunch of women.

I sighed and looked around. There were some people drinking at the bar, and some were at table of there own. On the other side of the building, there was what looked like a sort of dining area, and a staircase going upstairs.

There was some couples and one family eating some meals. The family was a family of four brunettes. There was the mom, the dad, and two boys, both who looked under the age of twelve years old.

I looked away from the family, not wanting them to notice that I was looking. I sat down at a table that was empty, and closed my eyes, listening to my Dad drone on and on.

And on and on.

After two minutes, I couldn't take it anymore.

I stood up, and walked up to where Dad and Tom were. I tugged on my Dads coat sleeve, and said, "Dad, I thought we had to go."

He looked down at me, looking like he forgot that I was even here. "Oh Bella, I'm sorry. You're right. Tom, this is my daughter, Bella."

Tom held out his hand for me to shake. I took it, and shook it slightly. "Hello Tom."

"Hello Bella. Getting ready to go to Hogwarts?" He asked me.

"Yup, I can't wait!" I exclaimed, thinking all of the great things that I could do at Hogwarts.

"Well then, good luck. You sure are going to love Professor Dumbledore. He is the greatest wizard known to man."

Charlie man-hugged Tom again, and led me outside where there was a brick wall.

"Um, Dad, I hate to point out the obvious, but… it's a wall."

Charlie ignored me, and tapped the wall three up and two across. The wall then looked as if it was quivering. Then it started to move.


Diagon Alley was amazing. I couldn't believe that this was actually real!

When we first entered, I was – as Emmett likes to say – gob smacked. There were people everywhere wearing robes, and some kids running around.

There were so many shops, it was so magical! Excuse the terrible pun.

Charlie first took me to Gringotts bank, where goblins work! Goblins!

We then went around, buying everything on the list. The most exciting thing to get was my wand – I tried two wands before I got the right one.

Right now Dad and I were in front of Eeylops Owl Emporium. I was gazing at all of the beautiful winged creatures in there.

I looked at my dad with the best puppy eyes I could muster, and nearly got on my knees. "Please Daddy, may I please get an owl?"

He looked at me, and his eyes widened a bit. He looked conflicted.

"Bella… I'm sorry, but I think you are going to have to wait – at least until next year." He told me. "We have a family owl – Basil."

I was disappointed, but I was determined not to let it get me down. "Okay Dad!" I said, smiling at him.

He smiled back. "Now, let's go back home Bella. I have a few calls to make."

He led me back towards the Leaky Cauldron, and soon was back on our way towards the hotel.


A/n: Any reviews for the new Chapter Four? :D