Disclaimer: Once again, Harry Potter and Fullmetal Alchemist are not mine. I wish, but wishes rarely come true. lol.

Authors Note: Alrighty, hopefully this chapter was updated much sooner than the last one. Im not good with keeping track, and my computers, yes plural, are conspiring against me. One goes online and then flicks off when I get to the site I want, the other...is so slow, that I'd be ninety before it did what i wanted. Gah! ANYWAYS, my files are less likely to be erased on my laptop, but the microsoft word is being a butt!!! Now, on with the show.

Of Magic and Alchemy

Chapter Four

Diagon Alley (part one)

Ravyn awoke bright and early, she rolled over and glanced at the window where the birds were, unfortunately, singing very loudly. 'I dont wanna get up!' She whined mentally,'I'm so comfy.'. Suddenly, as if reading her mind, the birds started to sing even louderand in a much more annoying fashion. "Stupid Birds!" Ravyn muttered to herself. She walked over to the window, flung open the curtains, and opened the window. "STOP SINGING ALREADY!!!"She yelled at the birds and slammed the window shut. (A/N: Sorry, I have a thing with annoying birds, windows, and people who are sleepy...heh heh...) Ravyn turned back into the room and groaned inwardly. Her bed had been so warm and comfortable, but now that she was up she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. Ravyn smiled at the transmutation circles Narcissa had put under her fingernails the night before. Alchemy would be so much simpler now. She quickly got dressed and put her pyjamas back into her trunk. Just as she finished getting ready for the day, there was a knock on the door.

"Are you decent?" Came Draco's slightly muffled voice.

"Yes, you can come in." Ravyn replied and opened the door.

Draco studied her face for a second. "Sleep well?" He asked.

"Yeah...why?" Ravyn asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You look a little tense." He replied.

"Damn Birds!" She explained with a snarl.

"I see. Well, I just came to tell you that breakfast is in fifteen minutes."

"Thanks." Ravyn replied as Draco left.

Suddenly, there was a tapping sound at the window.

Ravyn frowned, "The hell?"

She walked over to the window to find an owl sitting on the sill. She slowly opened the window and the owl flew into the room. It landed on the desk and stuck out its leg. Ravyn took the letter from its leg and offered it one of the owl treats she had found in one of the desk drawers.

The letter read:

Ravyn,

I apologise. I was under the impression that you absoloutly ADORED pink and fuzzy things! My doing my paperwork is none of your concern. I have been informed that you are going to be shopping for your school supplies today. There is a key attatched to the owl's other leg, you will need it. Its number is engraved on the side.

Flame

P.S. Play nice with the other children!

Ravyn rolled her eyes at the post script. She then realized that the owl was patiently waiting for her to retrieve the key from its other leg. Pocketing the key from the owl, she wrote her reply.

Flame,

It is a well known fact that I absoloutly DISPISE the color pink! And fuzzy pink things are even worse! Just be glad Riza fixed your little mistake. What is this key for? And where did you get it? It looks ancient!!!! Anyways, get back to your paperwork. I know that you're probably using this as an excuse to get out of it.

Ravyn

P.S. I'll "play nice" if they do.

Satisfied, she tied the letter to the owl's leg and watched as it flew off into the crisp morning. Autumn was coming quickly. Ravyn smiled lightly to herself as she went to breakfast, she loved the fall. Something about it seemed magical to her. But of course, she knew that those colors were only the loss of pigmentation due to the dying chloroplasts in the leaves. (A/N: Grade 11 Biology(science) Basically means the leaves change color because they are dying.) She sighed contentedly as she took her seat at the table.

Breakfast passed in much the same manner as dinner had the night before. However, there was a bit more talking than the last time the three of them dined together. Ravyn wondered where Mr. Malfoy was, or if there even was a Mr. Malfoy, but she decided it was better not to ask. There was a lull in the conversation and Ravyn remembered the key that Mustang had sent her.

Ravyn put the key on the table, "Do you guys know what this key is for?" She asked.

Narcissa picked it up and examined it for a few seconds. "That is a Gringotts vault key. Surely you must know that."

"Of course I did. I was only kidding!" She grinned as if to prove her statement. 'Gringotts? That's the wizarding bank, right? Yes. How do I know that? Reading!' She thought as though conversing silently with herself.

"When are we leaving mother?" Draco asked curtly.

"In ten minutes, I'll meet you both by the fire." Narcissa then got up and left the room.

"The fire?" Ravyn asked.

"We're going to use the Floo network." Draco informed her.

"Oh, okay." She was so lost.

Ten minutes later the three of them stood in front of the fireplace. Ravyn was more than a little freaked out, but she said nothing.

"Draco, you'll go first, then Ravyn, and I will come last." Narcissa instructed them.

The two of them nodded. Draco took some Floo powder, stepped into the fireplace, said "Diagon Alley" and tossed the powder downwards. In a flash, he was gone. It was Ravyn's turn. She gulped nerbously as she took a handfull of Floo powder and did the same as Draco had. Suddenly she felt really weird and she kept seeing other rooms flash by.

In some store in Diagon Alley, Draco Malfoy stood waiting for Ravyn and his mother to arrive. He turned his back to the fireplace and was glancing around the shop. Ravyn suddenly flew out of the fireplace, tripped, and her hands grabbed the first thing they found. This happened to be Draco. The two of them found themselves tangled together on the floor.

Ravyn quickly stood up, "Sorry Draxx. I tripped." She held out her hand to help him up.

He took it and stood. "No problem," He grinned,"Most fun I've had all morning."

Ravyn laughed at his comment.

At this moment Narcissa strolled out of the fireplace. "What is so funny?" She asked, slightly bemused.

"We were just kidding around, mother." Draco told her.

"Well," Stated Mrs. Malfoy looking at their school lists, "We have much to get and little time. Let's get going then."

"Where will we go first?" Ravyn asked curiously.

"Gringotts of course. You need money to buy things." Mrs. Malfoy told her.

As the three of them made their way down the street to Gringotts, Ravyn couldnt help but look around in wonder. She kept her face impassive, but inside her head she was jumping around excitedly. There were many witches and wizards wandering around, some carrying packages. There were also groups of students shopping together and the odd person walking along by themselves. In short it was totally amazingly awsome. (A/N: A guy said that about my hair once. I thought it was an interesting comment.)

Soon the three of them were entering a tall white building that was Gringotts Bank. On one of the sets of doors Ravyn read:

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.

'That sounds creepy.' Ravyn thought to herself. When the door opened she looked around at all the goblins in the bank, it was getting harder to keep her face impassive. 'Okay, this bank is really creepy!' she freaked internally. They walked up to the head goblin, which looked down at them from his high seat. Mrs. Malfoy talked to the goblin for a few minutes while Ravyn and Draco waited. Soon the three of them were being let away by another goblin. This goblin took them to some crazy cart contraption which took them to their vaults.

They finally stopped at the vault that matched the number on Ravyn's key, and the goblin got out.

"Lamp, please." It asked.

Draco handed the goblin the lamp. They all got out of the cart and followed the goblin.

It set the lamp down, "Key, please." It held out its hand for the key. Ravyn handed it to him quickly and he opened the vault door. The goblin stood aside to let Ravyn into her vault. She walked in and was quite taken aback. What she was staring at was the strangest money she had ever seen in her life. There were quite a few Galleons, plenty of Sickles, and loads of Knuts. This was not a fortune, but a fair amount that would let Ravyn live quite nicely if she spent her money wisely. Ravyn gathered some into a small bag which she used to carry her money around.

"That will be all, thank you." She told the goblin, he handed her key back, and they all clambered into the cart again.

Next, they stopped at the Malfoy's vault, which was much deeper underground than Ravyn's had been. Soon they were on their way back to the surface to get their school supplies.

"Will you be needing a wand then?" Narcissa asked Ravyn once they were safely back outside.

"Yes, I shall." Ravyn answered truthfully.

"What happened to your old one?" Draco asked her.

Ravyn's brain went into panic mode. 'Relax!' she screamed mentally. "It got broken." She told them. 'Wands can break, right' she asked herself, 'I sure hope so.'

"Oh, that sucks." Draco commented without asking anything else.

'Thank god, he didnt ask how it broke' Ravyn thought relieved.

"Alright, then Ollivander's is the last stop." Mrs. Malfoy told them as they walked into the ancient wandmakers shop.

Ravyn glanced around at all the shelves crammed with little boxes and covered in dust. Something tightened around her ribcage. How long would this take? Would the wand maker guy know she'd never had one before? She gulped and decided to just see how it all turned out.

I was going to type up the whole "ollivanders" thinger as part of this chapter, but im thinking it's long enough. I hope nobody thinks of this as a cliffie. I dont. But I cant come up with an awsome enough idea for the next part yet. So yeah. Please Review!

Peace

RavynRox