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EHarony was on edge all week. She was unfocused whenever someone would talk to her, and every time the doorbell rang she would rush to the hallway and stay out of sight. Waiting to see if someone named Hagrid had shown up to take her to Diagon Alley. The name perplexed Harmony. When she asked Mr. hemming if he had ever heard of a place called Diagon Alley he shook his head.
It's probably a place that only wizards and witches are able to see. That was Harmony's reasoning to why Mr. Hemming hadn't heard of a place called Diagon Alley. She wasn't worried that it was all a cruel joke. She had seen Harold turn into a newt, and everyone had seen her change of hair, and the way her eyes got when she was angry. No, this couldn't be a cruel joke. Too many strange things had happened for this to not be real.
The week progressed slowly and painfully. Harmony was eager to get out of the orphanage and see the wizarding world, but she was still waiting for someone named Hagrid.
Finally on a dreary Friday afternoon where there was much rain, someone showed up at the door, requesting for Harmony. Her heart burst open with joy when Mr. Hemming opened the door to her bedroom and said these words. "Harmony, someone is at the door for you."
She rushed down the stairs to the lobby, eager to see who would show her the door to the wolrd she was so desperate to see. When she made it to the lobby she stopped dead in her tracks, scared of who stood in the doorway.
In front of Harmony stood an immensely large man with a wild and tangled mane of black hair, he had a scruffy beard to match his hair. It was immensely long, and went to his chest.
He looked well over eight feet tall, or maybe that was an exaggeration, but he was for sure over six feet. She made a mental note to ask him later how tall he was.
He wore an enormous brown coat with an immense amount of pockets. She tried to count how many pockets there were, but soon lost track. He had huge feet with black, muddy boots on them, and they were well worn. Ebony was used to seeing well worn things though, the orphanage never did have enough money to supple everyone with what they needed, so there were a lot of hand-me downs and donations. Clutched in his hand was a flowery pink umbrella. She didn't bother commenting on the odd accessory, how could she when she had the odd accessory of Harold curled around her arm all the time.
His eyes were a beady and black as night, but they were warm like the sun. His eyes were surrounded by crinkles that showed that he smiled often; in fact, he had a smile on his face right now.
"Ah, there ya are! Bin lookin' all over fer ya." He had a booming voice that rattled Harmony's bones. "My name's Rubeus Hagrid, but jus' call me Hagrid, yer Harmony, righ'?
His accent perplexed Harmony, as did his name. Not once had she ever met a man with the name Rubeus, or Hagrid, and she had met plenty of men in her interviews.
Remembering her manner, Harmony responded in a shy, quiet voice. "Yes, I'm Harmony. Are you from Hogwarts?" She wanted to make sure that this was the person to show her the magical world, and not someone to see her for an entirely different reason.
His smile grew wider. "Good, ya know 'bout Hogwarts then. Blimey! What's that on yer arm?"
Harmony stifled a sigh that was basically everyone's reaction to seeing Harold for the first time. She told Hagrid, though not as stiffly as she normally would, who Harold was. "Oh, this is Harold. He's my pet snake." And my only friend she added in her head. "He's always around my arm, because…well…he keeps me company and I never get lonely with him."
"He's yer pet then is he? I love pets, had quite a few of 'em meself." He started getting excited and Harmony could tell that animals must be one of his favourite subjects. "Course, me fav'rites been Norbert. I always wan'ed a dragon, an' then I go' Norbert."
Harmony stared at Hagrid when he said this and wondered if she had heard him incorrectly. "Hagrid, did you say a dragon?" She hoped that he would say that he was mistaken.
"O' course, what d'ya think I said?" His brow furrowed as he tried to figure out what Harmony could have heard besides the word dragon.
"Nothing just thought I might have heard you incorrectly." Harmony was dyeing to get to Diagon Alley and wanted to know if he was going to take her there. The chance that was the reason why he was there was high, but you never know. "Are you here to take me to Diagon Alley?"
He beamed at her again. "So you do know a bit about our world. Neville said that you seemed bright."
Neville? Who was Neville? "Who's Neville? Is that Professor Longbottom's first name?" She asked curiously.
"Ya, that's wha' I meant." Hagrid corrected himself. 'Let's go get yer stuff Harmony."
He opened the door and motioned for her to follow. Harmony followed him excited, and then remembered one thing. "One minute Hagrid." She turned away and ran to where Mr. Hemming would be. "Mr. Hemming?"
He looked up from his work. "Yes EHarmony?" He was tired; there were deep bags under his eyes.
"I'm going out right now, the person from the school came and is going to take me to get my things." She said.
"Yes, yes. Very good, have fun Harmony. I'll see you later." She hoped that Mr. Hemming understood what was happening, because when he became tired he tended to forget things, and say yes to requests very easily.
She ran back to where Hagrid was still waiting in the doorway. "I'm ready Hagrid. I'm ready to see the wizarding world. So Hagrid, how do we get to Diagon Alley?" Harmony questioned.
"Well ya see, firs' ya gots go to a place called the "Leaky Cauldron", muggles can' see it." Hagrid began.
"Muggles?" Harmony said uncertainly. The word felt weird on her tongue. "What are they?"
"Word fer non-magic folk." He stated simply. "So when yer at the "Leaky Cauldron" ya gotta go through the back ya see. Then ya jus' tap on them bricks an' there ya are. Diagon Alley." Hagrid finished as if it made perfect sense.
None of it really made any sense to Harmony, but she wasn't going to voice it out loud. They would come to the Leaky Cauldron place soon anyways and then she would see what exactly Hagrid was talking about.
Sure enough they soon came to a place called "The Leaky Cauldron" it didn't look like a famous wizarding place where everyone went through to get to Diagon alley though. It was just a pub, with rooms to rent in it on top. Harmony really couldn't see what was so special about it.
"Hagrid!" A man, who Harmony assumed was the bartender, said loudly. "Here for the usual?" He sounded so sure as if there couldn't possibly be another answer. In the back of her mind Harmony wondered how often Hagrid came here, and what the usual was.
"Can' today Drew. Here on Hogwarts business." He clapped a hand on her shoulder and Drew looked disappointed. Together Harmony and Hagrid navigated through the busy pub to the back door where they came to a solid brick wall.
Hagrid gripped his flowery pink umbrella and started tapping on the wall while mumbling to himself. "Third to the left, two down an'…oh where's the other one? Ah, there it is!" He stepped back after a minute and Harmony couldn't believe her eyes because of what was happening.
The brick wall was changing! The bricks were shifting rapidly until they were in the formation of an archway. At the top Harmony spotted writing that said, "Welcome to Diagon Alley!"
As soon as she had read it Hagrid said the exact same thing, but in his booming voice. "Welcome to Dagon Alley." Harmony tried to not laugh.
She stared in wonder at the things around her. She saw shops with signs of all sorts. One said, "Brooms Galore! Find your everyday broom needs for personal use or quidditch!" Harmony wondered what Quidditch was, but she didn't think about it for long, because someone called out Hagrid's name.
"Hagrid!" A male voice called. Hagrid turned around and nearly knocked Ebony to the ground with his umbrella. She ended up turning around more slowly and looked to see who had called Hagrid's name.
It was a man who looked like he was in his thirties. He had jet black hair that stuck up at the back and glasses on. He was dressed in the wizard standard of cloaks and when he got closer Harmony noticed that his eyes were an extraordinary green. The one thing that really made her curious was a scar on his forehead; it was in the shape of a lightning bolt. She had never seen a scar in that shape before.
"Harry!" Hagrid boomed. "How're ya doin'?" He had a huge, beaming smile on his face. Harmony guessed that he really liked this Harry.
Harry wasn't alone though; there was a woman who had flaming red hair, and three children who were obviously theirs. One was a replica of Harry, another was a replica of the mother, and there was a boy who looked like a combination of the two.
"I'm doin wonderful Hagrid. How are you doing?" He sounded really nice, and it was odd. Harmony wasn't used to nice.
"Fine, fine. Jus' here showing Harmony here around, where to get her books an' such. Reminds me of when I took ya here Harry." He beamed at Harry again.
The woman next to Harry, who was holding his hand, spoke to Hagrid. "We can take her shopping Hagrid, it's Albus's first year at Hogwarts as well and we haven't started yet." She put her hand on the mini Harry's shoulder. That must be Albus Harmony thought to herself.
"Are ye sure? Wouldn' want to impose or nothin'." Hagrid said sincerely."
Harry shook his head. "It wouldn't be a problem at all Hagrid."
"Well then," Hagrid boomed. "Hope ye don' mind Harmony." She shook her head and he continued speaking. "Here's yer money to buy things. I'll see ya at Hogwarts then." And with that he walked off leaving Harmony with a family who she didn't know anything about what so ever.
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