Chapter 7:Diagon Alley
Arriving at Diagon Alley is fairly, how should I say, magical. It comprised of many things Harry and Kagome has never seen before. Witches were seen holding on to treats trying to get passerbys to buy one. Harry and Kagome watched in fascination as they were led through place to a giant structure. "Gringotts' Bank" in big letters was painted in gold just above the entrance.
They walked into the bank and saw many goblins there. Some was weighting rubies, sapphires, etc. They walked up to the goblin who is at the end of the room, sitting on a rather tall stool, looking quite important.
"Erm...We need to open vault 01, 1809 and 713(I dunno what is the real vault bcuz I forgot). On Hogwarts business. Here are two letters from Dumbledore and here, are the keys to the vaults,"Hagrid said taking out two sealed envelopes and three keys. The goblin took the envelopes and the key and said," Are you sure you have the real blood? We can't have the person dying."
"Yes,"said Hagrid.
"Very well. Brittles. You will led this three to vault 01, 1809 and 713 right away. As for you three, follow,"the goblin said. The goblin, Brittles, led them to a machine and sat down. Brittles and Kagome sat in the front while Hagrid sat in the back with Harry. Brittles pulled a handle and the machine started up moving slowly at first then its speed escalated to an alarming rate. Hagrid grabbed the side on the machine and his face turned green. Kagome was enjoying herself. Harry curled into a ball in his seat.
They went to vault 713 first. The goblin took the key and opened the vault. Inside the vault is a small pouch tied tightly closed. Hagrid took it and kept it in his pocket. He wouldn't say anything when Harry and Kagome asked him what was inside. Next they went to vault 1809. The vault had many gold coins. Hagrid told them that it was Harrys. Harry took as much as he could. He put them in his pocket and bag he had. And at last, they went to vault 01. The strange thing,to Harry and Kagome, was that on the way to vault there was dragons and other dangerous creatures where as the other vaults they visited did not have. Hagrid and Harry were told to stay in the machine while Brittles and Kagome walked into the vault.
Kagome was brought to a dragon. Brittles stepped faraway from them. The dragon looked fierce and it had prepared to breathe fire. Kagome saw the fire coming closer and closer to her but she stood rooted to the spot, unable to move. The fire kept coming to her and she closed her eyes thinking,'This is it, I'm dead.' After a while, Kagome felt nothing. She cautiously opened an eye. She gasped in wonder as both her eyes were opened big. She was inside the fire without getting burned. She tried to touch the fire but it did not feel as hot as she thought it would be.
Suddenly, the fire disappeared and Kagome saw the dragon looking at her with warmer eyes. It then nodded its head and she took small steps towards the door behind the dragon. When she was safely inside the room, Kagome was almost blinded by the brightness of the gold and other jewels and property there. Kagome took as much as she could. She took two sapphires and a small dragon statue. The vault itself could be lived in. One was a bedroom. It consists of a bed, a light, a cupboard filled with clothes, a study table with many writing materials and a vanity table.
Kagome took a blue brush, a few clips and a hand mirror and put it in her pocket instead of in the bag she had. The sapphires and small dragon statue were also in her pocket. Then she took a dress and a pair of shoes but she used her magic to shrink them so that she could put them in a box in her pocket. When she was done, she left. Hagrid and Harry looked at Kagome as she exited. During the ride, Kagome wanted to ask Hagrid about the dragon and so much more but Hagrid looked like he wanted to puke so she did not.
"Whew,"Hagrid said,"Fer a minute there I thought I was really goin' ter puke. Now, let's go get yer things fer Hogwarts."
The trio walked out of the bank. They went to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. Hagrid left Harry and Kagome to go to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink to recover from the 'thrilling' ride. Harry and Kagome walked into the shop. Madam Malkin was a squat, smiling witch dressed in mauve. "Hogwarts?"she asked. "Yeah,"said Kagome."But it's him not me." "Oh,"Madam Malkin said. Madam Malkin stood Harry on a stool next to a pale boy.
"Hullo,"said the boy,"Hogwarts too?" "Yes," said Harry. Harry and Kagome disliked the boy more and more. He even insulted Hagrid. At last Madam Malkin was done and Harry and Kagome left the shop. Their faces were unhappy. They cheered up when Hagrid brought them to buy parchment and quills. They even found a bottle of ink that changes colour as you wrote. They bought their school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where there were many shelves. Hagrid had to drag Harry away from Curses and Counter-Curses by Professor Vindictus Viridian.
They proceeded to many other shops. Then they were finally down to the last two items: a pet and a magic wand. They got owls for themselves. Harry's one was a snowy owl. Kagome's owl was black with blue eyes. Then they went to a shop called Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC. An old man was standing before them saying," Good afternoon. Are you here for your wands? If so, follow me." Harry and Kagome followed the old man, Mr Ollivander. Suddenly Mr Ollivander said," Mr Potter, it seems just like yesterday when your parents were here themselves buying their first wands."
Mr Ollivander measured Harry's right hand first. Then he took out many wands. He told Harry to try each one. Finally, Harry found his wand. Eleven inches, holly and phoenix feather. Then it was Kagome's turn. Hagrid had already fallen asleep by that time. Kagome had tried almost all the wands in the shop, some even melted and disappeared. Harry watched in the sidelines in interest as the shop had more and more broken glasses, ladders, etc. Hagrid's beard had even caught fire once. Kagome finally said,"I don't think any wands here would be mine. Or maybe I could make my own wand.""Hmm...Maybe. Here is the book about the ingredients and making of wands. For a personal wand, you need to collect the ingredients without any help. I will brief you on how to make a wand then you will make it yourself. But unfortunately, you will have to stay here for three days. I wonder if Hagrid will object," Mr Ollivander said as he waved a hand and the shop started repairing itself. He handed Kagome a book too.
Hagrid had stayed awake since the incident with the fire. He didn't dare to even blink an eye. "Alright,"said Hagrid finally sighing a sigh of relief. Then he and Harry left. On their way to the Dursley's, Hagrid gave Harry his train ticket to go to Hogwarts.
With Kagome...
Mr Ollivander led Kagome to a guest room. Kagome started making the wand first thing the next morning. She did not read the book. She wrote a note to tell Mr Ollivander that she is making her wand so as not to worry him. She went out and found a meadow. It was beautiful. A pond on the left with many creatures and flowers and herbs around. She started to find the materials for the wand. She remembered the sapphires she had thought to use one to make her wand. She made the sapphire into a long wand around twelve inches long. She cut her wrist and let her blood fill a bowl. She placed the bowl under the sun and put a barrier around it. She went to find the dragons, phoenixs and unicorns. The dragons were the easiest to find and she got a scale of theirs. Then she put the scale into the bowl of blood. Then left it under the moon to absorb the moon beams.
The next day, she went back to the mortal world and collect her skates, dancing shoes and sword and returned. Mr Ollivander lent Kagome a broom so she could find the phoenixs with ease. She got a blue phoenix feather. She did the same thing and left the blood under the moon.
With Harry...
He had packed and was waiting expectantly for the third day to come. Strangely, the Dursleys agreed to take Harry to King's Cross.
And finally, the third day, came.
What's gonna happen? Stayed Tuned for the next chapter: The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
