Diagon Alley and Fatal Flaws

A/N: Here's the next chapter and thanks for all the nice reviews, follows, and favorites! Enjoy! :)

Previously in Love and Hate's Daughter:

"Alright, Lina that settles it. You and Percy can meet me here right after breakfast tomorrow," Chiron says.

I was going to go to a wizarding shop called Diagon Alley. And I am a witch.

The next morning, I get up at 6am and cannot go back to sleep. I'm excited about going to Diagon Alley! By the time everyone else is getting up, I am dressed and showered.

When our cabin finally gets to breakfast I don't eat much because I'm too excited! I wonder what it would be like. How would we get there, I'm assuming the shop is in England? What is floo powder?

I say goodbye to Annabeth, Silena, and Lacy before walking with Percy towards the Big House.

Chiron opens the door. "Good, you're here." He says.

"How do we get to England?" I inquire.

"With floo powder, of course," he says.

He holds a bowl of powder. "Step into the fireplace, Lina."

"Okay…" I say, and step into the fireplace.

"I want you to take some powder out of this bowl and yell out Diagon Alley as clearly as you can."

"One question first," I ask Chiron.

"What is it?"

"Are there any other demigods and witches combined?" I ask him.

"No, Lina," he says. "You are the first and only. This makes you even more powerful than a child of the Big Three," he says, scanning Percy.

I stick my tongue out at him. "Ha ha, I'm more powerful than you!"

"Very mature Lina," Percy says.

"How do we get back?" I inquire.

"Go to the place you came in, there will be some powder left over. Just yell out 'camp half blood.'

We nod.

I take the powder and yell "Diagon Alley!"

My advice: If you get carsick easily, don't use floo powder. I felt dizzy, and I could see the blurry parts of different houses.

I landed in another fireplace with a thud. Soot was all over me. I pull myself up, just when Percy comes flying through.

"You alright?" I say to him.

"Yeah," he says. "Still better than a plane."

Once we were both up and walking, I scan the list. "First we have to go to a place called Gringotts," I tell him. "So we can deposit the $300."

We spot a big white building called "Gringotts" and walk towards it, while scanning the people and shops. I notice some people were wearing witch's hats, and I noticed a broom shop.

"This place is really a witch shop. Soon you'll be wearing pointy hats and witch's robes and riding brooms, Lina." Percy says, laughing.

"Shut up Kelp Head." I snap. Sometimes I don't know who to support in an argument, Percy or Annabeth. Annabeth can be a know-it-all and gets irritated with Percy easily, but Percy is the most thick-headed person I have ever met! But that's why I love them. Or not.

When we enter Gringotts Wizarding bank, I notice this place is run by goblins.

"Goblins too?" Percy says. "What next?"

Some of the goblins glare at us, and I smack Percy in the arm. We make our way towards the front desk where the head goblin was. "May I help you?" He says.

"Yes," I say. "I want to exchange $300 for some wizarding money, and I want to open a vault."

"Muggle-born?" He says. Percy and I look at each other confused. "I don't know what you are talking about," I say. "All I know is that my father is a wizard whom I've never met. What's a muggle?" I say.

"Non magic folk," the goblin grunts. "In the wizarding world there are purebloods—both parents are wizards—halfbloods—one parent is a wizard—and muggle-born—you are a wizard with muggle parents."

"I guess I'm a half-blood in two worlds," I mutter to Percy.

"I believe this will give you 300 galleons, sickles, and knuts. What do you want to call the vault?"

"Half Blood Hill," I tell him.

"Right this way," he says. He leads us to this car that takes us through chambers of the bank.

"This must be a big bank," Percy mutters.

"Yeah." I say.

"Vault 630." The goblin says. "Half Blood Hill." He hands me the bag full of galleons, sickles, and knuts. I leave the bag in the vault and take 40 of each.

The goblin takes us back up to the bank lobby and we leave.

"Alright let's go to Madam Malkin's robe shop?" I say, looking at the list.

We walk in. "Hogwarts?" The lady asks.

"Not me, just her," Percy says.

Percy waited outside while I got fitted for robes. Another boy was sitting next to me, also getting fitted. The boy had jet-black hair, and emerald green eyes. I also noticed he had a lightning-bolt shaped scar on his head.

I decide to talk to him. "Hello." I say. "I'm Lina."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Harry Potter. Although everyone thinks I'm famous or something."

"Well not me." I say. "Never heard of you until today."

"Are you going to be in first year?" He asks me.

I nod. "Yeah, you?"

He nods. Harry and I talk before we're both done. I give the lady some galleons and sickles.

"Who's your friend, Lina?" Percy teases me.

"Oh, shut up Kelp Head, I see where Annabeth is coming from." I say.

"Oh, so Annabeth will call me Seaweed brain and you'll call me Kelp Head?"

"Yeah. Pretty much." I say.

We walk into Flourish and Blotts and get the books. Then we get quills.

"I wouldn't be surprised if Annabeth wants to borrow them all before you leave next month." Percy says.

I chuckle. "Yeah."

"Alright, now we can go to the Magical Menagerie and get an owl." I say. "The owl will probably like Annabeth and hate you because of your parentage." I tell him.

"Yeah, thanks." He says.

We walk into the store. There were all sorts of pets. Owls, cats, even toads. I focused on the owls. There were barn owls, brown owls, screech owls, tawny owls, even one snowy owl. But my eyes were focused on a black owl. The only black owl in the shop. The owl looks at me and chirps happily, as if the owl wants me to own him or her.

I walk up to the manager of the store. "Excuse me, can I take that one?" I say.

"That one?" He says. "She doesn't like people much. She's a black-banded owl."

The man goes to the cage and opens it. The owl flies on my shoulder, and I pet her beak. "I think I'll call you Midnight," I say and she chirps happily at the sound of her new name.

Midnight notices Percy and glares at him. "Don't worry, he's a friend." I tell her. She's fine after that and even lets Percy uneasily pet her beak.

"I think I'll take her," I say, handing the man some galleons. I also buy some owl pellets to feed her.

"Alright," I say to Percy once we're out of there. "All that's left for me to get is the wand. You better watch out kelp head, once I learn to use it I will shoot a bunch of spells at you."

"Hey!" Percy says.

Percy waits outside and I walk into Ollivander's. I set my stuff and Midnight's cage down. "Hello," he says. "Here for a wand?" Ollivander says.

"Yes. I am Lina Quimby," I tell him.

"Try this one," he tells me. "Wave it." I do so, and I think I break something.

"Sorry!" I say.

"No, no, that happens to everyone!" He says. "Not that one. Try this one."

I try a second one, and glass breaks.

A third one, a fourth one, and a fifth one.

"Hmm… a difficult one." He says. He hands me a sixth one, and warmth goes up my arm. I wave it, and light glows around me.

"A very unique combination Miss Quimby. Twelve inches, Yew and Dragon Heartstring, unyielding. That wand tells me a lot about you already. You are fierce, and loyal. But sometimes you can be too rash and fierce for your own good. I expect great things with that wand," he says.

I leave Ollivander's, taking my stuff and Midnight's cage with me. "So," Percy says. "Did you buy your stick?"

"You'd better hope I'm in a good mood once I learn how to use the 'stick' kelp head." I say to him. "Anyways, we should go back." I say, walking towards the deserted shop that we came in on. I look at my money. I still have 22 Galleons, 21 Sickles, and 19 Knuts.

I take the powder, hold my stuff steadily in my arms and yell 'camp half-blood!' I fly out of the fireplace in the Big House, coughing. Percy flies in after me.

"Guys, how was it?" Chiron inquires.

"It was great," I say. "Oh, this is my owl, Midnight." I tell him.

"She's very majestic," Chiron says. "A black-banded owl?"

I nod.

"Percy, stay here, I need to tell you something. Lina, you'd best go to the Athena cabin where an excited and anxious friend is waiting."

I nod and head for the Athena cabin with all my stuff. I knock on the door, and Annabeth opens it. "Lina, how was it?"

"It was great!" I tell her. "This is my owl, Midnight. I open her cage, because we're in the Athena cabin and Midnight lands on her shoulder. She's really cute. How did you run into a black owl, Lina?"

I shrug. "Midnight was in the shop, I liked her, so I got her."

I show her my wand. "The wand maker, Ollivander, told me that I was fierce and loyal, but too rash and fierce for my own good."

"Lina," she says. "Every hero has a fatal flaw. I don't know what mine is yet, but I think that wand maker told you yours. You act without thinking. You have to learn to control it or… they don't call it fatal for nothing."

Some uneasy silence penetrated the Athena cabin. They don't call it fatal for nothing.

"So, what else did you get?" She asks.

"I got these robes. I can't believe I have to wear these, and use the quills. Surely we're in the 20th century right?" I ask her.

"Wizards are probably less advanced than non-wizards," she says.

"I also got all these books, I can't wait to look at them," I tell her.

"Can I look at them when you're done, Lina?" She says. "I want to see what the textbooks say."

"Percy told me you would say something like that," I say. "But sure. I'll see you later." I hold out my arm, and Midnight flies onto my shoulder.

When I get to the Aphrodite cabin, my friends aren't there. I set Midnight down, and pick up a book. I'm so excited for Hogwarts, but for now I will have to wait a month.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! :) I want to give her flaws; I don't like Mary Sues either, believe me.