Melody opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a dusty storage room, filled with things she had never seen before. Her daddy said they were going somewhere special, some place magical. She didn't know much about magic except what she had seen Grandma use. Grandma cooked with magic and cleaned with it. Melody wondered if she could learn to make her bed with magic and clean up her toys. Those were the chores she hated the most. She held her daddy's hand as the walked out the shop door. She looked around and her eyes got wide.

Ron saw Melody's eyes widen when they walk out of the shop. He smiled as he remembered the first time he had come to Diagon Alley. His parents had brought him when Charlie had gotten his letter, then again when the twins had gotten theirs. They always went to Gringotts first, and that is where the pair would start today.

" Alright, first we have to get money from Gringotts. That's the wizard bank here in the alley. Everyone uses it. One day you will have a vault of your very own, but today we will get money out of mine." Ron said walking to the bank. He wasn't sure how much money he should take out, as he wasn't sure what he was going to buy.

When they walked into the bank, Melody looked up at the strange creatures working at the counters. " Daddy," She asked. "What are they?' Ron looked up at the short creatures with pointy ears and noses, and beady black eyes. " They are Goblins, and they run the bank." Ron answered back. He handed the goblin his key and they got on the cart and rode to his vault. Being a newer vault, it wasn't a very long ride but he could see Melody was enjoying herself. As the cart went up and down the tracks she raised her hands in excitement.

When they did reach his vault, the goblin opened the door and stood to the side. Melody couldn't believe her eyes. There was so many gold, silver, and bronze coins. She had never seen this kind of money before. " Daddy, you have pirate treasure? Where did you find it all? You are rich Daddy." Ron started to laugh. He had never thought of the money they used here as treasure, but to a child from the U.S, he could see where she got that idea.

" Everyone uses this kind of money here. The gold ones are called Galleons, and that is what we will be using today." He put a few handfuls of galleons into his bag, and then picked up one and handed it to Melody. " Here this is yours. You can spend it on whatever you like."

They got back on the cart and left Gringotts. " Where should we go first?" Ron asked. " What do you like to do? There is the robes shop, where you will get your robes for school," Ron said walking down the lane, holding his little girl's hand. " There is the shop where you will get your potion supplies, and there is the book store where we will get your school books. That is still awhile off of course." Ron felt his arm being pulled to the other side. When he saw where Melody was pulling him to, he tried to direct her attention to somewhere else. " Melody, why don't we have a look around the book store first. You will love it there. Your mum says you love reading, why don't we go look at the books." That distracted the 3 year old for the moment, but something told Ron she wasn't going to give up on that shop.

He thought about it for a bit while walking through the children section at the book store. Ron wanted to be able to contact Mel, and Hermione. He wanted Melody to be able to write him as well. He knew it wasn't the ideal gift for a 3 year old, but figured he could talk Hermione into seeing the benefits of having an owl.

Ron looked down to see his daughter sitting on one of the many chairs misplaced in the store. She had found a book with hardly any pictures and was reading it just fine. " You really do take after your mum," Ron smiled as Melody pulled herself out of the book." Don't you?" Melody nodded and closed the book. She handed it to him and Ron chuckled to himself. Of course, out of all the books she would pick, Melody had chosen " Hogwarts: A History" The book her mum had read over and over when they were in school. " Do you want this book?" Ron asked Melody. She nodded and smiled. " Yes, please?" " Alright then, lets go up and pay for it." He took her hand again and walked to the counter. He handed the witch behind the counter the book and gave the money. They turned to leave. " Buying your little sisters books huh Weasle, Thought your mum had stopped having children after your sister, but I guess she had to have another girl after your sister married Potter" Malfoy sneered.

Ron's face turned red and he shoved past Draco, and walked out of the store. " Daddy? Who was that mean man?" Melody looked nervous. She hadn't seen Ron act like that, and it scared her. " Don't worry Mel. He was just teasing. We knew each other from school and we work together at the Ministry." He didn't want to lie to her, but he didn't know how else to explain Draco to his daughter. As much as it hurt to hear him talk badly about his mother, Ron was glad Draco didn't know who Melody's real mother was. He didn't need someone else talking bad about Hermione in front of Melody.

Ron and Melody continued to explore the alley, he took her to the quidditch supply store and showed her the brooms. She found a toy broom that she could ride on. It only went about 3 feet off the ground, but she loved it. "Yay! Daddy look at me, Im flying! Melody spent 10 minutes riding around the store. " Alright Melody, get down, time to go to the next shop." Melody wasn't very happy about that. " Please Daddy, can I get it? I want to show mommy how I can fly like you." How could he say no to that. She wanted to be like him. Melody hadn't seen him fly yet, but she wanted to be like him. Ron picked his daughter off the broom and took it to the counter and paid for it. It was more than he thought, but Ron felt the need to sppil his daughter.

Ron took her to the candy shop and let her spend her money on whatever she wanted. She bought some chocolate frogs, licorice wands and a small box of Bertie Botts beans. Ron couldn't help but laugh when she tasted one she didn't like and she spit it out. " Daddy, you cant trick me, that one is not candy. Its spinach. Didn't mama tell you I don't like veggies?"

The sun was starting to set, it was almost time to go. He took her to get an ice cream and then they headed to the Owlery Emporium. He had thought about it all day and decided they needed an owl. He couldn't stand the thought of her going back to New York, and not being able to talk to him.

Melody picked out a medium sized owl. He was pure black, except the tips of his wings and tail which were white. It really was a beautiful Owl. Ron had never seen one like it before. Melody named him Apollo, and he seemed to like it.

They paid for Apollo and all the stuff he would need. " Alright time to go home. Are you ready?" Melody kept looking over to the corner of the pet store. He could see she wanted to see what was in that corner. She walked with Ron and then he heard the meowing. " Aw, Daddy look at that one." Ron looked into the pen, the kitten Melody was pointing at was orange with black stripes. Melody looked up at Ron and smiled. " Please? I will take really good care of Apollo and Daphne" She had already named the cat. Ron sighed, and picked up the kitten. He bought a carrier and food for her new pet. Melody jumped up and down. She was so excited. Ron knew he had spent too much money today, but he enjoyed spending it with his daughter. " Alright, lets go home.