Sorry that I haven't updated in so long, enjoy!
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The next day, Bella and her family picked Lily up to go to Diagon Alley. They entered the Leaky Cauldron, and went out to the brick wall. Lily stared at it.
"It's a dead end!" she exclaimed.
"Lily, you have much to learn…" said Bella as her mum tapped the bricks. Lily's jaw dropped as she saw the archway being formed.
"Come a long, dears," Mrs. Figg said.
Lily, who was still standing there in awe, had to be slapped back into reality by Bella. "Come on, Lily!" she exclaimed, and they entered the twisting streets of Diagon Alley. Lily was turning her hear trying to see everything and soak it all in. They stopped walking once they reached a large white building. Gringotts.
"Wizarding bank," Bella said simply. They walked in, and Lily nearly screamed when she saw the goblins sitting at their desks. They walked up to the closest available goblin.
"Hello," Mrs. Figg said.
"Good morning," replied the goblin. "How may I help you?"
"I want to withdraw some money from my family account, and open one for this young lady here," she put her arm around Lily as she said so.
"Ahh, a muggle born,"
"Yes. Lily has brought some money to be changed in to our currency, and she will take some now, and leave some in her account."
"Very well, does she have the muggle money with her?" Lily handed over the money her parents gave her. "Alrighty, what your account number?"
"654,"
"Ok then, do you have your key?"
"Yes,"
"And well set up a account for this young lady," the goblin rummaged throught some drawers. And handed Lily a key. "Your account is 555."
"Ok," Lily whispered. The goblin was seriously freaking her out. The goblin escorted them to a cart, which sped off at an incredibly fast speed. Mrs. Figg covered her mouth so she would not vomit. But Lily and Bella screamed "WEEEEEEEEE!" They stopped at The Figg's vault, and got some money out.
They whizzed on, stoping at another one. Griphook muttered something and a keyboard type thing poped up, and he punched in a few numbers. He then called Lily forward to open the vault, she did so, and she gasped in surprise. There we heaps o gold, silver, and bronze. After a quick explination from Bella, Lily scooped up some money. Before they knew it, they were out in the sunlight outside Gringotts bank.
They three walked down the twisting streets of Diagon Alley.
"What's on your list for school, dears?" asked Mrs. Figg. Bella got out her list and handed it to her mum. "Ok, first stop, Madam Maulkin's Robes For All Occasions!" They stepped inside the shop, and Madam Maulkin rushed over, "Hogwarts, my dears?"
"Yup!"
"Ok, lets get you fitted."
They left a half an hour later with their new robes. They next went to Flourish and Blotts, and after an hour, they finished shopping. Well, except for their wands. They entered the shop, and it seemed as though no one was there.
"Hello," said a misty voice, making them all jump. "Arabella Figg, I was expecting to see you sometime soon. And this young lady here-"
"Lily Evans," Lily said, introducing herself.
"Ahh, yes, a muggle born. Which one of you wants to get your wands first?"
Lily and Bella exchanged glances. This man was seriously creepy.
"I-I will," Lily quavered as she volunteered.
"Wonderful, which arm is your wand arm?"
'Huh?!' Lily thought, but she said "I write with my right hand…"
No sooner than she uttered those words, tape measure started to magically measure her and Mr. Ollivander whipped out a wand. "Ash, unicorn hair, seven inches. So ahead, give it a wave,"
Lily uncertinaly waved it, causing Mr. Ollivander to fly in the air and hit the ceiling. Bella and Lily laughed, and Mrs. Figg hit them both lihtly.
"No, no definetly not." Mr. Ollivander said, rubbing his back, and snatching the wand from her. "Try this one. Mahogany, phoenix feather. Eleven inches."
Lily waved it, and wand boxes flew off their shelves. She quickly put the wand aside.
"Here, try this one. Ten and a quarter inches long. Swishy. Willow. With Unicorn Hair."
Lily took the wand and waved it, feeling a warmth at her fingers. As she waves it, sparks shot out the end.
"A perfect match! The wand chooses the wizard. Fifteen galleons, please," Lily handed over the money, and Bella stepped forward, a few minutes later, Bella got her wand. Ash, Dragon Heartstring, Seven Inches.
They left the shop, and Mrs. Figg said, "Give me your bags, dears. I will take them home. I will pick you up in two hours, you are free to explore Diagon Alley!
"Thank you!" the chimed. They grinned at eachother.
"What do you want to do first?" Bella asked.
"How about go there?" Lily asked, pointing to Dervish and Bangs.
"Umm, ok,"
They walked over to a shop, and left with bags full of joke stuff. Well, Bella had one small bag and Lily had two big ones. They started to walk down the street, only to be knocked over by three figures who were running.
Lily screamed "Get off me!" One of them and tripped over her, and was sitting on her. The firgure scrambled up, and looked at him. Lily stared. He was really cute. He had untidy black hair and hazel eyes. The boy that had knocked over Bella was also cute, and he had dark hair that feel into his eyes in an irresistible way. The third boy, also cute, had collided into both of them and was sprawled on the ground. He had brown hair and chocolate brown eyes.
"Sorry," the three boys said. "Umm, we gotta go."
"Are you going to Hogwarts?" asked the black haired boy.
Lily turned bright red, but Bella replied "Yes, first year. You?"
"Er, same. Gotta go, see you at Hogwarts!" The boys started to dash off, when a greasy haired boy and a boy with blonde hair came running after them. Lily noticed something odd about them. They had feathers, a beak, and duck feet. The two girls burst out laughing, but stopped when the two boys tried to beat up the other ones. When they saw the girls laughing, the attempted to beat them up too. Noticing this, the black haired boy grabbed the both of them, picking them up, ran off with the dark haired and brown boy at his heels.
The three boys ran as fast as the could to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor, and the black haired boy get the two girls down. "I think we've lost them,"
"What did you do to them?" asked Lily.
"Oh, we put a little charm on them. It should wear off in an hour of two," he said grinning.
Lily laughed. But then she asked, "Who are you? Who were those boys?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm James Potter. The brown haired boy is Remus Lupin, and the dark hair boy, who your friend is flirting with, is Sirius Black. They greasy haired guy was Severus Snape, and the other one was Lucius Malfoy. And you are?"
"Lily Evans, she is Bella Figg,"
"Nice to met you," he held out his hand for her to shake, and Lily felt adrenaline run through her body has their hands touched. His hand was so soft and warm.
"Well," said Remus. "As long as we're here, who wants ice cream?"
Lily and James let go of each others hands and everyone rushed forward to the counter to order their ice cream.