Hogwarts Again (2/?)

By: michellewood

E-mail- penguin211@aol.com

Category-adventure

Keyword-post-Hogwarts

Rating-PG

Spoilers- all the books

Summary-They are all in Diagon Alley about to do the shopping for school. No one knows what is going to happen to them. Their guide is James, who is he? What role does he play in all of this? Should Michelle trust him?

Disclaimer-I do not own Harry Potter or any thing to do with him. If I did, then this would be getting published and you would have to buy it to read it. So I obviously don't. J.K Rowling does.

A/n-I wrote this chapter while I was at work with my mom. She works at a hearing aid place. So I was really bored, sorry if you don't like this chapter.

Things to Wonder About

"It's wonderful," Michelle exclaimed as she stepped through the doorway. Diagon Alley was full of people shopping, most of which looked like students. "Where do we go first?" asked Michelle. "Since you're a muggle, I think you need to go to Gringotts," replied James. He pointed to a HUGE white building. It had goblins standing at the doors, ready to open them for costumers. Michelle, James, her father, her mother, and her little brother all walked up to the doors and entered the building. "Wow, it's beautiful" Michelle said. She was looking up at the high ceiling. "I have to go to my vault to get some money for my school stuff. You need to go see one of the goblins to exchange your money. I will meet you back here to show you around," said James. He went up to a goblin and talked for a moment. Then they went through a door to the vaults.

Michelle saw a goblin that didn't have anybody to help. "Lets go see him, ok?" she asked her parents. They walked over to him and asked for help. He asked for the money that she wanted to change over. Her mother handed him some money and got coins instead. "What is this?" she asked him. "This is our type of money, you have Galleons, the gold ones, Sickels, the silver ones, and Knuts, the bronze ones. Is there anything else that I could help you with?" he replied. About that time, James came back from the vaults. He had a sack full of money. "No thank you." Michelle told the goblin. They all walked out of the bank together. "So where to now?" asked Michelle. "Lets go get your cauldrons first." James stated. On the way there Michelle thought of a question to ask James. "You must not be a muggle born if you know so much about Hogwarts. So both of your parents are magical, right?"

"No I am a half-blood. My dad is a wizard, but my mum is a muggle."

"Oh, what is your dad's name?"

"I-I, oh look we're here."

They had arrived at the caldron shop. It had signs above piles of them that said what kind was in the pile. Michelle found the standard pewter one that was on her list. "That's the one I need." she said, "which one are you getting?" "I already have mine" he replied. Next they went to the bookshop and they each got the books that were one their own lists. "I can't wait to get my wand," she said as they left the shop. "Lets get it next then" James said. They headed in to an old looking place that had a rusty sign hanging above the door. Inside there was dust everywhere. Michelle coughed when a very old man brought some boxes off a shelf and set then, rather hard, on his desk. "Ah, yes, I was expecting you to come" he said to Michelle without even looking up, "I think this wand might be the one for you." She picked it up and somehow knew exactly what to do with it. She waved it around and nothing happened. "That may not be it, try this one" the man said. He handed her a different wand. She waved it just like she did the last one, again, nothing happened. She tried three more wands and the same thing happened, nothing. "You are a hard one, I think I remember one that would go perfect with you," the man said. He went to the back of the store and climbed up a ladder. He came down carrying a box that was covered with dust. He opened it and handed the wand to Michelle. She waved it expecting nothing to happen. Suddenly, the whole store lit up with a yellowish light. "We found it, this is the one for you. I wish you the best of luck at school with it. If you need any help, come back and see me." He seemed to be very relived to have her out of his shop. They went and got the rest of hers and James's supplies and then they decided to get an ice cream. They ordered and found an empty table to sit at. "So, you never told me what your dad's name was." Michelle said, remembering the question she had asked him before. "I was gonna say that I don't like to talk about him. We don't get along to well. But your mum looks really familiar. I can't think of where I might have seen her," he said. He started staring at Michelle's mother. "I remember now!!" he said, "She is in an old school picture that my dad has. But you said that she was a muggle. How would she be in the picture?" he thought about it for a few minutes and then gave up. "I have no clue. I have to go before it gets to dark. Happy birthday, Michelle. I will see you on the Hogwarts Express next week." With that, he got up and walked away.

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That is all of the third chapter. If you have found out who James' dad is, then you probably know who Michelle's mom is. This is the longest chapter so far. I get to write about the train in the next chapter. This should be really fun. If there are any typing mistakes, forgive me. I just got new contacts and they fell really weird. Hope you liked this chapter. 'Till next time. Bye!