All Good Things…
Elenhiril
Author's notes: I got a 'damn spiffy'! *dances around* Or, rather *tries to dance around, but it is more like hobbling thanks to the ULTIMATE BLENDER OF PAIN* Hehehehe! Thanks to all of my wonderful reviewers, I hope I live up to all your expectations. Hopefully, it won't take me too long to update, but I'm crazy busy. And lazy beside the point. Er…sorry everyone!
Dawn looked at the unassuming, two-story white house with
more than a little bit of nervousness.
As soon as Willow finished paying the cabbie, they would be going in to
meet Giles' friend Remus Lupin. Not
that she was scared, of course. After
all, Oz had been a werewolf, right? You
meet one, you've met them all, she kept telling herself. No, she wasn't scared.
Willow turned back to the
now-childlike girl, and said, "Right.
Ready?" Without waiting for an
answer, she strode up to the door and rang the doorbell. A somewhat shabby looking man answered it
with a questioning look on his face.
He smiled, and shook Willow's
hand. "Ah. You must be Miss Rosenburg.
Pleased to meet you. I'm Remus
Lupin." He turned to Dawn, and shook
her hand as well. "Dawn Summers,
correct? A pleasure."
Charmed, both women answered
with affirmatives, and followed him into the house. After directing them to their respective rooms, Remus set briskly
about the kitchen, preparing tea for his guests.
When they came back down the
stairs, they found tea awaiting them.
Remus motioned for them to follow him into the living room. Sitting down in a worn, comfy chair, he
began. "Well then, I suppose you'll be
wanting to hear about the Wizarding world then…" Both of the girls leaned forward to hear what he had to say,
eagerly awaiting the tale.
Normally, Dawn was not a morning person. But when her alarm went off the next
morning, she was up immediately. It was
Willow's last day in England, and Remus was taking them shopping in Diagon
Alley. While not immensely rich, the
money Joyce and Buffy had left, augmented by the money they'd, ahem, borrowed,
from Hank, Dawn had enough money to safely see her through all seven years at
Hogwarts.
Once they were ready, they
were swept off on a dizzying course through backways and alleys until they
ended up in a small tavern known as the Leaky Cauldron. The people weren't unfriendly, but both Dawn
and Willow noticed a few people throwing nasty looks at Remus.
He led them out the back,
where it appeared to be nothing but a dead end. He pulled an old, but obviously well-cared for, wand from somewhere
inside his robes and tapped on the wall three times. Before their eyes, a hole appeared in the wall, growing until an
archway led onto a small, crowded street full of brightly coloured objects. Remus smiled at the gaping stares on their faces. "Welcome to Diagon Alley, ladies."
It's
very much like a roller coaster, Dawn reflected as they shot along the underground passageways at
Gringotts. She had set up an account
and exchanged all her Muggle money for Wizard Gold. They were in the process of storing the vast majority of it.
The small cart stopped
abruptly. "Vault 771." The goblin began methodically and quickly
transporting all of Dawn's money inside.
After some deliberation, Remus named a figure for Dawn to keep out to
buy supplies and have a bit of pocket money as well.
Dawn noted with some
amusement, that Willow looked rather green as they climbed back into the little
cart and hurtled back towards the surface.
Outside,
Remus checked his watch. "Right. If you'll head over to Madame Malkin's and
get fitted for some robes, Willow and I will get your parchment and potions
ingredients." Dawn nodded, and with
some trepidation, headed off to be fitted.
It turned out to be fairly
simple, and while Remus and Willow went off to get her books, Dawn headed to
Ollivander's for a wand. She smirked at
Willow before heading toward the wand shop.
The process of finding a wand took quite some time, and by the end of
it, Dawn was feeling rather cross. She
paid for her swishy, twelve and half inch, ebony wand with unicorn hair (very
good for Transfiguration!) and left to find Remus and Willow.
Grinning slyly, Dawn found the
two sitting and sipping iced tea while they waited for her. Shading his eyes, Remus looked up at her and
said. "I thought you might end up
spending quite some time in Ollivander's, so I'm glad we've got almost
everything done."
Looking around, Dawn finally
noticed the sun was setting. It
couldn't already be time to leave could it?
Then something he'd said sunk in.
"What do you mean, almost?"
She asked, rather suspiciously.
Remus smiled innocently. "I thought perhaps you'd want a pet. I was thinking an owl would be the most
practical, to carry your letters with, but if you'd prefer a cat or a toad,
that's fine as well."
Dawn's eyes glowed and they
set off to buy her an owl. It took her
some time to choose, but she finally picked a small, Snowy Owl and named him
Xander. Willow laughed, and Remus announced
it was time to be returning home.
"Because," He added, "The train does leave at ten tomorrow for
both of you." The three weary friends
trudged slowly back towards London.
Yea! I did not die, although I do have bronchitis. Yuck. Er, anyway, keep reviewing when I don't update for awhile; it gets me motivated. Heheh…