The rest of the week passed by like a blur for Lily. Petunia was in an awful mood ever since Mrs. Evans broke the news to her about Lily. Lily avoided her sister as much as possible, spending most of her time at the Potter's, learning about the magical world she had been accepted into. By the end of the week, Lily felt as though she had been a part of the wizarding world for years. Still, nothing James or Mrs. Potter said could have prepared her for the shopping trip they were going to take Monday morning.
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Lily woke up early on Monday. She could hear the sounds of her sister snoring in the room next to hers, and her mother downstairs making breakfast. Lily went into the bathroom to take her shower, then went downstairs after getting dressed.
Mrs. Evans looked up from the stove where she was making French toast. "'Morning Lily darling," she said chipperly.
"'Morning Mum," Lily replied, grabbing a plate and sitting down to eat.
"Mrs. Potter is coming over at nine to take us shopping." She served Lily a piece of French Toast, then started to making a piece for herself.
Lily finished her toast in a hurry, then rushed upstairs to finish getting ready. After she brushed her teeth, she was pulling her bright red hair into a ponytail when she heard the doorbell ring. She could hear her mother greeting the Potters. As she finished her hair, James thundered up the stairs, opened her bedroom door, walked in and sat down on her bed, looking impatiently at her.
"James!" she exclaimed, shocked. "I could have been getting dressed!"
"Then learn to lock your door," he retorted, grinning.
"You're terrible!" Lily replied, laughing.
"Well, lets go. What are you waiting for? We don't have all day," James hopped off of her bed and ran back down the stairs, with Lily right behind him. As they came down the stairs laughing, Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Evans exchanged a glance.
"Come on now, let's get in the car," Mrs. Evans shooed the two out the door. The entire way to London, Lily and James chattered in the backseat. After Mrs. Evans parked in a parking garage, then the four walked down the sidewalk, enjoying the sunny, July morning. Mrs. Potter led the group to a small pub between a bookstore and a store selling records. People passed by the pub, not even glancing at it. It was almost as though they couldn't see it. Strange, Lily thought as they stepped inside the dark building. A bell rang as the door shut behind them, enclosing the four in the smoky darkness of the pub. The bartender greeted Mrs. Potter, asking her how Mr. Potter was. As she was talking, Lily and James looked at each other and tried not to laugh out loud. The bartender, Tom, Mrs. Potter had called him, was toothless and balding. After about five minutes, Mrs. Potter excused her and the others by telling Tom they had a lot of shopping to do. With that having been said, they walked into a small courtyard, surrounded by a brick wall. Mrs. Potter took a wand out of her handbag and tapped a brick three times.
"Its three up and two across from the trash can," Mrs. Potter explained as the bricks moved to form an archway onto the twisting cobbled street. "This is Diagon Alley," Mrs. Potter announced, walking through the brick arch. "Come on," she beckoned them to follow her.
"You brought money right?" she asked Mrs. Evans. When she nodded, Mrs. Potter continued talking: "Good, now on to Gringotts. Its run by goblins, but don't act any differently than you would with regular people. They can be quite mean if you get on their wrong side."
Mrs. Potter continued talking while Lily looked around at Diagon Alley as they passed, in awe and wonder. There were shops selling everything from robes to brooms to cauldrons. As they passed a shop filled with magical creatures, Lily pinched herself to make sure this wasn't a dream.
At that moment, Mrs. Potter had led the group up the street to a gleaming snow-white building. Standing by the bronze doors, stood a creature that had to be a goblin. It was about Lily's height and wearing a scarlet and gold uniform. As they walked by, he bowed to them. Inside the first set of doors was another set, only this time the doors were silver. They walked through the silver doors and into a great marble hall. There were hundreds of goblins working behind tall counters. There were doors leading out of the hall, and goblins showing people around.
Mrs. Potter marched up to a goblin at the counter and announced, "We would like to open an account for Miss Lily Evans." The goblin looked up and saw Mrs. Potter. His expression turned from sour and sarcastic to almost ashamed. Clearly, Lily thought, The Potters are a respected or well-known family. Everyone seems to know who they are, and they are all very friendly. She looked around while her mother handed the goblin several twenty-pound notes. The goblin recorded it and handed Mrs. Evans a small gold key. "Vault 232," and snapped his long fingers. Another goblin came, "Take these four to their vaults," the first goblin ordered.
The second goblin led the Potters and the Evans' to a door. Inside was a cart on what appeared to be a railroad track. Once the five were inside the cart, they set off on the ride of their lives, twisting and turning down the dark track, making their way deeper and deeper underground.
They stopped first at Lily's new vault, and with Mrs. Potter telling her what to get out, they set off again. Earlier in the week, James had explained the currency system to Lily, so she knew what was what when she got her money out. After Mrs. Potter took some money out of their safe, they got set off to go shopping.
After stepping out into the bright sunshine, Mrs. Potter directed them to the robe shop. While Lily and James were being measured for their new robes, Mrs. Potter was explaining wizarding ways to Mrs. Evans. After purchasing their robes, they headed to the bookshop, Flourish and Blotts. They bought their needed books, and dragged James away from the display of Quidditch Throughout the Ages. After doing so, they went next door to buy quills, parchment, and ink. After stopping at various shops to buy cauldrons, scales, telescopes, and various potion ingredients, they went to buy wands.
The store Mrs. Potter directed them to was an old shop with Peeling gold letters announcing: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 B.C. They entered theshop and saw it was filled with narrow boxes. Even the aura in the shop seemed magical, and it gave Lily the chills.
A man walked out of the shadows to greet them. After shaking hands with Mrs. Potter he introduced himself as Mr. Ollivander to Lily and her mother. With that being done, he took out a tape measure and said, "Well Lily, lets see what I have for you." And he explained the process of making wands as he measured her.
"I know just the wand for you!" he exclaimed joyfully once he was done measuring her, and rushed to the back of the shop. He returned holding a box, and removed a wand out of it. "Ten and a quarter, swishy, made out of willow. Perfect for charm work," he announced as he held it out for Lily. She took it in her hand and immediately felt a warmth in her fingertips. She waved it around a little, sending sparks flying out of it.
"Perfect," Mr. Ollivander exclaimed. "Your turn Mr. Potter."
James was a bit harder to find a match for, but finally, the tenth one sent sparks flying. Mr. Ollivander wrapped the wands and Lily and James paid for them. They pick up their bags and walked across the street , thanking Mr. Ollivander.
A sign announced they were entering Eeylop's Owl Europium. When the group got inside, Lily was amazed. Never before in her life had she seen so many owls. Barn, screech, snowy, and tawny. All of them were amazing. She looked over every one of them, trying to find the one she liked best. James picked his out quickly, choosing a large barn owl. Lily lingered for a while longer, finally choosing a smaller, tawny one with chestnut colored feathers.
After paying for their owls, they left Diagon Alley, stopping for lunch in the Leaky Cauldron before going home.
On the way home, Lily and James gave each other suggestions on what to name each other's owl. James decided on Scalf, while Lily agreed to Calypso. As they approached their houses, Mrs. Potter gave Lily her train ticket. "It's a bit difficult to get to the platform without being noticed, but we'll manage," she informed her smiling. "Just be ready when we come and get you on the first."
Author's Note: I Got Reviewed!!! YEAH!!!!!! Thank you to my THREE awesome reviewers. I have a lot of stuff planned for this book, and I hope you will all like it. Ummm.. Lets see here. Amber: I'm going to try to post a new chapter every few days or so, but don't get mad if I don't. I have to type them up, save them to a disk, then give them to Katrina to post for me. That alone could take to or three days, because I'm kinda a slow typist. But, I have a lot of the stuff written out, its just a matter of typing it.
CrAzY4sIrIuS: Of course you can Be! I needed some ideas for characters and you can be one of them. YEAH! I'm thinking you can be Sirius's first girlfriend at Hogwarts. Sound good?
BlooHeart: Thank you very much. I'm honored that you read my fic. I hope you like it and will keep on reading it.
Amber:Thank you, and I'll post again soon. Be patient
Everyone Else Who has Read This Fic, But Hasn't Reviewed: You Better Review. I'm warning you. (Although I'm not quite sure what I would do if you don't review. But I know it will Be something Drastic. Perhaps killing off certain characters? Maybe)Anyways, I'm gonna go work on homework. School is the Devil. Read my other fic too, and don't forget to REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you guys: Katrina, Tori, Emily (Sorry I can't go to classes for awhile Its sad), and to my wonderfully awesome reviewers. WOW! I have got to stop eating Chocolate. It makes me SO hyper. Bye-bye.
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Lily woke up early on Monday. She could hear the sounds of her sister snoring in the room next to hers, and her mother downstairs making breakfast. Lily went into the bathroom to take her shower, then went downstairs after getting dressed.
Mrs. Evans looked up from the stove where she was making French toast. "'Morning Lily darling," she said chipperly.
"'Morning Mum," Lily replied, grabbing a plate and sitting down to eat.
"Mrs. Potter is coming over at nine to take us shopping." She served Lily a piece of French Toast, then started to making a piece for herself.
Lily finished her toast in a hurry, then rushed upstairs to finish getting ready. After she brushed her teeth, she was pulling her bright red hair into a ponytail when she heard the doorbell ring. She could hear her mother greeting the Potters. As she finished her hair, James thundered up the stairs, opened her bedroom door, walked in and sat down on her bed, looking impatiently at her.
"James!" she exclaimed, shocked. "I could have been getting dressed!"
"Then learn to lock your door," he retorted, grinning.
"You're terrible!" Lily replied, laughing.
"Well, lets go. What are you waiting for? We don't have all day," James hopped off of her bed and ran back down the stairs, with Lily right behind him. As they came down the stairs laughing, Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Evans exchanged a glance.
"Come on now, let's get in the car," Mrs. Evans shooed the two out the door. The entire way to London, Lily and James chattered in the backseat. After Mrs. Evans parked in a parking garage, then the four walked down the sidewalk, enjoying the sunny, July morning. Mrs. Potter led the group to a small pub between a bookstore and a store selling records. People passed by the pub, not even glancing at it. It was almost as though they couldn't see it. Strange, Lily thought as they stepped inside the dark building. A bell rang as the door shut behind them, enclosing the four in the smoky darkness of the pub. The bartender greeted Mrs. Potter, asking her how Mr. Potter was. As she was talking, Lily and James looked at each other and tried not to laugh out loud. The bartender, Tom, Mrs. Potter had called him, was toothless and balding. After about five minutes, Mrs. Potter excused her and the others by telling Tom they had a lot of shopping to do. With that having been said, they walked into a small courtyard, surrounded by a brick wall. Mrs. Potter took a wand out of her handbag and tapped a brick three times.
"Its three up and two across from the trash can," Mrs. Potter explained as the bricks moved to form an archway onto the twisting cobbled street. "This is Diagon Alley," Mrs. Potter announced, walking through the brick arch. "Come on," she beckoned them to follow her.
"You brought money right?" she asked Mrs. Evans. When she nodded, Mrs. Potter continued talking: "Good, now on to Gringotts. Its run by goblins, but don't act any differently than you would with regular people. They can be quite mean if you get on their wrong side."
Mrs. Potter continued talking while Lily looked around at Diagon Alley as they passed, in awe and wonder. There were shops selling everything from robes to brooms to cauldrons. As they passed a shop filled with magical creatures, Lily pinched herself to make sure this wasn't a dream.
At that moment, Mrs. Potter had led the group up the street to a gleaming snow-white building. Standing by the bronze doors, stood a creature that had to be a goblin. It was about Lily's height and wearing a scarlet and gold uniform. As they walked by, he bowed to them. Inside the first set of doors was another set, only this time the doors were silver. They walked through the silver doors and into a great marble hall. There were hundreds of goblins working behind tall counters. There were doors leading out of the hall, and goblins showing people around.
Mrs. Potter marched up to a goblin at the counter and announced, "We would like to open an account for Miss Lily Evans." The goblin looked up and saw Mrs. Potter. His expression turned from sour and sarcastic to almost ashamed. Clearly, Lily thought, The Potters are a respected or well-known family. Everyone seems to know who they are, and they are all very friendly. She looked around while her mother handed the goblin several twenty-pound notes. The goblin recorded it and handed Mrs. Evans a small gold key. "Vault 232," and snapped his long fingers. Another goblin came, "Take these four to their vaults," the first goblin ordered.
The second goblin led the Potters and the Evans' to a door. Inside was a cart on what appeared to be a railroad track. Once the five were inside the cart, they set off on the ride of their lives, twisting and turning down the dark track, making their way deeper and deeper underground.
They stopped first at Lily's new vault, and with Mrs. Potter telling her what to get out, they set off again. Earlier in the week, James had explained the currency system to Lily, so she knew what was what when she got her money out. After Mrs. Potter took some money out of their safe, they got set off to go shopping.
After stepping out into the bright sunshine, Mrs. Potter directed them to the robe shop. While Lily and James were being measured for their new robes, Mrs. Potter was explaining wizarding ways to Mrs. Evans. After purchasing their robes, they headed to the bookshop, Flourish and Blotts. They bought their needed books, and dragged James away from the display of Quidditch Throughout the Ages. After doing so, they went next door to buy quills, parchment, and ink. After stopping at various shops to buy cauldrons, scales, telescopes, and various potion ingredients, they went to buy wands.
The store Mrs. Potter directed them to was an old shop with Peeling gold letters announcing: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 B.C. They entered theshop and saw it was filled with narrow boxes. Even the aura in the shop seemed magical, and it gave Lily the chills.
A man walked out of the shadows to greet them. After shaking hands with Mrs. Potter he introduced himself as Mr. Ollivander to Lily and her mother. With that being done, he took out a tape measure and said, "Well Lily, lets see what I have for you." And he explained the process of making wands as he measured her.
"I know just the wand for you!" he exclaimed joyfully once he was done measuring her, and rushed to the back of the shop. He returned holding a box, and removed a wand out of it. "Ten and a quarter, swishy, made out of willow. Perfect for charm work," he announced as he held it out for Lily. She took it in her hand and immediately felt a warmth in her fingertips. She waved it around a little, sending sparks flying out of it.
"Perfect," Mr. Ollivander exclaimed. "Your turn Mr. Potter."
James was a bit harder to find a match for, but finally, the tenth one sent sparks flying. Mr. Ollivander wrapped the wands and Lily and James paid for them. They pick up their bags and walked across the street , thanking Mr. Ollivander.
A sign announced they were entering Eeylop's Owl Europium. When the group got inside, Lily was amazed. Never before in her life had she seen so many owls. Barn, screech, snowy, and tawny. All of them were amazing. She looked over every one of them, trying to find the one she liked best. James picked his out quickly, choosing a large barn owl. Lily lingered for a while longer, finally choosing a smaller, tawny one with chestnut colored feathers.
After paying for their owls, they left Diagon Alley, stopping for lunch in the Leaky Cauldron before going home.
On the way home, Lily and James gave each other suggestions on what to name each other's owl. James decided on Scalf, while Lily agreed to Calypso. As they approached their houses, Mrs. Potter gave Lily her train ticket. "It's a bit difficult to get to the platform without being noticed, but we'll manage," she informed her smiling. "Just be ready when we come and get you on the first."
Author's Note: I Got Reviewed!!! YEAH!!!!!! Thank you to my THREE awesome reviewers. I have a lot of stuff planned for this book, and I hope you will all like it. Ummm.. Lets see here. Amber: I'm going to try to post a new chapter every few days or so, but don't get mad if I don't. I have to type them up, save them to a disk, then give them to Katrina to post for me. That alone could take to or three days, because I'm kinda a slow typist. But, I have a lot of the stuff written out, its just a matter of typing it.
CrAzY4sIrIuS: Of course you can Be! I needed some ideas for characters and you can be one of them. YEAH! I'm thinking you can be Sirius's first girlfriend at Hogwarts. Sound good?
BlooHeart: Thank you very much. I'm honored that you read my fic. I hope you like it and will keep on reading it.
Amber:Thank you, and I'll post again soon. Be patient
Everyone Else Who has Read This Fic, But Hasn't Reviewed: You Better Review. I'm warning you. (Although I'm not quite sure what I would do if you don't review. But I know it will Be something Drastic. Perhaps killing off certain characters? Maybe)Anyways, I'm gonna go work on homework. School is the Devil. Read my other fic too, and don't forget to REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you guys: Katrina, Tori, Emily (Sorry I can't go to classes for awhile Its sad), and to my wonderfully awesome reviewers. WOW! I have got to stop eating Chocolate. It makes me SO hyper. Bye-bye.