Chapter Four: Searching Through Diagon Alley
Ok lets get this story moving.It will get better I promise.when they get on the train. So stay with me. L
Topanga looked around at all the shops. The people there were dressed oddly. Here she was in jeans and a T-shirt and people were wearing cloaks and all. She had never seen such odd clothes in her life.
Mariana and Topanga stop in front of a weird looking shop. Topanga looked up at the sign that was swinging from the wind. Ollivander's: Maker of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.
Mariana opened the door to the store and Topanga walked in. Mariana turned to her daughter. "I am going to go get your cauldron and we will meet in Flourish and Blotts ok. It's the store right over there." Mariana points to a bookshop and Topanga nods.
"Ok Mum."
"See you later." Mariana walked out and disappears in the crowd.
Topanga closes the door behind her. It was a dark room and only very dim light. The store was rather quite with no one seeming to be there. "Um.Hello?" Topanga called out. "Is anyone here?"
Soon enough a man of old age comes from the side. "Oh hello there. You need a wand I am guess?"
"Umm. Yes Sir. I am in need of one." Topanga says.
"Well you have come to the right place. I am Mr. Ollivander. Now what might your name be?" Mr. Ollivander asked questioningly.
"I'm.ugh. Topanga, Topanga Brinkley." Topanga said nervously.
"Brinkley! Ahh your father was a great man."
"My father? How do you know about him?" Topanga asked.
"He came here to get his first wand as well. It was all over the Daily Prophet about what happened to him. But that story is something I shall not speak about. All I can say is You-Know-Who and his fellow Death Eaters were the ones he fought against. All to save a woman, he was a brave man." Mr. Ollivander said skimming through all the selves of wands.
Topanga nodded. She wasn't upset about her father, she couldn't be. She didn't know much about him besides that fact that he was a wizard and worked for The Ministry of Magic.
Mr. Ollivander took a wand from one of the selves. It was rather dusty. He dusts of the box and places it on the counter. He opens the dusty old box and takes out a wand. He handed Topanga the wand. Topanga took the wand in her hand and looked at Mr. Ollivander,
"Well give it a wave." Mr. Ollivander stated.
Topanga shook her head and flicked the wand at one of the shelves. The wand backfires and the entire shelf of wands fall to the floor. Topanga places the wand back on the counter blushing. "Um.sorry about that." Topanga looked down at the ground.
"Ah. No worries." Mr. Ollivander goes back to the shelves and takes another box with a wand in it.
He walks back and places the box on the counter. Mr. Ollivander takes out the wand and hands it to Topanga. "6 5/8 inches, Yew, with a core of Phoenix Feather.
Topanga shrugged having no idea what the point of telling her that was and took the wand from Mr. Ollivander. This time when she waved it a cloud of smoke appeared around her. Mr. Ollivander nodded.
"Very well." Mr. Ollivander stated. "That will be twelve galleons."
"Galleons? Oh." Topanga blushed feeling stupid. She handed him the little bag of money her mother gave her to buy her wand. "Which one are galleons?"
"Galleons are these." He picks up one and shows it to her. It was the largest coin there.
Topanga thanked him and counted out twelve galleons.
"Thank you again Miss. Brinkley." Mr. Ollivander waved as Topanga walked out of the store.
Topanga looked back at the shop one last time and started to walk to Flourish and Blotts. People stared at her and mumbled some things about her. She said to herself 'They are probably staring at me because of my clothes.' Topanga sighed and ran the rest of the way to Flourish and Blotts.
Once there, Mariana was already waiting with her school books in her hand. In the other hand was a brown package, which must have been her cauldron.
"You get your wand?" Mariana asked.
"Yes, I did." Topanga said holding up the wand to her mum.
"Great. Let's get your robes then we will find a place to stay and have dinner ok?"
"Ok." Topanga said following her mum out of the store.
Topanga looked around at all the other shops she saw one that especially brought her interest. "Wait Mum I want to see what this is." Topanga said grabbing her shirt.
"Ok." Mariana said following Topanga.
Topanga stopped in front of a store. In the window was a broom and some sort of uniforms. She looked up at the sign and read Quality Quidditch Supplies. Topanga turned to her mother. "Mum, what's Quidditch?"
A child standing next to her and stared at her in disbelief. "What's Quidditch?! Only the greatest Wizarding sport of all time!"
Topanga flushed red. She felt so dumb. She read the writing on the broom handle. Nimbus 2000. She sighed and Mariana tapped Topanga on the shoulder.
"Come now it's getting late. We have to eat dinner yet and you have to go to bed early so you can catch that train."
Topanga nodded and followed her Mum into the last store they had to go to. Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. They stepped into the store and was greeted by Madam Malkin.
"Hello, is there anything I can do for you?" Madam Malkin asked.
"Yes my daughter Topanga is in need of school robes. She is to be attending Hogwarts this year." Mariana stated
"Oh yes." Madam Malkin said taking Topanga's hand. "Step up here please and we will get you measured for you robes."
Topanga stepped up on the circular platform and watched Madam Malkin. Madam Malkin took out a wand and a piece of parchment and a quill. She started to write some things on the paper as she measured Topanga. "One moment." Madam Malkin said walking to the back room.
Madam Malkin came out of the back with a package in her hand. "Here you are." She said handing the package to Topanga.
Mariana thanked her. "How much?"
"Three Galleons."
Mariana handed Madam Malkin the three galleons and walked out of the store with Topanga.
"Where are we going now?" Topanga asked.
"Back to The Leaky Cauldron. We will be spending the night there."
"Oh ok." Topanga said walking with her mother back to the Leaky Cauldron.
There, Tom greeted them again.
"Hello again Mariana and Topanga."
Continued in Chapter Five. I will write it soon don't worry. *Laughs*
Ok lets get this story moving.It will get better I promise.when they get on the train. So stay with me. L
Topanga looked around at all the shops. The people there were dressed oddly. Here she was in jeans and a T-shirt and people were wearing cloaks and all. She had never seen such odd clothes in her life.
Mariana and Topanga stop in front of a weird looking shop. Topanga looked up at the sign that was swinging from the wind. Ollivander's: Maker of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.
Mariana opened the door to the store and Topanga walked in. Mariana turned to her daughter. "I am going to go get your cauldron and we will meet in Flourish and Blotts ok. It's the store right over there." Mariana points to a bookshop and Topanga nods.
"Ok Mum."
"See you later." Mariana walked out and disappears in the crowd.
Topanga closes the door behind her. It was a dark room and only very dim light. The store was rather quite with no one seeming to be there. "Um.Hello?" Topanga called out. "Is anyone here?"
Soon enough a man of old age comes from the side. "Oh hello there. You need a wand I am guess?"
"Umm. Yes Sir. I am in need of one." Topanga says.
"Well you have come to the right place. I am Mr. Ollivander. Now what might your name be?" Mr. Ollivander asked questioningly.
"I'm.ugh. Topanga, Topanga Brinkley." Topanga said nervously.
"Brinkley! Ahh your father was a great man."
"My father? How do you know about him?" Topanga asked.
"He came here to get his first wand as well. It was all over the Daily Prophet about what happened to him. But that story is something I shall not speak about. All I can say is You-Know-Who and his fellow Death Eaters were the ones he fought against. All to save a woman, he was a brave man." Mr. Ollivander said skimming through all the selves of wands.
Topanga nodded. She wasn't upset about her father, she couldn't be. She didn't know much about him besides that fact that he was a wizard and worked for The Ministry of Magic.
Mr. Ollivander took a wand from one of the selves. It was rather dusty. He dusts of the box and places it on the counter. He opens the dusty old box and takes out a wand. He handed Topanga the wand. Topanga took the wand in her hand and looked at Mr. Ollivander,
"Well give it a wave." Mr. Ollivander stated.
Topanga shook her head and flicked the wand at one of the shelves. The wand backfires and the entire shelf of wands fall to the floor. Topanga places the wand back on the counter blushing. "Um.sorry about that." Topanga looked down at the ground.
"Ah. No worries." Mr. Ollivander goes back to the shelves and takes another box with a wand in it.
He walks back and places the box on the counter. Mr. Ollivander takes out the wand and hands it to Topanga. "6 5/8 inches, Yew, with a core of Phoenix Feather.
Topanga shrugged having no idea what the point of telling her that was and took the wand from Mr. Ollivander. This time when she waved it a cloud of smoke appeared around her. Mr. Ollivander nodded.
"Very well." Mr. Ollivander stated. "That will be twelve galleons."
"Galleons? Oh." Topanga blushed feeling stupid. She handed him the little bag of money her mother gave her to buy her wand. "Which one are galleons?"
"Galleons are these." He picks up one and shows it to her. It was the largest coin there.
Topanga thanked him and counted out twelve galleons.
"Thank you again Miss. Brinkley." Mr. Ollivander waved as Topanga walked out of the store.
Topanga looked back at the shop one last time and started to walk to Flourish and Blotts. People stared at her and mumbled some things about her. She said to herself 'They are probably staring at me because of my clothes.' Topanga sighed and ran the rest of the way to Flourish and Blotts.
Once there, Mariana was already waiting with her school books in her hand. In the other hand was a brown package, which must have been her cauldron.
"You get your wand?" Mariana asked.
"Yes, I did." Topanga said holding up the wand to her mum.
"Great. Let's get your robes then we will find a place to stay and have dinner ok?"
"Ok." Topanga said following her mum out of the store.
Topanga looked around at all the other shops she saw one that especially brought her interest. "Wait Mum I want to see what this is." Topanga said grabbing her shirt.
"Ok." Mariana said following Topanga.
Topanga stopped in front of a store. In the window was a broom and some sort of uniforms. She looked up at the sign and read Quality Quidditch Supplies. Topanga turned to her mother. "Mum, what's Quidditch?"
A child standing next to her and stared at her in disbelief. "What's Quidditch?! Only the greatest Wizarding sport of all time!"
Topanga flushed red. She felt so dumb. She read the writing on the broom handle. Nimbus 2000. She sighed and Mariana tapped Topanga on the shoulder.
"Come now it's getting late. We have to eat dinner yet and you have to go to bed early so you can catch that train."
Topanga nodded and followed her Mum into the last store they had to go to. Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. They stepped into the store and was greeted by Madam Malkin.
"Hello, is there anything I can do for you?" Madam Malkin asked.
"Yes my daughter Topanga is in need of school robes. She is to be attending Hogwarts this year." Mariana stated
"Oh yes." Madam Malkin said taking Topanga's hand. "Step up here please and we will get you measured for you robes."
Topanga stepped up on the circular platform and watched Madam Malkin. Madam Malkin took out a wand and a piece of parchment and a quill. She started to write some things on the paper as she measured Topanga. "One moment." Madam Malkin said walking to the back room.
Madam Malkin came out of the back with a package in her hand. "Here you are." She said handing the package to Topanga.
Mariana thanked her. "How much?"
"Three Galleons."
Mariana handed Madam Malkin the three galleons and walked out of the store with Topanga.
"Where are we going now?" Topanga asked.
"Back to The Leaky Cauldron. We will be spending the night there."
"Oh ok." Topanga said walking with her mother back to the Leaky Cauldron.
There, Tom greeted them again.
"Hello again Mariana and Topanga."
Continued in Chapter Five. I will write it soon don't worry. *Laughs*
