All for the best
Chapter 5
Harry followed Elliot out to the back of the Leaky Cauldron. All he could see was a brick wall. Harry, although very confused, shrugged and followed Elliot quietly. Elliot seemed to be preoccupied with counting bricks.
"1… 2…. Right, stand back Harry," and he tapped one of the bricks with his wand. As if by magic (and Harry remembered, it probably was), the wall turned into an archway into a busy and crowded street. "Well Harry, this is Diagon Alley!" Elliot looked at Harry, who seemed to be grinning ear to ear.
"Elliot, where're we going first?" Asked Harry in amazement, as they walked down the little street. Everything looked like it was out of a dream or something, Harry wanted to go everywhere.
"Well, I suppose we'll have to go to Gringotts first. We'll need money, of course."
"Gringotts…?"
"Harry, remember that key I gave you? I already told you all about Gringotts!"
"Oh. Right. Sorry. So, where is this 'Gringotts'?"
"Right there," Elliot, said pointing to a huge building. They walked inside, and there were these… things, with really long noses and fingers.
"Elliot…" whispered Harry, "what are those things?"
"Goblins. Try not to stare, Harry, they might not like that too much."
"Sorry," said Harry, as he quickly averted his eyes to the ceiling, as they walked up to the counter, where a goblin was waiting.
"Here's my key… Harry? Your key?"
"Oh, right." Harry placed his key up on the counter, trying hard not to stare at the goblin.
"Follow me," said the goblin, leading them to a cart. They got in the cart, and within minutes they were at their first stop… Harry's vault. The goblin opened Harry's vault, and Harry slowly looked inside. He was speechless.
"All of this… is it all mine?"
"Sure is. Here. Put some coins in here," said Elliot, handing Harry a little bag. Harry did as he was told, and the continued on to Elliot's vault.
After they were finished at Gringotts, they started to buy their school supplies. Harry couldn't believe he was buying all of this! Robes, quills and parchment, cauldrons, spell books! It all seemed to good to be true.
"Hmm… Looks like I have enough to finally buy an owl. Do you want to come? It'll only be a few minutes," said Elliot, pulling Harry out of his trance.
"Sure! What do owls do, anyway?
"Well, they're really useful. They carry your mail, and they're good pets. It seems like some even have personalities of their own. Well here we are!"
The two walked inside. This was one of the oddest shops Harry had been in so far. There were animals everywhere – cats, owls, rats, toads, you name it! Harry looked around. Over in the corner in a cage was a ginger cat that looked like it was ready to eat someone. He looked at the owls. They had all kinds of them.
"I'll take this one," said Elliot, walking over and picking up a cage. Inside was a barn owl.
"Elliot, can first years have owls?"
"Sure they can! You can have an owl, a cat, or a toad."
"Great!" Harry said excitedly, walking over to the owls. He looked at them, they were all amazing creatures. There was one owl, it was a snowy one, that looked at Harry as if it were trying to tell him something. "I want this one," said Harry, picking up the cage.
After they had paid for their owls, there was only one place left to go. Harry still needed a wand. Harry followed Elliot to a place named Ollivanders.
"Ahh…. Mister Potter, I was wondering when I would see you here…"
A/N: Muhahahhahahaha!! My attempt at a cliffhanger lmao Actually, I'm too lazy to write the whole wand ordeal in my own words, I need to read SS again before I continue. Comments, etc., flames are fun to, I love reading them (I'm weird like that) so go ahead and review!