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Laura Schell: Thank you very much. I'm aware that my story can be better, but I assure you that it sounded a lot better in my head. I'll try to improve.
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SHOPPING!!!
Lily looked over at Ashley, who still looked as if she was going to be sick. Apparently she didn't particularly enjoy the wild cart ride through the tunnels under Gringotts. Sarah, on the other hand, seemed to have enjoyed it, as she was smiling broadly as they stepped back into the sunshine. But then again, it could've just been because they were leaving.
"Where do you want to go first Lily?" asked Sarah. Lily looked down at her list.
All First year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain black work robes
2. One plain pointed hat for daywear
3. One pair protective gloves (dragon-hide or similar)
And the following set of books:
1. 'The Standard Book of Spells Grade One' by Miranda Goshhawk
2. 'A Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi' by Phyllida Spore
3. 'A History of Magic' by Bathilda Bagshot
4. 'Magical Theory' by Adalbert Waffling
5. 'A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration' by Emeric Switch
6. 'Magical Drafts and Potions' by Arsenius Jigger
7. 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' by Newt Scamander
8. 'The Dark Forces: A Guide To Self-protection' by Trimble
All Students must be equipped with:
1. One wand
2. One standard size pewter cauldron
And may bring, if they desire, either an owl, a cat, or a toad.
"Well, why don't we go get my robes first," Lily answered. "You want Madame Malkin's Robes for all Occasions for that. It's over this way. No that's Knockturn Alley. Don't ever go in there Lily. That place is evil. Come on. This way." Sarah guided her away from the dark side alley and to a shop directly next to it.
"You stay here, Ashley and I will going to get us some ice cream, okay?" Lily shook her head as she looked around. An old lady came up to her as soon as Sarah and Ashley left. "Hogwarts dear?" without waiting for an answer she pulled Lily over to a stool and told her to wait. She could hear movement behind some of the other curtains as a few more people, she guessed Hogwarts students, mounted stools on the other side.
"James," came the voice of a boy, "what are you going to do when you see her? I mean, you did think she was dead for 10 years."
He was answered by another boy that she assumed was James, " That's exactly why I can't do anything. If we thought she was dead, she must've thought we were dead. I doubt she even knows we exist. Actually, I'm certain she doesn't know we exist. Mum doesn't want to shock her with too much at a time. She said, and I quote 'we'll tell her when she's ready to be told'. The old lady returned and began measuring Lily.
"Still, she is your sister," the first boy said. "Half sister. Same father, different mother," answered James. "Besides, I'm sure Mum'll tell her before the year ends. You should've seen her face when her name showed up on the Hogwarts register. She was so white, I had to call Sirius over before something happened to her. `Course, you can't really blame her. Her supposedly dead goddaughter suddenly came back to life. I swear she was going to faint."
Another voice, this time a girl, cut in. "Don't try to change the subject James. We need to know what you're going to do so we don't go ruin it for you." Lily heard a sigh before James spoke again. "I'm going to become her friend, no matter what house she's in. Even if it's Slytherin." By this point the lady was finished and told her she could go. Lily walked out (after paying of course) still wondering about who they were talking about.
"Lily! Over here!" Lily looked up to see Sarah and Ashley waving to her from across the crowded alley. She started towards them, passing a woman with wavy brown hair who was arguing loudly with a man with flaming red hair. "Ron you can not buy him a broomstick. First years aren't allowed to have their own broomsticks." "Aw, come on Hermione. Harry had one when he was a first year." "Does he look like Harry to you? Don't answer that. I know he looks like Harry. But he still doesn't get a broomstick."
By the time she reached Sarah and Ashley she was silently laughing. Sarah was looking at the two shaking her head with a slight smile on her face. "It's hard to believe those two are Hogwarts professors. They haven't been able to agree on anything since we were at school." "Those two are my professors?" asked Lily incredulously. Sarah nodded. "The woman is Professor Granger, your Transfiguration professor and the Gryfindor head of house. The man is Professor Weasley, your flying instructor."
Lily nodded in understanding then glanced at Ashley, who hadn't spoken since they left Gringotts. "Are you okay Ashley?" Ashley smiled and nodded. "I'm just so jealous that you get to go and I don't." Lily smiled at her friend. "Come on you two. We have to get your books, your wand, and your animal." "Animal?" "Well you can't go to Hogwarts without an animal. You'd be an outcast!"
The rest of their shopping went pretty much uneventful, until they got to Ollivanders. They entered with Sarah and Ashley holding all Lily's books while Lily held the cage that contained her new snowy white owl. The shop was small, small rectangular boxes lined every wall. Lily rang the bell, and a very old man appeared out of seemingly nowhere, causing Lily to jump and Ashley to drop a few books.
"You must be Miss Potter. I was wondering if I'd be seeing you." The man went strait to a shelf and pulled down a box. He took a wand out of the box and handed it to her. "Give it a wave." Almost before she even waved it, the wand was snatched from her hand. The same thing happened with the next five wands she tried. Finally, after her sixth wand, the old man began to mumble something along the lines of "I wonder" when he took a box of the top shelf in the very back. "Unicorn hair, willow, 10 inches. Nice and sturdy. Very good for hexes." When Lily waved it, sparks shot out the end.
The old man smiled. "It just so happens that that wand contains a hair from a unicorn your father saved from death. That'll be seven galleons." Lily paid the man and walked out of the shop in a trance like state. She remained that way as Sarah took her and Ashley back to the orphanage.
A/N: Do you like? It's my longest chapter yet. Please review so I know what you think.
