Disclaimer: (srry I forget last chapter!) I don't own any of this... it all
belongs to the wonderful J.K. Rowling
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The next morning at about 8:00 they left. They arrived at the Leaky Cauldron at 8:30 and went in. Lily went up to the bar and met a man who was balding and was missing a couple teeth.
"Umm. excuse me but are you Tom?" she asked.
" Oh, yes I am and who might you be?" he asked nicely.
"I'm Lily Evans and I was wondering. How do I get into Diagon Ally?" Lily asked.
"Oh, you must be a muggle-born? Are you?" he asked excitedly.
" Um. I think so. doesn't muggle mean that your not magical?" Lily asked.
Yes it does," Tom said.
" Then I am," Lily said.
" Okay the just follow me please. and so out that door right there." He said pointing at the door at the back of the room.
Lily and her Mom followed him in and watched while he took out this long stick. *Oh, that must be his wand* she thought. Then he tapped the third brick from the bottom and went over two to the right.
"Now every time you want to come into Diagon Ally you will have to do this. You tap the third brick from the bottom and go over two to the right. Okay? Got that? Good!" he said while putting his wand away but Lily and Emily weren't paying attention, they were looking at the space in the wall that just appeared.
"Wow!" said Lily.
They stepped through and Lily suddenly wished she had 7 eyes because there was so much to look at. They went past this window and Lily saw the most beautiful pure white snowy owl with bright green eyes just like hers.
"Mom, I really want that owl! Can I get it when we get my money?" Lily asked while tugging on her Mom's sleeve.
"Yes, you can. This is the plan, we'll go to Gringotts and exchange your money like the letter said, then I'll go back to the Leaky Cauldron and you go get your things. I'm sure you don't want your mom around." She said and they set off for Gringotts.
They get to the building and climb up the stairs and get up to the doors and Lily notices something. There is something on the door, and to Lily it looks like a letter of some sort. When she got closer she noticed that it was a poem. It says:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure, there
She was a little scared by that but didn't let it show. Her Mom and herself walked in and saw these little creatures and they all had these little nasty faces.
"Mom," she asked. "Are these...goblins?"
"I think so. but I'm not sure," she said carefully.
They walked to the counter at the back of the hall and saw another goblin. He looked like the boogieman in Lily's opinion. She giggled at this thought but it earned a disapproving look from her mother.
"Hello," Emily said. "My daughter would like to open an account. Also, to put in.what.700 pounds in it."
"Oh.thank you Mom," Lily exclaimed.
"Your welcome, Hun."
"Okay," said the goblin. "Grimlock come and take these ladies to vault 902," he said while passing Lily and her Mom each a key.
Another goblin came out and he looked something like the 1st one but in a way, better.
"Come and follow me," Grimlock said.
So they followed him to this cart like thing and it had a front and a back. Grimlock sat in the front so Lily and her Mom sat in the back.
"Hold on," Grimlock said with a smile on his lips.
Then before they had anytime to register that, they were going so fast they could barely stay upright. They went through these twists and turns and as they were going past on of them, Lily saw what looks to be a dragon. *Wow was that a dragon we just past? * They then came to a sudden halt and they were almost thrown forward.
"Key please," Grimlock said.
Emily passed him her key and he put it in the lock. The door opened and what Lily saw she didn't believe. She saw piles and piles of gold, silver, and bronze coins all over in the vault.
" Go ahead, take how much you need. The gold ones are called Gallons, and silver ones are called Stickels(is that rite? Im to lazy to look in the book), and the bronze ones are Knuts. There are 17 Stickels in a Gallon and there is 26 Knuts in a Stickels." Grimlock explained.
Lily and her mom took handfuls of coins and put then in a bag that Lily had brought. They got back into the cart and left the building. Once they were back at the Leaky Cauldron her mom let her go and get her school supplies.
She opened the doorway again by touching the bricks with her fingers and as soon as they took a step out the entrance she collided with something ..
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The next morning at about 8:00 they left. They arrived at the Leaky Cauldron at 8:30 and went in. Lily went up to the bar and met a man who was balding and was missing a couple teeth.
"Umm. excuse me but are you Tom?" she asked.
" Oh, yes I am and who might you be?" he asked nicely.
"I'm Lily Evans and I was wondering. How do I get into Diagon Ally?" Lily asked.
"Oh, you must be a muggle-born? Are you?" he asked excitedly.
" Um. I think so. doesn't muggle mean that your not magical?" Lily asked.
Yes it does," Tom said.
" Then I am," Lily said.
" Okay the just follow me please. and so out that door right there." He said pointing at the door at the back of the room.
Lily and her Mom followed him in and watched while he took out this long stick. *Oh, that must be his wand* she thought. Then he tapped the third brick from the bottom and went over two to the right.
"Now every time you want to come into Diagon Ally you will have to do this. You tap the third brick from the bottom and go over two to the right. Okay? Got that? Good!" he said while putting his wand away but Lily and Emily weren't paying attention, they were looking at the space in the wall that just appeared.
"Wow!" said Lily.
They stepped through and Lily suddenly wished she had 7 eyes because there was so much to look at. They went past this window and Lily saw the most beautiful pure white snowy owl with bright green eyes just like hers.
"Mom, I really want that owl! Can I get it when we get my money?" Lily asked while tugging on her Mom's sleeve.
"Yes, you can. This is the plan, we'll go to Gringotts and exchange your money like the letter said, then I'll go back to the Leaky Cauldron and you go get your things. I'm sure you don't want your mom around." She said and they set off for Gringotts.
They get to the building and climb up the stairs and get up to the doors and Lily notices something. There is something on the door, and to Lily it looks like a letter of some sort. When she got closer she noticed that it was a poem. It says:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure, there
She was a little scared by that but didn't let it show. Her Mom and herself walked in and saw these little creatures and they all had these little nasty faces.
"Mom," she asked. "Are these...goblins?"
"I think so. but I'm not sure," she said carefully.
They walked to the counter at the back of the hall and saw another goblin. He looked like the boogieman in Lily's opinion. She giggled at this thought but it earned a disapproving look from her mother.
"Hello," Emily said. "My daughter would like to open an account. Also, to put in.what.700 pounds in it."
"Oh.thank you Mom," Lily exclaimed.
"Your welcome, Hun."
"Okay," said the goblin. "Grimlock come and take these ladies to vault 902," he said while passing Lily and her Mom each a key.
Another goblin came out and he looked something like the 1st one but in a way, better.
"Come and follow me," Grimlock said.
So they followed him to this cart like thing and it had a front and a back. Grimlock sat in the front so Lily and her Mom sat in the back.
"Hold on," Grimlock said with a smile on his lips.
Then before they had anytime to register that, they were going so fast they could barely stay upright. They went through these twists and turns and as they were going past on of them, Lily saw what looks to be a dragon. *Wow was that a dragon we just past? * They then came to a sudden halt and they were almost thrown forward.
"Key please," Grimlock said.
Emily passed him her key and he put it in the lock. The door opened and what Lily saw she didn't believe. She saw piles and piles of gold, silver, and bronze coins all over in the vault.
" Go ahead, take how much you need. The gold ones are called Gallons, and silver ones are called Stickels(is that rite? Im to lazy to look in the book), and the bronze ones are Knuts. There are 17 Stickels in a Gallon and there is 26 Knuts in a Stickels." Grimlock explained.
Lily and her mom took handfuls of coins and put then in a bag that Lily had brought. They got back into the cart and left the building. Once they were back at the Leaky Cauldron her mom let her go and get her school supplies.
She opened the doorway again by touching the bricks with her fingers and as soon as they took a step out the entrance she collided with something ..
