Chapter Three. Diagon Alley.
"Come on Cleo, rise and shine." Astra said yawning. Cleo sat up out of bed and rubbed her
eyes, the sunlight pouring in from the windows. Cleo crawled out of bed and stretched, while walking into the bathroom to shower up and get dressed. She walked down to the common room and sat on the couch to wait for the others.
"So, where are we going today?" James asked happily when they were all here. He saw the look on their faces and explained. "Yep, we get to come to, except Peter, he's staying here to catch up on some work." He said since Peter wasn't with them.
"Well in ten minutes we have to meet Dumbledore to go by Floo Powder. We'll end up in the Leaky Cauldron and we have to be back no later then three o'clock. That should be enough time, shouldn't it?" Cleo asked looking at a piece of parchment and grinned. "I'm in control of the money!"
On cue everyone groaned but nicely, except for Draco who just muttered under his breath. The group walked down the halls and then up to Dumbledore's Goyle. Sirius said the password then, one by one, they came in.
Dumbledore reminded them to be back by three o'clock and not to go out of Diagon Alley. They nodded and went into the fire. "Diagon Alley!" Cleo called throwing the powder in. She stepped into the fire and moments later was thrown back out, landing on Sirius. "Thanks for catching me." She said sarcastically with a grin.
"Oh your welcome." Sirius said with the same sarcastic tone and grinned at her. The others came in and dusted their robes up, finally Cleo spoke up again.
"Well then, the first thing on our list is dress robes. So, our first place is.... Madam Malkin's Robes of all Occasions." She said, checking it off on the list with a quill. The group headed into Malkin's for their robes and to look for dress robes.
Once they got their work robes, Cleo, Astra, and an annoyed Draco went to look for dress robes. Cleo and Astra had a lot of fun pestering Draco for which robes he should wear. They forced him into all sorts of colors, white, green, black, silver, blue, and even orange. He got very angry after awhile and yelled at them that he would pick his own. So, he finally got a deep emerald one, with silver cuffs on the arms and neckline.
Cleo picked a long white one out quickly. It was velvety soft and a pure white, that seemed to glow almost. The sleeves flared and her hands disappeared in them sometimes, but she liked it a lot. The one who took the longest was Astra, not being able to decide which looked better, or which matched her eyes. She eventually settled for a soft baby blue one with a deeper blue's cuffs.
"Now..." Cleo said as the group walked out of the Robe's shop. "We should go to the Apothecary and then to get some muggle clothes." Cleo said checking something off the list. The six people walked down to the Apothecary to get some ingredients and then it was time for the clothes, though
Draco didn't seem happy about that.
"Argh, I have to go into a CLOTHING store with two GIRLS? This is unfair...cruel...inhuman punishment!" He said annoyed as the two dragged him in, the Marauders bringing up the rear. Cleo and Astra just grinned.
"Let's work with him first." Cleo said. The two of them pushed him into a dressing room and then went to get clothes. He tried on jeans, shirts, T-shirts, shorts, pants, and they even talked him into trying a pink dress. They settled him with having three pairs of jeans, two pairs of khakis, one pair of black dress pants, four T-shirts, two pairs of shorts, four long shirts, two sweaters, a hoodie, a coat, and a jacket. He also bought an extra pair of shoes.
Cleo and Astra then got their clothes, each getting the same number of things, but different colors and styles. Three jeans, two pairs of khakis, one Capri, a dress, four pairs of other pants, four T-shirts, three long sleeved shirts, three sweaters, a jacket, a coat, and a pair of shoes. Cleo bought a skirt and Astra bought two. When the group was finished with the clothes shopping, they went for ice-cream at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor.
"Where to next?" Sirius asked, licking a large chocolate ice-cream cone and looking over Cleo's shoulder to see the list, drops of chocolate narrowly missing her shoulders.
"Well we have everything we need, and we still have an hour and a half left, so we can go around wherever we want I guess. As long as it's in Diagon Alley, of course." Cleo added and continued on her ice cream cone.
The group was seated around a large patio table infront of the ice cream parlor. Cleo looked around and down the street. It was pretty quiet around them, people walking around, a lady looking at some dragon liver at a market. The group sat there and chatted on about the Marauder's time and their present time. When they were done, Sirius piped up.
"So, why don't we split up and then meet at Gringotts in exactly one hour? And keep out of the Sugar-Quill the candy shop, we can check it out when we get back together." He suggested and the others nodded and agreed. They rose from their chairs and went their separate ways. Remus went with Astra and James went down to the post office. Sirius turned to Cleo and shrugged. "I'll tag along with you then, okay?" He said in a way she didn't have a choice.
Cleo nodded and they walked around for a bit, talking and stretching their legs. All at once Cleo stopped and Sirius walked into her, and followed her gaze to the Quality Quidditch Supplies. Cleo nearly dragged the poor boy in there and then he lost her. He found her looking at a large cage of bludgers, each trying to escape madly. Then they went on to look at the other balls and such. Cleo looked at the beater's clubs. She would need to borrow the school's if she got onto the team. She sighed while she looked at them but then turned her head to look at the broomsticks.
Her mouth fell open and she looked at the newest broom. It was the Nimbus 1000. Of course there were much better ones, like the Twigger 90, Nimbus 2000, Nimbus 2001, and of course the Firebolt, this one was beautiful. It had straight smooth twigs, and a nice smooth edge to it, perfect for getting speed quickly. Sirius came up to her and shook a hand in her face to get her attention. She blushed and muttered sorry, quickly leaving the store.
Cleo grinned and walked into Florish and Blotts, Sirius came in soon after. He lost her in the book shelves and he looked through some joke books while Cleo got into one about magical creatures. She flipped through it and then looked at a few other books, sitting in a corner to read one for a bit, and Sirius was sitting in another chair reading about famous pranksters. After awhile Sirius came up to her and they each checked out a few books.
They walked around a bit, chatting for awhile, and then had to meet at the Gringotts bank. Cleo and Sirius sat on the steps to wait for the others. They were the first back, James headed back from the direction of the Quality Quidditch Supplies, and Remus and Astra from a joke shop.
"Now, we can go check out the Sugar-Quill and then head back to Hogwarts from the Leaky Cauldron." Cleo said looking at the giant clock above the French doors of Gringotts bank. The group agreed and headed to the sweet shop.
The shop was a candy heaven, all sorts of different items. There were boxes, jars, and shelves full with candy. There was a large jar with green, red, blue, purple, orange, and yellow Jelly Slugs. There were Sugar Quills in all sorts of flavors, and boxes of chocolate frogs. Cleo liked the special effects ones the most and bought some levitating sherbet balls, Droobles Blowing Gum, black Pepper Imps, Ice Mice, and Frizzing Whizbees. They also bought some Bertie Botts Beans and chocolate frogs. Leaving here, the money bag was much lighter and they went back to the Leaky Cauldron to go in Floo back to Hogwarts.
When they got back, the group unloaded their stuff in their dorms, and went down to the
common room to try out some of their candy. Cleo and Sirius tried the levitating sherbet balls and levitated a foot off the ground when the put them in their mouths. Astra tried a Pepper Imp, and when she sneezed she shot sparks from her nose. They dared James to eat three black Bertie Botts beans, all of them were pepper. When Peter got back, he tried one that turned out to be ear wax. (DIE PETER DIE!) Remus tried some Ice Mice, and for half an hour is teeth squeaked. Anytime he tried to talk it got louder, it was quite amusing.
"You guys-squeak- this isn't -squeaky- funny, so stop -SQUEAK- laughing- SQUEAKY SQUEAK SQUEAK-" Remus muttered slapping a hand over his mouth while his friends laughed. He groaned and sat down. To make him feel better, the whole group took some to, so their teeth were squeaking, too.
Half an hour later, James looked at the clock. "It's dinner time." He said and got up, Sirius following in sync.
"Excellent, I'm starving." Sirius said grinning and patting his stomach. He was always hungry and the other Marauders just groaned at his remark.
The four of them climbed out of the portrait hole and down the halls to the Great Hall. The people in the portraits casually roamed about, Cleo saw a medieval maiden going into another portrait to chat with a knight. The group finally got down stairs and to the Great Hall and took a seat at the end of the Gryffindor table. Sirius and James began to wolf down their meal like they didn't eat in days. Boys. Cleo thought shaking her head as she prodded a carrot with her fork. A young man around their age with black slimy hair approached them with a scowl.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Potter and Black. I see you have a new fan club with you, as usual." Snape sneered at them. "Never can go anywhere without your mob following you about?" He leered at them annoyingly. "And I bet their muggle lovers to."
"Oh shut up you large nosed git." Cleo shot at him.
"I wouldn't be talking mudblood muggle lover. Why don't all of you break your wands in half and go live with the muggles?" Snape hissed at them.
James stood up and glared at Snape. "Bugger off Severus, I mean it." He snapped straightening tall. Snape seemed to eye him and Sirius, like seeing how big they were. He muttered and cursed under his breath walking off, glaring at them.
"He's such a git." Cleo and James said in unison and stared at each other, inching away like the other was an alien. The others agreed and glanced over at the Slytherin table, Snape was muttering quietly to Malfoy about something. Cleo sighed and turned back in her chair. "When I get back he's probably going to kill me." she muttered with a sigh and continued on with supper.
"Come on Cleo, rise and shine." Astra said yawning. Cleo sat up out of bed and rubbed her
eyes, the sunlight pouring in from the windows. Cleo crawled out of bed and stretched, while walking into the bathroom to shower up and get dressed. She walked down to the common room and sat on the couch to wait for the others.
"So, where are we going today?" James asked happily when they were all here. He saw the look on their faces and explained. "Yep, we get to come to, except Peter, he's staying here to catch up on some work." He said since Peter wasn't with them.
"Well in ten minutes we have to meet Dumbledore to go by Floo Powder. We'll end up in the Leaky Cauldron and we have to be back no later then three o'clock. That should be enough time, shouldn't it?" Cleo asked looking at a piece of parchment and grinned. "I'm in control of the money!"
On cue everyone groaned but nicely, except for Draco who just muttered under his breath. The group walked down the halls and then up to Dumbledore's Goyle. Sirius said the password then, one by one, they came in.
Dumbledore reminded them to be back by three o'clock and not to go out of Diagon Alley. They nodded and went into the fire. "Diagon Alley!" Cleo called throwing the powder in. She stepped into the fire and moments later was thrown back out, landing on Sirius. "Thanks for catching me." She said sarcastically with a grin.
"Oh your welcome." Sirius said with the same sarcastic tone and grinned at her. The others came in and dusted their robes up, finally Cleo spoke up again.
"Well then, the first thing on our list is dress robes. So, our first place is.... Madam Malkin's Robes of all Occasions." She said, checking it off on the list with a quill. The group headed into Malkin's for their robes and to look for dress robes.
Once they got their work robes, Cleo, Astra, and an annoyed Draco went to look for dress robes. Cleo and Astra had a lot of fun pestering Draco for which robes he should wear. They forced him into all sorts of colors, white, green, black, silver, blue, and even orange. He got very angry after awhile and yelled at them that he would pick his own. So, he finally got a deep emerald one, with silver cuffs on the arms and neckline.
Cleo picked a long white one out quickly. It was velvety soft and a pure white, that seemed to glow almost. The sleeves flared and her hands disappeared in them sometimes, but she liked it a lot. The one who took the longest was Astra, not being able to decide which looked better, or which matched her eyes. She eventually settled for a soft baby blue one with a deeper blue's cuffs.
"Now..." Cleo said as the group walked out of the Robe's shop. "We should go to the Apothecary and then to get some muggle clothes." Cleo said checking something off the list. The six people walked down to the Apothecary to get some ingredients and then it was time for the clothes, though
Draco didn't seem happy about that.
"Argh, I have to go into a CLOTHING store with two GIRLS? This is unfair...cruel...inhuman punishment!" He said annoyed as the two dragged him in, the Marauders bringing up the rear. Cleo and Astra just grinned.
"Let's work with him first." Cleo said. The two of them pushed him into a dressing room and then went to get clothes. He tried on jeans, shirts, T-shirts, shorts, pants, and they even talked him into trying a pink dress. They settled him with having three pairs of jeans, two pairs of khakis, one pair of black dress pants, four T-shirts, two pairs of shorts, four long shirts, two sweaters, a hoodie, a coat, and a jacket. He also bought an extra pair of shoes.
Cleo and Astra then got their clothes, each getting the same number of things, but different colors and styles. Three jeans, two pairs of khakis, one Capri, a dress, four pairs of other pants, four T-shirts, three long sleeved shirts, three sweaters, a jacket, a coat, and a pair of shoes. Cleo bought a skirt and Astra bought two. When the group was finished with the clothes shopping, they went for ice-cream at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor.
"Where to next?" Sirius asked, licking a large chocolate ice-cream cone and looking over Cleo's shoulder to see the list, drops of chocolate narrowly missing her shoulders.
"Well we have everything we need, and we still have an hour and a half left, so we can go around wherever we want I guess. As long as it's in Diagon Alley, of course." Cleo added and continued on her ice cream cone.
The group was seated around a large patio table infront of the ice cream parlor. Cleo looked around and down the street. It was pretty quiet around them, people walking around, a lady looking at some dragon liver at a market. The group sat there and chatted on about the Marauder's time and their present time. When they were done, Sirius piped up.
"So, why don't we split up and then meet at Gringotts in exactly one hour? And keep out of the Sugar-Quill the candy shop, we can check it out when we get back together." He suggested and the others nodded and agreed. They rose from their chairs and went their separate ways. Remus went with Astra and James went down to the post office. Sirius turned to Cleo and shrugged. "I'll tag along with you then, okay?" He said in a way she didn't have a choice.
Cleo nodded and they walked around for a bit, talking and stretching their legs. All at once Cleo stopped and Sirius walked into her, and followed her gaze to the Quality Quidditch Supplies. Cleo nearly dragged the poor boy in there and then he lost her. He found her looking at a large cage of bludgers, each trying to escape madly. Then they went on to look at the other balls and such. Cleo looked at the beater's clubs. She would need to borrow the school's if she got onto the team. She sighed while she looked at them but then turned her head to look at the broomsticks.
Her mouth fell open and she looked at the newest broom. It was the Nimbus 1000. Of course there were much better ones, like the Twigger 90, Nimbus 2000, Nimbus 2001, and of course the Firebolt, this one was beautiful. It had straight smooth twigs, and a nice smooth edge to it, perfect for getting speed quickly. Sirius came up to her and shook a hand in her face to get her attention. She blushed and muttered sorry, quickly leaving the store.
Cleo grinned and walked into Florish and Blotts, Sirius came in soon after. He lost her in the book shelves and he looked through some joke books while Cleo got into one about magical creatures. She flipped through it and then looked at a few other books, sitting in a corner to read one for a bit, and Sirius was sitting in another chair reading about famous pranksters. After awhile Sirius came up to her and they each checked out a few books.
They walked around a bit, chatting for awhile, and then had to meet at the Gringotts bank. Cleo and Sirius sat on the steps to wait for the others. They were the first back, James headed back from the direction of the Quality Quidditch Supplies, and Remus and Astra from a joke shop.
"Now, we can go check out the Sugar-Quill and then head back to Hogwarts from the Leaky Cauldron." Cleo said looking at the giant clock above the French doors of Gringotts bank. The group agreed and headed to the sweet shop.
The shop was a candy heaven, all sorts of different items. There were boxes, jars, and shelves full with candy. There was a large jar with green, red, blue, purple, orange, and yellow Jelly Slugs. There were Sugar Quills in all sorts of flavors, and boxes of chocolate frogs. Cleo liked the special effects ones the most and bought some levitating sherbet balls, Droobles Blowing Gum, black Pepper Imps, Ice Mice, and Frizzing Whizbees. They also bought some Bertie Botts Beans and chocolate frogs. Leaving here, the money bag was much lighter and they went back to the Leaky Cauldron to go in Floo back to Hogwarts.
When they got back, the group unloaded their stuff in their dorms, and went down to the
common room to try out some of their candy. Cleo and Sirius tried the levitating sherbet balls and levitated a foot off the ground when the put them in their mouths. Astra tried a Pepper Imp, and when she sneezed she shot sparks from her nose. They dared James to eat three black Bertie Botts beans, all of them were pepper. When Peter got back, he tried one that turned out to be ear wax. (DIE PETER DIE!) Remus tried some Ice Mice, and for half an hour is teeth squeaked. Anytime he tried to talk it got louder, it was quite amusing.
"You guys-squeak- this isn't -squeaky- funny, so stop -SQUEAK- laughing- SQUEAKY SQUEAK SQUEAK-" Remus muttered slapping a hand over his mouth while his friends laughed. He groaned and sat down. To make him feel better, the whole group took some to, so their teeth were squeaking, too.
Half an hour later, James looked at the clock. "It's dinner time." He said and got up, Sirius following in sync.
"Excellent, I'm starving." Sirius said grinning and patting his stomach. He was always hungry and the other Marauders just groaned at his remark.
The four of them climbed out of the portrait hole and down the halls to the Great Hall. The people in the portraits casually roamed about, Cleo saw a medieval maiden going into another portrait to chat with a knight. The group finally got down stairs and to the Great Hall and took a seat at the end of the Gryffindor table. Sirius and James began to wolf down their meal like they didn't eat in days. Boys. Cleo thought shaking her head as she prodded a carrot with her fork. A young man around their age with black slimy hair approached them with a scowl.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Potter and Black. I see you have a new fan club with you, as usual." Snape sneered at them. "Never can go anywhere without your mob following you about?" He leered at them annoyingly. "And I bet their muggle lovers to."
"Oh shut up you large nosed git." Cleo shot at him.
"I wouldn't be talking mudblood muggle lover. Why don't all of you break your wands in half and go live with the muggles?" Snape hissed at them.
James stood up and glared at Snape. "Bugger off Severus, I mean it." He snapped straightening tall. Snape seemed to eye him and Sirius, like seeing how big they were. He muttered and cursed under his breath walking off, glaring at them.
"He's such a git." Cleo and James said in unison and stared at each other, inching away like the other was an alien. The others agreed and glanced over at the Slytherin table, Snape was muttering quietly to Malfoy about something. Cleo sighed and turned back in her chair. "When I get back he's probably going to kill me." she muttered with a sigh and continued on with supper.
