Chapter Two
"What do you need now?" Angelina's mother, Ms. Moon, asked.
Angelina quickly scanned her list. "I need a cauldron," she said, pointing the word out to her mother.
"Alright! Then it's off to buy a cauldron and then we'll get your new robes!" Angelina's mother said, and she hurried down the busy streets of Diagon Alley-pulling Angelina along behind her.
Angelina was supposed to buy a rather large cauldron for Professor Snape's Potions class-a cauldron that would be VERY difficult to carry.
"Oh, here's a good one!" Angelina's mother cried, pointing out a dim colored cauldron that was probably the least expensive cauldron in the whole shop.
Angelina wrinkled her nose. It wasn't that she despised her mother's constant search for low prices, it was just that the cauldron reeked of old turnips and decay.
"How on earth am I supposed to carry that huge cauldron?" Angelina cried, observing the cauldron from afar as the small was overpowering.
"Oh don't worry!" Ms. Moon said with a laugh. "There are plenty of spells that can handle that!" Then she turned to the store clerk who had been shyly hovering about the two women, on the ready to answer their questions. "Excuse me, I would like to buy this cauldron."
The clerk stared at her with wide eyes as if to say, "This cauldron?" Angelina felt her cheeks redden as other customers in the shop stared from her to the old cauldron. As soon as they had bought the cauldron and were leaving the shop Angelina could hear some of the younger customers whispering about her.
"Is she poor or something?" one pale skinned girl whispered to her friend as Angelina passed them on her way to the exit. "I mean REALLY? She bought the tackiest, smelliest cauldron in the whole shop!"
Angelina fumed; how dare those girls snigger at her mother's saving habits and how dare they make rude remarks about families who were less fortunate. But Angelina's bad mood did not linger long as she made her way into Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions, where she stopped in surprise.
Standing on a stool at the back of the room was a small Asian looking girl who kept bickering as Madam Malkins fussed over her robe.
"Georgie!" Angelina cried, hurrying forth.
Georgie jumped in surprise and quickly turned around. "Angelina? Oh goody!" she jumped down from the stool, knocking a pin cushion from Madam Malkin's hands as she did so.
Madam Malkins grumbled as she stooped down to pick up the cushion and all the pins that had fallen from it.
"It's SO good to see you again!" Georgie cried, hugging Angelina in a surprisingly tight hold. "I was worried I was gonna have to wait until the train ride to see you-and that wouldn't have been all that great as I've really missed you and I've just been DYING to see you-OH! And we have SO much to catch up on, and-"
Angelina put both her hands on Georgie's shoulders to silence her; sometimes Georgie could go on forever.
"Oh good, now you'll be the Terrible Two again," Angelina's mother said, walking passed them to help Madam Malkin's with the pins scattered over the floor. Ms. Moon had met Georgie three years ago-a summer she had not wished to be reminded of as Georgie and Angelina put together equaled to terrible pranksters.
"And hello to you too, Chuckles!" Georgie said, smiling broadly at Ms. Moon. Chuckles had been a nickname assigned to Ms. Moon by Georgie the very same summer they had met-no one really knows why Georgie came up with the name Chuckles.
"Come back here you confounded child!" Madam Malkins cried, gesturing for Georgie to get back on the stool. Madam Malkins was usually very sweet to everyone, including the cold-hearted Slytherins, but every year before school started Georgie would come back to Madam Malkin's shop and rein havoc again. It wasn't that Madam Malkins didn't like Georgie, she was quite fond of the girl actually, but would you be pleased to find a hyper teenager putting newt's tails in your shoes?
Georgie grinned from ear to ear then jumped back up onto the stool. "Can you believe we're actually going to be in our sixth year at Hogwarts?" Georgie asked as Agelina climbed up onto a stool beside hers. "I wonder who our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be? Didn't you just despise Professor Umpbridge? She was so terrible! I mean, poor Hagrid! And how she totally made a fool of Professor Trelawny? Oh well, that means we get to be taught by Firenze!" Georgie became all misty-eyed. "Can you believe that there will be no Fred and George this year? I mean, what they did last year was truly brilliant and all but the school is gonna be SO much quieter without them!"
"I know," Angelina agreed. "And I thought George was hot!"
"But he looks exactly like Fred," Georgie said with a confused expression on her face. "How can you tell the difference?"
"I just can," Angelina replied shortly.
"Who are these Fred and George blokes?" Ms. Moon asked. "Are they those Weasley twins that were in the daily profit for leaving Hogwarts before the school year was over?"
Angelina and Georgie both nodded.
"They're a legend at Hogwarts now!" Angelina said, grinning. "And I can't wait till they get their joke shop all ready so I can go and check it out!"
"Me too! Plus I've been dying to see one of the two about dating!" Georgie cried.
"One of the two?" Angelina said with a furrowed brow. "Why not stick to Fred and leave George for the less fortunate," she said logically.
Georgie laughed.
"Would you hold still for one moment!" Madam Malkins cried as she pinned Georgie's robe up around her.
Georgie stuck her tongue out. "Well that's lovely," Angelina's mother said while she sat on a chair watching the fitting. "I know!" Georgie squealed with fake delight. "It just knocks your knockers off doesn't it!" Angelina rolled her eyes.
"What do you need now?" Angelina's mother, Ms. Moon, asked.
Angelina quickly scanned her list. "I need a cauldron," she said, pointing the word out to her mother.
"Alright! Then it's off to buy a cauldron and then we'll get your new robes!" Angelina's mother said, and she hurried down the busy streets of Diagon Alley-pulling Angelina along behind her.
Angelina was supposed to buy a rather large cauldron for Professor Snape's Potions class-a cauldron that would be VERY difficult to carry.
"Oh, here's a good one!" Angelina's mother cried, pointing out a dim colored cauldron that was probably the least expensive cauldron in the whole shop.
Angelina wrinkled her nose. It wasn't that she despised her mother's constant search for low prices, it was just that the cauldron reeked of old turnips and decay.
"How on earth am I supposed to carry that huge cauldron?" Angelina cried, observing the cauldron from afar as the small was overpowering.
"Oh don't worry!" Ms. Moon said with a laugh. "There are plenty of spells that can handle that!" Then she turned to the store clerk who had been shyly hovering about the two women, on the ready to answer their questions. "Excuse me, I would like to buy this cauldron."
The clerk stared at her with wide eyes as if to say, "This cauldron?" Angelina felt her cheeks redden as other customers in the shop stared from her to the old cauldron. As soon as they had bought the cauldron and were leaving the shop Angelina could hear some of the younger customers whispering about her.
"Is she poor or something?" one pale skinned girl whispered to her friend as Angelina passed them on her way to the exit. "I mean REALLY? She bought the tackiest, smelliest cauldron in the whole shop!"
Angelina fumed; how dare those girls snigger at her mother's saving habits and how dare they make rude remarks about families who were less fortunate. But Angelina's bad mood did not linger long as she made her way into Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions, where she stopped in surprise.
Standing on a stool at the back of the room was a small Asian looking girl who kept bickering as Madam Malkins fussed over her robe.
"Georgie!" Angelina cried, hurrying forth.
Georgie jumped in surprise and quickly turned around. "Angelina? Oh goody!" she jumped down from the stool, knocking a pin cushion from Madam Malkin's hands as she did so.
Madam Malkins grumbled as she stooped down to pick up the cushion and all the pins that had fallen from it.
"It's SO good to see you again!" Georgie cried, hugging Angelina in a surprisingly tight hold. "I was worried I was gonna have to wait until the train ride to see you-and that wouldn't have been all that great as I've really missed you and I've just been DYING to see you-OH! And we have SO much to catch up on, and-"
Angelina put both her hands on Georgie's shoulders to silence her; sometimes Georgie could go on forever.
"Oh good, now you'll be the Terrible Two again," Angelina's mother said, walking passed them to help Madam Malkin's with the pins scattered over the floor. Ms. Moon had met Georgie three years ago-a summer she had not wished to be reminded of as Georgie and Angelina put together equaled to terrible pranksters.
"And hello to you too, Chuckles!" Georgie said, smiling broadly at Ms. Moon. Chuckles had been a nickname assigned to Ms. Moon by Georgie the very same summer they had met-no one really knows why Georgie came up with the name Chuckles.
"Come back here you confounded child!" Madam Malkins cried, gesturing for Georgie to get back on the stool. Madam Malkins was usually very sweet to everyone, including the cold-hearted Slytherins, but every year before school started Georgie would come back to Madam Malkin's shop and rein havoc again. It wasn't that Madam Malkins didn't like Georgie, she was quite fond of the girl actually, but would you be pleased to find a hyper teenager putting newt's tails in your shoes?
Georgie grinned from ear to ear then jumped back up onto the stool. "Can you believe we're actually going to be in our sixth year at Hogwarts?" Georgie asked as Agelina climbed up onto a stool beside hers. "I wonder who our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be? Didn't you just despise Professor Umpbridge? She was so terrible! I mean, poor Hagrid! And how she totally made a fool of Professor Trelawny? Oh well, that means we get to be taught by Firenze!" Georgie became all misty-eyed. "Can you believe that there will be no Fred and George this year? I mean, what they did last year was truly brilliant and all but the school is gonna be SO much quieter without them!"
"I know," Angelina agreed. "And I thought George was hot!"
"But he looks exactly like Fred," Georgie said with a confused expression on her face. "How can you tell the difference?"
"I just can," Angelina replied shortly.
"Who are these Fred and George blokes?" Ms. Moon asked. "Are they those Weasley twins that were in the daily profit for leaving Hogwarts before the school year was over?"
Angelina and Georgie both nodded.
"They're a legend at Hogwarts now!" Angelina said, grinning. "And I can't wait till they get their joke shop all ready so I can go and check it out!"
"Me too! Plus I've been dying to see one of the two about dating!" Georgie cried.
"One of the two?" Angelina said with a furrowed brow. "Why not stick to Fred and leave George for the less fortunate," she said logically.
Georgie laughed.
"Would you hold still for one moment!" Madam Malkins cried as she pinned Georgie's robe up around her.
Georgie stuck her tongue out. "Well that's lovely," Angelina's mother said while she sat on a chair watching the fitting. "I know!" Georgie squealed with fake delight. "It just knocks your knockers off doesn't it!" Angelina rolled her eyes.