AN: Ok so here's the newest chapter, hope you enjoy. If anyone is out
there reading, please review so that I know to keep writing.
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She walked tentatively into the darkness and paused just inside the door allowing her eyes to adjust. The place was shabby and smelled strongly of dust and some sort of smoke. There were very few patrons, there was a group in the corner that consisted of a few very old and very ugly women who were drinking from large mugs, a man in shocking red robes smoking a pipe of some sort, and an incredibly large, hairy man talking to the bald bartender.
Mr. Weasley entered just after her and led her towards the large man at the bar.
Leigh heard the large man's deep laugh then Mr. Weasley cleared his throat and said, "Good afternoon Hagrid."
The large man turned towards them and Leigh noticed that his black eyes glinted kindly out from the nest of hair that covered his face. They crinkled up when he looked at Mr. Weasley and then at her. "Hallo Arthur and you must be Miss Intinn. Pleased to meet ya." He said smiling all the while. Leigh would have thought him a lot like a really large Santa Claus if his hair had been white, he seemed so kind and jolly.
"Miss Intinn, this is Rubeus Hagrid." Mr. Weasley said.
Hagrid stood up and offered his large hand, for a moment Leigh stood stunned by the size of the man and the size of his hand, it looked larger than her head. She quickly recovered and managed to shake hands with him, noticing that her hand disappeared in his large one but that his grip was gentle. "Thank you, it's great to meet you Mr. Hagrid." She said smiling up at him.
"Oh none o' that Mister hogwash, I'm just Hagrid to most." He said quickly and she noticed that he was a bit embarrassed at her label.
Mr. Weasley again cleared his throat and interjected, "I must be going Miss Intinn but I do hope we meet again." He said offering his hand.
Leigh took his hand and smiled at him, "Thank you so much Mr. Weasley. And please both of you, call me Leigh." She said looking back to Hagrid again.
"Goodbye then Leigh." Mr. Weasley said and as he turned to leave Leigh got the distinct impression that he was congratulating himself on not asking her a single question about Muggles.
She then turned back to Hagrid who had turned to pay the bartender, "Well Hagrid where to now?"
He turned and looking down on her with his smiling eyes he said, "To Diagon Alley o' course."
Hagrid turned and began walking toward the back of the bar and led her out into a walled courtyard that looked as if nobody had been there in years. Hagrid then reached into his large black coat and rummaged around for a bit before his hand emerged holding a pink umbrella. He seemed nervous to Leigh as he pointed the umbrella at the wall and counted bricks. After a moment he tapped the wall three times then took a step backward.
He turned to Leigh and watched her as she watched the wall slowly begin to open up. Her eyes grew large as saucers and her mouth stood open as the wall began to transform before her eyes. It began as a small hole and ended in a large archway looking onto a quaint little street with shops all around, the opening was large enough for even Hagrid. She stared as he stepped through the archway onto a street that, not ten seconds ago, had not existed.
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She walked tentatively into the darkness and paused just inside the door allowing her eyes to adjust. The place was shabby and smelled strongly of dust and some sort of smoke. There were very few patrons, there was a group in the corner that consisted of a few very old and very ugly women who were drinking from large mugs, a man in shocking red robes smoking a pipe of some sort, and an incredibly large, hairy man talking to the bald bartender.
Mr. Weasley entered just after her and led her towards the large man at the bar.
Leigh heard the large man's deep laugh then Mr. Weasley cleared his throat and said, "Good afternoon Hagrid."
The large man turned towards them and Leigh noticed that his black eyes glinted kindly out from the nest of hair that covered his face. They crinkled up when he looked at Mr. Weasley and then at her. "Hallo Arthur and you must be Miss Intinn. Pleased to meet ya." He said smiling all the while. Leigh would have thought him a lot like a really large Santa Claus if his hair had been white, he seemed so kind and jolly.
"Miss Intinn, this is Rubeus Hagrid." Mr. Weasley said.
Hagrid stood up and offered his large hand, for a moment Leigh stood stunned by the size of the man and the size of his hand, it looked larger than her head. She quickly recovered and managed to shake hands with him, noticing that her hand disappeared in his large one but that his grip was gentle. "Thank you, it's great to meet you Mr. Hagrid." She said smiling up at him.
"Oh none o' that Mister hogwash, I'm just Hagrid to most." He said quickly and she noticed that he was a bit embarrassed at her label.
Mr. Weasley again cleared his throat and interjected, "I must be going Miss Intinn but I do hope we meet again." He said offering his hand.
Leigh took his hand and smiled at him, "Thank you so much Mr. Weasley. And please both of you, call me Leigh." She said looking back to Hagrid again.
"Goodbye then Leigh." Mr. Weasley said and as he turned to leave Leigh got the distinct impression that he was congratulating himself on not asking her a single question about Muggles.
She then turned back to Hagrid who had turned to pay the bartender, "Well Hagrid where to now?"
He turned and looking down on her with his smiling eyes he said, "To Diagon Alley o' course."
Hagrid turned and began walking toward the back of the bar and led her out into a walled courtyard that looked as if nobody had been there in years. Hagrid then reached into his large black coat and rummaged around for a bit before his hand emerged holding a pink umbrella. He seemed nervous to Leigh as he pointed the umbrella at the wall and counted bricks. After a moment he tapped the wall three times then took a step backward.
He turned to Leigh and watched her as she watched the wall slowly begin to open up. Her eyes grew large as saucers and her mouth stood open as the wall began to transform before her eyes. It began as a small hole and ended in a large archway looking onto a quaint little street with shops all around, the opening was large enough for even Hagrid. She stared as he stepped through the archway onto a street that, not ten seconds ago, had not existed.