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Chapter 8:
Diagon Alley.
There was a knock on the door, and a few rings of the doorbell, but none of that was heard by a sleeping Hermione. It is a common fact that when a humans reach the time of 'teenagers' they sleep longer, without realizing it. As it is so, we meet Hermione in that place, asleep, even though it was noon and she went to bed at 10. Her room was a soft blue and the white curtains hid the smiling sun, for if the curtains were open, the sun would be hitting on her pretty face that instant.
"HERMIONE!!!!!" a bouncing Kim came in. She jumped on Hermiones bed, and with the sudden jerk of the bed, Hermione jumped in surprise.
"Wha?" she asked, looking around the room.
"Wakey, wakey. Time to buy school supplies!!" Kim said happily.
"Books?" Hermione asked, suddenly turning to her clock. "Oh my god! It's twelve! Kim why didn't you call me before so I could get ready!!" Hermione screamed as she jumped out of bed, and headed for the bathroom.
"I told you today we were going to Diagon Alley at noon! But you decided not to set your alarm clock!" Kim pouted.
"But I usually wake up at 8 not at 12!!" Hermione shouted.
"You should know by now that teenagers sleep longer than when they were kids!" Kim said as Hermione walked in the room with a navy sweatshirt on and jeans.
"So how do I look?" she asked and Kim glowed.
"I'm glad I straightened your hair, it looks great." Kim answered, and they left for Kims house.
Now while they are preparing to floo at the Leaking Cauldron, let me explain what has happened since we last saw our heroines. Kim and Hermione arrived back at London two weeks ago. Today is August the 27, and in 5 days they will be arriving at Hogwarts. Emily is their new owl pal, and there is no news of Harry. Victor Krum owled Hermione a few days ago, but consequentially the owl bumped into a few minor problems....
"Remind me never to travel by floo powder again!" Kim said as she dusted off her clothes. Hermione grinned at Kim, and looked around the Leaky Cauldron. It looked the same way, the same shabbiness and weird people.
"So, where do we go from here?" Kim asked, looking around.
"Follow me." Hermione said, waving her hand. They opened the back door and were faced with a brick wall. Hermione took out her wand and tapped the bricks and the doors opened.
"Wicked!" Kim said, and she looked around.
"Let's go first and get you some robes." Hermione said and the stopped at Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions, and waited for the little witch to tailor Kims new robes.
"Okay books!" Hermione said and they stopped at Flourish and Blotts, and got their new school books. Kims was a new stack, while Hermione's was only 'The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5, by Miranda Goshawk' and 'Defense Magical Theory, by Wilbert Slinkhard'. They also stopped at the Apothecary and refilled their potion ingredients, they also got more ink, and a new one that was son sale for a knut, which turned to the color of the feeling you were when you were writing. They also bought some parchment and they headed for the sweet shop. Kim's parents decided to leave them on their own, and headed for the ice cream shop.
"Candy, candy, candy, candy!!" Kim sang happily as they walked out of the candy shop. Their purses considerably lighter. Hermione grinned back at her and stared at the sun, she was quite surprise to see it setting.
"We must have spent allot of time here." Hermione said to herself as she looked around. Already, the owners of the stores were coming out of their shops and putting up, what looked like, light fairies in bubbles.
"They're soo pretty!" Kim squealed as she popped a gummy bear in her mouth and Hermione could only agree. She never visited the streets of Diagon Alley at night, and now she knew what she was missing.
"Girls, hurry! Come over here!" Kims parents called, with a wave, towards the seats at the ice cream shop. Behind them, the seats were full of wizards and witches.
"They're going to start the fireworks!" Kim's mom said looking at the velvet sky.
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, right, you two weren't here when we got the paper. Here." Kim's mom said, passing them the Daily Prophet.
Opening the newspaper, they were shown a picture of a tired Harry Potter waving weakly
Voldemort: Gone At Last!
It was a late July evening when Harry Potter was captured by two Death Eaters. Mrs Arabella Figg testifies that she was, at that moment, coming back from buying some cat food, when she saw young Harry Potter walking down the street with a package in his arms. The package in question, was a 15th birthday present from Miss Hermione Granger. Mrs Figg then says that two arms came out from behind a corner and pulled mister Potter with them. Mrs. Figg then runs towards the captor's, when she was stopped by a loud cracking sound, no doubt the sound of a wizard Apparating.
We then found mister Potter in the company of Albus Dumbledore, who testifies that he went on a search for Ms Potter, with the help of 'The Order of the Phoenix' which our own Minister thought it was an organization which was trying to make Albus our new Minister. Even under the false rumors, Albus continued his order and it was because of him that Mr Harry Potter is safe and Voldemort it dead. We have captured all Death Eaters, including the 'missing' Peter Pettigrew, who was found on the scene with a ghost hand. We have not given him the kiss for punishment, since it seems that it's because of him that Mr Harry Potter is alive. He has testified and proven guilty of all charges, and the death of James Potter and Lily Potter. Because of the sudden news, we have granted Mr. Sirius Black freedom from the kiss and a lifetime service in Askaban.
We now must put the blame, of the small actions against the Dark Lord, on our own Minister. He was warned of the reappearance of the Dark Lord but decided, against his better judgment, to ignore them. Therefore, he has being sacked and has being replaced by Mr. Bran Lanister, our new Minister. (see p. 42 for more details)
Mr. Potter now resides at the Black Mansion, redecorated with the help of many wizards. However before he can permanently take his leave there, he must spend the rest of this week at St. Mungos Hospital, for lost of blood, many cuts, bruises and for the many curses that hit him. It's quite a miracle that the boy actually survived all this ordeal.
By: Kiratess,Tess, McAlurgio, new Daily Prophet news writer.
"Oh My God!" Hermione said as she read the last of the page.
"Look! Look girls!" Kim's mom said pointing at the stars. Hermione looked up and was filled by the most beautiful thing she ever saw. Comets and stars danced around the sky, fairies and Pegasus's flied everywhere and underneath it, stood a new girl with a new world.
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Ah, the end of a chapter always brings me happiness! *giggles* If you didn't understand what I meant with my last phrase, then too bad! But two and two together! If you still don't understand at the end of my tenth chapter then I'll tell you. I hoped you like, next chapter, we go on the Hogwarts Express!
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