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Looking Back:
"Meow! Meow!". . . . . . *Yawn*. . . . . .(Meow, Meow)
"I'm coming, hang on!" I had said on one of the fine mornings in July. What time is it anyways? I looked at the radio on the desk in my room, 7:00 am. "Well, I better feed you before you have a cow," I reached out and scratched Chakka behind the ears. "Now get off my bed and I'll be there in a sec." Chakka hopped down and slunk through the cat door in my room. I grabbed my wand off of the floor. I'm allowed to use magic even though I'm under age, I have a special license because I need magic to make snitches and 'cause Cassie works at the Ministry. ~I'm so lucky~ I thought. I hit my radios 'ON' button and the WWN turned on. I dressed swiftly and looked at myself in my full length mirror. I was 5'1", I had long, straight, black hair streaked red, almost golden eyes and a long dark green robe.
"MEOW!".
"I'm coming, ya darn cat!" I glanced at the empty owl cage as I went down stairs. ~I wonder when Yoka (my beautiful tawny owl) will get back~ I thought. I went into the back room where Chakka was waiting impatently for his food. He can get pretty mean, so I fed him quickly.
~I need to go and buy some things~ I thought as I stared at Chakka. I grabbed some money (since technically I earned it, except 1/3 of it which is Dean's). Since all that was in the register was 1 days worth of money, and not all I needed, I went back upstairs into my room and summoned my 2 Gringotts keys, put on some shoes, then rushed right back down, and out the door.
I stepped out into the already warm, already busy, paved street of Diagan Alley. I made my way through the hustle and bustle, up to the magnificent white marble steps of Gringotts, and through the first set of doors. When I was staring at the second set of doors, I looked at the engraved poem that I had memorized out of liking:
Enter stranger, but take heed, of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take but do not earn, shall pay most dearly in return, 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.
I knew what "more" was, a bunch of Blast-Ended-Skrewts, a couple of Sphinx, and some Hipogriphs. I pushed open the second set of doors and walked straight up to one of the goblins which I recognized as Lortt.
"Yes?" Lortt asked me. (I can speak Goblin...I taught myself. I was bored. )
"I need to get money out of vault 1,098" I replied. I handed him the key, and he sent me to Griphook.
"I haven't seen you in, what a month?" he said, looking kind of sinister this morning, I inched a little away. We boarded the cart. "You know I probably don't even need to escort you. You've been here so many times." He muttered in as the cart sped along. The cart slowed and stopped. We hoped out and Griphook opened the keyhole and unlocked the vault.
A few minutes later after getting some money I was back out on the street of Diagan Ally, with a list of things I need to get in my head. ~Dean should come to Diagan Alley around 1:00, 2 hours before the shop opens, so I can get the re-stocking done for the shop~ I thought as I walked in to the Potions Supply store. I walked up to the old wizard with a long beard at the counter. I rummaged through my side pouch and paid the man the necessary amount for the ingredients I wanted went over to the next shop.
After an evilly priced morning of shopping, it was nearly 1:00. I went to the shop put everything away and headed over to The Leaky Cauldron. There I found Dean who was wearing a long trench coat, with a white t- shirt, and blue jeans. Muggle clothes, though the trench coat was an improvement from what he normally wore.
"Now, tell me you got up at a reasonable time this morning," he demanded
"What's reasonable, 'cause I got up around 7:00," I replied waiting to hear what his pathetic waking time was.
"How do you live like that," he wondered aloud, "I got up at noon. You know, sometimes I worry about you. How do you survive? You working all day and then hardly sleeping is mind boggling," he said sounding exasperated.
"You are so stretching the truth. I live fine, thank you. I just don't stay up to crazy hours...most of the time," I replied strongly but turning sheepish.
"Whatever you say, what is the plan today?" he yawned as we went back through the brick entrance.
"Well," I said smartly, "I was hoping to finish a couple of custom broomstick orders that came in yesterday. So I'm going to need you to manage the shop while I'm in the back, OK?"
"Sure, as long as I don't have to help any snotty brats that come in" he confirmed, making a disgusted face.
When we arrived at the shop a package I had ordered arrived. They were books on Arithmancy and Astronomy that I had ordered for my own personal reading. I brought the books up to my room and put them on my small bookshelf next to my full-length mirror. I was heading back downstairs when Yokka came back from late night/early morning hunting.
"Hey girl!" I said exuberantly. Yokka hadn't been home for a few days. ~I wonder where she went?~. Then to my surprise, two more owls came in through the same window they where holding what looked like heavy parchment with loopy green writing, except, they had different names on them. I took the letters from the owls' beaks. I read the addresses.
Mr. D. Thomas Front Room The Official CF Shop Diagan Alley
The other one read:
Miss C. Tyro Back Room The Official CF Shop Diagan Alley
~Tyro? Did they make a mistake? Oh well. There isn't any other C at this residence. Cassie doesn't live here anymore~ I brought them downstairs and I handed Dean his.
"What is this?" he asked sounding confused.
"A letter that just came in, I got one too." I replied just as confused as him.
It turned out to be a letter of acceptance into a school I didn't enroll in, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, headmaster Albus Dumbledore. ~Albus Dumbledore...I read about him on one of the Famous Witches and Wizard cards. Hmm...If he is so famous, he could at least get my last name right, Crimp. Or at least just put Crystilin. Being adopted and all, I do at times still wonder what my real last name is . . . Anyways soon Dean was shouting
"Yeah! I got accepted into Hogwarts! Did you?"
"Um...Yeah, although I don't even remember enrolling in Hogwarts..." I said trailing off.
"Wicked! We will be going to the same school then! Term begins the first of September."
"I can read...Ugh. Look at all of the things required! How in the world am I going to pay for all this crap?!" I whined sadly...
"Don't worry 'Lin. I'll help pay for some of it. You probably have about half of the books up in your room any ways," he replied sympathetically.
"It's OK," I somehow managed to say, "I'll pay for my own things." And he left it at that. ~How in bloody 'ell am I to pay for all of this!!!! Maybe I shouldn't send my owl back...~ I'm going to have to work overtime. And who is going to watch the shop for me while I'm gone?! Ugh...I hope Cassie thought about this when she enrolled me....
We worked hard for the rest of the day. Me thinking, about whether or not to send my owl and get a good education, or stay and work for a while longer. Dean, talking endlessly about how he can't wait for term to start and how he hopes that we can be in the same house (he informed me what Hogwarts did and how it worked. *hmph* How come he gets to actually knows what he is enrolled in.) ~I guess that means I'm sending my owl...~
It was 10:00 pm the normal time for the shop to close. We were wiped out. I said 'night to Dean as he passed through the archway, then headed back to the shop. I knew what I had to do before Yokka went out hunting, I had to send my reply to Hogwarts.
I grabbed a quill, bottle of ink and parchment from the desk in the front. We were almost out of parchment because Dean liked to draw so much and use it all up, I should really deduct that out of his salary. I went upstairs quickly and walked over to Yokka's cage, just as she was about to leave.
"Here girl", I said as I gave her my letter and she flew out the window. I thought to be nice I wouldn't say to them how I was ticked that they got my last name wrong. I had heard that Hogwarts was a good school so I wouldn't badger them about it. Still, I wish I had been told which school I was forced in. What if I wanted to go to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic or the Durmstrang Institute even if there far away and teach about things I remotely care about.
It was 10:30 by the time I had eaten something (an acid pop) and had gotten ready for bed. I felt kind of hot in my black velvet robes I slept in. These robes where probably the most expensive pieces of clothing I owned, even if I slept in them. The thought of having to buy more robes was annoying. As I almost got into bed and Chakka curled up in his basket next to it, I realized that Dean was right about me owning nearly all of the books needed on the list. All I needed was the Defense Against the Dark Arts and Balthidia Bagshot's book. I set my alarm on the stand across the room, took off my glasses and got into bed this time. I set my wand on the floor next to Chakka.
The next morning after my alarm woke me up (Chakka wasn't hungry yet) I swiftly dressed in maroon robes and blue star earrings, heading down the stairs. I went ahead and fed Chakka because I knew I would be busy later. I would need to go out shopping for my school supplies, since it was Saturday and I was off work. I grabbed yesterday's pay and the money I got from Gringotts the day before and headed outside locking the shop behind me. I had the heavy, long, list with me. I soon realized that I might need a little help with finding some of these things since I normally only go out in Diagon Alley for money from Gringotts and to get potion ingredients (I buy fron a catalog most of the time). So reluctantly I went to the Owl Post and sent an owl to Dean saying that he should come to Diagan Alley and bring his school supply list. I also told the owl as I gave it the address and 20 knuts (expensive! Yokka come home!!) That if Dean was asleep wake him up (it was only 8:00 so I imagined him to be asleep still,) and make sure he sent a reply. I took the owl and threw him outside as I went back to the shop, waiting for it to return.
After 10 or 20 minutes the owl was rasping on the window, looking rather ruffled as if it had been thrown against the wall or something (knowing Dean I would sadly think that this was the case). It flew off as soon as I took the letter. It said that he was on his way to Diagan Ally, that he would be there in 10 minutes and how he can't believe I woke him up this early. Technically, I didn't wake him up, the owl did, but oh well. Soon I was at the Leakey Cauldron getting rather hungry.
Once I met up with Dean I said that I was hungry and that I was going to go to this good restaurant for breakfast.
"I thought we were going supply shopping" he said sounding mildly confused.
"You took to long so I got hungry"
"Yeah your right. Let's get something to eat." his stomach growled.
"Heh"
"Geez, I'm not paying, c'mon then."
We headed back through the archway and went to a restaurant that I liked called the Golden Apple. This place was run by Cassie's sister. She said hi to me as we sat down at a booth.
"What'll it be then 'Lin?" she asked placing the menus down on the table, ready for my order. "The usual?" I nodded as she turned and faced Dean. "And what about you?" she said smiling at him.
"Umm do you serve Egg McMuffins?" he asked sheepishly.
"'Scuse me?" She replied confused.
"I thought not, nevermind. I'll take, umm..." he said peering at the menu, "I'll take a...the sausage with eggs ma'am. With Orange Juice please"
After breakfast it was on to shopping. We looked all day, yes I'm serious, all day, it took that long to find this stuff. Also we were trying to find all of the school sales. There where a lot. I found this great cauldron. I couldn't wait to use it. We started to get hungry again around noon. We headed for this cute (black) looking ice cream shop. By then we went to Hogsmede. We traveled by floo. After a great lunch we went to the sweet shop to see what was popular. I got some peppermint humbugs and some blood-flavored lollipops, no I'm not a vampire, I was curious. The lollypops turned out to be pretty good, heh. I liked the peppermint humbugs too. Good thing I got a whole lot of them.
Later, after saying my tidings to Dean I went back to the shop with a bunch of stuff. I took everything up to my room and started to unpack it all. I was very surprised at myself for buying so much stuff. Oy ma. I didn't know how I was going to pack it all. I decided to use a space-saving spell. I contemplated what I would do as I headed to bed. ~I shouldn't worry about something like this. I still have a long time until school starts~
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Author's Note: She's not here!! This is her friend Lain (aznstargirl on fanfiction) ^^ right well yea...^^ right R/R please!! Hmm...FF.net got the formatting wrong on this though...
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Looking Back:
"Meow! Meow!". . . . . . *Yawn*. . . . . .(Meow, Meow)
"I'm coming, hang on!" I had said on one of the fine mornings in July. What time is it anyways? I looked at the radio on the desk in my room, 7:00 am. "Well, I better feed you before you have a cow," I reached out and scratched Chakka behind the ears. "Now get off my bed and I'll be there in a sec." Chakka hopped down and slunk through the cat door in my room. I grabbed my wand off of the floor. I'm allowed to use magic even though I'm under age, I have a special license because I need magic to make snitches and 'cause Cassie works at the Ministry. ~I'm so lucky~ I thought. I hit my radios 'ON' button and the WWN turned on. I dressed swiftly and looked at myself in my full length mirror. I was 5'1", I had long, straight, black hair streaked red, almost golden eyes and a long dark green robe.
"MEOW!".
"I'm coming, ya darn cat!" I glanced at the empty owl cage as I went down stairs. ~I wonder when Yoka (my beautiful tawny owl) will get back~ I thought. I went into the back room where Chakka was waiting impatently for his food. He can get pretty mean, so I fed him quickly.
~I need to go and buy some things~ I thought as I stared at Chakka. I grabbed some money (since technically I earned it, except 1/3 of it which is Dean's). Since all that was in the register was 1 days worth of money, and not all I needed, I went back upstairs into my room and summoned my 2 Gringotts keys, put on some shoes, then rushed right back down, and out the door.
I stepped out into the already warm, already busy, paved street of Diagan Alley. I made my way through the hustle and bustle, up to the magnificent white marble steps of Gringotts, and through the first set of doors. When I was staring at the second set of doors, I looked at the engraved poem that I had memorized out of liking:
Enter stranger, but take heed, of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take but do not earn, shall pay most dearly in return, 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.
I knew what "more" was, a bunch of Blast-Ended-Skrewts, a couple of Sphinx, and some Hipogriphs. I pushed open the second set of doors and walked straight up to one of the goblins which I recognized as Lortt.
"Yes?" Lortt asked me. (I can speak Goblin...I taught myself. I was bored. )
"I need to get money out of vault 1,098" I replied. I handed him the key, and he sent me to Griphook.
"I haven't seen you in, what a month?" he said, looking kind of sinister this morning, I inched a little away. We boarded the cart. "You know I probably don't even need to escort you. You've been here so many times." He muttered in as the cart sped along. The cart slowed and stopped. We hoped out and Griphook opened the keyhole and unlocked the vault.
A few minutes later after getting some money I was back out on the street of Diagan Ally, with a list of things I need to get in my head. ~Dean should come to Diagan Alley around 1:00, 2 hours before the shop opens, so I can get the re-stocking done for the shop~ I thought as I walked in to the Potions Supply store. I walked up to the old wizard with a long beard at the counter. I rummaged through my side pouch and paid the man the necessary amount for the ingredients I wanted went over to the next shop.
After an evilly priced morning of shopping, it was nearly 1:00. I went to the shop put everything away and headed over to The Leaky Cauldron. There I found Dean who was wearing a long trench coat, with a white t- shirt, and blue jeans. Muggle clothes, though the trench coat was an improvement from what he normally wore.
"Now, tell me you got up at a reasonable time this morning," he demanded
"What's reasonable, 'cause I got up around 7:00," I replied waiting to hear what his pathetic waking time was.
"How do you live like that," he wondered aloud, "I got up at noon. You know, sometimes I worry about you. How do you survive? You working all day and then hardly sleeping is mind boggling," he said sounding exasperated.
"You are so stretching the truth. I live fine, thank you. I just don't stay up to crazy hours...most of the time," I replied strongly but turning sheepish.
"Whatever you say, what is the plan today?" he yawned as we went back through the brick entrance.
"Well," I said smartly, "I was hoping to finish a couple of custom broomstick orders that came in yesterday. So I'm going to need you to manage the shop while I'm in the back, OK?"
"Sure, as long as I don't have to help any snotty brats that come in" he confirmed, making a disgusted face.
When we arrived at the shop a package I had ordered arrived. They were books on Arithmancy and Astronomy that I had ordered for my own personal reading. I brought the books up to my room and put them on my small bookshelf next to my full-length mirror. I was heading back downstairs when Yokka came back from late night/early morning hunting.
"Hey girl!" I said exuberantly. Yokka hadn't been home for a few days. ~I wonder where she went?~. Then to my surprise, two more owls came in through the same window they where holding what looked like heavy parchment with loopy green writing, except, they had different names on them. I took the letters from the owls' beaks. I read the addresses.
Mr. D. Thomas Front Room The Official CF Shop Diagan Alley
The other one read:
Miss C. Tyro Back Room The Official CF Shop Diagan Alley
~Tyro? Did they make a mistake? Oh well. There isn't any other C at this residence. Cassie doesn't live here anymore~ I brought them downstairs and I handed Dean his.
"What is this?" he asked sounding confused.
"A letter that just came in, I got one too." I replied just as confused as him.
It turned out to be a letter of acceptance into a school I didn't enroll in, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, headmaster Albus Dumbledore. ~Albus Dumbledore...I read about him on one of the Famous Witches and Wizard cards. Hmm...If he is so famous, he could at least get my last name right, Crimp. Or at least just put Crystilin. Being adopted and all, I do at times still wonder what my real last name is . . . Anyways soon Dean was shouting
"Yeah! I got accepted into Hogwarts! Did you?"
"Um...Yeah, although I don't even remember enrolling in Hogwarts..." I said trailing off.
"Wicked! We will be going to the same school then! Term begins the first of September."
"I can read...Ugh. Look at all of the things required! How in the world am I going to pay for all this crap?!" I whined sadly...
"Don't worry 'Lin. I'll help pay for some of it. You probably have about half of the books up in your room any ways," he replied sympathetically.
"It's OK," I somehow managed to say, "I'll pay for my own things." And he left it at that. ~How in bloody 'ell am I to pay for all of this!!!! Maybe I shouldn't send my owl back...~ I'm going to have to work overtime. And who is going to watch the shop for me while I'm gone?! Ugh...I hope Cassie thought about this when she enrolled me....
We worked hard for the rest of the day. Me thinking, about whether or not to send my owl and get a good education, or stay and work for a while longer. Dean, talking endlessly about how he can't wait for term to start and how he hopes that we can be in the same house (he informed me what Hogwarts did and how it worked. *hmph* How come he gets to actually knows what he is enrolled in.) ~I guess that means I'm sending my owl...~
It was 10:00 pm the normal time for the shop to close. We were wiped out. I said 'night to Dean as he passed through the archway, then headed back to the shop. I knew what I had to do before Yokka went out hunting, I had to send my reply to Hogwarts.
I grabbed a quill, bottle of ink and parchment from the desk in the front. We were almost out of parchment because Dean liked to draw so much and use it all up, I should really deduct that out of his salary. I went upstairs quickly and walked over to Yokka's cage, just as she was about to leave.
"Here girl", I said as I gave her my letter and she flew out the window. I thought to be nice I wouldn't say to them how I was ticked that they got my last name wrong. I had heard that Hogwarts was a good school so I wouldn't badger them about it. Still, I wish I had been told which school I was forced in. What if I wanted to go to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic or the Durmstrang Institute even if there far away and teach about things I remotely care about.
It was 10:30 by the time I had eaten something (an acid pop) and had gotten ready for bed. I felt kind of hot in my black velvet robes I slept in. These robes where probably the most expensive pieces of clothing I owned, even if I slept in them. The thought of having to buy more robes was annoying. As I almost got into bed and Chakka curled up in his basket next to it, I realized that Dean was right about me owning nearly all of the books needed on the list. All I needed was the Defense Against the Dark Arts and Balthidia Bagshot's book. I set my alarm on the stand across the room, took off my glasses and got into bed this time. I set my wand on the floor next to Chakka.
The next morning after my alarm woke me up (Chakka wasn't hungry yet) I swiftly dressed in maroon robes and blue star earrings, heading down the stairs. I went ahead and fed Chakka because I knew I would be busy later. I would need to go out shopping for my school supplies, since it was Saturday and I was off work. I grabbed yesterday's pay and the money I got from Gringotts the day before and headed outside locking the shop behind me. I had the heavy, long, list with me. I soon realized that I might need a little help with finding some of these things since I normally only go out in Diagon Alley for money from Gringotts and to get potion ingredients (I buy fron a catalog most of the time). So reluctantly I went to the Owl Post and sent an owl to Dean saying that he should come to Diagan Alley and bring his school supply list. I also told the owl as I gave it the address and 20 knuts (expensive! Yokka come home!!) That if Dean was asleep wake him up (it was only 8:00 so I imagined him to be asleep still,) and make sure he sent a reply. I took the owl and threw him outside as I went back to the shop, waiting for it to return.
After 10 or 20 minutes the owl was rasping on the window, looking rather ruffled as if it had been thrown against the wall or something (knowing Dean I would sadly think that this was the case). It flew off as soon as I took the letter. It said that he was on his way to Diagan Ally, that he would be there in 10 minutes and how he can't believe I woke him up this early. Technically, I didn't wake him up, the owl did, but oh well. Soon I was at the Leakey Cauldron getting rather hungry.
Once I met up with Dean I said that I was hungry and that I was going to go to this good restaurant for breakfast.
"I thought we were going supply shopping" he said sounding mildly confused.
"You took to long so I got hungry"
"Yeah your right. Let's get something to eat." his stomach growled.
"Heh"
"Geez, I'm not paying, c'mon then."
We headed back through the archway and went to a restaurant that I liked called the Golden Apple. This place was run by Cassie's sister. She said hi to me as we sat down at a booth.
"What'll it be then 'Lin?" she asked placing the menus down on the table, ready for my order. "The usual?" I nodded as she turned and faced Dean. "And what about you?" she said smiling at him.
"Umm do you serve Egg McMuffins?" he asked sheepishly.
"'Scuse me?" She replied confused.
"I thought not, nevermind. I'll take, umm..." he said peering at the menu, "I'll take a...the sausage with eggs ma'am. With Orange Juice please"
After breakfast it was on to shopping. We looked all day, yes I'm serious, all day, it took that long to find this stuff. Also we were trying to find all of the school sales. There where a lot. I found this great cauldron. I couldn't wait to use it. We started to get hungry again around noon. We headed for this cute (black) looking ice cream shop. By then we went to Hogsmede. We traveled by floo. After a great lunch we went to the sweet shop to see what was popular. I got some peppermint humbugs and some blood-flavored lollipops, no I'm not a vampire, I was curious. The lollypops turned out to be pretty good, heh. I liked the peppermint humbugs too. Good thing I got a whole lot of them.
Later, after saying my tidings to Dean I went back to the shop with a bunch of stuff. I took everything up to my room and started to unpack it all. I was very surprised at myself for buying so much stuff. Oy ma. I didn't know how I was going to pack it all. I decided to use a space-saving spell. I contemplated what I would do as I headed to bed. ~I shouldn't worry about something like this. I still have a long time until school starts~
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Author's Note: She's not here!! This is her friend Lain (aznstargirl on fanfiction) ^^ right well yea...^^ right R/R please!! Hmm...FF.net got the formatting wrong on this though...