Chapter 3 – Diagon Alley
Molly bustled around putting pots, pans and a kettle on the stove. The others had all re-entered and were now seating them selves. Breakfast was ready in 10 minutes, Bill had trouble eating with his left hand however, he got used to it eventually. Once they had all eaten and the plates were in the sink Bill and Lilly went up stairs so that Bill could retrieve his money. When they went back down stairs Bill lead Lilly into the living room where Molly was waiting with the twins, the black haired boy, his two friends and a short red head girl, a little younger than herself. "Lilly this is Fred and George," he pointed at the twins "Harry," He pointed at the black haired boy "Ginny, Ron and Hermione. Ginny, Ron, Fred and George are my sister and brothers." Lilly smiled "Hi," They all nodded slightly sleepily "Ok, let's go then, Lilly, you use floo powder by throwing a pinch into the fire, stepping into the fire and saying loudly and clearly exactly where you want to go. Though you don't have anything to worry about, Bill will do the navigating." Molly beamed, "Fred, you go first, then George, then you two can go," she touched Lilly's arm, "Followed by Hermione, Ginny, Harry then Ron. I will be following shortly; I just have to ask Dumbledore something. Stay in the inn, I don't want you wondering off, you'll get Lilly into trouble." "Mother, I am perfectly capable of looking after Lilly." "Not by yourself!" Molly said sternly "We'll help him mum, me Harry and Hermione, we've done heaps of dangerous stuff," said Ron, the youngest brother of Bill. Molly looked at him austerely and glared "That's no reason to be looking for trouble young man!" Fred and George had both left by now so Bill led Lilly forward. He through a pinch of shimmering powder in to the flames of the fire, which turned emerald green, then stepped in, taking Lilly with him. Lilly cringed, without realising that the fire did not hurt. He held her close and shouted "Diagon Alley!". Suddenly in a flurry of soot and green flames they were spiralling and shooting through the chimney. Lilly coughed and choked on the dusty air and knocked her elbows and brand-new wings on the chimney walls several times. Finally they slowed and were thrown out into a small dingy pub. There were a couple of people sitting at tables having an early breakfast. A small man, who was sitting at a table quite near them turned curiously, gave a small 'eep' and keeled over side ways off his chair. One lady that was sitting a little further away was staring at them in unblinking alarm. "What?" said Bill, defensively. "I think it might be the wings," Lilly said Bill smiled and nodded to the innkeeper who had just appeared from behind the bar, by this time the whole party had emerged from the fire except Molly. The few minutes they had to wait gave Lilly a chance to look around, the little, dingy, windows only let in a trace light. The pub/inn was lit by lanterns despite the fact that it had been during the day (that's how bad the windows were). There was a littering of small tables, the fireplace they had just emerged from and a bar, with a long line of dodgy looking stools. It was all done up in dark-stained oak-timber which made it all the more dark. As they waited another person came down the stairs, he looked a little older than Lilly and had dread-locks. "Lee!" shouted the twins, "What are you doing here, why aren't you at your parents house?" "I got narked off at them, so they let me spend the weekend away." Said the supposed Lee, grinning and stretching.
"Cool!" said Fred
"If only our parents would let us do that!" George sighed
Then, startling Lilly slightly, Molly materialized in front of the fire.
"Well, I suppose we should be getting on then." She said
"See you, Lee," said Fred
The group wondered out to a little back yard, there was a dusty red- brick wall and a group of dustbins in the corner, that was about the extent of the décor. However, Lilly was amazed when Bill tapped the third brick from the left above the dustbins. This is because a huge archway appeared in the brickwork, exposing an entire street (or was it two?) completely unknown to normal people. Lilly gaped as she was led through the hustle and bustle, past many tantalising shops and boutiques.
"We'll have to be getting some money out of the bank first." Said Bill as Molly led the way to an old, roman looking building that was directly in front of them. They reached it and trudged up the steps.
"This is where I work, I used to work in Egypt breaking curses in the pyramids but I had to move closer to home, because of certain occurrences." Bill told Lilly quietly
"Impressive," said Lilly smiling
They finally entered 'Gringotts wizarding Bank' and were immediately greeted by a repulsive looking creature. Lilly ignored it's strange appearance while Bill talked to it.
"Mrs Weasley, may I have the keys?" said the thing
"Oh yes," she replied producing two keys, then Bill produced his own key. Then they were led to a huge door. The strange entity inserted its nail into a socket in the door and there was a whirring and clicking before the doors were opened. Behind the door was what looked like a large mining cart on a track. They all squeezed in, Lilly had to sit, shyly on Bill's lap. They were both blushing. Then with a stomach-heaving jolt the cart was thrown along the track at a heart stopping speed. After a gut twisting ride in which Ron looked like he was going to be sick, they came to a stop outside another huge door.
"Mister Harry Potter, I believe this is your door?" the creature spread his arm towards it, the dark haired boy leapt out of the cart and joined the demon on the platform. Lilly peered through the doors as they opened there were small piles of gold, silver and bronze scattered over the floor. Lilly had never known such a young person to own so much money, then again, she had never known a kid to own more than 100 pounds at a time, and that was to pay for food, clothes, shelter and sometimes, against her liking, drugs. He soon returned with a pouch, bulging with money. They visited the Weasley family vault, considerably emptier than Harry's but Lilly didn't say anything. They then reached Hermione's temporary vault, which had an installation from her parents inside, enough to get her through the year. Finally they came to the last vault, Lilly wondered who's it was then after a few seconds that it was her own. She clambered out of the cart, closely followed by Bill. They entered the door and Lilly gasped and almost fell other backwards, but Bill caught her and propped her up. As well as piles of money there was a small assortment of expensive looking objects. She walked over to the group of inheritance and as she did so, the before mentioned ugly creature handed her an envelope. It contained a short letter from her parents and a copy of their will. Tears pricked her eyes as she unfolded the yellowed pieces of parchment. She took a deep breath and read.
Dear Lillibet,
If you are reading this letter then we are sadly passed away and you are now at least 13. We have left you a small collection of our most valued possessions and enough money to get you through school and to start you out in life. We were expecting our death, which is why we wrote this letter, to tell you that we are still watching over you and that we love you very much. We wish you luck in your life, prove us proud.
Xangth and Elena Mortimer
By the time she had finished reading this tears were streaming down Lilly's face, and the reality of this world lay bare. She had been walking through the past few events in a trance and now it struck her how completely surreal this was, and how alone she was. So there was a boy attached to her arm but she hardly knew these people. Bill put his held her too him for comfort and she took several minutes to calm down before looking at the other piece of paper.
We Xangth and Elena Mortimer leave Lillian Claude Mortimer, our daughter, these items: Fender Stratocaster in dark lightning blue Wood Bass with dark flames Amps Wah lead and pedals Mike and stand Clothes: item 12 – 27 Invisibility cloak Small table and four matching chairs in wrought iron and crystal Oak wardrobe Wrought iron bedstead Our weaponry collection (only blunt and light instruments to be carried for self defence until said obtainee is fully trained and 16) Fit all trunk Magic music player Magic music collection 35,000 Galleons
Notes: Items 1-5, 13 and 14 are magical equipment; they are not run on electricity but magical 'battery' potion, which can be bought at any good apothecary. There are 2.5 pounds to a Galleon, 20 Sickles to a Galleon and 5 Knuts to a Sickle.
Lilly lowered the paper, her hands shaking, her eyes still full off tears, and as if out of her own body she stuffed as much money as she could into a pouch. Then she kneeled by a trunk, which had a ring with seven keys on top of it. She took the first key and opened the trunk she put the two guitars, wah lead and pedals and the mike and stand inside. Then she took the second key and opened the trunk again, it appeared empty, she put the amp, the MMA and records in it along with her new clothes and invisibility cloak. "Lilly, how did you know how that worked?" asked Bill looking confused and slightly concerned. "I don't actually know," said Lilly, her face expressionless, she then closed the trunk. And lifted easily, as it was quite small for a trunk. They were soon re installed in the cart, taking the last ride back up to the surface. While they rode up Lilly was strangely unperturbed and she quietly sung 'Infected' by Bad Religion. She was pleasantly surprised to hear Bill joining in, "You know it?" she grinned "I love it! Rock music was something the muggles excel at. I wonder why us magical peoples didn't think of it first." He grinned. She smiled and sung a little louder; singing and playing the guitar were the two things she was good at. She was also quite good at some martial arts, which she was proud of and was quick to defend herself. They finally emerged at ground level and were soon back in the sunlight. They made their way across the street to a shop called 'Madame Malkin's, it was a large clothes store with a swirley sign above the window. Lilly was fitted for a uniform, she decided to go for the long skirt version and when it came to picking out winter wear she chose fingerless gloves, thigh length socks, extra long scarf and a V-neck jumper instead of a cardigan. Her shirt and robe needed to be altered to accommodate her wings then when she was hopping off her stool Molly piped up "Ah yes, this year you will be needing dress robes, Lilly dear." "Dress robes?" "Formal wear," she said bustling over to the other end of the shop and gesturing at a rail of ladies dress robes. Lilly spent a few minutes looking at the different styles, then she saw it, it was perfect. It was black and floor length, just like a normal dress, but special. The layer that would be next to her skin was black silk, strapless and mid-thigh length. The next sleeveless and made of black sheer, it was asymmetric and sloped in a v down to the floor. The top layer was bat-winged and split up the front to about hip height and was made from fine flower lace, it trailed on the floor when worn and was fastened just above the waist. She gathered it up and trotted into the changing rooms, pulling the curtain shut between her and Bills hands. Then she turned, and yelped, the eyes staring back at her were decidedly different, they were huge and brilliant dazzling forest green. She studied the rest of her body, in addition to her new wings, finger nails (which were now long clean and perfect) and eyes, her body shape had changed slightly, where she had been scrawny and flat before she was now fuller and sexier, she suddenly noticed how much her old bra was constricting her, her jeans were a little tight too. She estimated her chest to now be a low c instead of their previous low b. She grinned, and grinned some more when she saw how her canines had grown long an sharp, very sharp, and changed, laboriously into the dress. She tidied her hair a little then stepped dramatically from behind the curtain. "Oh Lilly, it's beautiful, it makes you look so lovely," said Molly, beaming "But isn't it a little revealing?" "No, no, it is a teeny bit short but I don't mind." She said twirling, she looked up at Bill, "What do you think?" "You look beautiful," he said grinning "Ah, excellent choice miss, would you like to chose some shoes to match?" said Madame Malkin "Yes please," Lilly said allowing her self to be lead to rack of shoes, there wasn't a huge range but she picked some strappy black 2-inch heels. When they vacated the shop Lilly was beaming and humming to her self. They went round several more shops and boutiques, the last was a pet's shop. Lilly and Bill went in alone as there was little room to move about, and Lilly spotted what she wanted immediately, a grey half Persian tabby kitten sat in a cage in one corner of the shop. It had big blue eyes and when she approached it said 'play with me!' in a really cute voice. Lilly awed and oohed at it before alerting the assistant. She was soon back outside with her cat, cat basket, cat toys and cat food. They went to the bookshop and the Apothecary for potions and a cauldron. Lastly they went to the wand shop and laboriously she went through at least 20 wands until she found a nice 11-inch willow with dragon heartstring. The time was now 1 o'clock and they had been shopping for 5 hours. "Let's have lunch shall we?" suggested Bill "Yes, let's but then we need to go to muggle London and get you," she brandished her finger at Lilly, "Some new clothes," "Cool, can we go to Camden?" Lilly asked, then after a few seconds, "What about my wings?!" "Oh, a simple spell will hide them, muggles will walk straight through them and not have a clue," "Muggles?" asked Lilly "Non wizarding folk, dear," They had a spectacular lunch at a little sandwich bar near Madame Malkin's. Bill took Lilly on a short walk round Diagon Alley when they had finished. They ended up sitting outside a little café that was hidden round a corner. "Lilly, what was it like? Living on the streets?" "It was, well harsh really. It seemed fun at first, but it wasn't, not after the first few days. I was lucky though, I made some good friends, they set me up in a squat. I guess the only thing I'll miss is the freedom, and of course my friends. They had some good stories to tell." She said, not looking at Bill, because she had some painful memories as well. "What did you do for money?" "Mostly selling pictures, doing portraits, and lot's of begging, I busked sometimes. I'm quite good at guitar." "Did you ever...um..." "No," she said abruptly "I neither did hard drugs or sold my body." She smiled to herself, "I knew people who did though." "Were you ever assaulted?" Lilly fell silent and studied a napkin that lay on the table. "You can tell me, but you don't have to if you don't want to, I'm sorry." He went red and looked away. "No, it's okay. Well I was, by a gang of lads about 4 of them, they were all about 18. I was 14 at the time, luckily I didn't get pregnant, but they stole all my earnings from that day, I went hungry for the next couple of days." She blinked as her eyes watered, but she managed to hold back the tears, it had been a strangely emotional day. She looked up at Bill who was now looking concernedly into her eyes, she blinked and looked away again. But Bill took hold of her chin and held it so that she was looking at him then kissed her on the lips, gently. She smiled and stood up. "We should go meet your mother." She said, Bill stood, but he didn't make a move to actually leave. Instead he held her in his arms and kissed her again, this time he parted her lips with his tongue and slid it inside her mouth. It played softly against her own and she found herself caressing the back of his neck. Lilly moved her other hand (keeping in contact with him) up to his chest and pressed her body closer. She moved her tongue deeper inside his mouth. After a few minutes they finally broke away. They returned their hands to their held position and continued to the Leaky Cauldron. They grinned whilst walking along and the time flew by and they were a little amazed when they found that they were back in the pub. Molly was sitting there and she stood when they arrived "Shall we go then? I've let the others roam freely in the alley." She said, "One moment Lilly, diguisé!" Molly flicked her wand at Lilly's wings, she saw them disappear out of the corner of her eye. The trip to London was fruitful; Lilly was extremely pleased to come back with many items of clothing. They had lots of fun, despite Molly's rumblings about how she dressed too much like Bill and should try on a pretty dress. Molly also got quite a shock at the amount of people that were offering them drugs. They refused of course. Other the 3-hour time span Lilly acquired:
2 pairs of jeans (One light, one dark – all wide legged and baggy)
3 pairs of chords (one purple, one black and one white with rips)
2 skirts (one very short and tartan, one floor length and black)
5 T-shirts
2 shirts
3 skate tops
3 net tops (one sleeveless and white - one long sleeve, wide necked
and black – and one boob tube and blue with black band to cover
boobs)
2 pairs of shorts (one skater and dark, one short summer ones and
light)
2 customised tops (one red and safety-pinned – one black and
slashed down the front)
1 bikini
1 swimsuit
4 vest-tops (one black, one light blue, one grey and one purple)
1 leather duster
5x fingerless gloves (one black net, one blue and black stripes,
one multiple brown stripes, one dark red, dark green, autumn
orange, dirty blue and dark brown patches, one plain black and arm
length)
20 pairs of socks (10 trainer, 5 toe, 5 thigh length)
8 bras (1 blue with black lace on top, push up, slight padding - 1
black and pink lace, slight padding – one plain black plunge neck T-
shirt, slight pad – 1 sports, no pad - one dark red and a bit see
through – one green with butterflies - one plain normal white – and
stay cups [beige])
16 pairs of knickers (one each to match bra, 3 plain white, 3 plain
black, one blue ribboned thong and one betty boop thong)
other lingerie (matching corset and suspenders (Blue with black
lace over the top)
5 pairs of tights (two invisi-flesh, one black net suspended, one
normal black, sheer suspended and one blue and sparkly grip on
thigh lengths[fluffy garter-ness])
6 pairs of shoes (one pair of gothic boots, one pair of vans, one
pair of regular trainers, one pair of school shoes, one pair of
purple doc-martens and one pair of Hawaiian print flip-flops)
Pages and pages of lyrics, music and riffs to loads of cool songs.
Along with a lot of jewellery, makeup, accessories, other clothing
and toiletries (mainly spiked or sexy jewellery and black or
natural make up)
All for about 600 pounds, after the trip, Lilly had to go back to Gringots to stuff yet more money into her purse. She felt incredibly spoilt by the time she got back to Grimmauld place.
Molly bustled around putting pots, pans and a kettle on the stove. The others had all re-entered and were now seating them selves. Breakfast was ready in 10 minutes, Bill had trouble eating with his left hand however, he got used to it eventually. Once they had all eaten and the plates were in the sink Bill and Lilly went up stairs so that Bill could retrieve his money. When they went back down stairs Bill lead Lilly into the living room where Molly was waiting with the twins, the black haired boy, his two friends and a short red head girl, a little younger than herself. "Lilly this is Fred and George," he pointed at the twins "Harry," He pointed at the black haired boy "Ginny, Ron and Hermione. Ginny, Ron, Fred and George are my sister and brothers." Lilly smiled "Hi," They all nodded slightly sleepily "Ok, let's go then, Lilly, you use floo powder by throwing a pinch into the fire, stepping into the fire and saying loudly and clearly exactly where you want to go. Though you don't have anything to worry about, Bill will do the navigating." Molly beamed, "Fred, you go first, then George, then you two can go," she touched Lilly's arm, "Followed by Hermione, Ginny, Harry then Ron. I will be following shortly; I just have to ask Dumbledore something. Stay in the inn, I don't want you wondering off, you'll get Lilly into trouble." "Mother, I am perfectly capable of looking after Lilly." "Not by yourself!" Molly said sternly "We'll help him mum, me Harry and Hermione, we've done heaps of dangerous stuff," said Ron, the youngest brother of Bill. Molly looked at him austerely and glared "That's no reason to be looking for trouble young man!" Fred and George had both left by now so Bill led Lilly forward. He through a pinch of shimmering powder in to the flames of the fire, which turned emerald green, then stepped in, taking Lilly with him. Lilly cringed, without realising that the fire did not hurt. He held her close and shouted "Diagon Alley!". Suddenly in a flurry of soot and green flames they were spiralling and shooting through the chimney. Lilly coughed and choked on the dusty air and knocked her elbows and brand-new wings on the chimney walls several times. Finally they slowed and were thrown out into a small dingy pub. There were a couple of people sitting at tables having an early breakfast. A small man, who was sitting at a table quite near them turned curiously, gave a small 'eep' and keeled over side ways off his chair. One lady that was sitting a little further away was staring at them in unblinking alarm. "What?" said Bill, defensively. "I think it might be the wings," Lilly said Bill smiled and nodded to the innkeeper who had just appeared from behind the bar, by this time the whole party had emerged from the fire except Molly. The few minutes they had to wait gave Lilly a chance to look around, the little, dingy, windows only let in a trace light. The pub/inn was lit by lanterns despite the fact that it had been during the day (that's how bad the windows were). There was a littering of small tables, the fireplace they had just emerged from and a bar, with a long line of dodgy looking stools. It was all done up in dark-stained oak-timber which made it all the more dark. As they waited another person came down the stairs, he looked a little older than Lilly and had dread-locks. "Lee!" shouted the twins, "What are you doing here, why aren't you at your parents house?" "I got narked off at them, so they let me spend the weekend away." Said the supposed Lee, grinning and stretching.
"Cool!" said Fred
"If only our parents would let us do that!" George sighed
Then, startling Lilly slightly, Molly materialized in front of the fire.
"Well, I suppose we should be getting on then." She said
"See you, Lee," said Fred
The group wondered out to a little back yard, there was a dusty red- brick wall and a group of dustbins in the corner, that was about the extent of the décor. However, Lilly was amazed when Bill tapped the third brick from the left above the dustbins. This is because a huge archway appeared in the brickwork, exposing an entire street (or was it two?) completely unknown to normal people. Lilly gaped as she was led through the hustle and bustle, past many tantalising shops and boutiques.
"We'll have to be getting some money out of the bank first." Said Bill as Molly led the way to an old, roman looking building that was directly in front of them. They reached it and trudged up the steps.
"This is where I work, I used to work in Egypt breaking curses in the pyramids but I had to move closer to home, because of certain occurrences." Bill told Lilly quietly
"Impressive," said Lilly smiling
They finally entered 'Gringotts wizarding Bank' and were immediately greeted by a repulsive looking creature. Lilly ignored it's strange appearance while Bill talked to it.
"Mrs Weasley, may I have the keys?" said the thing
"Oh yes," she replied producing two keys, then Bill produced his own key. Then they were led to a huge door. The strange entity inserted its nail into a socket in the door and there was a whirring and clicking before the doors were opened. Behind the door was what looked like a large mining cart on a track. They all squeezed in, Lilly had to sit, shyly on Bill's lap. They were both blushing. Then with a stomach-heaving jolt the cart was thrown along the track at a heart stopping speed. After a gut twisting ride in which Ron looked like he was going to be sick, they came to a stop outside another huge door.
"Mister Harry Potter, I believe this is your door?" the creature spread his arm towards it, the dark haired boy leapt out of the cart and joined the demon on the platform. Lilly peered through the doors as they opened there were small piles of gold, silver and bronze scattered over the floor. Lilly had never known such a young person to own so much money, then again, she had never known a kid to own more than 100 pounds at a time, and that was to pay for food, clothes, shelter and sometimes, against her liking, drugs. He soon returned with a pouch, bulging with money. They visited the Weasley family vault, considerably emptier than Harry's but Lilly didn't say anything. They then reached Hermione's temporary vault, which had an installation from her parents inside, enough to get her through the year. Finally they came to the last vault, Lilly wondered who's it was then after a few seconds that it was her own. She clambered out of the cart, closely followed by Bill. They entered the door and Lilly gasped and almost fell other backwards, but Bill caught her and propped her up. As well as piles of money there was a small assortment of expensive looking objects. She walked over to the group of inheritance and as she did so, the before mentioned ugly creature handed her an envelope. It contained a short letter from her parents and a copy of their will. Tears pricked her eyes as she unfolded the yellowed pieces of parchment. She took a deep breath and read.
Dear Lillibet,
If you are reading this letter then we are sadly passed away and you are now at least 13. We have left you a small collection of our most valued possessions and enough money to get you through school and to start you out in life. We were expecting our death, which is why we wrote this letter, to tell you that we are still watching over you and that we love you very much. We wish you luck in your life, prove us proud.
Xangth and Elena Mortimer
By the time she had finished reading this tears were streaming down Lilly's face, and the reality of this world lay bare. She had been walking through the past few events in a trance and now it struck her how completely surreal this was, and how alone she was. So there was a boy attached to her arm but she hardly knew these people. Bill put his held her too him for comfort and she took several minutes to calm down before looking at the other piece of paper.
We Xangth and Elena Mortimer leave Lillian Claude Mortimer, our daughter, these items: Fender Stratocaster in dark lightning blue Wood Bass with dark flames Amps Wah lead and pedals Mike and stand Clothes: item 12 – 27 Invisibility cloak Small table and four matching chairs in wrought iron and crystal Oak wardrobe Wrought iron bedstead Our weaponry collection (only blunt and light instruments to be carried for self defence until said obtainee is fully trained and 16) Fit all trunk Magic music player Magic music collection 35,000 Galleons
Notes: Items 1-5, 13 and 14 are magical equipment; they are not run on electricity but magical 'battery' potion, which can be bought at any good apothecary. There are 2.5 pounds to a Galleon, 20 Sickles to a Galleon and 5 Knuts to a Sickle.
Lilly lowered the paper, her hands shaking, her eyes still full off tears, and as if out of her own body she stuffed as much money as she could into a pouch. Then she kneeled by a trunk, which had a ring with seven keys on top of it. She took the first key and opened the trunk she put the two guitars, wah lead and pedals and the mike and stand inside. Then she took the second key and opened the trunk again, it appeared empty, she put the amp, the MMA and records in it along with her new clothes and invisibility cloak. "Lilly, how did you know how that worked?" asked Bill looking confused and slightly concerned. "I don't actually know," said Lilly, her face expressionless, she then closed the trunk. And lifted easily, as it was quite small for a trunk. They were soon re installed in the cart, taking the last ride back up to the surface. While they rode up Lilly was strangely unperturbed and she quietly sung 'Infected' by Bad Religion. She was pleasantly surprised to hear Bill joining in, "You know it?" she grinned "I love it! Rock music was something the muggles excel at. I wonder why us magical peoples didn't think of it first." He grinned. She smiled and sung a little louder; singing and playing the guitar were the two things she was good at. She was also quite good at some martial arts, which she was proud of and was quick to defend herself. They finally emerged at ground level and were soon back in the sunlight. They made their way across the street to a shop called 'Madame Malkin's, it was a large clothes store with a swirley sign above the window. Lilly was fitted for a uniform, she decided to go for the long skirt version and when it came to picking out winter wear she chose fingerless gloves, thigh length socks, extra long scarf and a V-neck jumper instead of a cardigan. Her shirt and robe needed to be altered to accommodate her wings then when she was hopping off her stool Molly piped up "Ah yes, this year you will be needing dress robes, Lilly dear." "Dress robes?" "Formal wear," she said bustling over to the other end of the shop and gesturing at a rail of ladies dress robes. Lilly spent a few minutes looking at the different styles, then she saw it, it was perfect. It was black and floor length, just like a normal dress, but special. The layer that would be next to her skin was black silk, strapless and mid-thigh length. The next sleeveless and made of black sheer, it was asymmetric and sloped in a v down to the floor. The top layer was bat-winged and split up the front to about hip height and was made from fine flower lace, it trailed on the floor when worn and was fastened just above the waist. She gathered it up and trotted into the changing rooms, pulling the curtain shut between her and Bills hands. Then she turned, and yelped, the eyes staring back at her were decidedly different, they were huge and brilliant dazzling forest green. She studied the rest of her body, in addition to her new wings, finger nails (which were now long clean and perfect) and eyes, her body shape had changed slightly, where she had been scrawny and flat before she was now fuller and sexier, she suddenly noticed how much her old bra was constricting her, her jeans were a little tight too. She estimated her chest to now be a low c instead of their previous low b. She grinned, and grinned some more when she saw how her canines had grown long an sharp, very sharp, and changed, laboriously into the dress. She tidied her hair a little then stepped dramatically from behind the curtain. "Oh Lilly, it's beautiful, it makes you look so lovely," said Molly, beaming "But isn't it a little revealing?" "No, no, it is a teeny bit short but I don't mind." She said twirling, she looked up at Bill, "What do you think?" "You look beautiful," he said grinning "Ah, excellent choice miss, would you like to chose some shoes to match?" said Madame Malkin "Yes please," Lilly said allowing her self to be lead to rack of shoes, there wasn't a huge range but she picked some strappy black 2-inch heels. When they vacated the shop Lilly was beaming and humming to her self. They went round several more shops and boutiques, the last was a pet's shop. Lilly and Bill went in alone as there was little room to move about, and Lilly spotted what she wanted immediately, a grey half Persian tabby kitten sat in a cage in one corner of the shop. It had big blue eyes and when she approached it said 'play with me!' in a really cute voice. Lilly awed and oohed at it before alerting the assistant. She was soon back outside with her cat, cat basket, cat toys and cat food. They went to the bookshop and the Apothecary for potions and a cauldron. Lastly they went to the wand shop and laboriously she went through at least 20 wands until she found a nice 11-inch willow with dragon heartstring. The time was now 1 o'clock and they had been shopping for 5 hours. "Let's have lunch shall we?" suggested Bill "Yes, let's but then we need to go to muggle London and get you," she brandished her finger at Lilly, "Some new clothes," "Cool, can we go to Camden?" Lilly asked, then after a few seconds, "What about my wings?!" "Oh, a simple spell will hide them, muggles will walk straight through them and not have a clue," "Muggles?" asked Lilly "Non wizarding folk, dear," They had a spectacular lunch at a little sandwich bar near Madame Malkin's. Bill took Lilly on a short walk round Diagon Alley when they had finished. They ended up sitting outside a little café that was hidden round a corner. "Lilly, what was it like? Living on the streets?" "It was, well harsh really. It seemed fun at first, but it wasn't, not after the first few days. I was lucky though, I made some good friends, they set me up in a squat. I guess the only thing I'll miss is the freedom, and of course my friends. They had some good stories to tell." She said, not looking at Bill, because she had some painful memories as well. "What did you do for money?" "Mostly selling pictures, doing portraits, and lot's of begging, I busked sometimes. I'm quite good at guitar." "Did you ever...um..." "No," she said abruptly "I neither did hard drugs or sold my body." She smiled to herself, "I knew people who did though." "Were you ever assaulted?" Lilly fell silent and studied a napkin that lay on the table. "You can tell me, but you don't have to if you don't want to, I'm sorry." He went red and looked away. "No, it's okay. Well I was, by a gang of lads about 4 of them, they were all about 18. I was 14 at the time, luckily I didn't get pregnant, but they stole all my earnings from that day, I went hungry for the next couple of days." She blinked as her eyes watered, but she managed to hold back the tears, it had been a strangely emotional day. She looked up at Bill who was now looking concernedly into her eyes, she blinked and looked away again. But Bill took hold of her chin and held it so that she was looking at him then kissed her on the lips, gently. She smiled and stood up. "We should go meet your mother." She said, Bill stood, but he didn't make a move to actually leave. Instead he held her in his arms and kissed her again, this time he parted her lips with his tongue and slid it inside her mouth. It played softly against her own and she found herself caressing the back of his neck. Lilly moved her other hand (keeping in contact with him) up to his chest and pressed her body closer. She moved her tongue deeper inside his mouth. After a few minutes they finally broke away. They returned their hands to their held position and continued to the Leaky Cauldron. They grinned whilst walking along and the time flew by and they were a little amazed when they found that they were back in the pub. Molly was sitting there and she stood when they arrived "Shall we go then? I've let the others roam freely in the alley." She said, "One moment Lilly, diguisé!" Molly flicked her wand at Lilly's wings, she saw them disappear out of the corner of her eye. The trip to London was fruitful; Lilly was extremely pleased to come back with many items of clothing. They had lots of fun, despite Molly's rumblings about how she dressed too much like Bill and should try on a pretty dress. Molly also got quite a shock at the amount of people that were offering them drugs. They refused of course. Other the 3-hour time span Lilly acquired:
2 pairs of jeans (One light, one dark – all wide legged and baggy)
3 pairs of chords (one purple, one black and one white with rips)
2 skirts (one very short and tartan, one floor length and black)
5 T-shirts
2 shirts
3 skate tops
3 net tops (one sleeveless and white - one long sleeve, wide necked
and black – and one boob tube and blue with black band to cover
boobs)
2 pairs of shorts (one skater and dark, one short summer ones and
light)
2 customised tops (one red and safety-pinned – one black and
slashed down the front)
1 bikini
1 swimsuit
4 vest-tops (one black, one light blue, one grey and one purple)
1 leather duster
5x fingerless gloves (one black net, one blue and black stripes,
one multiple brown stripes, one dark red, dark green, autumn
orange, dirty blue and dark brown patches, one plain black and arm
length)
20 pairs of socks (10 trainer, 5 toe, 5 thigh length)
8 bras (1 blue with black lace on top, push up, slight padding - 1
black and pink lace, slight padding – one plain black plunge neck T-
shirt, slight pad – 1 sports, no pad - one dark red and a bit see
through – one green with butterflies - one plain normal white – and
stay cups [beige])
16 pairs of knickers (one each to match bra, 3 plain white, 3 plain
black, one blue ribboned thong and one betty boop thong)
other lingerie (matching corset and suspenders (Blue with black
lace over the top)
5 pairs of tights (two invisi-flesh, one black net suspended, one
normal black, sheer suspended and one blue and sparkly grip on
thigh lengths[fluffy garter-ness])
6 pairs of shoes (one pair of gothic boots, one pair of vans, one
pair of regular trainers, one pair of school shoes, one pair of
purple doc-martens and one pair of Hawaiian print flip-flops)
Pages and pages of lyrics, music and riffs to loads of cool songs.
Along with a lot of jewellery, makeup, accessories, other clothing
and toiletries (mainly spiked or sexy jewellery and black or
natural make up)
All for about 600 pounds, after the trip, Lilly had to go back to Gringots to stuff yet more money into her purse. She felt incredibly spoilt by the time she got back to Grimmauld place.