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Here's chapter 3! Hopefully you'll enjoy it! I had to split it into 2 parts because my computer's a piece of junk so here's part 1 and part 2 will be up momentarily-I hope. Once again, please read and review!!!
Chapter 3: Diagon Alley Part 1-Gringotts
The past week had seemed like an eternity for Lily because Petunia had been absolutely awful towards her. She was constantly slapping and screaming at Lily about nothing. Lily wasn't really scared of her sister but it was still unsettling. Her parents were furious with Petunia and had grounded her for the remainder of the summer holidays but that meant that to escape her sister, Lily had to leave the house. She had never been more relieved that they didn't have to share a room.
Finally, Saturday dawned sunny and bright. Lily was worried that Petunia might be forced to come with them but her parents had called Mrs. Evan's sister, Shirley, to come watch her. Aunt Shirley had been told about Lily's news and thought it was wonderful. She arrived at 9:45am and greeted Lily with a big hug.
"Oh, this is so exciting!" she said as she released Lily, "I bet you can't wait to go! You'll have to tell me all about everything!"
Lily grinned at her. Aunt Shirley was one of her favourite people in the world. They even looked similar.
"Don't worry," Lily said, "I will."
Aunt Shirley looked around, "Where's Petunia?" she asked.
"In her room," said Mrs. Evans, "She's to stay in there unless she has to go to the bathroom or is having lunch. She's been absolutely horrible to Lily this past week so she's grounded until school starts."
"Why's she acting up?" asked Aunt Shirley.
"She doesn't like the idea of magic," said Lily.
Aunt Shirley sighed, "She does seem like the type who wouldn't approve of it," she said, then she brightened, "Oh well, don't let her get to you Lily, she's probably just jealous that you get to go and she doesn't."
Just then a car pulled into the driveway.
"That must be them," said Mrs. Evans, then she called up the stairs, "John! They're here!"
Mr. Evans hurried down the stairs and the group went outside.
"Thanks for watching Petunia," said Mrs. Evans.
"We really appreciate it," added Mr. Evans.
"Bye Aunt Shirley!" said Lily before following her parents down the steps.
"Bye!" Aunt Shirley called after them, "And have fun!"
"We will!" Lily called back.
Mrs. Johnston and a tall, sandy haired man with brown eyes, presumably Mr. Johnston had gottan out of the car. The man extended his hand to Mr. and Mrs. Evans.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," he said as they shook hands, "I'm Jim (Author's Note: Sometimes people with the name James go by Jim so I'm using it to avoid confusion with James Potter.) Johnston." He looked down at Lily, "You must be Lily," he said. He turned back to the car, "Megan, get out here!" he said.
A girl's head appeared in the window and she tumbled out of the car. She was about the same height as Lily and had blue-grey eyes. Her dirty blonde hair was cut short so that it hung just below her ears. She wore a red t-shirt, jeans and a pair of sneakers. She looked very much like quite the tomboy and Lily, being a bit of a tomboy herself, immediately liked her. She smiled at Lily.
"Hi!" she said brightly, "I'm Megan!"
Lily grinned, "Hi," she said.
"Well, we should go," said Mrs. Johnston said as she looked at her watch.
They all piled into the car (the Johnstons in the front and the Evanses in the back), waved good-bye to Aunt Shirley and drove off.
Megan was fidgeting in the front seat between her parents. She turned to her father.
"Why can't we enlarge the back like we did before?" she asked, "I wanna sit next to Lily so we can talk."
"Because we're traveling like muggles which means no magic," her father said sounding exasperated.
Megan turned to her mother but before she even said anything her mother cut her off. "No," said Mrs. Johnston.
Megan spent the next 5 minutes sulking as the adults talked about a variety of things.
Finally, after about 30 minutes, they arrived in London. Mr. Johnston parked the car and led the group downtown. They stopped quite suddenly.
"This is where we go in," he said, "The Leaky Cauldron."
The Leaky Cauldron looked rather dark and shabby. Lily wouldn't have even noticed the small pub if Mr. Johnston hadn't pointed it out. The other people on the sidewalk didn't even seem to look at it. Their eyes slid from the big bookstore to the little souvenir shop. In fact it was almost as if they couldn't see. It didn't seem like her parents could either.
"What are we looking at?" asked Mrs. Evans, looking confused.
Mr. Johnston slapped his head, "Blimey!" he said, "I forgot! Muggles can't see it unless the go inside!" He turned to Lily, "You can see it though, right?" he asked.
Lily nodded, "Uh huh," she said.
"We'll lead you two inside," said Mr. Johnston as he opened the door.
Mr. Evans took Mr. Johnston's hand and Mrs. Evans took Mrs. Johnston's hand and they were led inside. Megan grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her in too.
When they had entered the pub, Mr. and Mrs. Evans looked around in amazement.
"Learn something new everyday," commented Mr. Evans.
"Now, the entrance to Diagon Alley's back here," Mr. Johnston said and the group followed him to the back.
They stopped in front of a wall and Mr. Johnston pulled at his wand. He tapped one of the bricks. It wiggled and a small hole appeared. In seconds the hole had turned into an archway that led to a cobbled street.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley," said Mr. Johnston.
The group filed out into the street and headed towards a large snowy- white building. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a scarlet and gold uniform, was . . .
"A goblin," Mr. Johnston whispered, "Gringotts is run by goblins so you'd be mad to try and rob it."
Lily looked over at her parents to see their reaction. Her mother was shaking but her father seemed fascinated by the creature. Mr. Johnston ushered the group through the doors and they found themselves facing another set of doors, silver this time, with words engraved upon them:
'Enter Stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn,
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure which was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more then treasure there.'
"Like I said," Mr. Johnston said as they stepped through the silver doors, "You'd be mad to try and rob it."
Hundreds of goblins were scattered around the place. Most were working at the large counter, scribbling notes, weighing coins or studying jewels. Others were showing people around.
The group went up to the counter.
"Hello there," Mr. Johnston said to a free goblin, "We're here to pick up some gold from the Johnston vault, it's number 983 and they're here to exchange some muggle money for wizard money."
"Do you have the key for vault 983?" asked the goblin.
Mr. Johnston pulled out a tiny golden key, "Here you go," he said as he handed it to the goblin.
The goblin studied it, "This seems to be in order," he said, "I'll have someone take you down. Clinkstone!"
Another goblin appeared and the first goblin spoke briefly with him.
"I'll stay here to help you exchange you're money," said Mrs. Johnston.
"Can Lily come down to the vault?" asked Megan.
"If it's alright with her parents," said Mrs. Johnston.
Both girls turned to Lily's parents with pleading looks.
"Go ahead," said Mrs. Evans.
"Yay!" both girls said excitedly before following the new goblin, Clinkstone, and Megan's father. Clinkstone held the door open for them and Lily, who had expected more marble was surprised. They were now in a narrow stone passageway with railway tracks on the floor. Clinkstone whistled and a small cart came hurtling towards them. They climbed on and sped off down the passage at a shocking speed. Once, Lily saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Probably a dragon!" Megan said excitedly.
"A dragon?" Lily asked, "Those are real?"
"Duh!" Megan said, "Dragons are super cool! You should see them!"
Quite suddenly they stopped in front of a small door in the passage wall. They stepped off the cart and Clinkstone opened the door to reveal heaps of gold coins. Lily gasped as she looked around the vault. As Mr. Johnston scooped some of the coins into a little black bag, Megan held up three different coins.
"The gold ones are Galleons, the silver ones are sickles and the bronze ones are Knuts," she said, "17 sickles to a Galleon and 29 Knuts to a Sickle."
"Wow," Lily said as she took the coins from Megan and looked at them.
Megan bent down, scooped up a few coins for herself and dumped them into her pocket. Lily handed back the coins and they also disappeared into Megan's pocket.
"Ready to go girls?" Mr. Johnston asked and they all climbed back onto the cart.
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OK, there's part 1 and onto part 2, if it'll load.
~*~MeGaN~*~
Here's chapter 3! Hopefully you'll enjoy it! I had to split it into 2 parts because my computer's a piece of junk so here's part 1 and part 2 will be up momentarily-I hope. Once again, please read and review!!!
Chapter 3: Diagon Alley Part 1-Gringotts
The past week had seemed like an eternity for Lily because Petunia had been absolutely awful towards her. She was constantly slapping and screaming at Lily about nothing. Lily wasn't really scared of her sister but it was still unsettling. Her parents were furious with Petunia and had grounded her for the remainder of the summer holidays but that meant that to escape her sister, Lily had to leave the house. She had never been more relieved that they didn't have to share a room.
Finally, Saturday dawned sunny and bright. Lily was worried that Petunia might be forced to come with them but her parents had called Mrs. Evan's sister, Shirley, to come watch her. Aunt Shirley had been told about Lily's news and thought it was wonderful. She arrived at 9:45am and greeted Lily with a big hug.
"Oh, this is so exciting!" she said as she released Lily, "I bet you can't wait to go! You'll have to tell me all about everything!"
Lily grinned at her. Aunt Shirley was one of her favourite people in the world. They even looked similar.
"Don't worry," Lily said, "I will."
Aunt Shirley looked around, "Where's Petunia?" she asked.
"In her room," said Mrs. Evans, "She's to stay in there unless she has to go to the bathroom or is having lunch. She's been absolutely horrible to Lily this past week so she's grounded until school starts."
"Why's she acting up?" asked Aunt Shirley.
"She doesn't like the idea of magic," said Lily.
Aunt Shirley sighed, "She does seem like the type who wouldn't approve of it," she said, then she brightened, "Oh well, don't let her get to you Lily, she's probably just jealous that you get to go and she doesn't."
Just then a car pulled into the driveway.
"That must be them," said Mrs. Evans, then she called up the stairs, "John! They're here!"
Mr. Evans hurried down the stairs and the group went outside.
"Thanks for watching Petunia," said Mrs. Evans.
"We really appreciate it," added Mr. Evans.
"Bye Aunt Shirley!" said Lily before following her parents down the steps.
"Bye!" Aunt Shirley called after them, "And have fun!"
"We will!" Lily called back.
Mrs. Johnston and a tall, sandy haired man with brown eyes, presumably Mr. Johnston had gottan out of the car. The man extended his hand to Mr. and Mrs. Evans.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," he said as they shook hands, "I'm Jim (Author's Note: Sometimes people with the name James go by Jim so I'm using it to avoid confusion with James Potter.) Johnston." He looked down at Lily, "You must be Lily," he said. He turned back to the car, "Megan, get out here!" he said.
A girl's head appeared in the window and she tumbled out of the car. She was about the same height as Lily and had blue-grey eyes. Her dirty blonde hair was cut short so that it hung just below her ears. She wore a red t-shirt, jeans and a pair of sneakers. She looked very much like quite the tomboy and Lily, being a bit of a tomboy herself, immediately liked her. She smiled at Lily.
"Hi!" she said brightly, "I'm Megan!"
Lily grinned, "Hi," she said.
"Well, we should go," said Mrs. Johnston said as she looked at her watch.
They all piled into the car (the Johnstons in the front and the Evanses in the back), waved good-bye to Aunt Shirley and drove off.
Megan was fidgeting in the front seat between her parents. She turned to her father.
"Why can't we enlarge the back like we did before?" she asked, "I wanna sit next to Lily so we can talk."
"Because we're traveling like muggles which means no magic," her father said sounding exasperated.
Megan turned to her mother but before she even said anything her mother cut her off. "No," said Mrs. Johnston.
Megan spent the next 5 minutes sulking as the adults talked about a variety of things.
Finally, after about 30 minutes, they arrived in London. Mr. Johnston parked the car and led the group downtown. They stopped quite suddenly.
"This is where we go in," he said, "The Leaky Cauldron."
The Leaky Cauldron looked rather dark and shabby. Lily wouldn't have even noticed the small pub if Mr. Johnston hadn't pointed it out. The other people on the sidewalk didn't even seem to look at it. Their eyes slid from the big bookstore to the little souvenir shop. In fact it was almost as if they couldn't see. It didn't seem like her parents could either.
"What are we looking at?" asked Mrs. Evans, looking confused.
Mr. Johnston slapped his head, "Blimey!" he said, "I forgot! Muggles can't see it unless the go inside!" He turned to Lily, "You can see it though, right?" he asked.
Lily nodded, "Uh huh," she said.
"We'll lead you two inside," said Mr. Johnston as he opened the door.
Mr. Evans took Mr. Johnston's hand and Mrs. Evans took Mrs. Johnston's hand and they were led inside. Megan grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her in too.
When they had entered the pub, Mr. and Mrs. Evans looked around in amazement.
"Learn something new everyday," commented Mr. Evans.
"Now, the entrance to Diagon Alley's back here," Mr. Johnston said and the group followed him to the back.
They stopped in front of a wall and Mr. Johnston pulled at his wand. He tapped one of the bricks. It wiggled and a small hole appeared. In seconds the hole had turned into an archway that led to a cobbled street.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley," said Mr. Johnston.
The group filed out into the street and headed towards a large snowy- white building. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a scarlet and gold uniform, was . . .
"A goblin," Mr. Johnston whispered, "Gringotts is run by goblins so you'd be mad to try and rob it."
Lily looked over at her parents to see their reaction. Her mother was shaking but her father seemed fascinated by the creature. Mr. Johnston ushered the group through the doors and they found themselves facing another set of doors, silver this time, with words engraved upon them:
'Enter Stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn,
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure which was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more then treasure there.'
"Like I said," Mr. Johnston said as they stepped through the silver doors, "You'd be mad to try and rob it."
Hundreds of goblins were scattered around the place. Most were working at the large counter, scribbling notes, weighing coins or studying jewels. Others were showing people around.
The group went up to the counter.
"Hello there," Mr. Johnston said to a free goblin, "We're here to pick up some gold from the Johnston vault, it's number 983 and they're here to exchange some muggle money for wizard money."
"Do you have the key for vault 983?" asked the goblin.
Mr. Johnston pulled out a tiny golden key, "Here you go," he said as he handed it to the goblin.
The goblin studied it, "This seems to be in order," he said, "I'll have someone take you down. Clinkstone!"
Another goblin appeared and the first goblin spoke briefly with him.
"I'll stay here to help you exchange you're money," said Mrs. Johnston.
"Can Lily come down to the vault?" asked Megan.
"If it's alright with her parents," said Mrs. Johnston.
Both girls turned to Lily's parents with pleading looks.
"Go ahead," said Mrs. Evans.
"Yay!" both girls said excitedly before following the new goblin, Clinkstone, and Megan's father. Clinkstone held the door open for them and Lily, who had expected more marble was surprised. They were now in a narrow stone passageway with railway tracks on the floor. Clinkstone whistled and a small cart came hurtling towards them. They climbed on and sped off down the passage at a shocking speed. Once, Lily saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Probably a dragon!" Megan said excitedly.
"A dragon?" Lily asked, "Those are real?"
"Duh!" Megan said, "Dragons are super cool! You should see them!"
Quite suddenly they stopped in front of a small door in the passage wall. They stepped off the cart and Clinkstone opened the door to reveal heaps of gold coins. Lily gasped as she looked around the vault. As Mr. Johnston scooped some of the coins into a little black bag, Megan held up three different coins.
"The gold ones are Galleons, the silver ones are sickles and the bronze ones are Knuts," she said, "17 sickles to a Galleon and 29 Knuts to a Sickle."
"Wow," Lily said as she took the coins from Megan and looked at them.
Megan bent down, scooped up a few coins for herself and dumped them into her pocket. Lily handed back the coins and they also disappeared into Megan's pocket.
"Ready to go girls?" Mr. Johnston asked and they all climbed back onto the cart.
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OK, there's part 1 and onto part 2, if it'll load.
~*~MeGaN~*~