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Diagon Alley and the Leaky Bucket

Mom woke me up at 4am. We got ready and left for Logan Airport by 5am. I was on my plane headed for England by 8am. The entire plane ride I slept, which was good because I hate flying. I have done it tons of times, to go visit relatives and such but never over an ocean. Also, every other flight I'd been so scared I just sat there and stared off into space praying I didn't die. I got to the airport by about 3pm because of the time difference (A/N sorry absolutely no idea how long it takes or the time difference, don't linger on it.)

Mom gave me instructions from my father, and I was supposed to get my luggage, there wasn't much, and then meet my father at the pick up site in front of the airport.

As soon as I got outside, I was relieved to see only a few cars in the parking lot, though the man that was quickly approaching me looks less than thrilled at being there.

"Are you Krista Kincaid?" He asked quickly. He was a tall pale man with long dark hair and dark eyes.

"Yes, I am. Are you Severus Snape?" I asked him. I was sort of hoping he said 'Oops, nope sorry wrong person.' and left.

"Yes I am. You look exactly like your mother. Same dark red hair, bright green eyes. It's unnerving actually."

"Sorry, um . . . wasn't my fault." I said sort of unsure of how to reply to that.

He smirked slightly.

"No, I don't suppose it is. Here let me take your luggage and we'll be off."

He looked around quickly, noted that there was no one there but me, and shrunk my suit case, then stuck it into his pocket.

'Uh duh,' I thought to myself, 'why didn't I think of that.'

"Probably because there were muggles around." My father replied.

"Don't do that." I said quickly. I was bad enough that I speak my thoughts out loud sometimes for the world to hear, but when I'm smart enough to keep it to myself and my father, of all people, knows what I'm thinking! That's not cool.

"Right, sorry." he said quietly.

"Not a big deal. Um, so do you, like have a car or do you live near here or something?" I asked.

"No, but a friend is picking us up and bringing us to the Leaky Cauldron so we can do your school shopping."

"Oh. When does school start?" I asked.

"Next week."

"Wow, that's kinda soon. Ok I can do this. It's just school. I'll be fine." I muttered to myself.

"Sorry, what did you say?"

"Oh, um nothing." I said quickly as a car stopped in front of us, and we headed out.

So on the way to the Leaky Bucket or whatever, my father asked me to call him dad. I said OK as long as he didn't call me Krista. He could call me Kris, Krissi, Kay, even Lee which is my middle name, if he wanted to, just not Krista. He decided he'd call me Kris, which was fine with me.

"Ok, here we are, Diagon Alley. This is where you'll buy all you school supplies and such." dad said.

"Cool. What if I don't have much money? And do they take American dollars or do I need to exchange it or something?" I asked confused.

"You can keep that for when you visit the States. There's a family account at the Wizarding Bank, Gringotts, and you also have your own vault, but that's more for after school, or incase of an emergency. Here are your keys by the way. This one is for the family account, and this one for yours." he explained giving me two keys.

"Here is your Hogwarts letter as well. It has everything you'll need for this year. I'll go to Gringotts and get you some money and I'll meet you at Olivander's. Tell everyone to put it on the Snape tab."

"Um, sure, ok. I'll see you later then." I said and walked off.

I needed my books, my robes, cauldron, quills, parchments etc. I wonder if I'll get an animal. That would be cool. I'd always wanted a pet, but my mom hated animals. She's a bit strange sometimes.

So I finally got everything I needed except an animal. When I got to Olivander's Dad was already there talking to a strange old man. "Kris, come in, I'd like you to meet Mr. Olivander." Dad said.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Olivander." I said politely.

"Yes, it is Miss Snape, it sure is." He replied nicely.

I was sort of deciding how to deal with being called Miss Snape, when I noticed dad giving me a strange look, and then Mr. Olivander came over with five or six wands.

"Oh, see I've been going to a Magic school in Salem MA. I already have a wand. When you mentioned Olivander's I didn't know it was a wand store, and then when I got here, I thought maybe you were just introducing us or something. Mom said that you two were talking I just assumed she had told you I was going to a Magic School. Sorry about that." I said.

"She never mentioned that you went to a Magic School. Where did you go?" Dad asked.

"I went to the Salem Witches Institute. It's an all girls witchcraft school."

"You went to an all girls school? Then who was this boy your mother told me about?" He asked strangely.

"Well there was a brother school that was all boys, and there were co-ed dances and such. We met there." I replied, a little upset that mom had told him about Devon and never told me.

"Ah, well if you have everything, we best be off --"

"Um actually, I wasn't sure if I was allowed to get an animal or not." I said quietly.

"Go right ahead, if you want one. Though, preferably a cat or owl please." dad answered.

"Sure thing Dad, no problem." I said and hurried off to the pet shop.

When I go there I looked at the kittens and the owls. I assumed that an owl would be a better choice because they can deliver mail and such so I picked out a brown owl. I named her Mystique.

Dad and I went back to the Leaky Cauldron, cauldron, not bucket, cauldron. I had to remember that. Dad said we'd just stay there until school started. So I unpacked, and took out some of my books and started practicing spells from previous years, or easy new ones that I had found in this years text books.