AHHHHH!! Not my fault, not my fault ducks from random objects been thrown at her My computer, really, REALLY, hates me, first when I had finished, it froze when I tried to save it, so it was only half finished, then it wouldn't let me on the internet T-T. Evil computer…….
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I hope y'all enjoy this chappie, where something actually happens this time.
The Two Witches of OZ
Chapter Four: Diagon Alley:
::Last time, on Dragon Ball Z! (lol!)::
Suddenly, the bricks started rearranging them self's, creating a great archway that lead into a bustling street, full of people.
"Wow." Said Louise, staring in disbelief at the street, then Tori, amazed at this sight, said
"Holy shit."
::On with the story!::
"Welcome, to Diagon Alley, the alley with every thing you need to attend the famous Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Remus announced, finding the astounded looks on the girls faces extremely funny.
"Are you telling us," asked Tori, who was in awe, as they stood there," That we get to spend a week here?!" (a/n: it's the 24 of august there)
"You sure do, you're staying at the leaky Cauldron, the pub that's right behind us."
"Looks a bit shabby if you asked me." Louise said as she looked up at the shabby looking pub.
"Sure it may look a little shabby," Remus said, "But it really is a nice place once you get inside."
"Well enough of this idle chit-chat, lets go!" exclaimed Tori as she headed towards the archway.
Louise, who also decided that this would be a good time to start shopping, stepped in front of her friend fell flat on her face again, because of Tori basically running at her.
"Now, now, I don't think you should be going shopping tonight, seeing as its 10:30 at night." (a/n: I think that's how it works; 9:30 am in Australia turns in to 10:30 at night in England) said Remus as he helped the two (ditzy) girls up.
"Oh, that's so unfair, pleeease can we go?" asked Louise, putting on those big round eyes that look they're about to start crying (a.k.a. puppy dog eyes)
"Um, no, you'll have a week to do it any way, so you don't have to worry." Yawned Remus (he desperately wanted to get some sleep)
"Who's worrying?" asked Tori, who really wanted to explore Diagon Alley. Remus then introduced them to Tom, who showed them to the rooms that they would be sleeping in over the next week.
In the morning, Remus gently knocked on Louise's door.
"Come in." said Louise, as she got off of her bed.
"So," said Remus, trying not to laugh at her fuzzled hair," ready for a days shopping?"
"Am I ever!" said Louise as she quickly brushed her hair. "Is Tori up yet?"
"No, I'll just go wake her up now." He said, then made for the door,
"No wait," Louise said, as an evil smirk spread across her face," I'll wake her up." She added, in an extremely sinister voice.
If anybody else in the building was asleep, they weren't anymore. A scream came from Tori's room as she chased Louise out of her room, still in her pajamas. They then both got dressed and headed down to the leaky Cauldron.
"Well, let's go, first stop, Gringotts." Said Remus, as the arch opened to Diagon Alley. As they headed down the street, they turned their heads in every direction, looking at all the amazing shops. After a while, the stopped at a large white building, that towered over all the other little shops. When the reached the doors, Louise and Tori got quite a shock,
"Um Remus, is that a-"
"Goblin, yes its is, they guard Gringotts." Said Remus as the walked past the goblin, which was dress in a red uniform, and entered through a pair of burnished bronze doors. They then walked through a short hall, and meet another pair of doors, but this time, they were engraved with a poem:
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 out floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
"Oh, impressive." Said Louise as they entered through the doors. They then found themselves in a vast marble hall. At the end of this hall, was a long counter, with goblins sitting behind, examining large gems, weighing coins on a brass scale, and other things. Remus then led them to a free counter and said,
"I'd like to make a withdrawal from the Hogwarts account please."
"Do you have the key sir?" asked the goblin.
"Yes, here it is." He said as he pulled a tiny key out of his wallet. The goblin examined the key then said,
"Very well, follow me." Then headed for one of the many door that were on the outside of the large hall. Remus followed the goblin, and the two girls followed meekly after him. The goblin then whistled and a small cart came speeding up one of the little railway tracks. The goblin got in first, then the others, and then the cart speed off, down the tracks. After the short trip, they hopped out of the cart and said,
"Vault seven-hundred and thirteen." Then he took out the key and put it into the key hole, then there was this mechanical clicking and the door opened. Inside there were large piles of gold, silver and bronze coins. Remus then shoveled a couple of handfuls full of coins into two money bags. After another wild cart ride back, they got out of the cart and said goodbye to the goblin.
"So, what's next, Remzy-poo?" asked Tori, (Louise was feeling sick)
"Hey! Don't call me Remzy-poo! My old friends used to call me that. And we're going to get your books first." A loud groan came from the girls, they liked reading books, but shopping for school books was soooo boring. They walked a bit, and then they reached the book shop: Flourish and Blotts. While Remus got the books they needed, the two mischievous girls had a quick look around. Five minutes later they had to be dragged from the advanced curses and hexes section, to carry all their books. Their massive book pile consisted of: The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, by Miranda Goshawk, A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot, Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore, Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander, The Monster Book of Monsters (The man finally figured out how to tame the wild books) Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky and Defensive Magical Theory by . As he handed them the books, Louise looked her eyes were about to pop out of her head,
"Those are our school books?!"
"Well you did miss out on four years of schooling, so there obviously will be a lot of books."
"Fine, but don't expect me to read them all." Said Louise as she grudgingly took the books.
"Don't worry," whispered Tori as Louise left the store muttering incoherently about evil people, "She'll read them."
"Oh I know she will." They then went back to their rooms to deposit their books, then back down to Diagon Alley to shop. After they had got their robes, stationary and other miscellaneous items, they headed towards Ollivander's wand shop. They were about to enter when Tori spotted a sign on the door.
"Gone for lunch, hmm, I say we do the same thing, don't you Louise?"
"Oh yeah, let's roll!" Louise said enthusiastically as she pointed in a random direction. When they reached the Leaky Cauldron, Remus asked for a private parlor. The girls sat down and grabbed a menu each.
"Dragon liver? Um, eww," said Tori, looking at the weird dishes on the menu.
"Hehehe, maybe you should just stick to the muggle food." Remus laughed as Louise made throwing up noise. While they waited for their food, they noticed that Remus looked kind of fidgety.
"Hey Remus, are you okay?"
"What? Oh yeah I'm fine, don't worry about me." Remus said in a twitchy manner.
"Oh no you're not, what's up?" asked Tori concernedly. Remus looked hesitant, but gave it and said:
"I was going to tell you when I first meet you, but I didn't want to scare you off."
"Well we're insane anyway; the only thing that scares us is man-eating gummi-bears, so shoot." Said Louise, as she shuddered about the man eating gummi-bear dream that she had last night.
"I'm a werewolf; I was b-bitten when I was little." Stuttered Remus. He then proceeded to tell the story of his lycanthropy, and how his friends helped him.
"Damn, Remus, you had better friends that I have." Said Tori in awe, Louise then gave a loud obvious cough then Tori said: "Except from Louise here." Then Louise gave a smug smile and a nod.
"Yeah you so totally have some cool friends, ya know Remus, but explain to me again; what is an Animagus?" asked Louise (her brain wasn't made to take this all in so quickly)
"An Animagus is a person that can change into an animal at will."
"Oh, kewl." Louise said. After they had lunch, they headed back to Ollivander's Wand shop, which was now open. They went in the shop, and Remus sat down on the spindly chair in the corner of the shop. In the shop there where walls upon walls of narrow boxes that were piled right up to the ceiling.
"Good afternoon Mr. Lupin, what brings you here?" asked a tall, old man as he stepped-out from the back of the shop.
"I'm taking these two girls shopping for school supplies." Replied Remus with a sigh (these girls were un-naturally hypo). The spindly he was sitting on then gave a loud creak
"Oh yes, Miss. Tait, Miss. Thompson, I've been expecting you." Mr. Ollivander said; moving closer to the girls.
"Is it just me, or does this guy give of the 'freaky vampire, I want to suck your blood' vibe?" Louise whispered to Tori. Tori then nodded and said,
"Oh yeah." Mr. Ollivander then clapped his hands once and asked,
"Which one of you two young ladies wants to go first?" Louise then quickly stepped forward and said:
"Oh, I wanna go first, I wanna go first, pick me, pick me!" Remus was shaking his head in the back ground sadly.
"Okay then Miss. Tait, which is your wand arm?" Louise frowned in thought, then said,
"Well I'm left handed if that's what you mean."
"Stick your left arm out then." Then feeling rather foolish, Louise stuck out her left hand. Mr. Ollivander then got out a measuring tape and started measuring her arm. The measuring tae then moved on to measure other places like wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor and for some strange reason, between her nostrils.
"That will do." Mr. Ollivander said, and then the tape crumpled to the ground. He then pulled a box from the shelf, took the wand out, and handed it to Louise. "Well then, give it a wave!" The Louise, being her childish self, waved it like she was pulling out a sword from her side (a/n: you know how they have those sword holders on their belts, well, yeah). She broke the window. He handed her another wand, and she just waved it normally, but nothing happened. When he brought out another wand (ebony and phoenix feather, 10 inches), Louise was immediately fascinated to its stick-like beauty.
When she waved it, a glittery, mauve flame came spilling out of the tip and engulfed the room (it was a magical flame so it didn't burn anything).
"Sweeeeeet, that was WAY cool." Said a stunned Louise as the flames slowly disappeared.
"Hmm, interesting," murmured Mr. Ollivander as he put the wand back in its box and gave it to Louise. "It seems that since Miss. Tait was so eager to find her wand, her wand was eager to find her, interesting."
Next up was Tori. They went through the same process as Louise, but it was taking much longer to find the right wand for her. After about twenty minutes of wand searching, Mr. Ollivander said:
"Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we'll find the perfect combination here somewhere." After saying so, he went to the back of the shop. After about a minute of waiting, he brought out a dusty wand box, and blew the dust off.
"Maple and Unicorn hair, eight inches. Nobody has chosen this wand in years, but seeing as none of these wands," he gestured to the jumble of boxes around him, "seem to suite you; I thought we might give this one a try." He then handed Tori the wand. For like the hundredth time, she waved the wand, but this time, a glittery blue flame came spilling out of the wand and engulfed the room. After admiring the magical flames, they paid for the wands and left.
Next stop was the Magical Menagerie.
Remus had decided that he would sit this one out; girls 'awwwing' at fluffy kittens was more than he could handle. Thinking this, he almost fell over in shock. Louise and Tori came out, both holding carriers with cats in them, but Louise was holding a large cage with an eagle in it.
"What, is that?!" asked Remus, staring at the cage.
"It's a wedge tailed eagle. Isn't it the cutest thing you've ever seen?" This eagle, then decided that this would be a good time to extend its large wings (as much as it could in the cage) and open its hooked beak. Overall, it gave of a pretty creepy affect, which made Remus cringe in fright. "Oh, don't worry, the lady at the shop said that it's trained, and won't eat any owls," then she added as an after thought "hopefully." AT that moment, Tori's kitten pushed at the cage door and almost escaped, if it hadn't been for Remus's fast reflexes. He looked thoughtfully at the kitten, then said to Tori,
"Hmm, a black cat, y'know, a lot of the wizarding world thinks black cats are bad luck." Tori took back her kitten and said,
"Ner, what can you do? Besides, my old cat was black and it never gave me bad luck." Remus then shrugged, and herded them off to the leaky cauldron.
When they were in their rooms for a while, Tori went into Louise's room, so that she could help her name her new kitten.
"I think you should name him Moet, after, um, Moet." Louise suggested as she fetched her kitten from under her bed.
"Yeah, I guess so, what are you going to name your little kitty?"
"I was thinking Storm."
"Why?"
"Because Storm is a cool name, and I've seen X-Men to many times." She said as she petted Storm.
"What about the 'evil' eagle over there?" Tori asked jokingly as she pointed to the eagle as it made weird chirpy noises.
"Oh, I was thinking Tweety."
"Tweety?!"
"Yeah, because he makes these cut little noise that sound like a budgie." Tweety then gave a loud tweet of agreement that made the two girls laugh.
For the rest of the day, the two girls stayed in the room talking about random things. The next few days were spent indoors, reading the school books for the upcoming year ("I'm only doing this because I have to"). On the 29th of August however, they celebrated Louise birthday."
"Happy birthday Weesie!" shouted Tori as she prepared to jump on Louise bed.
"I'm up, I'm up, just please don't jump on my bed."
"Damn." Tori said playfully as she handed Louise a large and heavy box. Louise ripped open the box, looked inside and shouted,
"Oh my god, you didn't!"
"Oh my god, I did!"
"Oh my god, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!" Louise said as she pulled her birthday present from the box. The present just happened to be…a three kilo tub of gummi-bears. At the point, there was a knock on the door.
"Enter if you come bearing presents." Remus then came in, holding a large looking present.
"Happy birthday Louise, enjoy." She opened the present, to fid she is the proud owner of Hogwarts, a History.
"Um, thanks, I think. I'll add it to the pile." She said as she placed the book on the tall pile of books, which were acting as a second bed-side table.
"Look at the bookmark, thingy." Louise opened the book, and inside the book, there was a black collar with little silver boxes that said storm (it also had to little pictures of lightning bolts).
"Awwwww, Remus, it's so cute." She said, then grabbed he cat off the floor to put the collar on. That day they went walking around Diagon alley, stopping at Florean Fortescue's ice-cream Parlour. After a heated argument about whether or not gummi-bears have different flavours, the first of the ice-cream flew. In about a minute, an all-out ice-cream war had started. In the chaos, Louise and Tori had managed to recruit two people. Tori had a guy from Hogwarts, who was in year five, called, Dean. Louise also had someone from Hogwarts, in year six, who's name was Wesley. After about ten minutes of ice-creaming, they decided on a truce and headed back to their rooms to de-cream themselves (many of the by-standers also had to do this).
The next couple of days were spent (doing what they were doing before) reading school books, except for the 31st of August, when which they packed for the next day.
"Good night, Louise, don't let the gummi-bears bite."
"Oh don't worry, if they do, I'll send them into your room."
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