Harry Potter and the Voldemort Resistance
By Bado
Disclaimer: I own none of the Harry Potter franchise.
Chapter 6 Diagon Alley
"Ok everyone listen up. Right now we're going to make our way to Gringott's if any of you need to make withdrawals. Mrs. Evans, you can exchange your currency for Galleons there." McGonagall said. When they reached Gringott's, McGonagall once again asked for everyone's attention.
"Ok everyone. Who here needs to go to their vaults?" McGonagall asked. Harry and Neville were the only ones to raise their hands. "Ok. You two will go with Remus and Tonks to your vaults. Now I assume you and you need to exchange money." She pointed to Hermione and Dean. "You can assist Ms Evans with that. When you are all done you will find the rest of us waiting here in the lobby. Now please hurry."
Harry and Neville followed the two Order members up to a high desk and watched them ask for a cart down to the boys' vaults. The same goblin that took Harry down to the vaults before his first year came down and asked for the keys. In turn, Harry and Neville placed their small keys in the long fingered hand of Griphook. He then led the four of them through a door off the main hall. They then climbed into a small cart and went started down a long track. After about five minutes, they reached Neville's vault.
"We'll wait here while you get your money." Remus said to Neville as he climbed out the side of the cart. Harry watched Neville go to the door as he waited for the short goblin to open his door. When the door opened Harry was quite surprised to see an amount of wizarding gold to rival his own. Neville hastily scooped a few handfuls into his bag. When Neville came back, the goblin started down the familiar path of tracks to Harry's own vault. Once inside his vault, Harry took in a couple more scoops of Galleons and Sickles than usual, his extra purchases in mind.
Five minutes later Harry, Neville, Remus, and Tonks were back with the others in the main hall. They were now catching on, and saw that Professor McGonagall was in charge today. So they were all watching her intently, waiting for instructions on where to go next.
"Ok everyone. Listen up. We will now head down to Flourish and Blotts." They walked down to the small bookstore together. When they arrived, the group assembled outside the door. Professor McGonagall gave them their instructions.
"After you all have your books, you will come back and wait out here for the rest of your peers to finish their shopping. Run along now. And do try to hurry." All the students hurried into the building.
Harry first went in and took out his long book list. He started in the Magical Creatures section and quickly found the book by Bob Atoll. Harry then passed up the Defense Against the Dark Arts section. I'll probably take the longest there, so it'll go last. He continued on to the Herbology section where he found Neville.
"Hey there Neville." Harry said casually. Neville said a quick "Hello," before burying his nose in a book titled Magical Plants of the Swiss Alps. Harry looked again at his booklist and realized something.
"Hey! Neville isn't your uncle's name Algie Longbottom?" Harry asked curiously. Neville looked up with a smile.
"O. Yeah it is. He's been gathering information for his book on all these excursions he's been going on over the past couple years. I always just thought he was a tourist at heart."
"Well that sounds fun." Harry said.
"Yeah. He's the one who got me interested in Herbology. Anyways, I didn't know you liked Herbology too. I thought I was the only one continuing with it."
"I figured it would come in handy at one time or another." Neville looked happy that Harry would be in his class with him.
"O. What field are you planning on going into?" Neville asked.
"I was planning on being an Auror." Neville got another big smile on his face.
"That's cool. Me too! I got good enough grades on my tests too. The only thing I'm not to excited for is Potions. Snape's going to be horrible this year."
"Yeah. Tell me about it. Well I better be going. Got some more books to get. See you in a little bit." And Harry walked down the aisle and turned the corner at the end.
He walked hurriedly walked through the Potions section and grabbed the required book. He then decided on a extra guide on N.E.W.T. Potions. Harry found the rest of his books with ease. When he was in the Miscellaneous section looking for his Occlumency book, he found a very interesting book. It was a book on the process an Auror in training goes through. Harry skimmed the pages and quickly put it in his basket. Then Harry went back to the Defense section and started at the front of the shelves. He just skimmed across the titles looking for helpful ones. When he was done he had ten new Defense Against the Dark Arts books. Half were on advanced curses and the other half were on various things from training to the history of dark wizards and their demise. He also found his two of the required books easily, Advanced Spells, Enchantments, Charms, and Curses Used In Defense Against the Dark Arts and a Auror pre-training handbook.
Harry was the last one out of Flourish and Blotts. As he walked out, all the students stood up, obviously ready to leave. Professor McGonagall clapped her hands twice to get their attention.
"Everyone. I wish to be done before about four o'clock, so we're going to split into two groups. Everyone needing to go to the Apothecary for Potions will go with Remus, Tonks, and Alastor. You will go to the Apothecary, then when you are done you are free to go to any extra stores you want. The other group will go with myself, Mundungus, and Hestia. We will be going wherever you request. We will meet at the Leaky Cauldron in two hours."
Harry's group went to the right as the other group went to the left. With Harry's group, was Mark and Anna, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna. On their way, they discovered Luna's life ambition was to become a Healer. This was why she wanted to take Potions. Their time in the Apothecary wasn't long at all. The only had to ask the shopkeeper, a young witch with crimson hair, for one first year Potion set, one cauldron, two refill Potion sets, and four N.E.W.T. level potion kit.
When they left the Apothecary, Tonks took the Evans' to get the rest of Mark's things, such as wand and scales. Remus began to take requests for which shops they wanted to go to. Ginny, Luna, and Hermione all wanted to visit the Magical Menagerie and Eeylops Owl Emporium, so the six students and two adults started down the street. Once inside, Harry went over to the owl section and picked up a bag of Owl Treats. Then he remembered, feeling very foolish and sad at the same time, put them back. Ron came from behind Harry and picked up a package of the treats Hedwig used to like so much for his own owl. Then Ron turned to Harry again.
"Hey Harry. Don't feel so down. Look mate, there's plenty of other animals here. Why don't you go check out the crups or rats or kneazles." Ron said trying to make him feel better.
"Ok. I guess." Harry went up to the front and peered into the cages. There's no replacing Hedwig. He though. Then he went and sat on a bench in front of both the emporium and menagerie; Ron and Neville soon joined him. Suddenly Neville spoke.
"Trevor died. I was hoping to find something else, but there's nothing that could replace him." Neville sounded really sad.
"I'm sorry Neville. I lost Hedwig as well." Then there was an awkward silence. About five minutes later, Luna came out first with a pink rat, Ginny came next with a beautiful tawny owl, and then Hermione came with a bag of toys for Crookshanks.
They all got up and were ready to go to their next store. Ron, Neville, and Ginny decided to go to Quality Quidditch Supplies next. While they were walking down the street, Harry remembered his crowded trunk. He pulled Moody to the side.
"Um. Professor. This morning when I was packing, I realized my trunk was quite cramped. I thought of the space in your trunk and thought I might be able to get one like that." Harry said.
"Of course Harry. You planning on becoming an Auror right." Harry nodded. "Well all Aurors should have one with space like mine. Comes in mighty handy at times. And don't worry about it. You'll make the program for sure. With skills like those why wouldn't they accept you. Well let's go." Mad-Eye yelled over to Remus. "Oiy, Remus. I'm going to take Harry down to buy a new trunk. We'll meet up with you at the Quidditch store." Moody practically dragged Harry down to a small store to their right.
"Well, here it is lad. In we go." He opened the door for Harry.
The outside of the store misrepresented the inside. There were seemingly endless rows of trunks of all different shapes, sizes, and colors. A middle aged man met them at the front desk.
"How can I help you gentlemen." He was very friendly.
"Well my young friend here would like to purchase a trunk with extra space. Preferably an enlarged compartment. About room sized."
"Ok. Follow me." The shop keeper led them past about ten rows of fifty trunks. He stopped and bent down and pulled a lever. Three trunks sprang up and levitated there in front of the three.
"This on here is made of birch wood. It has three compartments. The first one is smaller than normal, about the size of a drawer. The second one is normal sized. The third compartment is the size of a very small bedroom." Harry nodded. He liked what he saw. The shop attendant pulled down the next one. "This one is exactly the same except the third compartment. This one has a fully furnished bedroom." The shopkeeper stopped, waiting for Harry's decision.
"But what about the third one?" Harry asked. The shopkeeper looked at Harry surprised.
"Well my boy, that one is quite pricey. It has been here for quite a while." The shopkeeper told Harry.
"O. Can I see it anyways?" Harry was a little excited.
"Ok. The trunk is made of holly. It has a beautiful design right here on the lock, a phoenix. The lock has a key that identifies one person only. If any one else tries to open it, the trunk will omit a small shock of electricity. This little device (he pointed to a small contraption underneath the lock) will allow you to shrink it for easy transport. This one has just one compartment, though it is much bigger than all three put together in the other ones. The inside is styled like a library. It has a several very comfy recliners and sofas. It has worktables, a large closet, cauldrons, a small arena, bookshelves, anything you would need to prepare for any situation. Your things won't move around inside when you're moving it, because nothing outside the trunk will affect the things inside, not even time. You can be in there working for hours, but it'll be like you've just stepped in and stepped out immediately. But like I said, it is very pricey. Twenty thousand Galleons." Harry felt he needed the trunk.
"I'll take it!" he said eagerly. Moody stepped in though.
"Wait, wait. Hold on there. That is a lot of money Harry. Are you sure you want to buy this?" Moody asked.
"Yes, I am positive." Harry had his mind set on buying this trunk.
"Well you're going to have to go back to your vault and get more money. I don't think you put enough into you bag there. Wait, I'll go get it. It'll be much faster if I Apperate." There was a loud crack, and he was gone. Harry turned to the shopkeeper.
"Do you think I can see the inside of it?"
"Of course. Hold one I'll go get the key." It was weird how the shopkeeper left to go get it and was back with the key only about ten seconds later.
"Here's the key. Just let me set it." He waved his wand in a circular motion over the key then said, "Eruces!" Then he told Harry to try the key. Harry put the key in the hole and the trunk sprung open.
"Wow this is nice." Harry said as he stepped down the small staircase that appeared at his feet.
"I take that back, this is great. Awesome." He said as he looked up in awe at the high ceilings. The walls seemed to be stone. The floor was done in tile, except for the small carpeted area underneath the couches and chairs. To the right, the a midsize pewter cauldron was set up. The large bookshelves were set up to the left. Closest to the stairs were two large worktables. At the far end of the trunk was the lounge area. Right behind one of the recliners was a door that Harry figured was the small arena. He went there first. Small was defiantly not the word Harry would've used. It was huge. Inside was an even higher ceiling. The room was oval shaped. After putting his new things in their proper places, Harry went back outside with the shopkeeper leading the way.
"I'll take your trunk up front. We can wait for your friend there." Just as the shopkeeper put the trunk down in front of the counter, there was a loud crack, and Moody was back.
"Here's your money laddy." Moody said as he placed the large bag of wizard money into Harry's hands. Harry then handed it over to the nice shopkeeper. The two wizards then started towards the door.
"Thanks you for your purchase. Have a great day." The shopkeeper called after them. When they left the shop, the two walked back to Quality Quidditch Supplies.
"Hey mate." Ron said as they walked in. "You find what you were looking for." He asked Harry.
"Sure did." Harry sad gleefully. Lupin called them together near the door.
"Ok we have time to go to one more store. Any suggestions?" He asked.
The six Hogwarts students, even Hermione, said in unison, "The twins' store."