The next morning Lily shook me awake, fully dressed and ready to go. Where
we were going? I had no clue.
"Laurel!! Laurel!!! Wake up!!!" she cried happily.
"Why?" I said trying to turn over to get away from her shrieks. Unfortunately my blankets were half strangling me.
"We get to go- well- I don't really know but it's exciting!!!"
She literally dragged me out of bed and almost made me fall on my behind. She shoved a shirt and a pair of jeans in my face then ran out of the room slamming the door behind her. I pulled on the clothes and pulled my hair into a messy ponytail. Just as I was trying to get a piece of fruit out of the fridge Lily came over and tugged me towards the fireplace.
Mom was standing there with Petunia.
"You get to go first Lor!!"
"Get to go where first?"
"To Diagon Alley!!"
"To Dia- what?"
"Diagon Alley dear!! Come on, take a handful of this and throw it in the fire!" I did as I was told and threw the glittering powder into the flickering flames. They turned a bright shade of green and flickered a little higher.
"Now step in an-"
"WHAT?" Mum was obviously going mad. I would burn to death!
"It's Floo Powder!! It can transport you anywhere you want to go! Now step in and say 'Diagon Alley'!"
I hesitated and walked towards the fire. If I was burned to death I would haunt mom forever. I put my foot over the grate and into the flame. A warm tickling sensation engulfed my foot. I looked back at mum and she urged me on. I stepped fully in and cried "Diagon Alley!" I was spinning and spinning through a vast area of nothingness.
"Laurel!! Laurel!!! Wake up!!!" she cried happily.
"Why?" I said trying to turn over to get away from her shrieks. Unfortunately my blankets were half strangling me.
"We get to go- well- I don't really know but it's exciting!!!"
She literally dragged me out of bed and almost made me fall on my behind. She shoved a shirt and a pair of jeans in my face then ran out of the room slamming the door behind her. I pulled on the clothes and pulled my hair into a messy ponytail. Just as I was trying to get a piece of fruit out of the fridge Lily came over and tugged me towards the fireplace.
Mom was standing there with Petunia.
"You get to go first Lor!!"
"Get to go where first?"
"To Diagon Alley!!"
"To Dia- what?"
"Diagon Alley dear!! Come on, take a handful of this and throw it in the fire!" I did as I was told and threw the glittering powder into the flickering flames. They turned a bright shade of green and flickered a little higher.
"Now step in an-"
"WHAT?" Mum was obviously going mad. I would burn to death!
"It's Floo Powder!! It can transport you anywhere you want to go! Now step in and say 'Diagon Alley'!"
I hesitated and walked towards the fire. If I was burned to death I would haunt mom forever. I put my foot over the grate and into the flame. A warm tickling sensation engulfed my foot. I looked back at mum and she urged me on. I stepped fully in and cried "Diagon Alley!" I was spinning and spinning through a vast area of nothingness.