Sailor Witches 14
Diagon Alley Part 2
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon belongs to NT & Harry Potter to JKR. And they're my heroes!
May-E: Well, if you don't work for them, then are you planning to be a reporter or lawyer when you grow up? Here are the answers with your questions. Those of you who don't like spoilers, scroll down to the start of the chapter.
Q: will Madame indigo have any further insight and wisdom to share with the girls about their wands and what they are made of?
A: Madame Indigo only knows a little bit about woods so she gets a book for them too look at.
Q: will their strange display at the wand shop be a tip off to their scout identities?
A: No. Mr. Ollivander just thinks they're silly girls.
Q: what was pulling Raye down the dark alley?
A: Dark vibes from all the shops and she wants to search around. It's nothing really huge. But she doesn't go down and neither does Lydia.
Q: what did her dream mean?
A: This is probably the biggest spoiler. Most of it has to do with the dragon and phoenix wands. She was in a pine forest and her wood is pine. She sees a phoenix and she almost gets a wand with a phoenix feather. Then she sees something black in the sky (dragon) and she gets a dragon wand. In her next dream, she'll see the dragon for the first time. But you won't know the whole meaning of it until the sequel. Yes, I've decided to do sequels to this fic.
Q: know that she got a wand will it stop?
A: No—the dreams will continue will turn into nightmares.
Q: will Lydia and the scouts become good friends with the trio?
A: Lydia and Serena will, as they'll be in Gryffindor House. Everyone else will be in different houses. Ami (Ravenclaw) will be good friends with Hermione since they have Arithmancy together. We don't know if Arithmancy is for just one house or two, but for sake of the fic I'm putting Ravenclaw and Gryffindor together for Arithmancy. Ami and Hermione become friends as they work together on their Arithmancy essays and stuff. Lita and Mina will be in Hufflepuff, but they still like Harry—just end up supporting Cedric in the task instead. Raye will be in Slytherin House because she feels the same vibes coming from the Slytherin Table that she felt from Knocturn Alley. So she becomes a Slytherin Spy.
Q: what adventures await them in the other shops?
A: Nothing big—they just get all their stuff and they have a blast doing it. Lydia buys a lot of joke stuff from Gambol and Japes.
Q: will they run into anyone who knew any of them during the time of their magical memories?
A: Yeah, eventually.
Q: you said that Rita will make sure of the fact that the magical world will know of the scouts help in the fight, does that mean she going to write favorable about them? Cause she not the most respectable journalist, or have the best of ethics.
A: She'll make an article about them at the world cup (but she doesn't know their identities, of course) She says some good stuff about them--that they're better than the ministry wizards. And as Lita said what would happen if Lita beat up someone being unlucky for 13 days will happen. So due to some unlucky things, Rita's article doesn't show up in the Daily Prophet until 13 days later. Nothing serious, just she gets really sick, hair falls out and she can't find her Quick Quote's Quill or any parchment! But it's still not enough to keep her from digging up stories on people (and embellishing them!)
Q: Will they run into anyone that they may see at the school?
A: Like whom? Well, they'll see other students at school that they saw at the QWC.
Q: will this leave a good first impression or cause problems later on when they get to the school?
A: No problems.
Q: depending who they run into will the rest of the girls be able to keep Lydia from starting a fist fight in the middle of the alley or one of the shops?
A: No. There will be few people shopping in Diagon Alley because of the World Cup. They did their shopping before, like Mrs. Weasley did. But Lydia will see Seamus there. I think he said he was there for a long time. The people who had to be at the QWC early will be doing their shopping.
Q: will the girls have to fight as scouts will at the alley?
A: No.
Q: if so will their pictures appear in the magic paper?
A: No.
Q: will Harry be glad for the break from being center of attention, after Seeing the attention and press that the scouts get?
A: Yeah, until his name is placed in the goblet.
Q: will any of the scouts end up in the tournament?A: No.
Q: if only one or 2 of them get in whom will it be? My guess would be Lydia and Serena.
A: Lydia will try to get in with the Weasley twins. She gets a beard too and becomes angry with Fred and George for a while.
Q: even though they are not dating any more, if Serena is in dire need of help will t.k. still come to her rescue?
A: No. He doesn't have a clue where she is. All right, that's the answers to your questions. Hopefully you will find more answers in this chapter or find more questions to ask.
Which is okay too.
Now the fic starts.
Madame Indigo was waiting for them at a table in the Leaky Cauldron. She waved them over and they sat down with her.
Lydia excitedly told her about her wand."It's made out of rowan wood," she said. "Just like that tree said!"
"Mine's willow," said Serena, "Mr. Ollivander said it does moon magic and it's connected to a moon legend of three goddesses!"
"Fits you perfectly, Serena," Madame Indigo smiled. "How about you?" she turned her eyes to the others.
"Well," Lita said, pulling out her wand. "It's oak but he didn't tell me about the wood."
Mina and Ami told her about their wands and Madame Indigo told them what she knew about the woods but wasn't much."I'm afraid I don't know enough about all the trees," said Madame Indigo. "But every tree has magical properties and a myth behind it. We can get a book about it from Flourish and Blotts..
"They ordered soups and bread. As usual, Serena ate quickly. Raye was playing with her soup."Something wrong with your soup?" Madame Indigo inquired
."No," Raye replied. "I didn't get the wand I wanted."
"What kind of wand was it?"
"It had a phoenix feather in it," she explained, letting go of her spoon and sitting back. "Made out of pine. Eleven inches. It came so close to choosing me. Sent out sparks but then they went back in. It was like the wand changed its mind."
"What wand did you get?"
"It was the same only with a dragon heartstring," Raye answered with a frown. "Mr. Ollivander said it might have wanted me more."
"I'm sorry, Raye," Madame Indigo whispered. "I wish we could choose the wands we wanted. It would certainly be a lot faster than Mr. Ollivander having to keep giving us wands until we found one that would suit us."
"Where are we going to next?" Lydia inquired excitedly. "Gambol and Japes?"
"No," she answered. "Madame Malkin's."
Lydia groaned.
"Lydia, you'll be here for a week," Madame Indigo chuckled. "You'll have plenty of time to look around. Besides, it's best we get your robes and wands first. I hope there are still some good dress robes left."
--
After eating they went off to the Madame Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. Lita looked at the sale sign that was glittering madly and changing colors. Dress Robes: Spangled, self-ironing, beautifying, slimming, fattening, lengthening, temperature-adjusting, and plain, with a free frog-skin belt with every purchase.
"Ooh, free belt," she said, "that's cool."
A squat witch approached them. It was Madame Malkin. "Fourth years?" she asked.
"Yes," said Madame Indigo, "and we'll need Hogwarts robes as well. New students."
"Very well," she said. "Hogwarts Robes first then."Madame Malkin called over other witches to take the girls' measurements and hitch up their robes.
"So," Mina said to Lita, "think we'll have to wear these all the time?"
"I think for classes," she replied.Because of Lita's height, two other witches had to do her robes and they needed extra fabric. "I
wonder when we get our dress robes," said Serena hopefully as a girl left with pink frilly dress robes. "Hey, she took the ones I wanted!"
"There are plenty more," Madame Malkin said softly as she stitched up Serena's arm.
About and hour later they were done with the Hogwarts robes and the Madame Malkin placed them in bags. Serena and the other girls oohed and awed at the pretty dress robes' colors and fabrics.
"I'm not sure which one I want," she breathed as she looked at a pink lacy dress.
"Do you have anything in velvet?" Raye inquired.
"Oh yes, we do!" said a witch excitedly as she brought out all her velvet dresses that were close to Raye's size. "Which color? Blue? Red? Green?"
"Black and red are my favorite colors," said Raye as the witch held a green long-sleeved velvet dress to Raye's chest.
"So many choices," Lita said, touching a pink satin dress with flowers.
"Satin will suit you I think, dear," said one of the witches. "Yeah, I was thinking silk or satin," Lita nodded.
As Ami was looking at a blue lacy gown, a witch held her a vibrant orange satin dress. "This would look ravishing on you, dear!"
"I usually blue," Ami said.
"Actually, Ami," said Lydia, "I think it's your lucky color. It will make you stand out, definitely."
"Besides, the whole point of a ball is to make you feel different." Lydia added.
"Hmm," Ami mumbled. "Well, it is really pretty. I think I'll try it on and see if it fits."
"Oh, but this one is self-fitting," said the witch. "Made to measure anyone."
"Wow!" Lita exclaimed. "That's cool." She looked at the witch with a mint green satin dress. "What do you think about this one?"
"It does bring out your eyes," she told her."Or what about this?" she held up a very yellow dress. "I kind of like this one—it looks so bright and cheery."
"It does," said Mina, "you should get it."
"I like that one too," said the dress witch, examining both dresses. Mina saw a very gorgeous dress and gasped when she saw it. "Please tell me that's still for sale!"
"This one?" asked the witch as she took it. It was a fiery orange taffeta strapless dress with cascading ruffles to one side and a sexy slit in the back. "Yes, we still have a few. Oh, it's one of my favorites, a French style."
"It is?" Mina breathed, remembering the cute mysterious French boy she kept glimpsing at Stonehenge and the London Eye and even at the Quidditch World Cup. Then she remembered the light blue beret on his head and how it suited his pale blue eyes. She thought of getting a dress that matched it.
"You have this same dress in a pale blue?" she inquired.
"Oh, that can be arranged," said the witch, taking a wand, tapping the dress and making it turn to a pale powder blue. "How is that?"
"Perfect!" she giggled.
They tried on different many different styles and colors of dresses, mainly just for the fun of it. Ami chose the vibrant orange satin spaghetti strap dress, Raye a black velvet dress with a scooped back, Mina the French blue dress and Lita the yellow dress. Serena chose a red satin dress over white tulle with a flower bustle back. After some consideration (since she doesn't like long flowing dresses) Lydia chose a hunter green dress with a short draped skirt made to lengthen and shorten as she pleased. Their robes were expensive but they were all happy with them.
As Diagon Alley was beginning to close, they went back to the Leaky Cauldron to try their dresses on again and to read some of their books.
"Wow," said Ami as she was reading through Know Your Wand by Wanda Little. "All our wands seem to match us perfectly. Hazel is connected to water."
"Yeah," said Lita, looking over her shoulder. "And wisdom—fits you great Ami. You're the smartest person I've ever met. What about oak?"
Ami flipped through, "well, it's a very powerful wood. One of the most powerful."
"That's good."
"Doorway to mysteries," she read on, "and it's connected to lightning."
"Dang, it's like the wands have their minds or something," said Lydia. "It knows who we are and everything."
"Tell me about pine," said Raye.
"Right," she turned over to the section, "it's one of the oldest conifers. Hmm, fire magic, long sight and foresight."
"Yeah," said Raye, "we usually use pine logs when we're consulting the sacred fire. I just never thought to ask my grandfather about it. So strange…" she thought about her dream. "The pine forest."
"What pine forest?" Serena asked.
"Weird dream I'm having," she replied, "it starts out with me wandering in a pine forest. More stuff is added when I dream it. Maybe it had something to do with getting my wand."
"I guess now that you have it," Lydia suggested, "maybe the dreams will stop."
"I hope so," she sighed, "but there's still some parts in it that I don't understand and I don't think it's finished."
--
Raye was right. The dream wasn't near to being finished. And that night, she dreamed the same old dream she's been dreaming for weeks. The scene from the pine forest to the part where she met the phoenix was so clear that she could actually smell the pine forest, as it were the first parts of the dreams. But as the dream came on, it moved slower and became hazier. She came to the spot she dreamed about last night. The strange heartbeat started beating again and it could only be a dragon. She turned back around and the forest looked darker than it did in the previous dream. There was more fire. Looking up, she saw the black object in the sky. There was no mistaking that long body and those bat like wings. It was dragon, flying right toward her.
Panicking, she turned around and fled and the dragon let out a roar. A plume of fire struck the ground in front of her. She gasped and turned left, narrowly escaping the flames. A cold laugh filled the air. Who laughed? She didn't see anyone else as she ran for her life.Raye kept running and the dragon followed her, blowing fire at her.
"Go away!" she shouted, running deep into the forest. "Leave me alone!"
A burning pine tree fell in front of her path. Screaming, she turned back around and went another path.. The dragon continued flying over the trees.
"There has to be some place for me to hide," she gasped as she ran. "Somewhere."
She started to get tired. She couldn't keep running like this. Why was the dragon chasing her? Did it expect to have her for its meal? She leaned against a tree to catch her breath. She searched the sky for the dragon. Though she couldn't see it, she could still hear its heartbeat. It couldn't be gone.
Something began to move down the trunk of the tree. She jumped and turned around. It was a long green snake. The snake hissed at her and she backed up in fear.
"Stay away," she whispered. "Stay back!"
Raye tripped and fell on her back. The snake started to slither toward her. As she sat up, Raye saw more snakes coming. Raye yelled and scrambled to her feet.
"Go away!" she wrenched off a twig from a tree branch and swung it at the snakes. "Back!"
The snakes however continued to close in on Raye. She could feel them wrap around her feet. Screaming, she tried to shake them off. They were hissing loudly; as if they were laughing.
"Get off! Get off me!"
"Raye! Raye wake up!" "Raye, you're having a nightmare!"
"Get them away," Raye cried. "They're everywhere! Snakes! Snakes, everywhere! That dragon—he'll be back!"
Raye felt someone slap her face. "Wake up, Raye!"
Raye opened her eyes and saw blurry faced in front of her. She let out a gasp and crawled back. "Stay—stay back!"
"Raye, it's us!" Lita exclaimed.
Panting hastily, Raye looked around. Her friends were crouched around her, looking worried. She felt the cold ground underneath her. She must've gotten so freaked out of her dream that she had fallen out of bed. Her covers were all tangled.
"Guys…" she mumbled, tears swelling in her purple eyes. "I'm sorry…"
"Was it that same dream?" Lydia inquired.
"Yeah," she panted. "There was more this time. I saw the dragon and it was chasing me. I ran but then these snakes started to close in on me. It was never this bad."
"Your reoccurring dream has become a nightmare," Ami mumbled.
"I'm afraid to go to sleep now," Raye sniffed. "I don't want to know what those snakes might do to me."
"Here," Mina handed her Unfogging The Future, "try to see if you can find out what it means and then you'll be prepared."
"What time is it?" Raye asked.
"Three o'clock," answered Serena.
"I'm sorry I woke you guys up," Raye apologized. "These visions usually don't scare me as much."
"Well, this dream is different from all your others," said Lita.
"I think I will study this," Raye said, glancing at Unfogging The Future. "Maybe I'll find a way to stop it."
"Well, good luck," Lydia wished.
When Raye's friends fell asleep, she did not. She went right on to reading about dreams. But try as she might, she didn't find anything on with snakes or dragons. How was she supposed to find the meaning of the vision now?
--
Raye was too afraid to sleep that she continued reading for the remainder of the night. A couple hours after dawn, Madame Indigo knocked at the door and peaked in.
"Ready for another round of shopping girls?" she inquired and before Lydia asked, she said, "yes, if we have time, you can go to Gambol and Japes."
"Yes!" she cried.
Madame Indigo noticed the look of extreme tiredness on Raye's face. "Raye, what's wrong?"
"Didn't sleep all night, Madame Indigo," she replied.
"Why not?" she inquired, walking forward to feel her forehead. "Are you ill?"
"She had a nightmare," Mina answered for her. "She was afraid to go back to sleep so she started to read on dreams."
"And found nothing," Raye muttered.
"What was it about?" Madame Indigo inquired. "Your dream?"
"It's a reoccurring dream," she explained. "The first time I dreamed it was fine, actually enjoyable. I start out walking around in this beautiful forest of pine trees and I see a phoenix. Last night though, there was a dragon and snakes. They were chasing me."
"I hope you'll be studying dreams in Divination this year," said Madame Indigo.
"Who's the teacher?" Raye asked. "You know anything about her?"
"I'm afraid not," Madame Indigo replied. "I didn't take divination when I was at Hogwarts. I took Arithmancy and Care of Magical Creatures. Well, get dressed. . Be downstairs in thirty minutes."
The girls got dressed and grabbed their money. They went downstairs and Tom gave them their breakfast.The first place they went to was Slug and Jiggers Apothecary. They all nearly gagged at the smell and interesting merchandise on the selves, except for Madame Indigo who was used to it.
"Ugh, what's that smell?" Lita inquired, holding her nose.
"Smells like bad eggs and rotten cabbage," said Ami.
"Please tell me we don't have to touch this," Serena moaned.
"I think we do," Lita said. "It's for Potions."
"Ew!" Serena exclaimed. "Well, I'll just have to tell the Potion's teacher I can't do it!"
"What if he's some really creepy guy and he'll fail you if you don't?" Raye demanded. "Or he'll even fail you for looking at him a certain way!"
"I'll think of something," said Serena. She cringed as she passed a glass jar of newt eyes. "Eyes, how gross! I can't work with something looking at me all the time!"
"Madame Indigo," Ami said, "who is the potions teacher?"
Madame Indigo looked like she didn't want to be asked. "Severus Snape. He's perhaps one of the most unfair teachers in the school—and he used to be a Death Eater." She added ina whisper, so that no one else in the Apothecary could hear.
The girls gasped and they all looked like they didn't want to take potions either. Even Ami seemed a bit unnerved.
"Does he give out a lot of homework?" she inquired.
"All the time," Madame Indigo answered. "Especially if you're in Gryffindor house."
"Great," said Lita skeptically. "This is going to be lots of fun."
"I hope I'm not in Gryffindor then," said Raye.
After loading their arms with their pewter cauldrons, scales, vials and other potions supplies, they dropped it off at the Leaky Cauldron. Then they set off once again to the stationary store to get quills and parchment. It was a nice change from the Apothecary.
"Smells great in here," said Mina.
"Yeah, smells like paper," said Lydia simply as she walked further in.
Serena spotted an array of vibrant colored quills. "Hey, look at these! They're so pretty!"
"Fwooper quills," said Madame Indigo.
"Fwooper?" Serena mumbled. "That's afunny name for a bird."
"Yes," Madame Indigo nodded. "Their singing will make someone mad but they a great provider for quills."
"They're just a sickle each!" said Lita, picking up a yellow and pink one. "That's quite a bargain if you ask me!"
"It's a good thing they're so bright," said Mina as she picked up an orange and yellow quill, "so you can find them!"
"I bet their eggs are even brighter and more colorful," stated Lydia. She and Serena both took two Fwooper quills as well. Serena pink and lime green and Lydia lime green and orange.
"Look," said Ami, holding a red-feathered quill. "a self-correcting quill for when you make mistakes."
"Cool," said Raye, "this ink changes as you write! I'm starting to like this place!"
"Be sure to get extra parchment," Madame Indigo told them. "I don't know when your first Hogsmead weekend will be and you wouldn't want to run out."
After they got all their school supplies, they went to the Leaky Cauldron for lunch. Since nothing else was required, Madame Indigo told they could go and explore Diagon Alley.
"Remember, don't go to Knocturn Alley!" she exclaimed as the girls rushed out to play around. "And be back by dinner time!"
"We will!" they cried.
They separated to different stores. Ami and Lita went to Quality Quidditch Supplies. Raye and Ami went to Flourish and Blotts, Lydia and Serena to Gambol and Japes. But Then Serena's eye spotted saw Florecean's Ice Cream Shoppe.
"Hey, on second thought," Serena said, "I'm in the mood for a sundae!"
"No problem," Lydia said. "I'll show you the stuff I got when I'm done!"
"Okay!" said Serena and she ran toward the Shoppe. "I hope they got all my favorite flavors!"
Lydia walked inside Gambol and Japes and looked around. She saw a box of yo-yos and curiously, she put one on her finger. "I wonder why they're selling yo-yos."
Then she started to fling it and it gave out a high-pitched scream. Lydia laughed as she wheeled it in and the yo-yo's scream changed. "This is fun!"
"Yaaaaaa! Oooooh!" went the screaming yo-yo. "Yaaaaa! Whoaaaaaa!"
After playing with the yo-yo for a while, she continued to play with everything else.
--
"Hey, look at this broom, Lita," Mina said, pointing at one of the brooms at the wall. "Oakshaft 79—endurance flying and withstanding strong winds."
"Only good if you're planning to fly over the ocean," said Lita, consulting Fight of Flight—Choosing the Best Broom. "You can't use it for Quidditch. Now the Cleansweeps are pretty good to start flying on."
"Yeah, too bad there's no Quidditch this year," Mina frowned as she walked around to look at a box of Quaffle. "I'd really want to try out."
"Hey, go ahead and buy a broom," Lydia shrugged. "You can still practice flying."
"Mina, have you seen the prices on those brooms?" Mina demanded. "Even the Cleansweeps are about twenty Galleons!"
"You're right," said Lita, "so buy a Quaffle instead—it's just five Galleons and you can pretend you're playing volleyball." She picked up a beater's bat. "I'm getting a bat to practice hitting rocks with. Maybe even the heads of people that get on my nerves."
Mina laughed and put down a broomstick. She picked up a Quaffle and bounced it off her hands. "It feels about the same weight as a volleyball. Quidditch sounds like so much fun!"
--
Raye and Ami were searching for extra books for their classes. As Runes and Arithmancy were difficult subjects, Ami thought that the more books she got, the better. Raye spent most of her time in the Divination section to search for books on dreams.
"I've got to find the meaning to this vision," she whispered, placing Tea With Destiny—a Guide to Tasseography back on the shelf. "Before it gets any worse."
--
The girls came back to the Leaky Cauldron as the shops began closing. Madame Indigo was seated at a table, reading the Daily Prophet. "Hello girls. Did you have fun?"
"Did we ever!" Mina exclaimed, bouncing up her Quaffle. "We spent hours in the Quidditch Shop."
"I pigged out on five sundaes!" Serena exclaimed.
"The book store had quite a variety of books," stated Ami impressively.
"Hey guys," said Lydia. "Let's have some tea." She poured some tea in five teacups, handed them to her friends and they gasped as the cups grew mouths and bit them on their noses. They screamed in shock.
"Lydia!" Mina shouted.
"Nose biting teacups!" Lydia laughed, holding her sides. "Ha-ha! They were only seven Knuts each! You should've seen your faces!"
"it's not funny," Lita said, holding a napkin to her nose. "Ouch, that hurt!"
"Sorry, sorry," Lydia mumbled as she caught her breath. "These are better—screaming yo-yos!" She put two on each hand and started swinging them.
"Lydia, put those away," Madame Indigo said. "It's time for dinner and yeh have to start on your essays."
"Fiddlesticks," Lydia mumbled as she sat down. "We haven't even started school yet and already we've got homework."
To Be Continued
I got the ideas for their dresses from and If my descriptions are too vague, you can go check them out. I tried looking up some gothic ones from but they didn't have any good ones.
Raye: Royal Plush, velvet in black.
Lita: Walking on Sunshine:
Lydia: Gotta Dance, hunter green
Ami: Sun Kissed
Mina: French Kiss, light blue
Serena: Swept Away in red