A/N: o0o0o0o0 hope u like this chapter. It's kinda boring at first but u'll get into it.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF J.K.ROWLING'S CHARACTERS! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THINK-HEADED SKULL! lol jk.
Diagon Alley"Come in." Andrea stepped inside the door and opened her eyes in shock at the sight of someone she'd read about in a book. "What is it dear?" Professor McGonagall noticed Andrea's shock and moved towards her in curiosity.
"Oh, nothing. I just can't believe it's really you." It was Andrea's turn to notice a surprised look on Professor McGonagall's face. "Remus speaks very highly of you." McGonagall nodded her head and picked up her wand from her desk.
"Well, we better get a move on before the Knight Bus passes by Hogsmade and leaves us behind!" Andrea followed her professor through the halls and down to Hogsmade. Wow it looks like it's easy to get lost in here. Oh I can't wait till I get to Diagon Alley! Then I'll be able to use a real wand! I hope I don't embarrass myself like Harry did when he tried all those wands.
They arrived at Diagon Alley at half past three and Andrea immediately ran to each and every shop in sight. "Wow Professor, look at that!" "And that!" "Wow is that real?" McGonagall smiled and watched the happy child run from store to store like an excited puppy waiting to go out for a run.
"Okay dear, time to go to Gringotts to exchange your Muggle money." Andrea stared up at the towering building clearly marked as Gringotts Wizarding Bank, awe apparent on her face. Wow it seems bigger than the skyscrapers back home in New York. Oh I don't wanna meet a goblin. They scare me even in the books!
The two stepped inside and Professor McGonagall walked up to an elderly goblin. "I'm here on behalf of Andrea Larson. She wishes to exchange her Muggle money with wizarding money."
"Very well, please give me the money." Andrea handed over her savings from babysitting and watched patiently as the goblin counted her money and exchanged it. When he had finished, she quietly thanked the goblin and left.
"You were less excited in there than out here. What happened?" Professor McGonagall look slightly concerned.
"Oh goblins just… they just kinda freak me out. That's all. Ooh! Can we go to Olivander's now?"
"Of course. Now no dilly-dallying this time." The professor led Andrea to Olivander's and pushed her inside. She gave a quick wave and said she would be back in a few minutes. Andrea stepped inside the dimly lit room and looked at the dusty furniture. The room looked like it hadn't been used in decades, however, Andrea knew different.
"Hello there. Another Hogwarts student I presume?" Andrea nodded her head yes and waited for instructions. "Hold out your wand hand please." Andrea held out her right hand and waited still. "Okay, let's try this one shall we? There we go. Right now try to aim at that ugly vase I've wanted to throw out, and wave, YES! It's gone!" Before the elderly shop owner could finish his directions, Andrea grew impatient and waved her wand at the vase, which burst into flames. "Very good. Okay let's try this one shall we? 9 ½ inch willow wand with a unicorn hair and a phoenix feather. It is very rare to see a wand with more than one hair-" Andrea once again grew impatient and waved the wand at what looked like a very old bookcase. As soon as she waved her wand, the bookcase jumped to the side and gave a menacing glare. "Oh no, that won't work either."
After what seemed like hours of trying to find the right wand, Andrea found her match. "Now number 394 has got to be the lucky one. Ah yes, 12 inch Raven feather. This should be perfect for you." Olivander moved aside the huge pile of boxes lying on the floor. Andrea was now sitting on a chair near the entrance, too tired from trying all those wands to stand up any longer. As soon as she took the wand in her hand, she immediately felt a rush of strength and endurance. She suddenly noticed and glowing light around her as she stood up and tried the wand. She wanted to make sure this was the right wand so she waved the wand at the ugly broken vase and it slowly pieced itself back together. Wow. I wonder if Harry felt like this when he got his wand.
Andrea purchased the wand and walked out of the store to escape Olivander saying, "Now why'd you have to do that? I was almost off the hook! Now I have to put that thing in my house!" Andrea hurried out the door and bumped into another person. There were books lying all over the ground and the other girl's wand was lying broken on the ground as well. "Oh my god. I'm so sorry. I really didn't mean it I swear-"
"Oh that's alright I guess. I'll just tape it together and it'll be all right." The girls picked up the pieces and stuffed them in the redhead's bag.
"Don't be silly! This young lady has a 'special' wand. I know. I just sold it to her. She'll fix it for you." Olivander shouted, his door still open from when Andrea had walked out.
"Right! Uh, here, get the pieces out again." With a little hesitation the girl took out the pieces and laid them on the ground.
"Alright I don't know how exactly I did this the last but-"
"Oh just do it already I have to get my school shopping done!" The redheaded girl grew impatient and tapped her foot lightly on the ground.
"Um okay…" Andrea closed her eyes and concentrated on the task at hand. She opened her eyes and saw the redhead picking up her wand which was now in one full piece. "Wow I did that?"
"Wow, you did that? That's amazing." The girl paused admiring her wand, "Lily Evans here. You?" She extended a hand proposing that they shake hands.
Andrea extended hers too and replied, "Andrea Larson. Wow the famous Lily Pot- Evans. Lily Evans" Lily had a puzzled look on her face and Andrea quickly said, "Professor Dumbledore said many great things about. You're supposed to catch me up on my magic because I missed the first year. Did he say anything about that?"
"Oh! Oh, yes! Andrea Larson! Yes, yes I remember now. You missed your first year at Hogwarts and you have to catch up. Well, lets not waste any time. You've got your books then have you?" Lily linked arms with Andrea and set off down the streets of Diagon Alley. Andrea seemed entranced by Lily's confidence, and was still shocked that she was actually real. "Ah here we are… Madame Mullet's Ice Cream Shoppe. Now where shall we sit?"
"That table over there looks good!" Andrea pointed to a table in the middle of the room where two people were just getting up.
"No, no, that won't do. That's where I first met that twit Potter. How about there!" Lily led Andrea over to a table near a window and ordered two ice cream sundaes. Lily and Andrea started talking about the Marauders and soon became good friends.
"Ohhhhhhh Lily……!" Lily rolled her eyes as if saying, 'Not now..' A tall, muscular boy with black hair and big brown eyes stood at the edge of the table smirking at Lily. "There you are old friend. We've been looking all over for you! Who's your friend?"
"Sirius… you know you've met me before! Remember in my bedroom. Bark, bark?" Sirius still looked confused however Lily didn't seem to be surprised.
"Don't worry about him. He has the memory of Dory in Finding Nemo. Thirty seconds and whew (she flung her hand over the top of her head) it's gone."
"You saw that movie too! Oh my god! It was- scratch that- is the greatest cartoon movie ever made by Disney! I love the turtle dude-" Andrea exclaimed.
"Crush? Oh I know he was terribly funny. Mum and Dad saw it with me. It was hilarious." The two girls talked about the movie for longer than Sirius could take. He obviously got bored because; 1.) he didn't see the movie and 2.) he has the attention span of an insect when he isn't interested.
"Anyway… well I don't believe we've really met. I guess I kinda scared you at your house-"
"You went to Andrea's house? You went all the way in the United States of America? Aren't you scared to fly in airplanes?" Lily smiled at Sirius holding back a ferocious laugh.
"Anyway… Hi. I'm Sirius Black. Also know as…… Danger Black. And you, I presume, must be Andrea Larson. Pleased to finally meet your acquaintance." Sirius held out a hand and just as Andrea took it to shake his hands; James Potter appeared in the window of the Ice Cream Shop.
"Smooth talking your way into another girl's heart, are you Sirius?" James said as he joined the table. "Hey Larson. Oi! Evans, what happened to you? You've dyed your hair red orange!"
"That's because I've finally gotten out the ice cream you threw into my hair last year!" Turning to Andrea she said, "This klutz made ice cream go into my hair over at that table over there."
"Yea, Lily chased James all over Diagon Alley screaming at the top of her lungs, 'I'M GONNA KILL YOU POTTER!'" One of Lily's friends joined the table.
"Hey Christine, this is Andrea Larson. The new girl we are going to catch up."
"Oh hi!"
"Sup?" Without realizing Andrea used her ghetto slang from the 'States' in Britain. Everyone laughed at this however quieted down within seconds.
"So why don't we make it a tradition. You chase me around the ice cream shot. Ready I'll lead the way!" James backed up a couple of steps, then turned and started running. Before he could take one step he ran into a waiter who had a chocolate fudge sundae. The sundae flew across the table right into Lily's and Andrea's hair.
"POTTER!" Lily screamed at the top of her lungs. Christine moved to hold Lily back and while Lily was fighting with Christine to let her go; Andrea was touching her long brown hair with wide eyes.
"Oh my god. Potter! What the hell? Why me? Oh my god I'm gonna kill you!" At this James got even more scared than he was of Lily (he was partially shocked that Andrea had called him Potter.) He immediately ran through the shop dodging chairs and waiters and customers. At first Lily, Christine and Sirius were shocked Andrea would do something like this however a moment later Lily seized the opportunity to run after Potter herself and finally caught up with Andrea.
Oh dear, the shop owner rolled her eyes at the sight of the two girls chasing after James, not again. "Oi! Why don't you lot take it outside! You're ruining my business!" The five friends raced out of the shop as follows: James getting chased, Andrea chasing James, Lily getting revenge on Potter (also chasing James), Christine chasing Lily and Andrea, and Sirius tailing the rest trying to help out James by capturing either Lily or Andrea.
The five friends soon stopped; everyone out of breath partially because they were running and partially because they were laughing so hard. "Oh- my- god," Christine grasped her chest where she thought her lungs were. "That was the funniest thing- I have ever- seen."
As the rest of the group caught their breath, Andrea explained, "I don't- even know- what came- what came over me. Oh that was soooo funny."
"I was so shocked- when you went- running after James. That was awesome." Lily wore a huge smile on her face as James' turned into a frown.
"No it wasn't! That was scary! I saw a dark brown-haired Lily charging after me! It was horrible!"
The group finally caught their breath and headed back down the street to the ice cream shop to have a hair free ice cream and chat. The five friends soon turned into six as they spotted Lily and Christine's school friend Natasha heading towards them and she joined them at the ice cream shop. Remus stopped by along with his younger sister Caitlyn, however had to leave quickly to shop for their books. The group departed one at a time, finally leaving Andrea, James and Sirius.
"So, you never told us about how you knew about Hogwarts. Or about our names. Or about the magic world." James looked quizzically at the brunette and smiled slightly.
"Um…. I had….a….relative went….. my great aunt on my father's mother's side was magic. She told me stories about Hogwarts….and I got the Daily Prophet and yea… that's about it."
"A likely story!" Sirius flashed a smile but quickly turned serious again (A/N: get it?). "So do you think your ready to handle the dangers of Hogwarts?"
"I don't think I'm ready. I know I'm ready."
A/N: srry all about the wait. I know it's been what? A year? I'll try to be more prompt next time but u know….. it's hard. I got bored of this ch. before I could finish it lol. Newayz…. Hope u like it and I bet u can't wait for the next 1!
Hawaiianbaby14: srry it was soooo late! I'm really srry!
HermioneLuvr69: yea I know I mite have been a little confusing so here- Andrea has read all the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. Dumbledore told her it would be best not to tell anyone about these books so that they would alter the future and we wouldn't have Harry Potter in the next generation in order for him to defeat Voldemort. Got it? Oh well. It will become clearer.
Z: HA! That's awesome that ur name is Andrea too! I love that name.
Guess Who: my name is Kay thnx. Neway I'm trying to make James nice. He's into Andrea but not too serious.. .. .. yet. O0o0o0o0o0 mysterious. It's just a little crush right now. He's over it in this ch.
Thnx for R&R! u guys who read my story are the best!
Kay