James, Sirius, Remus and Peter

Chapter 4- Diagon Alley

'SIRIUS' screamed Mrs Black.

Sirius who was in his room came sprinting down stairs. It wasn't because his mother was screaming at him but because he was going to Diagon Alley to get his Hogwarts things.

'Ready' panted Sirius as he reached the kitchen.

'Kreacher' she barked.

Kreacher came into the room each giving the four members of the Black family floo powder.

'I'll go first' said Mr Black

And so he walked up to the kitchen fire and he threw some powder into the fire before stepping in and shouting "Diagon Alley"

The rest of the Blacks followed his example and all stepped into the fire which transported them to Diagon Alley. 

'You act as though there was a chance that you won't get into Hogwarts' said James's grandfather.

'All that waiting was killing me' said James.

'Well at least you're going to get your own wand today so you can stop nicking mine. I heard what you did to your father'

'Actually I might need your one' said James smartly. 'For example my one could get disarmed then I could just you your one which will be hidden up my sleeve, and besides it's not like you use it'

'Are you ready James?' said Mrs Potter walking into the kitchen.

'Yep' said James jumping of his seat.

He quickly ran to the pot that contained floo powder and was ready to throw into fire.

'Hold your horses' said Mrs Potter as Mr Potter walked in.

James had to watch for a while as his parents straighten themselves which was closely followed by one of those lectures with people with messy hair.

Finally they all threw the powder and stepping into the fire whilst shouting Diagon Alley.

Sirius was really having a bad day at shopping. It turned out many people left their shopping late and unfortunately there was muggle borns and his mother saw him talking to one.

It was embarrassing as she started shouting at him, and she carried on throughout the rest of the day which was closely followed by lecture of why being a pureblood is important or what is so good about being a Black.

The day was coming to an end and only his wand was left to be bought. Mr Black had left the last bit to Mrs Black where he went to join some pureblood friends at the leaky cauldron.

Sirius must have tried nearly every wand in the shop but still didn't get the right one for him. Sirius's brother and Mrs Black grew so tired of waiting that they began to leave only stopping to give the money to Sirius and went off to join Mr Black at the leaky cauldron.

James fell out of the fire in the leaky cauldron. He straightens himself up then just ruffling his hair as usual, which annoyed his mother.

They marched out of the leaky cauldron and were walking past shops in the Diagon Alley when something caught James eye. James ran to the shop Quality Qudditch Supply and stared at the new broom.

'James' called Mrs Potter. 'First we have to get some gold from the bank before your school things'

Then she noticed what he was looking at, she grabbed him by the shoulders and literally dragged him away from it.

'We are here for Hogwarts shopping' said Mrs Potter. 'Not quitdittich'

'But that was a Nimbus 1070' said James

'There all the same' said Mrs Potter

'All the same' said James gaping at his mother.

They reached the bank where they were greeted by a small goblin. Mrs Potter handed him the key to the Potter's vault.

James often liked riding in the cart that took them to their vault. However today he wanted to see that flying broomstick again. So he came up with a plan: he on purposely dropped is grandfather's wand softly on the floor. Mrs Potter turned for a minute James thought she had heard the wand drop.

'Get in the cart' she said

'Okey dokey' said James.

Mrs Potter stared at her son. "okey dokey" was a hint that James always dropped when he was up to mischief but he sometimes done it as a false alarm.

They all got into the cart and just as the cart began to move…

'Granddad's wand' James shouted before jumping out of the cart.

'James Potter' screamed Mrs Potter. 'You get back here this instant. If you dare go to that good for nothing broom…'

The rest of her words were drowned as the cart continued to go to the Potter's vault.

James picked up the wand and congratulated himself by rumpling his hair then setting off at a run to the new broomstick he saw.

Sirius was still trying out wands although it was an improvement that his mother and brother were gone. There were no more hisses or groans as he waved a wand and nothing happened.

Mr Ollivander seemed to be having the time of his life as he tried to find the right wand for Sirius.

'Here try this' he said (can't bothered to do a wand for Sirius)

'Sirius touched the wand and felt the warmth in his hand then he brought it swishing down where stars and sparks, colours of purple and black came flying out.

'Bravo' cried Mr Olivander clapping.

Sirius broke into the first true smile that day and paid for his new wand happily.

'This is quite a wand Mr Black' said Mr Ollivander as he handed the wand now contained in a box to Sirius. 'We should be expecting a lot of talent from you, Master Black'

Sirius just only nodded and pocketed the wand; he really did not know how to reply to this, so he just said goodbye and walked.

It was a relief to be outside; the silenceness in that shop was killing him. Sirius began to make his way back to his family.

On the way he passed a group of muggles. He knew they were muggles, perhaps it was being a Black but he could always tell between a pureblood or not. This time he defiantly couldn't be wrong judging by the clothes they were wearing which were muggle clothes.

'Lily says she will see us at the wand shop' said the man.

'Where did she go?' said the girl

'The toilet at the leaky cauldron' said the mother

Sirius passed them then noticed something; a new broomstick was at his favourite shop and ran to it.

James reached the shop just at the same time as a dark haired boy did. For a time they both stared at the broomstick for while.

'Man I wish I could stay here all day' said James

'Yeah…me too' said the dark haired boy.

James turned to look at the boy. He noticed he was good-looking; his dark hair fell into his eyes with a sort casual elegance that James could never have achieved.

'Hi, I'm James' James said. 'And I don't respond to Jimmy, Jim, Jamie, Jamsie, Sonny Jim or anything; it's just James'

The dark haired boy shook his hand and said…

'I'm Sirius'

'About what?' said James confused

'No' said the boy. 'It's my name, it's spelt S-I-R-I-U-S but pronounced serious'

'Oh' said James.

They were still shaking hands then James began to shake with both then adding a posh accent…

'It's nice to meet you, Sirius'

Then Sirius grinning began to shake with both hands and adding another posh accent to the atmosphere.

'No, no it's nice to meet you'

'Marvellous, just marvellous'

'Absolute spiffing'

'Just corky'

Someone had laughed. Both boys turned to see a girl standing nearby. She had shoulder length dark red hair and emerald green eyes that James found himself drowning in.

'What do you want?' said Sirius bringing James back to earth.

'Nothing' she said smiling, then after moment she put on posh accent she said: 'I'm just going to get my wand. I'll leave you gentlemen alone. Cheerio'

They heard her laugh as she walked away. They too began to walk away but in the opposite direction.

'So you like quittditch?' asked Sirius

'It's my life' said James almost jumping

'I can not believe I missed out on the day 1070 was on sale' said Sirius. 'It's about two month old now. Usually I'm the first one to know'

'Yeah same here' said James. 'But my excuse was I was waiting for my Hogwarts letter'

'So you gonna be a first year'

'Yep, how about you?'

'Same'

'Well listen mate, I gotta go this way'

'Yeah I gotta go this way too'

'See you at Hogwarts'

'Yeah, laters'

Sirius went in the direction of the leaky cauldron and James in the direction of the wizard bank. Both having no idea of each others true identity but the question is will they still be friends when they find out that one is Black while the other a Potter.

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