The Girl Who Lived Through it All
Shadow-Demon14
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters
Part two: Chapter Two
"Now Harry, you have done this before, but please remember to speak loudly and clearly."
Harry couldn't but smile at the memory of what had happened the first time he had used the floo network, "Yes Mrs. Weasley. I think that I have gotten the hang of it by now." He got a nod in response.
"Ron, I have some things that I need to take care, I'll meet up with you in about an hour and a half."
"Sure Harry no problem. I'll meet you at the bookstore with Hermione."
With nothing more said, Harry stepped through the fire calling, "Diagon alley," in a burst of flames he was gone, arriving at Diagon alley. Today seemed to be the day that everyone was doing their last minute shopping. They were running around everywhere. After looking at the current mayhem, Harry took of towards his destination.
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Snape had apparated to Diagon Alley, he did not want to take the chance of Sarah going by Floo powder. Looking down at her he saw her eyes filled with amazement and looking at everything and everyone.
"Sarah, we're first going to get your robes and your wand, then we can walk around and look at anything you want. Though you still have to take it easy."
Sarah kept looking around, she nodded her head without really hearing what her father had told her, 'There are so many people here.' With that last thought, Severus and his daughter went to get her robes. Severus wasn't worried about people asking questions because they were all busy with their own things. Besides, it wasn't rare to see a teacher at Diagon Alley a few days before school starts.
Upon entering the shop, a woman who looked about in her mid 60s came out from the back. She had her hair up in a loose bun, tape measure around her neck, an apron with random things sticking out of the pockets, and her wand in hand.
"Ah yes, I suppose your starting Hogwarts this year. Well step up on the stool so I can get your measurements dear."
Sarah stepped closer to her father, feeling a little threatened for some reason. Severus rubbed her back, " Don't worry, I am right here," Sarah glanced up at her father before walking to the stool. Severus helped her onto the stool, since she was still sore from her injuries.
As Sarah was a little amazed at how the measuring tape took her measurements, the bell above the door rang, signaling that someone just entered the shop. Sarah was busy watching the measuring tape she didn't notice him.
"Sarah! How are you doing?" Sarah swirled around panicked, but calmed once she noticed whom it was, Severus turned as well.
"Hello Harry, I see you got my message."
"Yep. Told Ron that I had some things I had to do, then I would meet him in about an hour and a half at the book shop."
"Are you here for your school robes Mr. Potter? You seem to have grown quite a bit since I last saw you."
"Yeah." She nodded and pointed to another stool. Harry stepped up and the tape measure started to measure away. Sarah saw now having a robe fitted on her.
"Now how many robes would you like?"
"She'll have the school robes, 4 casual, and 2 cloaks." The old woman nodded and left for the back room. When she came back with samples of the colors and asked Sarah to pick 4 colors for her casual robes as well as her cloaks.
Sarah picked black, green, dark maroon, and a dark blue that almost seemed black. Her cloaks were to be black. She felt so overjoyed with her selections, mainly since she got to make them herself.
The old Woman made her robes, as well as Harry's when he made his choice. Severus paid for Sarah, while Harry paid for his own.
"What else to you need to get Sarah?" Harry was walking next to Sarah with Severus behind them.
"A wand…"
"Ok, let's go get it."
Reaching Ollivander's wand shop, Sarah was thankful to notice that no one else was I there at the moment.
Once inside, Mr. Ollivander stepped out for behind some selves. He reminded Sarah somewhat of the Dumbledore guy, " Ah yes, the Snape family. I was beginning to wonder when all of you would get together again."
Sarah stepped backwards, only to run into her father, who in turn put a hand on her head, " Ah Mr. Potter, or I should say Mr. Snape. Holly and a phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple if I remember clearly."
Harry nodded, " Yes sir."
Mr. Ollivander turned to Sarah, "Don't worry child, you have nothing to fear here. Now, let's find you a wand." He turned away from the small family and walked to the back, looking at different boxes while muttering things to himself. Sarah was beginning to think the old man was just a little on the crazy side.
Mr. Ollivander finally stopped at one self, taking a box off and walked back to Sarah motioning her to take the wand from inside. Sarah took the wand, grasping it in her hand. Once she had done so, a gust of wind suddenly appeared and it seemed to circle Sarah for only a moment before disappearing all together.
A wide grin spread across Mr. Ollivander's face, "I have never gotten it on first try for a Snape! Harry kept breaking things and knocking wands off the selves," Sarah glanced at Harry, who was off to the side, only to see him sporting a sheepish grin, "And your father busted a few chairs and my office door."
Severus did his best to hide the small smile that threatened to appear on his face at the memory of getting his wand.
"Now that wand is ten and a quarter, swishy, willow, with a combination of phoenix feather and a unicorn hair. Quite powerful that wand is, but I trust you can handle it since it has chosen you, as I have always said the wand chooses the wizard. Well, I guess I should saw witch. It will be seven Galleons."
Severus paid for the wand, and then left the shop. Sarah glanced back at the crazy old man before following her father and brother, only to see that Mr. Ollivander was watching all three of them leave with almost what seemed a look of pity.
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"Well Sarah, we have gotten you everything you need. Do you still want to walk around?"
Sarah shrugged her shoulders, still not being used to this kind of treatment. Never being able to make any type of decisions before, she wasn't exactly sure what she was allowed to choose.
Harry got an idea, "Well how about come with me for a little bit? I promised my friend Ron that I would meet up with him at the bookstore, then after getting our books we would go and look at brooms. Our friend Hermione is also going to meet us at the book store, she is quite a bookworm and it may take some convincing to get her away from the books."
Sarah didn't know what to say, she did want to go and look at all the different kinds of books. Looking up at her father she saw that he was looking at Harry with a serious expression, " If she is to go with you then she is going to have to stay by your side. And you will make sure that you keep your eye on her. Any sign of her getting tired, then just look for me, I will be following as a sort protection should anything happen."
After Harry's agreement with his father's conditions, both he and Sarah took off towards the bookshop, with their father stealthily following a ways behind them.