Chapter 2: The Silver Haired Stranger

Sabrina took a bath in the morning; she put on a pair of nice pants and a plain white shirt. These clothes were only given to an orphan when they were leaving.

There was a knock on the door. Sabrina zoomed down the stairs. The orphanage women opened the door, and Christine saw a man at the door.

The man had a long silvery beard. He was wearing spectacles, and his eyes were shining brightly. The man was smiling. "Hello!" He said cheerfully. "I am Albus Dumbledore. I am here to pick up Sabrina Black." Sabrina noticed he was wearing strange purple robes.

"I am Sabrina Black," Sabrina said coming down the stairs with her bag. She put her bag down and held out her hand. "Pleased to meet you, sir."

"The pleasure is all mine Miss Black." Dumbledore said smiling. "I met you about 10 years ago actually so you wouldn't remember me much would you?" Dumbledore then turned to the orphanage women. "I trust everything is in order?"

"Yes everything." She said. She looked like she wanted him to leave.

"Very well then!" Dumbledore said. "Come along Sabrina. So little time so much to do."

Sabrina went out the door with the man. They began to walk along a the street

"Now I trust you know why I am here, and where we are going?"

"Um… No sir."

"Which do you need to know?" Dumbledore said looking down at her smiling.

"Both sir."

"Oh. I expected her to have told you but it is okay. Lemon drop?"

"Excuse me sir." Sabrina said looking at Dumbledore.

"Would like a lemon drop? I found a fondness for them."

"No thank you sir."

"Alright then," Dumbledore said popping one in his mouth. "I say these are very good for a muggle candy."

"Muggle sir?"

"A non magical person."

"Excuse me sir. I don't understand."

"Right! Well Let me start out by telling you the basics." Dumbledore began. "You are a witch, and you have been accepted to come to Hogwarts which is the finest training school for young witches and wizards." Dumbledore said as they turned a corner.

"A witch? I don't think I quite understand sir."

"You have magical powers within you and school shall help you gain control of those powers. Ah here is a good spot." Dumbledore said. He stopped. "Grab onto my robes. You will not learn how to Apparate until the sixth year."

Sabrina grabbed onto his robes. Suddenly there was a loud CRACK, and she felt herself being pulled in every direction. Her eardrums were ringing. Suddenly it all stopped. Her ear drums were still throbbing. She looked at Dumbledore for an explanation.

"It is a way to get from one place to another no matter how far they are from each other quickly. The feeling takes a bit of getting used to though." Dumbledore said cheerfully. "Ah here we are, The Leaky Cauldron!"

They went into a small pub. There were a lot of people in robes like Dumbledore. There were black ones, purple ones, green ones and a lot of other colors.

"Dumbledore, what a pleasant surprise. Fire Whiskey I presume."

"No thanks. I have work to do. Come along Sabrina."

Suddenly there were a lot of whispers coming from everyone in the pub.

"Sabrina Black… Isn't that Sirius's girl."

"She is still alive I thought Black would have killed her."

"She has looks a lot like Christine."

"Can any kin of Sirius Black be trusted?"

Sabina looked around. How did everyone know her? "Nothing to worry about Sabrina." Dumbledore said looking down at her. "Come along."

Sabrina fallowed Dumbledore to a small area behind the pub. There was a brick wall. Dumbledore tapped certain bricks on the wall with a stick he pulled out of his pocket. Suddenly the bricks started to move. They spun around and made an opening revealing an amazing site!

There was a street and along the sides there were many colorful shops containing robes, animals and wands. Sabrina looked around amazed at everything.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley!" Dumbledore said. They walked in. Dumbledore showed her all the shops. "First you must go into Olivander's! He makes the best wands." Dumbledore said pointing at certain shop."

"But sir, I don't have any money."

"Oh of course. Here take this." Dumbledore said giving her 5 silver coins. "That should cover it. I will run to the bank and get money from you account. Wait till I am back before you leave the shop."

Sabrina tried to protest but the second she looked up Dumbledore had vanished. Sabrina pushed open the door to the shop and walked in.

The walls in the back were full of many different boxes. A man came out. "Can I help you?"

"Um yes I am looking for a wand."

"Name?"

"Sabrina Black."

The man raised his eyebrow. He gave the girl a weird look that she could not read.

"Ah, Miss Black. Well let me see what I can find you." The man went and looked through the boxes. He came back with three different boxes. He opened one and gave Sabrina a wand.

"Give it a wave."

Sabrina did as she was told. A yellow beam shot out from the wand and knocked a painting off the wall.

"No!" The man said, taking the wand from her. "This one," he said taking out another wand.

Sabrina waved the wand and this time a bunch of papers flew everywhere.

"Nope, and I don't think I am going to take a chance with this one." The man said replacing the boxes to the shelves. He then pulled out a box and examined it. "Sirius's," he muttered. The man took the wand out and came back to the counter. "Here try this."

Sabrina took the wand. Suddenly a light came out from the wand and wind seemed to brush past Sabrina. Then it stopped.

"That's the one." The man said with a blank expression on his face. "Unicorn hair and Phoenix tears. 11 inch made with mahogany wood. Only one other like it in the world." The man said taking the wand from Sabrina and putting it in the box . "Here you go. That will be five sickles."

Sabrina pulled out the silver coins. The man took five of them.

Sabrina looked out the door for Dumbledore. She saw him. He smiled at her. Sabrina said thank you to the shop owner then left.

"I got you ten galleons and thirty sickles. That should be enough." Dumbledore said handing her a handful of gold and silver coins.

"Is this all mine." Sabrina said looking down at the handful of coins.

"Your father has quite a bit of money." Dumbledore said smiling. "Now off we go. We have a lot to buy." Sabrina pocketed the coins, and looked up at Dumbledore. Dumbledore nodded and they set off once more.

They went and bough all sorts of things from cauldrons to pets! Sabrina bought a barn owl for a pet. She named the owl Helena.

"Well we best be off to Kings Cross Station."