Strength in Family
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Chapter 2 Shopping
"Daddy, I'm ready!" Amelia yelled as she ran into the living room in a pale lavender dress and white shoes. Her mousy brown hair in pigtails with dark pink ribbons, flying around her head.
"Okay, were going to use floo powder." Remus said handing the little girl her black cloak, which she put on as her father pulled on his black clock. "Ready?"
"Yep!" The little four year old said as her dad picked her up. With his free hand Remus picked up a pinch of floo powder from the running low cup on the mantel before stepping into the fire place. Remus released the powder shouting, "Leaky Cauldron!" In a whirl of green fire the two vanished.
Both came out of the fire place in the Leaky Cauldron covered in soot. Remus placed his daughter on the ground dusting both of them off. He took her hand once the soot had been removed and lead her to a table. Remus placed the little girl in a chair before sitting next to her.
"What can I get you and your lovely lady?" A young girl about eighteen with long blonde hair to her waist and sky blue eyes who was the waitress.
"What's today's special?" Remus asked the young lady.
"Um. . . . One second!" The girl said and walked over to the bar and talked to the bar tender, Tom.
"Tom says that chicken soup." The girl said walking back over to the table.
"Two bowls of soup and I'll have a glass off fire whiskey and she'll take a small glass of milk." Remus said as the blonde girl wrote down order then went over to the bar once more. She handed the order to Tom who quickly filled the order before the waitress returned with a tray with two glasses and two bowls. The girl placed the food on the table then handed a slip of paper to Remus.
He looked at the receipt seeing that the total was five galleons and two sickles. He handed the girl the money before he started in on his soup. Him and his daughter ate in silence before they left to do the shopping. As the two left Remus looked at the cloak. One a clock. There would be just enough time to get all the shopping done before he had to take Amelia to her appointment.
"Where first?" Amelia asked as the two walked through the arch way into a busy street.
"The Bank." Remus told Amelia and took her hand, leading her through the street. Many of the older witches stopped to say how cute Amelia was with her mousy brown hair in pigtail with the dark pink ribbons and how her dark drown eyes shown brightly as she looked around. The older witches made comments to Remus how adorable his daughter was.
He just smiled kindly and continued to lead his daughter along the street towards the large white building looming over the street. It was a short walk to Gringotts but seem to take forever with all the people stopping and complimenting his daughter. All the people seem to be more friendly now that Voldemort was gone for good, thanks to Harry.
The two walked in the bank and up to the counter where a goblin was seated. "How can I help you?" The goblin asked, while Remus felt Amelia move closer to him.
"I need to make a withdraw." Remus said, wrapping his arm around the little girl holding on to his leg.
"Name?"
"Remus Lupin."
"Do you have your key?"
"Yes," Remus said pulling a small golden key from his pocket with his free hand.
"Griphook!" The goblin said and another appeared instantly, "Show them to their vault."
"This way please." The goblin called Griphook said leading the two out a door. "Vault number?"
"Nine hundred thirty three." Remus said as the three pilled in a empty cart that wait for them. Once all three were in the cart speed off with Remus holding tight to Amelia. The cart speed along through the tunnels turning left, left, right, left, right until it was to hard to keep track of the way any more how far they had gone deeper and deeper under ground.
The cart started to slow and finally stop. Griphook got out first and Remus followed having Amelia remain in the cart, which she seem hesitant to do. Griphook motion to Remus to hand him the key. Remus took it from his pocket once more and handed it to the goblin who's hand was out stretched. Griphook put the key in the lock and turned it. The door open with tons of green smoke billowing out. Once the smoke cleared pills of money were reviled.
Remus filled a bag of money, which he placed in his pocket, before he climbed back into the cart. He wrapped an arm around Amelia as Griphook got back into the cart. And off it speed.
Once back outside Remus pulled out the list and began to read. He got money so all he had left was the book, robes, quill, ink, and floo powder. "How about we go to the book store first so you can pick up a book for you and we can pick up mum's?" Remus asked the little girl who had a hold his hand.
"Okay!" Amelia said as her dad lead her to the book store down the alley.
The two entered the almost empty store. Books where stacked from the floor to the ceiling, all different colors and sizes, some in different languages and some without any words at all. Amelia immediately released her father's hand and took off to look at the books. "How can I help you?" A male's voice asked from behind Remus.
He turned around to see a young man in his mid twenties with dark black hair and dark midnight blue eyes. He was tall and thin with a set of blue robes that matched his eyes. "Yes, I'm looking for The American Wizarding World and It's Many Magical Towns." Remus said reading off the list.
"I'll get that for you, one moment." The young man said turning and walking towards the back.
"Daddy! Can I have this one?" Amelia yelled as she rushed towards her father with a huge book in her hands. She looked tiny next to the large oversized book. She handed the book to her father with some difficulty. He kneeled in front of her taking the books from her.
Remus smiled at her, then read the title of the enormous book. Wizarding and Muggle Fairy Tales for Everyone. The book looked like a lot of money but it looked like he'd get the puppy dog eyes from Amelia if he didn't, plus this would give her a reason to behave this afternoon. "Okay, you can have the book but you have to behave the rest of the afternoon or I'll bring it back." Remus said seriously to his daughter.
"Okay, daddy!" Amelia said throwing her arms around her dad in a hug. Remus hugged her back before he broke away.
"Um, sir, here's the book you wanted." The young man said as he approached the two with a medium sized book in his hands.
"Thank you," Remus said standing up and taking the book.
"Will that be all?"
"Yes," Remus said waking over to the register. The young lady behind the counter rang up the two books quietly. Remus paid her the twenty galleons for the two books and she put them in a large bag. Remus took the bag and made his way out of the shop with Amelia following behind him.
Next the two made there way to a small shop that sold floo powder. The two were in and out in two minutes with another bag. After words the two made there way to the shop down the street that sold quills.
Inside was completely empty except the tiny ancient witch that stood, on a pill of books, behind the counter. She smiled warmly to the two as the bell rang as the door closed behind them. "Hello, can I help you?" She said in a Scottish accent.
"No, thank you," Remus said. He looked through the store and decided on a Fwooper's feather quill of orange for Tonks with black ink and a Fwooper's feather quill of lime green for him plus ink that changes from green to blue when you wrote with it which Amelia picked out. Once the two had paid for the quills and ink they left.
Standing outside Remus pulled the list back out. All that was left was the dress robes from Madam Malkin's. Remus steered the little girl towards the shop just up the cobble stone street. The street was not as crowded now as it had been. It appeared that many people had gone home or where in the shops trying to warm up from the cold November weather. There was a slight wind just enough to blow your cloak away from your ankles making them cold.
Taking Amelia's hand he lead her into Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. A short girl with brown hair pulled up into a ponytail that went down to here shoulders and hard ice blue eyes stood leaning on the counter looking rather bored. She held here self with grace and dignity but didn't seem to care what people thought of the way she acted. Her face was slender with large eyes and full, red painted lips. She was in her early twenties, though she tried to make herself appear older. She wore silver satin robes and crystal blue high heels. The girl looked some what familiar to Remus but he couldn't remember where. She smiled slightly to the two but seem to be think as she looked at Remus. A large smile broke on her face as she walked over. "Professor Lupin?" She asked looking at him.
"Not a Professor any more. Do I know you?" Remus asked a little confused.
"I'm Emma Moon. I was a third year Ravenclaw when you taught at Hogwarts." Emma told Remus the smiling fading slightly as she spoke. It appeared that she didn't like someone to forget her name.
"Oh, yeah, I remember you were the best of your class. You were rather gifted with defense."
"Thank you. And who is this cute little girl?" Emma Moon said kneeling to look at the four year old who hid behind her father.
"I'm sorry, Amelia's a bit shy around strangers, she's my daughter." Remus said wrapping his free arm around his little girl while he hold the day's shopping in the other.
"She's cute," Emma said standing up. "So what do you need today in the way of robes?" Emma asked getting down to business but this may only have been because Madam Malkin came out of the back of the store.
"We need dress robes." Remus said setting the few bags in a chair next to the counter along with his and Amelia's cloaks.
"What color would you like, sir?" Emma asked Remus putting a smile on her face and looking helpful.
"Blue."
"I have the perfect blue for you. It's a dark royal blue." Emma said grabbing a set of robes from the rack. She handed them to Remus who pulled them on deciding he just get this over with.
Remus turned and looked in a mirror. He thought that he looked less pale with these on. Emma was right it was the perfect blue because he didn't look as sick with them on.
"How do you like them?" Emma asked.
"They're okay." Remus said.
"Would you like to try something else?" Emma asked.
"No, I think I'll take these." Remus said think that the Auror Ball was the day after the full moon and he would not want to look sickly to all of his wife's coworkers.
"Let we just hem those for you then." Emma said, still smiling as she began to make the sleeves the correct length. Once she had finished with both sleeves she start on the bottom. It didn't take long before she was done and Remus could take the robes off.
"Will that be all?" Emma asked as she took the robes from Remus and holding them neatly.
"My daughter needs robes, too." Remus said gesturing towards the little four year old sitting in the chair next to the one with the bags.
"What color would you like?" Emma asked Amelia after she placed Remus's robes on the counter.
"Green!" Amelia said jumping out of the chair.
"How about. . . .this one?" Emma said looking through the rack until she found a dark emerald pair of dress robes.
"Pretty!" Amelia yelled.
"Know be still so the nice lady can fix the robes so they fit you!" Remus said sitting in the chair where his daughter had just been sitting.
"Okay!" Amelia said happily standing still. Emma quickly but correctly hemmed the robes to fit the small girl. And in less than two minutes Emma was pulling the robes off Amelia and folding them.
"Was I a good girl, Daddy?" Amelia asked as Emma put the robes in a bag and rang up the total.
"You always are," Remus said smiling at the his little girl.
"Your total is ten galleons." Emma said.
Remus handed her the money and grabbed the bag with the robes and all the other bags out of the chair. He took Amelia's hand with his spare one and lead her out of the store into the cool November weather.
Remus checked his watch and saw that they would have plenty of time to get to St. Mungo's and still drop off the shopping bags at home. So Remus lead the little girl back up the street towards the arch and the Leaky Cauldron.
It was a short walk in the cold wind to the Leaky Cauldron. Once inside the two flooed, with some difficulty, back home dropping off the shoppings. Then the two flooed to St. Mungo's as the grandfather clock in the sitting room struck three.
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