Chapter 3
"Miss. Evans, my name is Albus Dumbledore. I'm the Headmaster at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I know that somebody from the Ministry was supposed to come, but they could not spare anyone at the moment. As you know, I am here to help you get the hang of the Wizarding World. I will explain some of the laws, after we get back from shopping for your school supplies. I also need to teach you how to get onto the train and into Diagon Alley because we have good strong spells on them, so that the non-magical population can't find them." Dumbledore said cheerfully
"Mr. Dumbledore….. What is Diagon Alley?" Lily asked carefully.
"Ah, yes. It is a street full of Wizarding shops."
Lily's mother entered the room.
"Lily? Who is this man" her mother asked.
"I'm Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. I'm here to accompany you to Diagon Alley to fetch Ms. Evans school supplies, and help her to better understand the Wizarding World." Dumbledore answered, extending this hand.
"Ah, I see," said Lily's mother, shaking the Headmaster's hand," I am Miranda, and I shall be ready in a minute."
True to her word, Lily's mother was ready to leave one minute later, and together the three of them walked around London, Dumbledore munching on Lemon Drops the whole way, until he stopped outside a shabby looking pub, and they entered.
"Hello Tom! I'm just passing today." Dumbledore said pleasantly to the barman, who looked slightly dejected as he put away the cup he had taken out when Dumbledore had entered the pub.
Dumbledore led Lily and Miranda to the back of the pub, where they were surrounded by brick walls. Dumbledore took out his wand and merrily tapped a couple bricks on the wall. The bricks started to squirm and move to form an archway the led to a long street filled with many people. Dumbledore led them to a white and gold building at the end of the street that said Gringots, Wizarding Bank on it in bold letters.
"We need to exchange some of your money into our money." Dumbledore said.
"Of course!" Miranda said, reaching for some money, from her purse.
Soon, they had a number of strange looking coins.
"The gold ones are Galleons, the silver ones, sickles, and the bronze are knuts," Dumbledore explained.
So, their new money in hand, the trio walked down Diagon Alley and stopped in front of Ollivanders wand shop. (I can't remember what Lily's wand is so I'm going to make one up.) Slowly they walked into the shop. It seemed to be empty.
"Hello?" Lily called nervously, looking around the musty shop.
"Hello, may I ask what your name is?" a quiet voice came from the back of the shop.
"Ah, Ollivander! This is Miss Evans." Dumbledore said loudly.
"Evans, I see, witch arm is your wand arm?"
"Um…. Right?" Lily said slowly.
Ollivander then took out a tape measure and started measuring her arms, legs, and even her nostrils. Finally, it stopped, and the wand maker started rummaging through many of the boxes.
"Right then, this is Dragon heartstring, 13 inches, Willow, give it a wave."
Lily took the wand in her hand and was about to wave it but Ollivander snatched it from her hand at once.
"No, not this one." He said," Perhaps this. Phoenix tail feather, 12 inches, willow."
Lily took it, and felt warmth spread all over her fingers, and she circled it around, bringing sparks flying everywhere.
"Well done!" everyone cheered, and Lily felt herself glow with pride.
So Lily paid seven galleons for her new wand and walked out of the store, cradling it in her arms. Next, they went to Madame Malkins, where she got her school robes. Then, there was the store with all the strange animals, in which she picked a beautiful tawny owl. After visiting almost every shop, they headed back home.
There Dumbledore explained how Lily was not to use magic outside of school, or inform anyone that she was a witch. Lily was also given a train ticket for platform 9 3/4. After explaining that in order to get to platform 9 3/4 you had to the run into the wall between platforms 9 and 10, Dumbledore bid them farewell.
"Goodbye Mr. Dumbledore and thank you." Lily and Miranda said in unison.
"It was my pleasure." Dumbledore said, a twinkle in his eye, and suddenly, with a loud pop, he was gone.