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Shopping in Diagon Alley
They reached the Leaky Cauldron fireplace in the twinkling of an eye.
"Hey, Hagrid!" A man called him from beyond the bar.
"Hey!" he answered back.
"Something to drink?" the man asked.
"No thanks. Hogwarts business today. Just getting school things for this young'un. Lilian Gr - Smith, that's her name." All of a sudden he seemed very nervous.
The barman looked suspiciously at Hagrid. He usually said nothing about where the little boys of girls came from. Then he looked at the girl.
"Well, she looks hmmm- familiar, can't quite place her."
"Oh, come on!" a lady, an old witch, who was probably his wife interrupted him "It's the red hair that does it. You know too many of those damn Weasleys, what with their mischief making and then some..."
"Yeah, you're right! Especially them two, the twins-" he went again beyond the bar muttering something about how many Weasleys there were on earth.
Hagrid walked up to a wall, peering at it intently. Lilian looked at him, curious, wondering aloud precisely what he was doing. Finally he tapped particular brick with his wand, and an arch formed before them, complete with a street behind them. The buildings looked as though they shouldn't be staying up, and all around there was a busy street scene, like something out of Victorian England. 'Pops' could be heard as people appeared out of nowhere.
"First of all we have to go to the Gringott's. The Wizards' Bank. We'll have to change this strange money your mum gave us into proper Galleons."
She followed him looking all around with her mouth wide open. They entered the hall filled with strange short people. Goblins. Lilian moved closer to Hagrid. They arrived in front of a goblin sat on a tall chair.
Hagrid cleared his throat. The goblin looked at the half giant.
"Miss Smith has to change some muggle money into Galleons." He said pulling out the cash.
"Well, dollars. Let me see how much is the exchange-"
The goblin picked up a big book with lot of pictures of all the currency of the world. They were each screaming their exchange rate in their own language, but the goblin seemed to understand them quite easily.
"Very well!" he said when he found the dollars "Here you are!" he said putting a pile of Galleons in front of Hagrid.
"Thanks". With that, he turned and left.
"Thank you very much!" Lilian said politely while she was running after Hagrid.
The goblin, beyond them, grinned. 'For a moment I thought she was one of Bill Weasley's relatives' thought the goblin.
"OK, Lilian, now ya need a wand, an' there's only one place for that. Ollivander." So saying, Hagrid walked away, while Lilian, eating her twelfth chocolate frog lagged a little behind, gazing up at the buildings around her.
"Hey! How many Chocolate Frog is this girl eatin'? I have to keep an eye on her, she looks too much like her father!' he thought.
"A wand? Cool!" she almost yelled.
Hagrid smiled and pulled her in a small shop. He sat in same chair he was sitting when he was with Harry. The shop seemed empty, but it wasn't. Somebody was studying the girl.
"Oooooh!" said a voice from beyond a shelf "Another one - quite a few I've sold to that family. You'd think their youngest son was trying to keep me in business by himself. What was his name? R..".
Hagrid coughed noisily "She is not a Weasley, Mr. Ollivander, sir. Her name is Lilian Smith and she needs a wand!"
"Sure she needs a wand! But I was certainly she was one of that red-haired brood and I never usually make a mistake!" Ollivander looked intently at Hagrid, but he was just looking at his shoes.
"Well, anyway, let me see- try this one. Black laughing willow and Phoenix Feather. 10 inches. Very flexible." He said giving the wand to Lilian.
She took the wand. "What should I do?" she asked puzzled.
"Wave it, of course!" he said as it was the most obvious thing in the world!
She waved it up and down, but nothing happened.
"No, no, no!" he said shaking his head "Try this one! Tail of unicorn hair and oak. 12 inches and half!"
When she touched the wand that Mr. Ollivander handed her a glowing light and a strong wind surrounded her.
"Very well! Very well!" said Mr. Ollivander clapping his hands.
"Mr. Ollivander yer' gettin' faster everyday!" Hagrid said with a big smile. He was happy to leave the shop, Mr. Ollivander was very smart, much too smart and very sensitive. If he went on to ask questions about Lilian he would have found the truth.
"Some customers are easier to match than others. Especially when one is familiar with their families."
"Here's the money!" said Hagrid.
"Thank you Hagrid! Well, I hope you'll feel comfortable at Hogwarts!" he said to Lilian.
She smiled "Don't worry! Hogwarts must be the best place on earth!"
"Lets go now! We still have lots of thin' ter do!" and so saying, Hagrid and Lilian left the shop.
They went into some strange shops and bought everything she needed (a telescope, a cauldron, a Hogwarts robes-). Hagrid also promised that Lilian could choose her own pet, from the big pet shop. As she walked in she could see it was filled with some unusual and multi-coloured animals you wouldn't normally see. In one corner were some cats, and she picked up a little black one, with long, soft hair, and bright green eyes.
"I think I'm going to call you Kirara."
It was about 12.30 a.m. when they came back to the Leaky Cauldron for something to eat. They sat at a big table and ordered two big plates of roast and potatoes and some pumpkin juice. She had never tried it and she thought it was delicious! So sweet and so refreshing!
Lilian was listening to some conversations. Two men were trying to count all the Weasleys, a group of girls was talking about a certain handsome and charming Harry Potter and two old ladies were saying that who-must-not-be-named was more evil then Draco Malfoy.
"Hagrid" Lilian whispered.
"Yeah?" he said with his mouth full of potatoes.
"Who are the Weasleys?"
Hagrid was going to spit out all the potatoes.
"Cough- well- cough- they are a family of wizards! They're a good and friendly bunch - I knew most of them at Hogwarts - taught some of them. Loads of kids-"
"Why do some people think that I'm a Weasley?" she asked.
"Well, coz ye have red hair like them, that's all!" He wasn't looking at her.
"Are they all red-haired?"
"Yes, the same color as you!"
"Oh! Well, maybe my father had red hair too-" she muttered.
"Well, this coul' be righ'! But I dunno! Anyway, yer transfiguration teacher's one of 'em. Ron, good lad he is too. An' then there's two other Weasley boys in the school."
"Hmmm-! And who's Harry Potter?"
"He's the most well-known wizard in the world, now! Oh, an' he's yer Defence Against Dark Arts teacher!" He smiled. He loved talk about Harry.
"And why he is so famous?" she asked very intently.
"Ya know ya look like yer mother when ya ask so many questions! He's famous coz he's defeated Who-Must-Not-Be-Named fer several times. An' while he's around Hogwarts Who-Must-Not-Be-Named won't come back again!". He was talking with a dreamily look.
"Who is Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?" she asked very exciting."He's a wizard, an evil powerful wizard! When Harry was only 1 year old he defeated him fer the firs' time, an' then every year he spent in Hogwarts he defeated him again an' again, with his two best friends Ron Weasley an'- hem-, a girl. But she's died!". He looked intently at his shoes.
"What was her name?"
He was getting nervous, very nervous!
"Hem- can't remember!". He looked at his watch "Oh, gosh! It's so late Lilian! Ya'd better go home! Here's the Floo Powder, go into the fireplace an' say very clearly 'Smith's house'! OK?"
He looked relieved when he saw the time, like he'd said something he shouldn't have, and couldn't wait to get rid of her.
Lilian nodded sadly. She wasn't very happy about going back home: she wanted to know something more about the wizards' world, her world. Hagrid smiled at her and pulled her into the fireplace.
"I'll see ya the 1st of September, remember Platform 9 and 3 quarters, at King Cross Station!" he said caressing her hair.
"Can't wait to come to Hogwarts! I'll miss you Hagrid! Bye!" she said.
"Bye, Lilian an' give my love to yer mum!" he was looking at her with tears in his eyes. He hated goodbyes.
"Smith's house!" she yelled in the fireplace throwing the floo powder. Then she disappeared in a green flame.