Sirius: After Azkaban

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Chapter 11:

Diagon Alley

Siriussa started walking down the road leading through Diagon Alley. The first thing she saw was a cauldron shop. She walked over to it and peered through the window. It was dark and black, except for the occasional colored cauldron.

People around her were all bustling around, hurrying to get to where they were heading. Siriussa was quite excited and had to walk very slowly to absorb everything around her.

She next noticed a dirty-looking shop, which had a plastic owl right outside of it. Reading the sign above the door, which read Eeylops Owl Emporium, she assumed it was a kind of store selling owls.

Moving on she passed by an all occasion robe shop. 'I have to go there one day.' She thought, 'I'm in dire need of a new robe.'

After looking at a few more shops, Siriussa spotted an ice cream shop called Florean Festescues Ice Cream Parlor, which she could not resist. She went inside it and, after waiting in line for about 5 minutes, ordered a freshly made strawberry smoothie. She then seen a shop called 'Flourish and Blotts', and decided to check it out.

When Siriussa entered, she was greeted by the manager of the store. "May I help you?" he asked, bustling over.

"Oh no, I'm just looking around." she replied.

"Well, if you need any assistance I'll be over here." he said pointedly, gesturing over to the counter in which a register lie on a desk.

"Okay." Siriussa looked around at the books interestedly. She had always been into books as long as she could remember, in fact she got half of her knowledge from them; the other half, apparently, from real-world experience. Her books had also kept her company in times when she had none.

"Uh, sir. Do you have any books on Hogwarts?" Siriussa asked the manager, walking over to him.

"Of course. Right over there." he said, pointing at a shelf of books on the far left of the store. "All the way to the back, six shelves from the top."

"Thanks." she mumbled, walking in the direction in which he pointed.

She went all the way to the back and counted six rows down. There and behold, a whole shelf full of Hogwarts information-filled books. She grabbed a bunch of them out randomly and took them over to the opposite side of the shop, where there were about ten chairs for people to sit on.

She sat down in a chair and started reading. What she mostly was looking for was a location to Hogwarts, and any other additional information that she could pick up that might help her.

It took her about 3 hours or so of searching through at least 7 different books before feeling content with everything she needed to know. She found that Hogwarts is in Scotland, and that there is a village located nearby it, called Hogsmeade. But the downfall of this was that she found that Hogwarts is an apparating-free zone. She just about freaked out when she read this.

She wasn't about to give up though, but decided that there probably wouldn't be anything left to read that would help her anymore, and she wanted to do something productive.

When she put all the books away and headed toward the door, she seen a 'help-wanted' sign. At this she remembered that she needed to get a job, and thought that this would be a great place, for now at least. So she walked up to the manager again.

"Um, sir. I couldn't help noticing the 'help-wanted' sign on the window. And, well - I was just wondering if you could consider me.

While Siriussa spoke, the man kept with the paperwork on the desk, barely noticing her. She was about to turn around and leave when she heard the man's voice, "You got the job."

"What?" she said incredulously. "You don't even know my name or where I'm from, and your going to give me the job?"

Then the manager finally looked up and said, "Look lady, I'm in dire need of some assistance, and no one has come forth. So I really can't wait any longer. So yeah, you got the job. I guess it's your lucky day." With that he went back to shuffling the papers on his desk.

"Well thanks. So um - when can I start?"

"How about right now - go straighten up that bookshelf, uh -"

"Siri - Siri Wetherby."

There was a pause where Siriussa stood there, with what looked like great pride. Then she came crashing down again, "Well, Wetherby, get moving."

"Hi again, miss. How did you like your first time in Diagon Alley?" the pub-guy greeted Siriussa, as she walked into the dark, almost empty pub.

"Oh, it was pretty awesome... say, do you know a place I can stay for a while? You know, like some hotel/motel thing?"

The pub-man grinned a wide grin, showing his yellow teeth with gold caps on some of them. "Of course, miss. I own it meself. Your sitting right below it."

"Really? Well can I stay here? How much?"

"Yes you may. And I'll send you a bill later, but I'll need to know your name." The pub-guy reached under the bar and pulled out a little notebook, a quill, and some ink.

"My name is Siri wetherby." she responded, while the pub-man scribbled away fiercely at the paper.

When he finally stopped writing and put the stuff away he said, "Well, welcome to the Leaky Cauldron Siri. You can call me Tom..." Tom came out from behind the counter, "Follow me to your room."

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---aahh, well everyone, as u know i am speechless. but i have something to say. No one is reviewing, but i am doing this anyway, but it'd be much appriciated if you review... i am trying to keep my temper down, so no caps for me. bye, and love