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Mission Wizards
Chapter #2: Diagon Alley
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The Leaky Cauldron was used to seeing some odd customers. It is after all the building separating London from Diagon Alley. But everyone would agree that despite the hags, half bloods and werewolves, the school children were the worst. Especially in the last week before September…
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Richard Grayson would never admit it, but for the first time in his life he had no idea what he was supposed to do. All his life he had made an effort to be the best, to know everything. Even when he fought Slade as Robin the boy wonder he always knew that he would foil Slade's plans in the end. But now…standing in Diagon Alley, he was completely out of place.
"So boy wonder," Raven said from behind him, "Where to first?" When they had arrived at the Leaky Cauldron with a man named Hagrid, they had decided that it would be best to stay in groups and avoid attention at all cost. Beast Boy and Terra, under the alias of Garfield Logan and Terra Strong had gone in the morning to get their school supplies so that they could have a free afternoon. Cyborg and Starfire, now known as Victor Stone and Kori Anders had left an hour later. Amazingly enough, the spell that Dumbledore had mentioned worked perfectly on Cyborg and Beast Boy, (leaving BB's hair green) and made Starfire's orange skin look like a very nice tan.
Robin had decided to use his real name, Richard (Dic) Grayson so that the boys at Hogwarts would know not to mess with his sister. Raven used her mother's last name, Roth, for her surname. Even though Malchior (Now known as Malchior Dragan) bugged him about it, Dic discarded his mask to wear a pair of very dark sunglasses. No matter what school it was, or who the headmaster was, he felt better if his identity was still a secret. Violet had taken it upon herself to point out that as he was using his real name it wouldn't really matter who saw his eyes.
"I think that we should go to Grinott's first," Violet stated, pointing to the large building at the end of the street, "and then we can make our way back to the Leaky Cauldron." Dic and Raven nodded and they headed off for the wizards bank.
Meanwhile…
Back at the Leaky Cauldron, two brothers where just rolling out of bed. Well one was rolling out of bed; the other was already fully awake and reading. Malchior gazed sleepily at his brother from the floor, "After 1000 years of being trapped in a book; we finally have a chance to stretch our legs, and all you can do is read?" "And after 1000 years all you can do is sleep?" Rorek answered without looking up.
"Well put."
Dragging himself upright, Malchior slipped into a pair of jeans, a white short-sleeved shirt with the words 'bad twin' on it, and (naturally) his black scarf. Rorek was wearing the same, only with a plain shirt. "And I was thinking it was a bad idea to let R- uh…Dic and Raven buy our clothes. Ready to go?" Rorek looked up at Malchior and plugged his nose, "After you brush your teeth, you can meet me downstairs." He closed his book, grabbed his scarf from the bed, and went out the door. Malchior stood there for a moment, "What's wrong with my breath?" He breathed on his hand and sniffed. He made a face then fell backwards on the floor.
And meanwhile elsewhere…
Terra and Gar, having finished their shopping and gotten there wands from the; as Gar had put, totally freaky Ollivander guy; were just sitting down for some ice cream. "So," Gar said, returning to the table with 2 ice creams in hand, "What do you think of this whole Hogwarts thing?" Terra shrugged, "I donno, I mean, it sounds cool and all, learning magic and pretty much getting a year off too. But…I don't really like having to hide my powers. I mean, no one's said it yet, but I'm pretty sure that we wont be aloud to use our powers during school." Gar stopped with his spoon halfway to his mouth, "No morphing? I'm goanna talk to Robin about this."
They sat in silence for a few minutes, enjoying each other's company. "Hey Terra." She looked up, "Ya?" "You know what tomorrow is right?" Terra shook her head, "No." Gar smiled, "I just remembered, tomorrow is the one year anniversary of you re-joining the Teen Titans after Raven got you out of the rock." He smiled even wider, "And it also marks the day of us going out for a whole year. I've got to get you a present!"
Terra smiled, "You don't have to get me a present Gar. You've already given me everything I've ever wanted." Gar looked puzzled, "A stuffed chicken and some chocolates?" She shook her head laughing, "No silly, love and a place where I can call home." "Oh," Gar said, "But I think I'll get you something anyways." He looked at his letter, "Says we're aloud to bring a pet, which do you want? Owl, cat or toad?" "Well," She said, "I've already got the toad. He's sitting right in front of me." She laughed at his face.
Meanwhile yet again, somewhere else…
At Flourish and Blotts, a tall, tanned, red haired girl, and a very big African boy stood together looking for their books. "Hey Kori," the boy said, "I'm going to go look for some extra reading books. When you find The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5, could you get one for me too?" "I'd be happy to Vic." He waved and headed of to look at some history and engineering books.
Running her hand along the book covers, Kori scanned the title for the book she was searching for. "Here you are," She said and grabbed to copies. She turned quickly and bumped into a short nervous looking boy, "Oh I'm sorry." He said, "I-I really didn't mean too-" She put up a hand, "It is forgiven. I should not have turned around to quickly." She held out her hand, "My name is Kori Anders. What's yours?" She bit her tongue to stop the flow of questions in her brain.
"Neville Longbottom," He shook her hand, "It's nice to meet you." She smiled, "Would you like to be my friend?" "Sure." "Hey Kori, make a new friend?" Neville spun around to see a VERY big boy standing behind him. "Oh yes. This is Neville Longbottom. Friend Neville, this is my friend Vic Stone." Vic shook Neville's hand, "Nice to meet you my little man." "N-nice to meet you too." "Kori and I done our school shopping, do you want to go for an ice cream Neville?" Neville nodded, though he just might have been shaking a bit to hard, "What school do you go to?" "We are transfers for the school of Hogwarts." Kori said happily, "Come, let us go eat the cream made from ice." She grabbed Neville's hand and left Vic to pay for the books.
Meanwhile (Ok this is getting really old)…
After a few long and hectic cart rides, Raven, Dic and Violet emerged from Gringotts. To Dic's surprise, he learned that Raven's mother had been a very wealthy full-blood witch, and Raven had inherited her entire families fortune. He had also learned that his mother, who he had always known was a witch, had also been very wealthy. After a few stops at various stores, they made their way to Ollivander's wands.
Opening the door for the girls, Dic felt as if he had walked into a different world, the room was unnaturally quiet, despite the busy street outside. Raven made her way to the counter, "Hello?" "Why Miss. Roth. I thought you might have gone to a different store. It's a bit late to get your first wand," An ancient looking man walked around a heap pf rectangular boxes, "Tell me, how is your mother? Seems like only yesterday she was in here with her parents buying her first wand." Raven didn't flinch, "My mother died when I was born Ollivander. I moved to America and the school I went to didn't need a wand. But it seems that all Hogwarts students need one." "I'm sorry to hear about your mother dear. She was such a nice girl, very good at Transfiguration as well." He walked to the stack of boxes and grabbed the top one, "Try this one."
Opening the box, she took out a small wand and flicked it, instantly about 100 boxes fell off the counter. Ollivander grabbed the wand, "Apparently not." He dived under another pile and picked up another box, "This one now." She grabbed it and a flower vase on the counter shattered. She put the wand down, "May I make a suggestion?" "Of course you may." She walked around the counter and then took out a small box at the top of a dusty pile, "I think this one's it." She took out the wand and gave it a flick pointing it at Dic, instantly his head began to expand, stopping only when his head resembled a balloon. "Perhaps," began Ollivander, "You should try a different-" "No," Said Raven, "I like this one. After all, it really did make Dic look how he should."
Violet poked her brother's head and then collapsed onto the floor laughing, "Nice." Ollivander turned to her after reducing Dic's head size and collecting a few galleons from Raven, "And you young miss? I'd snap my own wand and live as a muggle if you weren't from the Beauxbatons area." She nodded, "Yup. I already have a wand, and a fine one it is." Ollivander nodded, "May I see it?" Violet took out a slender 10-inch wand from a pocket on her belt.
"Curious, most curious. If I am not mistaken, this wand is made from half of a phoenix feather as well as a piece of dragon heartstring. I was not aware that it was possible." Violet smiled, "Neither did the man who sold it to me, he knew only that this wand wanted me and gave it to me free of charge."
He handed the wand back to her carefully, "Most curious, I will make a note to look into this. Now you boy," He said turning to Dic, "Try this wand, 10-inches, willow and dragon heartstring." Dic flicked the wand like Raven did and a box from a shelf near him flew out and hit him on the forehead. "Well, I suppose not," He picked up the fallen box, "Try this one." Dic took it out and felt a warm soft felling rise from the wand into his entire body. "Excellent boy! 12-inches, willow and phoenix feather." Dic handed Ollivander the Galleons and they walked outside.
Meanwhile (I quit!)…
Rorek and Malchior, having finally left the leaky Cauldron were making their way to buy their school supplies, but first they were taking a detour down Knockturn alley. "See the thing you've got to know about living on the edge," Malchior said, grabbing the moneybag of a rich unsuspecting wizard, "is to act cool no matter where you are." He pointed a little ways ahead, "like that boy there who just got kicked out of that shop, notice how he calmly takes the beating and then curses the owner as he returns inside."
"But I thought that striking a man unprepared is an act of cowards!" Rorek said slightly shocked, "Perhaps," Malchior said, "But it also feels good and gets your business finished." "You talk as if you've had experience." Rorek eyed his brother, "Have you?"
"Dear brother, you wrongly accuse me of being a scoundrel!"
"Wrongly?"
"All right then, rightly."
Rorek shook his head, "You're unbelievable." Malchior just smiled, "Thank you." As they turned a corner, they saw two boys near their age having an argument, "Goyle! If you're too stupid to follow simple orders you're too stupid to follow me around! Now get lost! Let's see if you can at least follow THOSE orders!" The large, ape-looking boy ran away from the other boy, looking bewildered.
Malchior walked over to the shorter, blond boy and reached out his hand, "So hard to find good help these days is it not?" The boy shook his hand, "True. My name is Draco Malfoy. What's yours?" "Dragan, Malchior Dragan." He motioned to Rorek who was coming towards them, "That's my brother Rorek. Just ignore him he's an idiot." "You're the idiot dear brother. A black mark on our otherwise perfect family tree."
Draco looked at them both, "Are you two pure bloods?" They nodded in unison, "As pure as they come, since before Salazar Slytherin's time, our family was quite friendly with him, or so I've been told." Malchior nodded his head, not revealing that he had spoken to Salazar Slytherin himself when he was younger. "Really?" Draco said, "Well I'm on my way to Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. Care to join me?" The twins nodded and standing on either side of him, walked towards Diagon Alley."
(As 'meanwhile' has quit, I will now say, at another place at the same time…)
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and his sister Ginny Weasley walked down Diagon Alley. Enjoying the last few days before they had to return to Hogwarts. "So," Said Ron, "Who's up for visiting the broom shop-" "Hermione cut him off, "You always want to go there, lets go to Flourish and Blotts-" "Not there again Hermione!" Ginny said, "We always end up going there!" "How about an ice cream?" Harry asked quietly. Everyone looked at him for a moment, "All right." Hermione said at last. "Good call mate," Ron added. "I'm ok with it, "Ginny concluded.
A few minutes later they stood on the patio, melting ice creams in hand, and looking for some seats. A little ways away, they saw Neville Longbottom sitting with a very attractive red head and a big African boy who was laughing his head off at something Neville had just said. "At least Neville has some place to sit," Ron said grumpily, "I mean look at those two, they aren't even having ice cream, just sitting together!" He motioned towards a green haired boy sitting across from a pretty blond girl; a small barn owl was sleeping in a cage next to her. "Oh please Ron, can't you see that they're on a date?" Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Hey! Do you four need a table?" Harry turned to see three kids their age standing up from a table. One had messy jet-black hair, much like Harry's own. He wore a black vest over a long sleeved white shirt and jeans. The two girls next to him both had purple hair; the shorter one had very long hair and was wearing a jean skirt and purple T-shirt. The other had much shorter hair, and even at a distance Harry could tell that her eyes where purple. She wore a long black skirt and a black T-shirt.
Ron ran over to them, "Thanks mate." "Don't mention it." The black haired boy said, "We're only here to help." The short haired girl locked eyes with Harry for a moment before following her friends away. Even as he fell asleep that night, Harry would remember look in those shaded eyes. A look that said to be careful, that trouble was coming. It was cold yet comforting at the same time. With a last shudder, Harry fell into a deep sleep. Little did he know that this was just the beginning…
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