Thanks for your reviews I wasn't quite sure I'd get any. Anyway I thought I'd type up my second chapter because class was cancelled and I had day off work. Hope you like… keep reviewing
Disclaimer: oops I forgot to put it on first chapter but none of these characters or anything belong to me no matter how much I wish they are property of JK Rowling and forever will be.
Chapter 2: Shopping and Fights
Padma read the letter over and over again, letting the words sink in. The letter had been from Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry telling her that she had a place at the school and if she was intending to go, that she needed to send a letter back accepting her place. She then turned to her mum.
"Why did you lie to me when I asked you about the school being called Hogwarts?" she said smiling
"Remember when I told you about Flourish and Blotts at Diagon Alley?" replied her mum
She remembered that day. She was 9 years old and wanted to go and get some books to read because she was getting bored of her old ones. Her mother never told her where any place was because Padma would always go there herself and sending the family into panic. Padma had asked her mum where a bookstore was and promised that she wouldn't go there herself. Her mother gave in and told her that the shop was called Flourish and Blotts and it was in Diagon Alley.
Next day she got up around 7.30am snuck downstairs and went over to the fireplace, through some sparkling powder into the fire and shouted "Flourish and Blotts, Diagon Alley" and she was sucked through the fireplace. As soon as it started she stopped and fell over and crashed into a pile of books. Padma apologised to the store manager and help stack them back up. She went to the nearest shelf and picked up the first book she could, The rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and started to read. She was immersed in the book that she didn't even notice her mum shouting her name. The book was taken from her and her mum dragged her back home. She had a lecture for over an hour, about what could've happened to her, and that it was dangerous to go out like that.
"Yeah I remember and that lecture after" giggled Padma "but I wouldn't have gone to Hogwarts thought"
Her mother raised her eyes sceptically. "Anyway come on we can go to Diagon Alley and get your school things tomorrow ok now up to bed both of you" and both Padma and Parvati went straight to their bedrooms. Padma's room was a mess with books everywhere and her clothes all over the place with pictures of her family here and there. She sat down on her bed and pulled out the box that her nana had given her and picked up the wand. It was an honour to have this and wondered why her mother never received it, and went straight to her, and why hadn't Parvati got it, she was two minutes older than her. She put the wand away and threw herself backwards onto her bad and shut her eyes.
"Come on girls wake up if you want to go to Diagon Alley" shouted Padma's mum.
Padma rushed to bathroom and locked the door. THUD! "Padma let me go first," shouted Parvati.
"No you always go first and spend ages, its my turn" so Padma showered, done up her hair and let the room with Parvati rushing past her, muttering curses.
"When we get to school, first spell I'm going to learn is how to wash your mouth out" and Padma walked down the stairs and picked up some toast.
"Right well I got you school list ready, so come on lets go" said Padma's mum as they all finished breakfast. "Vinnay, are you coming with us?"
"No sorry I've got to go back to work today. I'll see you all later" and with that, Padma's dad apparated to work. He worked at the Ministry of Magic in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes.
"Mum when do you go back to work?" asked Parvati
"When you two start school, well come on then" said Padma's mum. She was a curse breaker at Gringotts the wizarding bank.
"Oh no! I've forgotten to put on my bangles hold on I'll be one minute" and Parvati rushed upstairs.
"Some things never changed" laughed her mum
"Mum I've got something to tell you"
"What is it?" asked her mum
"You don't have to get me a wand"
"And what are you going to use, your quill, don't be daft"
"No mum, nanaji gave me a wand before I left"
Her mums eyes looked surprised. "Really, well that's fantastic, oh Padma" and Padma's mum wrapped her arms around her
"Erm mum, whats wrong?"
"Oh my god, I'm so proud, you'll find out soon dear. So you can have what ever you like when we go ok you name it"
"Er ok" Padma said slightly bewildered.
"Parvati we're going to go"
"Coming" and Parvati came running down the stairs and walked straight past her mum without looking at her.
"Turn around" asked her mum
Parvati turned and Padma saw that she had put on make up "Parvati get that make up off now!" and grudgingly Parvati went back up stairs and took it off and came back.
"Parvati you look beautiful already why do you need that junk?" This was true both Padma and Parvati were both stunning and such a young age, there mum was asked quite often if they had any veela blood in them, but she just laughed.
All of them took a pinch of the sparkling powder and through it into the fire and Shouted "Diagon Alley". When it was Padma she smiled at her mum and shouted "Flourish and Blotts, Diagon Alley" and last saw her mums shocked expression.
"Back again Miss Patel?" said the store manager smiling and he helped her up and walk off. She had been coming here every weekend while her parents were at work. Her mum came in the shop and started laughing but said "Next time Padma there will be trouble, you shouldn't do that."
"Mum can I do the shopping on my own, since I am going to Hogwarts on my own, please" she added imploringly
"Alright but don't wonder off anywhere and meet me in the Leaky Cauldron in two hours then we can do some shopping together" and her mum walked off with Parvati who the went the opposite way of her mum, while her mum was shaking her head.
Padma walked around the shop and bought everything on her book list and then some and sat down to read Hogwarts: A History. Another girl with bushy brown hair was reading the same book. They both had bought it at the same time.
"You going to Hogwarts as well then?" Padma asked
"Yes I am. I was so excited when I got the letter. I didn't even know they had a school like this" answered the girl
"Oh so are you a muggle then"
"Yes I am, my parents are looking at the other books because I wanted to read some of these and they wanted to look around the shop some more"
"Oh right. I'm Padma by the way, Padma Patel"
"Hermione, Hermione Granger"
"Well nice meeting you but I should get going, I'll see you on the train"
"yeah ok then it was nice meeting you, Bye"
Padma walked out the shop and turned to the Apothecary to get some of her potions ingredients. She walked up and down Diagon Alley getting all her school thing and her two hours were almost up. She was rushing up the street, arms full of bags that she bumped into some people and fell over.
"Oh I'm really sorry, here we'll help you" and three boys helped Padma with her belongings and helped her up.
"So your going to Hogwarts aswell then" asked one of the boys eyeing her bags.
"Yeah I am are you aswell?"
"Yeah we have just arrived. We all live in the same area. This is Michael Corner (he pointed the dark boy with braided hair), this is Anthony Goldstein (He turned to a plump little boy with blonde hair) and I'm Terry Boot" he finished she shaked each of their hands.
"I'm Padma Patel"
Padma couldn't quite help noticing how each of them were quite cute but pushed that though out of her head, what would her mother say.
"Well I got to go my mum is waiting for me, I'll see you on train, thanks for helping me" and walked up the street.
She walked into the Leaky Cauldron and turned to see her mum sitting with a woman with blonde hair and her son who also had blonde hair and grey eyes.
"Hello Mrs Malfoy, Hi Draco"
"Hello" replied Mrs Malfoy and turned to speak to her mother. She had never like Padma or Parvati.
"So the party is on this Friday, please come Gayatri, its been so long"
"Yeah sure we'll all come, I'll see you then" and both Draco and Mrs Malfoy walked to the fireplace.
"Mum do I have to go?" Padma moaned
"Yes you do now come on Parvati is waiting for us at Gringotts, I'm guessing you spent all your money" she said eyeing Padma's bags.
"Well come on then, we can go and do some shopping as well, I'll get you an owl if you want"
So they both got up and went to Gringotts. Gayatri saw some of her friends there such as Molly Weasley and her children. They stopped and chatted and found out that her youngest son was also going to Hogwarts. They had a fun day. Padma got a Tawny brown owl and named it Om. Soon they went back to the leaky Cauldron and went home. They went and deposited all there items they had bought in their rooms.
"Girls I want you to get your best dress robes out, for the Malfoy's Party" drifted the voice of her mum. Padma groaned and went to her wardrobe to get her blue and black dress robes.
Padma's mum came up to her room and said " Draco and some of his friends are coming over tomorrow so you can all get to know each other ok"
"Oh mum" but her mum stared at her and Padma winced and said "Yeah sure"
"Good now come on down and eat."
Padma got up the next day and heard a lot of noise coming from downstairs. Parvati ran into the room "come on we're all waiting" and ran back out
Padma got up and got dressed and went to see the room full of people. Draco was there with some of his friends and their parents. "Well we should be going now, bye and behave yourself Draco" said Mrs Malfoy
"Right Kids I'm off behave yourselves and I'll be back in a couple hours to check up on you" and Padma's mum went as well.
"This is a big house" said a boy that looked like a gorilla
"This is Crabbe and Goyle, they are my friends. And this is Nott, he's my dad's friend's son and this is Zabini" said Draco
"I'm Parvati and this is Padma," said Parvati
"Wow look at this" Crabbe picked up a plate and dropped it on the floor
"Hey watch out that's expensive, oh mums guna kill us, next time don't touch anything."
"Hey leave him alone he didn't mean to did you Crabbe" said Draco
Crabbe just looked up and smiled
"Baboon" Parvati muttered under her breath as she was cleaning up the mess
"Hey don't call him a baboon you ugly little beast"
"Don't you dare call my sister a beast" and Padma took out her wand and Draco did the same
"Hey leave her alone come on Draco" said Nott
"I can defend for myself I don't need you to help me" shouted Padma. She really didn't like any of them. "you're all the same pathetic little boys who think they're big and smart." She turned to Draco "you didn't even say hello to me yesterday, you're just a miserable person that's what you are"
"Don't you dare talk to me like that" and Malfoy hit Padma with the first thing he could get hold of.
"Hey that's enough Malfoy calm down. Padma its alright don't be like that" and Nott walked over to Padma and helped her up.
After they all just sat in silence until Padma's mum came back to drop them all off. Nott quickly went over to Padma and said" I'm really sorry please don't hate me, can we be friends?"
Padma looked quite surprised she thought he would be like Draco and his friends but he was nothing like them. "Yeah I'm sorry for shouting at you" and she gave him a quick hug and went upstairs.
They all went to the Malfoy Mansion and Draco turned to Nott "what did you do that for?" he sneered, "you like her don't you" and they all laughed.
Nott turned around to look at them and they all shut up with the look on his face. "I hate her. Shouting at me like that. Who does she think she is? She better watch out for herself."
"What are you going to do?" asked Zabini
"Just wait and watch"