"The Leaky Cauldron?" Layken asked, cocking her head to the side.
"Yes, The Leaky Cauldron." Snape laughed, holding the door for her.
"Hello professor." Tom called.
"Hello Tom." Snape called as he walked through the pub. "That's Tom. He owns the Leaky Cauldron."
Pushing open the back door, Snape ushered Layken outside and shut the door behind them. Layken looked at her surroundings and found that they were trapped with the bins and no where to go because of the wall in front of them.
"Excuse me professor, but why are we here?" Layken asked.
"Patience, my dear." Snape said as he tapped his wand against the bricks.
Layken jumped back in fright when the wall started to open and Snape had to stifle a laugh. The wall had completely opened and Layken's mouth dropped open in shock.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley, Layken." Snape said.
"Wow." Layken whispered.
"Now, Dumbledore has given me money from your vault for you to buy all of your things from school." Snape said, pulling a money bag from inside his cloak.
"Where first?" Layken asked, in awe of it all.
"First we'll go to Flourish and Blotts, the bookstore." Snape said, guiding her in the right direction.
Layken had always had a love for books since she was young and she could have stayed in the shop all day. Collecting all of her books for the year and paying, they set off for Madam Malkin's.
"You go on in, I've got something I need to get first." Snape said, ushering her in.
Nervously, Layken stepped into the shop, the bell above the door tinkling. At the sound, the woman Layken assumed was Madam Malkin popped her head out from behind a curtain.
"Hogwarts, dear?" Madam Malkin asked.
"Yes." Layken said.
"Come on through sweetheart, I'm already fitting a boy so I'll be with you in a little minute. If you could just stand on the stool for me please." She said.
Layken did as she was asked, standing on the stool.
"Hi." Came the voice of the boy on the opposite stool.
"Hi." Layken returned.
"My name's Draco, what's yours?" He asked.
"Layken." She replied.
"That's a pretty name." Draco said.
"Thanks." Layken said.
"So what house do you think you'll be in? I hope I'm in Slytherin." Draco asked.
"I don't know." Layken said.
"Well anything's better than god awful Hufflepuff." Draco laughed.
It was at this point that Madam Malkin 'accidentally' pricked Draco with a pin.
"Watch where you're putting those pins." Draco said.
"That's you done." Madam Malkin said, taking the robe from Draco as he stepped off the stool.
"Send them to the Manor." Draco drawled. "See you at school, Layken."
Draco left the shop and Madam Malkin rolled her eyes.
"Sorry about that dear." Madam Malkin said as she began to fit Layken for her robes. A few minutes later and the bell above the door tinkled again and Snape passed through the curtain, carrying a box with a sheet over it.
"That's you done dear." Madam Malkin said as Layken hopped off of the stool. "Will you be able to come back in an hour to pick them up?"
"Yes." Snape said.
"Thank you." Layken called as they left the shop.
"Sit down. I have a present for you." He said, pointing to a bench. Walking to the bench, Layken sat patiently. Placing the box he was holding down on the bench beside her, Snape pushed it towards her.
"Open it." He said.
Carefully pulling back the sheet, she found a pet carrier.
"It's a late birthday present." Snape said.
Opening the pet carrier, Layken was shocked to find the most beautiful black cat she had ever seen sleeping soundly.
"Aw, it's so cute." Layken cooed, lifting the cat. It nuzzled its face against her cheek.
"She's a she." Snape laughed.
"Thank you so much." Layken said.
"It was my pleasure." Snape said as Layken placed the cat back into the carrier and closed it.
"I'll hold her while you finish your shopping." Snape said.
They set off to the shops and after half an hour they only had one thing left to get.
"Ollivander's Wand Shop." Snape said, pointing to the shop.
Walking into the shop, Layken felt a warm sensation pass through her.
"Miss Potter?!" The man gasped.
"That's me." Layken said.
"I-I I never thought I would ever see the day." He stuttered.
Layken didn't know what to do so she just smiled at the man she had assumed was Ollivander.
Turning on his heel and heading into the back of the shop, Ollivander appeared a few minutes later with two wand boxes. Taking the first wand from the box, he handed it to Layken who just looked at it.
"10" Vine wood and Unicorn hair." Ollivander said.
Layken waved the wand and immediately regretted it as a strong gust of wind blew half of the boxes of wands off the shelf.
"Another one perhaps." Ollivander said as he took the wand and handed her the other one.
"11 3/4" Cherry and Dragon heart-string."
She gave the wand a wave and this time smashed one of the shop windows.
"Hmm, never mind. Another wand will suit you better." Ollivander said as he took the wand from her.
After a minute of speculation, Ollivander headed into the back of the shop once again and returned with yet another wand.
"13" Ash and Phoenix Feather, try this one." He said as he handed her the wand.
As Layken gave this wand a wave, golden sparks shot from the end of the wand.
"Most peculiar." Ollivander commented.
"Sorry Sir, but what's peculiar?" Layken asked.
"The Phoenix, to which the feather that resides in your wand belongs to, has only ever given two feathers. One is in your wand and the other in Lord Voldemort's." Ollivander said. "I can see that the world will be taken by storm with your arrival and that we can expect a lot from you in the future."
Paying him for her wand, Layken left the shop with happiness but also a sense of dread about what was to come. She knew there was more to her story than what she had been told and she was determined to find out the whole story.