"Gilderoy Lockhart," Abigail said.

Her hand motioned to a table that was in the front of a long line. I managed to get a better glimpse of him over the heads of the other witches standing in line. I noticed that he was surrounded by several pictures of himself, showing his glowing white teeth. Lockhart was wearing a very soft shade of blue that matched his eyes. He had a pointed hat set at a merry slant atop his wavy hair.

I was caught off guard by all the chaos. I figured that Lockhart was some famous celebrity. I had never been to any major book signing, or anything remotely to it. I came to the conclusion that it would be best to not attend another major event unless it was truly worth it.

I could hear someone shouting at the women 'calmly, please, ladies…don't push, there….mind the books, now'. Another little wizard was running around and taking pictures of Lockhart. For the first time I noticed the person that the small wizard forced Ron Weasley out of the way. I also caught a brief glimpse of Harry Potter standing beside Ron, his best friend.

"It can't be Harry Potter," Gilderoy Lockhart said in astonishment.

Harry was pulled out of the crowd and forced to stand next to Lockhart. I just sighed, Harry was famous, and there was nothing I could do about it. I turned and walked out of the line and made my way towards a large stack of books. Abigail followed behind me. I glanced at the book on top of the pile; it had a large picture of Gilderoy Lockhart on it.

"Marina," I heard someone call out my name. "I'm so glade I found you here."

I glanced up to see Cissy. She smiled and walked towards me. Abigail followed behind me reluctantly. Cissy and I gave each other a long hug, and smiled at each other.

"How have you been?" I asked.

"I've been fine," Cissy responded. "How has the orphanage been treating you?"

"Well," I wasn't sure how to respond. "It's been an experience. Erm, I don't want to talk about it."

"That's fine," Cissy responded. She glanced over my shoulder at Abigail. "Um Marina, can I talk to you alone for a minute?"

"Sure," I said. I turned around to face Abigail", do you mind. I'll catch up with you later."

"That's all right," Abigail responded. "I'll see you at school."

Cissy waited until Abigail left before she began talking. "What are you doing being friends with a Wineheart?"

"Wineheart?" I asked. "What do you mean?"

"That's Abigail Wineheart," Cissy responded", her entire family have been in Slitherin for centuries."

"Does that matter?" I asked.

"Trust me it does," Cissy responded glancing around. "See, her family has done a lot of things in the past. A lot of things, there is no guarantee that she won't follow in their footsteps."

"She seemed nice to me," I said shrugging my shoulders. "Oh well, oh is it okay if I stay with you until school starts up again?"

"Great," Cissy responded excitedly", you get to see my room. I'll just have to ask my mom first, but I'm sure she won't have any problems with it."

After a long wait to pay for the school books, Cissy and I made our way through Diagon Alley. Cissy briefly explained about mudbloods. We stepped into Madame Malkin's to get better robes. I got done first and stepped outside of the shop. I told Cissy that I would go out to buy some candy for us to snack on.

I made my way through the busy street trying to avoid bumping into people. I turned to glance behind me, but continued to move forward. The next thing I knew I was falling backwards. I glanced up to see the woman I had bumped into. She was short and had red hair. She turned to glance at me. I stood up and quickly apologized.

"That's all right dear," she said dusting me off. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine," I responded.

"What is your name dear?" She asked thoughtfully.

"Marina," I responded holding my hand out. "Marina Goldfield," I added without thinking.

"Oh," she responded." I'm Molly Weasley," she said shaking my hand.

I could tell that my name had caught another person off guard. I hated how my last name would cause people to hate me. What I hated more was that I had no idea why anyone hated my last name. I sighed and decided to leave.

"Well, I've got to go," I said", nice meeting you."

"Nice meeting you dear," she said.

I walked around her and made my way into a nearby candy shop. I bought some random candies that either looked tasty or were just appealing. I rushed back towards Madame Milkin's shop to see if Cissy was done.

Later, we tried to find our other friends, but didn't have any luck. We decided that we would see them at Hogwart's soon enough. I followed Cissy and her parents out of Diagon Alley and through the Leaky Cauldron. Cissy's parents had a small house in London. I put my bags in the back of their car and they dove off. I could hardly wait to see Cissy's house. I closed my eyes and fantasized what it would look like.