I'm going to be in the mountains on Thursday…hopefully writing will occur there. And playing with the large black dog from down the hill. Regretfully, it's not Sirius. I'm a little sad about that.
With Emmy on the mend, it was time to revisit the school supplies list she had received a few days prior. There were many books and things she would need. The one thing she was most excited about was getting her new wand from Ollivander's wand shop. She was more excited for school than she had been for anything else.
"When are we going?" Emmy asked for what seemed like the thousandth time.
Remus smiled. "We'll go today. Mrs. Weasley is going to take Fred and George today as well. We're going to meet them at Madam Malkin's."
She couldn't sit still the rest of the day until they finally apperated into London and this time, Emmy wasn't sick.
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Emmy soon realized just how wonderful Diagon Alley was. The secret entrance from London into the Leaky Cauldron mesmerized her. Tom the bartender had given her a free glass of lemonade in honor of her first visit.
They walked to Madam Malkin's and started looking at robes. Emmy looked at the new, jet black robes, contemplating them. She moved over to the second hand rack and found some reasonably nice robes. They were just worn enough to make them comfortable without looking too bad. She knew she had many other supplies to buy so she didn't mind if her robes were second hand. Fred and George arrived with some of Bill and Charlie's old robes which they were getting hemmed. Remus and Emmy waited on Mrs. Weasley and the twins. Once they were finished, they all decided Flourish and Blotts was the next stop.
Flourish and Blotts was relatively crowded with witches and wizards who were purchasing books of all sorts. There were many people Emmy's age and she supposed they were also buying school books. Just like her robes, all of Emmy's books were used. She wasn't stupid. She knew Remus Lupin was not rich. She knew he was indeed, quite poor but if she had to be honest, she loved him and didn't want him to have to pay for new and very expensive school supplies. They walked to Ollivanders where Emmy spent over half an hour waving wands around until Ollivander was certain it was the right one.
"The wand chooses the wizard, you know, Miss Patterson." He said with a wink.
Emmy finally found the perfect wand: Twelve inches, oak and unicorn hair. It felt right. The balance was perfect and it performed well.
They stopped at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour where Emmy, Fred and George all got huge ice creams made with fudge and caramel. Remus had disappeared, leaving Molly with the three children who were laughing at one of the twin's jokes.
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"Where's Remus?" Asked Emmy after a while.
It was then that she saw him outside, a small smile on his face. In one hand he held a cage. In that cage was possible the cutest barred owl Emmy had ever seen. She handed her ice cream to Fred who finished it off without a second thought and ran outside to admire the beautiful creature.
"I know it's a little late, but happy birthday." He said, handing her the cage.
"She's beautiful! Thank you!" She hugged him.
She carried Sophie the barn owl down the street, admiring her beautiful feathers and large amber eyes.
"She's going to be a busy one." Emmy said looking at the bird.
"And why's that?" Lupin said, happy to see Emmy liked her present.
"Well I'm going to write home every week." She stated as if it were obvious fact.
Lupin smiled to himself. Maybe she would accept him after all.