A/N: First off, I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in a while, even though I said I would. I was on vacation until the twentieth, and I had to do a lot of thinks, so I couldn't update. After that, my mom got angry at me for something or other, and took away my computer. So yeah, I'm really terribly sorry that I haven't updated. Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter! Reviews are much appreciated!

Chapter 3: Hello, Goodbye

A few days later found us all packed and ready to go. We had said goodbye to our friends, and promised them that we would send correspondence telling them about our experiences.

Dumbledore had sent us an owl, saying that someone would come and fetch us to take us to the train station ( you know, since we did live in muggle America, and had no way of getting to London) on the 26th of august. So here we were, at my house, waiting for someone from the wizarding world to come and get us.

"Hey, Dobs" Flaffla says to me "are you taking your computer?"

"Oh, yeah, I am. I doubt it will work, but I'm taking it anyways, just in case. Why?" I ask her, and take a yawn. All the excitement had woken me up early, and I was exhausted.

"Just wondering, she says" as she turns around to see where Nariian is, seeing as she hadn't taken part in the conversation.

"Have you seen Nariian? She disappeared" She says to me.

"Emm, no, I hadn't noticed she left. She probably left when we were talking. Let's check the kitchen. I said, as I moved towards our kitchen.

There she was, with the fridge door open, looking for something to eat.

"Dobboo! There's no food!" She complained.

"Yes there is, the fridge is stoked, mum went to the market yesterday!"

"Well, I mean, there's nothing yummy to eat. Well, there is, but I don't want any of this!" She whined "I'm hungry!"

"You're always hungry" I say, as I go look in the cupboard for food. "Do you want cheerios or a honey bun?" I ask her.

"Ahhhh! Honey bun! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" she wails, quite loudly, I might add. Suddenly, my brother bursts into the room, at a run, with a whoopee cushion in his hand. I don't notice him until later though. He sneaks up on me from behind, and next thing I know 'prrftt!' There's a loud farting noise behind me. I shriek and turn around, my heart beating fast.

"Audrey!" I scream at him. "You prat!" he starts to laugh, along with Nariian and Flaff, who had gone to get some cheerios.

"That- that was…" Flaffla wheezed out, in between laughs "Priceless!"

I smile at them. After a while of laughing in the kitchen, we hear a loud pop in the living room, and go see what it's about.

There, standing in the middle of my living room, is none other than the wizard who had come to fetch us, clad from head to toe, in purple robes.

"Hello, I'm Tonks" She says to us. She was of average height, and had vibrant pink hair. The same color as the streaks in mine.

"Mom!" I scream up at her, and she comes walking down the stairs, a proud smile on her face.

"Hello" she says, as she shakes Tonks' hand "Are you the wizard who is taking them to London?" She asks.

"Yes, My name is Tonks, nice to meet you" they continue conversation as Flaffla, Nariian and me go up to get our trunks from my room, where we had left them.

"EEEEEEEEEEPPPP" Flaff shrieks as we come into the room. "Can you believe this? We're going to Hogwarts! To study wizardry! And we're not even wizards!" She goes of in a shrieked rant about how happy she is and then falls with a rather laud thump onto my bed, where she tries to strangle the pillow in her joy.

"I know, Flaff, we know!" I say.

"Debbo! Flaff! Eeeeeeee!" was all Nariian said, as we started happy dancing around the room.

Five minutes later, we were officially ready. We had put our coats on, and I had grabbed my laptop case and an extra bag for some books that I was looking forward to read.

"Okay, lets go" we climbed down the stairs, and into the living room, where my brother, probably to annoy me, gave me a back breaking hug "Audrey!" I scream, unable to breath. He snickers and lets go of me.

"Oh sweety. I'm going to miss you!" My mum says. "Do you have your phone? I know it might not work, but take it just in case, and keep in touch. Send me lots of letters, will you?" She says, on the verge of tears "And honey, I love you."

"I love you too mom" I say, as I give her a hug. After the hug, I move over to my friends, and we look at each other, smirk, and move over to Tonks.

"Well, are we ready to go?" she asks us.

"We're ready" we say together. She puts out her arm, and we apparate out of the living room.

We reappear in an alleyway in London, and come out onto a busy street. Flaffla shrieks.

"OHmygod! British people! A lot of British people! EEEEE!" She goes up to some random guy and says hi to him, just to hear him speak.

"Ahhhh! That's so hot! I talked to a British person!" Tonks looked offended.

"So, what? I'm not considered a British person?" She says, indignantly.

"What? No! That's not What I meant! You're awesome!" Flaffla says.

I laugh.

"She was joking, Flaff. " Says Nariian.

We start walking down the street, looking into the windows of shops. Tonks was going to take us shopping here in muggle London for a while, and then we were gonna go to Diagon Alley to get an account at Gringotts to exchange our money,(Our parents had given us a couple hundred bucks for necessities and such) and then we would buy all the required materials for school.

As we passed by a video game shop, Nariian shrieked.

"Ahhhh! It's Chrono Trigger! EEEEEEE! Can we go in? Please?" Though sixteen, she still had an addiction to video games. Hell, sometimes we acted like we were twelve.

"Sure," says Tonks, looking into the window, and not finding what interested her so much.

"Dobbo, did you bring your Ds, by any chance?" Nariian turns to me and asks.

"I couldn't not bring my Ds in your presence, now could I? I mean, even if it doesn't work at Hogwarts, you were gonna need something to keep you entertained until we get on that train." She beamed at me, and ran into the shop.

After a while, she came out with her game, all happy and content.

We spent about an hour shopping for clothes and stuff, since Tonks said there would be a ball and we would be allowed to visit the village from time to time. Besides, we never turn down clothes, especially not if we get the chance to shop for it at London.

"Okay, I think that's enough shopping" Says Tonks. She was a pretty awesome witch. She was funny and had a great personality.

We all groaned in protest, but she still hauled us off to The Leaky Cauldron to eat some lunch and then go to Diagon Alley, and finish our shopping.

When we got to the place where The Leaky Cauldron was, I was surprised that we had been able to see it, as it was only visible to wizards, but I didn't think further on the subject.

We walked in to the pub and sat down at a table. The place was packed with wizards in their wizardlike robes, all chatting or drinking butterbeer. The bartender, Tom, took our orders, and we chatted intently about this and that.

"So, how are you liking London?" Asks Tonks, as our food is brought to the table.

"Oh, its brilliant!" I say.

"It's awesome!" Says Flaff,

"It's !" Says Nariian.

"I'm sexy" Says Flaffla, and we all laugh at her random comment.

When we finish our food we pay and get up. Tonks leads us to the brick wall in the back of the pub, the entrance to Diagon Alley. She taps the corresponding bricks and the wall slides open, revealing, behind it, the street full of wizards, walking and doing their shopping. There were young wizards admiring the brooms and some older ones carrying cauldrons around, there were wizards eating ice cream, and some meeting up with friends.

We made our way over to the large, towering bank at the end of the street, and, coming in, we were greeted with quite a sight.

The bank was a beautiful place, marble and gold, and the Goblins behind the counter were all well dressed. They were even more marvelous than I had imagined them.

We went up to a desk, and asked to create an account and to have our money exchanged for wizard currency. We gave the goblin our money and he put it into a slot on the desk, receiving three keys in exchange. He then led us to our respective vaults, where our money had been instantly exchanged. We took the amount we though necessary for each of us, and then left to continue our shopping.

First, we went to Flourish and Blotts, where we bough the books needed for our lessons. Since we were all sixteen and didn't start in first year, McGonagall had sent us a list of all the classes, and told us to choose the ones we wanted to take. It didn't matter what house we would get sorted in, the classes would be the same, she had said. We all had to buy a handful of books, for we were taking a lot of the lessons (We wanted a lot of owls).

I was taking Potions, DADA, Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Astronomy, Flying, History of magic, and Herbology.

Nariian was taking Potions, DADA, Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, History of Magic, Flying and Herbology, Basically, all the classes I was taking, except Astronomy.

Flaffla was taking the same Classes as Nariian but she was taking Divination as well.

After getting our books, we went over to Quality Quidditch Supplies, Because we wanted to buy some brooms to try out for the team. We all got Firebolts and then left the store, all happy, because we would lean to fly on brooms.

Next, we went to Eeylops Owl Emporium, In which I bought a beautiful black owl, and Nariian bought a brown one. Flaff bought a cat at Magical Menagerie.

We went to Potages Cauldron shop, Slug and Jiggers Apothecary, Telescope Shop, Madam Malkins, And Gambol and Japes, where we bought some joke products. After getting all of our school supplies and robes, Tonks surprised us by taking us to Ollivanders, to get wands. I didn't understand what the point was, since we weren't wizards, and couldn't do magic, but Tonks insisted, saying that it might come in handy in the future. I was sure she knew something we didn't. All, in all, we didn't really complain. We got to the shop, and got Ollivander get us wands. After much wreckage to the shop, we finally got the right wands ( though I didn't understand why, because again, WE WEREN'T WIZARDS!).

Apparently, Nariian though the same thing.

"How come we actually got wands? I mean, we're not wizards, are we?" She asks us. Flaff shrugged.

"Okay guys! Come on, you're staying at the leaky cauldron motel for today, until we figure out who to leave you with. Term doesn't start for another five days, so I'll be here tomorrow to tell you what we're gonna do" Tonks told us.

We made our way back to the Leaky Cauldron and Tom showed us to a room. The room had three beds, since we wanted to room together. We put oyr bags in the room and Tonks bid us goodbye.

After choosing our beds and such, we went downstairs for dinner. We ate some chicken legs and drank butterbeer. Then we went back up to our room and got ready for bed. As we were laying in our respective beds, Flaffla starts laughing.

"You guys, can you believe this? We're at London! In Diagon Alley no less! This is so exciting! In five days, we'll get to go to Hogwarts, and learn about stuff that most people think is completely fake! Its a once in a lifetime chance! This is so awesome! Oh, and guys, you know what? I'm sexy." Says Flaff.

"Haha, well guys, I think we out to go to sleep, it's been a long day" I say.

"Yeah, you're right. G'night" Said Flaff.

"Yeah, night" Sais Nariian.

"Night" I say, and drift off to sleep.

In the distance I heard the lyrics to Hello, goodbye from somewhere far of, and though how it suited this moment perfectly.

A/N Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I also hope it makes up for the absence, seeing as It's longer than the other two chapters combined. In case you were wondering, the song Hello, Goodbye by the Beatles fits in with her life because its like she's saying goodbye to her old life, and saying hello to the new one that awaits her.