A/N: A little end of school year present for the one of two people who actually read my stories! Well, talk about MAJOR brain fart! I didn't get any ideas whatsoever until yesterday. Plus, I've been kind of distracted. I just got GoF for my birthday, and I couldn't finish reading it through. I just can't get past three words on page 638. Three words! Three! Of course, that was when Cedric dies, but… it sucks. Anyway, I haven't got any reviews and I'm kind of feeling lonely. Review and I'll give you a big virtual bear-hug! Please!
BTW: I skipped a lot for the sake of keeping the plot going. It's now near the end of July. I just had to get to the actual story, I was so excited! Yay!
And now, after the longest author's note eeevvveeerrrr…
Chapter 4: Diagon Alley
"I'll let you two loose, you know this place better than I do." Mom said as she pointed to Lila and then flicked her wrist in the direction of the many streets of Diagon Alley, telling us to roam free.
"Come on! I'll show you the twins' place!" Lila said excitedly. She ran through the throngs of people crowding the cobblestone streets. Finally, we ended up in a small alley. Lila dragged me into a small building near the alley's opening.
"Fabian! Gideon!"
"You rang?" Two voices called simultaneously from the top steps. Two boys, obviously identical twins, slid down opposite banisters and landed on either side of us.
"Lila!"
"Liah, this is Fabian Prewett—"
"No, this is Gideon Prewett," the twin Lila pointed to said. "And this—" he pointed to the other, "—is Fabian Prewett."
"Don't listen to them. That's Fabian and that's Gideon. Both of you, this is Liah Farrah."
"Hi, Liah Farrah!" The twins chorused.
"Hi, guys," I said shyly.
"Don't be shy—" Fabian said.
"—we don't bite—" Gideon continued.
"—normally."
"…"
"Come on! We'll show you around!"
Fabian grabbed my left arm and Giaeon took my right. They pulled me out of their small building, sporting cheeky smiles and a mischevious twinkle in their eyes.
"Hey! That's my job!" Lila yelled.
"Now it's ours. What do you say, Gideon? Fortescue's place—"
"—Which Broomstick—"
"—Magical Menagerie, of course—"
"—what else?"
"Flourish and Blotts, of course. The bookstore," Lila said from behind the twins.
"Nah, that's useless." Fabian said, waving a hand dismissively.
"But we need to get our books!"
"Ugh, you sound like Molly," Gideon made a face. "'We need our schoolbooks! Mum told us to shop for supplies! You don't need any of that Quidditch rubbish yet! If you eat too much ice cream, you'll rot your teeth, mark my words!'" He said in a high pitched voice, obviously imitating 'Molly'. "Ah, here we are. Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. Best ice cream this side of Jupiter."
"What about the other side?" Fabian said.
Gideon thought about it.
"That too."
Gideon was right. It was really good ice cream. Next, they dragged me to the Quidditch store. I didn't really play Quidditch back home; I was more into soccer.
"Soccer? What's soccer?" Fabian asked when I told them.
"You Brits call it football. It might take a while to explain, but I wasn't bad at it." I said, demonstrating my favorite tricks with a Quaffle, which turned out to be a lot easier than I expected.
"You know, you'd make a good chaser. In the air or not, those kicks would help. You should join your house's team!" Gideon said. "We were Gryffindor's beaters."
"Cool!"
Next, I was taken to the Magical Menagerie. Fabian, who had a pocketful (or two) of galleons, bought me a really pretty snowy owl.
Finally, Lila managed to drag the twins into Flourish and Blotts. She may have said she needed to buy school books, but I knew her ulterior motives. She kept looking around anxiously and blushing furiously when I asked what she was doing.
"Lila…"
She snapped out of her trance immediately.
"What?"
"Are you looking for someone?"
"No…"
"Who is it…"
"No one!"
"Who is it…?"
"…Remus…"
"Awwwwww!"
"Stuff it, Fabian," Lila mumbled through her hands, trying to hide her bright red face.
"But you're almost our kid sister! This is cute!"
"You too, Gideon. Stuff it or I'll call Molly."
That shut the twins up for a while.
But a while later…
"Still looking for Remus?"
"FABIAN!"
"Merlin, girl. Calm down."
"Not until you shut that black hole you call a mouth."
"I'm offended."
"You should be."
Lila spun around on her heel and walked over to the door.
"Good Lord. Touchy, isn't she?"
A/N: Wasn't very good, I know, but bear with me! Next chapter, the Hogwarts Express!
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