When they arrive at Diagon Alley, Alyssia announced she was hungry

This is the first part of the Diagon Alley trip!!

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When they arrived at Diagon Alley, Alyssia announced she was hungry. Professor Snape acted like he didn't hear her, until he didn't hear her.

"Where did she go?!" Professor Snape yelled, looking around.

Harry pointed at one of the café's. "There she is."

Professor Snape strode over there and confronted her.

"What do you think you are doing?"

Alyssia looked up at him from her chair.

"I hungry, I eat. What do you not understand about that?"

Harry and Draco both forced back a snicker, while Professor Snape looked at her like she was the Sphinx and he had just been given a hard riddle.

"Alright Sky, I am not in the mood to deal with you." Maybe calling her Sky will get her attention. Professor Snape thought sourly.

"Or be social."

Just then the two boy's stomachs behind him gave up growls. Professor Snape sighed and reluctantly sat down at the table, followed by Draco.

Harry, still standing said, "I need to go to Gringotts first."'

Alyssia looked at him and said, "Sit down, I gotcha."

Harry didn't and instead went to leave.

"Harry!"

Harry, surprised at hearing his first name, turned around.

"Sit!"

Harry sighed, thinking he was outnumbered anyway. He was the only Gryffindor there.

They finished eating and Alyssia picked up everybody's tab except Draco's.

"What the bloody hell is this?!" Draco exclaimed, standing up.

Alyssia stood up and announced, "I said I'd get Harry's and he's a professor. Why are you so special?"

Professor Snape looked at her like she was crazy.

"We are leaving. Now." Professor Snape said, looking at Alyssia then Draco.

Professor Snape, not wanting any more arguments, threw down a couple galleons and led the trio away from the café before any more scenes could be made.

Severus, Draco, Harry, and Alyssia walked into Gringotts and up to the counter. Alyssia pulled out a key and placed it on the counter. Draco and Harry hung back a couple of paces and were noticing the goblins behaving very oddly.

The goblins were whispering amongst themselves, straightening up desks, counters, and themselves.

Draco thought 'this is how they behave when father walks in here…why on earth are the bending over like house elves now?'

He noticed none of the goblins were looking at him. He looked over at Harry and saw the same perplexed look on his face.

Harry was noticing the commotion as well, but different thoughts were passing through his head. 'The goblins seem unhappyor unsettled about something.'

Harry looked around and noticed they were all piled around the front counter that Alyssia was in front of. Draco walked up to her.

"I thought you were from America; how do you have a key?"

Alyssia looked over at him. "I was born there but I've been all over the world."

Draco looked almost angry.

"Mind your temper," Professor Snape said, looking at Draco.

"Where all have you been?" Harry asked her.

Alyssia looked over at him and rattled off countries. "I've been to Germany, Italy (I love Italy), Greece (I love Greece, too), France, and England, but mostly to visit my dad's friends."

Harry was stunned.

"My mother does very well, so we get to travel often."

Professor Snape was about to say something when the goblin cleared his throat and handed her a nice looking bag and her key back. "Is there any else I can do for you, Madam?" the goblin croaked.

"Yes, there is."

Alyssia looked over at Harry.

"Do you have your key?

Harry stepped up, not knowing how to react to this girl.

"Yes."

Alyssia stepped over and Harry presented his key to the goblin. The goblin sneered and was about to say some cutting remark.

"Please retrieve…"

Alyssia looked at Harry as if to say 'how much.' Harry took too long for Alyssia's liking and told the goblin, "1,000 Galleons."

The goblin looked apprehensive, but took the key and disappeared. The rest of the goblins stood there like statues.

"Why did it call you Madam?" Draco asked rather snottily.

Alyssia decided to ignore Draco, which infuriated him further. A few moments later another sack, not as fancy as the one presented to Alyssia was placed on the counter. Alyssia grabbed it and handed it to Harry.

"Thank you." Harry said quietly, still feeling apprehensive about her.

Alyssia turned to the Goblin.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." The goblin croaked and then started to walk off.

Draco caught the goblin's attention.

"Why do I always have to go down there?"

The goblin looked up at Draco and said, "There is some power money can't buy," and continued on his way.

"Doesn't everybody get their Galleons that way?" Alyssia asked quizzically.

"No they don't," Draco said getting annoyed. "You usually have to go down there to your vault and retrieve your own money."

"Well you must not be very nice to them, for instance they are not its. They are goblins."

Draco sneered and spouted. "Well they -"

"Besides, acting like you're acting now is not very nice. C'mon, I want to go SHOPPING!" Alyssia said grinning maniacally.

"Draco, do not act out here or I'll take what allowance your father gave you away," Professor Snape said in a forced whisper, getting almost red faced. "Now," Professor Snape said straightening up and composing himself, "Let's go."

Severus, Alyssia, and Harry walked towards the door. Draco couldn't stop thinking about everything that had happened so far. Snape told him to quit lagging and hurry up. Harry kept up pace, but something was, well, not really irking him (he was glad of it, but still, it was odd).

'Draco seems to be more interested in annoying Alyssia than me. I like that, but in the Great Hall, he truly didn't notice me. Now he's almost ignoring me and focusing on her. Maybe Lucius really does like her better and it's annoying him badly.' Harry's inner thoughts were interrupted when Professor Snape started going faster. Alyssia's antics to keep up were very amusing.

"Where are we going, Sev-Sev?" Alyssia asked, bouncing sideways to keep up with Severus' fast pace.

"Will you STOP that!?" Snape said, making his way down the street. Passers-by stopped in their tracks, looking at the strange girl.

"Well, if I'm going to keep up with you, I kind of have to bounce," Alyssia said, going slightly to the left to miss somebody who had stopped in their tracks.

Severus stopped and did a slight head toss to get hair out his face. He just stared at the brat, who was happily smiling at him, which was something that someone hadn't done to him in a while.

Professor Snape sighed and said, "We're going to the apothecary, then the cauldron shop." Before she could interrupt, he continued with, "The cauldron shop is necessary because you need to replace that American one you have."

He continued on his way, moving in a slightly slower speed.

'Blasted girl, how dare Sky dump her on me? The nerve of that man! Still, why wasn't I made first godfather? I was a better friend than Lucius! ' Severus thought as they finally made it to their destination.

The shopkeeper looked up to see who it was.

"Ahh, Severus, back again so soon…I see you brought company. That is very unusual for you."

"Hogwarts business." Severus turned to his students. "You have your list for required materials, I suggest you get started." He turned and went towards some Wolfsbane.

After they got to the counter with all their merchandise, Alyssia looked at Professor Snape.

"I have other things to buy too, how am I going to carry all of this?" Alyssia asked the storekeeper.

The store clerk held up a finger and went to the back. He emerged a few moments later with a very unusual bag. It looked like about 10 different things pieced together.

"This bag is enchanted to hold a multitude of objects," he said while bagging Severus' and Alyssia's purchases and placing them in the bag and handing it to Alyssia.

"On the house," the storekeeper smiled. Alyssia said, "Thank you."

Alyssia looked at Professor Snape and said, "Somebody is a member of the frequent shopper club." Severus ignored the comment and went outside.

Alyssia went to stand by the door, waiting on Harry and Draco.

As the two boys walked towards the door, Alyssia held out her bag. "Would you like to put them in here?"

"Thank you," Harry said as he carefully placed his ordinary bag in the magical one.

Draco went to put his bag in there as well when Alyssia stopped him. "What do we say?"

"What?" Draco looked a little shocked.

"What do we say?" Alyssia asked.

"You expect me…" Draco said in a snide voice.

"I expect you to mind your manners or I will make your time here very difficult," Alyssia said picking the same snide voice from him.

Severus had opened the door to see what was taking so long.

"If you would like to put your things in here so you do not have to carry them you will say the appropriate words."

"I don't need you," he said stubbornly and walked around her, where he bumped into somebody.

Professor Snape looked down at him and said as calmly as he could, "What is taking so long?"

"She is being quite rude."

Alyssia walked over and wedged herself between Severus and Draco. Severus, giving the two a full fledged scowl, took a step back and started to speak but was drowned out by a loud voice.

"YOU are the one being rude! I offered you my bag and you acted like a total brat! I don't know how your parents raised you, but you had better at least act like you have manners and drop the attitude or you WILL be sorry." In a more cheerful way she added "Okie Dokie?!"

"Who are you to speak to me this way?!" Draco demanded, puffing his chest.

"Who are you to be acting this way?" Alyssia demanded.

"I am Draco Malfoy."

"I know your name; I asked 'who are you?'" Alyssia said getting a holier-than-thou-expression on her face.

"What do you mean? I am Draco Malfoy!"

"That does not tell me anything."

"What are you talking about?!"

"I asked who you were, not your name. Now do you know or not?"

Alyssia stood there calmly, waiting for a response, while Draco looked like he was about to burst. Alyssia then turned around to see Severus behind her with Harry trying to see what's going on.

"Excuse me," Alyssia said extra politely, to prove a point.

Severus sighing followed her, along with Harry and a dumbstruck, aggravated Draco.

They went to Quality Quidditch Supplies. Harry and Alyssia stepped in and acted like they were kids in a candy shop. Draco stepped in a looked around. He was starting to feel a little unlike himself.

'Nonsense, why should I let her get to me this way?…Still I've known her a long time and she's never been this mean to me. Still I need to watch it, she's just as Slytherin as I am.'

Alyssia and Harry were looking at different house items. Alyssia looked at a black t-shirt with a giant 'S' in script-style. She found a small and continued looking. By the time she was done, she had bought almost everything that caught her fancy in Slytherin wear.

The store was divided into 5 sections. The different House wear sections and professional team wear. Harry thought about getting Ron something, but decided he needed to apologize to Harry before he got him anything.

Harry had come over to Alyssia with a few Gryffindor items.

"Do you know when tryouts are?" Alyssia asked him.

"Gryffindor's tryout time would be different than Slytherin."

"Yeah it would, wouldn't it?"

Draco came over with nothing.

"Nothing interest you?" Alyssia asked.

Draco looked at her and then looked away at nothing in particular.

Alyssia shrugged her shoulders and Harry went up to the counter.

"Did you find everything to your liking, miss?"

"Yes sir, but I need a specialty item please."

"Yes dear, what is it?"

"I need oil for an antique broom."

"I'm sure our oil is alright."

"It was handmade and an antique. I'd like oil made especially for it."

"Hmmmm, I see your point. I'll order some for you and send it by owl to Hogwarts, ok?"

"Thank you, that will be fine."

"Anything else?"

"Yes I'd like these." Alyssia handed him about 7 pairs of socks, a couple of Quaffles, a few shirts, a skirt in Slytherin plaid, more socks, (these were school and fancy socks), and a official jersey of the Montrose Magpies.

"My, my, my, that's a lot of socks," he said, ringing everything up and bagging them.

"I like socks and I've never found that type of jersey in America," Alyssia said, smiling and bouncing in place.

"I wonder why not? Heheheh, that will be 30 galleons, and 8 sickles, and one knut."

Alyssia quirked a smile at the shopkeeper. "You just had to throw in that knut, huh?" Alyssia paid and placed everything in her special bag.

Harry asked, "What kind of broom do you have?"

"Oakshaft 79, you?"

"Nimbus 2000. I've never heard of an Oakshaft?"

"It's an antique I received for my 10th birthday."

The storekeeper looked up. "Young lady, may I ask who your father is?"

Alyssia turned around. "Sky Garrett."

The shopkeeper raised both eyebrows. "Then the broom you have is the broom that used to be in that case." The shopkeeper pointed to an old empty glass front, velvet lined display case. "That broom has been in that case since this store was opened, many years ago."

"Wow, my dad said it was special."

"You take good care of the broom, Ms. Garrett, and it will take care of you."

"Yes, sir."

"Have a good day."

When they got done at Quality Quidditch Supplies, they went to Eeylops Owl Emporium. Then they went to the stationary shop because Alyssia was a nut about stationary supplies, and she needed some British stationary, found some nice quills (some specialty ones), and the correct ink.

Harry thought Professor Snape was being unusually quiet through this ordeal, but would much rather have that than him being snippy and mean.

They were going to go into Flourish and Blott's, but Alyssia asked them to go ahead and then walked off.

Severus wanted to know why.

Harry pointed out that Draco was at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream parlor. Like the nosy buggers they were, they stood and watched.

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