Chapter 8
"Um, that wasn't really the King of the Goblins, right?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah, he's just an old myth, right Sarah? Right?" Ginny said.
"Well…" Sarah said, trying to think of a way to tell them that less than two weeks ago she'd wished her baby brother away to a different kingdom, run a labyrinth, and defeated the Goblin King to bring him back.
"Oh my goodness, is that the time?" Harry said.
Molly looked at the clock on the wall behind the desks of Goblins and realised that the shops would be shutting soon.
"Dears, we can finish talking later. We'll have to hurry if we want to get our things now." She said, walking towards the door of the bank.
"But I still haven't gotten any money out!" Sarah cried, reaching for the small pouch Karen had given her. "Do you think this will be enough?" She asked, holding it open for the others to look into.
"No, that will only get your books. And you need EVERYTHING. A wand, robes, a cauldron, a broom…" Ron began to list every little thing Sarah might possibly need for school that year.
"Thanks Ron." George said.
"We all know what you need for school." Fred said.
"We do go there, idiot." Ginny said, hitting him… again.
They heard a sigh. A single bubble-type object floated towards Sarah.
"So unprepared" said a voice.
It was the Goblin King, but Sarah wasn't about to tell everyone that.
"Who said that?" Harry said, whirling around, looking for the voice.
Everyone except for Sarah and the adults joined in. Sarah reached for what she knew was a crystal, sent by him. The moment her fingertips touched it, it burst and in it's place a bag full of golden coins. It hung in the air for a second, before falling to the ground with a heavy thunk. This caused everyone to stop and look at it.
"Where'd that come from?" Ginny said.
"Maybe it was that bubble thingo." Ron said.
"Thanks captain obvious, I think most of us had worked that out by now." Harry said, poking him in the arm, hard.
"Well, I guess we can go shopping now." Sarah said.
She walked over to Molly, who was still quite close to the exit. She turned to face the others.
"Well, are you coming?" she said.
They laughed and ran towards her.
They hit another snag when they came to their first shop, Ollivander's Wand shop. Sarah and Remus went in, while the others waited out side.
"Ah, welcome Remus, welcome. Haven't seen you in here for a long time." He said. "And who is this? Sarah Williams, am I correct? Ah yes, I knew your mother." Mr Ollivander said.
"I'm sorry, but don't you mean my stepmother?" Sarah replied.
"No, no. Your mother, when she was younger than you were. Michelle Laurence, am I correct?" Sarah froze. Her mother was a witch as well?
"Though, if you're stepmother was a witch, then I probably know her too. What's her name?" He asked.
Sarah cleared her throat. "K… Karen Laing." She said softly.
"Ah yes, now you see? I knew her, she was at Hogwarts too. Started two years after your mother."
"Oh…" was all Sarah could say at first. " So, um, how does this thing work?" She asked.
Ollivander flicked his wrist and a measuring tape flew over to Sarah.
"Hold out the hand you write with." He commanded. She did so, and the tape immediately began to measure her arm from all different angles.
"Let's see, what have we here?" He pulled out a wand. "Iron bark, nine and a half inches, with a touch of desert sand. Give it a wave."
Sarah did so, and the windows began to screech. She immediately put her hands over her ears. Ollivander flicked his wand and it stopped.
"Nope" He said.
Remus stepped outside momentarily.
"Maybe you should go ahead and get our books." He gave them Sarah's smaller bag of coins. "Can you get Sarah's too? We could be awhile…"
And so it continued, until Ollivander pulled out the last two wands.
"Hmmm, let us try these two. Walnut, a string of the hair from a nymph, eight inches." Sarah waved it, wandering what else she could destroy in the shop. The last possible thing that could go wrong, did. Her long brown hair fell out of its tight ponytail.
"Dammit" she said.
"Try this one then." He handed it to her. As she took it from him, the shop immediately began to repair itself. Her buttons returned to the original places on her shirt, the wands put themselves back in the shelves (In the right order) and her hair returned to its former ponytail.
"Well, I think this is the one. Thirteen inches, crystal core, Gob-tree."
"Gob-tree?" Remus asked.
"It is very rare wood indeed, from the Realm of the Goblins." Ollivander.
Sarah rolled her eyes.
"Great, another connection. Thanks Mr Ollivander". She said, handing over some coins.
Sarah and Remus stepped outside the shop.
"Here are your books," Ron said, handing them to her. "I
carried them for you. Would you like me to keep carrying them for
you? They're pretty heavy."
Sarah raised an eyebrow.
"Well, if you're offering…" Fred said.
"You can take ours too." George said. He, Fred, Ginny, Harry and Sarah proceeded to pile their books up in Ron's arms.
"Thanks Ron!" They said in unison, laughing (AN Man they laugh a lot in this story…)
Hermione rolled her eyes and began to walk towards Madame Malkin's robes.
"Come on Sarah, you need to get a uniform." She called over her shoulder.
Molly, Ginny and Sarah followed, because whether or not she is a witch, a girl can never give up the chance to shop. Arthur, Remus, Ron, Fred, George and Harry all groaned and trudged after them, because all boys hate to be with girls when they shop… because they take too long… except for Ron, who stumbled along slowly after them, the pile of books teetering dangerously in his arms.
Inside the shop, not only did they purchase a school uniform, but also a pair of white, pale green and dark blue robes for Sarah, as well as a pair of beautiful embroidered red dress robes for her, just in case.
"Well, I think we're done here, unless you want a pet."
"We're allowed pets?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah, most kinds are accepted. Probably not a dog or something big." Harry said.
"Lead on to the pet shop!" Sarah cried, pointing her finger up to she sky, her other hand on her hip.
Everyone began to back away slowly.
"What?" she said, spreading her hands out in front of her, her shoulders raised. "So I'm a little over the top sometimes…"
They laughed at her
"Come on, let's go" Ginny said, gabbing Sarah's wrist and running towards the pet shop, while Sarah repeated…
"We're going to the pet shop, we're going to the pet shop…" over and over again…
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I don't know what the H is for… Hungry Author's Note?
ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!
HUZZAH FOR CHAPTER 8!!!!!!
And I didn't know what Sarah's mums name was, so I made it Michelle. And her Dad's name is really Robert… so I was kinda close…
I just thought I'd quickly thank my SO FAR reviewers, just because…I can…
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I just noticed that sections, ok? WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!
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But not reviewed… only reviewed like, 17 times… sobs
Actually, I don't get many reviews on my stories… I'll just pretend it's because they're obscure sort of topics… Runs into corner and cries
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Sorry, just wanted to give you guys a bit of a "Hey, thanks a lot"
Lol…
Man, this is a crappy AN
Anyways, this chapter is dedicated to… David Bowie and all of his sexiness… actually, all chapters are dedicated to the super super sexy Goblin King/ 40 year old (WAILS AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS AND SCREAMS "WHY GOD WHY?!?!?!?!?!) David Bowie…
I love you…
Her Royal Highness,
Le Queen of the Nymphs
Hehe, has a nice ring to it, don't ya think?