Chapter Five

A few days later, Fleur woke everyone up. "Come, come, we're going to Diagon Alley. Grab your letters, and grab some Floo Powder, then to the fire" Fleur was theadult in the house bossing them around since the attck.Harry sighed. "Great, Floo Powder again." Mel grabbed her letter and put it in her pocket, tripped over a chair, and fell on her butt on the ground. She hopped up to Ginny and Hermione's giggling. "I'm good!" she mumbled,laughing. Grabbing a handful of Floo Powder, everyone crowded around the fire.

"Tuck you're elbows in and keep your eys shut, and wait 'till you see Ron and Hermione" Fleur insructed. "And Harry, you might want to take off you're glasses".Taking in a deep breath, Ron walked up to the fire in the fire place, threw in the Floo Powder, and walked in. "Diagon Alley!" he called, and disappeared. Hermione went next, then Harry, Mel, Ginny, and finally Fleur. Fred and George were going to apparate.

Brushing dust and soot off her clothes, Hermione helped Ginny up and looked around. "Ugh, still not used to it. Oh no." she mumbled and pointed at the Minister of Magic hurrying toward them. "Harry! Where are the Weasley's? Tonks? Moody?" he asked, looking around. Mel pushed past the minister and headed towards Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

Fred and George opened the door for her and she looked around. "Wow, this place is much better than Zonkos!" Mel whispered, looking at thePygmy Puffs. "How cute!"

Fred smiled at her and went into the back room as Harry, Ron and Hermione came bursting through the door, followed by Ginny. "Think we lost him?" Hermione asked, ignoring Mel's questioning looks. Ron looked out the windows and nodded.

"Left him with Fleur, have you?" George asked, looking out the window and seeing Fleur's bored looks as the minister was telling her something she obviously didn't care about. Harry nodded and looked towards the back room. "Go ahead"George mumbled. Mel was looking at the love potions. "Do these things actually work?" she asked, holding up a pink, heart shaped bottle.

Ron turned red.Harry explained what had happened last year when Ron had eatenhalf a box of chocolate cauldronsthat had been filled with love potion from Ramilda Vane. Mel was giggling with Hermione and Ginny. Ron turned as red as his hair and slipped into the back room.

Mel put the potion up and turned to Hermione and Ginny. "Yougot a Pygmy Puff?" she asked randomly. Ginny walked overto themand picked apurple one similar to Arnold.Hermione just shook her head. "I have a cat though. His name's Crookshanks. Ron claimed he tried to eat his old rat, Scabbers. You know, beforewe found out who itreally was" Mel nodded and picked upa pink Pygmy Puff.

She bought it and headed to Florish and Blotts with Hermione and Ginny, while Ron and Harry stayedwith Fred and George.They looked down at their lists and headed for their books. Coming back 20 minutes later, they payed and left. "Madam Malkins then, eh?" Ginny asked, and after a few hours, everyone was ready to leave. Fleur, thankful to end her boring conversation withthe minister, bid farewell and left first.

Packing up their trunks, thinking only a few days until they returned, they were still going to miss summer vacation.