Disclaimer: Everything belong to J.K Rowling, Warner Brothers ect ect.. Except Ally-May Green!
The next few weeks went by very uneventfully, nothing extremely interesting had really happened according to Ally.
There had been disappearances thanks to some guy called 'Lord Voldemort.' Whenever Harry called him that the whole Weasley family would flinch and scowl and him, telling Harry not to call himthat, so everyone was left to call him"You-Know-Who' or 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.' She found it ridiculous that people were actually scared of a name. Harry had told Ally all about him and why people where so scared. Ally suggested shooting himbut everyone just gave her and weird look, so she just left the situation alone.
A week before school was to start back up Mr and Mrs Weasley decided to go out to Diagon Alley to pick up school gear for Ginny, Ron and Harry, since Ally and Hermione already brought theirs at the start of the summer.
Bill, Fleurs future husband and another one in the Weasley clan, handed Harry a full bag of money or 'gallons' explaining it was from his vault after Ron started asking in a childish manner "Where's mine?"
"'E is always so thoughtful" Fleur purred in her deep French accent, causing Ginny to fake vomit into her cereal behind Fleur. Harry and Ally both choked on their cornflakes.
The group got into special 'Ministry cars.' "Its good dad got us these again" Ron said.
"Don't get used to it, it's only because Harry's here" Replied Mr Weasley.
That was another thing Ally didn't understand, everybody treated Harry like royalty or something when she just thought he had extremely bad luck. An evil wizard kills both his parents in order to kill him but fails so now everyone following 'You-Know-Who', which apparently there were quite a few, wants to kill him. Could it really get any worse for Harry? So what if a stupid killing curse didn't kill him, he was only a toddler, he didn't even know what was happening.
"Here you are then" A voice snapped Ally out of her thoughts.
The car had stopped outside some old looking pub. Waiting outside the inn was a gigantic, black-bearded man wearing a long beaverskin coat, beaming at the sight of Harry's face, oblivious to the startled stares of passing Muggles.
"Harry!" He boomed, sweeping Harry in to a bone-crushing hug. While Harry greeted the man, struggling to breathe, Ally sent a questioning look towards Hermione.
"Rebeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper. He's half giant but very friendly" She explained.
"Lets get goin' then-after yeh Molly, Arthur" Hagrid boomed again. Everyone walked inside the place named 'The Leaky Cauldron' which was completely deserted besides from a wizened, toothless man behind the counter that Ally guessed to be the owner.
He looked up hopefully as they entered, but before he could speak Hagrid said importantly, "Jus' passin' though today Tom, sure yeh understand. Hogwarts business yeh know" Tom nodded gloomily while the others wandered though the bar and out into a chilly little court yard in the back were the dustbins stood.
Hagrid raised his strange little pink umbrella a tapped a complicated pattern on the bricks.
Ally gave him a strange look but didn't question him. The brick opened at once to form an archway onto a winding cobbled street. They stepped though the entrance and paused, looking around.
Diagon Alley had changed alot since the last time Ally and Hermione cam last time which was only a few short weeks before. It had looked dead then but now it somehow looked even more rundown. A number of shabby-looking stalls had sprung up along the street. The nearest one, which had been erected outside Flourish and Blotts under a stripped, stained awning, had a cardboard sign pinned to its front:
Amulets; Effective Against Werewolves, Dementors and Inferi.
A seedy-looking wizard was rattling armfuls of silver on chains at passerby.
"One for your little girl, madam?" he called to Mrs Weasley, leering at Ginny "Protect her pretty neck"
"If I were on duty..." Mr Weasley muttered, glaring at the amulet seller. Ally had a sudden urge to roll her eyes but stopped herself just in time.
"I think we'd better do Madam Malkins first, Hermione wants a new dress robe and Ron's showing much too much ankle in his school robes, and you must need to robes too Harry, you've grown so much-come on everyone!" Mrs Weasley said nervously.
This time Ally did roll her eyes. While Mr Weasley explained that it would be easier if Ally, Harry, Ron and Hermione went to Madam Malkins with Hagrid while they got everyones school books. After Mrs Weasley's worrying fit, all four of them entered the little shop together while Hagrid waited outside.
It first appeared empty until they heard a voice coming from behind somewhere behind a rack of dress robes.
"...not a child in case you haven't noticed Mother. I am perfectly capable of doing my shopping alone"
The other three gave each other a knowing look while Ally kept her eyes on the owner of the voice. A teenage boy around their age with white blond hair appeared from the rack wearing a very flattering suit. He strode to the mirror and examined himself; it was a few moments before he noticed Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ally. A smirk took over his face.
"If you're wondering what the smell is Mother, a Mudblood just walked in" His gaze locked onto Ally's, his grey eyes widened slightly before Harry and Ron stepped on front of the two girls.
I don't think there's need for language like that!" Said an older looking women holding a tape measure and a wand. "And I don't want wands drawn in my shop either" She added hastily when Ally realized Harry and Ron had their wands out.
Ally whispered quietly to Hermione "Who's that?"
"Draco Malfoy, Slytherin king and son of a Death Eater"
A slight argument broke out between the teenage boys but Ally payed no attention, next thing she knew an older women who looked like a female version on Draco Malfoy strolled out.
"Put those away" She said coldly, giving a disgusted look and Harry and Ron's wands "If you attack my son again, I shall ensure that it is the last thing you ever do"
Harry made a snide comment about Death Eaters, causing another argument until Draco's voice broke through Ally's empty thoughts. "Don't you dare talk to mother like that Potter!"
"He defends his mother, cute" Ally sneered, realizing a second too late that she had said that comment out loud instead of in her head. Everyone turns and looks at her, confused, she simply flips her hair over her shoulder and crosses her arms across chest, determined not to look weak.
"It's alright Draco" Mrs Malfoy restrained Draco after looking Ally up and down with a look Ally couldn't figure out. "I expect Potter will be reunited with dear Sirius before I am reunited with Lucius." Ally didn't understand the comment but turned on her heels and left the room, again surprising everyone in the room.
Hagrid showed Ally how to use the Floo network in a nearby shop and she was flooed back to the Weasley household, giving Fleur and Bill a quick wave hello before running upstairs and locking herself in her shared room
The first day going to Hogwarts, Ally and Hermione arrived at the school a few hours earlier so Ally could get shown around and settled. Ally was told that the Hogwarts castle was beautiful but the feeling she got in her stomach when she first caught sight of it made her feel warm and fuzzy inside. Hermione had insisted that they took the boats across the lake for the proper first year experience.
Hermione spent an hour showing Ally around the area and were most of her classes would be before dragging her to the Headmasters office to get sorted into her new house, Hermione was more excited then Ally was. "Don't worry" Hermione told Ally as they walked up the spiral staircase to the office "I'm sure you'll be in Gryffindor!"
Ally gave the brunette a weak smile, hoping that she wasn't to be sorted into Gryffindor. Sure they were nice but they were just too nice, and boring. Ally enjoyed a good bitch every once in a while, and they also were so serious. Ally enjoyed having fun and making most of her teenage years instead of worrying about the future and that stupid Lord Voldemort.
When they got to the office Ally showed Professor Dumbledore the skills in each class subject, showing off slightly and impressing the old wizard who told Hermione that she had 'stiff competition' to which Hermione gave a very forced smile. Ally smirked to herself, glad she could knock Hermione down a few notches, considering she learnt five years of lessons in a few months.
Dumbledore finally, and reluctantly, told Ally to sit on a small, three legged chair, placing an old hat upon her head. When he paced it on her head a voice startled her, talking to her like an old friend.
"Ahhh, well" the voice said clearly "Its nice to finally meet you! You wouldn't believe how long I've waited to read your mind." Ally look at Dumbledore and Hermione, maybe they could explain what the stupid hat meant "No, only you can hear me, plus, I'm quite wise thank-you very much. This will be the highlight of my day won't it just, almost more interesting then when I was place on a Mr Harry Potters head..."
There was silence for another few second, the hat probably trying to make the situation more dramatic then it really needed to be. Finally the hat spoke, surprising the entire room with its answer;
"SLYTHERIN!'