Chapter 2

Diagon Alley

That Harry guy really did call in the next 2 days. He said he was happy to have some other family besides the Dursleys. I was happy too. He seemed like such a nice and interesting person. I could hardly wait to meet him in real life. That Dumbledore man also contacted us. Before Harry called, he told me not to ask Harry about why he's famous yet. He said that Harry would tell me at a different time. It was weird, but I followed his instructions.

On Friday, we headed to this place called 'Diagon Alley' in London. We got in alright by following some wizards through the gate that opened when you tapped some bricks with your wand. It was the coolest thing I ever saw. But that wasn't the last of it.

I entered Diagon Alley and immediately, my eyes lit up. It was so cool! There were actually broomsticks in the windows and people were wearing robes and pointy hats. It looked like my fantasies. It was just what I had imagined.

"Wow!" Mum exclaimed. We looked around and I sighed. This was so great.

"We need to get wizard money," my mother said, "I think we need to go to the wizard bank and exchange ours for wizard money,"

"Okay!" I followed my mother to this giant white building. It said 'Gringotts' on it. It must have been the name of the bank, I thought.

Mum and I headed inside and we went up to one of the desks. To my surprise, there weren't humans behind there. There were goblins. They freaked me out a lot. Mum on the other hand was calm. She explained our situation and after about and hour and a half we walked out with money and had an account all set up there.

"At least that's done," I sighed.

"Finally," Mum sighed.

"Now what do we need?" I looked down at the list. There was way too much on there! It was scary. We would have to spend all day at Diagon Alley.

"A lot," I groaned.

"Well then, let's get to work!"

Mum and I spent the entire day at Diagon Alley. It was awesome! I just found out that we have the cutest uniforms on earth! They may be black, but they are so cute! I cannot believe we get to wear them. We have ties and skirts and sweaters and…everything! I couldn't wait to start Hogwarts by the time the day was done. The only problem was that there were so many textbooks. And we have to learn the whole thing in a year? It's crazy! I was so gonna practice when I got home.

At the end of our shopping trip, I looked at the list. It said that pets were allowed. I looked at the store in front of us. It was this weird pet store thing. And in it, I saw owls.

"Mum, can I get an owl?" I asked.

"Whatever for, dear?" Mum asked.

"They make great mail carriers," a voice said. We turned around to see a plump red haired woman smiling at us.

"Really?" I asked.

"Indeed they do. I can't believe you didn't know that!" she exclaimed.

"Well, I'm muggle born, so of course I wouldn't know," I told her.

"Oh," The woman smiled, "is there anything else I can help you with? School books or anything? I take it that you're enrolled at Hogwarts?"

"Yes, I am"

"Well, my children go there," she said then called, "Ron, come over here! I want you to meet some very nice people!"

"Coming!" a voice called. It was the voice of a red-haired 15 year old guy.

"Hey mum," he said casually.

"Ron, these are," she paused, "what are your names?"

"This is Karina and I'm Tina, Tina Rookworth,"

"Well, this is Ron and I'm Molly, Molly Weasley,"

"Pleased to meet you," Soon I found my mum and Mrs. Weasley talking a lot. I looked up at Ron.

"So what year are you in? Fourth year at least, right? Not Gryffindor, seeing as we've never met," Ron asked.

"Actually, this is my 1st," Ron gaped at me.

"You have got to be joking. I mean, you're so tall. Almost as tall as me,"

"No I'm only 11," I said.

"Bloody hell," he said.

"Sorry?"

"My saying," he muttered. I laughed.

"One weird saying,"

"Hey!"