Right here's the next chapter, the next few may be quicker as I have already written some of them pls pls pls pls pls R+R!
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"Any more breakfast?"
Sarah looked up into the friendly face of Tom the innkeeper. "No thanks Tom, but if you could let me into Diagon Alley, I need to buy my wand" Although Sarah had been staying at the pub for over a week now she had not yet plucked up the courage to explore Diagon Alley, she was still getting used to being part of yet another world, although the inhabitants of this one were at least more hospitable than most of the goblins.
"Don't worry Tom I will show her the way in" Sarah turned to see the beaming face of Hagrid, she had befriended him after he had accidently caught a glimpse of Ludo in her room (she had forgotten to close the door), as it turned out he was fascinated by the creatures of the Underground, and Ludo liked him. She had managed to arrange for her friends to stay in the forbidden forest if they needed to at Hogwarts, which would make staying in contact that bit simpler.
Sarah followed Hagrid out to the back of the inn, there he flourished a bright pink umbrella, tapped a brick which appeared no different from any of the other bricks in the except that once tapped it wiggled and then the wall disappeared showing a winding road full of people in robes and the odd creature.
"Hagrid!" a squeal came from somewhere off to Sarah's left and she was amazed to see a group of flaming redheads, a girl with curly brown hair and a boy with messy black hair run up to Hagrid gleefully.
However they stopped in amazement when they saw Sarah, "Hagrid who is this" asked two of the red heads in unison, "Your new girlfriend perchance? Whatever happened to Madame Maxim" Hagrid muttered something into his beard at this point and glared at the twins,
"No actually...this ere's a new student, 'er names Sarah and she will be joining all of you this year, shes transferred from America"
Having been introduced to the group at large they all clustered around her trying to introduce themselves.
"Hermione"
"Ron"
"Harry"
"Ginny"
"Gred and Forge" at this she found each twin grabbing an arm opposite to where they were standing and shaking it vigorously
Hagrid muttered, "Its Fred and George watch out for any pranks..."
Sarah smiled, "nice to meet all of you, could someone show me where to get my wand please"
The rest of the group stared at her flabbergasted, "You mean you haven't got one" Ron managed to say at last.
"Ron" hissed Hermione, "sorry he didn't mean to be insensitive" this she directed at Sarah,
"No that's fine, actually I only discovered that I was a witch a few weeks ago, my magic matured late and Dumbledore was kind enough to accept me"
"Does that mean you'll need a tutor" Hermione looked excited at the idea of teaching another student
Sarah laughed "no thanks I have been instructed in basic spells and charms as well as potions and I can speak fluent gobbledegook-"
This caused another stir among her new friends, "Gobbledegook, why on earth would you want to learn that" again said by Ron
Sarah looked puzzled (and decided to keep some more aspects of her lessons private until she thought it safe), "I just assumed that everyone learnt Gobbledegook, I suppose it might come in handy, anyway my wand?"
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Sarah had been in the in the wand shop for over an hour now, all but Harry Ron and Hermione had left to meet the rest of the Weasleys, Sarah had an increasing pile of wands in front of her and Mr Ollivander was getting noticeably agitated.
"Every person has the right wand just have to find it" He muttered grabbing boxes at random and discarding just as quickly, "I wish I knew what wand to give her", Sarah stiffened but there was no change in temperature or weather so she relaxed, maybe Jareth was not paying attention. She blinked at the new wand shoved in her face, it was jet black but with tiny flecks of...glitter?
"A rather surprising wand, made from petrified yew tree, one of the more magical trees if I am honest, the core is the feather of a barn owl, not normally a magical creature but the gentleman in question did insist, only two wands such as this were made both commissioned by one man but he never claimed this one saying it already had an owner... Oh well try it, it may work"
Sarah gripped the wand tightly in her left hand just as with all others, but this time she felt a jolt of power flow up her arm. When she waved it a single crystal appeared at the end. Everyone followed the crystals passage around the room with curiosity watching as it floated lazily above all of their heads before flying at Sarah and disappearing when it collided with her stomach.
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Sarah came too and blinked blearily about her, "what happened just then" she asked trying to sit up
"You fainted, the crystal hit you and you turned pale and you dropped to the floor," Hermione bit her lip, "I was really worried"
Sarah looked at her new friend in amazement, it was the first time someone had said those words to her, it was a feeling she liked.
"Don't worry I feel fine" Sarah lied and looked the shop owner "how much do I owe you," as she said this she went for her purse meaning to get out a twenty.
"No need the gentleman who commissioned this wand paid for it upon completion, oh and I would suggest you get some real money"
Sarah looked at the crisp twenty, "why what do you use for money" she asked incredulously as Harry and Hermione grabbed her by a hand and steered her out of the shop.
"I think a visit to Gringotts is in order" said Ron, not looking too happy about the idea for some reason
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Gringotts turned out to be a bank, but Sarah soon learned why Ron was so wary of the Bank, it was run by Goblins, "Be careful they can be tricksy" Hermione hissed,
Sarah nodded in agreement she knew ALL about that.
Approaching the counter they all asked for their respective vaults, Ron mumbled that his mother had probably already picked up his money, when they looked at Sarah she stepped up to the Goblin nervously, he was different to the Underground goblins and seemed completely disinterested in her,
"Excuse me" Sarah asked easily slipping into Gobbledegook; glad that the others already knew about this talent, as she spoke the Goblin looked at her,
"Mistress" he responded "what can I do for you this morning?"
Sarah sighed but it needed to be said "Jareth your lord and master sent me to collect some funds"
The Goblin hastily bowed, as did several others who had heard the discussion, after all it was not often that you got a human who knew the ancient tongue, "As you wish mistress" and bowing and scraping the group were led away to their vaults.
When Sarah's vault was reached she discovered that unlike the other two she had no key, "How do I..."
"No worries mistress, a password was set you only need to say it and the door will open"
Sarah thought, this would have to be one of Jareths sick jokes otherwise he would have already mentioned the fact that she needed a password. "If I was an egotistical goblin king with an affinity for glitter what would I set as my password?"
"Er...oubliette?"
"Jareth is wonderful?"
"Oh Goblin King Goblin King make this vault open for me!"
"Damn you Jareth!" Sarah slammed her fist into the wall in frustration, the others looked on curiously (the whole previous conversation had been in gobbledegook so they had not understood).
"It's just not fair!" Sarah moaned, not realising she had said it before it was out in plain and simple English. But the vault door disappeared in a cloud of smoke revealing a treasure trove.
The walls were stacked with gold bronze and silver coins the floor had several precious gems on it and a corridor leading off to another adjoining room displayed many obviously expensive artefacts.
"Wow, I'll never complain about unfairness again!" Harry and Hermione looked on in wonder; even Harry's vault had not been stacked to this extent.
"Amazing" Harry finally breathed, "You must have some rich relatives!"
"Er, yeah can we go now?" Sarah hurriedly filled a money bag and closed the vault; she did not want to go on about how she had acquired this money.
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