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Nico POV
That guy was too talkative! I'm Nico, by the way. You see, contrary to common belief I am not emo, I just don't like people! Anyways, you probably want to know about the hotel room, right? Well it was a room, with 3 twin beds a couch and cracked plaster walls.
"You guys want to go to Die Dragon Alley now?" Percy asked. Thalia and I rolled our eyes.
"Kelp head, it's Diagon Alley!" Thalia yelled at him.
"Oh yeeaah Pinecone Face."
"Well, if we're going, can we go, this room is too brown, it should be black." I told Thalia.
"You think everything should be black Death Breath, and let's go." We downstairs and asked Tom to open up Diagon Alley. He went outside and tapped a random brick. Gee, I wonder what that was supposed to do. Just then the brick wall opened up into an archway, and beyond the archway were hundreds of people milling around. Uh, I see what that was supposed to do.
"Coooooool!" Percy yelled and ran into the archway. Thalia ran after him and I ran after her. When he finally stopped, we were in front of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream parlor.
"Awesome, Percy, you found ice cream!" I yelled as I ran in with Percy at my heels. We all ordered ice cream, and left looking for the bookstore. Yeah, I said bookstore. Apparently, we need to get books. We went to Flourish and Blotts, and bought course books. Then we bought cauldrons, and then we headed to the robe shop.
Seriously, who wears robes anymore! These wizards have got to get with the times. Some strict looking old lady grabbed Percy and put him on a pedestal and started pinning up black cloth, while me and Thalia were laughing our butts off. Soon he was finished and the old lady grabbed ME and put me on the pedestal. That old lady better be happy I didn't summon some undead warriors to kill her. Then it was Thalia's turn, I hope she doesn't shock her.
"Good, good, all finished. 6 sickles please." Thalia gave the lady her money. Chiron gave it to her, not me, her when we left. When did he start trusting her more than me! Finally it was time for the sticks, ummm, wands. We went to Olivander's and Percy went first, again! It took forever, until he brought out a wand, and said, "Cedar and mermaid's hair, 12 ¾ inches, slightly springy" when Percy took it, the entire room was in a bathed in a beautiful blue-green light and It smelled like the ocean, *gag*.
"That's your wand, young lady please come up." Awww man, I was last again! It took Thalia even more time than Percy. By the end of it, Percy and I were cowering behind a table. Every time she waved her wand something exploded. Once, it almost hit Percy's Achilles ' heel. So yeah, and finally Olivander brought out a wand and said, "Aspen, phoenix feather, 15 inches, unyielding." When Thalia waved it, everything she broke fixed together. Great, now it's my turn.
The old guy took some measurements, and went into his shelves and brought out a billion wands. Nothing ever happened until he brought out a wand, more my style. It was pure black with a stone, most likely obsidian at the base. It was wonderfully carved, and Olivander said, "Blackthorn, strip of a dementor's robe, 13 inches, Unyielding." When I waved it, it went cold and the shadows in the room were more pronounced.
"Well that'll be 9 galleons!" he said too cheerfully. Thalia paid and we all went to the leaky cauldron to eat. All the way Percy and I were arguing about whose wand was cooler.
"My wand is cedar!"
"My wand is longer!"
"My wand has a mermaid's hair!"
"MY wand is unyielding!"
"My wand is-"
"SHUT UP!" Thalia yelled. We got to our room and Thalia ordered room service. After we ate, we checked out our stuff.
"Clarisse will kill us if she gets a picture of us in this," Percy moaned as he held up his robes after we finished, we went to sleep. For the very first time I had a dreamless sleep.
I woke up to Percy and Thalia yelling, "WAKE UP!" and a bucket of icy cold water in the face. I cursed for a minute, before I realized we had to get to King's Cross Station! Hog's Wart's here we come!