Okay, a short chapter but I didn't want to write a lot because the next chapter is Hogwarts! It should be up soon, I've already started it:)
- Chapter Two -
Lily Evans
Rohenna's conformation letter arrived only days later. It was Professor Dumbledore who had replied, assuring her that as she had nowhere else to go and with there being a war on, she could take refuge at Hogwarts itself until term started. She'd eagerly accepted.
"Ready miss?" Maisy asked, holding out an arm.
"Are you sure you know where we're going?" Rohenna checked for the tenth time, ending up the opposite side of the country didn't sound particularly fun with death eaters about.
"Of course! Maisy's a house elf, see?" she reassured like that made it obvious. But nevertheless Rohenna bravely reached out and grasped Maisy's outstretched arm, pop. And Rohenna left the only place she'd felt so caged in at.
Upon landing Rohenna took several moments to regain her balance, she'd lost sight of Maisy but wasn't surprised with the amount of witches and wizards rushing around her! Where was she? It sure didn't look like Hogwarts... Then from behind her a group of young wizards barged past her, knocking her back into a wall. No sooner has she hit it it began to tremble, and as Rohenna turned the bricks parted to form a tidy arch. More witches and wizards filed through, again pushing past Rohenna like she wasn't there. Everyone had somewhere to be, and everyone was determined to get there quickly.
"Maisy?" she called feebly, briefly attracting the attention of a nearby group of wizards but they soon lost interest and continued their loud summer catch ups. She then spotted a familiar colour of pink struggling a few feet away.
"Where are we?" Rohenna asked Maisy as the tiny house elf elbowed her way towards her.
"Diagon Alley," Maisy nodded. "Maisy hears that you'll find all your stuff here." She finished, clearly pleased with herself, Rohenna smiled down at her nervously. She'd better be right.
As they walked down the narrow street Rohenna let her eyes drift from one shop to another, the amount of magic and excitement was almost overwhelming. Shop doors chimed with the constant stream of customers, all desperately trying to weave through the crowds.
"Madam Malkin's," Maisy announced as she stopped in front a particularly old looking building, this one appeared almost empty in comparison to the heaving bookstore next door. "For your robes." She quickly added. The morning continued in a similar fashion; and with each successful buy Maisy become increasingly smug. Her rants about what she'd found out become longer and more painful to listen to. And as the list slowly became shorter the amount of bags shared between them multiplied, though Maisy insisted they needed it all.
"Sorry!" Rohenna stuttered, recovering from a collision she'd just had with another girl. She looked up to see a harassed looking red-head turn and guiltily look up at her.
"It was my fault! Sorry," she rushed out, just as another girl ploughed into the back of her. Rohenna awkwardly stepped away; a group of nearby witches smirked at the crash.
"Watch where you're going! A whole day I've followed you freaks!" the second girl, with dull brown hair, exclaimed. Maisy stepped back uncertainly, muttering under her breath:
"Not all wizards are good. Maisy knows of many bad wizards..."
"Tuney..." the red-head murmured.
"Don't call me that." The girl, Tuney? spat.
"What's going on girls?" an older woman asked, cutting her way through the witches towards Rohenna and the two other girls. The first girl shifted her weight uncomfortably and the second looked stonily ahead.
"Nothing, I just walked into..." the red-head trailed off, looked curiously at Rohenna who supplied her name. Then, as though being interrupted from a thought, the brown haired girl tutted and marched off. The red-head looked down and her mother sighed before following suit. There was a brief pause then:
"Lily!" a male voice called from somewhere behind them, and as the red-head looked up Rohenna mumbled an excuse and walked a few yards away with a nervously quiet Maisy.
"Is that us done?" Rohenna asked, in response Maisy nodded and held out her arm. Rohenna glanced back at Lily, a young wizard around their age smoothly rested an arm on her shoulders, but she shook him off and walked away purposefully. He stood still, watching her force space between them and Rohenna couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Then two other wizards joined him, one elbowing him before jumping into an excited conversation. Together, they all joined the crowds as Rohenna Disapparated away from the chaos.
That's it, see you at Hogwarts;)