A Trip to Diagon Alley
To sara253xxx- Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for your review, it's my first story and I'm really nervous. I promise to keep updating as soon as I can.
Disclaimer: J. owns Harry potter and his world. I seek to only toy with her characters.
Kitty tentatively took a step forward, towards the man. She stuck out a small white hand, and said politely, "Hi, I'm Kitty, it's very nice to meet you, sir."
"Oh Kitty, you don't have to be all that polite in front of me, and please call me Remus," said Lupin as he lifted Kitty onto his knee. "How would you like to go shopping for your books and robes with me?"he asked. "Oh you don't have to go, if you don't want to, I understand if you want to go with Harry and the rest," he added.
"No, I would love to go with you, Remus," said Kitty and jumped up at the very prospect.
"Very well then," said Remus as he took her hand and apparated, to Diagon Alley. He smiled at Kitty's astonished face as she looked around at all the shops.
"Come on, we go to Gringotts first," said Remus to Kitty who was gazing openmouthed, at a nearby shop which was selling pets of all kinds: large tawny, snowy owls, cats (both ginger ones and grey ones), vampire bats, toads, rats and turtles. "Come on, we'll come back here later."
They walked along the sidewalk and reached a snowy white building and entered through its bronze doors. Kitty gasped as she saw strange, long fingered little creatures, all sitting on high stools, weighing gold coins, and examining walnut-sized gems through eyeglasses. "So these are goblins," said Kitty after a long pause. Remus nodded wisely.
They withdrew money from Harry and Kitty's vault, some of which Remus gave her to keep. Next they went to Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. While Madam Malkin measured her up and got her some robes to try, Remus disappeared and returned a moment later with a small white kitten, and held it out to Kitty." Oh thank you, Remus! I love cats," said Kitty.
After buying all Kitty's books at Flourish and Blotts (plus another book called How to become an Animagus), they went to Ollivanders. Remus left her alone inside the shop while he went to buy her potions ingredients from the apothecary opposite. "Good afternoon,"said a soft voice, making Kitty jump.
"Hi, "said Kitty awkwardly to the old man who was now peering at her from the top of his glasses. Kitty squirmed uncomfortably and silently took the wand he offered her after a tape measure measured her arm and height.
Kitty waved it at a corner, and made the dustbin there spill its garbage all over the floor. After about twenty minutes of trying wands, Kitty took the wand Ollivander gave her, and all at once felt a warming sensation in her fingers. She knew before he said that she had found her wand.
"Impressive, I wondered when I would be selling that wand, Ms. Potter, seeing as it is one of the oldest ones I have in stock. " Eleven inches, yew, dragon heartstring and golden unicorn hair, excellent for charmwork," he said," very few wands have such a strange combination, dragon heartstring signifies a logical pattern of thought, while golden unicorn hair signifies innocence of the heart."
Kitty nodded awkwardly, paid fourteen galleons for her wand and left the shop, as soon as she could. Once outside, she found Remus, and both of them apparated to Grimmauld Place, where Remus said that they would take Sirius and leave for the Burrow.
"You see Sirius cant apparate by himself, if he does the ministry will track him down and arrest him," explained Remus.
Very soon, the three of them were sitting in the Burrow's kitchen munching Mrs. Weasley's meatballs and laughing loudly.