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Chapter 8

Jade woke up the next day and was confused for another morning in a row. What a mess she had gotten herself into! When she sat up in her bed, she realized that someone had brought her suitcase up to her room for her. How nice of them! she thought. She hopped off the large, four-poster feather bed and walked over to the private bathroom for that room. It matched the Victorian styles of the bedroom and even had a clawfoot tub. She took a very quick bath and then used all of the products in her suitcase to make herself look even more beautiful. She got dressed in a dark blue tulip skirt with a white low-cut shirt and white sandals.

She stepped down the staris quietly and heard many people talking in low voices, and she hoped it wasn't about her. But her suspicions weren't helped as when she walked into the kitchen the adults abruptly stopped talking and looked up. "Um... good morning... is Mr. Lupin all right?" Jade asked. Tonks looked up at her and smiled. "Oh yes, he'll be just fine, thanks to Madame Pomfrey. Would you like some breakfast?" Jade became a little nervous. She didn't know anyone at the table besdies Tonks, and she didn't want to eat in front of them. "Oh no, it's fine... I'm not hungry." "Nonesense! You had a long day yesterday, you should have something. Also, Dumbledore tells me you still need to go school shopping, so you can accompany Harry and Ron when they go today." Jade didn't feel like arguing, so she sat down at a seat on the end of the large table while Tonks made her some toast. Then Tonks introduced her to the other members of the Order sitting around the table. When she set the plate of food down in front of Jade, Jade slowly ate it, but left half of it unfinished when Harry and Ron came to get her before they left. She ran upstairs to get the money that Dumbledore had given her and then came back down.

"So, is it very far away from here?" she asked them, wondering if she should change her shoes. She knew it was in London, but wasn't sure about where she was right now. "I don't know, but it doesn't matter; we're going by Floo," Harry said. "What?" asked Jade. She was suddenly confused. "Oh, don't worry, its easy," Ron said. They led Jade over to the fireplace in another room and took a bag of powder off the hook beside it. Harry reached in the bag and threw a handful of powder into the flames, where they suddenly erupted into a bright green color with a strong smell. Jade gave a little yelp and jumped back, and Harry and Ron suppressed a giggle. "Just step into the flames, they won't hurt you, and then say where you want to go loudly and clearly. Ron, go first," Harry said. "What!? Why me?" Ron asked indignantly. "You're better at it!" Harry said, just trying to compliment him so he would do it. Ron grumbled and stepped into the flames. "Diagon Alley!" he said loudly and clearly, and then he disappeared. "You can go next so I can supervise you," Harry said with a smile. Jade laughed and stepped into the fire. "Diagon Alley!" she said and was immediately transported into the fireplace of a store where she saw Ron in front of her. "Oh thank Merlin you made it!" Ron said, and helped her out of the fireplace, where Harry soon followed. The group of three walked into the street and began to do their shopping routine (A/N: im not gonna go in2 dat cuz its sooo boringgg...). However, when they reached Madame Malkin's Robe Emporium, their last stop, Jade felt very anxious about entering.

"What's this place?" Jade asked nervously. "It's just the robe shop, we need to wear robes as part of our uniforms at Hogwarts. Madame Malkin will just measure you and get you a set of regular and dress robes," said Harry. Jade bit her lip fearfully when he meantioned getting measured. Jade knew she hadn't been watching her weight for the last few days with all of the chaos, and she had a big problem with getting measured. Ron saw that she was worried and asked "What's wrong?" "Oh, um, it's nothing. Let's go, shall we?" she said, putting on a fake smile. She tried to hide her obsession with eating, becasue she didn't want people to know she was anorexic. They gave her a funny look but followed her into the store, where they all got measured one by one. When it was Jade's turn, the magical tape measures whirred around Jade, and Madame Malkin wrote down the numbers on a piece of paper, she commented to Jade, "Goodness, you're a tiny thing, aren't you?" but Jade didn't reply, because she felt really self-conscious at that moment. Madame Malkin had to make special adjustments to Jade's robes because she was so small, which made them stay in there even longer and increased Jade's discomfort. Ron snickered at Jane's situation, but she shot him a nasty glare and he went red and looked down at the floor. When they were finally done, they all paid and left, but Jade wasn't talking as much, so they walked back to their original shop and Flooed home in near silence.

When they got back to the Headquarters, they saw that the kitchen door was closed because the adults having an intense conversation in the kitchen. Ron, Jade, and Harry began trying to listen at the door, but suddenly someone opened the door and they toppled over onto the floor! Then they looked up, it was Dumbledore! He looked slightly amused at first, but then his face regained a serious nature. "Due to the situation at hand, we'll be transporting you three to Hogwarts tonight to increase your safety," he said. Jade's heart began to beat faster. She would finally get to see Hogwarts! She was so excited. "So I recommend packing your bags and being down here by 6 o'clock." Jade looked at Harry's watch, it was 4:30. They all quickly went upstairs and began to put their stuff together. Since Jade already had her suitcase packed from staying at the inn in Diagon Alley, she only needed to pack up the stuff she had bought today, and then she went into Harry and Ron's room to hang out with them. They were just about finishing up when she went in, so she was asking them a lot of questions about Hogwarts. The castle, classes, teachers, everything. The more she heard about it, the more excited she became, and 6 o'clock came before she knew it.