So here's the second chapter. Unlike Time Repented, I will update this story whenever I finish a chapter. As you will soon find out, the first two years at Hogwarts won't be described in detail. The third however will be the first done in lots of detail. By about the eighth chapter we will be in third year.
So enjoy…
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Love, Keta.
Chapter 2: Knockturn Alley
Hermione's POV
I look around Diagon Alley with wonder, and walk inside Flourish and Blotts. Immediately, I go to the back of the shop, stopping when I see girl with long black hair and a boy with short blond locks with their hands intertwined, laughing. "Umm… hi."
They turn around and the girl, no she's a boy, turns around to see who spoke to him. "Oh, hello. I'm Harry and this is my cousin, Draco."
"Hello."
"I'm Hermione Granger. Are you first years at Hogwarts, too?"
"Yes. Are you looking for your books?" Draco asks.
"Yeah."
"Well," Harry says, "this would be them." He lifts up a pile of books so tall he can't even see over them, passing them on to me. "I had a feeling someone would need them."
"But what about..."
"My aunt and uncle already have ours. I'm just looking for new reading material before we go to Knockturn Alley for my special birthday present."
"Oh, thank you."
"Hermione!" My parents walk into the bookstore, looking around with amazement before their eyes land on me. "Hermione, let's go."
"Kay!" The cousins wave goodbye and return to their reading material when I get a glimpse at a china doll clutched to Harry's chest.
Harry's POV
The crowd pushes and shoves past my alley, not that I care. We can still get inside and that's all that matters. Snakey follows behind us, hissing angrily at many of the alley's residents. "Snake," I hiss at him, "be nice. We don't need to cause a commotion down here."
"But Master needs to be protected from these peasants. Your father demands it."
"When'd you talk to Tom?"
"Your hatching day." My birthday.
"Okay. Thanks Snake. I'm glad I've got you to protect me."
"Of course, Master. I am glad your father gave me to you at your last hatching day."
"Me too, Snake. Me too."
"Harry, we're here." I look up to find that Aunt Narcissa is telling the truth. We are in
Front of the Severed Lim Weaponry and Apothecary, the store where I buy my medical senbon needles. I grab a hold of Draco's hand and drag him into the shop, stopping in front of the hourglass shaped service desk.
"Oh, hello, Harry."
"Hi! How are you Sam?"
The young girl who runs the shop with her father, Myton Blinks smiles at me. I'm doin' alright. But workin' here's only fun when yer around," she says, running a hand through her auburn hair.
I laugh. "So, I guess you're going to miss me when I'm at Hogwarts then."
A sad gleam ignites in her ruby red eyes, and the vampiress sighs. "I forgot you're eleven now. Hell, I forgot it was even your birthday yesterday."
"That's okay, Sam. I don't mind."
"But I do."
"Fine. So what'd you get me?"
"A book..."
"And?"
"Pearl encrusted senbon needles."
"Wicked!"