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"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
===Flashback===
Thanks for pointing out the "Tom" errors in my previous chapters guys- I can assure that that didn't happen in this chapter.
The Dark One
Chapter Two
WogBoyAC
Chapter Two: Diagon Alley
Stepping out of the fireplace at Borgin and Burkes, Harry was greeted by Borgin himself who was currently pointing his wand at him.
"Put the wand away Borgin, someone might get hurt." Harry rolled his eyes. Every time they came through the Floo they were always greeted in the same manner.
"Can't be too careful Black." The man growled lowering his wand.
"If you're that worried, maybe it's time you found another profession." Harry suggested, moving forward out of the way of the fireplace as it flared up with Draco appearing after the flames died down.
"Malfoy." Borgin grunted, walking behind his counter.
"Borgin." Draco sniffed before walking over to where Harry was now looking at what looked like the hand of a skeleton.
He was about to reach out and touch it to see what it felt like, having, thankfully, never touched a skeleton before, when the fireplace flared up once again with Lucius appearing.
"Don't touch Draco." The man said, rolling his eyes. 'Every time.' The man sighed walking forward since Narcissa was right behind him.
Sure enough a few seconds later Narcissa stepped out of the fireplace.
"Well now that we are all here, lets head over to Madame Malkins in Diagon Alley.
Scene Break
Stepping into Madame Malkins and The Malfoy's, excluding, couldn't help the sneer appearing on their faces at the sight they were greeted with.
Neville Longbottom, The-Boy-Who-Lived was being served by Madame malkin herself, but he was not alone, not only was his Grandmother, Augusta Longbottom, was accompanying him but Lily Potter was there as well and it looked she was accompanying three people, a young girl with extremely bushy brown hair and two large front teeth and the adults who seemed be her parents.
Stepping closer to the group, Madame Malkin was the first to speak.
"Ahh Lord Malfoy I will be with you in just a minute."
"Of course Madam." Lucius nodded to her before turning to the group.
"Well well, if it isn't Lily Potter."
"Malfoy." She responded with a flat stare.
"Lady Longbottom." He bowed his head in respect. 'it simply wouldn't do to disrespect a woman of her standing, as I want to.'
"Lord Malfoy." The woman gave a small curtsey. 'Need to keep things civil.'
"And I'm afraid we have yet to meet." He said to the two adults.
"oh uhh I'm Robert Granger." The man told him before gesturing to the woman next to him. "And this is my wife Charlotte."
Before Lucius could respond Draco spoke up.
"Granger? I've never heard of that family before, you must be muggles."
"Uhh yes I believe we are." Robert responded with a raised eyebrow.
Draco was about to respond but he was levelled with a cold glare from Lucius.
"So…how are you finding Diagon Alley?" Harry asked, his voice kind and smooth.
"It's simply marvellous." The bushy haired girl responded before her parents could.
"There is simply so much to see; Ollivanders Wand Shop, Flourish and Blots, the Magical Menagerie, Florean fortes-."
Luckily for the Malfoy's sake Narcissa interrupted before the girl could ramble on.
"Now that we know what kind of…..people are being served here, perhaps it would be best if we were to go Twilfit and Tattings." She was speaking to Lucius.
"Agreed dear." Lucius smiled at her.
"Finally." Harry responded with Draco nodding along with him with a scowl on his face as he looked at the girl in front of him.
Smiling at Harry she put a hand on his shoulder. "Come along children."
Turning Harry glared at Narcissa and getting the message the woman removed her hand.
"Let's go." Lucius said getting everyone to follow in behind him.
Looking at the Bushy haired girl Draco gave her a smirk.
"See you at school." He told her before following Harry out of the shop.
Shaking her head Lily turned to the Grangers.
"Sorry about that, there are certain families in this world, like the Malfoy's, who despise muggles and Muggleborn witches and wizards."
"Why is that?" The woman, Charlotte asked frowning.
"Families like the Malfoy's have been around for centuries and they have never liked the fact the muggleborn witches and wizards have come in and changed the way that magical people do things, like the way they celebrate Christmas for example and…" she raised a hand to stop them from speaking.
"They don't like the fact the Muggleborns come into this world and look down on their ways." She sighed.
"So they're Traditionalists." Robert frowned.
"They prefer the term Purebloods." Augusta finally spoke up.
"Yes although there are some Pureblood families, like the Longbottom's and the Potters, who don't care who you are or if your pureblood or muggleborn, to those families, if you have magic you belong in this world." Lily smiled at them.
"I Couldn't agree more." Augusta nodded.
"Well now." Madame Malkin interrupted. "Let's just get your robes sorted shall we." She suggested with a smile.
"Let's, we still have plenty to see and buy." Lily nodded to the group who agreed with her.
Scene Break
Walking into Twilfit and Tattings, the Malfoys were greeted by the owner who smiled when she instantly recognised Narcissa.
"Ahh Lady Malfoy, back so soon? Was that robe not your liking after all?"
"Oh it was, we are actually here to get Hogwarts robes for the boys." She told him.
"Hogwarts robes? Malkin usually takes care of all those."
"Yes well we are here instead, so what can you do for us?" Narcissa raised one of her perfect eyebrows.
"Hmm let me take a look at the boys then." He shook his head summoning a roll of measuring tape.
Stepping over to Harry he got to work getting the correct measurements.
"So I need to ask, what is the finest material you have?" harry asked the man.
"That would be Acromantula silk my boy." The man told him.
"Excellent." Harry smiled.
"It is a rather expensive material." The owner explained.
"That… will not be a problem." Harry told the man who had just gotten his final measurement from harry and moved over to Draco.
"Are you really going to buy Acromantula Silk Harry?" the blond boy frowned. 'There is no way father would ever let me by that.'
"Of course I am Draco." Harry responded in a dry tone.
"Father?." Draco whined.
"No Draco." The man sighed knowing what the boy was asking.
"Fine." The boy rolled his eyes.
"Don't whine boy, what Harry does with his money, is his business."
"Sorry Father."
By now the owner had finally gotten all the measurements he needed.
"Well now that that's done, I'll have to ask that you come back here in an hour since the Acromantula Silk will unfortunately take a bit longer to put together." The man explained to the group.
"That's not a problem." Lucius told him before looking at the two boys.
"That should give us enough time to go to Ollivander's and get your wands."
"Finally." Draco exclaimed, his face beaming with excitement at the prospect of finally getting a wand.
Smiling Narcissa shook her head at her son. "Well come on then, what are we waiting for?" She asked walking over to the door.
"Let's go." She said opening the door.
Following her outside Lucius got her attention.
"You three go to Ollivander's I have some…..business to attend too."
"Of course dear." Narcissa smiled at her husband.
"By the time you're done we will most likely be in Flourish and Blott's." She told him.
"Of course, I will meet you there." Lucius told her before stepping closer to her and giving her a quick peck on the lips.
Taking a step back he smiled at his wife.
"I'll see you three later." He said eyeing the two boys, hoping that Draco would behave himself.
"See you later father." Draco smiled at him.
"See you soon Lucius." Harry glanced at his uncle before turning away again.
As Lucius walked away the three of them began their walk to Olivanders, stopping from time to time to look at some of the stores along the way, Draco of course begging his mother to look at the new Nimbus 2000 that was on display in the window of Quality Quidditch Supplies.
Finally, in Harry's opinion, they reached Olivanders.
Stopping in front of the shop Harry read the sign that was written in gold letters. Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382BC.
Rasing an eyebrow he honestly didn't know what to expect from a wand shop. But walking inside he had to admit, the amount of wands that lined the several large shelves was….impressive to say the least.
There was hundreds of them. 'Narcissa once told me that wand chose the wizard, how long was that going to take?'
"Good Morning." Came a voice from somewhere between one of the shelves.
"Morning Ollivander." Narcissa's voice rang through the store.
"Ahh, Narcissa Malfoy." The voice said, as the man walked out from between the shelves.
"How are you Ollivander?" she asked.
"I'm quite well my dear." He responded before turning to the two boys.
"Ahh yes forgive me, this here is my son Draco." She told him gesturing to her son.
"And this." She gestured to Harry. "Is my nephew, Harry Black."
"Ahh yes it seems only yesterday that your mother was in here buying her first wand, 12 ¾" long, made of Walnut and a Dragon Heartstring core, rather unyielding, in my opinion it was a perfect match." He told the group.
"You've got that right." Narcissa commented.
"Hmm well let me see what we've got here." The odd man said pulling a rolled up tape measure out of his pocket.
"Now." He began as the tape measure began measuring his body on its own.
"Which is your wand arm?" he asked Harry.
"That would be my right hand." Harry told him.
"Then hold out your right arm." The man instructed, nodding as Harry raised his arm up.
"You know here at Ollivander we only use three powerful magical cores; Dragon Heartstring, Unicorn Hairs and Phoenix tail feathers, which means that no two wands are the same because no two Dragons, Unicorns, and Phoenixes are the same." The man began what sounded to Harry like a well-rehearsed story.
"I see." Was all that Harry said in response at the same time as Ollivander clicked his fingers making the tape measure drop to the floor with a small thud.
"Right." The man walked toward a shelf a pulling out box after box until his arms he could no longer grab anymore.
"Try this one Mr. Black, 10inches, Walnut and Dragon Heartstring." The man explained after putting all the boxes down on his counter and picking up the box at the top of the pile and opening the box he handed it over to Harry.
Looking at the old man with a blank stare, he stood there with the wand in hand.
Shaking his head Ollivander rolled his eyes. "Well give it a wave."
Holding out the wand he gave it a small swish.
Nothing happened.
Smiling Ollivander took the Wand away from Harry and handed him another one.
"12inches, Beechwood and Unicorn Hair core."
Giving it a wave the pile of wands on the counter was blown apart causing all of the boxes to scatter around the stores.
"No, definitely not." The man shook his head.
"Here take this one." He told Harry handing him another wand.
"9inches , Ebony and Phoenix Tail Feather."
This time, before Harry could even give it a wave it was snatched out from his hand by Ollivander immediately.
"Hmm let's see." The old man murmured to himself, looking at the boxes scattered around the store.
"Ahh here give this one a try." He said bending down and picking up a box.
"12½ inches, Ash and a Dragon heartstring core." He told Harry as he handed him the wand.
As soon as Harry's fingers wrapped around the wands handle he felt a strange warmth envelop his entire body and green sparks shot out from the end of the wand like fireworks.
"Oh yes well done, well done indeed my boy." Ollivander clapped his hands together.
"Excellent." Harry nodded. It was about time he had a wand.
"Excellent indeed my boy." Ollivander nodded before turning to Draco.
"Now let's find your wand my boy." He gestured for the blonde to come forward.
Following the same process he did with Harry, Ollivander began searching through the boxes that were still on the floor.
He seemed to stare at them for a while before he finally picked one up.
"Try this one, 10inches long, Hawthorn and a Unicorn Hair core." He told the blonde who was looking at it curiously.
Taking it from the man, the blonde felt a tingling sensation travel through his body before, just like Harry's wand did, gold sparks shot out of the tip.
"That was quick." The blonde commented.
"Some happen quick, other times it takes a while for example I had a boy in here earlier who took just over an hour to find his wand." He explained to the boy.
"Is there a reason why that happens?" Draco asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well I believe it has to do with a person's magical core. Sometimes a person is compatible to more than one wand and sometimes it takes a while to find the wand that matches the wizard. After all, my boy, like I always say, it's the wand that chooses the wizard, not the other way around."
"I see." Draco said not really understanding any of it. He was just glad to have his wand.
"Right." Ollivander nodded turning to Narcissa. "As always that is Seven Galleons for each wand."
"Of course." Narcissa smiled bringing out a pouch from beneath her robes and poured some Galleons into her hand.
Quickly sorting out the money, she handed the fourteen Galleons over to Ollivander who smiled.
"Pleasure doing business with you." The old man told her giving Narcissa a wink who just smiled back at him.
"Time to go boys." She told them gesturing her right hand to the door.
Nodding, Draco, who, like Harry was still admiring his wand, walked toward the door with Harry following behind him.
"Where to now?" Draco asked no one in particular.
"I was thinking we should head over to the Magical Menagerie to get the both of you your owls." Narcissa suggested.
"Sounds good." Draco nodded.
Heading off in the direction of the Menagerie that was a bit further down the Alley, shared a laugh with each other when they saw a group of red heads known as the Weasley's walking into the Alley's one and only second hand robe shop.
Shaking their heads at the family, they continued along the path stopping here and there to look at a few stalls that lined the streets. Although all three quickly decided that there was nothing really worth buying, at least this time around, they continued on for a couple more minutes until they reached the Magical Menagerie.
Stepping inside they were immediately greeted by the noise of almost every animal in the shop; Owls, cats, toads, bats, snakes, kneazles, cats, dogs rabbits and even orange snails, lined the walls and shelves.
"Alright, take 15 minutes to find an owl that you like and I will meet you outside." Narcissa told the two boys, handing Harry her money pouch.
Taking the pouch, Harry nodded before he and Draco walked over to first of three aisles that contained the owls.
'This is going to take more than fifteen minutes.' Harry raised an eyebrow, looking at all the owls.
Walking down the first aisle he was actually impressed by variety; some were old, some were young, some were large and some were small. And then came the colors, white, grey, brown, black and orange, not to mention all of the combinations.
Harry was halfway down the aisle when he came to stop in front of a black owl that had a white stomach and he could have sworn that the black feathers had a green tinge to them, although that could have been a trick of the light.
'This one looks good.' Harry thought.
He stepped toward the shelf and picked up the cage the owl was in and walked over toward the counter where he witnessed Neville Longbottom purchase a snow-white owl.
Raising an eyebrow as Neville turned around, Harry smirked.
"Longbottom."
"Black." The Boy-Who-Lived sneered back as he walked past.
Stepping up to the counter he quickly paid the 10 galleons for the owl and made his way out of the store…the noise was starting to get to him.
Meeting Narcissa outside the store she suggested that she should call for the Malfoy's house-elf Dobby so that he didn't have to carry his owl around.
"Sounds good." Harry told her.
Nodding she called for the elf.
"Dobby." She announced.
Seconds later there was 'pop' and a wrinkly-looking creature appeared in front of the duo.
"Mistress cissy be calling for Dobby?"
"Yes, take Harry's owl back to the manor."
"Of course mistress." Dobby bowed.
"And be quick about it." The woman sniffed.
"Yes Mistress." The elf bowed again. Before taking the caged owl out of Harry's hands and disappearing from the Alley with a 'pop'.
"I hate that disgusting thing." Harry scowled.
"Me too, but he has his uses." Narcissa agreed.
"True." Harry nodded before turning to look at the door to the menagerie because the door opened.
"There you are Harry."
It was Draco and he was holding up a cage that held a rather regal-looking eagle owl.
"That owl is beautiful owl Draco." Narcissa smiled at the sight of it.
"I thought so too." Draco smiled pleased that his mother liked what he picked out.
"Where's your owl Harry?" The blonde asked.
"Dobby has already taken him back to the manor." Harry told him.
"Ahh good idea." Draco stated called for the elf and telling it to take his new elf back to the manor.
When that was dealt with Narcissa suggested it was time to go to Flourish and Blotts so that they could meet up with Lucius.
Scene Break
It was the middle of the afternoon when they finally decided to make their way back down to Borgin and Burkes down in Knockturn Alley and use the Floo network to get home.
While Lucius went into the study and the two boys went to their rooms to put some of the their stuff away Narcissa sat down and stretched her legs, sure she loved shopping but spending all morning shopping for school supplies could really take it out of her.
She was actually surprised that she didn't end up buying any new jewellery for herself and if she honest she was surprised Harry didn't buy any books or artifacts that had something to do with the dark arts like he normally does.
Meanwhile up in his room Harry was sitting at his desk reading a book simply titled Book of Spells.
Normally this particular book could only be found in the restricted section of the Hogwarts Library but thanks to Abraxus Malfoy a copy of the book now resided in the Malfoy Library, although as soon as Harry had discovered it, he took it straight up to his room.
'After all knowledge is power and power….is everything.'
Chuckling he pulled out his newly acquired wand he only had one thought in mind.
'Hogwarts was going to be fun.'
CHAPTER TWO END
!YAY chap two is done YAY!
!Reviews Are Welcome!
it seems like i'm getting back into the swing of things.