Chapter Two: The Wizarding World
The next day I woke up and assumed that everything that had happened the night before was just a dream. I turned to look at Harry and saw that he was waking up. We both looked around the room and saw Hagrid asleep on the sofa. There was a rapping on the window, so Harry walked over and an owl flew in. Hagrid told Harry to pay the owl, with the money that was in the pocket of his jacket.
Hagrid got up a few minutes later and said that we had better get going; we had lots to do today.
* * * We took the train to London, to go shopping for our school supplies. "Can we buy all this stuff here?" Harry asked, when he read over his letter that had the supplies listed on it. Hagrid replied by saying that if we knew where to look we could find everything we needed.
Hagrid led us over to a grubby looking pub called the Leaky Cauldron. We walked in and someone asked Hagrid if he wanted the usual. Hagrid said that he couldn't; he was here on business. I heard the bartender turned to look at us and he said, "Bless my soul…Harry Potter." He didn't bother to look at me; he just kept staring at Harry. Hagrid led us through the pub and he stopped us to introduce us to our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. After being introduced to Professor Quirrell, Hagrid led us to the back of the pub and out into a walled courtyard.
He tapped the bricks with his umbrella and they were moved aside to make an archway. "This is Diagon Alley," Hagrid said ushering us inside the archway.
The first place we went to was the wizarding bank, Gringotts. Before entering through a pair of sliver doors, Harry and I both read the writing that was on it.
We got out the money that we needed to buy our supplies, and also something that Hagrid had to get for Hogwarts business. The first place that we went to after the bank was, Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, to get our uniform.
There was a pale, pointed face boy, with blonde hair, standing on a stool. He was being fitted for his robes.
When he was done, it was my turn to get fitted for my school robes. I stood for what seemed like an eternity before she was done with me and Harry was next. When Madam Malkin was finally done with Harry, we went over to Flourish and Blotts to buy our schoolbooks. While in there, Harry was looking through books to find a way to curse Dudley. Hagrid had to drag Harry away from the books so we could continue our shopping.
We went to the Apothecary next, to buy our basic potion set. When we were done there, Hagrid looked at our list to see what was next. All we had left was to buy our wands.
Before heading over to Ollivanders: Maker of Fine Wands since 382 B.C., we stopped in Eeylops Owl Emporium to get an owl. Harry picked out a snowy white owl. I told Hagrid that I didn't want an owl, since Harry had one, but I'd like a cat. I looked towards Hagrid apologetically because he said that he was allergic to them. Therefore, I told Hagrid that I would buy my cat, when he wasn't around and we went to get our wands.
My wand was eight and a half inches long, was made of ebony and unicorn hair and was very springy. Harry's wand was made of holly and a phoenix feather, eleven inches long and was nice and supple. I asked Hagrid where I could get a cat and he pointed me to Magical Menagerie. I got some money from Hagrid and walked over to the shop. It was loud and crowded in the shop, I walked over to look at the cats and picked out a calico kitten. I paid eight galleons for her, and another four for a cat carrier and food. I walked back to the Leaky Cauldron where Harry and Hagrid had gone to. Harry looked at my kitten and we went outside. We ate some food before getting back on the train to go home.
When Harry and I got back home, I went over to Skylar's to show her my kitten. I knocked on the door to her house and Ryker said that she was up in her room. I ran upstairs to her room and showed her my kitten.
"Awww, what's her name?" she asked me.
"I don't know yet," I replied. "Help me think of a name."
"What about something Greek?" Skylar said, thinking about the Greek mythology we learned at school.
"Yeah, I've always like the name Briceaus," I said.
"That sounds good," Skylar said. "So where in the world have you been these past couple of days? Ryker's been bummed out."
"Uncle Vernon went crazy," I said and began explaining the events of the past couple of days. I handed her my letter from Hogwarts.
"I was wondering if you were gonna get a letter from Hogwarts, too," she said to me.
"So you've known all this time. You've known about me being a witch and about my parents," I asked her angrily.
"Don't blame me, Dumbledore told us not to tell you, if you didn't know. And obviously your aunt and uncle didn't want you to know about it so Aredhel and I didn't say anything."
"So, you're going to Hogwarts, as well?" I asked her. She shook her head and said that she was going to Beauxbaton Academy. Aredhel was also going to Beauxbaton and that she was home schooled for her first year there, so we could stay together.
"Ryker goes to Hogwarts, though, he's a third year," Skylar told me.
We spent the rest of the day talking about wizarding things. I asked her what Quidditch was and she got out a poster of Ireland's team and showed me it. Then she explained what all she knew of the sport. Ryker came in and heard Skylar explaining some of the wizarding world to me. "So you're going to Hogwarts?" he asked me smiling.
I smiled back and said, "Yeah, I hear that you're a third year?" He nodded his head, and I asked him, "So what's it like?" Ryker then began explaining Hogwarts to me, and he said that he was in Hufflepuff. He explained to me the different houses at Hogwarts, and what each one basically represented.
I went home a few hours later, when it was beginning to get dark, and put my cat up in my room. Harry was in there feeding his owl, Hedwig. "So, did you name her yet?" he asked pointing to the carrier.
"Yeah," I said nodding my head. "I named her Briceaus. It's Greek."
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