Winged Wizard

Chapter Two- Alleys and Double Doors

Chapter Two- Alleys and Double Doors

Max's POV

After an hour or so of the flock packing their stuff in our largest of bags (backpacks of many different colors) and Dumbledore explaining the way of the wizarding life, the money system (of which he told me that we would be using Hogwarts funds), the way the school works and all that jolly good stuff, he also said that we’d most likely have to keep our secret of having wings a, well, secret.

“I'll be taking you all to Diagon Alley to get your supplies and wands. We’ll also have to get your money from the Hogwarts Student Fund Vault.”

Dumbledore told us this when we were all together, after packing and saying goodbye to the safe house, which we didn't really have anything to say bye to, of course.

“Oooh, what’s Diagon Alley, also what's apparating? We get to go shopping! Oh this will be so fun! I wonder if...”

Nudge would’ve rambled on for hours if Iggy hadn’t stopped her, like usual. But she just kept on mumbling through his hands, as if she hadn’t noticed a thing, going on and on until we all yelled, even Dumbledore, for her to just stop talking.

“To answer her question, Apparition is when a wizard or witch uses their magical essence to teleport them and occasionally, as in our case, others. Diagon Alley is a place where wizards can buy their robes, pets, many other things, but, most importantly, our wands,’’

Dumbledore even had the nerve to sound amused as he said this, and had somehow just answered all the questions we were all thinking. Thanks to Angel, I know for a thought that that’s the truth.

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Dumbledore teleported , I mean ‘apparated’, us to Diagon Alley. In awe, we walked past shops full of strange and honestly incredible things, getting many interested looks from the passerby, something the flock is used to.

There were shops full of books with titles like ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’, ‘Household Magic for Dummies’, ‘Sonnets of a Sorcerer’, and ‘Basic Hexes for the Busy and Hexed’. The very same bookstore had a cage full of living books in the window. An apparent pet store had these weird rats that started playing jump rope as we walked by, causing all of us to stop and stare like little kids at the circus. A whole store was devoted to selling robes!

“Max, do wizards always wear bath robes?”Gazzy’s voice snapped me back to reality almost painfully.

“I hope not.”

I still don’t know how long we had been walking around that place, but when we turned back to where Dumbledore had first apparated us, he was still standing there, only now he was holding an ice cream cone and speaking with a very proud looking, uh, witch? She had long, blonde hair and a snooty sort of tone. A teenager around my age with platinum blonde hair, he may or may not be cute stood beside her. I thought, loud and clear, to Angel

‘If you ever say a single thing about that…’  

‘Don’t worry Maxxxxxx I won’t tell…. I promise,’ she thought to me back with a smirk on her face.

As we came up closer to them, the woman was sounding very outraged, saying to Dumbledore,

“How dare Hogwarts not allow the Slytherin team have a better locker room! My husband will hear about this!”

The woman looked Gazzy and I up and down with a look on her face that can only be described as if she were smelling a large pile of crap, snorted, then turned on her heel and sauntered her way towards the robe shop. I’m sure the look on my face must have been slightly terrifying, because Dumbledore reached out with the hand not holding the ice cream, patted my arm, and remarked,

“Don’t mind Mrs. Malfoy, she is only showing her self-declared superiority over you.”

I couldn’t help but think of his superiority in vocab.

Turning to Nudge, obviously wanting to change the subject, he asked,

“What do you think of Diagon Alley?”

I prepared for the oncoming storm of non-stop jaw movement from Nudge as she took a very, very long breath and said,

“Oh. My. God! It is so amazing! Where are we going first? What are we getting? Can I see a list? That pet store looks sooooo cool! Oh, and that robe shop is very promising! Can I personalize robes? Are there different colors? Do I need to know my size? Does it come in pink?!  Is there a…”

Everyone sighed but let her keep talking as we approached the end of the Alley, which was the largest storefront of all and bore a sign (which in our case of not having normal schooling took awhile to read) saying ‘Gringotts Wizarding Bank’ in fancy lettering which seemed impossible for a sign.

Nudge’s eyes grew wide as she, thank God, stopped talking to read the words engraved on the silver doors. She turned to me and motioned to the sign. I decided to read it out loud for the benefit of the flock’s shorter members.

“Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.”

I laughed it off, a little nervously, and casually strode into the building only to gasp and yet again be amazed at what I saw. I turned in a slow circle and craned my neck to take in my surroundings.

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I know I havent updated in like 500 years buuuuuut.... my trustey side kick jesuslovesmeandyou (i know chessey name)  has been pestering me to countiue writing, so now I'm hopefully going to try to update every month at least.