Diagon Alley

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*flashback chapter*
"Ah, Hagrid! The usual, I presume" says the bartender of the wizard pub, the leaky cauldron.
"No thanks, Tom. I'm on official Hogwarts business today. Just helping young Harry and Pandora here buy their school supplies" says Hagrid
"Bless my soul. It's Harry and Haylee Potter"

The pub immediately goes silent and everyone notices.
"If you don't mind, I prefer Pandora" Pandora drawls

A man comes up and shakes Harry's hand.

"Welcome back, Mr. Potter, welcome back" says the man.

A witch comes up and shakes Pandora's hand, as well.

"Doris Crockford, Ms. Potter. I can't believe I'm meeting you at last" says the Witch

A man in robes with a turban on his head appears.

"P-Pandora, Harry P-potter. C-can't tell you how pleased I am to meet you" says the man in the turban.
"Hello, Professor. I didn't see you there. Harry, Pandora, this is Professor Quirrell. He'll be your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts" says Hagrid

"Oh, nice to meet you" says Harry as he puts out his hand, offering a handshake with Quirrell. But Quirrell looks at Harry's head and hesitatingly refuses.
"F-fearfully fascinating subject. N-not that you need it, e-eh, Potters? Heheh" says Quirrell.
Pandora eyes him suspiciously.

"Yes, well, must be going now. Lots to buy. Heh" says Hagrid
"Goodbye" says Harry, but Pandora just stalks off.

The three leave into a back room winery in front of a brick wall.

"See, Harry, you're famous" says Hagrid
"But why are we famous, Hagrid? All those people back there, how is it they know who I am" asks Harry.
"I'm not exactly sure I'm the right person to tell you that" says Hagrid as he taps the brick wall clockwise with his umbrella. The blocks then magically shift and open up to reveal a hidden, busy street called Diagon Alley.
"Welcome, Harry, to Diagon Alley". Harry grins broadly as they step into the street and walk down it. Pandora however smirks, as she thinksofa way to coax the truth out of Hagrid. "Here's where you'll get your quills and ink, and over there all your bits and bobs for doing your wizardry" says Hagrid

Harry is amazed as they pass by shops and owls and bats. In a broom store, a group of boys are crowded around a shiny broom.

"It's a world class racing broom. Look at it, it’s the new Nimbus 2000! It's the fastest model yet" says one of the boys. Pandora couldn't help being amazed at this too.

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