Harry Potter: Explorer Chronicles

Chapter 3: Diagon Alley

London, Near the Leaky Cauldron

"Ok, where's Diagon alley" asked Harry, who was looking for some sort of alley

"See that building over there" Daxter pointed to a old looking building with a sign on it that said 'Leaky Cauldron' "that is the Leaky Cauldron, it's a famous wizarding pub, the alleyway is behind it, you need to go inside to get to the alley.

Harry noticed no one else seemed to see the pub and asked "Can anyone besides us see the pub?"

"Only wizards or witches can see the pub, the only way a muggle can see it is if a wizard or witch points it out to them." explained Daxter

"A muggle?" asked Harry

"A non-magical human, like the ones you used to live with, now let's go" said Daxter impatiently, Harry walked towards the pub and went inside. For a famous place, it was very dark and shabby. A few old women were sitting in a corner, drinking tiny glasses of sherry. One of them was smoking a long pipe. A little man in a top hat was talking to the old bartender, who was quite bald and looked like a toothless walnut. "Alright kid leave this to me" whispered Daxter, Harry wondered what he was talking about.

Harry walked over to the bar, where a man behind the bar stared at him, Daxter said "Hey buddy, what are you looking at?!"

The man stopped staring at Harry and said "A talking ferret?" asked the man

"IM AN OTTESEL!" yelled Daxter, now the entire bar was staring at them.

The man turned to Harry and Said "Sorry for staring, you look like someone I know, fella named James, swear you could be his younger twin."

"That's fine, sir" said Harry

"If I may ask, where are your parents son?" asked the man

Daxter interrupted "Oh, their in the alley, waiting for him, so we need to go, NOW!"

Harry said "Goodbye" and headed toward the door in the back and walked through it, they were now in a small, walled courtyard, where there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds. "This is Diagon alley?" asked Harry

"No, stupid, it's behind the wall, you need to tap the bricks to open it, watch" Daxter jumped off Harry's shoulder, he picked a large stick and walked over to the wall. He tapped the wall three times with the point of the stick.

The brick he had touched quivered — it wriggled — in the middle, a small hole appeared — it grew wider and wider — a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for a giant to walk through, an archway onto a cobbled street that twisted and turned out of sight.

"Kid welcome," Said Daxter, "to Diagon Alley."

He smirked at Harry's amazement. They stepped through the archway. Harry looked quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway shrink instantly back into solid wall.

The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Cauldrons — All Sizes — Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver — Self-Stirring — Collapsible, said a sign hanging over them.

"Okay first we need to head to the bookstore, Flourish and Blotts, were going to need a lot of books for you to read, there are a lot of different subjects you are going to need to learn for your explorations." said Daxter, Harry walked down the alley towards a shop with a sign on it that said 'Flourish and Blotts', just before he was about to enter, he saw a crowd gather

around the entrance of Diagon alley, he saw a family of four walk into the alley surrounded by a crowd. There was a man with messy black hair, a pretty redheaded woman, a boy who looked about Harry's age, and a little girl. The man was smiling at the crowd, as was the boy, the woman had a look of annoyance on her face and a frown, the little girl had a very similar expression on her face as Harry, one of utter confusion. Harry turned to Daxter, who was on his shoulder and asked "Why is everyone crowded around that family?"