Angela Belladonna at Hogwarts

Mission "Alienate everyone at Hogwarts" continues splendidly

I look around the alley and I can't believe my eyes, I wish I had ten more eyes because this is all so beautiful. Now this is far better! The sun is shining on neat shops which look really homely and their beauty almost invites me in. Such a great change after gray buildings in London and the dirty pub! And they're selling such magical and interesting things that I wouldn't complain too much about buying there even if they weren't that beautiful – I'm not that shallow, after all. Potion ingredients, Quidditch supplies (whatever it is, but there are brooms and I like cleaning so I already like that), magical pets, ice cream! OH MY GOD THERE IS A SHOP WITH CLOTHES I TOTALLY HAVE TO GO THERE! I would immediately start to go there but something makes me stay on the spot. I look around me once again and I see that this something is Professor Snape who finally caught me and he looks very annoyed. So do I because I have to buy clothes, I have nothing to wear!

"Let me go!" I shout. "There's a clothes shop, I have to go there!"

"Wait a little, Miss Belladonna," he snaps at me. "Despite your flawless packing you have forgotten to pack money, and even if you packed it, it would be completely useless here because we wizards have our own currency. We need to go to Gringotts Bank first and withdraw money from your vault."

So we go to Gringotts bank, but luckily it isn't too far, it's on the same street which definitely has a name but Snape has forgotten to mention it. Typical. Well anyway, the people on the street are far more beautiful than the people in the pub. Sadly, I cannot greet them all because there are too many of them, besides, Snape doesn't let me. But they are interesting even to look at. There are even some young ones who look like they may be studying at the same school. I can see quite a few boys in front of the Quidditch shop, and one of them has dreadlocks which confuses me. This school is supposed to be in the UK, not in Jamaica, isn't it?

Well anyway, I wink at them because life would be dull without flirt but it only makes Snape scowl and motion for me to go faster. The boys do not even notice because they are looking at a broom. "Wow, Nimbus 2000! It looks splendid!" sighs one of them. Simpletons. I don't say I don't like brooms, they're great to clean, but my beauty is more important than that! Well, they're not the only boys here, anyway. I try to wink at the next boy I meet but it was a bad idea because he seems to be a pansy. He blushes, looks at me apprehensively and tries to hide behind an old boring hag he is here with. What an idiot. How could he become such a coward when he clearly doesn't have both parents? That's not how the world works! He probably needs someone who would understand him and show him some compassion. I would be great for that, I am a very friendly person. Now he's only with that hag who clearly doesn't like me, I can see it in her eyes. Poor boy, I bet she is mistreating him.

Well anyway, by that time we arrive at the bank. The building is not less beautiful than the other shops. It is white, high and it has beautiful pillars. Clearly a Rennaissance building (do you see how wise I am?). But before we can enter, Snape stops and gestures for me to stop as well. "One more thing, Miss Belladonna. The bank is led by goblins, who probably do not match your idea of beauty. As obsessed with beauty as you are, you are not to mention to them how ugly are they and that they should try pink clothes. It is not a race known for its kindness and believe me, you do not want them to kill you. It would not make you more beautiful, either. Understood?"

I nod. Oh, c- Oh no. Do I really have to deal with someone hideous? I hope he's exaggerating.

Well anyway, we enter the bank and it looks really great inside. It's really vast and there are many desks and there is the creature Snape called goblins. I knew it must be them because they don't look like humans at all. "Oh my, they're really hf-ff..." I squeak but the rest is muffled by Snape's hand which covers my mouth. Outrageous, it's almost as if he didn't trust me! But it's okay, the goblins would probably not hear anything anyway, because we're not going to one right now, they're all speaking with someone. I look around me and I notice that there are more people waiting for a goblin. Among them is a small blonde girl who smiles at me when she sees me looking around.