Memento Mori ✨ H.Potter

Five: Diagon Alley

Ingress was woken by a house-elf a day after the events that had unfolded. Upon throwing on some tidy robes and following his morning routine, Ingress soon found himself munching on some pancakes with Draco as Narcissa and Lucius flitted about their own morning, all having greeted each other. 

"Has it really been six years since Lillian took you to Diagon Alley last?" Draco asked around a mouthful of pancake and syrup. 

"Don't speak with your mouth full, Draco," Narcissa scolded from across the room.

"Yes," Ingress chuckled, "There was a similar place in Australia, much more like an American mall than an alley though."

"Weird," Draco scoffed, "Wouldn't it bee too obvious to muggles if it were that big?"

"It's charmed five times over, naturally, the muggles didn't see anything more than a grocery store," Ingress held back a snort of amusement as Draco allowed the information to roll past him.

The conversation faltered as the boys finished breakfast and Narcissa was rushing them to brush their teeth so the family could get a move on - they did have to buy both boys their textbooks and not lose Ingress per his growing reputation. 

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Going via floo network, Ingress ended up in the Alley, not a minute after Draco had stepped out of the soot himself. The two boys were quick to gain their bearings while the adults arrived, Draco pointing out Quality Quidditch Supplies before Lucius had them head towards a store called Flourish and Blotts. Ingress was in awe, though his shoulders tense and chin high. There were a lot of witches and wizards out and about, the magic of the alley wasn't lost on the young children flitting about. But, with so many people it meant that Ingress could feel the strong emotions of excitement, nervousness and the odd dabble of fear on occasion. 

Lucius took to putting a hand on Ingress' shoulder, guiding the boy through the crowds as he tried to map the alley out in his head. Soon enough the crowd was at the bookstore and split into twos to look around before buying the school books.

"Ingress," Lucius' words drew the boy's attention from the book on dyeing charms, "I'll be taking you to get the paperwork from St Mungo's after we've brought all your supplies."

"I see," Ingress nodded before quietly asking, "Did Dumbledore ever get back about having my situation dealt with?" 

"There's yet to be a response," Lucius stated, silver flaring in his eyes in a curious manner.

Ingress mutely nodded, looking back at the books about useful charms. Finding nothing worth purchasing that wouldn't be in the school library, the pair went back to Draco and Narcissa before buying the sets of books - Lucius paying for both boy's which caused Ingress to go on a quiet tangent about imposing until Draco started a heated discussion about broom types.

Draco had, miraculously, stopped his rant at the approach of another store called Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour. 

"Have you ever had ice cream here, Ingress?" Draco perked up, his eyes glowing with excitement. 

"No, but I'll assume they're good," Ingress grinned.

"You have to try the Strawberry Cheesecake flavour," Draco boasted, "It's one of the best I've tried!"

As the group approached, Narcissa with yellow flooding her eyes, Draco pulled Ingress towards the storefront. Pushing past a couple who were walking out with five scoops high, Draco was a hair away from the glass barrier from the tubes of ice cream. There was a small line that was quick to go through as the server greeted Draco before turning to Lucius and Narcissa who were holding back with mixed colours. Dracos eyes were lit up in yellow-red tones, Lucius' eyes were a set violet while Narcissa's had adopted a mixed hue of both yellow and purple.