A NEW BEGINNING

61. Diagon Alley - 2

PREVIOUSLY IN A NEW BEGINNING

Emmeline Vance and Hestia Jones meet the Potter Twins.

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"Hello Miss Vance, Hello Miss Jones. Nice meeting you two." Said Alaya, shaking their hands. Harry too did the same thing and greeted the ladies. "No need to call me Miss Jones. Hestia is fine." Said the Ex Auror as she shook Harry's hand. "Same here. Emmeline or Emmy is fine." said Emmeline. They grinned. "Sure Hestia and Emmy." "Shall we go then?" asked Hestia, looking at everyone. "Sure. Lead the way." Said Sirius.

They entered Diagon Alley through the archway and the first place they go to is Flourish and Blotts to get the CoMC textbook that they had missed out on in their previous trips. Emmy and Hestia raised their eyebrows when they saw the twins pick only the CoMC textbook, but didn't ask anything. They then went to Scrivelshafts to stock up on Quills, Parchment and Ink. They knew that they could buy more during their Hogsmeade trips. But taking up two new subjects and an added compulsory subject means more homework, which increases the usage of the above said items.

Then the group split up into boys and girls. Harry insisted that the older men go with him to Gambol and Japes. Seeing that the boys were already busy, the girls went to Madam Malkin's to shop for clothes. They were pretty bored at the choices as they came here quite often. "Emmy, I'm bored here. I've been here so many times that I don't know what to do." Said Alaya once they came out of the store. The other three laughed at this. "I can see that. What do you want to do?" asked Hestia.

"Can we go to Hogsmeade? Harry and I couldn't go the past year as Uncle Vernon hadn't signed our forms. It was Sirius who gave written permission to McGonagall before we left for our holidays." Said the young girl. "We can if Sirius and Remus allow." Said Dora. They then went towards Gambol and Japes when they saw a spark of hope in Alaya's eyes.

The boys were coming out of the store with a huge bunch of pranks shrunk and kept in their pockets. Severus knew a few of the pranks that they had taken. But he was also sure that Sirius and Remus had slipped in a few more when he wasn't looking. Harry had managed to convince Severus to get a few harmless ones for himself so that he could pull a prank or two on McGonagall or Hestia or Emmeline.

He had to cave in when the boy gave him his best puppy dog eyes. Sirius and Remus were snickering quietly in the sidelines on seeing what Harry had used against the Potions master. They checked out and went out of the shop to see the girls walking towards the store, listening to what Alaya was telling.