Katrina Dumbledore and The Sorcerer's Stone

Chapter 3: Diagon Alley Part 1

A/N: I know, this song is very off topic, but I couldn't resist the temptation! I absolutely love it! (play it at 2 speed it is crazy!)

I awoke to Harry slightly shaking me and saying "Hagrid wanted me to wake you up we're about to leave, though the Dursleys took the boat, so I don't know how." I yawned and stretched out my stiff limbs. I was still in my clothes so I grabbed Harry's hand and sent him shooting out of the door just as Hagrid called the boat with magic so he flopped down inside of it. I burst out laughing at the expression on his face. His glasses were askew and when he looked down  surprise was so evident in his face it just made it funnier. I snorted almost laughing out loud and I could tell that Hagrid was holding in a laugh too.

Harry glared at me, but it didn't take long for him to start interrogating Hagrid about magic, again. I phased out about then. Until I heard Harry snort at the look on my face. I glared at him and could slightly smell amusement turn into fear. The reason that I could literally 'smell' emotions was because of my animagus form. It increased my senses by a long shot to the point that they were just below a werewolf's senses point. No one, but my father and Remus Lupin knew. Most people didn't even know that I was an animagus. My father had thought that it would be better to have everyone find out in time. I was a natural animagus and that was not supposed to happen, ever. He had only ever told Lupin so that he could help me control everything better. Whether it was keeping my temper at bay or hiding the headaches, being around large groups of people still gave me a lot of those, groups always had high emotions running through them so it clogs your senses almost like a cold giving you a headache.

"Sorry Harry I didn't mean to scare you." He looked at me with a question brewing in his eyes then shrugged and looked away. When we got to the shore Hagrid asked an old man for directions to the London underground.

Everyone was giving us weird looks because Hagrid took up two seats and also he kept pointing to thing and saying "Look a' tha'. The things tha' muggles come up wih'." As we walked around Harry would explain the use of the things that Hagrid pointed at until he pointed to different ones.

At one point Harry asked while gesturing to the letter "Can you really find all of this stuff in London?" Swiftly Hagrid answered "If the know where the look."

When we reached a run-down pub type place, Hagrid stopped. It looked like any old place, but something seemed off about it. As I looked around it seemed that the muggles didn't even see it. As I came to the conclusion Harry poked me in the side then whispered "Look at their eyes." When I paid closer attention I could see it. Their eyes seemed to slide from the shop on the right to the shop on the left (or the other way around) without stopping on the pub.

"Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron what can I get for you today Hagrid? The usual?" "Noh today Tom 'm on 'oqwarts business. Gotta get young 'Aryy and Katrina their school books." the barkeeper, Tom's, eyes grew wide and as I looked around he said "The Harry Potter. It can't be, Harry Potter in my bar." The room was of medium size it was also really really dusty. As I saw people coming over here to meet Harry I slipped away and watched from a corner of the room as people shook Harry's hand over and over. When he caught my eye I knew what he was planning and I did not like on bit.

He cleared his throat and everyone stopped talking to listen to him "Everyone I would like you to meet my friend, Katrina. Katrina Dumbledore."

That made the crowd go dead silent.

I sheepishly grinned before everyone crowded around me also. I got my fair share of handshakes before I could make my way back over to Harry. Right when I got there Professor Quirrell had also. I always had a bad feeling about him whenever he was around and for some reason even if I was in a room alone with him I could smell two sets of emotions.

It freaked me out, but I had never mentioned it to anyone.

"N-Nice t-to m-m-meet you Mr. P-Potter." 

"Nice to meet you too..."

"Harry this is Professor Quirrell, he teaches Defense Against The Dark Arts, or D.A.D.A. at Hogwarts" I informed him, he nodded and smiled as Hagrid led us out of the Leaky Cauldron.

Harry looed around and said "Uhhhhhh Hagrid? This is just a back alley." I giggled a bit as Hagrid was muttering the numbers that he needed to open the gateway.

"'Ere we go." "Just wait Harry." I whispered to him.

Hagrid hit different bricks and the archway started to form. When it was fully finished I heard an audible gasp from Harry right next to me.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him into the busy crowds of Diagon Alley.

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A/N: 893 words(counting the A/N at the top I'm being too lazy to count it out right now)! Sorry it took so long to get out. I barely had any time on the computer for a loooooooooooong time. Next chapter will be a sneak peak into some of the most tense moments in the entire series (one for each book). I may not stick to exactly what I write in them so there probably won't be any MAJOR spoilers for what I have coming.

-xx Wolfmay30