 Because you asked so nicely!
Chapter 9: Diagon Alley
“Are we ready to go then?” Molly asked pulling Harry out of his memories.
“I need to get a pensieve.” Harry mumbled to himself. Hermione hearing him looked at him quizzically.
“What was that, Harry?” She asked him as she stood up and pushed in her chair.
Harry looked up in surprise, not realizing that he had spoken out loud. At the continued inquiring look from Hermione, he sighed, “I said that I need to get a pensieve.”
“Why do you say that?” Hermione asked him curiously.
Realizing that she was going to continue to pester him until he explained, he sighed again, “I can’t seem to keep my mind on anything, I am constantly remembering the past few months.”
“You, know that won’t work.” Hermione said smartly, “You will just be preserving a copy of the memory; the original memory will still be in your mind.”
“I know.” Harry said dejectedly, “It was just wishful thinking.”
They made their way out the back door of the Leaky Cauldron and gathered around the brick wall as Ron, who had made it there first pulled out his wand and touched the bricks, causing the doorway to Diagon Alley to open up.
Harry glanced again at the sky. Although the clouds were still there, they appeared to be letting up. “Maybe this wind will blow them away.” Harry thought to himself.
Lily squeezed James’s arm as the walked through the archway. “I have missed this place.” She said joyfully, while James smiled indulgently at her.
“I don’t know why, it is just a crowded shopping center” Ron retorted, still miffed at not knowing who got head boy.
“Ronald!” Hermione said looking at Lily apologetically. Lily, not letting anything flatten her enjoyment of Diagon Alley, merely smiled at Hermione. She began to run from store to store, James in tow.
Laughing at their behavior, Molly turned to her children, “Alright you lot. Meet us back here in 2 hours that should give you plenty of time to get what you need.” As she walked away, Ron began muttering about how he was an adult now and shouldn’t have to check in if he didn’t feel like it. “Ronald! If you are going to act like a child, then you can come spend the day with me.” Molly shrieked from up the street, causing people to stare at them and Ron to turn an outrageous shade of red. |