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For a famous place, it was very dark and shabby. A few old women weresitting in a corner, drinking tiny glasses of sherry. One of them was smoking a long pipe and a little man in a top hat was talking to the old bartender, who was quite bald and looked like a toothless walnut. The low buzz of chatter stopped when the three of us walked in. Everyone seemed to know Hagrid though; they waved and smiled at him, and the bartender reached for aglass, saying, "The usual, Hagrid?" 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Oc88Wpw9b
"Can't, Tom, I'm on official Hogwarts business," said Hagrid, clapping his great hand on my shoulder and making my knees buckle. "Taking young Harry and Katrina here to buy their school supplies."420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPW8P63sXJ
"Good Lord," said the bartender, peering at me, "is this...can this be?" The Leaky Cauldron suddenly went completely still and silent. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pVeBJTOnO
"Bless my soul," whispered the old bartender, "Harry Potter... what an honor."He hurried out from behind the bar, rushed towards me and seized my hand, tears in his eyes."Welcome back, Mr. Potter, welcome back." I didn't know what to say. Everyone was looking at me and I was beginning to feel self-conscious. The old woman with the pipe was puffing on it without realizing it had gone out. My eyes met Katrina's who looked just as shocked by the reaction I was getting as I was, but she simply shrugged her shoulders in equal confusion.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrquNdQE1Kz
Then there was a great scraping of chairs and the next moment, I found myself shaking hands with everyone in the Leaky Cauldron. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADMa7mT8nk
"Doris Crockford, Mr. Potter, can't believe I'm meeting you at last." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOGghf1zck
"So proud, Mr. Potter, I'm just so proud." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlPro0etlP
"Always wanted to shake your hand...I'm all of a flutter." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8JOw2gk4P
"Delighted, Mr. Potter, just can't tell you, Diggle's the name, Dedalus Diggle." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbenhijWU6
"I've seen you before!" I said, as Dedalus Diggle's top hat fell offin his excitement. "You bowed to me once in a shop." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyUodeAHKH
"He remembers!" cried Dedalus Diggle, looking around at everyone. "Did you hear that? He remembers me!" I shook hands again and again. Doris Crockford kept coming back for more.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4FS451k5W
The sheer number of people coming up to greet me was overwhelming and I could feel my face redden as I continued to become more and more flustered. Suddenly, I felt a small hand take mine and gently squeeze it. I looked over and saw Katrina's twinkling blue eyes staring into mine as she gave me a reassuring smile. "Thank you" I mouthed as Hagrid dragged the two of us over to a corner and introduced us to a odd-looking man wearing a purple turban. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoTo1oSwkH
"Professor Quirrell!" said Hagrid. "Harry, Katrina, Professor Quirrell will beone of your teachers at Hogwarts."420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyuqiO1Zxz
"P-P-Potter, K-Katrina" stammered Professor Quirrell, grasping our hands,"c-can't t-tell you how p- pleased I am to meet you." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbmRXD4DMg
"What sort of magic do you teach, Professor Quirrell?" I heard Katrina ask politely. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAb0uD8Wkp
"D-Defense Against the D-D-Dark Arts," muttered Professor Quirrell, asthough he'd rather not think about it. "N-not that you n-need it, eh,P-P-Potter?" He laughed nervously. "You'll be g-getting all your equipment, I suppose? I've g-got to p-pick up a new b-book on vampires,m-myself." He looked terrified at the very thought and suddenly dashed off before I could think of a good response.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpIU1nm22i
It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all. At last, Hagrid managed to make himself heard over the babble."Must get on...lots ter buy. Come on, Harry, Katrina." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVFVVB52AK
As we left, I noticed Katrina glancing back at the man in confusion and wincing as she rubbed her collar bone. She noticed my concerned expression and reached over to grab my hand again as we continued to follow Hagrid as he led us through the bar and out into a small, walled courtyard, where there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rvIc7Wd8T
"Told yeh, didn't I? Told yeh you was famous. Even Professor Quirrell was tremblin' ter meet yeh. Mind you, he's usually tremblin'." Hagrid said as he grinned down at me.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2llxLlD2VE
"Is he always that nervous?" 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeJBFkqYav
"Oh, yeah. Poor bloke. Brilliant mind. He was fine while he was studyin' outta books but then he took a year off ter get some firsthand experience....never been the same since. Scared of the students, scared of his own subject now, where's me umbrella?" 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0cvHVqdLn
"Hagrid, why are we just standing in front of a brick wall?" I asked him in confusion. He ignored me and muttered under his breath as he pulled out his pink umbrella and tapped the stones in a particular order. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxWCQCWUVg
"Three up... two across he muttered. "Right, stand back, you two." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjA2FXgnuc
He tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella and the brick he had touched slowly quivered then wriggled to life.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj4UEezHyr
I felt Katrina's grip tighten on my hand as we watched in amazement as the bricks started shifting around and an archway appeared large enough even for Hagrid. I looked at Katrina; my eyes wide, as together we stepped through the arch and into the bustling crowd of shoppers. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECZfkyqijo
"Welcome," said Hagrid, "to Diagon Alley." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16oUrwyyGv
The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop.Cauldrons -- All Sizes - Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver -- Self-Stirring-- Collapsible, said a sign hanging over them. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgonv2tV1DS
"Yeah, you'll be needin' one," said Hagrid, "but we gotta get yer money first." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB7JUjXG3j
I turned my head in every direction as the three of us walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once: the shops, the things outside them, the people doing their shopping. A plump woman outside an Apothecary was shaking her head as we passed, saying, "Dragon liver, seventeen Sickles an ounce, they're mad...." 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT6bGQeR1n
I heard Katrina giggle as she yanked me by the arm and tugged me back and forth across the streets trying not to miss anything. Her enthusiasm was infectious and I laughed harder than I had in a long time as I let her take the lead. 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0tZAJmvar
Several boys of about our age had their noses pressed against a window with broomsticks in it.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0qAlK0le1
"Look," I heard one of them say, "the new Nimbus Two Thousand...fastest ever!" 420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcw9FUl9xs
There were shops selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver instruments I had never seenbefore, windows stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels' eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills, and rolls of parchment, potion bottles, globes of the moon, animals of all shapes and sizes, you name it.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyhEAqLu2x
Katrina was so focused on weaving back and forth across the streets to make sure she didn't miss anything that she quickly forgot to watch out for what was in front of her.420Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugf8bEkHA1
"Ow!" I heard her cry out as she stumbled into Hagrid. I couldn't help it and burst out laughing and when she glared at me, it only made me laugh harder. She managed to keep her angry glare for about 30 seconds before she lost control and smiled with me. When I finally managed to contain myself I noticed that we had reached a snowy white building that towered over the other little shops and had the words; "Gringotts Bank" written in large gold lettering across the entrance.
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