Chapter 2: - Diagon Alley
Kari tried to pay as they finished their meal, but Tom waved it away, saying that Dumbledore had more then covered their stay. Kari had to wonder if they had any idea how much Joey ate. "I'll take you to Diagon Alley, once you're ready."
"No need Tom. I have to take young Harry around for his school supplies too." A humongous man in a very large coat said, a small black haired child by his side.
"Bless my soul, it's Harry Potter!" Tom exclaimed and the whole pub was in uproar in seconds. The gang and Kaiba looked at each other, other then Ryou who was staring at the boy, who was this Harry Potter? And why did he have a gathering a big as the fangirls that followed Yugi around? They were waved over by the big man.
"Rubius Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. You must be the exchange students." They nodded and introduced themselves. "I've got to take Harry to Diagon Alley for his supplies, Professor Dumbledore told me you would be arriving today so I'll take you, if that's not a problem for you Tom." Tom shook his head and Hagrid pushed his way through the crowd with the group close behind. Harry stayed closest to Hagrid, which didn't surprise Yugi at all, having been at the receiving end himself. "Your Yugi Muto aren't you?" Harry asked as they stopped in a room, "But I thought you were older."
"Same name, similar decks, similar looks." Yugi said, feeling bad about lying to the boy as Hagrid counted bricks and tapped them with his pink umbrella, "Three up, two across," He muttered, "Alright everyone stand back." Hey did so as an archway formed in the wall. "Welcome," Hagrid said, "To Diagon Alley." Everyone was stunned, the only one that looked slightly unsurprised was Ryou, who was the only full blood wizard among them, or so Yugi guessed. He could feel Yami looking through his eyes and taking in everything.
"Yes, you'll need one of those Harry, but the first place we should go is Gringotts, the wizarding bank. You'll need to take out some money, Harry, and you others probably have to exchange your currency." Kaiba nodded, wondering what the exchange rate was.
"Mr Hagrid. I need to take money out from my vault, under the name Bakura." Ryou said, the others looked at him, he had a vault? Ryou noticed and sighed as they reached the huge building and walked up the white stone steps where they were bowed to by a…"Yeah, that's a goblin." Hagrid said as they went through the first door.
A second set of doors were ahead of them, silver with words on.
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn,
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
"I hope you're paying attention!" Ryou said to his yami who had woken up at the mention of a bank. He and Bakura had gotten on slightly better since the match against Yami at Battle City, when Bakura had saved him, even though he still swore it was because he needed the boy, both hikari and yami knew it was something else, more like brotherly love. Bakura sent Ryou feelings of being insulted which made the boy smirk, it would be a cold day in hell before Bakura didn't like to steal stuff.
"Ryou…" Yugi budged him and they went through the door, catching up with the others quickly. Hagrid reached the desk, "Mr Harry Potter and Mr Ryou Bakura would like to make a withdrawal and Mr Muto, Mr Wheeler, Mr Kaiba and Miss Ironhide would like to exchange currency."
"Yen for wizarding money." Kaiba said.
"And do Mr Potter and Mr Bakura have their keys?" Ryou pulled his out his pocket.
"Hold on, I think I have Harry's somewhere." He reached inside his coat, "Here they are. Oh and here's a letter from Dumbledore about the 'you-know-know-what' in vault seven hundred and thirteen."
"Very well. If you, Mr Potter and Mr Bakura would follow me, the others can get their money exchanged at the desk over there. The others filed over to the other desk, where they exchanged money, Kaiba changed up a briefcase full while Kari made the discovery that yes they did take card and exchange the cash taken out. Joey sighed as he looked at the small amount he had, only 1000 yen. Which wouldn't go very far as gold Galleons, silver Sickles and bronze Knuts. They finished exchanging as Ryou, Harry and Hagrid came back into the room. Both Hagrid and Ryou looked rather green. They went out into the sunshine. "Might as well get your uniforms." Hagrid said, nodding to the correct shop, Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions. "Since there's more then one of you, do you mind if I slip of for a pick me up at the Leaky Cauldron. I hate those Gringotts carts."
The group moved into the shop where a witch greeted them, "Hogwarts, dears?" they nodded. "There's someone else getting fitted up at the moment. Go on through." They did so and saw a pale boy standing on a footstool while a second witch tacked up black robes. Madam Malkin had Harry go first and a conversation passed between the two that made the others feel slightly odd. The pale blonde boy glared at them as he left, Ryou started to explain about the Hogwarts houses and Quidditch as the others were fitted with their robes, with Kari last.
Kari almost fell over backwards as they walked into the next shop to buy their books. Kari also picked up a copy of 'Hogwarts, A History.' For reading at the pub. They picked up everything on their list and then they spilt up, Harry and Hagrid went to get their wands while the others went to the pet store first. Yugi, Joey and Kaiba held their cages well away from Kari and Ryou's cats, Kari had a female smoke Egyptian Mau, while Ryou had a blue Oriental male. Kari smiled as her Egyptian Mau let her put on the collar she'd bought and they caught Hagrid and Harry going back to 'The Leaky Cauldron' with a new snowy owl and Harry's school supplies. "I'll see you back at the pub." Harry called, Yugi smiled and waved and they entered the wand shop.
"You go first." Ryou said to Yugi, who nodded and walked up to the counter.
"Hello?" A man looked around the shelves.
"Ah, you must be the transfer students I was told would come here at some point, here, here, put your owls on the desk, and put your cats and books down. Kari's Egyptian Mau started stalking around the desk until Kari hissed at it and it glared at her and went to sleep on one of the char by the window.
Yugi was first, the group watched with interest as a magical tape measure measured everything, from Yugi's height to the length of his bangs. "Wand arm?" Yugi gave him a confused look, "What arm do you write with?" Yugi held up his right arm which was duly measured. Mr Ollivander pulled out a blue box, "9 inch Holly and dragon heartstring." Yugi gave it a wave and a mirror smashed into about 300 pieces. He put it down quickly. "No matter, no matter…here." He handed Yugi another one, "8 inch elm and unicorn hair." This one caused all the boxes on the shelf in front of Yugi to fall off. In half an hour, the pile at the foot of the desk had almost reached the height of the desk, Kaiba was about to explode and there wasn't much in the shop left to break. Bakura appeared from the Millennium Ring, "RA DAMN IT!" He yelled, making everyone jump, "Will you and the Pharaoh make up your minds already!" Ombre appeared from the Millennium Orb and kicked Bakura so hard he retreated, but it was too late the damage had been done. Kari looked at Ollivander who was thinking.
"Pharaoh…alright, might as well." He pulled out a golden box, from between another gold one and a silver wand box. "One of the last made by the Ancient Egyptians, 9 inch gold and temple cat fur." Yugi waved it and a Phoenix rose from the tip and flew around his head and vanished. "That would be the one then." Yugi sighed in relief. Kari stepped forward, she had a feeling she'd be an awkward customer too. She was right, and Kaiba had had to leave the shop for fresh air before he lost his temper and Joey and Ryou were getting bored and had started a game of duel monsters on the floor of the shop. "Alright, another rare wand, Egyptian, 11 inch, silver and sphinx wing feather." Kari waved it as Kaiba came back into the shop and wings sprouted from the tip and spread before they vanished. "About time." He growled.
"Let's let rich-boy go next." Joey said as he summoned Red-Eyes Black Dragon to their on-floor match. Ryou nodded. Kaiba received his quite quickly, 12 inch ash wood and icelandic blue dragon scale. Joey snorted as he won his duel with Ryou, there was no surprise that it was dragon related, he got up and went next, and was given his wand within about 20 minutes, Kaiba looked surprised at how long it had taken, but said nothing. 10 inch, ebony and dragon heart-string. An unusual wand, one of a kind Ollivander had said. Joey borrowed the money for his supplies off of Kari with a promise to pay her back. Ryou was last, and took another 20 minutes, finally ending up with a 9 inch Egyptian wood and griffin feather wand.
They finally made their way back into 'The Leaky Cauldron' as the stars came out overhead. "It took us all day to get our stuff; it was your wands that took the time." Kaiba growled. "Just remember that once we get to Hogwarts, I will NOT be hanging around with you geeks."
Yugi sighed as they sat at a table to eat, having taken their stuff upstairs, Kaiba taking one by the fire, while they ate and talked, Kari had her head stuck in 'Hogwarts, A History.' They finished and turned to Hagrid who'd come up to their table after eating with Harry, "I'll take you to the train station tomorrow." The group nodded and retreated to Yugi's room, where the spirits of all three worn items came out and a terse conversation took place. Finally breaking up as the clock struck eleven and they spilt up and retreated to their bedrooms. Yami and Yugi kept talking, Yami was suspicious of the fact that all the items bearers had Egyptian wands. Yugi checked his bag, the other three items were still there, Kari held the Millennium Orb, Ryou still had the Millennium Ring, though Yami wasn't happy about Bakura, that blasted thief, being on the loose, and they were wearing the Millennium Puzzle, as well as holding the Eye, the Rod and the Millennium Necklace. Yugi had brought the items with him, after all the trouble they'd gone through to get them, and all the people who were after them, there was no way they weren't coming with him.
"No need Tom. I have to take young Harry around for his school supplies too." A humongous man in a very large coat said, a small black haired child by his side.
"Bless my soul, it's Harry Potter!" Tom exclaimed and the whole pub was in uproar in seconds. The gang and Kaiba looked at each other, other then Ryou who was staring at the boy, who was this Harry Potter? And why did he have a gathering a big as the fangirls that followed Yugi around? They were waved over by the big man.
"Rubius Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. You must be the exchange students." They nodded and introduced themselves. "I've got to take Harry to Diagon Alley for his supplies, Professor Dumbledore told me you would be arriving today so I'll take you, if that's not a problem for you Tom." Tom shook his head and Hagrid pushed his way through the crowd with the group close behind. Harry stayed closest to Hagrid, which didn't surprise Yugi at all, having been at the receiving end himself. "Your Yugi Muto aren't you?" Harry asked as they stopped in a room, "But I thought you were older."
"Same name, similar decks, similar looks." Yugi said, feeling bad about lying to the boy as Hagrid counted bricks and tapped them with his pink umbrella, "Three up, two across," He muttered, "Alright everyone stand back." Hey did so as an archway formed in the wall. "Welcome," Hagrid said, "To Diagon Alley." Everyone was stunned, the only one that looked slightly unsurprised was Ryou, who was the only full blood wizard among them, or so Yugi guessed. He could feel Yami looking through his eyes and taking in everything.
"Yes, you'll need one of those Harry, but the first place we should go is Gringotts, the wizarding bank. You'll need to take out some money, Harry, and you others probably have to exchange your currency." Kaiba nodded, wondering what the exchange rate was.
"Mr Hagrid. I need to take money out from my vault, under the name Bakura." Ryou said, the others looked at him, he had a vault? Ryou noticed and sighed as they reached the huge building and walked up the white stone steps where they were bowed to by a…"Yeah, that's a goblin." Hagrid said as they went through the first door.
A second set of doors were ahead of them, silver with words on.
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn,
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
"I hope you're paying attention!" Ryou said to his yami who had woken up at the mention of a bank. He and Bakura had gotten on slightly better since the match against Yami at Battle City, when Bakura had saved him, even though he still swore it was because he needed the boy, both hikari and yami knew it was something else, more like brotherly love. Bakura sent Ryou feelings of being insulted which made the boy smirk, it would be a cold day in hell before Bakura didn't like to steal stuff.
"Ryou…" Yugi budged him and they went through the door, catching up with the others quickly. Hagrid reached the desk, "Mr Harry Potter and Mr Ryou Bakura would like to make a withdrawal and Mr Muto, Mr Wheeler, Mr Kaiba and Miss Ironhide would like to exchange currency."
"Yen for wizarding money." Kaiba said.
"And do Mr Potter and Mr Bakura have their keys?" Ryou pulled his out his pocket.
"Hold on, I think I have Harry's somewhere." He reached inside his coat, "Here they are. Oh and here's a letter from Dumbledore about the 'you-know-know-what' in vault seven hundred and thirteen."
"Very well. If you, Mr Potter and Mr Bakura would follow me, the others can get their money exchanged at the desk over there. The others filed over to the other desk, where they exchanged money, Kaiba changed up a briefcase full while Kari made the discovery that yes they did take card and exchange the cash taken out. Joey sighed as he looked at the small amount he had, only 1000 yen. Which wouldn't go very far as gold Galleons, silver Sickles and bronze Knuts. They finished exchanging as Ryou, Harry and Hagrid came back into the room. Both Hagrid and Ryou looked rather green. They went out into the sunshine. "Might as well get your uniforms." Hagrid said, nodding to the correct shop, Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions. "Since there's more then one of you, do you mind if I slip of for a pick me up at the Leaky Cauldron. I hate those Gringotts carts."
The group moved into the shop where a witch greeted them, "Hogwarts, dears?" they nodded. "There's someone else getting fitted up at the moment. Go on through." They did so and saw a pale boy standing on a footstool while a second witch tacked up black robes. Madam Malkin had Harry go first and a conversation passed between the two that made the others feel slightly odd. The pale blonde boy glared at them as he left, Ryou started to explain about the Hogwarts houses and Quidditch as the others were fitted with their robes, with Kari last.
Kari almost fell over backwards as they walked into the next shop to buy their books. Kari also picked up a copy of 'Hogwarts, A History.' For reading at the pub. They picked up everything on their list and then they spilt up, Harry and Hagrid went to get their wands while the others went to the pet store first. Yugi, Joey and Kaiba held their cages well away from Kari and Ryou's cats, Kari had a female smoke Egyptian Mau, while Ryou had a blue Oriental male. Kari smiled as her Egyptian Mau let her put on the collar she'd bought and they caught Hagrid and Harry going back to 'The Leaky Cauldron' with a new snowy owl and Harry's school supplies. "I'll see you back at the pub." Harry called, Yugi smiled and waved and they entered the wand shop.
"You go first." Ryou said to Yugi, who nodded and walked up to the counter.
"Hello?" A man looked around the shelves.
"Ah, you must be the transfer students I was told would come here at some point, here, here, put your owls on the desk, and put your cats and books down. Kari's Egyptian Mau started stalking around the desk until Kari hissed at it and it glared at her and went to sleep on one of the char by the window.
Yugi was first, the group watched with interest as a magical tape measure measured everything, from Yugi's height to the length of his bangs. "Wand arm?" Yugi gave him a confused look, "What arm do you write with?" Yugi held up his right arm which was duly measured. Mr Ollivander pulled out a blue box, "9 inch Holly and dragon heartstring." Yugi gave it a wave and a mirror smashed into about 300 pieces. He put it down quickly. "No matter, no matter…here." He handed Yugi another one, "8 inch elm and unicorn hair." This one caused all the boxes on the shelf in front of Yugi to fall off. In half an hour, the pile at the foot of the desk had almost reached the height of the desk, Kaiba was about to explode and there wasn't much in the shop left to break. Bakura appeared from the Millennium Ring, "RA DAMN IT!" He yelled, making everyone jump, "Will you and the Pharaoh make up your minds already!" Ombre appeared from the Millennium Orb and kicked Bakura so hard he retreated, but it was too late the damage had been done. Kari looked at Ollivander who was thinking.
"Pharaoh…alright, might as well." He pulled out a golden box, from between another gold one and a silver wand box. "One of the last made by the Ancient Egyptians, 9 inch gold and temple cat fur." Yugi waved it and a Phoenix rose from the tip and flew around his head and vanished. "That would be the one then." Yugi sighed in relief. Kari stepped forward, she had a feeling she'd be an awkward customer too. She was right, and Kaiba had had to leave the shop for fresh air before he lost his temper and Joey and Ryou were getting bored and had started a game of duel monsters on the floor of the shop. "Alright, another rare wand, Egyptian, 11 inch, silver and sphinx wing feather." Kari waved it as Kaiba came back into the shop and wings sprouted from the tip and spread before they vanished. "About time." He growled.
"Let's let rich-boy go next." Joey said as he summoned Red-Eyes Black Dragon to their on-floor match. Ryou nodded. Kaiba received his quite quickly, 12 inch ash wood and icelandic blue dragon scale. Joey snorted as he won his duel with Ryou, there was no surprise that it was dragon related, he got up and went next, and was given his wand within about 20 minutes, Kaiba looked surprised at how long it had taken, but said nothing. 10 inch, ebony and dragon heart-string. An unusual wand, one of a kind Ollivander had said. Joey borrowed the money for his supplies off of Kari with a promise to pay her back. Ryou was last, and took another 20 minutes, finally ending up with a 9 inch Egyptian wood and griffin feather wand.
They finally made their way back into 'The Leaky Cauldron' as the stars came out overhead. "It took us all day to get our stuff; it was your wands that took the time." Kaiba growled. "Just remember that once we get to Hogwarts, I will NOT be hanging around with you geeks."
Yugi sighed as they sat at a table to eat, having taken their stuff upstairs, Kaiba taking one by the fire, while they ate and talked, Kari had her head stuck in 'Hogwarts, A History.' They finished and turned to Hagrid who'd come up to their table after eating with Harry, "I'll take you to the train station tomorrow." The group nodded and retreated to Yugi's room, where the spirits of all three worn items came out and a terse conversation took place. Finally breaking up as the clock struck eleven and they spilt up and retreated to their bedrooms. Yami and Yugi kept talking, Yami was suspicious of the fact that all the items bearers had Egyptian wands. Yugi checked his bag, the other three items were still there, Kari held the Millennium Orb, Ryou still had the Millennium Ring, though Yami wasn't happy about Bakura, that blasted thief, being on the loose, and they were wearing the Millennium Puzzle, as well as holding the Eye, the Rod and the Millennium Necklace. Yugi had brought the items with him, after all the trouble they'd gone through to get them, and all the people who were after them, there was no way they weren't coming with him.