CHAPTER 3: Diagon Alley

"Huh" is the only intelligent word that comes out from my father after reading a letter that's addressed to yours truly. Its kinda funny seeing him stumped, what's he reading you ask, my Hogwarts letter which just arrived an hour ago. Hehehehehe hahahaha!! I'm going to Hogwarts suckers!!!!. Honestly knowing you are going to THE Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is an indescribable feeling, and knowing that unlike some suckers who could only write fanfics about going to Hogwarts, while you could physically step inside said school brings me a load of satisfaction. Hehe suck on that fanfic authors!!! Anyway I'm just listening to my parents talking and apparently a Professor is going to come tomorrow should we choose to accept which we are! well I am, really I can't go without my parents permission cause well their my parents and I'm still underage so they make the decisions for me. Didn't stop me from learning weapons handling from my martial arts master though, but that I keep from my parents, what they don't know doesn't hurt them am I right.

Oh and fun fact, my master is a retired ninja, well not so much retired as well running from a Japanese hidden society who employ ninjas. Really that guy with a disarming smile actually lives in a real life action movie, how crazy is that? Well it's not really that crazy considering I'm living in a movie myself, or is it the book? huh I should've asked that GOD, well doesn't really matter, with my foresight I could just see things that i couldn't expect anyway. Oh mom and dad are finished talking let's hear them out.

"Well honey me and your mom have discussed this and we think its beneficial you go to this hogwash school "(Dad)

"Yes!! I'm gonna be a witch!!"

"(sighs) never expected to those words coming from my daughter" (mom)

"Ok before you can celebrate and send a response back we need to deal with another letter your mom got a couple of days ago."

'eh another letter? don't tell me.....' before I could finish that thought mom took out another letter similar to the Hogwarts letter but instead with a blue seal depicting a familiar emblem.

"I haven't opened it, well actually we can't open it we think only you can, since well its addressed to you baby. We kept it secret since we didn't know what it was and we didn't recognize the listed name and emblem, we were still searching for anything that could give us some info on the symbol on the letter but found nothing so we discarded it for the mean time. But seeing that Hogwarts letter being a magical school acceptance letter, this letter might be one as well, try to open it and see okay." My mom says while handing me the letter.

Too say I'm shocked is honestly an understatement, it seems Beauxbatons academy of magic also sent a letter which like the Hogwarts letter let's me attend their school. But why are they sending it to me, I'm in England, so I'm supposed to be getting a Hogwarts letter only right? I mean honestly I don't mind going to Beauxbatons I'm already fluent in French and a bunch of other languages, again genius level intellect for the win!!!!!!!! Anyway now this makes my decision to go to hogwarts hard why? well Beauxbatons from what I know offers Alchemy production as a subject something that Hogwarts does not offer, maybe In the past yes but not now. And the person who teaches Alchemy at Beauxbatons is NICHOLAS F****** FLAMEL!!!! , you know that guy that basically made a stone that grants you immortality and riches, yeah that guy!!!!! I'm under no illusion that I might get to use the stone someday BUT and that's a huge but, I might become an apprentice to the man. Just that is enough to put you in people's eyes. I'd become one of the most sort after witch should I inherit knowledge from the person who was/is the closest that's come to figuring out true immortality.

Yeah so you see why this is a difficult choice. (sighs) I can't help but give a stink eye to my parent for springing up this situation on me. (sighs) Well at the end of the day I made my choice, I so hope I don't regret my choice.

TIMESKIP 1 DAY:

"HOGWARTS school of witchcraft and wizardry is the best magical school in the world. I promise your daughter will get only the best magical education you can pay for." said one Professor Sinistra.

I honestly doubt that but whatever. So I chose Hogwarts (sighs) I hope I wont regret it but it was a smart move I think. why? because I don't really know much about Beauxbatons, or any of the other schools besides Hogwarts and Ilvermony. I wanted a safe choice and Hogwarts provided that. I don't think I could get the most knowledge out of Hogwarts especially in Potions and DADA given the potions Professor is a major git, and DADA is just a revolving door of Professors. But one selling point of Hogwarts that tipped the choice in their favor is The ROR. Yes the legendary room that caters to your every wish except wishes that involve food. The thought of finding books of magic written by the founders themselves is intoxicating, I could potentially find a book that details the creation of Hogwarts itself. Meaning I could find knowledge on how to create sentient objects like the sorting hat, powerful magical objects like the sword of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw's diadem, the possibilities of what I could acquire are endless. That's why I chose Hogwarts, my path to greatness lies in that castle, and I'd be damned if being taught by one man messes it up. A great man for sure but one man.

Anyway I didn't expect Professor Sinistra to be the one coming but I'm glad I didn't get someone like Snape as my guide to diagon alley. Plus Sinistra is a lovely woman, explains everything smoothly with patience and the look on her face when I asked about ancient runes was amusing. I like teachers who actually love what their teaching, so its pretty much guaranteed I'm taking ancient runes In my third year. We are currently in the leaky cauldron at the wall and the professor taps the bricks leading to Diagon alley. I memorize the pattern then watch as the bricks come alive and open up the entrance to one of the most magical places in the HP universe. And its absolutely overwhelming, sorry Robin I just can't be whelmed. It was in one word Extraordinary.

Damn this can't match up to the movies not one but. Seeing this in person really drove it into me that I'm really here in the wizarding world. Heh I'm so gonna explore every inch of this place but first let's go greet the goblins.

We make it to Gringotts bank, by the way my mom insisted she came and the professor didn't argue with her. The bank is.... you know what I'm speechless, at this point I feel like when I finally get to see Hogwarts I'm just gonna faint because damn, the Gobs made the bank the epitome of architecture at it's best and it's been around since the 1470's. Mom is also awed by this place, anyway getting out of our stupor, we made it inside and luckily there's an available gob so making our way to the guy he ignores us not even looking up after hearing us, Sinistra looks amused by this and calls out to the gob.

"Hello there Gornuk still not giving face to wizards I see."

"Ahh well well well if it isn't Hogwarts own runes master. I see you're playing sheep herder for wizards these days, what is it today currency exchange?" the rude gob said with a smirk on ITS!! ugly face.

"Even now your mouth remains foul Gornuk, I guess i shouldn't have expected much from you, and yes its currency exchange today..

"And we'd like to open an account." I piped up before they can settle the exchange business.

"Heh(smirk) the little lamb can go meh its seems."

"Yes and this little lamb is trained to kicked the shit out of little bastards!" I said to the little twat.

"Nicolette Marie Laurent!! mind your tongue young lady that's highly unbecoming of you!"

Mom said scolding me.

I just hmphed folding my arms and looking away, I know better than to argue with my mom, I can't stress this enough but going against mothers is a losing battle, so just don't ok people.

"Kind sir excuse my daughter, it appears she is in need of some disciplining" i shivered hearing that "can you tell me what the exchange rate is from pounds to galleons and also we would like to open an account if that is not a problem." my mother said bringing out that killer smile of hers. And like I thought it was insta kill for the poor rude git. No one survives this smile, it's part of the reason why dad is so successful, at his dinner parties when he invites potential investors, his biggest weapon isn't some killer presentation but this killer smile. Hell even I've used it a couple of times at school when I had to get out of suspensions or expulsions for beating the living shite out of some snort nosed brat who wanted a piece of this.

"Ahh of-ofcourse madam Laurent I'll get your account opened and a vault issued to you. As for the rates 1 galleon equals to 5 pounds, a galleon equals 17 sickles and a sickle is 29 knut madam."(rude git)

"Oh sounds simple enough" my mom says while taking out a cheque book. "Here is a cheque for 250000 pounds, that should be about 50000 galleons ofcourse excluding your bank charges, more than enough for the school year right?"

"Yes ofcourse madam, it'll take a while to formalize everything but it should be just 10 minutes, we at gringotts pride ourselves with our efficiency."

"Oh that's delightful we'll wait by the benches good sir."

Professor Sinistra: "...."

Heh it seems Sinistra is puzzled as to how my mom handled the twat, but anyways we got to the benches waited for 7 mins, then left with a "complementary" money pouch, tsk yeah right both me and Sinistra know there's no such thing as complementary anything from gringotts, the greedy bastards. Anyway we decided to quickly go through the school list and items needed, anything else I want to buy I'll do so in the coming week, I'm two months away from the first term of school so I still have some time to browse through the Alley. We first got an expensive truck its lavender with some flowery patterns, its filled with charms my favorite being the expansion charm I could fit a lot of clothes, books, items and so much more in its different compartment, it also has a lightweight charm so I could carry it without feeling any strain on my end.

We made it to Flourish and Blotts for books, I kept my eye on books I will get a week later. Unfortunately I didn't come across anything with Occlumency or mind arts in general. Doesn't matter though, theres still other book shops around I'm sure some of them has something on the mind arts. Next we went to Madam Malkins robes for all occasions, got the very best robes, I got 5 robes instead of 3 because I'm rich I could but as much as I want. ohh dragon hide gloves? GET!!!! Winter cloaks? GET!!!!! Next up was Slug and Jiggers apothecary for potion supplies. Hmm looking around I catalogue all the potions I find useful, i will buy them next time though.....oh is that a fire breathing potion!!!??? GET!!!!

"No"

aww man, Mom closed that down faster than I can say quidditch.....pfff!! ahhh I could be a comedian dattebayo!!!!!!

Anyway next shop was Wiseacres wizarding equipments, we got some crystal phials because only the best for mwah. We also got a telescope and 5 sets of brass scales, the letter said only one but like I said I'm rich! y'know! Seeing that we are making good time we sat down at Florean Fortescues ice cream parlour, I got the vanilla ice cream with sprinkles because when all else fails, vanilla is there to pick you back up. Also Mr. Greys favorite flavour is vanilla sooooooooo....hehe.

Finishing up on our desserts we went to Ollivanders or I went to Ollivanders while my mom and the professor went to Eyelop Owl emporium, stupid name really but whatever. I got inside the shop and the first thing that came inside my mind was, "I need to learn scourgyfy" seriously what's with the dusty setting. While I was thinking that my instincts kicked in turning around I slugged the person behind me with an enhanced mana punch knocking them out. I moved back checking if the were other potential enemies around, finding none I checked on the person on the ground and he looked familiar, it took a second to realise its Ollivander. FUCK

Few minutes later

So I just slugged an oldman, knocking him the f*** out. Damn master would be proud my form was superb, I'm actually quite proud of my self, like master said slug anyone who approaches you from behind, dad learned that the hard way.

"(groans) what happened?" (Ollie)

"Oh you're up funny story actually, this raccoon suddenly came in from the window, it was carrying dumbbells for some reason and threw one at you knocking you out instantly." I said hoping my face isn't giving anything away.

"...."

"...."

"...."

"Okay fine!! I clogged you oldman, but seriously who comes up at someone from behind, damnnnn man you scared the black out of me! instincts took over and knocked the shite out of you. If this was in the hood you could've gotten popped y'know. Lesson learned yeah? "

".....(sigh) How is a little girl able to knock out a fully grown man?."

"hey man like I told gobta over at gringotts I'm trained to beat the living shite out of people"

"(sighs) Hogwarts sure is gonna be interesting with you there. Now what's your wand hand?."

"hmmm I'm ambidextrous but I'll go with left, its best for slugging idiots."

"Yes yes it is." He says with a small smile on his face while taking my arm measurements. Why is he smiling? don't tell me he's.....an M!!!??

"No I'm not an M."

!!!!!???? he totally read my mind!!!!!

"I didn't, you just said that out loud."

"....oh. Kay then hehehe." Awkwaaaaard

"(chuckles) you know getting a good look a you I think I know which wand would be perfect for you."

"Eh what do you mean, no going through a hundred wands first for me?" I said a little disappointed.

"(chuckles) Dont be disappointed little lady, you'll thank me after I give you your wand. Though I must say this one wand was not made by me or any of the Ollivander wandmakers. You see miss Laurent, this wand was given to my great grandfather by a powerful wizard in France during his travels, he became friends with this wizard you see and said wizard was one of if not the best seer this world has ever seen. He fashioned this wand himself teaching my great grandfather what we wandmakers thought impossible."

"And that was?" I said feeling my breath hitch as I watch the box Ollivander brought. I dont know why but I felt like something most likely the resting wand inside call out to me. It was faint but I think I saw the box move almost as if It couldn't wait until it was in my hands.

"The first ever dual core wand miss Laurent." He said finally opening the box looking inside I couldn't help but snatch the wand inside as quickly as I could, even resorting to enhance my movement speed. I looked at what I thought to be the most beautiful wand in the world."

"14 inches Hawthorn wood Thestral hair and and Pheonix feather. The most contradictory wand I've ever laid my eyes on, a stubborn wand if I've seen one, even the maker himself couldn't cast the lowest grade of spells with it apparently, it put itself to sleep apparently after it's creator tried to test it out, only 11 years ago did it finally awaken, a time its fated user was born, the one whose experienced death and rebirth. And can tell the tale. Hello there reincarnator.