Harry's Stay
written by Louisa S R W
Harry's Stay in Diagon Alley
Last Updated
05/31/21
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In our midst
Chapter 1
It was the beginning of August 1993 and I started to get an odd sense that someone else was in Diagon Alley. In general, we keep ourselves to ourselves but I felt like someone else was in Diagon Alley on a daily basis. I would watch out of my window to check on people around Knockturn Alley and I went to Diagon Alley for books, ice cream etc…
I imagine it was a few days into his stay in Diagon Alley that I was walking past the quidditch shop and saw Harry Potter, a Gryffindor in the year below me.
“Harry!” I said “What are you doing here?”
“It’s the new Firebolt” he replied. I thought the one he had was perfectly fine but I admit it did look nice. I won’t say that I know anything much about broomsticks other than Fred and George moan about the ones they have. He had an ice cream and seemed a lot more relaxed than he usually did when in Diagon Alley.
“Where is your family? You really shouldn’t be alone” With a prisoner on the loose it really didn’t seem wise for him to be about alone.
“I’m at the Leaky Cauldron till school starts.” I was shocked this wasn’t something my uncle would let me do.
“Oh! Well I’m going back with my…Professor Snape.” My uncle always preferred I used the Professor term rather than uncle when talking to other students.
“Not on the train?” said Harry, the ice cream starting to run down his hand.
“No. Well I best be getting home now. Have Fun.”
“Were do you live?”, I didn’t want to say too much.
“Just around the corner. Not far.”
“Come and visit anytime! Room 11” he said.
I had to clear it with my uncle but until we went back to Hogwarts, we had a great time. You could say that we had both found a new lease of life, until I was taken back to Hogwarts. Harry stayed on and arrived back at Hogwarts with everyone else on the Hogwarts Express. However, I believe that strange events had occurred whilst he was on the train and it wasn’t for some days that I was to get the full picture.
I imagine it was a few days into his stay in Diagon Alley that I was walking past the quidditch shop and saw Harry Potter, a Gryffindor in the year below me.
“Harry!” I said “What are you doing here?”
“It’s the new Firebolt” he replied. I thought the one he had was perfectly fine but I admit it did look nice. I won’t say that I know anything much about broomsticks other than Fred and George moan about the ones they have. He had an ice cream and seemed a lot more relaxed than he usually did when in Diagon Alley.
“Where is your family? You really shouldn’t be alone” With a prisoner on the loose it really didn’t seem wise for him to be about alone.
“I’m at the Leaky Cauldron till school starts.” I was shocked this wasn’t something my uncle would let me do.
“Oh! Well I’m going back with my…Professor Snape.” My uncle always preferred I used the Professor term rather than uncle when talking to other students.
“Not on the train?” said Harry, the ice cream starting to run down his hand.
“No. Well I best be getting home now. Have Fun.”
“Were do you live?”, I didn’t want to say too much.
“Just around the corner. Not far.”
“Come and visit anytime! Room 11” he said.
I had to clear it with my uncle but until we went back to Hogwarts, we had a great time. You could say that we had both found a new lease of life, until I was taken back to Hogwarts. Harry stayed on and arrived back at Hogwarts with everyone else on the Hogwarts Express. However, I believe that strange events had occurred whilst he was on the train and it wasn’t for some days that I was to get the full picture.
