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 Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:25 am
The young girl can't stay in place a moment since she received her letter. She read it again and again to be sure she wasn't dreaming.
She went talk to the director as soon as she received it and discovered many things like the fact the director was himself from a magic school, the French one, Beauxbaton. She too learnt more about her parents, they were not normal like she thought (she learnt the word muggles by the same way).
She was really excited. Today she will take the plane with the director to go at London where she will by the supplies asked in the enclosed list. It was her first travel outside France (well it was her first travel outside the town where is the orphanage too).
She packed her stuffs, there was not many but she didn't wanted to forget the important ones : a rabbit plush she received from her parents where she was borned, her pink pyjamas, a dictionnary English-French, and her clothes. Her suitcase wasn't even half full. But she didn't wanted unecessary things, the books, robes and the wand (she couldn't stopped smilling when she said this word) will take places.
Now they are ready it was time to go to the airport. Charles de Gaulle's airport was at Paris. It was so huge, Lorako looked everywhere her mouth always openned to let escape a "Ohhhh" "Great" "Wonderful" ....
The director took the tickets and they went to the boarding place. He needed to calm her down when they were placed in the plane. She couldn't stay in place.
The flight took 3hours, and they needed to adjust the time at their watch because in England it was 1h less than in France. Lorako's watch was a cute little pink one with a rabbit pointing the number with two carrots.
They got back their bagages and the director used his wand to call a strange bus which appeared from nowhere. He bought two tickets and they went in.
"The Leaky Cauldron" he asked to the driver. With a strange sound the bus vanished like he appeared. The young girl looked inside this strange bus out of voice. It was like a new world, everything was magic here. The bus stopped in front of a little shop with a witch and her cauldron as sign.
They thanked the driver and went inside the shop. It was dark and there was strange person looking at them. She catched the director's sleeve as little intimidated.
He smiled to her and they stood in the backyard. Their was a big brick wall. The director used his wand to kick some of them and a door formed.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:25 am
((I keept the shop named thinking it's like a brand and the shop successor had keept it))
"C'est super" Lorako let French coming outside her mouth for the first time since they were gone. She asked the director after receiving the letter to teach her English and except with the other childrens in the orphanage she didn't spoke French.
She realised it and put herself right "I mean it's great". Looking the place full of magical shops her heart beated fast. "Where are we" she asked to the director. "Diagon Alley" he replied softly. "Here we will be able to find everything you need for the school."
They started walking arround the shops, Lorako didn't know where to look, she wanted to see everything of this world. The voice of the director brought her back from her reverie. "We will start with the wand if you want" , he laughed when he saw the excitation expression on her face.
They enter the wands shop named Ollivander. The shop clerk welcomed them. "Welcome young girl, i think i have the perfect wand for you" he said looking at her pink hair. He went in the back of the shop and came back with a light purple box. He took the wand inside and presented it to Lorako.
"Unicorn hair, mahogany wood, 10 1/4" he said. The wand was thin and had a light pink color. The girl thought it was beautiful. She took the wand and a warm light appeared from her hand.
"Perfect" the shop clerck said "The wand choose you, it's a swishy and nice wand for Charm work". The director paid for it and they went out.
"Now the robes" he said. They walked a moment and passed in front of an animal shop. She saw a snowy owl. "Director !" her voice was sort of imploring. The director knew her fascination for Harry Potter' story and aggred. They went inside and he bought her the owl. Lorako almost cried, "I will name her Hedwig, in memory of the other one".
Then they arrived at the shop where they could bought robes. The named in front of the shop said Madam Malkin's Robes For All Occasions.
Some student were already there trying some. Lorako entered alone, the director stayed outside with the owl cage.
The shop woman smiled. "Which year ?" , the little girl tried to articulate "Fir....First year madam". She suddenly felt embarrassed when the other student looked at her. She thought her hair are strange, and her little white dress too. But a young girl came near to her.
"Your hair color is amazing, is it natural ?" she asked with a smiled. Lorako felt a little better "Ye.. yes, my mom had the same." Their was a young boy with green eyes looking at her too. She smiled to him, thinking he was cute. He gave her smile back.
Then the shop woman arrived with robes. "Can you tries them please." she showed her a dressing room.
Lorako tried all of them, giving back the ones too large. She was not really tall too. Then she went outside asking the director the money to pay.
"Now it's the book store turn" he said when she came back with the robes.
They went to the library named Flourish & Blotts bookstore. The shop clerk asked her the year too and came back with all the books she needed.
The arms full of stuffs they needed to went bying the size 2 pewter cauldron, the feather, the ink, the potion ingredients from the Apothecary.
A question came in Lorako's mind. "Hum director, thank your for paying everything but it cost you very much and i don't have money." The director realised it and smiled to her. "Oh i didn't tell you about Gringott ?, well we need to go so you will see. But first I will put down everything at the Leaky Cauldron." he looked arround for Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour.
"Can you please wait me here ? I will not be long." He gave her some money and went back the the Leaky Cauldron.
The shop owner came and ask her what she wanted. "Hum chocolate ice-cream with strawberry please" she said looking at the list. The man went inside the shop and came back a few minute after with the ice-cream.
"5 Knuts please".
Lorako looked at her money, she didn't really know about the wizards currency. The man saw it and with a smile he explained her everything.
"You see, in order of decreasing value, they are: the gold Galleon, the silver Sickle, and the bronze Knut. You need 29 knuts to make one Sickle and 493 Sickle for one Galleon."
Then the director was back. He thanked the shop owner for looking after Lorako and the went at Gringott. A snowy white building, near the intersection of Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley, Gringotts towered over all neighbouring shops. Customers passed through a set of bronze doors and then silver ones before entering the lobby. The main floor was paved with marble and had long counters stretching along its length.
The director went talking to a little man, (who Lorako will learn later was a Goblin) and asked "Mr and Mrs Riviere's vault please" he gave a tiny key to him. The goblin looked at the little girl and said "follow me".
They arrived in front of the vault after taking a sort of wagon. "You see, your parents money was keept here till today. Now it's yours." They took some money, the director gave some to Lorako for the year at Hogwarts and took some to pay what he already gave.
After it they went back to the Leaky Cauldron where the director reserved two chambers till it will be time to go to King's Cross.
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