A Trip To Diagon Alley With Remus Lupin
Sophie tentatively took a step forward, towards the man. She stuck out a small white hand, and said politely, "Hi, I'm Sophelia, but everyone calls me Sophie, it's very nice to meet you, sir."
"Oh Sophie, you don't have to be all that polite in front of me, and please call me Remus, or...perhaps Uncle Mooney" said Remus as he lifted Sophie onto his knee. "How would you like to go shopping for your books and robes with me? "he asked. "Oh you don't have to go, if you don't want to, I understand if you want to go with your brothers and the rest," he added.
"No, I would love to go with you, Uncle Mooney," said Sophie and jumped up at the very prospect.
"Very well then," said Remus as he took her hand and apparated, to Diagon Alley. He smiled at Sophie astonished face as she looked around at all the shops.
"Come on, we go to Gringotts first," said Remus to Sophie who was gazing open mouthed, at a nearby shop which was selling pets of all kinds: large tawny, snowy owls, cats (both ginger ones and grey ones), vampire bats, toads, rats and turtles. "Come on, we'll come back here later."
They walked along the sidewalk and reached a snowy white building and entered through its bronze doors. Sophie gasped as she saw strange, long fingered little creatures, all sitting on high stools, weighing gold coins, and examining walnut-sized gems through eyeglasses. "So these are goblins," said Sophie after a long pause. Remus nodded wisely.
They withdrew money from the Potter siblings' vault, some of which Remus gave Sophie to keep. Next they went to Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. While Madam Malkin measured her up and got her some robes to try, Remus disappeared and returned a moment later with a small white kitten, and held it out to Sophie." Oh thank you, Uncle Mooney! I love cats," said Sophie.
After buying all Sophie's books at Flourish and Blotts, plus another book called 'How to become an Animagus,' they went to Ollivanders. Remus left her alone inside the shop while he went to buy her potions ingredients from the apothecary opposite. "Good afternoon," said a soft voice, making Sophie jump.
"Hi," said Sophie awkwardly to the old man who was now peering at her from the top of his glasses. Sophie squirmed uncomfortably and silently took the wand he offered her after a tape measure measured her arm and height.
Sophie waved it at a corner, and made the dustbin there spill its garbage all over the floor. After about twenty minutes of trying wands, Sophie took the wand Ollivander gave her, and all at once felt a warming sensation in her fingers. She knew before he said that she had found her wand.
"Impressive, I wondered when I would be selling that wand, Ms. Potter, seeing as it is one of the oldest ones I have in stock. "Eleven inches, yew, dragon heart-string and golden unicorn hair, excellent for charm work," he said, "very few wands have such a strange combination, dragon heart string signifies a logical pattern of thought, while golden unicorn hair signifies innocence of the heart."
Sophie nodded awkwardly, paid fourteen galleons for her wand and left the shop, as soon as she could. Once outside, she found Remus, and both of them apparated to Grimmauld Place, where Remus said that they would take Sirius and leave for the Burrow.
"You see Sirius cant apparate by himself, if he does the ministry will track him down and arrest him," explained Remus.
Very soon, the three of them were sitting in the Burrow's kitchen munching Mrs. Weasley's meatballs and laughing loudly.