It was one week before September 11 and they all had to go buy their books. So they took a trip to Diagon Alley by a limo. They all left their guardians and sprites at home. By now they had all become great friends and learnt all they needed to learn such as spells and their sprite had all developed as well.
One more thing they learned was to hide their auras. If they let their aura out, it might hurt someone. However they let out a tiny bit to let each other know where they were. They also learnt to talk to each other telepathically as well. They were now able to change there necklaces to a weapon off there choice. Almost everyone had swords except Teri and Kimiko who had a bow and arrow. Some had double swords and they were Laura, David, Yuuta and Kunimitsu. They were also told to keep their special powers under wraps for safety measures.
They went to all the shops to get their books, uniform, potions, broomsticks and pets. But they had to go to Gringotts first. When they entered with Clow Reed behind them, all the goblins bowed before him. Then the top goblin got up and asked, "What can I do for you today?"
"We would like to withdraw some money." said Clow.
"Do you all have your keys?" the goblin asked.
"Take out your pendants." said Clow Reed and the teenagers did. The goblins were shocked.
"Can you prove that this is yours?" asked the goblin.
"Do we have to?" said Grace.
"Yes you do. Don't worry." said Mr Reed. So they changed their pendants into their staffs.
"Alright. I will take you there personally." said the goblin.
They were led down a narrow stone passage that was lit with flaming torches. There were railway tracks on the ground and the goblin whistled and four carts appeared. The first cart held the goblin, Mr Reed, Grace and Syusuke. The second held Jewel, Carol, Lene, Laura and Sk. The third held David, Jake, Erin and Yuuta. The last one held Kunimitsu, Kimiko, Teri and Matt.
The cart moved at a fast speed and it was impossible to remember where they had come from. It made some feel a little woozy. They soon slowed down and entered a passage. They could tell that this passage was special as the archway was embedded in jewels. Soon the stopped and were face to face with 11 doors. On top of each door with numbers and the numbers ranged from 1-11. Each door was a different colour and there were different holes in each.
"I am unable to open these doors. Only the respectful owner is able to." said the goblin. Then Mr Reed directed them each to their respective doors. As soon as they were in front, it was as if they were possesed to do something to open the doors.
At volt 11, Teri had to shoot an arrow through the hole so she changed her necklace and she was right on target. Next she changed her necklace into her staff and put it into the next hole. Then she turned both her staff and they arrow at the same time and the pink door opened.
At volt 10, Matt summoned a wind spirit and it went through the hole and opened one of the locks behind the door. Then he placed his staff in the hole and turned. The black door creaked open.
At volt 9, Kimiko had to put her hand over the hole to change its shape to fit her staff inside and once it was turned, the greenish blue door opened.
At volt 8, Kunimitsu had to place his staff in the hole to turn it then he needed to change it back to his pendant and place it in the imprint on the grey door before it opened.
At volt7, it was a shared safe between the twins and there were two doors. One was made of ice while the other made of magma. On the left side, Erin had to place her staff in the hole and turn it and she also had to make magma and fill the imprint in the door with it. At the same time, Jake had to put his staff in the hole on the right door while he too filled the imprint on his side of the door with ice. When it was done both doors opened together.
At volt 6, Yuuta had to place his hand on an imprint while he placed his wand on the other imprint below. Both imprints shone and merged till the wand was in Yuuta's hand and the white door opened.
At volt 5, Laura and David were standing in front of it as both were sharing the volt. Laura had to stick her rod in the hole while David made lightning go around the staff and in to the hole. There were slight flashes of bright light as if an electricity cable was loose and hanging. Then the black door with yellow lightning door slowly opened.
At volt 4, Lene, Sk, Jewel and Carol had to put their hands on the door with imprints meant for their hands. The door was cut into 4 with one section red, another blue, one beige and the last section green. Then they each had to produce a sign of their power. So Lene's hand started to be surrounded with fire, the same with Sk except with water, Jewel with wind and Carol with vines going round her arm. Soon the whole security check was done and the doors swung opened.
At volt 3, Syusuke had to make a fake moon, sun and ying and yang symbol which shone on the ying and yang shaped white and black door and he put his staff in the hole. Then something clicked and the two doors opened.
At volt 2, Grace took out her cards and she had to put them in the correct place on the golden yellow shaped star door. The process took quite long as there were 52 cards but she seemed to know where each one went. Then she placed her key on the imprint right smack in the middle. Then the five parts of the star opened from the centre.
At volt 1, Mr Reed just placed his staff in the hole and turned it. Then he put his hand over the door and it started to glow blue. Then the sun and moon door opened.
Behind each door there revealed gold, silver and bronze coins. Inside there were priceless paintings and jewels. Grace and Syusuke actually thought they saw the Mona Lisa in Mr Reed's volt. But before they could confirm anything, he closed his volt. Haiz. Then they gathered all the galleons, sickles and knuts to last them the whole year.
They came out off Gringotts and headed to buy their books from Flourish & Bolts, uniforms from Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions, potion ingredients from the apothecary, brooms and pets.
Then they went to the Magical Menagerie to get some pets. Grace and Syusuke each got a phoenix. Grace's one was red with some blue streaks and named it Soul while Syusuke's one was red too but had purple streaks instead and he named it Heart. The shopkeeper was shocked as the phoenixes were now tame but they were usually fierce to customers. There was a section on exotic cats but they were all still in the baby stage so they were damn cute. Yuuta and Kimiko got lynxes and named them Coral and Opal respectively. Coral had some green and blue strips while Opal had some white stripes. Then Kunimitsu and Erin got some caracal which they called Topaz and Ruby respectively. Topaz had some grey stripes and Ruby had some dark red stripes. Then Jake and Lene got some leopard cat. One had icy blue stripes which belonged to Jake and was called Crystal and the other was called Flame and had red stripes and belonged to Lene. All the cats were unusually tame like the phoenixes.
Then everyone else got a bird except for Jewel, David and Matt who decide not yo have any pet at all. Sk got a black barn owl with blue stripes and was called Sapphire. Then Carol had a grey pygmy owl with green stripes that was called Jade. Laura's tawny owl was white with silver stripes and was called Diamond. Teri had a bald eagle whose beak was pink in colour instead of the normal yellow. She called it Pearl. They paid for their pets and left.
They had each learnt to ride their broomsticks very well and they each got the latest model, the lightning bolt 3000 from Quality Qudditch Supplies. When they left the shop, everyone was staring at them imaging how they afforded it all. Among those people were Harry, Ron and Hermoine.
The group walked to a place called Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour for some sundaes. On the way there they heard some voices calling for Mr Reed.
"Mr Reed, Mr Reed wait." said the voices. So everyone turned around just to be faced with 3 teenagers - 2 guys & 1 girl- running towards them.
"Good Afternoon Harry, Hermoine, Ron. How you all doing today?" said Mr Reed flashing his Cheshire cat grin.
"We are doing very well. Thank you Mr Reed." said Hermoine.
"Who are these people?" asked Harry.
"These are the new transfer students. Let's talk more over some ice cream." said Mr Reed. So they sat at a big table in from of the ice cream parlour. While they waited for their ice cream, they introduced each other.
"These are the new transfer students you will be helping. I presume you are ready to come to my house tomorrow. (Mr Reed told the transfer students already.)" said Mr Reed.
"Damn right we are." said Ron. The trio liked the new DADA teacher and found him very fun to be with just as Professor Lupin had been so they were excited to be staying at his house for one week before they went to Hogwarts. They were also looking forward to learning more about the new students.
"So I will be there at 9am tomorrow to pick you up from the Burrow." said Mr Reed. So they talked for the rest of afternoon. They learnt that Harry and Hermoine was a couple. Many could see Ron stealing glances at a brown-eyed beauty and the lady returning his glances with her own.
On the way back to the Reed mansion, Mr Reed had to remind them of a few things.
"Please remember not to show anybody of your powers nor let anyone find out. Your auras cannot be let out either as it may cause some unwanted trouble. Since you have finished your studies, the rest of the week is for you to enjoy. You can do anything that you want. If you need to communicate you may use your telepathic link with each other but refrain from tapping into people's mind and reading their thoughts. Lastly, try to keep your guardians and sprites under control. They are making a mess of the place. Before I forget, the cats and birds you got are very special. They can communicate with each other and with you once you learn how to. I can teach you. It won't take very long. I can finish tonight if you are up for the challenge. Oh yes, Grace and Syusuke please meet me in my study at 10pm if you don't mind and bring your guardians and pets with you." With that, they reached the mansion.
They went to unpack their purchases and went for their lesson with Mr Reed. They managed to finish just before dinner. That was the end of a tiring day or at least for most of them.
-End of Chapter-
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