Sorry for not updating sooner, but recently I've gotten my wisdom teeth removed and I've been having headaches and stuff, so it was hard to update.
I would like to thank all the people who were kind enough to take the time to read and review my story, and also reading all the little notes before and after the story! It makes me really happy! So thanks a ton! ;)
I didn't read over the whole chapter because it was so long and a headache started to build up so I just hurried because I wanted to post the chapter up as soon as possible for my readers.
Enjoy the third chapter of "Do You Believe in Magic?"!
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or Harry Potter.
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"Today we'll be going to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies and such for Hogwarts." Eriol said after everyone finished eating breakfast.
"Yay! I hope this will be fun." Sakura grinned.
"Since we're all done, dressed, and clean, we should head for Diagon Alley right now." Eriol proposed.
"Okay." Both girls said in unison.
They all got into one of the limos and were off to the streets of England.
After 40 minutes of driving, the limo stopped at a street called Charing Cross Road.
Everyone got out, but Sakura and Tomoyo were confused at where they were.
"We're going to that tiny pub over there called the 'The Leaky Cauldron'." Eriol pointed to a tiny, grubby-looking place.
Sakura was shocked. If Eriol hadn't pointed out the little pub, she probably would have missed it.
"Now make sure there isn't too many people around. We're the only ones who can see it since we're witches and wizards." Eriol informed Tomoyo and Sakura.
The trio quickly entered the pub.
They passed by a lot of people who were drinking, gambling, and talking.
Eriol lead the girls to the back of the pub and behind a door.
Behind the door was a very small courtyard that had a brick wall.
"Eriol, this is a dead end. How are we supposed to get to Diagon Alley?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol grinned at Tomoyo's impatience and motioned her to be quiet.
He took his wand out of his cloak and faced the brick wall.
He pointed his wand to the middle of the brick wall and tapped three bricks up and two across.
Sakura and Tomoyo gasped when they saw that the wall was shifting and was making a doorway.
The girls peered into the brick wall and saw an archway.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley." Eriol bowed, ushering the girls into the archway.
As soon as the trio entered the path, the brick wall closed up.
They went down a cobbled street and Sakura and Tomoyo couldn't help but gasp at all the shops and people.
"First, we should go to Gringotts Bank. You can't use yen (the Japanese currency, I think) here." Eriol told the girls as he led them down the street towards the bank.
The girls' eyes widened at the huge, snow-white building.
They entered the building and a goblin lead them to a magic mine cart.
"You have to ride a mine cart to get to the vaults for your money." Eriol explained.
"Where is your key?" The goblin asked in a cracked, eerie voice.
"Sakura, hand him your Clow key." Eriol whispered to Sakura.
Sakura reluctantly handed the goblin her Clow key.
The goblin's eyes widened at the key.
"You must be Sakura Avalon! Please come along." The goblin bowed deeply and ushered the trio into the mining cart.
They drove deep into the vaults, and they stopped at vault #99.
The goblin inserted the Clow key into the keyhole.
The door opened with a loud creak.
Once the door swung all the way for all to see, Sakura's eyes widened.
Inside the vault were many gold coins stacked in rows. There were probably over a thousand rows.
"Wow Sakura." Tomoyo gaped at the large amount of money.
They quickly withdrew enough money to buy Sakura's school supplies and a bit extra for things Sakura wanted.
Tomoyo handed the goblin her key, and they went to vault #563.
The goblin opened the vault and there was a decent amount of money in there. But there was still enough to make Sakura and Tomoyo gap.
Eriol already had his money in hand, so the mine cart went back to the surface.
They left quickly since Tomoyo and Sakura were excited about all the new things and places they were going to see.
"Let's go get your robes first since those shouldn't be too heavy." Eriol lead them to a shop called Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions.
A cheerful, smiling witch came over towards them. She had a nametag that read 'Madam Malkin'.
"'Ello dears. I presume you need some Hogwart robes." Madam Malkin said in a thick, heavy British accent.
"Hello! And yes, we need some Hogwart robes." Sakura said cheerfully.
The woman seemed pretty nice.
"Of course dear. But first, let me finish with my first customer. This will only take a second." Madam Malkin walked away towards a boy who seemed like he was their age.
He had bleach blonde hair and icy blue eyes.
He looked pretty normal, but there was this air of arrogance around him and he seemed kind of…cold.
"Now Mister Draco, please stand still. This will only take a second." Sakura heard Madam Malkin tell the boy as she tried to take his measurements.
"OW! Don't stick the needle in so hard!" He shouted at the woman.
Sakura felt bad for the woman. All she was trying to do was take his measurements.
"Hey, don't speak to her that way." Sakura came up Draco.
"Well, aren't you a pretty girl." Draco tried flirting with Sakura.
Sakura blushed.
It wasn't that she was attracted to him, but she just felt kind of embarrassed when people complemented her.
"Um, that isn't the point! Y-You should be nicer to Madam Malkin." Sakura stuttered, looking at the floor.
"Well, I'm Draco Malfoy and I don't have to listen to you or that old woman." Sakura could tell he was way too stuck up.
"But I haven't seen you around here. Are you going to Hogwarts?" He asked.
Before Sakura could reply, Eriol came up to her.
"Why, hello Hiiragizawa." Draco said, emphasizing Eriol's last name with hatred.
"Hello Malfoy. We'll be going now." Eriol pulled Sakura away from him.
"What's wrong Hiiragizawa? Afraid I'll steal your girlfriend?"
Eriol ignored him as Sakura and he walked away.
"What happened? Are you okay Sakura? Did anything bad happen?" Tomoyo asked them when she noticed Eriol and Sakura walking away from Draco.
"No, nothing bad happened, thankfully. I should warn you that Draco Malfoy is not a nice guy. He's from the Slytherin house." Eriol had already explained earlier about the Hogwarts Houses.
"Sorry, but I just had to tell him to stop. He was being so rude the Madam Malkin." Sakura exclaimed.
"He's always like that. Just be careful, he likes tricking people, especially new comers." Eriol warned the girls.
Soon afterward, they all got their measurements and robes and they left.
Sakura and Tomoyo agreed that they should go and get their wands, so Eriol took them to Ollivanders Fine Wands.
It was magnificent.
The walls were stacked with what seemed like shoe boxes, that filled every wall.
There were all kinds of wands on display with their different shapes and sizes.
"Why, hello Miss Avalon and Miss Taylor. I've been waiting for you. I'm Mr. Ollivander." An old, small man greeted them, emerging from the back of the small shop.
"Hello Mr. Ollivander." The girls chorused.
"I have the perfect wand for you Miss Avalon! Wait right here." Mr. Ollivander went to the back of the shop and came out a few seconds later.
"Here is the wand. 12 inches, made with Sakura wood, has 3 drops of unicorn blood, and a hair of a unicorn."
(A/N: I'm not really good at this kind of stuff, sorry! I'm trying my best here with the wands.)
Sakura gave it a wave and a vase beside her broke.
"No, it's not good enough. Hmmm….of course! I will be right back!" Mr. Ollivander exclaimed as he rummaged through some boxes.
"Ah, yes. Here is the one." Mr. Ollivander handed Sakura a wand.
As soon as Sakura's hand touched the wand her eyes went wide.
It was like she and the wand were one. She could feel its power and energy flowing through her.
Sakura fully grasped the wand and gave it a wave.
Sakura petals fell from the ceiling and they disappeared once they touched the floor.
"It's perfect! It's made of Sakura willow, dipped in pixie dust, has a drop of blood of Cerberus, Guardian of the Sun. It also had 2 drops of unicorn blood and a feather of a phoenix. It's a very powerful wand Miss Avalon."
Sakura blushed and glanced at Tomoyo.
"Oh yes, I didn't forget about Miss Taylor here." Mr. Ollivander pulled a wand out from one of the boxes.
"Let's try this one. It's 11 inches, made from Oak wood, and has a hair of a unicorn." He handed Tomoyo the wand.
Tomoyo waved the wand and a strong breeze went through the shop. Papers flew everywhere and a few boxes fell down.
"Oh no. That's not the right wand. Try this one."
After a couple more tries though, Tomoyo still didn't have a wand.
"Ah, I see you are a challenging customer. This will be even more fun!"
Mr. Ollivander went to the back of the shop and came back a few minutes later with a wand.
"Here, try this wand. It's 11 inches, made from Willow wood, had a drop of unicorn blood, a hair of a unicorn, and a dragon scale. Very powerful if I must say so." Mr. Ollivander whispered.
Tomoyo was surprised. This wand felt much more different from the other wands she had tried out before. There was something different about this one. It just gave her a warm, tickling feeling inside.
Tomoyo gave the wand a whoosh and butterflies of every color appeared.
Mr. Ollivander clapped in approval.
"Yes, yes. It's the perfect wand indeed."
The girls paid for their wands and thanked Mr. Ollivander.
They left the shop to go buy their books for school.
The trio entered a bookstore called Flourish and Blotts.
As Sakura was looking for a book that she had difficulty finding, she accidentally bumped into a girl.
"Oh, I'm very sorry!" Sakura bowed her head in apology.
The girl had curly, almost bushy, brown hair that went a little past her shoulders. She had dark brown eyes and had for some odd reason, to Sakura, she looked very intelligent.
"Oh, it's alright!" The girl glanced at the piece of paper in Sakura's hand.
"Oh, are you going to Hogwarts? I haven't seen you around before. You must be an exchange student." She noticed that the paper was a list of books for Hogwarts.
"Yeah. My name is Sakura Kinomoto, I mean Avalon. Kinomoto is just my Japanese last name and Avalon is my American last name. I'll be going in the 6th year." Sakura told the girl.
"Hi Sakura! I'm Hermione Granger and I'm going to the 6th year too! Are you having any trouble finding some books? I can help you." Hermione suggested.
"Thank you so much! I'm having a ton of trouble finding this book." Sakura pointed to a title on her list and Hermione helped her.
As soon as Hermione finished helping Sakura, two boys who looked like their age came up to them.
One had messy jet-black hair and emerald-green eyes. He wore glasses and had a weird scar that looked like a lightning bolt on the middle of his forehead.
The other boy had flaming red hair and freckles were scattered across his face.
"Hermione, where were you! We were looking all over for you!" The boy with the scar said.
"Yeah. Fred and George were showing Harry a new joke the created." The red-haired boy exclaimed.
It seemed obvious that they were oblivious to Sakura standing right next to Hermione.
"Where are you're manners boys? This is Sakura Avalon." Hermione introduced to the boys.
"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Harry Potter." The black-haired boy introduced.
"Yeah, and I'm Ron Weasley." The red-haired boy said blushing.
"Hi. I'm Sakura Avalon.".
"So are you going to Hogwarts?" Harry asked.
"Yeah. I just got the letter a few days ago and came here to England with my best friend who's also going to Hogwarts." Sakura explained with a smile.
Harry noticed how cute Sakura was when she smiled. Her eyes were so deep and enchanting.
'Why do I always fall for the Asian girls?' Harry couldn't help but notice when he thought about Cho and Sakura.
Suddenly, his scar started throbbing with pain.
"Ahh…" He groaned, clutching the scar, falling on his knees to the floor.
"Are you okay Harry?" Sakura asked him.
"Yeah. It's just, my scar started hurting a bit." The pain suddenly disappeared as fast as it had appeared.
Sakura held her hand out to help Harry up and he their hands met.
Suddenly, they both jerked back.
Harry was clutching his head and Sakura's hand felt as if she had gotten electrified.
Hermione and Ron ran up to Harry and Eriol and Tomoyo found Sakura when they heard some racket.
"You. Are you related to him?" Harry pointed at Sakura.
"Harry, what are you talking about?" Hermione asked him.
Sakura had a confused look on her face as she clutched her burning hand.
'Who is 'him' Sakura was confused at what Harry had asked her.
Harry looked angry as he stormed out of the shop.
"I'm so sorry! Please excuse Harry! We'll see you at the train! Goodbye!" Hermione said as she ran off to catch Harry.
"Bye mates! Hope you get better Sakura!" Ron said, running after the two.
As soon as they were out of ear reach, Eriol asked Sakura what had happened.
Sakura explained everything from when she first met Hermione to when Harry accused her.
"I think I know what may have happened. But right now this isn't the appropriate place to discuss it." Eriol said.
The two girls nodded their head in understanding.
"Are you alright Sakura? Is your hand injured?" Tomoyo asked worriedly.
"No. It just felt like it got electrocuted. But I'm okay now." Sakura reassured her friend.
They paid for their books and left the store.
They quickly entered two more shops for their cauldrons, ink, and parchments and left once again.
The only thing Sakura and Tomoyo were missing were pets.
Eeylops Owl Emporium was the shop they went to next.
Sakura wanted to get an owl so they entered the shop.
Sakura looked through a few of the cages and after ten minutes of looking, she found the perfect one.
It was a pure snowy white owl with soft feathers and golden eyes, almost like Syaoran's eyes.
'She's perfect.' Sakura couldn't help but think.
She quickly paid for the owl and they went to The Magical Menagerie for Tomoyo to find her pet.
"I think I want a cat." Tomoyo said after wondering what kind of pet she should get.
One of the workers showed Tomoyo the cat section and Tomoyo suddenly squealed with delight.
"Oh my gosh Sakura! Look at this! She's so kawaii!" Tomoyo squealed once again.
Tomoyo pointed to a kitten that looked like it was halfway through growing up into an adult.
The kitten had raven black fur, but small, piercing amethyst eyes.
"Aww, she is kawaii! You should go buy her." Sakura encouraged her friend.
They finally bought all the items they needed for Hogwarts.
"Oh, wait a minute. I need to go buy something real quick, so can you two wait here?" Eriol asked the girls.
"Of course!" They replied.
They waited for only a few seconds when Sakura noticed a crowd a few shops away.
"What do you think it is?" Sakura asked Tomoyo, pointing to the crowd.
"I don't know. But Eriol said to stay he-" But Tomoyo noticed that Sakura was already walking towards the crowd.
But it wasn't the crowd Sakura was attracted to. It was a person.
A boy with light brown hair and honey colored eyes.
Their eyes and they widened with surprise.
They stood there in silence for what seemed like an eternity.
"Sa-Sakura?" The boy asked in disbelief, breaking the silence.
"Syaoran?"
Before Sakura could say anything else, she got pushed into the crowd of people.
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Japanese Terms:
Kawaii- cute
Hahaha! Yes, I know I'm evil for this cliffhanger, but this chapter was longer than I thought it would be.
I promised you that Syaoran would be in this chapter, even though it was only for a second. ;)
Please review! I feel more encouraged to write if I know that there are people who actually enjoy reading my story.
