From The Beginning Till The End

James and Sirius tiptoed to peer through the thick crowd outside Quality Quidditch Supplies, their all-time favorite shop in Diagon Alley. They caught a glimpse of a Nimbus 1500 on the erected podium. Both of them shared the same 'I-have-already-owned-that-broomstick' grins.

"We're going to bring our Nimbus 1500 to Hogwarts, whether it's allowed on not," James told Sirius softly.

"Of course, we aren't exactly the kind who're going to follow rules like that," Sirius agreed swiftly.

With quite a bit of 'excuse-me', they managed to make their way into the shop to look for other Quidditch related stuff, not like they needed any of those. After all, they were getting prepared to get into their house Quidditch team by third year.

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Standing at the opening entrance of Diagon Alley, Lily and Arabella looked through their list.

Uniform

Set Books
All students should have a copy of each of the following

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

Other Equipment

Lily and Arabella looked at each other and shared the similar lost look on their faces.

"First thing first. Do you have any idea where to get our robes?" Lily asked.

"I'm as non-magical as you are." Arabella bit her lower lip as she shook her head.

"Hi, you two seem lost. Do you need any help?" A girl with dark brown wavy hair approached them from the front.

"Yeah, er, we are," Lily replied, looking a little confused.

"Hello, I'm Stefanie Elle Black I'm going to be first year at Hogwarts. Both of you are holding onto some parchment that looked like the Hogwarts letter that I have. So you two are going Hogwarts too?" Stefanie asked politely.

"Yup. Really glad to meet you Stefanie, I'm Lily Dorianne Evans and she's Arabella Varol Figg," Lily introduced themselves. A happy glow was radiating on her face.

"Nice to meet you, Stefanie," Arabella said with a polite smile.

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Stefanie said happily and turned to walk. Hmm, Figg, Mum told me in one of that bedtime story about a famous seer with the last name Figg. Could she be one of the descendants?

"We don't know where we're supposed to go," Arabella mentioned to Stefanie, looking around Diagon Alley in amazement.

"Oh, are the two of you Muggle-born? Erm... I mean... non-magical family?" Stefanie inquired curiously.

"Yes, I suppose that's right. We're from a Muggle family," Lily answered, looking rather confused when she heard the unfamiliar term.

"It's okay. I can help you. I am from a magical family. Been here rather often, but today is the first time I'm here alone. I had just ditched my brother at the Quidditch store."

"Quidditch?" Lily and Arabella questioned Stefanie at the same time, their faces showing their bafflement.

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Remus was wondering alone in the Quality Quidditch Supplies when suddenly there was a crashing sound of heavy boxes from the other aisle behind him.

Out of curiosity, he went over to take a look and found a whole pile of leather cases with the silver words of Broomstick Servicing Kit scattered all over the ground.

The shop-owner came over and tried to clear the mess magically while checking for any broken items.

There were two boys chuckling softly behind him. One of them had short messy black hair and brown eyes and the other had longer and neater dark brown hair and blue-green eyes. The boys looked like they're of his age. Remus just didn't realize that the two boys were the ones who had crashed into the shack when it was time for his transformation.

"So you two did that." Remus stated with a mischievous glint in his eye.

"Who? We? Nah, why would we?" the boy in dark brown hair replied with a feigned innocent look.

"Haha. That was so obvious, you know," Remus said lightly and he was about to turn and walk out of QQS when a voice stopped him.

"Hey, wait, what's your name?" the boy in messy black hair rushed up to him and asked.

"Remus Jack Lupin. How about you guys?"

"I'm James Kevin Potter and he's Sirius Edward Black," James said, jerking his head to the blue-eyed fellow while giving Sirius a wink. "We're both soon-to-be first years in Hogwarts and we're going to be the biggest pranksters there," Sirius replied with aplomb and winked back at James.

"I'm going to be the first year there too. Nice to meet you, guys. See you on September first," Remus responded. He was about to head down to Flourish and Blotts when another voice called out.

"How about shopping together? You have the prankster potential in you, you know?" Sirius grinned cheekily, his blue eyes deepening with mischief.

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The three girls shopped together all afternoon for their robes and books and pets and materials needed for potions, etcetera. Finally, upon Stefanie's recommendation, they went towards Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour. After ordering their ice cream and settling down in a corner, they started chatting excitedly about going to Hogwarts.

The three boys, upon finishing their shopping for school supplies, were heading towards the Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour too.

As the girls were sitting on one end while the guys at the other, they never managed to meet. As it was getting late, Lily and Arabella bid Stefanie goodbye and promised to meet up on at King Cross station to go through the Platform 9¾ together. Stefanie then headed towards QQS to wait for Sirius and James since they had made an earlier arrangement to meet there so they could go home together.

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