Harry Riddle || Harry potter

Chapter 4: The Trip to Diagon Alley

August 1, 1991

"Really, can I get a snake?"

Voldemort rolled his eyes at Harry as they strolled down Diagon Alley, but he knew in the end it would be fairly useless to resist. He-no, Bella, had spoiled Harry to the extreme for the majority of his life, and now he was used to getting everything he wanted.

"Of course you can," said Bella quickly, but he cut in, glaring at her.

"No, Harry. I think a cat or an owl would be much more useful. And neither of those would get you expelled."

"You have a snake," he countered, hanging onto Bella's arm as if she was a lifeline. Voldemort wasn't sure why the woman had taken to him so strongly after he'd brought him home, so to speak, but she had, becoming the primary mother figure in his life. Of course, any mention of his real mother sparked a violent, jealous rage on her part, and made her tongue exceedingly loose, as well. It had taken a month for Harry to come around after she let slip one Halloween four years ago that "the mudblood" (the only thing she would refer to Lily Evans-Potter as) had been killed by none other than Voldemort himself. He'd spent a few hours torturing her after that, but he still didn't think she regretted it.

"I'm not in school anymore, nor am I eleven years old."

"But I want one," he whined.

Voldemort gave a long suffering sigh. "We'll see. First we have to get your supplies. What's on the list?"

Harry pulled away from Bellatrix briefly to retreive the parchment out of his robes and open it up:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags

COURSE 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

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad