Diagonal Alley
We left Gringotts with smiles on our face. Emily took lead and first took us to The
Trunk shop. Soon we finally arrived at our destination.
"Trunkensteins Trunk Emporium" the huge sign outside proclaimed. "You Have Stuff, We Have The Trunk To Put It In"
We entered the shop, was clean and brightly lit.
"Good day Sir," said a cheerful looking man, "and how can I help you today?"
Emily took lead and said while smiling, "I need a maximum security, multi compartmental trunk, complete with a two bedroom flat and kitchen." Then seemingly as an afterthought added, "Preferably with a working floo." She said the specifications of trunk we have planned to buy.
"I may have just the thing for you, ma'am. It has a bit more than you asked for as it also has a library, den and a …err…silenced storage room. Would you like to see it?"
"I would." Emily answered.
"Very good. This way please, it's at the back of the shop." the sales-wizard said, gesturing to us.
"Lead the way then." Emily replied.
The man led them to the back of the shop and stopped at a rather ordinary looking trunk. In fact it didn't look any different than the one other trunks placed at the front.
"This is our top of the line model Sir. Six main compartments on top, all password protected. Plus a full sized furnished flat complete with a full ensuite master bedroom, guest bedroom, living or family room with a fireplace which is also a working floo. A four piece bathroom off the living room A den or office with connected library. A kitchen with stove and icebox as well as a table and chairs for four. Also there's a silenced storage room at the back. Shall we go in and take a look?" The sales wizard asked, opening the trunk and entering it.
"Yes please." Emily answered, following him in with Me and Amira following behind.
We couldn't believe what we were looking at. It was bigger than the whole of Number Four, Harry's aunt house. As the man said, the whole flat was furnished. There was a large plush leather bound sofa in the main room along with a love seat for two, as well as a third single plush chair, also in leather. In the center of the wall was a fireplace. The Kitchen looked like any other kitchen and the table and chairs were made of oak. The Master bedroom held a Queen sized bed, with a large dresser and a nightstand with a lamp on it. The ensuite bathroom though was quite unexpected. For starters it had a bathtub that was level with the floor, and had stairs then went down into it. It needed them, as it had to be three feet deep. This wasn't a bathtub, it was a small Swiming pool.Hehe now i am having some evil idea heheHaha. They next went to the den which had yet another plush chair, along with a desk and swivel chair, and two filing cabinets. Next to the office through a door was the library. It had all four walls covered in shelves from floor to ceiling that looked like they could hold about two thousand books.
The smaller bathroom we saw looked like a normal one with a normal sized bathtub and shower. Soon we entered the Storage room. It looked like a regular sized room, but it had a one inch thick, laminated steel door on it,with small various lines in the end which i identified as Runes.The man did say it was maximum security after all.
Finally, the tour over, they all exited the trunk. "Well, what do you think Ma'am?" the sales-wizard asked Emily.
"So far I like it. Now, what about the security?" she asked.
"Top of the line, four level multi tiered security ma'am. This trunk is blood bonded to it's owner. Only he or she can access the other levels. A normal person opening it would only see a normal trunk if they opened it."
Emily nodded . "And the owner, how do they bond the trunk to themselves?" she asked.
"Oh that's dead easy ma'am. When you get it home, turn it on it's side so the main locking latch is facing up. Prick your finger and drip a few drops of blood on the latch and say 'I, your full name, am the owner of this trunk' It will glow blue to tell you it has accepted you as it's owner. After that you can key others in to allow them full or partial access simply by placing your hand on the lock and saying 'I, your full name, grant, their full name, full or partial access to my trunk' Also for added security the trunk can't be moved or shrunk while someone is inside."
Emily nodded "And the difference between full and partial access?" she asked.
"Full access allows them to open and enter the trunk while you're not there. Partial access only allows them in only while you're with them, and has to be granted each time they enter." He answered.
"And what about the security on the floo?" Emily asked.
"That's fully password protected. You can set it to allow full floo travel in or out, with the password of course. Floo calls in or out, with or without a password, or a combination of both as you see fit. A full set of instruction also comes with the trunk, which for safety reasons, can't be removed from it. But you can make copies if need be with a regular copying charm, which you can remove. You'll find the book in the top drawer in the kitchen" He replied.
Emily gave us a look, Seeing us nod she said to the saleswizard," Very good. Now the most important question. How much?"
The sales-wizard smiled. "Oh ma'am, something of this quality is almost impossible to put a price on. We only make 2 or 3 of them a year so that we can make sure the workmanship is of the utmost qu…."
But Emily cut him off. "Ahh, never mind the sales pitch." she said, her voice dropping slightly in tone. "You've already made that. How much?"
The mans smile faltered slightly, but he pressed on. "Ah, 8000 Galleons ma'am."
"8000 Galleons? That's much too high."
"That also includes a one hundred year, unconditional guarantee as well ma'am."
"One hundred years?" Emily asked.
"Yes ma'am. It's guaranteed for one hundred years or the life of the original owner. Whichever comes first."
"Okay, I like the guarantee, but 8000 Galleons is still much too high. I'll give you 5000." Emily replied.
"5000 ma'am? Oh no. I couldn't let it go for that." The man said the smile disappearing completely this time. "I might be able to do 7000 though." The man said hopefully.
Emily shook her head in a no, but after appearing to think about it said. "6000."
The sales-wizard didn't reply to the offer, so Emily added, "How many people do you think are going to come in here willing to spend 6000 Galleons on a trunk? Even if it does have a furnished flat in it?" she asked. "How long has this been in here anyway?"
The wizard looked a bit pale as he realized he was about to lose a huge sale. Finally he said, "6500 is the lowest I can possibly go ma'am, and that's only because I can see you're a witch with discerning taste, and because as you say, it's been here for a while."
Emily seemed to think it over for a good long while. Then, finally deciding she had tortured the poor man long enough, said to him. "Done" and held out her hand, which the sales-wizard quickly grabbed and shook, sealing the deal.
After paying for the trunk and Emily the shrunk the Trunks size. We left the shop with the trunk in the pocket of Emily's robes.
Then we entered Apothecary, to buy some Potions ingredients. Emily took a huge stock of ingredients that are required to make potions from first years potions book to NEWT's level potions. She toon extra stock of ingredient that are required to make NEWT's level potion.Emily also bought a set of potion making utensils such as Cauldren, rods etc. all of which were used by Potions masters, means were very expensive. But Emily didn't even bat an eye when buying the damn thing, while last month she was struggling to meet her basic needs. We left The Apothecary after cheerfull waves of the owner.
Then we decided to go to Flourish and Blotts i.e The bookshop. Here we didn't but much except for new books on wizarding laws, books descrining various dueling styles acroos the world and a few books of our choices. Of course we had bought the whole damn set of books about Harry potter's adventures. Hehe Harry's gonna be so embarrassed upon seeing these books.
When we left Flourish and Blotts, we saw that sun was about to set. So we decided to Eat ice-cream at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and get some packed for Harry.
When we were eating ice cream, a couple entered the Parlour.
The man was had a striking figure with pale skin, long white-blond hair, and cold grey eyes. He was 5'11" (1.80 m).He had Long, white-blond coloured hair with Pale skin tone.He moved with Wooden cane that looked like it conceals his wand.
Women accomping him was what i can say beauty incarnate according me. She tall, slim, she had the Hour glass figure. She had large taut and pearky breast with a spankable, delicious looking ass. Her legs were long and fair.
I think i just developed my first crush. Suddenly, a foot crushed my foot,"Ahh"X2. i and Amira both groaned in pain. Wait Amira??? Its looks like She too looked dumbstruck upon seeing the hot milf entering the Parlour.
When we looked up, we saw the lady's beautifull lips curved into a amused smile. It looks like she caught us staring at her like fools. We both got embarresed. We both simutaneously stood, caught Emily's hands in our hand and hurriedly dragged Her out of the Parlour.
In our panic we didn't see Lady's smile turn into a frown as she kept looking at our reterating back.
Soon we reached the Appartion point of the leaky cauldron and Emily apparted us to our rented apartment.
As soon we reached home, Emily let out a squeal. Hearing Emily squeal, Harry came running and asked," What happened?" upon seeing me And Amira blushing.
Emily once again squealed and said," Amira and Kim got there first crush of there life".
Harry looked confused at first then he got a chesere grin on his fce and before he could say anything, me and Amira ran to our rooms with Emily and Harry running behind us while laughing.
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