Shopping Trip Characters: Katie Bell & Rodolphus Lestrange Date: 3 August 1999 Location: Diagon Alley Rating: G Summary: Katie's shopping, bored, and wandering around Diagon Status: Complete
Katie seemed to be returning to Diagon Alley a lot lately. She didn't know of that many places where one could get so many things at once, and it was convenient. Normally she would have been in Falmouth practicing with the Falmouth Falcons, but practice had been canceled today, due to an unfortunate incident which involved a rogue bludger and four of her teammates. Normally it wouldn't have been a problem, except the team healers weren't working full time during the summer practices and the injuries were exacerbated by second bludger malfunction.
After all the mess had been sorted, the captain called it quits for the day. They were down too many people and no one seemed to be in the mood to train any longer. Katie appreciated the break, it gave her time to run errands and pick up things she had left in London over the weekend. She stayed at her flat until late-afternoon before popping over to Diagon Alley to pick up supplies.
Her first stop was at Madam Malkin's. She needed a dress for the party, and she wanted to see if she could find anything she liked. Disappointed, she left the shop a half hour later, unable to find anything. She wandered along Diagon Alley, popping into random shops to pick up items or just to look through things.