Twilight Sparkle and the School of Magic

by mojomcm


Chapter 2

"Ah, Miss Twilight Sparkle, I presume. Welcome to Hogwarts."

Twilight spun around at the voice, which was really a bad idea seeing as it caused the world to flip upside-down (or, at least that's how Twilight felt). "Whoa!"

The man who had spoken, Professor Albus Dumbledore, helped the dizzy girl to her feet. "I had not expected dear old Celestia's student to be so young, but I trust that the alicorn's wisdom is still unfailing. Don't you?"

Twilight nodded her head as she looked at the elderly man. She placed him around a hundred years of age, although she was still unsure about human ages. "Oh, yes. But I'm not usually this young, not in my world at least. I think the mirror has something to do with it, or possibly there's a time difference between our two worlds. I have heard of such a thing. Also, Luna told me to tell you 'hi'."

Dumbledore smiled. "But of course." He glanced at Spike, who was studying his own wings with great interest. "Although, I was not aware that you had a draconic companion."

"You mean Spike? He's my number one assistant." With Twilight's words, the dragon puffed his chest out proudly.

One sadly forgotten pet owl hooted before landing on Twilight's shoulder. She giggled. "And this is my number two assistant and pet, Owlowiscious."

"I see. I trust that you will be fine shopping for school supplies on your own? I'm afraid that most of the teachers are busy preparing for the fall semester, and cannot accompany you to Diagon Alley." Dumbledore smiled sadly.

Twilight looked up in surprise, "That's alright. I just have one request."

"And that is?"

"How do I get to Diagon Alley from here?"


Twilight stepped out of the fireplace at the Leaky Cauldron after she, Spike, and Owlowiscious had traveled there by floo. Needless to say, after traveling across universes by mirror, it was no worse than an unpleasent form of teleportation (although Twilight was sure that the magical theory behind floo was not teleportation).

The threesome walked out into the pub, where they noticed that an eleven year old girl and a dragon stuck out in even the strangest of places. Twilight ignored the stares, glares, and odd looks as she fished out her map of Diagon Alley. Walking to the back of the Leaky Cauldron, Twilight, Spike, and Owlowiscious were faced with a walled-in courtyard in which the only thing was a metal trash can that sat in the corner.

"Let's see." Twilight ran her finger across the bricks as she counted. "Three up from the trash can, and two across." Her finger lifted from the brick for a second, before tapping on it with her knuckle. The bricks rolled away to reveal the sight that was Diagon Alley before them.

"Whoa!" Twilight could barely take it all in. There were shops that held all sorts of magical devices, from telescopes and wizarding robes, to crystal balls and broomsticks. There were tottering piles of spell books, quills, and rolls of parchment, potion bottles, globes of the moon, and all kinds of strange and exotic foods. Spike's eyes widened beyond what seemed physically possible, and Owlowiscious' head spun around and around looking at the different things.

"Welcome to Diagon Alley," Twilight murmered to herself. She pulled out her list of school supplies to see where she needed to go first.

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, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's 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 Beginner's 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, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK

Yours sincerely,

Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions

Twilight frowned as she tried to think of where each item could be found. She remembered passing a wand shop a little ways back, and a book store was visible from where she was standing. The only problem was, all of Twilight's money was in bits, the currency in Equestria. Who knew what kind of coin this universe had.

Unless...no, that was silly. But what if her money had been converted by the mirror's magic as well? Twilight pulled out her small sack of coins as she peeked inside. Instead of a bag of uniformly round gold bits, there was an assortment of large gold coins, smaller silver ones, and even smaller bronze coins. Atop the money, there was a note from Princess Celestia.

Twilight, if you are reading this, then you know that all of your money has been transformed into the native wizard's currency.

The gold coins are Galleons, the silver are Sickles and the bronze ones are Knuts. There are seventeen Sickles in a Galleon, and twenty-nine Knuts in a Sickle.

Good luck, and have a fun school year, Princess Twilight.

Celestia

Twilight smiled at her note. Even in this other world, Celestia continued to look after her wellbeing. She whispered two words before walking towards the nearest store. These words were "Thank you."