Chapter 5, takes us to Diagon Alley for shopping for cauldrons, wands, owls, and brooms! Featured bands include: the Wargs, Gringott Grrls, Diagon Alley, Eyes Like Mine, PigWidgeon, the 8th Horcrux, Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, Salsa Commodity, RiddleTM, Ollivander, and Alex Boyd.  

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Chapter 5: Diagon Alley

When Harry wakes the next morning, he tries to tell himself that what happened the previous night had all been a dream and that Hagrid taking him to a school for Wizards called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has never happened. [“Under the Stairs” by The Wargs] But when he opens his eyes, Hagrid had fallen asleep on the couch and he finds that it has all happened. He hears a tapping noise coming from the window and lets in an Owl. The owl drops a newspaper on Hagrid’s lap and begins to claw Hagrid’s coat. Hagrid tells Harry to pay the owl so Harry does what he says and the owl leaves.[“Prime Numbers” by Gringotts Grrls] Hagrid tells him they have to go and buy his things, but Harry worries because he hasn’t got any money. Hagrid tells him his parents didn’t leave him without money and that their first stop is Gringotts, the wizard’s bank. [“Gingotts” by Diagon Alley] He explains that it is run by Goblins and that “you’d be mad to try and rob it”. Hagrid says Dumbledore also needs something from Gringotts, so Hagrid has to go get it.

They step outside the hut and step into their boat. [“Duex Tickets Now” by Eyes Like Mine] Hagrid uses a bit of magic to speed things up for them. Hagrid says there are Enchantments guarding the vaults in Gringotts. Gringotts is all under London, and you would die of starvation trying to get out. Hagrid begins to read the Daily Prophet and mutters that the Ministry of Magic is messing things up as usual. Harry wonders what the Ministry of Magic does, and Hagrid explains that they handle everything to do with magic. He says they wanted Dumbledore for Minister, but Cornelius Fudge got the job. As they pass through London, people stared at Hagrid a lot, due to his size and that he is pointing out things that Muggles are brilliant for inventing. [“Quiet Night” by Diagon Alley] Harry asks if there are Dragons guarding Gringotts. Hagrid says yes and mutters that he would like a dragon. Harry takes out his list and reads it out. It says he needs a set of robes, a pointed hat, Dragon hide gloves, and a winter coat. There is a list of his books and stationary equipment. Hagrid leads them both into a pub called the Leaky Cauldron that Harry did not notice was there.[“The Leaky Cauldron” by Diagon Alley] It is dark and shabby and everyone greets Hagrid as he enters. When people see Harry, many get up and shake his hand, including Doris Crockford and Dedalus Diggle. A man with a turban approaches them and Hagrid introduces Harry to Quirinus Quirrell, the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. They talk for a bit then Hagrid steers them out a back door into a small enclosed area with a few barrels. Hagrid takes out his umbrella and taps bricks with it, counting an order. Once he is done, a hole appears in the brick wall, slowly getting bigger, until the wall disappears fully, revealing a crowded street with people wearing robes everywhere with shops left and right. Hagrid tells Harry the street is called Diagon Alley. [“Diagon Alley” by PigWidgeon]

When they are walking down the street, Harry is trying to look everywhere around him, taking in as much as possible. At the end of Diagon Alley, there is a snowy white building, huge in size:

 Gringotts Bank.[“Gringotts” by The 8th Horcrux] As they enter, a warning echoes through telling them rob at your own risk. Harry and Hagrid go up to a Goblin and explain they need to take some money out of Harry’s vault. The Goblin asks for Harry’s key and Hagrid presents it, after sorting through many other keys. The Goblin calls upon another Goblin named Griphook to take them 

down to the vault. [“Gringotts Goblin Rollercoaster” by Harry and the Potters] Hagrid also states they need to be taken down to remove the You-Know-What in Vault 713. Griphook takes them to Harry’s vault, where there is a large amount of money piled up there that Harry owns. There are Bronze Knuts, Silver Sickles, and Gold Galleons. [“The Economics of the Wizarding World Don’t Make Sense” by Harry and the Potters] Harry and Hagrid take a bit of the money for Harry’s list, then leave Gringotts. Hagrid has to stand for a bit as the cart rides that takes them to the vaults make him sick. Griphook then takes them to Vault 713 where Hagrid removes a grubby little package but can’t tell Harry what it is.

Hagrid goes for a drink at the Leaky Cauldron while Harry gets his uniform at Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions. Madam Malkin stands him on a stool next to a pale-faced boy who is also getting measured for his robes. The boy starts to talk Quidditch, including his plan to smuggle in his broomstick, and houses called Slytherin and Hufflepuff. When the boy learns that Harry is there with Hagrid, he asks him what happened to his parents. He is unsympathetic about their deaths and only expresses relief that they were both wizards because the other kind shouldn’t be allowed in.[“My Dad Is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys]

When Harry leaves, he asks Hagrid about what the boy said, and Hagrid explains that there are four houses at Hogwarts, Quidditch is a game played on brooms, and that blood status doesn’t matter. [“Quidditch” by Salsa Commodity]   They continue shopping until all Harry needs his wand and (Hagrid insists) a birthday present. 

In Ollivanders, the Wand shop, Mr Ollivander puts Harry off with his creepy demeanour while discussing the wands purchased by Hagrid, Harry’s parents, and Voldemort. [“Hey Mr. Ollivander” by RiddleTM] Ollivander touches Harry’s scar and apologises for the fact that he sold the wand that caused it.  Ollivander gives Harry a wand and tells him to give it a wave. Harry did so, but it isn’t suitable for him, so Ollivander takes it back. Harry tries many wands, but none of them seem to work well enough for him. Eventually, he picks up a wand (holly, eleven inches, phoenix feather core, ‘nice and supple’) and he feels warmth in his fingers. Ollivander states that it is very curious that Harry should be destined for that wand when its brother gave Harry his scar. [“A Very Curious Thing” by Ollivander] Hagrid takes Harry to get something to eat in the Muggle world but Harry is worried that he isn’t going to fit in at Hogwarts as everyone expects great things from him. [“I Got A Wand” by Alex Boyd]

For Harry’s birthday, Hagrid buys Harry a snowy owl named Hedwig. [“Hedwigs Theme” by The Wargs]  Hagrid provides Harry with a train ticket, giving him the date, time, and location to catch the Hogwarts Express and tells Harry that if he ever needs anything, he is to write a letter, and Hedwig will know where to find him. Harry catches a train back to the Dursleys.