Katie rushed to grab the door, sweeping it open with a dramatic flourish, ducking her head into a showman’s bow. This was a particularly nice morning, she’d managed to collect a few more warm bodies of the monster the night before, she had a dinner scheduled with Lydia next week and Max had woken her up with a kiss. It was a rare (if forced) day off for Katie who was off to do some shopping in Diagon Alley - the usual haunts. Wizard Wheezes, Flourish & Blotts, then she was going to nip around to the apocathery in Knockturn Alley obviously in disguise. But first, coffee.

Diagon Alley was far too bright for Axel’s eyes, he’d popped into existence somewhere behind Ollivanders Wand Shoppe and spent nearly five minutes blinking away sunspots from his eyes. The Den was never this bright, unless it was the flashing neon's of the various clubs at all times of the day and night. Axel was used to his internal clock going wonky, he’d actually set an alarm so he could come to the Diagon Alley Farmer’s Market on time and not show up at midnight like before.