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"Might as well get yer uniform," said Hagrid, directing us towards Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. "Listen, would you two mind if I slipped off fer a pick-me-up in the Leaky Cauldron? I hate them Gringotts carts." He did still look a bit sick, so Harry and I nodded and entered Madam Malkin's shop by ourselves. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7sYg7bDdv
Madam Malkin was a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve."Hogwarts, dears?" she said when I started to speak. "Got the lot here, another young man is being fitted up just now, in fact." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw359sRWWRt
I looked to where she pointed at the back of the shop. A boy with a pale, pointed face was standing on a footstool while a second witch pinned up his long black robes. Madam Malkin stood us on the stools on either side of him and before I could blink, she'd slipped a long robe over my head and begun to pin it to the right length. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErK4a6MT5t
"Hello," said the boy looking at both of us. "Hogwarts, too?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvfOXnrgi0
"Yes" we said together. I refrained from shouting "Jinx!" as this new boy made me nervous and I didn't know what to make of him.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzRjFfg5H0
"My father's next door buying my books and mother's up the street looking at wands," said the boy. He had a bored, drawling voice. "Then I'm going to drag them off to look at racing brooms. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow. Have either of you got your own broom?" the boy went on. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2piJrIJ3ui
"No," I mumbled and heard Harry say as well. I didn't like this boy one bit so far.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwLMowiUpA
"Play Quidditch at all?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcs7wWfRHeb
"No," we said again. What the hell is Quidditch? I really wanted to know but before I could ask the boy started talking again.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f06fehk33
"I do. Father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree. Know what house you'll be in yet?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aVSLlvkS2
"No," I said, feeling more stupid by the minute and lowering my gaze to the floor in shame. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34QtLQ9LeQ
"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been. Imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncDkYkq6oj
"Mmm," said Harry. I just nodded my head wishing he would leave soon.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C0aevKbpU
"I say, look at that man!" said the boy suddenly, nodding toward the front window. Hagrid was standing there, grinning at Harry and I as he pointed at three large ice creams to show he couldn't come in. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSQmTTvCYa
"That's Hagrid," said Harry. "He works at Hogwarts." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ojp1gRGmN
"Oh," said the boy, "I've heard of him. He's a sort of servant, isn't he?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBjxI3oqho
"He's the gamekeeper," I said as my head shot up to glare at the boy. I was liking him less and less with every passing second. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxghNuqKdyB
"Yes, exactly. I heard he lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTEmE8FfgS
"I think he's brilliant," said Harry coldly. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gZZMtIT6f
"I agree," I said. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq2Z94S3gx
"Do you?" said the boy, with a slight sneer. "Why is he with you? Where are your parents?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWb7QA13bx
"They're dead," said Harry shortly. I could hear the sorrow in his voice and I fought the urge to punch the boy for his lack of tact. He looked over at me. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTy74L7RsD
"I don't know anything about mine..." I mumbled staring at the floor again. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4KbxqP9jK
"Oh, sorry," said the boy; not sounding sorry at all. "But they were our kind, weren't they?"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQbJGIGSPc
"Mine were a witch and wizard, if that's what you mean." said Harry.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdINtncmaMZ
"I really don't think they should let the other sort in, do you? They're just not the same, they've never been brought up to know our ways. Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families. What's your surname, anyway?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHWsgw9Ey0
Before Harry or I could answer, Madam Malkin said, "That's you two done, my dears," and we hopped down from the footstools in relief. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckHAWZ0Chm
"Well, I'll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose," said the drawling boy. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXSbVMka8i
Harry and I were rather quiet as we ate the ice cream Hagrid had bought us. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4yKNWfPaP
"What's up?" said Hagrid.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJRNovIlbd
"Nothing," Harry lied. I nodded in agreement. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9yIrk3zpc
After we finished our ice creams and continued shopping, we both cheered up a little. We stopped and got parchment, quills, and ink, which was a welcome distraction.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUJdfrB5PX
When they had left the shop, however, I heard Harry say, "Hagrid, what's Quidditch?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGItUSepsR
"Blimey, Harry, I keep forgettin' how little yeh know...not knowin'about Quidditch!" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGLnnpL3ug
"Don't make him feel worse than he already does, Hagrid! Neither of us were raised knowing about magic!" I exclaimed suddenly feeling very protective. I paused for a moment utterly surprised by my outburst. Harry smiled gratefully at me as Hagrid chuckled.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67pA2KDbN4
"Meanin' no offense o'course, Kat!"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTZl1hHBGt
We continued to walk down the street as Harry told Hagrid about the pale boy in Madam Malkin's. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6XLcjZn5H
"...and he said people from Muggle families shouldn't even be allowed in." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHj5p899nc
"Yer not from a Muggle family. If he'd known who yeh were...he's grown up knowin' yer name if his parents are wizardin' folk. You saw what everyone in the Leaky Cauldron was like when they saw yeh. Anyway, what does he know about it, some o' the best I ever saw were the only ones with magic in 'em in a long line o' Muggles. Look at yer mum! Look what she had fer a sister!"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fX9bhysAC
"I bet my parents were both muggles..." I said sadly. It was Harry's turn to grab my hand and comfort me as he decided to redirect the conversation. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sNVlfoSsf
"So what is Quidditch?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIK9vxlPPw
"It's our sport. Wizard sport. It's like...like soccer in the Muggle world. Everyone follows Quidditch. Played up in the air on broomsticks and there's four balls. Sorta hard ter explain the rules." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5AypsoPvQ
"And what are Slytherin and Hufflepuff?" I chimed in.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8uF2wbmKD
"School houses. There's four. Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o'duffers, but..." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuXnPo62kO
"I bet I'm in Hufflepuff" Harry and I said gloomily.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyKXYHTMXN
"Jinx!" I said halfheartedly.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7K2sJjgXq8
"Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin," said Hagrid darkly. "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQDkL8JAgw
"Vol-, sorry - You-Know-Who was at Hogwarts?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdVWOhnFXz
"Years an' years ago," said Hagrid. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJk3WNBanB
"Who's he?" I said not following. Instead of answering, Hagrid pretended not to hear me and continued down the street. I looked at Harry but he shook his head and whispered, "I'll try and explain later, though I don't know much." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEi5weZitSz
"Just yer wands left...ah yeah, an' I still haven't got yer birthday presents." I felt himself go red. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40XqSXHqmC
"You don't have to..." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF3w1xvhc5
"I know I don't have to. Tell yeh what, I'll get yer animals. Not a toad, toads went outta fashion years ago, yeh'd be laughed at, an' I don'like cats, they make me sneeze. I'll get yer two owls. All the kids want owls, they're dead useful, carry yer mail an' everythin'." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxGjqDXO6N
Twenty minutes later, we left Eeylops Owl Emporium, which had been dark and full of rustling and flickering, jewel-bright eyes. Harry had chosen a beautiful snowy white owl, whereas I had picked out a jet-black one. Both Harry and I couldn't thank Hagrid enough.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsWlYNDWnA
"Don' mention it," said Hagrid gruffly. "Don' expect either a you had a lotta presents growing up. Just Ollivanders left now. Only place fer wands, Ollivanders, and yeh gotta have the best wand." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCTHpOsvFZ
A magic wand... this was what we had been really looking forward to. I squealed in excitement and hopped up and down forcing Harry to join along in my dance. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QZIzpogIz
The shop was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window and a tinkling bell rang somewhere in the depths of the shop as we stepped inside. It was a tiny place, empty except for a single, spindly chair that Hagrid sat on to wait. The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVRO3ou4y6
"Good afternoon," said a soft voice. I jumped. Hagrid must have jumped, too, because there was a loud crunching noise and he got quickly off the spindly chair. I glanced at Harry and we both burst out laughing.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClQ8wcfcui
"Hello," I said awkwardly as I noticed an old man watching us closely. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC1OGeOQme
"Ah yes," said the man. "Yes, yes. I thought I'd be seeing you soon. Harry Potter and Katrina." It wasn't a question. I wondered how he knew my name...but he didn't give me a chance to ask.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4iqvCODvW
"You have your mother's eyes, boy. Seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wand for charm work." Mr. Ollivander moved closer to Harry. "Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wand. Eleven inches. Pliable. A little more power and excellent for transfiguration. Well, I say your father favored it but it's really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course."Mr. Ollivander had come so close that he and Harry were almost nose to nose. I could tell that Harry was uncomfortable and I shifted anxiously. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrBTcyDVkl
"And that's where..."Mr. Ollivander touched the lightning scar on Harry's forehead with a long, white finger. As he did so, I became painfully aware of my own scar and rubbed my collar bone. I was still confused as to why it had suddenly started hurting when we were in the Leaky Cauldron...it had grown unbearably hot right as I looked into Quirrell's eyes, but I'm sure it was only a coincidence.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFKlkvxhTc
"I'm sorry to say I sold the wand that did it," he was saying softly as I returned to the current conversation. "Thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Powerful wand, very powerful, and in the wrong hands... well, if I'd known what that wand was going out into the world to do...."He shook his head and then spotted Hagrid. "Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! How nice to see you again.... Oak, sixteen inches, rather bendy, wasn't it?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsKYLhpfpK
"It was, sir, yes," said Hagrid. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcQAjB8zfV
"Good wand, that one. But I suppose they snapped it in half when you got expelled?" said Mr. Ollivander, suddenly stern. I looked at Hagrid shocked. He'd gotten expelled? I wonder what for.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ4q3w5vrq
"Er...yes, they did, yes," said Hagrid, shuffling his feet. "I've still got the pieces, though," he added brightly. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvvarMLesU
"But you don't use them?" said Mr. Ollivander sharply.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVioKGFxgX
"Oh, no, sir," said Hagrid quickly. I noticed he gripped his pink umbrella very tightly as he spoke and made a note to ask him about this later. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoHZ0ffh33
"Hmmm," said Mr. Ollivander, giving Hagrid a piercing look. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmCCNtC6dT
"Well, now...Mr. Potter. Let me see." He pulled a long tape measure with silver markings out of his pocket. "Which is your wand arm?" 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV02iT0xtn9
"Er, well, I'm right-handed," said Harry. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsWD3HpxHz
"Hold out your arm. That's it." He measured Harry from shoulder to finger, then wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit and round his head. As he measured, he said, "Every Ollivander wand has a core of a powerful magical substance, Mr. Potter. We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers, and the heartstrings of dragons. No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are quite the same. And of course, you will never get such good results with another wizard's wand." 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneuRvH5p9B
With that said, Mr. Ollivander started flitting around the shelves, taking down boxes. "That will do," he said, and the tape measure crumpled into a heap on the floor. "Right then, Mr. Potter. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. just take it and give it a wave."348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErG5UEwWZ1
Harry took the wand and waved it around a bit, but Mr. Ollivander snatched it out of his hand almost at once."Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches. Quite whippy. Try..." Harry tried but he had hardly raised the wand when it, too, was snatched back by Mr. Ollivander. "No, no, here, ebony and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Go on, go on, try it out."Harry tried. And tried. I had no idea what Mr. Ollivander was waiting for...nothing seemed to be happening with any of them. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3I5NCr1bLz
The pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher on the spindly chair and eventually Mr. Ollivander said that I might as well start trying wands from the pile to see if one worked for me, but I had as much luck as Harry seemed to be having. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxoDyNID1t
However, the more wands Mr. Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become."Tricky customers, eh? Not to worry, we'll find the perfect matches here somewhere...I wonder, now...yes, why not...unusual combinations...." He disappeared into the back and returned with two wands. The first he handed to Harry saying it was holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9QyffU2iH
Harry took the wand, raised it above his head, and brought it swishing down through the dusty air. My jaw dropped as a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7XSkEJLg7
Hagrid whooped and clapped and Mr. Ollivander cried, "Oh, bravo! Yes, indeed, oh, very good. Well, well, well... how curious... how very curious... "He put Harry's wand back into its box and wrapped it in brown paper, still muttering, "Curious....very curious..." He then stretched out the second wand for me to take. I held my breath in as I slowly took it from him.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR2xjyUVGo
The next thing I knew, I was blinded by a bright flash of golden light as bright as the sun. I squinted my eyes as I tried to see what was happening but it was no use. My eyes watered and I couldn't see a single thing. I closed my eyes and stood frozen where I was. Was this supposed to happen? It certainly had not happened with Harry's wand! 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB5Tviy7by
When I felt the light falling on my lids darken enough, I finally risked opening them again. A pair of green eyes reflected my own shock back at me. I shifted my focus to Mr. Ollivander who was acting odder than ever. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQNX9OMrMY
"Even more curious! My goodness...haven't seen a reaction like that since...but of course...that would explain it....but still...how curious!"348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWo5TXFj2C
"Excuse me, Sir. But could you please explain what the hell is so curious about mine and Harry's wands?!" I cried out trying to mask my frustration. I had just about had it with this guy!348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QUGviWHdo
Mr. Ollivander fixed us with his pale stare."I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter and Ms. Katrina. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feathers reside in both your wands, gave one other feather, just one. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for those wands, when its brother why, its brother gave you those scars. Furthermore, it is curious that your wand, Katrina, is also combined with a dragon heartstring and a drop of Basilisk venom. A unheard of and very powerful mixture. I confess, there was a period where I dabbled and experimented with...elements not ought to be meddled with....so much power....I regretted making it immediately...yet so much power...I dared not destroy it..." I watched his eyes triple in size as fear took over and swallowed the lump in my throat. This was not sounding good.... 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdV49sPYjKU
"Yes, curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses the wizard, remember.... I think we can expect great things from you, Mr. Potter, Ms. Katrina. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things...terrible, yes, but great." I shivered. I still had no idea who this mysterious never-to-be-named fellow was, but I was seriously starting to get scared. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4nEZfEb1n
We paid seven gold Galleons each for our wands, and Mr. Ollivander bowed us from his shop. The minute we were out, I clutched Harry's hand in a death-grip.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lLftlKRe9
"Harry, that was scary..." I confessed with a nervous giggle.348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD21zAof12F
"Yeah, yeah it was." He agreed glancing back at the store. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhGz9iLlvx
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We returned to the Leaky Cauldron and made our way back to Little Whinging. It was a surprise when we found out that we both lived in the same city! But it was a happy, yet unfortunate surprise. I felt my face go red with embarrassment as I observed Harry's face as he recognized the name of the orphanage I was heading back to. 348Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIm9OhafVD
It was quite infamous in the neighborhood for being a horrible place and while I agreed, I had never cared so much about someone's opinion before and when he asked where I lived, it was awkward having to tell him knowing that he'd know. But Harry just hugged me and held my hand until we had to part ways and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Not only was I going to get to learn magic, but I was going to have a friend beside me for the first time in my life.
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