Chapter One; Back to School Shopping
"Doctor I'm scared," Nathan began as he walked beside me and the girls through the shopping center. Today we had our school shopping scheduled which meant that I would be traveling to Diagon Alley for Jane's supplies. "I don't want to go to school." He said.
"But school is fun." Cassie began. "You learn a different stuff about the earth and how to spell, add, and subtract. Plus you can also be on the school soccer team or in cub scouts. Haven't you ever been there before?" she asked him.
"No, I've never been to school in my life." He said as I squatted down in front of him. "Well then it's perfectly understandable if you're a little nervous about it." I told him.
"What if all the kids make fun of me and I won't have any friends?" he questioned.
"You'll have me." Cassie began. "Besides this works out great because now I don't have to go by myself anymore, well, at least until next year. Then you'll be going to Hogwarts too." She said.
"Peter why don't you take Nathan to go get his supplies while I take the girls with me." I suggested.
"Does that mean that I'll be able to see Diagon Alley!?" Cassie questioned me eagerly.
"Yes," I began with a chuckle. "but first we have to get your stuff." I told her as I took each of the girls by their hand and walked away. "Besides you should probably keep your voice down, a lot of people around here assume that witches and wizards aren't real just like they think that we aren't." I added as I looked down at her.
"Well that's pretty dumb, just because you haven't seen something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist." She said as I took her to buy her journals, pencils, and books, then she led me over to this beautiful purple backpack that had a personalized name on the back. "Look Daddy! That's my name!" she exclaimed.
"Yes I know darling." I told her.
"Can we get it please?" she questioned.
"I'm sorry honey but it's a little too expensive." I told her.
"But," she began with a heavy sad sigh. "I really want it." She said.
"I hate to burst your bubble but you don't get to have everything you want in life. I want a pony but there's no way in the world that Dad would let me have one in the house." Jane said.
"If you had a pony you would have to use your money to board one at a stable and you can't afford it so that's why you can't." I told her. "You're just lucky that I'm signing you up for lessons." I added when suddenly Mickey ran into us.
"Hey what's going on?" he asked me.
"Nothing we're just doing our back to school shopping. What about you?" I asked him back.
"Oh I'm just doing my baby shopping while Martha's at work. She had her sonogram appointment today." He began.
"And?" Cassie questioned him eagerly. "Is it a boy or a girl?" she asked him.
"Well we don't know yet. Martha said that she wants to be surprised so it's going to be hard to pick out clothes for babies we don't have a clue on what their genders are." He said.
"Whoa! Wait a minute!" I exclaimed.
"Did you just say babies?" Jane asked him as he nodded and grinned.
"Yep I sure did, we found out that we're having twins." He told me.
"Whoa!" I exclaimed excitedly.
"Oh my God! Twins!? That's so cool, I always wanted a twin." Cassie said.
"Hey! What's wrong with me!?" Jane snapped.
"You're just my sister, and extremely bossy." Cassie told her.
"I am not!" Jane cried. "Dad? Am I bossy?" she asked me.
"Well, you can be a little bit sometimes, but everyone has their flaws. For instance Peter can be a little uptight and Cassie you can be a little bit of it a know it all sometimes. But I still love all three of you and you're all good kids." I explained. "Well c'mon Cassie we better finish up grabbing your last couple of items before we grab Jane's things." I said as I wished Mickey good luck before we finished up our shopping.
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"I can't believe it, I'm actually here in Diagon Alley." Jane said excitedly with disbelief. We had just traded our muggle money for wizarding money at Gringotts bank. "Harry Potter actually walked down this same street." She said.
"I know, it is pretty exciting isn't it? Now what do you want to buy first?" I asked her.
"A wand!" she exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Alright well there's Ollivanders, you go ahead inside and I'll wait with your sister out here." I told her as she ran towards the door and pushed herself in.
"Hullo?" she began as she entered the room.
"Hullo young lady and what might your name be?" Mr. Ollivander asked her from behind the desk.
"Uh, I'm Jane Smith. This is going to be my first year at Hogwarts and I'm here to buy a wand." She explained.
"Ah I see, well I have heard great things about you miss Smith." He said.
"You have? But how? I'm just a muggleborn." She told him.
"Just because you have nonmagical parents doesn't make you anything less of greatness." He told her. "Now let us find you a wand shall we?" he questioned as he turned back to the boxes of wands stacked up on the shelf behind him.
Meanwhile Cassie heaved a sad sigh as she hung her head.
"Is something the matter Cassie?" I asked her.
"It isn't fair, I wish that I could go to Hogwarts." She said.
"I know you do, but don't forget how much you love the school that you go to. You're always at the top of your class and trying your best." I told her. "Besides, don't forget, that the science fair is coming up next month." I reminded her.
"Oh yeah! I forget!" she exclaimed when suddenly Jane ran back out of the store holding up her brand new wand.
"Look what I got!? It's the same kind of wand that Fleur Delacour had!" she exclaimed as I grinned at her.
"Well c'mon then we better get the rest of your shopping done so that we can go home." I told her as I took each girl by the hand again and walked away.