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Year One for the New Kids!
Chapter One: The Big Surprise
One fine Sunday morning, Harry Potter was sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast with his wife, Ginny, and his three children, James, Albus and Lily, when an owl swooped through the sitting room window, and onto the table.
"Oh! Are those the Hogwarts letters?" asked James.
"Looks like it," answered GInny
The three children ripped opened their allotted letters eagerly. They all read them through, and Lily squealed in delight,
"I can finally get my own wand!" she exclaimed
"And I can finally go on the Hogsmeade trips!" said Albus
"Yes, yes that's all very exciting. Dad, when can we go to Diagon Alley? Can we go today" asked James hopefully
"I'm afraid not, we're going to your Uncle Dudley's today!" The children's faces fell. "Oh don't look so dour, we'll have fun! He's told me he has a surprise to show us, and you get to see your cousin Matthew!" said Harry.
At the mention of their cousin, the children immediately brightened up. Daisy was the same age as Lily. She was very pleasant to be around and very cheerful. She loved cracking jokes, and was very laid back.
"Speaking of your Uncle Dudley, we should be leaving any minute now, so finish up, and let's head out." said Ginny.
One hour later, the Potter's had arrived at Uncle Dudley's home. They knocked on the door, which was opened a moment later by a very cheerful uncle.
"Welcome everyone, come sit at the table, have some tea and cake." said Dudley
The children were rushed into the house by their mother, and seated around the table. Greetings were exchanged, and the children were overjoyed to see their cousin.
"So everyone, Daisy would like to make a surprise announcement!" Said Dudley very excitedly. Daisy looked absolutely radiant.
"I'm going to go to your school!" She nearly shouted, clearly having been waiting to say this for a long time.
The children's mouths dropped to the floor, and then they turned into huge smiles.
"Oh, Daisy! That's absolutely marvelous! I'll have someone I know in my year! I won't have to worry too much about making friends, I hope we're in the same house. I'm hoping for Gryffindor, but I suppose I wouldn't mind Ravenclaw…" rambled Lily happily.
"That's wonderful, Daisy, I'm sure you'll do very well." interrupted Ginny.
"Yes, I'm sure as well. This finally explains all the weird stuff i've been able to do! I never thought this, but I should have known!" said Daisy.
Her parents looked absolutely overjoyed.
"We must go to Diagon Alley together!" said Albus.
"Go where?" asked Uncle Dudley, Aunt Stacie and Daisy all at once
"Diagon Alley. It's where we go to buy out school supplies," began James. "It's like a plaza, sort of. You guys can go to Gringotts, that's the wizard bank, and exchange your money for wizard money. Then, we'll go to Florean Fortescue's. Oh! And we must go to Uncle George's shop as well! He owns a joke shop." he explained.
The three relatives nodded in excitement,
"Yes, I agree. We should definitely go together, " said Harry. "We can show them around, and introduce them to wizard games, and books and stuff like that. Why don't you kids go play outside while we discuss when is a good time."
The three children jumped off their chairs and ran outside. James stayed for a moment just to say, "Incase you've already forgotten, I'm fifteen," and then walked outside as well.
Two days later would find the Potters and Dursleys standing outside of a small, run-down looking pub. The aunt and uncle were as confused as ever, because they couldn't see the pub. However, when Harry opened the door, the door became visible for a minute, and Stacie and Dudley slipped in. Dudley was simply amazed by magic. He could hardly believe he had been afraid of it as a child. The first place they headed to was, of course, Gringotts Bank. After the Potter's got money out of their vault, and the Dursleys exchanged their muggle money for Galleons, Sickles and Knuts, they headed off to the stores.
"Are Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione and the cousins meeting us?" asked Albus hopefully. "It is Hugo's first year too."
"No, I'm afraid not. They're still out of the country. They'll be going when they get back." said Harry. At the look of disappointment on Albus's face, Harry quickly added, "But I'm sure we'll see them soon."
"I want to go to Ollivanders first!" said Lily firmly
"What's Ollivanders?" asked Daisy curiously
"Only the best wandmaker in the world!" said James enthusiastically, cutting into the conversation
"I get a wand? I thought those were only in fairytales!" said Daisy ecstatically
"Well of course, silly. How on earth would we do charms and spells without them?" said Lily in a matter-of-fact tone.
They turned a corner and right in front of them stood a store with a sign that read, 'Ollivanders Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC'
"So, how does getting wand work? Do we choose it?" asked Daisy
"Well, that's the coolest part, 'the wand chooses the wizard'." answered Albus
"Yes, and I am so excited to finally get mine, I heard that the whole room lights up, but that's just what James told me, and I've learned not to really trust him for information..." said Lily
"Well, I must say, that is quite wise of you." said Harry, as they stepped over the threshold and into the store.
It took Lily three tries to find her wand, Laurel wood with a Unicorn hair core 10" and Slightly Yielding flexibility; it took Daisy a bit longer, seven tries, but she too found the perfect wand, Hornbeam wood with a Phoenix tail core, 11½", and Pleasantly Springy.
After they finished with the wands, they went and bought the rest of their supplies, and even bought Lily and Daisy theirs own owls.
One month later, both families were standing on platform 9¾, after Aunt Stacie had nearly lost it when told she had to run into the wall. She was sure that they would crash and make a big scene. Harry had to hold hands with the Dursleys for them to be able to get to the other side, because they were muggles. They had also met up with Ron, Hermione, Rose and Hugo.
"I simply cannot believe this is happening!" said Lily
"Me either! I never even imagined this would happen!" squealed Daisy
"I'm really happy that you're a witch, Daisy!" said Hugo, who was friends with Daisy because he would often be over at the Potters' when she was.
James had already found a compartment with his friends, and Albus had already found one with Rose and Scorpius. Lily, Hugo and Matthew lingered on the platform to say goodbye to their parents, then scrambled onto the train to find a compartment. They all waved goodbye from the window as the train pulled away. The parents waved until the train turned a corner. Ginny, Hermione and Stacie were all sniffling into handkerchiefs. Harry brightened them up by saying, "Well, at least we'll still see them by Christmas!"