Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling, I don't own Harry Potter. Or anything else mentioned.
"Ellie, Ellie! Wanna go one the Dr. Seuss ride with me?" My little sister, Shannon, squealed, and tugged on my sleeve. I squatted down so I was eye level with her.
"Maybe later Shan. I wanna check out the Harry Potter theme park first." I said.
My family and I were on a trip to Orlando and we decided to go to Universal for a day. I was the only person in my family that really cared about Harry Potter. My parents told me that I could go into the Harry Potter section of the park alone, and call them when I wanted to meet up with them.
"Ew! Harry Potter? I wanna see a princess park!" Shannon said. She didn't like Harry Potter much. She was more of a Cinderella kind of girl.
"Shan, that's Disney." I laughed. "Now, I'll see you later, ok? You should check out the section of the park. I'm sure you'd love it."
"Okay!" She said, and ran back to my mom and dad, and waved goodbye.
I waved goodbye to my family, and walked into the theme park. Some tall redhead kid ran out of the joke shop by the entrance, and slammed into me.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" I glared at him, and rubbed my aching head. I could almost already feel the bump growing from my head slammed into his. He picked up his, and my things and stood up.
"Sorry." He smiled sheepishly. He had a cute British accent and offered me a hand. I took it to stand up, but I immediately felt tingles shiver down my whole arm. I blinked a few times, and felt cold, but quickly shook the feeling off. He pulled me to my feet.
"I'm Elisabeth." I said, feeling like it would be proper to introduce myself to him, and he seemed to be genuinely sorry about knocking me over.
"I'm Fred." He said. How ironic. He resembled Fred Weasley from the books, and was just in the joke shop. Actually, now that I look at him, the resemblance between the two was slightly scary. The red hair, freckles...right down to the mischievous look in his eyes.
"Like Fred Weasley?" I joked. He gave me a smirk.
"You could say that."
"Well, I'm sorry about your death, then." I said. Fred's death was easily the saddest moment for me in the whole series, so I felt slightly sad after saying the words. I never truly got over the fact that J.K. Rowling killed him. He and George had been my favorite characters since I was six years old.
Fred's expression changed. "Yeah…" He murmured. The distant look in his eyes vanished quickly."Well! I'm off to the Ollivander's shop here. Want to join me?" He asked.
"I'd be honored." I smiled, and took the arm he offered me, feeling the icy shivers again. We walked through the crowded streets to the shop.
"It's just like the books…" I murmured as we walked through Hogsmeade.
"Perfect, right?" Fred grinned.
"Yeah." I smiled at him, and looked up to see the Ollivander's store. I frowned when I noticed a long line to get in. Fred noticed my expression and laughed.
"Don't worry; we can use the back door. The guy who runs the shop is practically family to me. He won't mind." He reassured me.
"Are you sure?" I said skeptically. I didn't know the man, and I would feel like cheating by cutting the line that the others were waiting so long in.
"Yeah, don't worry." He said and flashed a grin to me. We walked around the back of the store and saw a door. Fred banged on the door, and yelled.
"Hey! It's Fred! Lemme in!" He shouted. I giggled and looked through the window to see an older man walk towards the door and smile. He unlocked it, and Fred and I walked in. The old man smiled at me, and looked at me curiously.
"Hello. I'm Elisabeth." I said and extended a hand to him. "Most people call me Ellie though." I said, looking at Fred, knowing he would never call me Elisabeth in a million years. He didn't seem like that kind of guy. He would probably come up with a horrible and embarrassing nickname. He smirked at me.
"Lovely to meet you Miss Ellie. I'm Mr. Ollivander." He said. I laughed a little to myself. The people at this park take their roles so seriously.
"Now, would you like something from the shop?" He asked. I looked around the shop for a second. It was truly amazing. Wands were stacked all over the walls, and there were Hogwarts uniforms hanging on racks, and on one shelf there were the books and movies. It looked actually magical. I felt like a wand would fly off a wall, and into my hands, and shoot silver sparks out of the tip, like the books.
"Yes, of course! This place is totally awesome!" I laughed. Mr. Ollivander smiled, and Fred laughed a little bit.
"I know just the thing you'll love. I've been saving this for someone like you. A true believer in the magic." he smiled, and went behind the desk, and pulled out a piece of parchment, a quill, and ink, and passed it to me. I looked up at him with raised eyebrows.
"Now, all you need to do is write your name on the paper. You can go behind this door to do it. I need to talk to Fred for a moment." Mr. Ollivander walked off with Fred to the front of the store. Fred smiled at me over his shoulder, as if to say it was ok.
It seemed very strange. Maybe he wanted to get me a book, and put this in the front cover or something? To make it look like a Hogwarts textbook or something? Well, I wasn't going to argue with him. He seemed to be busy with the shop. I went into the room, and locked the door, just in case. I laid out the parchment on the desk. I dipped the quill in the ink, and slowly wrote out in cursive "Elisabeth Parker". I laid the quill down, and before I could even stand up, the parchment began glowing a rich gold. I gasped, and reached down to grab the parchment, but my hand fell through it. It was cold, and I could swear I felt wind. Before I could scream for Fred, or help, my arm was pulled through, too, and the rest of my body was dragged through the glittering, gold piece of parchment.