p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"To someone who didn't know them well, the Potter family would seem perfectly normal. They didn't interfere with other people's business nor did they act in a strange way. They didn't stand out in a crowd and could often be caught chatting with the neighbours./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"However there was one thing about the Potters that made them different from everyone else. They happened to be magic. James and Lily had both been to the finest magical school in the world: Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Their son Harry was going to be going next year, providing he got his letter./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Harry had never been as excited for anything in his life; not when his father first taught him how to play Quidditch, the extremely popular sport, or when his godfather Sirius had bought him his first broomstick. Every morning he eagerly checked the post, waiting for the letter to arrive./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"On July 30th, the day before Harry's birthday, the letter came. It was the best birthday present Harry had ever received and he was so excited to know he was finally going. Of course he always knew he would be spending his teenage years there as he had performed quite a few unintentional magic tricks. For example when he was being chased by a dog he suddenly found himself on top of the bus shelter. Or the one time when Lily had redecorated the living room, but Harry hated it and suddenly it was back to normal./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Lily and James were ever so proud of him and as a birthday treat they would be taking Harry to Diagon Alley, a street where wizards do all of their shopping, to get his Hogwarts robes, books and most importantly a wand. Harry read the letter over and over again filled with excitement, that night he couldn't sleep and was so excited to be getting a wand./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The next morning, Harry got up and had breakfast. Once he had finished his plate of pancakes he found a large pile of presents waiting for him in the living room. He opened three and saved the rest for later. One of these presents was a large selection of Wizarding confectionary such as chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's every flavour beans. He opened the Bertie Bott's and shoved a few in his mouth deciding to put the rest in his coat pocket and save them for later. When he was dressed the family gathered in the living room and prepared to travel to Diagon Alley by the Floo network./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"They arrived at Diagon Alley at precisely 10.03am. The first shop that they went in was Madam Malkin's Robes for Every Occasion. They purchased Harry's simple, plain black robes which all first years had to wear before they were sorted into the houses. Once out of there they went to the bookshop. Harry walked inside and wandered over to find The Standard Book of Spells, Grade One shelf. There stood a red headed boy picking out one if the books and dropping it into his cauldron. He turned around and saw Harry stood there. "Bloody hell Harry, I nearly had a heart attack with you sneaking up on me!"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""It's a shame you didn't." Harry replied sarcastically. They both laughed. Ron was Harry's best friend and they had known each other since they were little with their parents being friends way before either of them were born. As Ron was a few months older, he had already received his Hogwarts letter but today was the day that they would go and buy the school supplies together, which they had been planning for years. "Have you got a wand yet?" Harry asked Ron, looking into his cauldron to see what he had. br /"No have you?" Ron replied./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Nah but we can go together after can't we?" Harry suggested./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Yep that would be cool." Ron agreed. They turned around just in time to see the bushy haired girl walk through the shop door./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"However there was one thing about the Potters that made them different from everyone else. They happened to be magic. James and Lily had both been to the finest magical school in the world: Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Their son Harry was going to be going next year, providing he got his letter./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Harry had never been as excited for anything in his life; not when his father first taught him how to play Quidditch, the extremely popular sport, or when his godfather Sirius had bought him his first broomstick. Every morning he eagerly checked the post, waiting for the letter to arrive./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"On July 30th, the day before Harry's birthday, the letter came. It was the best birthday present Harry had ever received and he was so excited to know he was finally going. Of course he always knew he would be spending his teenage years there as he had performed quite a few unintentional magic tricks. For example when he was being chased by a dog he suddenly found himself on top of the bus shelter. Or the one time when Lily had redecorated the living room, but Harry hated it and suddenly it was back to normal./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Lily and James were ever so proud of him and as a birthday treat they would be taking Harry to Diagon Alley, a street where wizards do all of their shopping, to get his Hogwarts robes, books and most importantly a wand. Harry read the letter over and over again filled with excitement, that night he couldn't sleep and was so excited to be getting a wand./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The next morning, Harry got up and had breakfast. Once he had finished his plate of pancakes he found a large pile of presents waiting for him in the living room. He opened three and saved the rest for later. One of these presents was a large selection of Wizarding confectionary such as chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's every flavour beans. He opened the Bertie Bott's and shoved a few in his mouth deciding to put the rest in his coat pocket and save them for later. When he was dressed the family gathered in the living room and prepared to travel to Diagon Alley by the Floo network./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"They arrived at Diagon Alley at precisely 10.03am. The first shop that they went in was Madam Malkin's Robes for Every Occasion. They purchased Harry's simple, plain black robes which all first years had to wear before they were sorted into the houses. Once out of there they went to the bookshop. Harry walked inside and wandered over to find The Standard Book of Spells, Grade One shelf. There stood a red headed boy picking out one if the books and dropping it into his cauldron. He turned around and saw Harry stood there. "Bloody hell Harry, I nearly had a heart attack with you sneaking up on me!"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""It's a shame you didn't." Harry replied sarcastically. They both laughed. Ron was Harry's best friend and they had known each other since they were little with their parents being friends way before either of them were born. As Ron was a few months older, he had already received his Hogwarts letter but today was the day that they would go and buy the school supplies together, which they had been planning for years. "Have you got a wand yet?" Harry asked Ron, looking into his cauldron to see what he had. br /"No have you?" Ron replied./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Nah but we can go together after can't we?" Harry suggested./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Yep that would be cool." Ron agreed. They turned around just in time to see the bushy haired girl walk through the shop door./p