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Chapter one: The Leaky Cauldron
I stepped out of the car and look around. An old tavern stood in front of my mother and I. A dull wooden sign heralded this place as The Leaky Cauldron.
"Well, Keirsta. Let's go in," said Mom. Mom opened the door and went straight over to the counter. An old man looked up and said, "May I help you-Lynn?" Mom smiled. The old man came out from behind the counter. He and Mom hugged.
"Good to see you, Tom? Is Isabelle well?" she asked. Mom and Tom talked. I looked around. I sighed. This was the end of my first week in London and now we were going to some place called Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. We had arrived just in time to get them and then tomorrow I would get on the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yes, I, Keirsta Grant, am a witch. I would be a seventh year. Dad had transferred me to Hogwarts after Mom had gotten a job in the British Ministry of Magic that was too good to give up. I saw out of the corner of my eye Mom waving me over.
"Tom, this is my daughter, Keirsta. Keirsta, this is Tom."
"You are a mighty fine looking young lady, Keirsta," said Tom, shaking my hand.
"Thank you," I said, blushing, hating my fair skin.
"Now, I'll show you how to get into Diagon Alley," said Tom, leading us to the back of the tavern and outside into a boxed alley. He pressed a combination of bricks and it opened. I am a witch and not surprised at such things. Mom bid him goodbye and I said, "It was nice meeting you" and we ventured down the alley, amid the other witches and wizards. I pulled out my letter from a pocket in my robes and looked at it.
"It says I need one pewter cauldron, one Standard Book of Spells Grade 7, Spells of the World by Carol Berty.." I finished reading the list. I looked up and saw we had stopped in front of the Quidditch supply store and in the window was the most beautiful broom I had ever seen. It was called a Lightening Flash 7000, the newest model. I looked at Mom. She smiled.
"You do need a new broom" was all she said and in we went. I watched in awe as the broom as wrapped. Mom took out the hundred Galleons it cost and gave it to the clerk. She then did a simple spell to shrink it and placed it in her purse. We left and headed up the street. We got my cauldron and Potions ingredients and then headed to Flourish and Blotts. We went inside and Mom told me to look around and she would get my schoolbooks. I wandered around and stopped at a display of Hogwarts: A History 12th edition. I heard voices arguing. I looked around the corner and saw a bushy brown haired girl arguing with a fiery red headed boy while a raven-haired boy watched amused.
"Hermione, you don't need a new copy of Hogwarts: A History. You have the last three editions," said the red head.
"It has a ton more information than the others, Ron!" said the girl. Suddenly, a set of twins appeared next to the boy name Ron.
"Oi, Ron. Mum says for the three of you to come," said one of the twins. The five exited, with the girl looking wistfully at the books. I shrugged and picked up a copy. I took it to Mom as she was checking out.
"Here," I said, handing to her. "Can I get it? It'll help me to know about my school." Mom nodded and we paid. We left the store and I caught a glimance of the three before we left. We went and got back to The Leaky Cauldron and left in the car.
At home, Mom told me to get packed. I spent the rest of the evening packing my trunk. I for some reason could get the raven-haired kid out of my mind. I idly petted my cat, Arwen. I put my new broom in my bag.
"What is it about him?" I asked myself, as I put on my pajamas. I climbed into bed and fell asleep.
Chapter one: The Leaky Cauldron
I stepped out of the car and look around. An old tavern stood in front of my mother and I. A dull wooden sign heralded this place as The Leaky Cauldron.
"Well, Keirsta. Let's go in," said Mom. Mom opened the door and went straight over to the counter. An old man looked up and said, "May I help you-Lynn?" Mom smiled. The old man came out from behind the counter. He and Mom hugged.
"Good to see you, Tom? Is Isabelle well?" she asked. Mom and Tom talked. I looked around. I sighed. This was the end of my first week in London and now we were going to some place called Diagon Alley to get my school supplies. We had arrived just in time to get them and then tomorrow I would get on the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yes, I, Keirsta Grant, am a witch. I would be a seventh year. Dad had transferred me to Hogwarts after Mom had gotten a job in the British Ministry of Magic that was too good to give up. I saw out of the corner of my eye Mom waving me over.
"Tom, this is my daughter, Keirsta. Keirsta, this is Tom."
"You are a mighty fine looking young lady, Keirsta," said Tom, shaking my hand.
"Thank you," I said, blushing, hating my fair skin.
"Now, I'll show you how to get into Diagon Alley," said Tom, leading us to the back of the tavern and outside into a boxed alley. He pressed a combination of bricks and it opened. I am a witch and not surprised at such things. Mom bid him goodbye and I said, "It was nice meeting you" and we ventured down the alley, amid the other witches and wizards. I pulled out my letter from a pocket in my robes and looked at it.
"It says I need one pewter cauldron, one Standard Book of Spells Grade 7, Spells of the World by Carol Berty.." I finished reading the list. I looked up and saw we had stopped in front of the Quidditch supply store and in the window was the most beautiful broom I had ever seen. It was called a Lightening Flash 7000, the newest model. I looked at Mom. She smiled.
"You do need a new broom" was all she said and in we went. I watched in awe as the broom as wrapped. Mom took out the hundred Galleons it cost and gave it to the clerk. She then did a simple spell to shrink it and placed it in her purse. We left and headed up the street. We got my cauldron and Potions ingredients and then headed to Flourish and Blotts. We went inside and Mom told me to look around and she would get my schoolbooks. I wandered around and stopped at a display of Hogwarts: A History 12th edition. I heard voices arguing. I looked around the corner and saw a bushy brown haired girl arguing with a fiery red headed boy while a raven-haired boy watched amused.
"Hermione, you don't need a new copy of Hogwarts: A History. You have the last three editions," said the red head.
"It has a ton more information than the others, Ron!" said the girl. Suddenly, a set of twins appeared next to the boy name Ron.
"Oi, Ron. Mum says for the three of you to come," said one of the twins. The five exited, with the girl looking wistfully at the books. I shrugged and picked up a copy. I took it to Mom as she was checking out.
"Here," I said, handing to her. "Can I get it? It'll help me to know about my school." Mom nodded and we paid. We left the store and I caught a glimance of the three before we left. We went and got back to The Leaky Cauldron and left in the car.
At home, Mom told me to get packed. I spent the rest of the evening packing my trunk. I for some reason could get the raven-haired kid out of my mind. I idly petted my cat, Arwen. I put my new broom in my bag.
"What is it about him?" I asked myself, as I put on my pajamas. I climbed into bed and fell asleep.