Glen a pretty girl, with green eyes and long straight blondish hair sat at the rickety kitchen table. Sitting there with her, was her older brother, Charlie, who was about 15, and her younger sister, Lily, who was 8. At the rusty kitchen sink her mother, Mrs. Deberry, was waving her wand around to keep the old scrub brushes cleaning the pots and pans. Glen sat there, dreaming of Hogwarts, She hoped she would get in. her brother did, but he'd shown of lots of early signs of magic, but hadn't, yet. Suddenly her dreams caved around her ands she felt a sharp peck on the shoulder. She looked up from her eggs to see, a big brown owl staring angrily at her. Clamped in its beak was a letter addressed to her, and another addressed to Charlie. She grabbed them, throwing Charlie's across the table to him. The owl flew off through the open window, as Glen tore the envelope away, revealing….. HER HOGWARTS LETTER! She hopped up and down on her chair, "I got in! I got in," she cried.
"Well, why wouldn't you have?" her mother asked. Glen just shrugged, but secretly knew that her mother was just as relieved.
"Can we go to Diagon Alley, mom? Pllleeeeeease?" Her mother sighed.
"Oh, all right."
"I'll go upstairs and get changed" Charlie said. Adding an evil grin and looking more suspicious by the minute. With that he slipped upstairs.
"You better go and make sure he doesn't do anything destructive up there" she said wearily, turning to Glen and Lily. They nodded and rushed upstairs to find Charlie prowling in the room the 2 girls shared.
"What are you doing," Lily growled, racing to the bed. Stuffed inside their robes, was Berrna Bloops itching powder.
"Oops," Charlie wickedly grinned, I must've 'accidentally' dropped some. With that he sped out of the room.
Glen and Lily changed into muggle clothes, and packed a set of clean robes in their worn out carry on bag.
"We need new robes," complained Lily. "We only have 2 pairs each, and their old, that their fading into a grey color."
"Well, I suppose I'll be getting new ones for school," Glen sighed. Lily made a face.
"Lets go, we're leaving now" Lily grumbled and ran downstairs.
"Oh good your in your muggle clothes," her mother cooed.
'Oh no, I knew that voice, here comes the bad news.'
"We ran out of Floo Powder" her mother continued ignoring Glen face of horror. Ill have to buy more while we are there. They all stepped out in the bright sunlight. The light danced of Glens 11 year old head. They walked for an hour before they came to a subway.
"Pllleeeeeease can we take the subway!" Charlie moaned finally his mother agreed, she handed the money to lily to pay because she didn't know how to use muggle money.
Lily knew how because she used to have a little muggle friend who taught her how. After they bought the tickets they climbed onboard. A little while later they stepped into the Leaky Cauldron, tapped their wands on the back wall and proceeded to Diagon Alley. There they put on their robes. Whiches and wizards of every kind raced around, Mrs. Deberry counted out some money for each of them.
"Okay she said, I'll buy all your supplies and you can get each of yourselves a treat.
"Hey," Charlie called, Glen has more money then Lily and I. His mother smiled.
"Because she's starting Hogwarts this year and gets to pick out a pet." Glen's spirit soared. She had forgotten about the pet picking.
"But I don't have a pet" moaned Charlie.
"It's not our fault you lost your rat" Lily snapped. Finally when Lily and Charlie started looking daggers at the other, their mother screeched.
"Are we going or are we going to stand here all day?" At this they all took off. Glen headed straight to the pet shop. Inside they were all different types of animals. But Glen knew what she wanted…… an owl.