Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the
characters except Nick and his family.
Chapter 1
"Nick, come and look at this letter that the owl
dropped off." Laura Pilkin shouted to her son.
"I'm coming mom." Nick shouted back.
Nick walked up from the creek where he had fell and
gotten covered in mud and got to the front door. Laura saw him and yelled
"Stop right where you are, you are NOT coming into
my house like that. You are covered head to toe in globs of mud! Stay outside
and at least rinse off with the hose, I'll have a towel ready for you at the
door" Laura lectured.
"awwwwww" he groaned. "It's only a little mud and it
is cold out here." He continued to complain.
"You should have thought about
that before you went and took a dip in the creek" His mother said sternly. "Now
hurry up so you can come and see what this owl said."
Nick ran over to the hose and rinsed off most of the
mud, and went back to the door where he grabbed the towel Laura held out for
him and then he jetted up the stairs to his room. He changed into some clean,
dry clothes and ran, almost tripping over his own feet, down the stairs.
Nick looked at the letter,
"I've been accepted at Hogwarts!" He said excitedly.
"That's what I thought, but I didn't want to pry
into your letters." His mother said happily.
She had attended Hogwarts and had been in
Gryffindor. His father had been in Gryffindor also, but he had been killed in
an attack by Lord Voldemort 5 years ago.
"I'll take you to Diagon Alley to get your stuff
tomorrow. We will go by floo powder."
Laura stated.
"Alright mom" Nick said and then he went upstairs to
anticipate going to Hogwarts.
Nick and his mom stood in the living room, it was
the next morning. Nick took a pinch of floo powder and threw it into the
fireplace, shouting, "DIAGON ALLEY" Laura followed doing the same. They
appeared in Diagon Alley and Nick started staring at all the shops and
buildings. Ollivanders, Madam Malkin's robes, Grignotts, Flourish and Blotts, and
the many other wonderful, magical shops. Nick pulled out his list and said
"I need a lot of things, robes, books, a wand, and other
stuff."
"Well, we will just go shop by shop and will get your
things as we enter that shop, don't worry we will make sure that we get everything
that you need we have all day to shop, but the first stop is Grignott's because
I don't have any money with me." Laura said assuring him.