*I do not own anything associated with Harry Potter, everything belongs to JK Rowling except for a few characters I had to make up because I couldn't get enough information from the books*
I also hope that my updates will become longer as I get into the fic, but my stories usually have a habit of having short chapters so I apologize for that. Enjoy c:
Prologue
"Hello Garrick, it's so good to see you," Garrick Ollivander's son smiled down in concern at the frail old man sitting in the old worn chair, "my children were so please when I told them they'd have the chance of seeing you again."
At that moment 2 small children ran into the room chasing after the cat, closely followed by a shy looking boy with long hair and dark, handsome eyes.
"Hello you lot, how wonderful it is to see you all again" Garrick whispered as he slowly got out of the chair grasping onto the fireplace.
Both his son and eldest grandson moved forward in concern, but he waved them away and shuffled forward to envelop the youngest grandchildren in a hug. "I haven't been the same after the Great Battle of Hogwarts," he said, talking directly to his son, "it took away a lot of my strength."
"Of course, of course it would." His son murmured in concern as his brow furrowed with worry. "That's to be expected of course. I thought you'd like to know that the shop is finished and has been open for business for quite some time now, Ollivander's Wand shop has already provided many a young which and wizard with their wand." The last bit was stated with pride, and Gerrick's eyes lit up with excitement and happiness.
"Oh wonderful, I do miss that old shop, I really do. I would like to return to Diagon Alley soon, the last time I was there everything was closing down. It would be nice to see it full of life again, just...before..." He trailed off, but they knew what he meant.
"Yes, of course you would, and you shall. Little Helen will be getting her Hogwarts letter next year, if not before then you will of course come with us to help collect her supplies."
"Oh that would be wonderful, you'd like that wouldn't you Helen?"
The little girl smiled and nodded enthusiastically before running off to join her brother as they searched for the cat again.
Garrick sat back down into his chair again, while his son and grandson sat on the sofa opposite. They were there for hours discussing their health, the wand shop and the family life. Many cups of coffee and glasses of wine and biscuits were devoured, and it gave Mr Ollivander such joy to be able to have his beloved family together again; it gave him such strength and happiness. It wasn't long before Helen and Samuel came running back clutching yet more biscuits and chocolates.
"Childre-" Garrick put his hand up to stop their father scolding them and smiled.
"It's so good to have such charming children such as yourselves in my house." He winked at them both before allowing them to climb onto his lap.
"Grandpa, can we hear a story? We want to hear about you when you were at Hogwarts?" Samuel looked hopefully up at him.
"Well I think that's a splendid idea," he chuckled to himself as the children grinned at each other, "so, this story starts a long time ago."