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Chapter 2- The Boy

Never in her life had Willa seen such a long list of school supplies. Everything from fancy transfiguration books to a wand was on it. Willa has also never been exposed to the wonders of Diagon Alley before and was anxiously anticipating the trip. Her mother, even though she had first proposed the idea of a trip to go school shopping, was unable to accompany Willa, so her father was to go instead. Willa was more than thrilled. Willa loved being with her mother, but her father was so much more lenient. He would let her buy anything without question, unlike her mother. Willa was by no means spoiled; it was just that shopping with her father was a lot less stressful and aggravating.

Dressed in a pink sundress, black ballet flats and a khaki cropped jacket with her red hair gently curled and pulled half back with a matching pink ribbon, Willa was waiting for her father outside of the house. She leaned on the fence and looked at the street and houses around her. She began to day dream as she frequently did. This time of what Hogwarts would really be like. Of course she always dreamed about Hogwarts but this time she was actually going! It seemed differently to her, thinking about it when she knew she was going.

"Willa! I'm ready!" her father cried as he emerged from the house. Willa immediately stood up straight from her hunched over position on the fence and smiled at her father.

"Are you ready?" he asked her.

"Yeah!"

"Alright then," her father said. "Let's go."

Down the street from Willa's cottage was a pub where she knew there was a port key to get to Diagon Alley and the Wizarding world. She often heard her father talk about it and he often used the port key to get to the Wizard World. When they got to the pub, her father was greeted by all the men there and he then led Willa to the back room of the pub where there was a gold chalice on a table. Willa and her father both grabbed the chalice at the same time and in a flash they were gone and a split second later Willa found herself standing on a cobblestone street amid hundreds of wizards and witches bustling about from store to store. She looked about with a wondrous look on her face at the stores and at the people. As she looked about, Willa noticed the most beautiful store front filled with owls. She then looked at her list and sure enough it listed that she had a choice of purchasing an owl. She turned to her father.

"Dad,"

"Yes darling?"

"I'm going to go look at the owls, alright? The shop is right over there."

"Oh of course, just…here, take some money." He reached into his pocket and gave her a wad of bills. "I'll just be off getting your books."

"Okay."

Willa watched her father walk away and then she crossed the street to the owl shop. When she pressed open the door, a bell jingled and she looked around. There was hardly anyone there.

When the tiny bell sounded, a boy poked his head out from a bookshelf near the back of the store. He noticed the tall redhead girl immediately and watched her as she observed a striking barn owl. How come he had never seen her before in his life? She seemed the same age as him and was obviously a witch if she was in Diagon Alley. The boy returned the book he was thumbing through to the shelf and walked over to the girl.

Willa had been cooing at the owl that had caught her attention when an unfamiliar voice came from behind her.

"Quite a beautiful animal, isn't it?"

Willa's head snapped around at the sound of this new voice next to her. She immediately relaxed when she saw that it was just a boy, about the same age as her and extremely handsome. She noticed his soft grey eyes the moment she looked at his face. He was wearing a black sweater with a white dress shirt underneath so the white color was coming out of the neck of the sweater, and jeans. He was quite tall and had perfectly wavy, thick brown hair. Willa looked at him with an open mouth and then to owl and then back to the boy.

"Oh, uh, yeah she's exquisite. I actually think I might have her."

"Have you even looked at any of the other owls yet?" he asked her.

"Well, no…"

"Then how do you know you'll have this one?"

Willa was surprised at the boy's questions. She smiled.

"I just know. When you know you want something, you shouldn't have to look at anything else."

The boy nodded.

"Fair enough."

There was an awkward pause in the conversation as the two just stood there, side by side. The boy finally looked back to Willa.

"Her name is Lore by the way."

"What?"

"The owl, her name is Lore. It says on the outside of the cage here, see?" He pointed to the card attached to the cage." Willa had just noticed.

"Oh! I see now. Thank you for pointing that out. I would have given a name to her without knowing her true one. It would have been totally unfair."

The boy chuckled.

"I'll take her!" Willa said with a smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry miss, I don't work here."

Willa looked at him, confused.

"I beg your pardon?" she inquired.

Then from the distance outside the shop, Willa heard her name being called. It was her father. She turned away from the boy and walked closer to the window to see if it really was him. She began to turn back to the boy.

"It's just my father, he's…"

But when she turned, she saw that the boy was gone.

"-coming," she quietly finished her sentence.

"Hello? Are you still here?" There was no answer. Just then, her father burst through the door.

"Willa! There you are! I bought all of your required reading materials and textbooks. And I see you've found an owl."

"Uh, yeah," Willa said, still a bit confused. "Her name is Lore."

"Ahh, what a handsome creature, eh? Shop keeper! We'll take her!"

After all her purchases had been completed, Willa and her father were ready to go home. Not once did she see the boy again, even though they had walked all over the Alley. Who was he? And why did he bother himself with her affairs?

When she arrived home, Willa brought Lore up to her room, took her out of the cage and placed her on a perch. After feeding her a snack, Willa collapsed on her bed and fell into a deep sleep.

There's chapter 2 for you! Hope you enjoyed! Reviews are wonderful!

-TheatrePirate-