*I do NOT own Harry Potter the plot and Unfamiliar characters alone are mine.
R&R
* Pictures of Mackenzie's outfit are on my profile.
The week following the day she received her letter was agonising. She counted down the days, spending her time imagining what her time would be like at Hogwarts and thinking about the treacherous wait she had ahead of her to finally get to Hogwarts.
The day was finally here that she was going to get her things and she couldn't contain herself, she got out of bed super early in the morning, which was so unlike her. She showered and got dressed in her black skinny jeans, blue ballet flats, and a white singlet. She pulled her hair up into a messy ponytail, just the way she liked it, and bounded down the stairs to the kitchen.
She practically sang when she greeted everyone, "Good morning!"
"Morning Sissie," Ashely said. Ashley had called Mackenzie 'Sissie' ever since she could talk.
"Good morning sweetheart," replied Amanda.
"When can we go, Mum?" Mackenzie asked impatiently.
"When you have eaten something," replied her mother with seriousness in her voice. Mackenzie knew exactly why she used that tone of voice. Her father had died two years ago, and Mackenzie took it really hard; she stopped talking all together and didn't eat a thing. Now, whenever she said she wasn't hungry, people always forced her to eat, worried that she would go back into that no-eating pattern again. So she just ate to make her mother happy, and so she could finally get to Diagon alley.
"Alright Mum, I have eaten, can we go now please?" Kenzie pleaded with her mum.
"Okay then, go and get your letter and shopping list and we will go."
She quickly ran back upstairs, grabbed her list of things she needed for school, and ran back down the stairs, taking 3 at a time landing with a loud thud at the bottom. Her mother gave her a disapproving look for that, and in return Mackenzie gave an apologetic smile. They were going to apparate into Diagon Alley so she grabbed her mother's hand and before she knew it, her mother, sister and she were standing in the middle of Diagon alley.
She was getting overexcited and she didn't know where she wanted to go first. Her mother had told her that they didn't need to go to Gringotts because she already had some money with her.
"Why don't we go get your school robes first?" suggested Amanda, "That always takes the longest," she said with a roll of her eyes. So Mackenzie ran over to 'Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions'. When she got inside, there were a few students already being measured. A short middle aged woman came up to her and asked what she was in need of.
"I need school robes for Hogwarts," she replied excitedly. The woman smiled at her and led her over to a small platform where she would be measured.
Mackenzie realised that her mum had been right about it taking a while to get robes, so for the majority of the time she just daydreamed about Hogwarts and the people she would meet. The next thing she knew she was being told that her measurements were done and to collect her robes.
"Thank you," Mackenzie said politely to the lady as she was leaving the shop.
She met her mum outside, who suggested that they go get her books next, so they wandered over to Flourish and Blotts bookshop. Kenzie had always loved to read; anything that had words on it, you can bet it had been read by her, so she was amazed when she walked into the bookshop, looking up towards the roof where there were books and books, stacked right up to the top. She was in her own version of heaven. She looked at her list of books and quickly went and grabbed all she needed. When she had gotten everything she decided to wander around a little and see what books they had on offer. She was in the middle of reading a book about all the different magical creatures when she heard her mum calling her name.
"I'm coming mum!" she yelled loud enough for her mum to hear. She went back through the aisles looking for her mum, went to the counter, payed for her books and grabbed the brown packages in her hands.
"Where to next?" she asked curiously.
"Hmm, let's see, how about we go get your wand now?" Amanda asked. Mackenzie was excited about getting her wand, so she nodded crazily.
They walked into Ollivanders and there was already a family in there getting their wands. Kenzie saw that it was for two red haired identical twins. They hadn't noticed that she was behind them, and so when they were done, and turned to leave the store, one of them bumped into her, causing all of her books to spill out of her arms and onto the floor. She bent down to start picking her books up, and so did the red haired boy.
"Sorry about that," he said in a sweet little voice.
"Jeez George watch where you're going!" yelled his twin brother in a joking tone.
"Its fine I was standing too close," replied Mackenzie.
They finished picking up the books, and Mackenzie looked at the boy. When she did, she was entranced, she saw the most charming deep chocolate brown eyes. She had never been interested in boys, but this one suddenly got her attention.
"I'm Mackenzie Robins," she told him, offering her hand for him to shake, but pulling it away last minute as a joke.
"A joker like us, aye?" said the other brother.
"Come on boys," a short plump woman called over her shoulder, "It's time to go."
The boys ran to the door, bu the brown-eyed one turned around just before he walked out.
"I'm George, George Weasley," he said with a smile, before hurrying off to catch up with his family.
She walked over to the door, watching the large family walking away. In the distance Mackenzie could still hear the family and heard someone say, "Ooooh, Georgies got a girlfriend," in a teasing voice while laughing.
"Oh shut up, Fred," replied George. That's when she recognized that it must have been the other twin because she remembered the voice.
"At least he can get a girlfriend, Freddy boy," Mackenzie yelled out the door to the boy. Both of the twins laughed hysterically at that.
"I think that one's a keeper, George," said Fred, smiling. George pushed his brother so hard he ended on the other side of the street.
"You wait till we get home; I'll get you back for that one."
Mackenzie couldn't help but laugh at them, as she turned and walked back in to the store.