Chapter 2

Scorpius dreaded the day he would go to Hogwarts. Every time an owl swooped around his house, he would hide in his shaded room, but one day, he didn't see it coming.

Scorpius Malfoy sat with his mum and dad at the table eating breakfast, when a snow white owl with gray flecks landed in front of him, dropping a letter onto Scorpius's empty plate. Even though he didn't want to even touch the letter, he never showed fear in front of his parents. He didn't want to appear weak. Scorpius grabbed the letter.

'Might as well get it over with,' he thought as he opened it. "It's my Hogwarts letter!" Scorpius tried to sound excited.

Mr. Malfoy beamed. "We can go to Diagon Alley right after you're finished getting ready."

Scorpius nodded. He quickly rushed to his room and pulled on some muggle clothes. It would look strange if he walked around a muggle street with normal clothes on. He brushed his blonde hair and washed his pale face. 'This is going to be a long day," he thought.

"I'm ready!" he shouted as he rushed back to the dining room.

"All right," his mother said. "Let's go."

They got into a muggle car and Mr. Malfoy started driving.

"I can't believe that they had to shut off the Floo Network at a time like this!" Scorpius's father said as he drove down a muggle street. The Malfoy family lived on the only magical part of the neighborhood. Muggles could only see a giant metal fence that said 'Danger Keep Out.' Not only that, but there was also a muggle repelling charm on the fence so muggles wouldn't sneak into it.

About 30 minutes later, they stopped at The Leakey Cauldron. They got out of the car and walked in. A few people gave them scared looks as they past through. They went out the other side, and Mr. Malfoy pulled out his wand and tapped a few bricks on the wall in front of them. The bricks started shaping into an entrance, and the Malfoys walked through.

"Look!" Scorpius was excited for the first time that day. "A Lightningbolt!" He pointed to a broomstick being held by a hover charm behind the 'Quality Quidditch Supplies' shop window.

"It doesn't matter," Mr. Malfoy growled. "You're not allowed to have a broomstick until your second year."

"OK," Scorpius gloomily replied.

"We can get you your wand, first," Mrs. Malfoy assured Scorpius, "then we can look at the other stuff."

The Malfoys then started walking to 'Ollivander's.' When they got inside the shop, an old man was waiting at the desk.

"You must be the Malfoys," he said, then he looked at Scorpius. "Let's see what I have for you." Scorpius assumed that the man must have been Ollivander. Ollivander disappeared into his library of wands, and then appeared again with a wand in his hand. He handed it to Scorpius and said, "Perhaps a unicorn tail hair like your father's." As soon as Scorpius touched the wand, Ollivander snatched the wand from him, and gave him another wand. "Maybe a dragon hide like your mother's."

As soon as Scorpius grasped the wand, a warm feeling swept over him. It felt like all the magic in the world was flowing into him. Mr. Malfoy paid Ollivander seven gold Galleons, and then they left the shop.

Scorpius had bought all of his supplies except for an owl, so the Malfoys headed to 'Eeylops Owl Emporium.'

"Hello, what can I do for you?" a man holding an owl cage said, but before Mr. Malfoy could reply, the man said, "Oh, I almost forgot, I'm now selling birds as well."

"Pick your owl," Mr. Malfoy said to Scorpius, "and then we can buy whatever else you want."

Scorpius nodded and started looking through the owls. Then, he saw a beautiful flame colored bird sitting in a cage. 'Wow,' he thought, 'I've never seen a bird like that before.' Then, the bird suddenly burned into a heap of ashes. Scorpius then stared in amazement as a baby bird poked its head out of the ashes.

"Sir," Scorpius called to the seller, "how much does this bird cost?"

"50 Galleons," the man said. "This here is a pheonix. They never die, they only get reborn, and their tears have healing powers."

"Wow!" Scorpius exclaimed. "That's amazing!" then, he looked at his father. "Dad, can I get this pheonix?" Mr. Malfoy shook his head.

"If you want it, then buy it yourself," he said.

Scorpius sighed, then picked a white owl. Scorpius was about to leave, when the man said, "I'll give you the pheonix if you do me a favor."

Scorpius turned around. "What, then?"

"If you get me a rainbow feather, then I'll give you this pheonix," he said. "Once you've got it, send it to this name." the man handed Scorpius a paper with the name 'Gwamp DeLure.'

'Where have I read that name?' Scorpius thought. 'It sounds awfully familiar.'