Robyn groaned as she was shaken awake.
"Time to wake up. The famous don't have time to sleep in." She groaned louder once she realised who had woken her up.
"Good thing I'm not famous."
"Yes but your favorite Uncle is, and you have the honor of being my assistant for the day." Robyn forced an excited smile. Seriously, the man was an idiot. How could he not notice her horrid acting. "Come on, your brother is waiting."
"You know my brother has a name, and I thought he wasn't coming."
"Well he wasn't but I couldn't let him pass up an opportunity like this. So he will be meeting his friend there later today." Poor Trent he was so close to getting out of it.
"Okay I will meet you guys there, just let me get dressed first." Thankfully her Uncle walked off.
After getting changed Robyn made her way down to Flourish and Blotts. Once she got in there she headed straight towards the spell books, so she could get The Standard Book of Spells Grade Two. After purchasing her item, she regretfully walked over to the table her Uncle was sitting at.
"Ah, there you are. Now since it's morning not many people will be here yet. But later there will be plenty. Your job is to pass out these signed photos to the people in line, for the book signing." He said while handing her a stack.
"Where's Trent?" Robyn asked as she looked around.
"He went to get all of us some breakfast. Signing books is very tiring work. You must have your strength." Oh please! The only thing that should get tired is your hand, Robyn thought.
After a while the rush began, and Trent was stationed outside the door to keep things orderly. The line was mostly filled with middle aged women.
"The ladies do love me." Uncle Gilderoy said to Robyn as he signed yet another copy of Magical Me, his newest book. Robyn almost puked inside her mouth.
"Calmly, please, ladies… Don't push, there… Mind the books." Robyn heard Trent say. She stifled a laugh, and Uncle thought book signing was hard work! Robyn made her way down the line, handing out photos of her Uncle. Many of the women squealed once they received one.
"We'll be able to see him in a minute…" Said a woman with fiery red hair, who was in line next to receive a photo.
"Excuse me," The red haired woman and a group of more redheads turned to look at her. "Would any of you be interested in a free signed photo." Robyn said gesturing to the stack in her hands.
"Why not," said the red haired woman.
"Yes please," said a girl next to her who had curly brown hair.
"Honestly Hermione, what's so special about him. And mum you too, that's just disturbing." Said a boy with the same fiery red hair. Then she saw him, clear as day. There standing in front of Robyn was Harry Potter, scar and all. She had to act fast. She shoved a picture at him.
"Put this in front of your face, don't let him see your scar," Robyn hissed. Harry followed her instructions, though he seemed confused. But it was too late Uncle had seen him.
"It can't be Harry Potter?" Uncle said in a tone of wonderment. Robyn gave Harry an apologetic look. The crowd began to whisper excitedly. Robyn had to step back as Uncle Gilderoy leaped forward grabbing Harry's arm and pulling him to the front. The crowd began to applaud wildly. Uncle began shaking Harry's hand and giving a huge smile for the photographer, who just happened to work for the Daily Prophet.
"Nice big smile, Harry, together, you and I are worth the frontpage." Robyn looked over to Trent, and she knew he also felt bad for Harry. Uncle finally let go of Harry's hand, and she could see him trying to get back to the red haired family, and the girl with the curly brown hair. But before he made it more than a foot, Uncle threw his arm around Harry and pulled him tightly to his side. Poor boy. Then Uncle began to speak, and Robyn wanted to hide, she couldn't watch this. No one deserved this torture, no one.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," Uncle began in his 'I'm famous' voice. "What an extraordinary moment this is! The perfect moment for me to make a little announcement I've been sitting on for some time! When young Harry here stepped into Flourish and Blotts today, he only wanted to buy my Autobiography," Robyn nearly laughed out loud, she was sure that wasn't the case. "Which I shall be happy to present him now, free of charge. He had no idea, that he would shortly be getting much, much more than my book, Magical Me. He and his schoolmates will, in fact, be getting the real magical me." Looks of confusion swept over the large crowd. "Yes, Ladies and gentlemen, I have the great pleasure and pride," Robyn had to hide another laugh, he always had pride. "In announcing that this September, I will be taking up the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" The crowd cheered even louder than before, and Robyn's heart fell at the reminder. Another reason why she didn't want to attend Hogwarts.
"Robyn come here please!" Uncle called. She made her way over to him and Harry. "Would you please help Harry carry these books?" Robyn nodded her head, and grabbed half of the books. Harry had in fact been presented with all of Uncles published works. They made their way back through the crowds to the red haired family.
"Sorry about him, he can be a handful." Robyn said apologetically.
"It's fine, I guess I'll just have to get used to this famous thing." Harry smiled weakly. Once they reached the red haired family, Harry walked over to the youngest of the group. A girl with the same red hair as the others. Then he put the books in her cauldron. Robyn repeated the action.
"Here have these. I'll buy my own." Harry mumbled.
"Bet you loved that, didn't you Potter," Robyn looked to see who was speaking. In front of them was a boy with Platinum blonde hair, he had a sneer on his face. "Famous Harry Potter. Can't even go into a bookshop without making the frontpage." Robyn saw as Trent tried to make his way over to the group, he obviously knew who this boy was. Suddenly the girl Harry gave the books to spoke up.
"Leave him alone, he didn't want all that!" The girl was glaring at the blonde.
"Potter, you've got yourself a girlfriend!" At this comment the girl's face went almost as red as her hair. Then one of the red haired boys and the girl, Hermione, If Robyn remembered correctly, came over both carrying stacks of Uncle's books.
"Oh, it's you," Said the red headed boy, with a look of disgust. "Bet you're surprised to see Harry here, eh?"
"Not as surprised as I am to see you in a shop, Weasley," The Blonde returned. "I suppose your parents will go hungry for a month to pay for all those." The red haired boy went a deep shade of red. He dropped his books in the cauldron. And started towards the blonde, but Trent reached them just in time and held him back.
"Trent, thank goodness!" Robyn said. He smiled at her then turned to the blonde boy.
"Come on Draco, they're just trying to buy some books, why so harsh?" The blonde, Draco laughed.
"I'm just having some fun Trent."
"I get that but you took it too far, you've made the poor first year cry." Then Robyn noticed that the red haired girl was in fact crying.
"Fine but I'll be back."
"Dad!" came the red headed boy's voice. As he stared at a man with the same red hair.
"Well, well, well. Arthur Weasley." Said a new voice. The voice was cold and sent chills down Robyn's spine.
"Lucius," Mr. Weasley nodded coldly to the new man, who looked an awful lot like Draco.
"Busy time at the ministry, I hear," Said Lucius. "All those raids… I hope they're paying you over time?" He then reached into the redheaded girl's cauldron, and pulled out an old tattered book. At this point Robyn was thoroughly confused.
"Obviously not. Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?"
"We have a different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy." Said Mr. Weasley who was blushing fiercely.
"Clearly, the company you keep, Weasley… and I thought your family could sink no lower." Mr. Malfoy said gesturing to a couple who were obviously muggles. There was a loud thud as Mr. Weasley threw himself at Mr. Malfoy, knocking him into a bookshelf. Spellbooks flew everywhere. Suddenly there was a loud thundering voice.
"Break it up, there, gents, break it up." A very tall man, was making his way towards them. He pulled the two men apart. Mr. Malfoy then threw the old tattered book back to the red haired girl.
"Here girl, take your book, it's the best your father can give you." With that he and Draco walked out of the shop, followed by Trent who was tugging Robyn's arm for her to follow. She wasn't sure why they were following the nasty pair but they did. Robyn soon realised the reason as soon as they were outside. They weren't following the Malfoys at all
"Trent!" Screamed a petite girl with waist length platinum blonde hair. The girl ran forward and hugged Robyn's brother, her brown eyes sparkling. "How are you?"
"I'm doing great! I was starting to wonder when you were going to get here." They began talking about their summer.
"So, you going to introduce me?" Robyn piped in. Trent paused for a moment, seemingly remembering that Robyn was there.
"Oh yeah. Robyn this is Maisie Sharp. Maisie this is Robyn." Robyn waved to Maisie, and was greeted with a hug. Which took her by surprise, seeing as she hardly knew the girl.
"It's so good to meet you! I've heard so much. I was so excited when I heard you were going to attend Hogwarts." Robyn had heard lots about Maisie too, Trent talked about her almost non-stop, her and their other friend Jessica.
"Yeah nice to meet you too."
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