Disclaimer: I forgot this on the last chapter, so for both chapters 1 and 2, I do not own the Teen Titans or Harry Potter.
Chapter 2: The Magic in All of Us
Raven teleported herself and Hagrid back to the Leaky Cauldron. "Alright, follow me," said Hagrid as he led her toward a back door. Through the back door was a tiny alley ending in a large brick wall. Hagrid stepped in front of the brick wall and pulled out a large pink umbrella.
"Um-" Raven began as Hagrid started to tap the wall in various places with the umbrella. As soon as she had said that, though, the bricks started to rearrange. She started wide-eyed as the moving bricks formed a large door. Peeking past Hagrid, Raven saw a bustling street filled with people in colorful robes. Shops lined the busy street with shop windows full of wares. Peddlers solicited everything from candy to broom polish. "Wow," Raven finished lamely.
Hagrid smiled as he stepped through the gateway. "Welcome to Diagon Alley."
Raven too stepped through the gateway and examined the many people and shops. She actually smiled. These people were like her. She wasn't out of place with her cloak. These people could do magic. She fit in. Her smile broadened. Hagrid glowed when he saw the look on her face. "This is- this is amazing!" Raven stammered.
Hagrid was extremely pleased. "Isn't it? Well, come on." Hagrid led Raven through the many crowds. Raven looked everywhere. Her eyes were constantly in motion.
"Wait," Raven said when she found a shop that intrigued her. It was Flourish and Blotts.
"Ah, you like to read, do you? Just like Hermione." Hagrid's eyes drifted at the thought of seeing his favorite students again. He was ripped out of his nostalgia by someone pushing past him. He looked down and saw Raven hurrying for the door to the book shop. "Hey," he yelled grabbing her arm, "We'll go there later. First we have to your buy wands." Raven gave a loud and noticeable sigh as she allowed herself to be pulled away from Flourish and Blotts. Hagrid merely laughed.
They pair continued down the street until they reached a tiny dimly lit shop. The sign above the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. Hagrid pushed Raven into the shop. An old man was standing behind the counter and looked up when the door opened. The man seemed at least a hundred, what with his wispy white hair and hunched stature. He seemed feeble like a twig and yet as strong as a tree at the same time. The look on his face made him seem a bit mad. "Ah, Hagrid," he exclaimed as he rushed out from behind the counter. "It's been a while."
"Yeah, well, lots to do now, ya know?" Hagrid said lowering his voice.
"Allowed to use the old pieces of your wand now, I see."
Hagrid lifted the pink umbrella and beamed. "Yep!"
"You know I could make you a new wand?"
Hagrid frowned and clutched the pink umbrella to his massive chest. "Well," he stammered, "I've kinda grown attached, ya know?"
"I understand completely, Hagrid," Ollivander said smiling.
"So," Hagrid began stuffing his umbrella into one of his large coat pockets. "Do you have them?"
"Of course," replied Ollivander lifting four boxes from the counter. "Quite a challenge, but I did it."
"What?" asked Raven. Ollivander, now noticing the dark girl, turned to her.
"Well, I couldn't give the Titans regular wands, now could I?" Ollivander seemed delighted to be able to explain his trade. "Normal wands channel magic from the witch or wizard and give it direction. For your friends, I had to create wands that would contain the magic themselves. Very tricky. Each wand has a unicorn hair, a phoenix feather, and a dragon heart-string. Also, for the wood of the wand I had to use strips of willow, oak, and maple. Very tricky, but I did it." Ollivander opened one box and showed her the unique wand inside. It was beautiful. Different shades of wood smoothly blended together to make a single rod. Runes covered the sides of the wand.
"What are the runes for?" Raven asked.
"Amazing!" exclaimed Ollivander. Raven jumped back in surprise. She would even bet that the dust jumped, for the room had a feel to it that no one had spoken that loudly in it since 382 B.C. Ollivander explained, "Not many can see the runes. Being able to see spells is a very special gift."
"Oh," said Raven not really sure what she should say.
"The runes," he started excitedly, "are there mostly so that the wands are able to hold magic. Some of the runes, though, are there so that they will tell the person using the wand what spell they need. That way you won't have to learn five years of spells to fit in."
"Mr. Ollivander, why are there only four wands."
"Oh, yes, well, you already have magic, but it's different. I need to make a wand that will channel your magic," he explained. "I can't use a normal core, your magic is unique. I'll have to use something special to you."
Raven thought for a second as to what she could use for her core. She looked up and smiled when she figured it out. "Hold on," she said and walked to the corner of the room. There she sat in the lotus position and levitated a few feet off the ground. Hagrid seemed a little nervous with this, but Ollivander didn't even blink. Raven quickly blocked out the real world and exited to the recesses of her mind. Once there, she searched the desolate landscape around her for one of her ravens. When she found one, she floated to it and quickly plucked one of its feathers. It turned and glared at her with four blood red eyes. She ignored the glare and returned to her original spot. She then sat in the lotus position and rose a few feet so that her astral body matched her real body. "Now for the hard part," she whispered.
Hagrid and Ollivander watched Raven's real body as she slowly raised her hands before her and spread them out palms up. Her eyes opened. Hagrid gasped. Her eyes were completely black. Ollivander was still calm. Raven opened her mouth and said in a deep monotone voice, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." There was a flash of black energy a long black feather appeared in her hands. Raven closed her hands around the feather as she closed her eyes. She then floated back to the ground. Hagrid's mouth was still gaping as she stood and dusted herself off. She still clutched the feather. Turning to the two men she said, "I thought that wasn't going to work."
Ollivander stepped forward and grabbed the feather from Raven's hand. "This is perfect!" He nearly squealed with excitement. Raven shook her head and suppressed her desire to laugh. She looked at Hagrid and saw his surprised look.
"Hagrid, are you okay?" she asked, actual concern creeping into her voice.
Hagrid quickly closed his mouth and said, "Er, yeah, I'm fine."
Raven's attention was jerked away from Hagrid when Ollivander called from across the room. "Miss Raven, you still need to choose your wood."
Raven walked to him and looked down at the row of wands set before her. "Just put your hand over each in turn," Ollivander explained. "You'll know which is right."
Raven put her hand over the first wand and felt nothing, so she proceeded to the next wand. She didn't feel anything with that one either. The same thing happened with the next three. When she reached the sixth wand her hand tingled. She put her hand closer, and it felt like her hand was completely made of sparks. She pulled away from the dark wood and said, "This one."
"Ah, ebony! A good choice." Ollivander laid her feather over the ebony wand she had chosen. Ollivander raised his own wand and tapped the feather with it. In an instant the black feather was sucked into the ebony wood. "There you are." Ollivander placed the wand in a box like the others and handed it to Raven. "That'll be thirty-five galleons."
"Um," said Raven. She didn't have any money.
"Don't worry!" Hagrid smiled. "Hogwarts is paying for your school supplies." Hagrid paid Ollivander and they left the shop.
They're next stop was Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. Raven telepathically asked her friends their sizes and they bought the respective robes. For Cyborg though, Madam Malkin had to take an extremely large everyday robe and use her wand to make it black with the Hogwarts seal. (The Hogwarts robes didn't go that large.) Starfire also ordered Raven to buy robes for Silkie. Raven didn't want to face Starfire's wrath when she returned so she bought an extra set of robes and had Madam Malkin magically shrink them. When Hagrid asked who Silkie was, Raven merely said, "You don't want to know."
Purchasing the rest of the items on the school list was largely uneventful. Finding all of the books in Flourish and Blotts though was a little difficult. For one thing, Raven was not helping. Instead, she was perusing the shelves for books she found interesting. Another thing was that they were all going to be in different years. Beast Boy was going to be a fourth year, Starfire a fifth year, Raven and Robin were going to be sixth years, and Cyborg was going to be a seventh year; therefore, they couldn't just pull down five copies of the same book. When Hagrid and the clerks finally found the books they needed, Raven already had a few books herself, including Hogwarts: A History. Hagrid agreed to buy them for her.
They left Flourish and Blotts with many large bags. Thankfully, Raven could use her telekinesis to make the bags float behind them. The pair left Diagon Alley and Raven teleported them back to Titans Tower.
Robin and Cyborg looked up from their video game as a wave of dark magic swept over the room. As the magic dissipated Robin and Cyborg could see Hagrid, Raven, and a large mass of bags. Beast Boy and Starfire came into the room from the hallway.
"Oh, wonderful!" exclaimed Starfire jumping up and down. "Our friends have returned with supplies for the school!"
The Titans and Hagrid commenced to separate what was what and whose was whose. It took a while for Hagrid and Raven to explain the wands and other magical devices.
Hagrid then gave them their train tickets and bid them good bye. Raven teleported Hagrid back to London, and the Titans headed for bed.
A/N: Okay, I was thinking of bringing Lupin back as the DADA teacher. I have some pretty cool ideas to go with that, but I'm not sure if I should bring him back. Please tell me what you think! I'd love your input.