Okieokieokie, so here's chapter 2.


"What do you think is the house you'll be sorted in, Alex?" Athena asked after a debate against Khione on which house is better. The young girl looked at her best friend beside her, who was rubbing his chin as if in a deep thinking mode. "Well, Gryffindor sounds good. It would also be nice to be sorted in Ravenclaw but I'm not a bookworm or anything… It depends on what the Sorting Hat will find in my thoughts." The boy said thoughtfully.

"Hufflepuff sounds good, too. They're dedicated and hard working. They're also nice and friendly. Slytherin sounds a bit ok, but I think I'll be bullied half to death just by being a half-blood. Their ambition and resourcefulness are admirable but their prejudice is weighing down their good traits. Speaking of that, Gryffindors tend to be reckless and short-tempered while Ravenclaws are smart, they tend to become a know-it-all –no offence, Thena, Khione-""None taken." "So in short, I have no idea." Alexander finished.

Khione stifled a laugh. "Well you didn't have to go through a rambling, Xan." she mumbled. Athena nodded, noticeably used to hearing Alexander's rambles. "Well said, sis." Alexander rubbed the back of his neck, smiling sheepishly. "Well, what do you guys suppose will be your wand woods and cores?" Khione asked, setting off another conversation.

Alexander was first to respond. "Hawthorn is a good wand wood. Pairing it up with a unicorn tail hair, now that's a good wand." he smiled. Athena then spoke up. "Well, I mostly prefer cherry wood. And dragon heartstring. Phoenix feather would be a nice core but we don't want to be special now don't we?" she said. "You do have a point, phoenix feathers are usually very hard to tame." Khione said.

After getting of the train, the two families went to the Leaky Cauldron, where they went to the backyard and opened the entrance to Diagon Alley. Athena and Alexander excitedly ran to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, grabbing Khione on each hand and dragging her there while their parents followed close behind.

The three arrived at Madam Malkin's, Athena and Alexander taking a seat so that they'll be measured while their parents and Khione waited. Athena nudged Alexander lightly, whose head turned to look at her. "Hey, isn't that Malfoy?" she whispered to him, pointing to a boy with platinum blonde hair and sharp looks. He was talking to a boy with hair that stuck out in all directions, who was obviously confused at what the blonde boy is telling him.

"You're right. It is Malfoy." Alexander's eyes widened. "I wonder what got into his head to talk to a Muggleborn. He usually despises them." He spoke in the same quiet voice as Athena, shooting a confused look at 'Malfoy'. "Maybe he doesn't know that the one he's talking to is a Muggleborn." "Well, you might be right, Thena." They watched as the boy Malfoy was talking to become angry at Malfoy, presumably from what the blonde said.

They shifted their attention from the two when the witch that measured Malfoy arrived in front of them to measure them. "Hogwarts, children?" she asked. The two gave a nod as a reply and the witch started on Alexander first. "Hey, Alex?" "Yeah?" Alexander tried not to move as the witch measured him. "What subject do you think you'll be acing?" Athena asked, absentmindedly playing with her hat. "Eh, I dunno." the boy shrugged, as he was now able to move freely since the woman has finished measuring him and has moved on to the girl on his right.

Athena handed her hat to Alexander. "Hold this for me, yeah?" the boy just shrugged and got the hat from her. They talked idly while Madam Malkin was measuring Athena. Afterwards, the two got out of the shop to meet their parents, who had gone to Gringotts to get some money. "Where to next?" Mr. Kirkland asked. "Hm, I zink zat ve should ve going to buy ze children's books first. Zey 'ave an awful lot of books to buy." Mrs. Olympia replied.

"I suppose we'll be buying Athena and Alexander's books first." Mrs. Kirkland said, turning to look at the two soon-to-be first-years.

After buying the necessities, it was finally time to buy their wands. Alexander and Athena excitedly ran to Ollivander's, hoping to get a wand as soon as possible. They stopped abruptly when a flash of gold and red emitted from the shop. "Whoever that one was, I reckon that he or she is one powerful wizard or witch." Athena spoke up. The same boy from Madam Malkin's walked out of the shop with an unusually tall man following him.

Khione ran to them and quickly pulled them to the shop. "Come on, you two. That was just a flash of light." The elder Olympia sister entered the shop, gleefully greeting Ollivander. "Good day, Mr. Ollivander!" She gave the man a grin, who smiled back. "Ah yes, young Khione. 10 ½", Maple and Dragon heartstring, am I right?" Khione whipped out her wand, which had cloud-shaped carvings. "It's really good, too." she said. The parents of the children went inside the shop, standing on the side, watching the events.

"Ah, Hephaestus Olympia. 11", Reed and Dragon heartstring." Ollivander noted. Hephaestus said, "Well, you've got a really excellent memory, Ollivander." "Why thank you. And good day to you, Emily Albarn. 10", Beech and unicorn tail hair" Ollivander nodded at Mrs. Kirkland. "Ah, it's actually Emily Kirkland now, Ollivander." The wandmaker smiled and turned to Jackson. "Jackson Kirkland, 10 ¾" Oak and unicorn tail hair." Mr. Kirkland nodded.

"And you must be little Athena Olympia. Hold on, let me find a wand for you." Ollivander turned to look at Athena, who nodded but huffed in annoyance after Ollivander turned his back. "I'm not little." she muttered. Alexander and Khione stifled their laughs. Ollivander came back shortly, handing Athena a light colored wand.

"8 ½" Rowan, unicorn tail hair." he informed her. But before it lasted 2 seconds on Athena's hands, Ollivander quickly retrieved it. The man went to get another and handed it to Athena. "9 ¾" Chestnut, phoenix feather. Go on." Same as before, Ollivander retrieved the wand from the girl and gave her another one, whose handle had feathers carved on. "9 ¼", Cherry, dragon heartstring." Ollivander didn't retrieve it from her after two seconds and encouraged her to give it a flick.

Blue and bronze sparks started to jump out of the tip of the wand. The sparks then turned into feathers made of light and disappeared. By that time, Athena had a huge smile on her face and was struggling not to jump out of happiness. "Now, for you…" "Alexander Kirkland" "Wait just a moment, Mr. Alexander." Ollivander went and got a brown wand with a blackish tinge. "9 ¼" Hawthorn, unicorn tail hair." He handed it to Alexander.

Alexander gave it a flick and almost immediately, yellow and red sparks jumped out of the tip. "Well that was quick…" Athena noted. "Zank you, Mister Ollivander." Mrs. Olympia said as she handed him 7 Galleons. Mr. Kirkland followed suit and gave another 7 Galleons to Ollivander and walked out.

Right after they walked out, Alexander gave out a loud 'whoop'. "This has got to be one of the best days in my life!" he exclaimed, Athena nodding beside him, showing the same level of enthusiasm. They looked at eachother. "Race ya?" Alexander asked. "Oh, you're on!" Athena formed a creepy smile that would only mean trouble, which Mrs. Olympia recognized. "Non! I vill not let you two run across Deeyagon Allie." she said with a stern face. The two raced each other to the Leaky Cauldron's backyard, cackling all the way, blocking out Mrs. Olympia and Mrs. Kirkland's protests.


And there's the end of that. :D I hope the wand combos were decent enough and my writing of a French accent. I do hope I haven't offended French people here. And we have some few cameos of Harry, Hagrid, and Draco~!