Chapter 2-Year 1
Recap: "They will not be going to that school and that's final!" Vernon yells and I roll my eyes. The next thing I know, I'm in a pub, with Harry and Hagrid, on my way to buy things for school.
Maia's POV
"The usual Hagrid?" I hear someone ask at the bar.
"Not today. I'm taking young Mr. and Miss Potter to get their school supplies," Hagrid denies and the man sets down a glass, gaping at us.
"Bloody hell, it's Harry and Maia Potter!" He gasps, and the room falls silent as everyone focuses their attention on us.
"Um, hi?" I say and Harry smiles slightly at me. People start shaking our hands and telling us that they're fans of us. What's that supposed to mean? We met our Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher, who was really skittish and stuttered. That's not annoying. We walk out of the pub and reach a brick wall.
"Now what Hagrid? It's a dead end," I sigh and he grins, before tapping some of the bricks with his broom stick. I gasp as the bricks spread apart.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley," Hagrid says as we walk through the bricks, which closes right after us. We head to Gringotts Bank, and Harry and I look around puzzled as we see small, ugly looking creatures walking around.
"Hagrid? What are they?" Harry asks him quietly and Hagrid looks down at us.
"Hmm? Oh those are goblins," He says and I frown. They're creepy. We quickly get to our vault to find out that our parents left us with piles of money! We're rich! I share an astonished look with Harry, before we grab as much money as we can, making sure to leave a bunch, which isn't that hard. Hagrid makes his way to another vault and gets a small package, sliding it into his pocket.
"Best to forget about this," He says and we nod, shrugging. We then quickly buy our books and robes and make our way to Ollivander's Wandlore. Hagrid leaves us, as we enter.
"Bless my soul! Harry and Maia Potter! I was wondering when you two would finally walk through that door. I remember when your parents first got their wands," He says and we frown.
"You knew our parents?" We ask and he nods. I wait patiently as he searches for Harry's wand, and Harry finally gets it, but get this. The wand he has is somehow tied to whoever gave us our scars. I still don't know who that is! We need to ask Hagrid about it. He searches for my wand and after several failed attempts, he hands me a see through, glass looking wand that is glowing a faint white light. I take a hold of it, and it lights up a bright red, as a strong wind blows around the room.
"Cherry, unicorn hair, 10 inches," Ollivander says, gesturing to my wand. "It's a very special wand. It glows different colors based on it's master's mood," He says. "Much like when a metamorphmagus' hair changes color for their mood," He adds and I nod, looking at the wand which is now a pale yellow.
"What do the colors mean?" I ask and he shrugs.
"I'm not sure, but I'm sure a book on metamorphmagi, it might tell you," he says and I nod. We make our way out of the wand shop, to find Hagrid holding two things.
"Happy birthday Harry and Maia!" Hagrid says, and he hands Harry a white owl in a cage, and me a cardboard box, along with a bag of supplies. I frown and look into the box, to find a small gray and white kitten.
"Oh my gosh Hagrid it's a adorable!" I exclaim, cradling the small kitten to my chest.
"Lady at the shop said it's a girl. Everything you need to take care of her is in that bag," He said, pointing to the bag he gave me and I smile. The kitten mews up at me and I'm sure if I was a cartoon, my eyes would be hearts. I awww and cuddle the kitten up to my face. The next thing I know, I'm at Kingscross Train station, with all of my trunks and Winnie, my cat whom I named after Winnie The Pooh.
"Right then. I'll see you two at Hogwarts, I'm afraid I can't finish this trip with you. Here are your tickets," Hagrid hands us the tickets and we look down at them.
"Platform 9 3/4? Hagrid, there is no-" Harry cuts himself off as we realize that he is no longer standing behind us. Harry looks over at me and I shrug. We make our way to Platform 9 and 10, but there is no 9 3/4. Harry asks a man, who looks at him like he's crazy. I sigh, thinking that we'll never get to Hogwarts, when I hear someone say 'muggles' behind us. I turn around to see a family of all red headed children.
"Harry, over there," I nudge him, gesturing to the family. We walk over to them as the mum sends the twins to go first. I watch as one runs through a wall and gasp. The rest go leaving only the mum, a little girl, and a boy who looks about our age.
"Um, excuse me, is that the way to Platform 9 3/9?" Harry and I ask together, and the woman looks over at us.
"Oh! Oh yes. First years? It's Ron's first year too! Ok so what you do, is run straight into the wall between platforms 9 and 10," The woman explains and we nod, watching as the boy, Ron runs through. We quickly say thank you to the woman, before following after Ron. I brace myself for impact, but nothing happens.
"Ow! Hey watch it!" I hear someone shout and I open my eyes to find that I had run over someone's foot. One of the red headed twins turns around to glare at me, but his face immediately softens, and becomes shocked, and almost, dazed.
"I'm so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going!" I say and the boy shakes his head, sapping out of his daze.
"Uh, it's fine. I was the one who stood right in front of the entrance," He shrugs, smiling at me and I smile back. He's kinda cute.
"I'm Maia," I say, sticking out my hand and he shakes it.
"Fred," He says and I grin.
"Maia! Come on!" Harry calls and I look over to him.
"Oh! I'll see you later Fred!" I call, turning and running over to my brother. Hmm, Fred. Cute.