Chapter 1
"So . . . when are we going to see the professor?" Åsa questioned her mother and father for the seventh times since she woke up at seven o'clock in the morning. Fritzie shook her head and took another bite of her scrambled eggs. The Gunnarssen family was eating breakfast at the hotel they stayed at since the 19th, which was yesterday for them. Today was the 20th of July. The day where the family got to see if their twins were actually witches.
"At half past nine." Ammon, the father, replied. Xenia, the mother, rolled her eyes and went for some more of her hash browns as the two broke the silence around them. Today, Xenia was wearing a summer dress that stopped at her knees. It was a pale yellow and the pale yellow surrounded sunflower petals. Her shoes were brown sandals that strapped around her small feet.
Åsa was wearing a white, ankle length skirt that showed the world that she wasn't as tomboyish as she was thought of. Her shirt was a black short-sleeved type and her shoes were the same slip-on shoes she wore before. Åsa's red eyes were covered by a pair of black glasses. Fritzie was wearing a different pair of dark faded denim jeans with a long sleeved red shirt. Her shoes were the same sneakers she always wore.
"It says that for our uniform we have to get three sets of plain work robes, which have to be black. One plain pointed black hat for day wear, one pair of protective gloves, dragon hide or something similar. One winter cloak, which is black with silver fastenings. We also need to carry a name tag so it won't get lost." Fritzie read from the second letter they got from the owl. "Our books are all for first years. We also need to get a wand, cauldron, a set of glass or crystal phials, telescope, one set of brass scales, and we are allowed to bring an owl, cat, or toad."
"That's a lot of stuff." Åsa stated, looking over her sister's shoulder. The family went into silence after that and finished eating the pot of scrambled eggs, pile of bacon strips, pot of hash browns, and a small basket of croissants. When they were finish, they gave the plates and glass cups to the dish washer and set out into the calm morning of London, England.
"What street do we have to go to?" Xenia questioned her husband, who had the letters after Fritzie and Åsa finished rereading them.
"****** Street." Ammon replied. After asking many people, who happened to be only tourists, they got someone to lead them to the street they were suppose to be at. The parents were looking around to find the professor of Hogwarts. They looked right past what the twins where looking at. They were looking the building that had a sign which said 'The Leaky Cauldron.' Being curious eleven year olds, they ran up the two steps and pushed the door open.
Being parents, they noticed that their kids were running away and followed them into the place. Ammon and Xenia were shock to find that the unused place was being used by people. A lot of the people inside looked at the four that walked and mumbled a strange word 'muggles.'
"Welcome to the Leaky Cauldron!" A older man who was bald exclaimed. "Are you new to the wizardry world?"
"Yes." Åsa and Fritzie said in sync.
"Is there someone that is supposed to take your kids around to get their supplies?" The bartender questioned their parents, who nodded.
"We were told that –"Ammon was cut off by a man with long, greasy black hair and charcoal black eyes that had no warmth in them at all. He was wearing black robes that fell to the floor and the thing that caught Åsa and Fritz's attention was his hook-like nose.
"I am suppose to help them around." The man said, "I am Professor Severus Snape, Potions Master. You are the Gunnarssen family. I will have your children back before eleven o'clock. Follow me, girls."
The twins took each other hands and followed Professor Snape, waving good-bye to their father and mother as they were lead into a courtyard in the back. The mysterious man tapped some of the bricks like a code and then the bricks started to move away till it showed a busy street full of funny dress people. The man turned his body towards them and gave them a big bag of coins, which were called Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts.
"I will buy your books, cauldron, phials, telescopes, and brass scales. With those coins, you will go and buy your uniforms, wands, and familiars." Snape said and then disappeared into the crowd.
"Wha-? He just left us to find our way to those stores! What a jerk!" Åsa huffed, crossing her arms after letting go of Fritzie's hand.
"We could always ask or find our way to the stores." Fritzie points out, making Åsa sigh and nod in agreement. "Just don't let go of my hand in the crowd."
The two linked hands again and went into the crowd, which was humid since the two were small and all around them were adults or tall teenagers. For a while, the two couldn't even get past the first store, Cauldrons, which was outside. When the two kids finally made it to the giant place called Gringotts, they noticed that two older looking boys where staring at them with wonder. Fritzie rolled her eyes while Åsa stared back, but that only made the two walk up to them.
"Hello, we've noticed that you two–" The first one stated, with a slightly deeper voice than expected.
"–look like lost puppies in the crowds." The other one said, having a slightly higher voice than the first one. Åsa noticed that the two had ginger colored hair and freckles, like most red heads seemed to have all around the world.
"Well, we are kind of lost." Fritzie replied. "A professor at Hogwarts, Professor Snape I believe, left us to find our own way to get uniforms, wands, and familiars."
"Just as expected from Snape." The deeper voiced one said. "We could help you around, if you get us something after."
"What do you want?" Åsa questioned.
"Just a couple of Galleons that are left over." The higher voiced one replied to Åsa.
"Fine." Fritzie stated with no pause. The four walked in silence as they headed towards a store with a sign that said 'Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.' Fritzie and Åsa nearly face palmed when they saw the store because they passed it earlier. They walked inside the store, which was empty at the moment, and a woman, supposedly Madam Malkin, popped out of no where, scaring Åsa.
"Hogwarts, dears?" She said, leading the two to the back where footstools were standing there. She told the twins to stand on the stools while another witch got two cloaks out. The red heads where standing behind the witches as they started to work of Åsa and Fritzie.
"So who are you two?" Åsa questioned, making the boys look up.
"We're Fred –"the deep voiced one said.
"– George Weasley." The other finished. "Who are you two?"
"I'm Åsa and this is Fritzie. We are part of the Gunnarssen family in Denmark." Åsa replied quickly, no hesitation at all. The two boys nodded, watching as the twins got their robes and paid for each of them. The four got out of Madam Malkin's store and went to the next one, which was Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.
The two pairs of twins walked in, but the boys went over to the side while the girls went into the middle, near the counter top. An old man was standing behind the counter top with his pale eyes stare them.
"Good afternoon," He said to the four.
"Hi!" Åsa said enthusiastically, while Fritzie only waved.
"Yes, yes." The man, Ollivander, said. "The new twins that are going to Hogwarts. Åsa and Fritzie of the Gunnarssen family in Denmark, you two are. Haven't had Danish people in that school since 1970's. Okay. Let's start with the older twin, Fritzie. What is your wand arm?"
Fritzie didn't know what to do so she just put out her right hand, which was her writing hand. Ollivander started to measure every inch of Fritzie. After that he went to the back and started to bring out some boxes full of wands. Every wand that Ollivander gave Fritzie either broke something or just flew out her hand.
"Okay, Okay. Let's try this one. Yew and veela hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Try it out." Fritzie swished the wand and little smoke came out, making many types of animals.
"Yes, a rare mixture of materials for a wand. Yew and Veela Hair, such a rare mixture." Ollivander quickly turned to Åsa. "Wand arm?"
Åsa puts out her left arm and he did the same exact thing with her as he did with Fritzie. This time he didn't go and get lots of wands, but only one. He didn't tell her what type it was but only to swish it. She grabbed the wand and swished, just like asked and big firework came out and exploded.
"Ah. . ." Ollivander quietly said. "The same."
"What?" Fritzie questioned.
"The same wand. The two of you are connected because of your wands. Fritzie's is Yew and Veela Hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Åsa's is Yew and Veela Hair, eight inches, springy. Your wands are sisters just like you two are." Ollivander explained, making the two look at each other. The two paid twenty four Galleons and left, following the Weasley twins to the familiar store. Fritzie got a black and white kitten, which she named Lilo, and Åsa got a midnight black owl, which was named Willow.
The two pair of twins said good-bye and went their separate ways after that. Fritzie and Åsa went back to the place where Snape left them, only to see that Snape just got there. The three walked back to the Leaky Cauldron, where Xenia and Ammon were talking to some wizard and witches that were there when they got inside the first time.
"Well! Time to go back!" Åsa exclaimed, startling her parents.
