I do not own Harry Potter, or the characters. They belong to JK Rowling.
Sorry that this took so long, my first draft " mysteriously disappeared".
Chapter 3: The Shopping Trip
Minerva McGonagall was annoyed. Having to transfigure into a cat, in a street were she might be watched, was always difficult. But, sadly, it was her own fault. She hadn't exactly made an effort not to scare Jennifer. Then again there didn't seem to be away to drop a bomb this big on someone, and no have them freak out.
Minerva then watched as Jenny entered The Leaky Couldren, she was making this very easy for her. Quietly, Minerva followed her in, staying in the shadows. She knew it would be better to wait till the girl calmed down before she approached her again.
" I'll have a cream soda," Jenny told Tom, the bartender. " A what? I'll just get you a butter beer," he replied.
" A what?" She asked, but Tom just laughed and walked away. Minerva decided to stay in the shadows a little while longer. She waited until Jenny needed to pay. That was the perfect cue.
"I'm sorry miss, but you're gunna need to pay in sickles." Minerva quietly walked up and placed a few galleons on the table, "While you're at it get us a pot of tea and some ham sandwiches.
" Why should I believe you?" The young girl asked. " Well, have you ever made something happen, something you can't explain, or control. Something that looks like it shouldn't be possible?" The girl could only nod. "There is proof enough that you are a witch."
" So you see, I teach at a school, a magic school called Hogwarts, and I'm here to tell you that you've been invited too attend."
" So now I guess I must confess something too you," the old woman admitted,"You were meant to start at Hogwarts three years ago, but something has inter feared and tried to make us forget about you. They actually succeeded until recently."
" But what tried too hide me from you?" Jenny asked. " Trust me, if we knew you'd be the first to know."
"Now anyway, the choice is entirely your's, do you wish to attend Hogwarts?" Minerva could see the girl was thinking, weighing the pros and cons. This lasted awhile until eventually,"Yes I would like to attend." " Good let's go buy your supplies now."
And so after a trip down to Gringotts, the young witch started buying supplies for a school she just heard of. And it was a lot of buying, four years worth of textbooks. " I've singed you up for Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies, because they're probably the easiest."
they then proceeded to buy, quills, ink, parchment, potions supplies , a cauldron and Jenny's extensive uniform, all without a problem. Until eventually they arrived at Olivander's.
" Alright, here we are, ash 11 inches, and three strands of unicorn hair." " Well go on, give it a swish," the old man commanded.
Jenny did so, and the window broke. "Okay the, how about, sandalwood, 10 inches, two phoenix feathers." Jenny swished, a stack of wand boxes collapsed. "Okay, pine, 11 and three quarter inches, dragon heart string." This time when Jenny swished, Olivander's desk broke.
they could both see that Olivander was getting tired, " Okay, how about this one, oak, nine and a quarter inches, two phoenix feathers." When Jenny swished, out came a shower of golden sparks. When she looked up both Olivander and the professor were smiling triumphantly.