Feline's Eye Chapter 4
Sorry for the long wait guys, long story short, started off with me moving and my computer being broken in transit then I had a major accident and have been in hospital for a while, however I didn't forget you guys and was busy writing notes and stuff down for this story and other ideas I have, now that I'm back and have a workable computer I am able to continuing writing, hope you enjoy
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"Don't worry Ophelia, I don't mind, I feel better having a last name now anyway, Wrayth Eeylops, it sounds nice," he giggled happily, he surprised her further by giving her a hug, "Does this mean I can call you mum now?" he asked cheekily as he pulled back, he ducked a swat sent for his ear as Ophelia laughed as well
"Only if you must child, now I'm going to open shop, if I give you a list of things I need and the money for it would you get them for me? It's just a few bit and pieces from around Diagon Alley and the produce alley next door called Furlspin Alley, it sells food, cloth, cleaning materials and other such things," she asked with a smile, Wrayth smiled and nodded so he was quickly given a bottomless and weightless bag, a list and bag filled with money, after Ophelia gave him a quick explanation about the money she paused
"Hmm, after you've got what's on the list pop round to Ollivander's and ask him for a wand, with that we can start teaching you magic," she smiled before ushering him out the door and allowing the few customers waiting in
Wrayth smiled and headed towards the large white building at the end of the alley, from his exploring yesterday he knew that one alley leading off it was called Knockturn Alley while the other was the one he was after, Furlspin Alley
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It had been almost a year since the day he had asked Ophelia if he could call her 'mum' and it had only taken a month before it stuck, much to Ophelia's amusement and during that time Wrayth and developed quite a reputation with the locals as a sweet but occasionally cheeky boy and they loved him dearly for it
During that year Ophelia had kept to her word, after Wrayth had returned from Furlspin Alley she had walked with him down to Ollivander's wand shop, which had resulted in a strange visit
Ollivander had immediately locked the door and closed the blinds, scaring the living daylights out of the two visitors before moving to stand in front of Wrayth, a serene smile on his face
"Ah, at last we meet young Master Potter, I must admit the sight of your cousin posing as you confused me for a while but I played along. I must admit Mister Hagrid did not seem pleased about which wand had chosen your cousin, Mahogany, 8 inches, Augurey Tail feather; a very firm wand, however I think I know exactly which wand is yours my boy" he smiled before vanishing back into the shelves. He returned within seconds a dusty box held in his hands
"Now Master Potter . . . "he started but was interrupted by Ophelia
"I'm afraid he no longer goes by that name Ollivander my dear friend, his name is Wrayth Eeylops and I have adopted him as my son," she explained with a smile
"My apologies Master Eeylops, now where were we? Ah yes, your wand . . . a very curious wand I might add if my guess is correct, Holly, 11 inches, Phoenix Tail Feather, now my boy if you will just take it with your right hand and give it a swish for me," he smiled
Wrayth turned to glance nervously at Ophelia and at her nod turned back to Ollivander and the now open box and gently took the wand from within, he didn't know what to expect but the burning sensation in his finger's wasn't one of them, so with a gasp of pain he released the wand, letting it clatter noisily to the floor, tears in his eyes he clutched the burnt hand to his chest and scurried to hide behind Ophelia, hissing angrily at the seemingly harmless piece of wood laying on the floor
Ophelia turned to pull Wrayth into a hug, soothingly running a hand through his hair which she noted seemed to be standing on end, as she did she watched his unhurt hand moved to curl into the long folds of her robe tightly and gave a soft smile, pulling back slightly she looked at his face and realised that his pupils had reverted to thin cat-like slits which were glaring quite harshly at the thin rod of wood lying harmlessly on the floor, she gave a soft endearing sigh and used her free hand to gently grasp Wrayth's injured one
"Let me see, young one," she soothed softly when Wrayth's piercing gaze moved to her face, at the sight of her face he calmed instantly, the tears once again returning to his eyes and slowly falling down his cheeks as he gave a soft mewl of pain, she gently hushed him as she took the hand in hers. Turning it over she noted the redness of the skin, pulling her own wand from her pocket she slowly moved it to rest over the hand noting the way Wrayth bristled in fear at the sight of it
"Hush now child, it's not going to hurt you, I promise. I'm going to cast a minor healing charm, it will sooth the burning in your hand, nothing more, it will feel like a cold breeze waving over your hand, do you trust me?" she explained gently, offering a small smile to Wrayth's timidly hopeful expression, at his nod she returned her attention to his hand, waving her wand in a small spiral motion
"Episkey," she said firmly, watching as the redness faded and Wrayth's soft sniffles and mewls quieted, looking back at his face she smiled warmly, "There all better see,"
Meanwhile Ollivander was looking at the wand on the floor with a frown, "Curious, very curious,"
"Why curious Ollivander, if I may ask? It has just burned my son's hand," Ophelia asked firmly as she turned back with Wrayth to look at him
"Well this wand is curious in many ways, firstly its core is that of a phoenix tail feather, but this phoenix gave another feather and it's brother lies in the wand which gave young Master Eeylops his scar," Ollivander said before being interrupted again but this time by Wrayth
"Do you mean the scar I used to have on my forehead? Because I don't have that anymore," he interrupted innocently, raising his fringe to show his bare forehead, Ollivander's brows rose in surprise before he chuckled
"It would seem I am mistaken, I apologise Wrayth, well then let us get started on finding which is the wand for you," he smiled before trudging back into the shelves and starting the search
It took nearly the rest of the day before another very dusty box was taken from the shelves and given to Wrayth who upon picking it up felt a wave of power wash over him, green and gold sparks shooting from the end of the wand
"Indeed another very curious choice, Hemlock wood with a mixed core of Dragon Heartstring and Acromantula web, 13 inches, sturdy but inflexible, a very powerful wand if not a little difficult to master. Usually it is illegal to own a wand with Acromantula web as a core due to its ability to only cast Dark based spells, however the mixed core with Dragon Heartstring counteracts this. It is still stronger when casting Dark based spells but it is able to also cast Light and Neutral based ones. This wand was handed down in my family for generations, since before this shop was formed and in all this times it has never once chosen an owner, until now. My father told me that the master of this wand would grow to perform almost impossible feats of magic and that they would be the one to lead our world to peace," he explained to Ophelia and Wrayth before smiling openly
"However I never did believe my father much, went a little crazy in his mid-forties from handling too many Fwooper feather's, so don't take that to heart my boy, now since it is such a rare wand that will be no charge, it has found its true owner and who am I to deny it, now be sure to visit often, it does get awful lonely once the school period starts, not too many wand's to sell," Ophelia and Wrayth had thanked him kindly before going home, Wrayth holding the wand tightly in his hand the entire journey
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After that Ophelia had quickly begun to teach Wrayth all that she knew about magic, she had been good at Care of Magical Creatures and Charms when she had attended Hogwarts and due to the residents of Diagon Alley taking a quick likening to Wrayth they took it upon themselves to teach him everything else he needed to get a true education
Messieurs Slug and Jiggers helped him with Potions and Herbology since they owned the apothecary on Diagon Alley, showing him the fine art of patience needed when brewing to ensure the best result and that it never really hurt much to experiment; Florean Fortescue the owner of the Ice Cream stall in Diagon Alley taught him Defence Against the Dark Arts while giving him free Ice Cream which he wasn't to tell Ophelia about and finally Madam Malkin taught him Transfiguration, her role in the clothing store meaning she was always either altering the colours, shapes, type of fabric all day and was an expert at Transfiguration; true to his promise when he got his wand Wrayth continued to visit Ollivander who taught him true stories of the History of Magic, tales of Merlin and his many adventures, of Morgan le Fay and her volatile temperament, Solomon and his wise ways and many more while letting him help out in his store
The Wizards and Goblin had not returned since that day months ago but Ophelia and Wrayth were always on their guard, you never know when something may happen and that it what befell them the day before Wrayth's twelfth birthday
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Wrayth finished up putting the jars of Beetle eyes back on the shelf he had just dusted before turning to find Henry Jigger, one of the co-owners of the store. Finding him at the front desk with a customer he waited for him to finish, looking the customer over as he did so
He was a thin man with sallow skin, a large, hooked nose, and yellow, uneven teeth; he had shoulder-length, greasy black hair which framed his face, and cold, black eyes. He was wearing black, flowing robes which give him the appearance of an overgrown bat, altogether he didn't look like a nice person but Wrayth had learnt that looks could be deceiving, so he waited patiently until the man turned to leave
The man gave him a curious glance over before turning back to Jigger slightly, "Who is the boy?" he asked coldly
Henry smiled, showing rotten, stained teeth, "His name is Wrayth Eeylops, Ophelia's adopted son, don't mind him Severus, he works here part time while I tutor him in Herbology, and old Sluggy teaches him the finer arts of Potions. If you've finished you can go home lad, don't forget that homework I asked you for, memorise the properties and effects that hellebore has on potions in all its forms, you've got two weeks," he grinned
Wrayth smiled back politely, "Of course Mister Jigger, I've finished cleaning the arthropod section and nothing broken to report. Thank you for letting me help today," he responded
"No problem my boy, Merlin knows you do a better job of keeping this store clean than spells and house elves did, now run along, I'm sure your mother is waiting for you," Henry chuckled, waving his hands jestingly at the door
Wrayth needed no further encouragement and after nodding his thanks he walked to the door, no sooner had it shut behind him could you find him running down the alley to his home, but barely passing two people he noted how people were running about frantically, screaming incoherently. Looking around Wrayth noticed black smoke rising into the air from a building two doors down, it took barely a second for him to realise that the shop two doors down was Eeylops so wide eyed he pushed his way past the screaming wizards eyes fixed on the orange glow that was slowly building before him
Skidding to a halt he gasped in horror at the sight of the burning building before him, the door was a wall of flames and the sounds of panicked animals came from within, looking around frantically he spotted Ophelia a few steps away trying to put out the flames with any water spell she could think off
"MUM!" he yelled in relief, rushing to her side, "Thank Merlin you're alright, what happened?" he asked worriedly
"Oh Wrayth my dear, I'd only gone out for a second, I was going to get you an Ice Cream Sundae from Fortescues' when the store suddenly went up in flames, I - I rushed back but I couldn't get in, Oh Merlin someone help please, the animals are still inside," she sobbed, Wrayth turned horrified eyes to the door and before anyone could stop him he rushed forwards and leaped through one of the windows sending glass flying everywhere
Ignoring Ophelia's heart wrenching screams from behind him he ran further into the store, eyes darting about wildly until they fell upon the curled up forms of Whisper and her two Kittens, Murmur and Echo beneath a basket that was pinned down by a large wooden beam, golden eyes locked with his and Whisper let out a pleading mewl
Wrayth turned on the spot glancing around at all the animals trapped within their cages before returning his gaze to Whisper, suddenly a wave of power washed over him; ancient and raw he gasped at the feeling as he suddenly knew what to do
Widening his stance he raised his hands slightly, palms upwards, his eyes glowing gold and green as pure raw magic began to swirl around him; as it swirled around him the flames slowly began to die down as the magic smothered the flames, small shields popped up into place around the cages of the animals close to the flames to protect them. I seemed like hours before all the fire had gone but in fact it had only been a couple of minutes but as Wrayth let the magic fade and lowered his arms to his side he felt tired
The door behind him swung open as Ophelia rushed in, followed by the Aurors and the Agua-Wizards, wands raised. Wrayth turned slowly to look at them, a small smile on his face as he locked tired eyes with the wide frantic gaze of Ophelia
"It's alright mom, I put the fire out, every . . . everyone . . . everyone is safe . . . . . . ." he managed before his vision faded to black and he succumbed to unconsciousness, Ophelia rushed forwards in time to catch the small boy, tears falling from her eyes in relief
"Oh you silly, silly child, thank Merlin you're alright," she said quietly through her tears as she held him close, only loosening her hold long enough for the mediwizards to make sure he was okay before tightening her hold once again. Relief and fatigue overcoming her momentarily she sank to her knees in the middle of the scorched shop, Wrayth still within her arms, as she knelt there a petulant mewl gained her attention and she turned to see Whisper and her two kittens pawing at her skirt reassuringly
"Oh my sweet ones, whatever will I do?" she sobbed quietly, releasing one hand from its tight hold on Wrayth's still prone body to gently pet the animals before her, the other animals of the shop that had been freed by the fire and Wrayth's magic joining Whisper, Murmur and Echo before her. "I can't afford to pay for the repairs, all my savings went into keeping those men away last year before our darling Wrayth turned up, I've barely been managing to keep the shop open as it is whatever shall I do?"
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Word Count = 2, 800
Pages = 6 A4
Date Finished = 23 October 2010