Chapter Four
Ollivanders
At the end of South Side of Diagon Alley stood a very narrow building. It had a dark green sign stretching the length of the door way, with golden lettering that was peeling off it. The letters read: "Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382BC".
Inside this mysterious looking shop were stacks upon stacks, all reaching the ceiling, of odd sized rectangular boxes. From behind the counter a frail looking man appeared, he had white wispy hair that grew down his shoulders. A pair of large wistful eyes stared at us as we stood in the middle of the scarcely furnished room.
"Welcome to Ollivanders, Sir, Sir and Miss." With each address was a nod toward the person in context. Lillie smiled brightly as it was the first time anyone had ever called her Miss before, normally she just got ignored or worse called little one.
"Hello, I'm Astoria Greengrass and I am delighted to make your acquaintance," she said in her best cute little girl voice. The old man smiled and a small glint of mischief appeared in his grey eyes.
"Is it a new wand you're after, or a repair?" Inquired the old man. Draco stuck out his chest in preparation of making a long speech.
"You see I already have a wand, a child's wand and as I have now been accepted into Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry I feel that it is not sufficient enough for me to be seen with this child's wand. So I wish to upgrade to one of your grown up wand." Draco had been planning his speech for several days so Lillie was able to mime every word he was saying at the exact time.
"He mean, yes he would like a wand." she translated what Draco had just said as the old man face housed a look of puzzlement. This turned into a look of suppressed laughter when he was informed of what Draco had meant.
The old man disappeared for a minute behind the counter.
Lillie began to wonder around the small shop and on closer inspection realised that every box had a small number inscribed on the bottom right-hand corner. "2001,2064, 3906, 89056 and 394" Lillie muttered as she ran a finger along the stacks of boxes.
"Astoria, don't touch, you'll only break something" Lucius hissed at her. Draco face pulled into a very smug smile as he "tut-tut"ed Lillie. Lillie just rolled her eyes at him; Draco was being true to himself (a real father's boy).
When Ollivander returned he had one of the small rectangular boxes in hand.
"Ah, Mr Malfoy I remember your wand, Elm and Dragon Heartstring was it not?" the old man inquired as he opened the box, pulled out the wand inside and handed it Draco. Draco rapped the wand in his hand and gave it a sharp twist with his wrist. There was a loud crash as the window at the back of the store shattered.
"Apparently not." He returned to rummaging around the back, he brought out another couple boxes, set them down on the table. He handed the first of the two wands to Draco there was a clatter as one of the shelves piled high with wands fell to the floor.
The other box was opened; it held a fairly ordinary looking wand. The wand was short, a mahogany brown the only distinguishable markings were two small bands by the end of the handle.
Mr Ollivanders handed this wand to Draco. This time as Draco held it a golden glow appeared and engulfed Draco's upper body.
"So that's Hawthorn and Unicorn Hair. Ten inches precisely. Reasonably springy." As he spoke he jotted down something in a tatty looking recording book.
Now with his knew wand Draco flounced out of the store, leaving Mr Malfoy to pay for the wand. He went down Diagon Alley, stormed into the store selling the new Nimbus 2000, pushing every other child out if the way. He got his hands on "his" broom took it up to the counter and laid the exact amount on to the table making sure everyone else in the shop could see that there was still plenty of Galleons left in his purse.
