Welcome to Hogwarts

Mason Donalds

It was a wet humid day. Raindrops hung from the roof. An owl came shooting from the fog. Clutching an old battered envelope. The owl settled on a window sill of a small suburban house. Mason, a small boy with wild brown hair, rushed to receive the envelope and tore it eagerly. Revealing a particularly old piece of parchment with writing in green ink casted upon it's surface. It finally came! For three years ever since Mason's sister, Emma had received her letter from Hogwarts, making her the first witch in the family; Mason has been secretly hoping to be a wizard as well. Now, he knew it was finally true. He rushed off to tell his parents. Patrick and Jane Donalds two people who were quite muggles. Gave a gleeful reaction to their son's great news. Unfortunately not much can be said of his sister Emma. Who had given an insincere reaction. That very day Emma and Mason made their way to Diagon Alley. Escorted of course by their mother. They roamed gawking at every shop they came across. At the end of the day only to shops were left. To buy a pet and more importantly Ollivanders! After an hour in the pets shop glaring at a burning bird. Mason finally decided what he wanted. So he picked up a tiny black pup of which he cleverly named Grimm. His sister of course did not need a pet, because she was one. Emma was a gifted Animagus that was a hawk. Now was the moment Mason was most excited for, his wand.

They came through the doorway into a poorly lighted shop that was Ollivanders. When they entered an Old man materialized at their side. Giving them quite a shock. "Welcome I am Orion Jones the apprentice to the late Ollivander, So you look fer wand eh" Said, Orion in a heavy Russian accent. He eyed Mason suspiciously and then said " You need wand fer divination, yes. I sense seer blood in you child come I help you." Mason then reluctantly followed Orion to the back of the shop. The store walls decorated in shelves full of wand cases all covered in thick dust. "Oy! Dean come here!" "Erm this is Mr. Thomas he works fer me. " He said addressing then tall man that sat in front of them. " Get me wands 18a, 23g and 17z form 8th self."Ordered Orion. After Mr. Thomas retrieved the wands. Orion shoved wand 23g into Mason's hand nothing happened. He tried 18a but the only magic Mason could muster from that wand were a few feeble sparks. Then when he tried 17z he almost took poor Mr. Thomas' head off. Finally after rumbling through 18 wands. Orion went inside his desk and pulled out an old wand covered in a fine layer of dust. After griping it, Light shot from the tip of the wand. Mason knew this was the wand for him. After biding Mr. Orion and Mr. Thomas goodbye. They made their way home ready for Hogwarts. A few weeks later they arrived at Kings Cross Station and journeyed through nine and three quarters. After settling on the train, Mason's sister disappeared with a group of her friends. A shy looking girl came and sat down across from him quietly. "Hi, I'm Mason." He said with a quake in his voice. "I'm Penelope" she squeaked and for the rest of the ride their was a cold silence running through the air. The only noise in the cabin was that of Grim snoring peacefully on Mason's lap. The train came to a longly anticipated stop. A group of students then rushed out fully dressed in their Hogwarts robes. "Firs' years! Over here!" yelled at haughty voice. The source of the voice a tall hairy man with black and grey hair, standing above all else. Mason was the first to reach him. "Oy! Hello there yer lille thing! Yer surprised me!" Said the giant hairy man in between repeating his summoning calls. "My name is Mason." "Rubus Hagrid" responded, the giant hairy fellow. One by one the ground around Hagrid slowly grew. Soon they were off to the the castle. When they arrived at the foot of the castle a tall man waiting for them. Wearing a common brown suit. and a purple tie. hold a peculiar potted plant, that changed colors every so often. "Hello my name is Professor Longbottom" He said addressing the crowd.