A/N: Thanks to Shasa's help, I have edited this chapter a little. I've decided to add my own "flare" to it. So I hope it is improved now. Thanks for reading my story!!
Mandy looked down at her list and the first items were her robes, hat, gloves, and cloak. She had remembered seeing a clothing store on her way in. It didn't really matter whether she remembered or not though because Professor Quirrell was leading her and her parents through the streets to the shop. As they were walking in she looked up at the sign in front of the store. It stated that this shop was called Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. She looked around at the many robes and material hanging around the room. She looked over and saw a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve.
"T-this is M-madam Malkin," Quirrell explained.
Madam Malkin smiled and then asked, "Hogwarts, clear?" Quirrell nodded his head for Mandy. Madam Malkin smiled and then said, "Got the lot here, please step up on the stool to get fitted."
"You may sit down, this may take a while," Madam Malkin explained to her parents. They turned around and sat in two plush looking chairs. Professor Quirrell just stood there eyeing everyone nervously. Madam Malkin pulled Mandy onto a stool, slipped a robe over her head, and began to pin it to the right length.
Mandy waited while Madam Malkin tugged the material this way and that way. To the left then to the right. Several times she felt as if she would be pulled off the stool. Finally Madam Malkin was done. Mandy's parents paid for the clothes and then they left the shop.
She looked at her list, and saw that her course books were next on the list. The book shop was next door to Madam Malkin's so they just went in. She slowly walked down the aisles eyeing each book. She found her Tranfiguration book very easily. Her parents went to look for some of her other books. She saw a book entitled Wind Spells: Blown to Proportion. She pulled the book out and opened it. Wind bursted out of the book and blew her hair strait behind her. She struggled to get the book closed, and then ran off down the aisle because she thought she'd get in trouble.
She saw Professor Quirrell again, but his back was too her. She snuck up behind him and saw that he was holding a book in his hands. Right at the moment she was going to see the title he turned around quickly and pulled the book behind him.
"Why are you hiding that book Professor Quirrell?" she asked curiously.
He murmed for a while but then said, "You will know what to study if you see the title of this book. It is going to be on the exam."
She shrugged and said "oh" and began to walk away. But she had seen part of the title before he pulled it out of view. "ror's Stone" is the words she saw. She decided she would look for it in the library when she got to Hogwarts. Her parents had found her other books and they bought them at the counter. Mandy eyed Quirrell suspiciously when he walked out of the shop without a purchase.
The next thing on their list was a wand. "Where do you buy a wand at?" she asked Professor Quirrell. She hadn't seen any wand shops on the way in from the Leaky Cauldron. He quickly walked in a direction and they all followed. She saw an herbs shop, a joke shop, and a second-hand robe shop on the way to it. She realized that just like in her world some people didn't have money to buy lots of things. She felt bad for anyone who had to buy from the second-hand shop.
At last they arrived at Olivander's. She walked in while her parents stayed outside to talk to Quirrell. An old man was standing behind an old counter when she walked in. "Ah! Brocklehurst, your wand is right here." He held a wand out in front of him and she slowly walked up to him.
"How do you know my name, and how is this my wand?" she asked.
He chuckled lightly and then exclaimed, "I know many things young one. But if I told how I knew them, then it wouldn't be as impressive, am I right?" She shrugged and took the wand from his hands. "Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches, quite whippy", he exclaimed. She looked over at him, her eyes pleading with him to tell her what to do. "Just give it a flick", he said motioning with his hands. She flicked the wand lightly and almost screamed as sparks flew out the end and circled the room around her. The light was throwing tons of shadows everywhere and she was just gaping. "Yes, yes, I knew I was right," Olivander said jumping around. She paid for the wand and left the store.
So I CAN do magic, she screamed in her head. I can't believe it. She looked back in the store to see the last light that she created dying out. I never knew. After that, her parents decided to take a break, and they went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor (Quirrell said he could never get tired of Florean's ice cream). She loved eating there because Florean put an anti-melting spell on each cone so that they could eat as fast or as slow as they wanted to.
When they left she looked down at her list even more excited than ever. The next thing was a cauldron. On the way back they decided to stop in a small store and pick up her telescope set and her brass scales. 'I wonder what I will be measuring with these' she thought to herself. She also chose some crystal phials.
They went down to the Magical Menagerie and bought an orange kitten. Mandy held it and it was continuously purring. She insisted on carrying it the rest of the way. Her parents reluctantly agreed. The last thing to buy was a cauldron. They got a pewter one like the directions stated, and then they went back into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Thanks for helping us Professor Quirrell," Mandy exclaimed.
"I-It was no p-problem. Here is your t-train ticket. S-See you at H-Hogwarts."
They grabbed the ticket and carried all her stuff out to the car. She looked at her wand and she remembered what she had done with it. She couldn't wait to use all this stuff the next semester at Hogwarts.
Mandy looked down at her list and the first items were her robes, hat, gloves, and cloak. She had remembered seeing a clothing store on her way in. It didn't really matter whether she remembered or not though because Professor Quirrell was leading her and her parents through the streets to the shop. As they were walking in she looked up at the sign in front of the store. It stated that this shop was called Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. She looked around at the many robes and material hanging around the room. She looked over and saw a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve.
"T-this is M-madam Malkin," Quirrell explained.
Madam Malkin smiled and then asked, "Hogwarts, clear?" Quirrell nodded his head for Mandy. Madam Malkin smiled and then said, "Got the lot here, please step up on the stool to get fitted."
"You may sit down, this may take a while," Madam Malkin explained to her parents. They turned around and sat in two plush looking chairs. Professor Quirrell just stood there eyeing everyone nervously. Madam Malkin pulled Mandy onto a stool, slipped a robe over her head, and began to pin it to the right length.
Mandy waited while Madam Malkin tugged the material this way and that way. To the left then to the right. Several times she felt as if she would be pulled off the stool. Finally Madam Malkin was done. Mandy's parents paid for the clothes and then they left the shop.
She looked at her list, and saw that her course books were next on the list. The book shop was next door to Madam Malkin's so they just went in. She slowly walked down the aisles eyeing each book. She found her Tranfiguration book very easily. Her parents went to look for some of her other books. She saw a book entitled Wind Spells: Blown to Proportion. She pulled the book out and opened it. Wind bursted out of the book and blew her hair strait behind her. She struggled to get the book closed, and then ran off down the aisle because she thought she'd get in trouble.
She saw Professor Quirrell again, but his back was too her. She snuck up behind him and saw that he was holding a book in his hands. Right at the moment she was going to see the title he turned around quickly and pulled the book behind him.
"Why are you hiding that book Professor Quirrell?" she asked curiously.
He murmed for a while but then said, "You will know what to study if you see the title of this book. It is going to be on the exam."
She shrugged and said "oh" and began to walk away. But she had seen part of the title before he pulled it out of view. "ror's Stone" is the words she saw. She decided she would look for it in the library when she got to Hogwarts. Her parents had found her other books and they bought them at the counter. Mandy eyed Quirrell suspiciously when he walked out of the shop without a purchase.
The next thing on their list was a wand. "Where do you buy a wand at?" she asked Professor Quirrell. She hadn't seen any wand shops on the way in from the Leaky Cauldron. He quickly walked in a direction and they all followed. She saw an herbs shop, a joke shop, and a second-hand robe shop on the way to it. She realized that just like in her world some people didn't have money to buy lots of things. She felt bad for anyone who had to buy from the second-hand shop.
At last they arrived at Olivander's. She walked in while her parents stayed outside to talk to Quirrell. An old man was standing behind an old counter when she walked in. "Ah! Brocklehurst, your wand is right here." He held a wand out in front of him and she slowly walked up to him.
"How do you know my name, and how is this my wand?" she asked.
He chuckled lightly and then exclaimed, "I know many things young one. But if I told how I knew them, then it wouldn't be as impressive, am I right?" She shrugged and took the wand from his hands. "Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches, quite whippy", he exclaimed. She looked over at him, her eyes pleading with him to tell her what to do. "Just give it a flick", he said motioning with his hands. She flicked the wand lightly and almost screamed as sparks flew out the end and circled the room around her. The light was throwing tons of shadows everywhere and she was just gaping. "Yes, yes, I knew I was right," Olivander said jumping around. She paid for the wand and left the store.
So I CAN do magic, she screamed in her head. I can't believe it. She looked back in the store to see the last light that she created dying out. I never knew. After that, her parents decided to take a break, and they went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor (Quirrell said he could never get tired of Florean's ice cream). She loved eating there because Florean put an anti-melting spell on each cone so that they could eat as fast or as slow as they wanted to.
When they left she looked down at her list even more excited than ever. The next thing was a cauldron. On the way back they decided to stop in a small store and pick up her telescope set and her brass scales. 'I wonder what I will be measuring with these' she thought to herself. She also chose some crystal phials.
They went down to the Magical Menagerie and bought an orange kitten. Mandy held it and it was continuously purring. She insisted on carrying it the rest of the way. Her parents reluctantly agreed. The last thing to buy was a cauldron. They got a pewter one like the directions stated, and then they went back into the Leaky Cauldron.
"Thanks for helping us Professor Quirrell," Mandy exclaimed.
"I-It was no p-problem. Here is your t-train ticket. S-See you at H-Hogwarts."
They grabbed the ticket and carried all her stuff out to the car. She looked at her wand and she remembered what she had done with it. She couldn't wait to use all this stuff the next semester at Hogwarts.