By 7:00 am, I was in the car, drving down Wendover to get to Forrest Grove
International Airport of Flight and Flying. My parents were talking on and
on and I wasn't paying much attention until my mom said the phrase, "We'll
miss you,". That got my attention.
"Wah? You aren't at least coming to wherever I'm going to help me
shop?" I asked, alarmed.
"Well, we can't go to London with you. We have work."
With that said, they parked, threw me and my luggage out of the car,
kissed me goodbye, and pulled off. I brushed the dirt of me and entered the
airport. After a few minutes of total and uttered confusion, I was saved.
"Chanelle, over here. Flight is leaving in 20 mins," yelled a
familiar voice. I turned around and saw Carmen and a man in his early 20s
standing a few yards away. The man looked like he really didn't want to be
here. I walked over to them.
"Hey, whassup?" I greeted.
"Hello, I'm Tom Thompkins and I am your guide for this next week. I
will introduce you do the world of wizards and will help you get everything
together," the man said monotonously, then added, "I better cut the crap. I
don't really want to be here right now. I had to appear here only to be
flying back to London again."
I looked up at him. Didn't seem like the nicest fellow. Maybe he was
in a bad mood that day. Maybe I'll never know.
Right now, I'll skip to when we boarded the plane and Tom started to
tell us somethings.
"Have y'all read the Harry Potter Books?" he asked. Carmen and I both
nodded. "Good, that makes my job easier. Everything is basically like that
except names are slightly different. J.k. Rowling wrote what we know as the
Biography of A Great Wizard: Harry James Potter, or the Harry Potter series
as your muggles know it as. The houses at Hogpillows-same, everything, the
same. And just to let you know, Harry Potter lived 50 years ago so don't
expect to run into him. Never had children, at least I don't think. Diagon
Alley is our first stop. Get the stuff on here," he handed us lists, "I'll
show you were to get it. Be mindful, things have changed in 50 years, the
things in those Harry Potter books aren't the same. like, there is 9 years,
not 7. From 13 to 21. I'm a senior and your like first years." We nodded
and then Tom put on a pair of earphones and ignored us the rest of the
ride.
"So whadya think about all this?" I asked Carmen.
"Not sure, I think he's hot," replied my furry friend. She glanced
over at Tom.
"Eww, yeah right. You have problems,"
"You just don't want to admit that I'm right," she hot back.
"Suuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrreee," was my only reply. "But too bad we
won't see Draco, he's like 70 now, imagine him now"
"Don't want to," said Carmen as we started laughing. Tom took of his
earphones and yelled out us for being "too loud". Whatever.
After 15 long hours, we finally landed. It was 11:00 at night. Really
dark. Guess we weren't getting any shoppong done tonight. So basically, we
went to Motel 8 (much better than Motel 6) and slept until the next morning
* * * * *
You know in the Harry Potter movie when they do that thing with the
bricks to get into Diagon Alley. Well, we didn't have to do that. We just
walked in and it was amazing. It was totally packed with people. Barely any
space at all to walk, Constant bumping and pushing. Our first stop, the
bank to get some money that I didn't know I had. Supposely, Mr. Sanchevy
donated most of his money to get us away. Then we went on to the book shop.
Tom went to a more advanced section. We went to the beginner
sections. Some Standard Spell book and other crap.. We left there with
about seven books. Next stop was the wand. Now that was an interesting
place.
When we entered, their was already on guy there. He looked about our
age. His wand just spat out some green sparks and that indicated that it
was the right one. As he left, I smiled at the guy. He waved a little and
then rushed out. I shrugged. I walked up to the counter.
"Welcome, welcome, welcome to my shop. And what might you name be?"
the strange man said. I could hear Carmen giggling behind me. I back kicked
her.
"I'm Chanelle Tyson," I answered. He seemed to be pondering for a
while then he looked into my eyes.
"Never heard of a Tyson. Must be a Muggle-born, eh?" he siad
"Er-,"I started until he shoved a wand into my hand. I've seen Harry
Potter enough to know what to do. I gave it away and as soon as I did,
those sparks came flying.
"Perfect! 11 inch Mahogany Magic-Squirrel Fur! That'll be 10
sickles." I payed him happily and watched as Carmen went through what
seemed like hundereds of wands before she got the right one. A 3 in Twig
Beaver Tooth. Supposely good for attacks that cause pain. Perfect for
Carmen.
After a few more stops, we got rather hungry. So we of course we had
to eat.
