Castle Walls
Chapter 5: Olivander's Ability to Say the Weirdest Things
Note: Ouch! You people are so bitter about that little thing with the sorting. Sorry but man! I will not go back on my judgment, Gohan IS a goddamned Slytherin! So lay off of the "I hate you" and "I can't believe you" stuff. He has a strong will, he will go to any extent to achieve his goal- Slytherin traits as I recall. Furthermore, he still feels that his father's death and Mirai Trunks' death is due to his mistakes, he's not going to go to the House of Heroes! Not to mention the fact that Gohan has only one goal- to get home. The Slytherin house is not the worst place to be put, it has been given a bad reputation by the never-ending procession of Dark Wizards who always seem to come from that place. I hope this is proof enough for you, SS2 Magami-sama and that coward who didn't sign his or her review. If you're going to insult me at least give me your name.
Anyhow, I must thank the rest of you for your support- happygohangirl, Drunken Gohan, Rei.K, Ooshii Kurai, salytah, Professor Authordude, gohans- girl, Samara-chan, and Hyperbole. I know you didn't like it or maybe didn't understand it but you still didn't totally rip my poor head off. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And please keep reading- I swear this is all needed for our final vision to come to being.
I wouldn't mind dying -- it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.
-R. Geis
Gohan was studying the overstuffed bookshelves of the potions master. So many books were there and fascinating to him. Magical plants, magical theory, and so many potion books that Gohan knew that if he tried to read all of them he'd be here until he was twenty.
"I see you are into reading." Said a low almost spooky voice from behind him. Gohan turned around and saw a tall thin man with long black hair and piercing obsidian eyes.
"Yes sir. Are you Professor Snape?" asked Gohan in a small voice, the teacher was very intimidating to say the least.
"Yes I am. I am the potions teacher as well as the head of your new house. It's very odd that you did not ask the hat to put you into the same house as your new friends." Said Snape with a frown. Gohan looked at his feet.
"The hat tried to put me there, but I'm not a hero. I've failed in battle and I pretty much messed up my home, Cell is probably taking over the world. Killing my family and my friends, and it's all my fault. I have to get home and fix things. I have to make a way home as soon as I can. That's why I even agreed to enroll in this school as opposed to going off and trying to figure out where the Kami of this world is and who the Kai of this section of the universe." Said Gohan with a few tears welling up in his eyes.
With a sniff and rubbing his fist across his eyes to chase away the tears, Gohan looked up at Snape expecting to see something very different from the look upon the stern man's face. Snape was sincerely smiling at Gohan.
"Good, you are Slytherin material. I was worried that you were too soft, but I can see that you will be able to survive just fine and make a name for yourself. Well let's get going." Snape walked over to his fireplace mantle and picked up a small leather pouch.
"Sure, where?" asked Gohan. Snape grinned.
"To London, Diagon Alley to be exact. You need school supplies and it just so happens I need to go get some things as well. We will be traveling by Floo Powder. Take a pinch toss it into the fire and state clearly where you want to go. Here take a bit." Snape held out the open bag. Gohan took a pinch of the fine glittery powder. Snape did as well and tossed his bit into the fire and in a loud clear voice said, "To Diagon Alley." Then he jumped in and vanished.
"Cool, I understand." Gohan walked up tossed in the powder. A column of smoke rose up but Gohan had seen worse, "To Diagon Alley!" he shouted and jumped into the fire knowing even if it failed he wouldn't get hurt. In a rush he was swept away by a tunnel of smoke and fire and into a rather dark room filled with all sorts of people. An old wrinkled woman helped him up and dusted him off.
"Well now dearie, isn't Floo Powder fun?" she said with a toothless grin. Snape thanked her and lead Gohan away. They exited the pub and ran into a dead end, a brick wall and a bunch of trash cans. Snape took out a long thin piece of dark wood and tapped on one of the bricks. The bricks started to rearrange themselves and a busy marketplace appeared.
"Sugoi!" exclaimed Gohan. Snape smiled down at him.
"So you like it?" he asked.
"Yes sir! I can't believe anything like this exists. I have got to learn how to do that." Said the excited boy. They walked in and Snape lead Gohan through the crush of people and to a modest store front. In the dusty window nothing but a single wood thing a lot like Snape's on a faded and dusty pillow.
"Olivander's Wand Shop. Go in and get a wand, it may take a while so I will go and get everything but your robes and other clothes while you are in here." Snape gave Gohan a reassuring smile and then left. Sighing, Gohan went into the dark and dirty shop. It smelled of chemicals and wood, the dust tickled his nose and the boy sneezed.
"Achoo!"
"God bless you." Said a kind old man coming out from behind the myriad of shelves and small boxes.
"Ah, thank you sir. I am here to get a wand." Said Gohan with a slight bow of his head.
"Yes, of course you are. Why else would you be here?" said the old man with a smile. "Okay then, who are you?"
"My name is Gohan Son."
"Good, good. So you're the one he told me about. Well, you're in need of a good wand then. But I can't really promise anything after all it is really the wand that chooses the wizard. Well now, try this one. Willow, dragon heart string, ten and a half inches, rather springy. . ." the old man stopped just before the wand touched Gohan's hand, "No, no. I 'm afraid that won't do." Tossing it on a stool he started to look through the boxes.
He would pick out a wand mutter a bit and put it back while saying, "No, no. The next one, maybe." This little pattern lasted for a while. Once in a while Olivander would put a wand into Gohan's right hand and then take it away just as quickly. Holly, Oak, Cedar, Chestnut, Pine, Cherry, Maple, and millions of other attributes that Gohan tuned out after the sixteenth wand to be taken away. That was several hours ago, and now Gohan was tired of the old man's need for perfection.
"So why can't I just use any old wand?" asked Gohan now some what annoyed at the time he had wasted, he could have brought and finished a book or three by now. Olivander smiled at him.
"You could just use any wand and get fantastic results. You have unbelievable control over them all, you seem to unknowingly bend them to your will. I'm trying to find a wand that will exert some power over you as well though. With all of the wands you are the dominant one, it should be a mutual symbiotic relationship though. It feeds you, you feed it.
"No other that I have seen can do what you can, I am beginning to doubt a wand is going to stand up to you." The old man's face lit up as an epiphany dawned upon him. "My first wand! That's it!" he ran to the very back of the shop and dug around for a while and then ran back holding a long thin wand of carved ivory, runes and designs decorated the sides of it. Olivander put it into Gohan's hand. "This is Ivory, Veela Hair, twelve inches, and very unyielding. Give it a wave!" he said excitedly.
Gohan raised an eyebrow but did as he was told, a shower of multicolored sparks poured out from the tip. Olivander's face was one of pure joy.
"I never imagined this day would come. This has two animal parts, one being a Veela, a very stubborn beast, and thus is hard to use, let alone partner with. You are also the first in over three hundred years to use an ivory wand, this is very strange yet he told me it would happen. He even finished the carvings, they seemed to give the wand more will and power. So unique.
"The only other wand remotely like this was used by a very early wizard in Asia. He lived around 200 A.D. and developed the basics of a lot of the modern magic we use today. I have no doubts that you will be at the center of something very important."
Gohan left the shop and found Snape soon after that. Olivander gave him the wand, so he didn't need to worry about that. It wasn't like he could anyhow, Olivander's words scared him.
'What is so different about me? Everything is like this, mysterious ki, hidden powers, odd connections to past figures, everything is always so puzzling.' Thought Gohan as he walked into the bookshop where Snape was picking up the textbooks. The teacher greeted Gohan with a smile.
"So what took so long?" asked Snape. Gohan frowned.
"I tried out almost every wand in the store. Finally Mr. Olivander just gave me this one. He said some weird things about the rarity of my wand and I. I didn't completely understand it." Said the boy showing his wand to Snape. Snape gasped.
"I've never seen a wand like that. Whatever that old man said, remember it. I'm sure that it will be important to your future. Olivander may seem like a crack pot and an old fool, but he has never once been wrong about a single person he has sold a wand to." Advised Snape as he paid for the books. Gohan lifted up the pile with obvious ease and the two left to go to the clothing shop.
Well, again it's short but maybe it's for the best. Better to keep it short than to over write and spoil it.
Later
P.L.S and B.T.S
Chapter 5: Olivander's Ability to Say the Weirdest Things
Note: Ouch! You people are so bitter about that little thing with the sorting. Sorry but man! I will not go back on my judgment, Gohan IS a goddamned Slytherin! So lay off of the "I hate you" and "I can't believe you" stuff. He has a strong will, he will go to any extent to achieve his goal- Slytherin traits as I recall. Furthermore, he still feels that his father's death and Mirai Trunks' death is due to his mistakes, he's not going to go to the House of Heroes! Not to mention the fact that Gohan has only one goal- to get home. The Slytherin house is not the worst place to be put, it has been given a bad reputation by the never-ending procession of Dark Wizards who always seem to come from that place. I hope this is proof enough for you, SS2 Magami-sama and that coward who didn't sign his or her review. If you're going to insult me at least give me your name.
Anyhow, I must thank the rest of you for your support- happygohangirl, Drunken Gohan, Rei.K, Ooshii Kurai, salytah, Professor Authordude, gohans- girl, Samara-chan, and Hyperbole. I know you didn't like it or maybe didn't understand it but you still didn't totally rip my poor head off. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And please keep reading- I swear this is all needed for our final vision to come to being.
I wouldn't mind dying -- it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.
-R. Geis
Gohan was studying the overstuffed bookshelves of the potions master. So many books were there and fascinating to him. Magical plants, magical theory, and so many potion books that Gohan knew that if he tried to read all of them he'd be here until he was twenty.
"I see you are into reading." Said a low almost spooky voice from behind him. Gohan turned around and saw a tall thin man with long black hair and piercing obsidian eyes.
"Yes sir. Are you Professor Snape?" asked Gohan in a small voice, the teacher was very intimidating to say the least.
"Yes I am. I am the potions teacher as well as the head of your new house. It's very odd that you did not ask the hat to put you into the same house as your new friends." Said Snape with a frown. Gohan looked at his feet.
"The hat tried to put me there, but I'm not a hero. I've failed in battle and I pretty much messed up my home, Cell is probably taking over the world. Killing my family and my friends, and it's all my fault. I have to get home and fix things. I have to make a way home as soon as I can. That's why I even agreed to enroll in this school as opposed to going off and trying to figure out where the Kami of this world is and who the Kai of this section of the universe." Said Gohan with a few tears welling up in his eyes.
With a sniff and rubbing his fist across his eyes to chase away the tears, Gohan looked up at Snape expecting to see something very different from the look upon the stern man's face. Snape was sincerely smiling at Gohan.
"Good, you are Slytherin material. I was worried that you were too soft, but I can see that you will be able to survive just fine and make a name for yourself. Well let's get going." Snape walked over to his fireplace mantle and picked up a small leather pouch.
"Sure, where?" asked Gohan. Snape grinned.
"To London, Diagon Alley to be exact. You need school supplies and it just so happens I need to go get some things as well. We will be traveling by Floo Powder. Take a pinch toss it into the fire and state clearly where you want to go. Here take a bit." Snape held out the open bag. Gohan took a pinch of the fine glittery powder. Snape did as well and tossed his bit into the fire and in a loud clear voice said, "To Diagon Alley." Then he jumped in and vanished.
"Cool, I understand." Gohan walked up tossed in the powder. A column of smoke rose up but Gohan had seen worse, "To Diagon Alley!" he shouted and jumped into the fire knowing even if it failed he wouldn't get hurt. In a rush he was swept away by a tunnel of smoke and fire and into a rather dark room filled with all sorts of people. An old wrinkled woman helped him up and dusted him off.
"Well now dearie, isn't Floo Powder fun?" she said with a toothless grin. Snape thanked her and lead Gohan away. They exited the pub and ran into a dead end, a brick wall and a bunch of trash cans. Snape took out a long thin piece of dark wood and tapped on one of the bricks. The bricks started to rearrange themselves and a busy marketplace appeared.
"Sugoi!" exclaimed Gohan. Snape smiled down at him.
"So you like it?" he asked.
"Yes sir! I can't believe anything like this exists. I have got to learn how to do that." Said the excited boy. They walked in and Snape lead Gohan through the crush of people and to a modest store front. In the dusty window nothing but a single wood thing a lot like Snape's on a faded and dusty pillow.
"Olivander's Wand Shop. Go in and get a wand, it may take a while so I will go and get everything but your robes and other clothes while you are in here." Snape gave Gohan a reassuring smile and then left. Sighing, Gohan went into the dark and dirty shop. It smelled of chemicals and wood, the dust tickled his nose and the boy sneezed.
"Achoo!"
"God bless you." Said a kind old man coming out from behind the myriad of shelves and small boxes.
"Ah, thank you sir. I am here to get a wand." Said Gohan with a slight bow of his head.
"Yes, of course you are. Why else would you be here?" said the old man with a smile. "Okay then, who are you?"
"My name is Gohan Son."
"Good, good. So you're the one he told me about. Well, you're in need of a good wand then. But I can't really promise anything after all it is really the wand that chooses the wizard. Well now, try this one. Willow, dragon heart string, ten and a half inches, rather springy. . ." the old man stopped just before the wand touched Gohan's hand, "No, no. I 'm afraid that won't do." Tossing it on a stool he started to look through the boxes.
He would pick out a wand mutter a bit and put it back while saying, "No, no. The next one, maybe." This little pattern lasted for a while. Once in a while Olivander would put a wand into Gohan's right hand and then take it away just as quickly. Holly, Oak, Cedar, Chestnut, Pine, Cherry, Maple, and millions of other attributes that Gohan tuned out after the sixteenth wand to be taken away. That was several hours ago, and now Gohan was tired of the old man's need for perfection.
"So why can't I just use any old wand?" asked Gohan now some what annoyed at the time he had wasted, he could have brought and finished a book or three by now. Olivander smiled at him.
"You could just use any wand and get fantastic results. You have unbelievable control over them all, you seem to unknowingly bend them to your will. I'm trying to find a wand that will exert some power over you as well though. With all of the wands you are the dominant one, it should be a mutual symbiotic relationship though. It feeds you, you feed it.
"No other that I have seen can do what you can, I am beginning to doubt a wand is going to stand up to you." The old man's face lit up as an epiphany dawned upon him. "My first wand! That's it!" he ran to the very back of the shop and dug around for a while and then ran back holding a long thin wand of carved ivory, runes and designs decorated the sides of it. Olivander put it into Gohan's hand. "This is Ivory, Veela Hair, twelve inches, and very unyielding. Give it a wave!" he said excitedly.
Gohan raised an eyebrow but did as he was told, a shower of multicolored sparks poured out from the tip. Olivander's face was one of pure joy.
"I never imagined this day would come. This has two animal parts, one being a Veela, a very stubborn beast, and thus is hard to use, let alone partner with. You are also the first in over three hundred years to use an ivory wand, this is very strange yet he told me it would happen. He even finished the carvings, they seemed to give the wand more will and power. So unique.
"The only other wand remotely like this was used by a very early wizard in Asia. He lived around 200 A.D. and developed the basics of a lot of the modern magic we use today. I have no doubts that you will be at the center of something very important."
Gohan left the shop and found Snape soon after that. Olivander gave him the wand, so he didn't need to worry about that. It wasn't like he could anyhow, Olivander's words scared him.
'What is so different about me? Everything is like this, mysterious ki, hidden powers, odd connections to past figures, everything is always so puzzling.' Thought Gohan as he walked into the bookshop where Snape was picking up the textbooks. The teacher greeted Gohan with a smile.
"So what took so long?" asked Snape. Gohan frowned.
"I tried out almost every wand in the store. Finally Mr. Olivander just gave me this one. He said some weird things about the rarity of my wand and I. I didn't completely understand it." Said the boy showing his wand to Snape. Snape gasped.
"I've never seen a wand like that. Whatever that old man said, remember it. I'm sure that it will be important to your future. Olivander may seem like a crack pot and an old fool, but he has never once been wrong about a single person he has sold a wand to." Advised Snape as he paid for the books. Gohan lifted up the pile with obvious ease and the two left to go to the clothing shop.
Well, again it's short but maybe it's for the best. Better to keep it short than to over write and spoil it.
Later
P.L.S and B.T.S