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Chapter 9.
Diagon Ally was *THE* place for all items magical, well at lest in the world of Wizards and Witches. Everything a new, or old for that matter, student of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry could need would be found there.
Harry and his group had split up, the twins needed some things extra this being their last year and all, or so they said. Mrs. Weasley had gone off after them in a hurry no doubt in a vain attempt to keep them out of trouble, leaving the trio and Ginny to fend for them selves.
The day past quickly as most days spent shopping and trying on new school robes are want to do when Harry, on chance, glanced into the window of Ollivanders were he spotted Hagrid with a group of young people. Smiling brightly the boy-who-lived called to his friends before heading into the shop to great the half-giant.
Only to come to an abrupt halt as his eyes came to rest on a pair of emerald green ones.
*****
"'Ello there Harry!" Hagrid boomed out when he took note of his young friends coming though the door to the wand shop. The huge half-giant didn't seem to take note that the person he was talking too didn't seem to be paying much attention as he made introductions between the two groups of young people.
"...They're transfer students from Hong Kong."
Was about all Harry got out of the conversation though. He was brought back to the real world by Hermione as she looked as Brain questioningly "Hong Kong?"
"Not originally of course." The tall boy in the back of the group stated, from his accent Harry was rather sure he was a yank. The boy just also happened to be giving Harry the evil eye. It was that that made the boy-who- lived blink a few times before he come to the realization that the girl he had found himself starting at just moments ago was holding hands with one of the other boys in her group and he could feel himself start to blush.
"Of course." This from Ron, "Where are you from originally then? And why are the lot of you all here getting wands at the same time?"
Harry tensed at that, yep Ron was still upset about Hermione becoming a prefect, not even he normally had that little tact.
"The states, Virginia to be exact as for why we all are getting wands, well that's a funny story. Take my word for it, never take muggle flights. They lost our luggage if you can believe it." The boy replied with a smile but there was something in his eyes that made Harry suspect that he wasn't being wholly truthful.
"What made you decide to come all the way up here from China?" Harry found himself asking. Only it wasn't the American boy who answered this time, instead it was the last guy in the group, a boy with blue-black hair.
"I had gotten homesick, and living in that big house all by myself gets lonely so I asked my friends if they would like to come along. We never dreamed to all be accepted into Hogwarts though."
Now Ginny blinked at that response, it had been given in all sincerity and with such a striate face it was almost impossible to believe that he was lying but still.
"And all your parents were fine with that, a group of kids your age all living together?"
One of the girls spoke up for the first time, "We weren't alone, Eriol's guardians were with us and now we're going away to a boarding school. What could our parents have been upset about? Though I will admit that school not starting until September was a bit of a shock, we've been out of school since March!"
"March?! How did you manage to pull that off?" Ron was suddenly VERY interested in the conversation.
This time the last guy in the group spoke up, his amber eyes warning Harry off better then his friend's could have ever dreamed of doing. "School where we come from is year round, the new school year would have started on April first but since we had come here during our summer brake."
Ron nodded at that, though he looked a bit pale as if the thought of year round school didn't sit well with his stomach. The yank moved to whisper something into the Amber eyed boy's ear. The boy nodded and tugged gently on the hand he was holding. "Come on Sakura, we're the last ones."
As the couple was fitted for their wands Harry and co. got to witness the largest wand search saving Harry's own Ollivanders had seen in years. It ended with both Sakura and Li in possession of two very odd wands. Of differing lengths of course but of the same materials; Japanese Cherry and Werewolf fur.
Harry didn't quite understand the snickering that their new friends were doing because of that, though he did find it a bit odd that two people would have wands so similar to the other and be that close.
Had he seen the look in Mr. Ollivanders eyes he probably would have had a hard time getting to sleep that night but his mind was one other things, such as were he had seen the girl with the green eyes before.
*****
As the children left, Hagrid stayed behind for just a moment. "Dumbledore would appreciate it if you didn't say anything ya understand."
"Of course, Rubeus, of course." His pale eyes still shining like twin moons in the dust filled shop. Hagrid nodded before heading out the door, the new kids had but one more stop before he was to leave them at the Leaky Cauldron until the train ride to Hogwarts itself.
As the huge half-giant left Mr. Ollivanders sighed as he started putting all the discarded wands back into there proper place. He would say nothing, after all what could he say? He had never told Harry what he would have done had he known what Voldemort's wand would do in the world because the answer would have been nothing.
He only gave people the tools to work their trade; it was up to them to see which side of the line they feel behind. But if there was one thing he was sure of, it was that this year would be a most interesting one at school...
Chapter 9.
Diagon Ally was *THE* place for all items magical, well at lest in the world of Wizards and Witches. Everything a new, or old for that matter, student of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry could need would be found there.
Harry and his group had split up, the twins needed some things extra this being their last year and all, or so they said. Mrs. Weasley had gone off after them in a hurry no doubt in a vain attempt to keep them out of trouble, leaving the trio and Ginny to fend for them selves.
The day past quickly as most days spent shopping and trying on new school robes are want to do when Harry, on chance, glanced into the window of Ollivanders were he spotted Hagrid with a group of young people. Smiling brightly the boy-who-lived called to his friends before heading into the shop to great the half-giant.
Only to come to an abrupt halt as his eyes came to rest on a pair of emerald green ones.
*****
"'Ello there Harry!" Hagrid boomed out when he took note of his young friends coming though the door to the wand shop. The huge half-giant didn't seem to take note that the person he was talking too didn't seem to be paying much attention as he made introductions between the two groups of young people.
"...They're transfer students from Hong Kong."
Was about all Harry got out of the conversation though. He was brought back to the real world by Hermione as she looked as Brain questioningly "Hong Kong?"
"Not originally of course." The tall boy in the back of the group stated, from his accent Harry was rather sure he was a yank. The boy just also happened to be giving Harry the evil eye. It was that that made the boy-who- lived blink a few times before he come to the realization that the girl he had found himself starting at just moments ago was holding hands with one of the other boys in her group and he could feel himself start to blush.
"Of course." This from Ron, "Where are you from originally then? And why are the lot of you all here getting wands at the same time?"
Harry tensed at that, yep Ron was still upset about Hermione becoming a prefect, not even he normally had that little tact.
"The states, Virginia to be exact as for why we all are getting wands, well that's a funny story. Take my word for it, never take muggle flights. They lost our luggage if you can believe it." The boy replied with a smile but there was something in his eyes that made Harry suspect that he wasn't being wholly truthful.
"What made you decide to come all the way up here from China?" Harry found himself asking. Only it wasn't the American boy who answered this time, instead it was the last guy in the group, a boy with blue-black hair.
"I had gotten homesick, and living in that big house all by myself gets lonely so I asked my friends if they would like to come along. We never dreamed to all be accepted into Hogwarts though."
Now Ginny blinked at that response, it had been given in all sincerity and with such a striate face it was almost impossible to believe that he was lying but still.
"And all your parents were fine with that, a group of kids your age all living together?"
One of the girls spoke up for the first time, "We weren't alone, Eriol's guardians were with us and now we're going away to a boarding school. What could our parents have been upset about? Though I will admit that school not starting until September was a bit of a shock, we've been out of school since March!"
"March?! How did you manage to pull that off?" Ron was suddenly VERY interested in the conversation.
This time the last guy in the group spoke up, his amber eyes warning Harry off better then his friend's could have ever dreamed of doing. "School where we come from is year round, the new school year would have started on April first but since we had come here during our summer brake."
Ron nodded at that, though he looked a bit pale as if the thought of year round school didn't sit well with his stomach. The yank moved to whisper something into the Amber eyed boy's ear. The boy nodded and tugged gently on the hand he was holding. "Come on Sakura, we're the last ones."
As the couple was fitted for their wands Harry and co. got to witness the largest wand search saving Harry's own Ollivanders had seen in years. It ended with both Sakura and Li in possession of two very odd wands. Of differing lengths of course but of the same materials; Japanese Cherry and Werewolf fur.
Harry didn't quite understand the snickering that their new friends were doing because of that, though he did find it a bit odd that two people would have wands so similar to the other and be that close.
Had he seen the look in Mr. Ollivanders eyes he probably would have had a hard time getting to sleep that night but his mind was one other things, such as were he had seen the girl with the green eyes before.
*****
As the children left, Hagrid stayed behind for just a moment. "Dumbledore would appreciate it if you didn't say anything ya understand."
"Of course, Rubeus, of course." His pale eyes still shining like twin moons in the dust filled shop. Hagrid nodded before heading out the door, the new kids had but one more stop before he was to leave them at the Leaky Cauldron until the train ride to Hogwarts itself.
As the huge half-giant left Mr. Ollivanders sighed as he started putting all the discarded wands back into there proper place. He would say nothing, after all what could he say? He had never told Harry what he would have done had he known what Voldemort's wand would do in the world because the answer would have been nothing.
He only gave people the tools to work their trade; it was up to them to see which side of the line they feel behind. But if there was one thing he was sure of, it was that this year would be a most interesting one at school...