"Huh?" Hermione asked, surprised.
"I am Mr. Johnson, the owner of this shop. I do say it is interesting that you have come across this shop. Most people barely glance at it. I wonder why?" Mr. Johnson trailed off, lost in his own thoughts.
Suddenly, he snapped back to reality. "Anyhow, those two pendants come as a set. There were two others, a ferret & a squirrel, but those did not come as a set. That engraving on the back is an old prophecy made by Merlin himself. So, would you like to purchase them?"
"Sure, but can you gift wrap that phoenix one? It's a birthday present for a friend," Hermione said.
"Okay, well since you are really the only one who has ever looked at those, & they have been in the shop window quite a while, I can give you a deal. Only 7 sickles each. How about it?"
"Okay then," she said, & flipped him the money.
"Thank you!" Mr. Johnson called out after Hermione as she left the store with Harry's present. She decided to keep the unicorn one for herself, it looked so elegant & sleek, she loved it. It was about 4:30 by the time she left. She then went off to get her ice cream that she started out to get in the first place. So, she sat down at the Ice Cream parlour with a Neopolitan ice cream & had a chat with the owner, Mr. Fortesque. After she finished it was 5 o'clock, so Hermione decided to go home before her parents got mad at her. The ride back home on the Knight Bus was extremely uneventful. As soon as Hermione got back to her room, she grabbed a piece of parchment & wrote a quick note to Harry. It said:
Harry~ Happy Birthday! I can't wait to see you again! I hope you love the present! I tried very hard to get you something other than a book for once.
Love, Herm
Then, she tied the note and the present around her owl Vincent's leg, & sent him off. Surprisingly, she hadn't heard from Harry yet this summer. All she had heard was that the Dursleys weren't treating him very well, & that was from Ron. Some day, those Dursleys would pay for what they did to Harry.
"I am Mr. Johnson, the owner of this shop. I do say it is interesting that you have come across this shop. Most people barely glance at it. I wonder why?" Mr. Johnson trailed off, lost in his own thoughts.
Suddenly, he snapped back to reality. "Anyhow, those two pendants come as a set. There were two others, a ferret & a squirrel, but those did not come as a set. That engraving on the back is an old prophecy made by Merlin himself. So, would you like to purchase them?"
"Sure, but can you gift wrap that phoenix one? It's a birthday present for a friend," Hermione said.
"Okay, well since you are really the only one who has ever looked at those, & they have been in the shop window quite a while, I can give you a deal. Only 7 sickles each. How about it?"
"Okay then," she said, & flipped him the money.
"Thank you!" Mr. Johnson called out after Hermione as she left the store with Harry's present. She decided to keep the unicorn one for herself, it looked so elegant & sleek, she loved it. It was about 4:30 by the time she left. She then went off to get her ice cream that she started out to get in the first place. So, she sat down at the Ice Cream parlour with a Neopolitan ice cream & had a chat with the owner, Mr. Fortesque. After she finished it was 5 o'clock, so Hermione decided to go home before her parents got mad at her. The ride back home on the Knight Bus was extremely uneventful. As soon as Hermione got back to her room, she grabbed a piece of parchment & wrote a quick note to Harry. It said:
Harry~ Happy Birthday! I can't wait to see you again! I hope you love the present! I tried very hard to get you something other than a book for once.
Love, Herm
Then, she tied the note and the present around her owl Vincent's leg, & sent him off. Surprisingly, she hadn't heard from Harry yet this summer. All she had heard was that the Dursleys weren't treating him very well, & that was from Ron. Some day, those Dursleys would pay for what they did to Harry.