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Lumorem Heré
Part III: The Trip; Part II: The Wand Shop; Part I
Severus ushered Morning through the door.
He gasped.
From floor to ceiling, the shop was stacked almost full to bursting with what looked like millions of long boxes. He didn't have much time to think on this, however, as a man (or what looked to be one,) had just appeared.
"Hello! Am I correct in saying that you are Severus Eldar, with a wand of hawthorn and nymph's blood? Or that this is your son, Morningstar? And that you are Lucius Malfoy, with a wand of ebony and phoenix tears? Or that this is your son, Draco? Let me introduce myself. Anteron Ollivander, of the fifth generation."
All four nodded in the affirmative.
The man who called himself Ollivander had one of the strangest appearances Morning and Draco had ever seen. His pure white hair went down to his waist, but stuck out in all directions, making it look as though he had stuck his entire head into a Muggle electrical socket. He was short, about five feet, but he had an air of grace about him, which made him seem much taller. His eyes were a vivid, electric purple.
"Well, who wants to go first? Mr. Malfoy, perhaps?"
Draco eagerly nodded his head.
"Right, then. Which is your wand arm?" asked Ollivander.
"My left." answered Draco.
And Ollivander started flitting around the masses of boxes.
Several minutes later, he muttered, "Why not?" and came towards Draco with a box.
This box was very different from the others. It was made of ebony, and inlaid with sapphire and diamond. It also had a golden gryphon on the lid, which was a lion with the wings of a royal eagle.
"Here you go, Mr Malfoy! Try it, then!"
Draco took the wand. It had an ivory handle with bands of sapphire and diamond on it. He felt a strong tingle and warming sensation run through his entire body to his wand. The wand glowed white for two seconds, and emitted a jet of silver light. The light broke off, and started twisting and writhing, until, finally, it formed itself into something.
It was a magnificent silver phoenix.
The bird then flew up and perched on a ladder rail that ran the entire length of the shop, directly above Morning's head.
All of the persons in the shop had mixed reactions to this, but the most common one was awe. Mr Ollivander looked up at it, slightly puzzled. Severus had a pensive look on his face. Draco had a look of open and utter astonishment on his face. Lucius was just staring at it. Morning looked surprised.
"Well, this is most unusual." said Ollivander. Everyone stared at him, their looks saying, 'No, really?'. "Allow me to explain. That bird is the literal embodiment of your soul. If an animal comes out of somebody's wand, that means that their soulmate, the person who compliments them perfectly, mind, body, and soul, is in close proximity. But, considering where we are, it could be any person in Diagon Alley.
When you are in the presence of yours, their soul animal will come out of their wand. The animal will then bind themselves to the other person's soul animal, going into the opposite person's body to form some irremovable item on their bodies. They will leave an egg or some other object of containment, Out of that object will come replicas of the soul animals. They will move to the opposite person from whom they belong, becoming their familiar until they die. Yours, being an elf, will never die. They will also bring a gift of sorts, with them, unique to the couple."
The type of animal represents the owner of the wand's magic level. Worms are the lowest whereas dragons and phoenixes are highest, phoenix being the most high. And that is an Air Emperor phoenix, the queen of all animals, which means that Mister Malfoy has one of the two highest magical levels in existence." he finished. He looked as if he had more to say, but he didn't volunteer anything else.
Everybody stared at him, absolutely thunderstruck. After several minutes of silence, Ollivander tentatively broke it, saying, "Morning, would you like to get your-"
But he was interrupted by Morning's hand glowing green. There was a grinding noise, and a box flew forward from the very back of the shop into Morning's hand. This box was larger by far than many of the other boxes. It looked to be overlaid with gold leaf. In one corner was a silver snake. In the opposite corner was a black badger. In the bottom left was a red lion. In the bottom right was a bronze Royal Eagle. And in the center was a raised golden gryphon. There was a latch and lock on the box. As Morning looked at it, the lock vaporized, and the latch sprang open.
"Oh, my…." said Ollivander. "if that's what I think it is…"
"WHAT IS IT?" the group shouted.
"About nine hundred years ago, my great-great-great-grandfather had four people come into his shop. They told him to keep it until their Heir came to get his wand. They placed that lock on there, and told him that it would only come off in the presence of the Heir. So he put it, I am assuming, somewhere in the wall."
"Those four people were Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Aloc y Hain, better known as Ravenclaw."
End Part IIICliffie! Don't worry, I already have the next part written down in my notebook, but my fingers are tired, and it's 2.30 in the morning! Will post the rest tommorow. Bye bye for now!
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