Chapter Seven
Ollivanders
(Harry and Hagrid are walking around Diagon Alley finishing up Harry's school supply list.)
Harry:
I still need...a wand.
Hagrid:
Well you want to go to Ollivanders. Ain't no place better! Well, why don't you go on. I got something else to do, won't be long.
(Harry enters Ollivanders, a bell rings. It looks sort of like a shoe store. . but for wands.)
Harry:
Hello?
(A man on a rolling ladder comes out from on of the rows. He looks at Harry, then smiles.)
Ollivander:
I wondered when I'd be seeing you, Mr. Potter.
(Harry is starting to get really annoyed how everyone knows his name and that no one will explain why he is famous. Ollivander comes down from the ladder and starts to looks for a wand.)
Ollivander:
It seems only yesterday that your mother and father were in here buying their first wands. Ah...
(He pulls out a small box containing a wand. He walks over to the counter, opens the box, and hands the wand to Harry. Harry obviously has no idea what to do with it so he just stands there stupidly.)
Ollivander:
Well go on. Give it a wave.
(He waves it and there is a flash of bright light. When the light goes away, Harry looks at Ollivander and see that all of his hair is completely gone. Harry looks embarrassed.)
Harry:
I am so sorry.
Ollivander:
No, no, that's quite alright. Happens all the time. Apparently that is not the wand for you.
(Harry is a little relieved but still very embarrassed.)
Harry:
How do you know that?
Ollivander:
Well you don't want to go around making people bald. Do you?
(Harry understands this but seems to be a little more embarrassed. Olivander looks around for another wand. He walks around to the other side of the counter and climbs a ladder. He grabs a box from the top and comes back down to the counter. He opens the box and hands the wand to Harry then backs up, not wanting to be part of anything bad that might happen. Harry waves the wand. All of the lights in the store pop and go out. They are now standing there in total darkness.)
Ollivander:
Not that one either.
(He moves to find another wand but bumps into everything on his way. Harry hears a bell ringing and turns around. Ollivander had just left him in the store. A minute later Ollivander returns.
Harry:
Where did you go?
Ollivander:
Um, yes, I, uh, got lost...
(This time he travels the opposite direction of the door but ends up running into the counter.)
Harry:
Why don't you just replace the lights?
Ollivander:
I'm almost there.
(He walks behind the desk and runs into on the shelves knocking over all the wands on that shelf. He picks up one of them and walks back over to Harry. He takes the wand out of the box and turns to Harry.)
Ollivander:
Here you go.
(He waits awhile but Harry never takes it.)
Ollivander:
Hello? Mr. Potter, are you there? Try this wand.
(Ollivander realizes it's useless, takes out his own wand, and turns the lights back on. When the all are on and he can see again he realizes he had been trying to give a plant a wand. Harry is on the other side of the room staring at him like he is crazy. Ollivander walks over to him and hands him the wand. As soon as Harry takes it the is surrounded by light.)
Ollivander:
Hmmm, interesting. Very interesting...
Harry:
Excuse me, but what's curious?
(Ollivander stares at Harry.)
Ollivander:
Uh-huh...
(in a very low voice so only Harry can hear...even though there is no one else in the shop...)
Someone doesn't know their liiiiines.
(he coughs)
I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter. I have the memory like no other. I remember this one time when I was just a wee little baby...
(Harry looks at him and coughs.)
Ollivander:
Oh! Sorry, getting a little sidetracked there. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather. Just one other. It is interesting/curious that you should be destined for this wand when it's brother gave you that scar.
(Harry looks scared and confused.)
Harry:
And who owned that wand?
Ollivander:
(he gasps)
We do not speak his name! The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. It's not always clear why. But I think it's clear the we can expect great things from you. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things. Terrible, yes...but greattttttttt.
(He hands the wand to Harry.)
Ollivander:
Now give me my money and get out.
(After Harry pays there is a knock at the window. It Hagrid and he's holding an cage with an owl inside.)
Hagrid:
(His voice a little muffled because he's outside)
Happy Birthday, Harry!
(Harry is amazed by this.)
Harry:
Wooooow.
Owl:
Meow meow. Meow meow.
A/N: Thanks for reading Chapter Sever: Ollivanders. I'm just about to start writing Chapter Eight: The Boy Who Lived, so stay tuned!