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Mystic- This is getting a bit redundant.
Agreed. Well this is it. Second to last chapter.
Mystic- Took long enough.
Yes, yes. I know and I apologize. Though I am updating a lot quicker.
Mystic- Yah if you count 2 chapters for any random fic every 2 weeks faster.
Well it is.
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Disclaimer: I do not and have not ever owned any of the character you recognize from the Harry Potter books.
The Beginning
It was a week later that the two families finally found the opportunity to go to Diagon Alley once again. Mrs. Black was the one taking James and Sirius to go get their uniform and wands.
Mrs. Potter was also going but she was going to be taking a muggleborn student around.
"Remember Heliadia has to eat in an hour. Then you can let her loose in my room but don't forget to close my door or else she'll be flying al over the house." James was leaving his Phoenix which he had finally named, with Tom and was slightly worried about being separated from it.
"Would you like me to take her a bath and clean the house while I'm at it?" Tom smirked at his little brother.
"She why not." Sirius came into the room bouncing. "If you have time you can clean my room to." Tom glared at the boy who just smiled innocently back at him.
"That's enough Sirius." Mrs. Black announced as she walked in behind her son. "We have to get going now." At that she took the floo powder off the mantle and held it out to the boys.
The group made it to Diagon Alley relatively quietly. Yes, Sirius and James managed to knock down all of the tables and chairs around the fireplace yet again but that was all.
Mrs. Black herded the two boys through the crowds until they reached Olivanders shop. They stood there for a moment just looking at the building.
"So are we going in or not?" Sirius asked a bit stunned at the building. Sure they had been there several years ago when Tom and Talia got their wands but this was different. This was for them. The true sign they were wizards.
"Of course we are."
"Then go on."
"Why do I have to be first? Why don't you go in?"
"You'll older."
"Yah so. By only a half an hour."
"Yah still you're a half an hour older than me."
" What are you scared to go up first?"
"NO!... Are you?"
"No… Ok a little…"
"How about together?"
"Alright I guess…" At that they both stepped up to the door and pushed it open.
Mrs. Black just shook her head a little at the antics of the two. If she didn't know any better she would have mistaken those two for twins any day. Quickly she stepped forward and slid in after her son and his best friend.
There in front of her the two boys were staring at the man at the counter. He was looking at the two boys with an appraising look on his face. "Aha. Mr. Potter, Mr. Black. I though I would see you here this week now that the papers have something else to talk about beside your antics."
"Uh yes sir." They both said in unison. He raised an eyebrow in question. Catching sight of Mrs. Black he smiled and promptly announced. "Unicorn hair, Ash… 8 and ¾ of an inch if I'm not mistaken."
"You never are." Mrs. Potter's voice came from behind them.
"Mum!" James turned around and smiled at his mother.
"Mrs. Potter. Nice to see you yet again." Olivander stood and walked around his desk. "You showing another muggleborn around? Now where is he?"
"She." And at that she ushered forward a red headed girl. "This is Lily Evens. Lily this is Olivander. He's going to help us get a wand for you."
"Hello."
"So what am I, a piece of furniture?" Sirius said pouting.
"No I think you're more like a fly." James quickly shot back looking over the other boy critically. "You see… You're extremely annoying so everyone just wants to shoo you away. Yet you just keep coming back just as annoying as ever."
Sirius stuck his tongue out in response.
"Well just be glad no one has decided to squash you yet." James continued.
"And this is my son James and his best friend Sirius Black." Mrs. Potter continued introducing everyone. Eleven years of dealing with the two boys taught the two sets of parent when just to ignore them.
"Sirius is the taller one incase you couldn't tell." Mrs. Black imputed.
"Yah by one inch." James pouted.
"Well, children now that the introductions are over shall we get you your wands. Who's first?"
The three kids looked at each other. "I came in first so it's your turn to go first Siri."
"Why me? That's not fair."
"Oh it's perfectly fair. Now go."
"Fine." Sirius stepped up to Olivander who had just gotten out a measuring tape from his desk.
"Which hand?"
"Um… Left… no right… um…" He looked at his mum desperately.
"Oh both boys are ambidextrous." Mrs. Black interjected before Olivander could believe that Sirius didn't know his left from his right. Though she supposed that was how it started. Mr. Black would give Sirius a quill and seeing that he would usually use his left hand had told him to use his left hand. And Sirius being Sirius put it in his right hand. And then the opposite happened the next day.
James thinking it would be great fun copied Sirius.
"Oh well which hand do you use more often then?"
"Oh left. James used his right more."
"Ok then. Let me just take you're measurements." At that he got to work measuring first his height, then wing-span, then his ear length, and the size of his left eye. All at once he left the tape continue measuring and went over to one of the side shelves.
"Ok that's it. Here try this one." He held out a wand and put several more next to him. "It's Rowan with a Griffin feather. Eight inches."
Sirius took it and waved it at a quill holder on his the desk. Levitating it perfectly Sirius looked at Olivander to see if it was the right wand. He was giving the dark haired boy an odd look and reached to his side and took out another wand.
"Try this one. Nine and an eighth inch, willow, Unicorn-tail." Bringing down the object Sirius took the next wand and began to change the color of the objects in to room randomly.
"Odd. Here try this one." Sirius went through six more wands like this with just about the same result. Finally turning toward Mrs. Black and Mrs. Potter he still had that confused look in his eyes.
"I don't seem to remember you or your husband or even young Talia having such an odd reaction to the wands."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Black asked curiously.
"Has young Mr. Black have any previous experience with wands?"
"We'll yes." Mrs. Black replied hesitantly not knowing where this fact would lead. "James and Sirius have been taking our wands as well as Talia's and Tom's and using them to cast simple spells for several years now."
"Hmmm. Yes that would explain it."
"Explain what?" Mrs. Potter asked questionably having the feeling her son would be in the same predicament as Sirius.
"Well. I haven't had a case as unusual as this for many years now. It seems that Sirius as well as James, if what you say is true, have the extraordinary ability to adapt to use many different types of wands."
"So does that mean we can't have a wand?" Sirius asked eyes wide open.
"Oh no. No that just means that the normal methods for choosing wands won't work for you. I just want to check Mr. Potter to be absolutely sure." He then turned to James and did a repeat performance of what he did to Sirius with the exact same results.
"Hmmm. Well we best get Ms. Evens done before the boys then." He turned toward Lily and gestured her closer. "Don't worry you have nothing to be scared about. Now let's get your measurements."
Lily shifted uncomfortably as the magical measuring tape continued measuring on its own. "Try this one." He picked up the second wand Sirius tried..
She took it in her hand and gave it a wave. A few sparks emerged but not many.
"Good that narrows it down a bit." He went to the back of the store with another wand. "Ten and a quarter, swishy, Willow, Unicorn-hair and a lily petal. Quite fitting if you ask me."
Lily took the wand and gave it a wand. Pale yellow and green sparks emitted from the end.
"Fantastic." He took the wand and put it in a box. "That would be Six galleons."
Lily gave him the money and he handed her the box. Lily turned back to Mrs. Potter and added it to the stack of books she had already gotten. "Um… Lily would you mind if we stayed for a little bit more? I would like to see James get his wand." Lily nodded. She was curious on how the pair would get their wands as well. It didn't seem all that difficult for her.
"Well boys. I suppose the best to do with you would be to let you choose your wands yourself. I know that the wand chooses the wizard but I think you two might be a better judge on what you prefer than me."
"Are you saying we can try any wand in this store that we want?"
"Yes with one or two exceptions in the back."
James sent an excited look over to his best friend. Smirking with delight both boys took no time in diving into separate isles.
"Just be sure to put them back to where you wound them." Both their mums shouted to them. Then they both turned to Olivander with worried looks on their faces. "We both apologize in advance for all damage those two will do."
"Oh no need for that." Olivander shook his head. "How much damage can two young boys do?" As soon as he finished his sentence a large roar could be heard from the isle Sirius was down. Seconds later the aforementioned boy cam dashing out.
"Ummm… You wouldn't have happened to have a lion wandering around in the back of your story do you?"
"No." He replied eyes widening.
"Well… ummm you do now." And putting the wand he was holding down he started to walk down the isle James went down before he heard James's angry voice yell his name. "Uh oh. I guess Jamesie found the lion."
All the adults were staring as they wavered between running to stop the two and just plain running. Lily's eyes were watering from laughing so much as she watched the antics of the two as they tried several different wands with mixed results, lots of noise and colors as well as more than three strange creatures wandering around the back of the previously peaceful shop.
About a half an hour later the five of them waked out of the shop. The children looking delighted and the two adults a tad bit worse for the ware. James had in his pocket his wand; mahogany, eleven inches, with a Pegasus's hair.
Sirius's wand had been confiscated by his mother. He had finally chosen an oak wand, also eleven inches, with a dragon heart's string center. He walked along James who was enthusiastically retelling some of their more hilarious antics to Lily. With lots of hand motions he kept throwing his arms about. Almost taking out several passing people and waking Sirius in the back of the head more than once.
Lily listened wide eyed at some of the tales. Almost shaking in delight and anticipation to get to Hogwarts and learn how to do even half of what the boys had done.
"Can you really create a storm inside a building?" She asked amazed.
"Yah…" James said. "Though Sirius is a bit better at that then me. Isn't that right Si…" He turned to his side to look at his friend to find he wasn't there. Looking about he caught sight of him in front of the Quality Quiddich store.
"Oy." He called grabbing Lily and pulling her after him. He weaved through the crowd and popped up beside him. "What's new?"
"Just in SilverStreak25."
"Oh…" His comment was cut short by Lily's worrying voice.
"Do you think we should have run off like that?"
"It's fine." Sirius called before wandering off to the joke store next door.
"Yah they're used to us wandering about." James explained as they followed Sirius. "They'll find us eventually."
"Hey James over here!" He turned to look at Sirius who was holding a strange object. "Come on, Henry said they have some new stuff in stock. Not even on the shelves yet."
James and Sirius were such frequent visitors to this particular shop that they knew the owner personally and got to see many new objects before they were released to the public. Their father as well, though no one needed to know that.
"I expected you two to come 'round sooner or later." A middle age man called from behind Sirius.
"Of course. No one can keep us away." James called back as he approached them.
"Oh but who's this?" Henry looked at Lily who hid behind James.
"That's Lily." Sirius said inspecting some objects on the shelves as they all went to the back of the store. "She's muggleborn and we're showing her hoe to have fun in the wizarding world."
"Well missy you know how to pick the best guides." He opened the doors to the back room and he let the children walk in before him.
"What do you mean Sir?" Lily looked around curiously.
"Oh none of this sir stuff. Call me Henry." Taking out a set of about 30 keys he tossed it to the eager boys. "Here see if you can figure out which key. You have two minutes."
The boys smirked at each other and turned toward the huge cabinet that they knew held the new stuff.
"What I mean is that theses two are the best and brightest pair of mischief makers I've ever seen. I mean they even managed to play a prank on the whole Wizengamot. If that's not good I don't know what is. Take it they just dumped a bunch of slime on them but still…" He paused for a moment and watched as they flipped through the keys and Sirius pointed out three of them and James finally choosing one of them. Inserting te key in the lock he waited a moment before the door swung open.
Henry looked at his watch and whistled. "Best time yet boys. 55 seconds."
"You gotta get a harder lock, Henry." James said pulling out something or other.
"What was that all about?"
"That was the security check." Henery explained as he winced as Sirius took out a blob of something and smeared it on James's back. Lily giggled as she watched James walk around in circles craning his neck to see what was on his back. "Only some one who can figure out he lock in the appropriate time can get in or else the lock changes. They've been able to figure it out since they were eight." He shook his head smiling. "That trick stumps even some of the best, but to them it's no problem."
They sat there for a bit just watching the dark haired boys tease each other and on occasion Lily and Henry when a knock caused them all to turn.
"Henry, have the boys wandered in here?" Mrs. Potter's voice rang through the store.
"Lauren!" Henry got up to let the women in. "I suppose you're looking for these ruffians."
"Of course." Mrs. Black narrowed her eyes at the boys who were gathering several object in a pile.
"Don't suppose you're missing a red lily as well?"
"Lily. Of course." Mrs. Potter smiled at her charge. "I guess the boys dragged you in here."
"That's ok, Mrs. Potter. I was fine"
"Come one boys we have to go home now and Lily has to finish shopping."
"Ok mum." Sirius looked over the pile. "Five of each and the usual Hernry." He decided finally.
"Yah same for me." James stood up and walking over to Mrs. Black. "See you later Lily."
"Yah. Hope we catch each other on the train ride." And with that both boys left the shop with Mrs. Black trailing after them.
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Well that's it. One more chapter left. I'm still trying to decide on if I'm going to do a sequel. I already have another 1st year fic that's cannon so I just might not finish this one. I don't know.
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Yep. Ok here. Tell me if you want me to continue this fic then go check out my other one. I am continuing that one no matter what. But whether this one will continue will depend on you.
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