Haha! I win. I wrote another chapter in like half an hour instead of a
week. Bet none of you expected that! This is another short one. Sorry.
Grr. It's bugging me to have to change chapters every time I want to get a
certain characters opinion on something. Oh well. It should get easily.
The next chapter is Harry's point of view and should be a lot longer, hopefully. But hopefully you're liking this so far, and if you have any
suggestions, feel free to let me know. Thanks to No Name LOL and Sarahmanda for reviewing in the short space of time since I posted the 3rd
chapter. Love you all!
CHAPTER FOUR
Koraleigh knew before she touched it that this was the right wand for her. It was exquisite. Light brown, 9 1/2 inches with a core of a phoenix feather. She waved it around and a trace of flower petals slowly floated to the ground from where the wand had been.
"Dad! Look!" she cried, turning to her father. To her surprise, he was staring out the window, not even watching her. With a start, he turned around.
"Did you find it, Koraleigh?" he asked. "Good. We'll get it."
Mr. Ollivander took the wand from Koraleigh and placed it into a box. "That'll be seven Galleons."
Koraleigh frowned to herself as her father paid. She wanted to spend this day with her dad and he was acting as if he didn't care about her.
Snape handed the man seven golden coins and Mr. Ollivander handed Koraleigh her wrapped wand.
"Where are we going now, Dad?" asked Koraleigh, hoping that she was mistaken about her dad. Snape turned abruptly. "I thought we'd go home now so you can try out your wand." he said smoothly.
"Oh." said Koraleigh glumly. "All right."
"What did you want to do?"
"I dunno." replied Koraleigh. "B-but, I thought I'd get to spend it with you, and you're acting like you don't care about today."
Snape sighed. "That's not true Koraleigh. I do care. It's just I have a lot on my mind. How about we go home and I'll teach you some spells that you can try out?"
Koraleigh broke into a grin. "Okay!"
"What about me?" whined Kinelli.
"Today is Koraleigh's day." said Snape firmly. "We can have a day before I have to go to work."
"Oh, all right." agreed Kinelli with a small pout.
As they walked back to the floo grate, Koraleigh noticed things she had missed in her excitement to get her wand. People were walking in groups. Hardly anyone was alone, and the ones that were weren't strolling. They scurried from shop to shop. And there were advertisements outside a lot of the shops, promising aids to defend one's self against Dark Magic. Koraleigh inwardly shuddered. She hated with every ounce of her being that You-Know-Who was back. It wasn't fair that something like this had to happen to ruin her first year at Hogwarts.
Koraleigh's eyes drifted around the crowd until they landed on a boy who looked to be a few years older then she was herself. He had black, messy hair and was short and skinny. He was walking toward the Snapes but off to the side, looking in store windows. The boy absentmindedly brushed the hair out of his eyes, and Koraleigh gasped.
"Dad! It's Harry Potter!"
That simple sentence had much more of an effect then Koraleigh had anticipated. Kinelli cried out, "Where!" loudly, causing many passerby's to look over. But that wasn't what alarmed Koraleigh the most. Her father turned sharply, saw where Koraleigh was looking at, and groaned so quietly that Koraleigh wasn't positive that she had actually heard anything.
The boy glanced in the Snapes direction and his eyes widened. He came towards them.
"Hello, Professor." said Harry Potter cordially.
Snape nodded his head once. "Potter."
"You KNOW him!" blurted out Koraleigh without thinking.
Both Harry Potter and her dad turned to Koraleigh.
"May I present my daughter, Koraleigh. She's going to be attending Hogwarts this year. And this is my other daughter, Kinelli. Girls, this is Harry Potter." said Snape without a trace of emotion.
"Hello." said Harry Potter to Kinelli before turning to Koraleigh. "So, you're going to be starting at Hogwarts, are you? You'll like it there. It's good to meet you.
Koraleigh felt suddenly nervous. "It was nice to meet you too." she said shyly.
"Well, er, I'll see you later then, Koraleigh, Professor." said Harry Potter. "It was nice to meet you, Kinelli."
Koraleigh watched him walk off before turning to face her dad. "You know Harry Potter and you never told me!"
"I didn't feel it worth mentioning." replied Snape. "Now come on. We need to go home."
They reached the floo grate and flooed home, Kinelli first, then Koraleigh. She landed safely in her kitchen, new wand still in her pocket, in its box. "Look, Mum!" she cried, brandishing her wand.
The next chapter is Harry's point of view and should be a lot longer, hopefully. But hopefully you're liking this so far, and if you have any
suggestions, feel free to let me know. Thanks to No Name LOL and Sarahmanda for reviewing in the short space of time since I posted the 3rd
chapter. Love you all!
CHAPTER FOUR
Koraleigh knew before she touched it that this was the right wand for her. It was exquisite. Light brown, 9 1/2 inches with a core of a phoenix feather. She waved it around and a trace of flower petals slowly floated to the ground from where the wand had been.
"Dad! Look!" she cried, turning to her father. To her surprise, he was staring out the window, not even watching her. With a start, he turned around.
"Did you find it, Koraleigh?" he asked. "Good. We'll get it."
Mr. Ollivander took the wand from Koraleigh and placed it into a box. "That'll be seven Galleons."
Koraleigh frowned to herself as her father paid. She wanted to spend this day with her dad and he was acting as if he didn't care about her.
Snape handed the man seven golden coins and Mr. Ollivander handed Koraleigh her wrapped wand.
"Where are we going now, Dad?" asked Koraleigh, hoping that she was mistaken about her dad. Snape turned abruptly. "I thought we'd go home now so you can try out your wand." he said smoothly.
"Oh." said Koraleigh glumly. "All right."
"What did you want to do?"
"I dunno." replied Koraleigh. "B-but, I thought I'd get to spend it with you, and you're acting like you don't care about today."
Snape sighed. "That's not true Koraleigh. I do care. It's just I have a lot on my mind. How about we go home and I'll teach you some spells that you can try out?"
Koraleigh broke into a grin. "Okay!"
"What about me?" whined Kinelli.
"Today is Koraleigh's day." said Snape firmly. "We can have a day before I have to go to work."
"Oh, all right." agreed Kinelli with a small pout.
As they walked back to the floo grate, Koraleigh noticed things she had missed in her excitement to get her wand. People were walking in groups. Hardly anyone was alone, and the ones that were weren't strolling. They scurried from shop to shop. And there were advertisements outside a lot of the shops, promising aids to defend one's self against Dark Magic. Koraleigh inwardly shuddered. She hated with every ounce of her being that You-Know-Who was back. It wasn't fair that something like this had to happen to ruin her first year at Hogwarts.
Koraleigh's eyes drifted around the crowd until they landed on a boy who looked to be a few years older then she was herself. He had black, messy hair and was short and skinny. He was walking toward the Snapes but off to the side, looking in store windows. The boy absentmindedly brushed the hair out of his eyes, and Koraleigh gasped.
"Dad! It's Harry Potter!"
That simple sentence had much more of an effect then Koraleigh had anticipated. Kinelli cried out, "Where!" loudly, causing many passerby's to look over. But that wasn't what alarmed Koraleigh the most. Her father turned sharply, saw where Koraleigh was looking at, and groaned so quietly that Koraleigh wasn't positive that she had actually heard anything.
The boy glanced in the Snapes direction and his eyes widened. He came towards them.
"Hello, Professor." said Harry Potter cordially.
Snape nodded his head once. "Potter."
"You KNOW him!" blurted out Koraleigh without thinking.
Both Harry Potter and her dad turned to Koraleigh.
"May I present my daughter, Koraleigh. She's going to be attending Hogwarts this year. And this is my other daughter, Kinelli. Girls, this is Harry Potter." said Snape without a trace of emotion.
"Hello." said Harry Potter to Kinelli before turning to Koraleigh. "So, you're going to be starting at Hogwarts, are you? You'll like it there. It's good to meet you.
Koraleigh felt suddenly nervous. "It was nice to meet you too." she said shyly.
"Well, er, I'll see you later then, Koraleigh, Professor." said Harry Potter. "It was nice to meet you, Kinelli."
Koraleigh watched him walk off before turning to face her dad. "You know Harry Potter and you never told me!"
"I didn't feel it worth mentioning." replied Snape. "Now come on. We need to go home."
They reached the floo grate and flooed home, Kinelli first, then Koraleigh. She landed safely in her kitchen, new wand still in her pocket, in its box. "Look, Mum!" she cried, brandishing her wand.