WOW! I'm really suprised, yet flattered at all the good reviews I've recieved. I'm sick and stuck at home, so I might as well write a bit more... I'm sorry that I have some spelling and grammer mistakes. Tomorrow I'm going to go over everything and make corrections. I was going to make Mcgonagal(I know I spelled that wrong) be older. I am suprised(yet pleased) that there have been no flames. I'm really, really sorry that there is no proper plot...but I promise that it'll come. now, I'll stop ranting and you can get back to reading the story.
Oh yeah, one other thing, you guys probably noticed that I switched from first person to third person. I did it during a break so it wouldn't be so abrupt. I changed my mind about the point of view but didn't change the beginning because I thought it sounded better as a first person point of view.
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"wow!" Elana gasped in awe as they began to walk down the busy street. There was every type of store you could ever imagine. From what seemed to be a normal candy shop, to clothes shops with talking manicans, to stores that weren't really stores at all, but tricks.
"Well, first things first", Came Elanas' uncle Ron's voice. "we're a large group, so let's split up." he paused and looked at the group of children. "How about Caroline, Emma, and Elana, Go with Hermione, and I'll take James and Matthew. how about you go get Emma and Elana their wands, and I'll get Matthew that owl I promised him, then we can all meet at Flourish and blotts when we're done." ("mum!" Caroline complained "why can't I have an owl?")
"Alright" Elanas' aunt agreed, and they were off. "First stop, Ollivanders!" Elanas' aunt said excitedly, as if she was getting ready for her first year at Hogwarts. On their way to the wand shop, Ollivanders, they passed an enormous building.
"What's that!?" Elana questioned.
"That's Gringotts, the wizarding bank", Elanas' Aunt Hermione replied. "but you don't have to worry, your father left you plenty of wizard money, and I've got some with me to pay for your things".
"Right" Elana said simply, although she was overcome with relief, she had been milling over the idea that she didn't have much money with her.
When they reached Ollivanders, Elana paused in front of the sign. The words came out of her mouth before she could stop them "'makers of fine wands since 382 B.C'!?"
"yepp" This time it was Emma who spoke. "I've been here before... not Ollivandors, but diagon Alley, and i've seen the sign before." she paused and looked around Diagon Alley. "I'd hope the wands were good if they've been around that long" all three of the girls sniggered, Even Aunt Hermione's face twisted into a grin, which she had failed to supress. They all walked into the store and were greeted by a very elderly man with creapy Silvery eyes.
"Hello there, everyone!" He greeted them enthusiastically. He started reminiscing about how he remembered when other members of their family were getting their first wands, but Elana was sidetracked.there were rows and rows of what seemed like thousands upon thousands of small, black boxes. All of which, Elana could only assume, contained a different wand.
"You first" he said, beckoning Emma over to the nearest row of wands. "what hand would your wand hand be?" he asked, as if that was the most normal question on earth.
Emma replied by lifting her right arm questioningly. Mr. Ollivander quickly measured every partof her arm and everything that had to do with her arm in any way. Once again, Elana's attention drifted to the street, until she heard what sounded like fireworks, and spun around with a look like a frightened horse.
Emma was holding a dark brown wand, which was emitting colorful sparks from the end. Not knowing whether this was bad or good, Elana took a few steps backward. The fireworks stopped almost as soon as they had come.
Caroline was clapping and Mr. Ollivander was nodding. "that's a rare one, got it on the first try" he said happily. "Mahogony, 10 1/2 inches, heartstring of a Dragon" He said with a contented look on his face. He then beckoned to Elana.
"hmm" he said. "your father gave me trouble with his first wand. It took me nearly fifteen minutes to get the right one. I still remember it...Holly and Phoenix feather,eleven inches, nice and supple"
He took out the tape measurer and measured just about everything he could that had to do with Elanas' arm. He then searched the Isles and pulled out a couple of boxes. "Yew and Heartstring of a Dragon, nine and a half inches, very swishy" He handed Elana the wand, she stood there like an idiot, very clueless as to what she should do. "Go on, give it a wave" he said encouraging voice. Elana waved the wand about.
There was a loud BANG and the windows to the store shattered into a million pieces. Elana gasped and dropped the wand. Not until after she had done this did she find out this was not a very intelligent thing to do. a blast of light flew out of the end of it and filled the room, then there was silence. "sorry" Elana muttered, too embarrased to raise her head up to look at Mr. Ollivander.
"No problem" he said cheerfully. Elana was stunned. She just practically destroyed his store, she didn't know why she wasn't being dragged out by the police. oh yeah, she thought, because I'm a witch.
and then she saw Mr. Ollivander raise his own wand and mutter "Repero!" and the shattered glass repaired itself instantly and returned back to the window.
"Whoa!" Elana didn't mean to sound so amazed, or exclaim this so loud, but it was okay because Mr. Ollivander went on with the wands. He tried what seemed to be hundreds when finally he picked one up from a top shelf in the back of the room
"Try this one", he said. "It's Holly and hair of a unicorn, thirteen inches, quite pliable." Elana picked up the wand and instantly, she knew this is what she would be leaving the store with. Just as Emma's wand had done, Elana's wand started shooting colorful fireworks in all directions.
When they left the wand shop, five minutes later the went to 'Flourish and Blotts', the book store. They were there for well over a half an hour before finally leaving, Elana, Matthew, and Emma, clutching a bag of school magic books.
They next went to they clothes store where they all got new cloaks, and then they went to eat at the Leaky Cauldron. Only then did Elana remember a question that had been irking her since she had realized she was a witch.
"what is a 'muggle'?" Elana said, more bluntly than she had intended.
"A muggle is someone who's not a which or a wizard" Matthew replied.
They continued to talk about muggle sports and wizarding sports until late that night, and then Elana started to read some of the books she bought for the school year until she peacefully, drifted off to sleep.
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Wow.... that took me a very long time. I have to go to bed now but I figured I'd just post this before I go to sleep, so don't kill me for spelling/Grammer errors. I'll fix everything tomorrow.
