"Diagon Alley!" The emerald-green flames sprung out of nowhere and the two instantly vanished.

They stumbled out of the fireplace. "Woo, what a ride! I've never done that before!" she said, wiping all the dust off of her clothes.

"How did you know how to do it then?" Draco said in amazement. "I thought you've never been here before?" This girl is definitely NOT a filthy mudblood… or a dumb blonde, for that matter…

"Uh…Dumbledore told me?"

"Oh, right." they walked out of the abandoned store they landed in and down the crowded street.

"I need to get a wand," she said. "where would I go for that?"

"Ollivander's. Follow me." He escorted her to an old store with a large glass bay window, displaying all sorts of differently sized wands. A gray-haired man stood behind the counter.

"Welcome, miss. I've been expecting you." said the ancient looking man with busy hair. "And your wand has been anxiously awaiting you!" He went over to the stacks and stacks of black boxes behind him. Draco noticed a glimmering plaque on the wall.

It read:

Druid Birth Trees

Birch - December 24 to January 20
Rowan - January 21 to February 17
Ash - February 18 to March 17
Alder - March 18 to April 14
Willow - April 15 to May 12
Hawthorn - May 13 to June 9
Oak - June 10 to July 7
Holly - July 8 to August 4
Hazel - August 5 to September 1
Vine - September 2 to September 29
Ivy - September 30 to October 27
Reed - October 28 to November 24
Elder - November 25 to December 22

Magical Core Descriptions:

Dragon Heartstring -good for hexes

Unicorn Tail Hair- wands for the pure of heart

Phoenix Feather- wands more powerful than ones made from any other core.

Veela Hair- produces quite a temperamental wand

Leprechaun Hair- mostly popular among Irish Wizards

Hippogriff Talon- creates a wand that demands respect.

While he was reading it, the old man came out from the shelves of boxes and placed the one he was holding on the counter.

"Now miss, this is a very special wand. Yes, very special indeed. It is one of the only wands to have two magical cores, there has only been one other…"

"Who has the other one?" she said, intrigued. The man looked surprised at the question.

"You'll find that out… yes, yes…that information is soon to come upon you."

"God… you sound like Yoda or something.."

"Yoda?"

"Er… nothing…"

"Back to your wand. Its inner core is a combination of Unicorn Tail Hair and Phoenix Feather. I trust you will use this wand carefully, as it is extremely powerful… I also have no fear that it will not be put to use in the Dark Arts… for Unicorn's are amongst the most pure of heart..." He leaned in to speak in a faint whisper. "I must warn you…stay away from that boy," he gestured over at Draco, still preoccupied with the plaque. "he's no good. Why are you hanging around him?"

"Why does everyone think he's so bad? He's been nothing but a gentleman to me."

"Well, I felt obligated to warn you. His father's in Azkaban you know. Nothing but the Dark Arts in that family. Yes, no good, no good at all…" He stopped speaking as Draco turned to them.

"What kind of wand did you get? It says on this wall what each kind means."

"Er.. I got…" but the old man interrupted her.

"Holly, unicorn tail hair, 11 inches."

"Oh, so you're birthday's in July then?" he said, looking at birth dates corresponding with the wood.

"No.. actually, my birthday's in September…" she was still wondering why the old man hadn't mentioned that there were two magical cores in her wand.

"Hm, that's odd, it says that you're supposed to have vine as your wood."

The old man interjected. "No, Holly is a more appropriate substance for her wand. It provides the wizard with extra protection against evil."

"Why do I need extra protection?"

"You'll find that out soon enough." He then turned and walked back into the room full of boxes behind him.

"Wait? Where are you going? I need to pay you!" she yelled to him, but he just waved his arm and said, without looking back, "Leave it be, that's already been taken care of."

"Let's get out of here," she said, "That guy's creeping me out."

"Me too." Draco said, and opened the door for her.

"Hm.. we should be getting back now, it's almost 7 o'clock." She said, looking at the clock on the wall of Gringott's Bank.

They walked passed a store that sold assortments of pet magical animals; frogs, owls, newts, rats, etc etc. Bri looked through the large window at them. "Aww, they're soo cute! I love animals!" Draco gazed at her, touched by her genuine goodness.

They made their way back to Hogwarts in silence as Draco contemplated his new discovery, and arrived at the Slytherin Common Room with time to spare. "Well… dinner's at 7:30… I guess I'll …see you there?" Awkward moment…he thought.

"Yeah… I'll see you around…" she said, and made her way to the girls' dormitory.

After arriving at the Great Hall, she heard a familiar voice calling to her from the Gryffindor table.

"Hey Bri, come sit with us! We saved you a seat."

She sat between Harry and Ron, right across from Hermione, who gave her dagger eyes. "So, Harry… I've heard that you play.. er… Quidditch? What exactly is that anyways..?" He then gave her a long splurge on the game, commenting on his notorious snitch catching skills and knack for getting hurt on the field. "Ooh… that's really interesting. Too bad I don't have a broom, it seems like a lot of fun to be able to fly." she said with a smile.

"Well, maybe I could give you a private flying lesson sometime." He winked and put his arm around her. Hermione's anger grew, but despite the internal feud between the two girls, dinner seemed to go well…until Draco noticed Harry just a little too close. He shot up from the Slytherin table, knocking down all the plates and goblets in front of him and his friends.

"What are you doing, Potter? Get your filthy hands off her!" he shouted across the room.

"Why? Harry shot back, "Since when did she have a label reading 'Draco Malfoy' stuck on her?"

"Let's settle this outside, Potter."

"With what, a duel?"

"Of course."

"That might not be a good idea, ferret boy. Remember what happened last time? Your friend Professor Snape had to come and save you…"

"Don't mock me, Potter. Outside, on the Quidditch grounds. 11 o'clock. Don't be late." He grabbed his croonies perched at the table by their shirt collars, Crabbe hurriedly taking one last bite of his carrot cake. "Crabbe, Goyle, come on, we have work to do." They trailed Draco out of the Great Hall, slamming the huge doors behind them.

"Harry, what are you thinking? You shouldn't go! Especially after hours! It could be dangerous!" Hermione said.

"I don't care what you say," he said. "I'm not going to let him treat her like she's his bloody possession!"

"Harry, I really don't care… you should listen to Hermione… both of you could get hurt…" Bri said

"No, I have to fight him, or it'll look like I'm a coward. I have to protect you." He got up from the table and stormed out. Protect me? What the hell?

"This is all your fault." Hermione said, and followed him out the door.

"Don't listen to her," said Ron. "she's just mad because you invaded her territory."

"What, she's the queen of Gryffindor now?" Bri said angrily

"No, it's Harry she's miffed about. He was hers, well in her opinion at least.. Now he wants you."

End of Chapter 6! Keep Reviewing! Also, a BIG THANK YOU to where I got the information about the Druid trees and Magical core stuff. You should check it out, it's got tons of cool info!

Sorry I haven't updated in like forEVER but wouldn't let me log in for some reason...