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Chapter 2: School Shopping
Now that Piper knew that this wasn't all a gigantic plot of some demon trying to get at her son, she was actually looking forward to getting to know other witches. While, the way that they accessed their magic, and how they used it differed, they were both witches, and both groups were big into potions.
Since today was a Tuesday, her slow day, Piper knew that she could leave the club in good hands with her assistant manager, and the whole family would come. Well, Wyatt was the only child coming since he would have try on his school uniform (he wasn't too pleased about that). Billie and Dax were staying behind to watch the rest of the kids, and God help them, for even in the 6 or 7 years that Billie had been fighting demons with them, she still could get into trouble without trying too hard, which made her an honorary Halliwell.
So, Piper, Leo, Phoebe, Paige (who had got the day off ahead of time) and Wyatt were all ready to Orb to the dark interior of the pub that Dumbledore had directed them to, which was where they would be meeting Mrs. Weasley and her son Charlie who also had to be measured for robes. All went as planned, a miracle in Piper's eyes. But she knew that it was only a matter of time before Wyatt got into some kind of trouble, thank god he had grown out of the 'make dragons appear in public' faze. But it was a well known fact that when the number of the boys double, also double the ability to make trouble.
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"Hello, you must be Mrs. Halliwell, Mr. Halliwell, Wyatt. I am Mrs. Weasley, and this is my son Charlie, I understand you are new to magic?" She asked, being the good Samaritan, helping the helpless.
Wyatt interrupted however, "Oh, I've always known about magic, We're witches, we protect the innocence from demons and Warlocks."
"Did you say that you're a Witch, honey, girls are Witch's, boys are Wizards."
Piper clarified what her son had said, "Our use of magic differes. We live as muggles only using magic to fight evil. To us, Witch is a term used for good magical users, and Warlocks are evil magic users, it's a unisex term."
"Oh," Mrs. Weasley said, in a way that they knew that she was wary of them now.
"I'm Piper." Piper continued the introductions, "This is my husband, Leo, my son Wyatt, and my sisters, Phoebe and Paige. We're all witches, except for Leo. He's mortal, muggle as you call it. He was a whitelighter, you know what that is?" After a quick yes from the stunned woman, "Then he became an Elder, then an Avatar, then he fell from grace to stay with his family. Now he runs our Magic School, because of his great knowledge of the magic world. I think Wyatt is a little relieved that he doesn't have to attend a school that his father runs." At that little joke, they all laughed, relieving the pressure and Mrs. Weasley looked much better, assured that these were good people, she had thought that they were a little weird at first.
"Well, it's very nice to meet you all. The entrance to Diagon Ally is right back here. And we'll get started, you have Wyatt's school supply list?" After Piper showed Wyatt's letter, "All right, I think the first thing is to go to Olivander's for our boys' wands. A very important in any Witch or Wizards life."
Wyatt and Charlie were ushered into the shop, by which time they were already buddying up. "Hey Charlie, what magic have you used so far?"
"Oh, only stuff that the charm has already put on it."
"Really, my mom has already taught me lots of stuff, but it's all self-defense stuff. Although, you know, I coppied a bunch of spells from the Book of Shadows, a book of spells, and kind of Demon Encyclopedia that my family has been constantly added to for the last 300 years! Like, a Truth Spell, a spell to swap powers, a vanishing spell, that one is really cool. I can't tell you how many time I've used that one when I have spilled something on my mom's carpet."
"How can you do all that without a wand?"
"I don't know, we just don't need them, all it needs is a simple incantation. That's why you can't ever read out loud from the book. You could blow up the house!"
"Wow! That's so cool!"
"And, when they told me that nothing electronic worked at Hogwarts, well, I've been working on a simple spell that creates a shield around anything we want. We could have a computer, TV, VCR, Video games!"
"We have to be careful though," Charlie warned, "My brother told me that they confiscate anything not allowed, and they don't give it back. Mainly because Filtch loves to torment his students, I heard that he used to punish them by handing them from their ankles."
"Cool!" At that, they had arrived at the Wand shop. Both boys entered the shop with wary looks on their face, looking unsure. Even children born into that world had doubts about their first year of school.
"Ah, Charlie, come for your wand have you, I've been accepting you, but you Mr. Halliwell, I have a feeling that you won't need to used your wand for a whole lot. But I also think that you both will need special wands to go with your special gifts. Why don't we start with you Mr. Weasley…" At that Mr. Olivander let his hands brush over a few dust lain boxes, until his hand laid on one three to the left two rows from the bottom. Charlie waved it when instructed, but all that happened was that glass spew everywhere. At the explosion, Piper flinched and the whole room froze, however Leo was the only person to freeze.
"Well, at least, now we know that you are a good witch." At the staring faces of Olivander and the Weasleys, "A reference to the Wizard of Oz, a muggle movie. Never mind." She then unfroze the room, but they were all prepared to duck from the glass.
"Next." Olivander stated. And on this went for about 15 minutes, until finally he came up with a want that was 11 inches oak with a dragon heartstring. And the air around Charlie glowed and sparkled as the Wand chose it's owner.
Wyatt was up, and Olivander went over the wands in his possession, a box that was on the other side of the room suddenly orbed out of the shelves and into Wyatt's hand. "I didn't do that," Wyatt pleaded, hoping he wasn't going to get into trouble.
"Don't worry," Olivander assured, "So your father's a whitelighter, it shows. Your wand chose it's owner and drew from your whitelighter powers and went right to you. I wish more wands were chosen this way, It would save me a fortune in repairs. Let's see the wand…" Wyatt opened the box to see a darker wood, "Ah," Olivander said picking it up the wand. Mahogany, nine inch, Unicorn tail hair. Unique one indeed. Give it a flick."
Wyatt put the wand into his hand, and flicked his wrist like he had seen Charlie do. But unlike Charlie, he got a blue glow of orbs go out and surround him. "You have much of your father in you, I see. I foresee you will be a great Wizard."
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The next stop was the Apothecary shop for their Potions ingredients. This was something that Piper had experience with, talking to Mrs. Weasley about what they would be taught. "Some of these ingredients can be dangerous, I can't believe that they would let 11 year olds use them."
"Oh, don't worry, they have a potions master. I hear that they have a new teacher for Potions this year, Severus Snape. I hear he's tough on his students on not misusing their gifts."
"I think I'll like him."
"Yes, our boys will need the discipline, I can foresee the trouble that they will get into already. They are starting to remind me of my twins Fred and George, their 6, how they put their heads together and whisper about what prank they could pull off next. Do you know that they turned my four year old son, Ron's teddy bear into a spider!"
"Oh, no! Wyatt and Chris are always pulling stuff on my daughter Melinda. She's also 6."
"How old is Chris?"
"9, and Wyatt's shadow, he's been sulking around ever since he found out that his big brother is going to be going away for school. I have a feeling that I might have to write a spell to keep Chris from orbing into Hogwarts."
"Oh, well you won't have to, there are magical barriers stopping anyone from entering or exiting the grounds by magical means. You have to physically enter and exit through the doors."
"Well, that's a weight off my mind."
"Glad to be of assistance, well, lets get those potions ingredients while Leo gets those trouble makers of ours fitted for their robes, and then we'll meet at the book shop."
"Good plan, got that sweetie?" Piper asked, looking at Leo.
"Yup, let's go boys, you get to stand still for a nice lady to fit you for your school uniforms…" At the sound of two groans, Leo marched off the boys to the store down the lane from the Apothecary that the girls were heading for.
"Good idea," Paige added, "Keeping Wyatt away from the potions."
"Why, what happened?" Mrs. Weasley asked, intrigued.
"Well, last year Wyatt got into the potions cabinet because he wanted to make a stripping potion. You see, Wyatt, because of the combination of Whitelighter and Witch powers, he is so powerful, that he really can accomplish anything he wants with just blinking. We hid the extent of his powers from him as long as we could, but we couldn't, and when he found out what he had done when he was a baby, he was afraid of himself, and so he just wanted to be normal and bind his powers. At the age of 10, he wasn't a very accomplished potions maker, and would have destroyed the house with the ingredients he almost stirred together, if we hadn't found him and stopped him."
"Poor boy." Mrs. Weasley said feeling deep sympathy for this boy. "Well, maybe with Hogwarts, he can feel more secure about his gifts. Now, with the potions," She turned to the high shelving that held the basic potion making kits that they put together for Hogwarts students.
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The women made it to the book shop, and in about five minutes, they were greeted by Leo and the two boys, who looked relieved that it was over. "got everything?" Leo asked,
"Yup, you?"
"Yeah, they where very good subjects."
"I won't even ask what they did, and how much it cost us."
"Later."
The group went and got the boy's books, then on to get their ink, quills and parchment, and it was time to head home. At that moment, Wyatt had an idea, "Mom, can Charlie sleep over? I'll orb him back home in the morning."
Piper, before answering looked to Mrs. Weasley. "What do you think? While our house is not in the running for the safest place to be, demonic activity wise, Nothing has happened in years. Demons have learned to stay away to avoid being Vanquished."
Mrs. Weasley laughed at the spooky tone that Piper had taken, "Sure. One night. Charlie you be good for the Halliwells."
"Yes mom," Charlie said looking innocent, but both mother knew better and knew that they were up to something, but hopefully it wouldn't be something illegal. Both women had become used to dealing with the unusual with their children, and while they hid it from their children so as not to encourage them, it amused them so much and made their lives all the more interesting.
TBC…
A/N: Hope you liked it, I'm going to spend a few chapters getting used to my characters at home, and then take them home. I'm going with Rowling's format of the school years. If all goes well I may have seven different stories for each year, but I don't know I just started. It depends on how much people want it, so please REVIEW, and tell your friends!