Katherine hurried over to Jessie
"Sweetheart! Whats wrong! You look like you just seen the local ghost for the first time"
Jessie looked at her mother and said "No, I'm fine, really. It wasnt in a bad way"
Jessie shook her head and continued
"You remember how out of the Australian Post paper theres a pen-pal section? Well, I've been writing to one for a while, as you know, for about three months and he goes to that very school"
Katherine gasped this time
"Thats great hun! At least you'd already have a friend there" she said, hugging Jessie
"Thats very true" Anthony said
"Whats his name?" he asked, taking a sip from the cup of coffee that had appeared to the side of him.
"Draco. Last name, I dont remember but they have four houses there..Gryffindor" Jessie said, counting off her fingers "Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Draco is in Slytherin"
Anthony spat out some of the coffee in his mouth, covering Chrisitans head with the coffee from his mouth
'Draco? THE Draco Malfoy? From the infamous Malfoy family"
Jessie clicked her fingers "Thats it! Malfoy"
Anthony wiped his chin and the back of Christians head
"Sorry son. Jess, darl, have you heard of the Malfoys? Jess, they are not a family to be involved with" he said with a hint of concern in his voice
Jessie looked amongst her parents, confuzzled
"Wha... What are you talking about"
"Well, the Malfoy family is in the inner circle with You-Know-Who. They've done some VERY terrible things" Anthony sighed "But, if he your friend, I suppose we can look the other way. But if we see a hint of change in you, we'll stop you from seeing and speaking to him. End of story" he said in a 'thats final' voice.
Jessie sighed and rose from the chair she was sitting in, finding her feet
"Alright, its a deal. I'm gonna excuse myself to see if my letter has arrived" Jessie hugged her father "Good to see you again dad" she said, leaving the kitchen and climbing the stairs
As she reached her bedroom, she saw her owl, happily perched on the window sill + tapping on the glass, waiting patiently to be let in.
Jessie walked over to the window, let Fluffball in and untied the letter from her leg
Hi Jessie, How are things?
Thanks for the last letter, I'm doing well. Father wants to me to go into Diagon Alley for some new robes, so I can only make this quick
Look after yourself - Draco
Jessie smiled and went over to her desk to write a reply
Hey Draco, thanks for your letter.
Yeah, I'm pretty good, considereing the news I just got. My father is being transferred to Hogwarts as the new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher, so at least I'll have someone I already know.
This is just a quick one before having to get stuff ready to pack.
I'll look after myself if you do - Jessie
Jessie smiled again as she folded up the letter, attached it to Fluffballs leg, and watched her leave, sighing as she went and laid down on her bed. Only two months to go, she thought, drifting off to sleep.
A month gone by, and the McMasters family settled into their new home, a few streets away from Hogsmede.
Jessie, Anthony and Katherine had settled in nicely, but Christian was rather reserved, which worried both Anthony and Katherine.
About two weeks before starting their first year at Hogwarts, they all visited Diagon Alley, to collect supplies they'd need for school.
The last thing that needed to be done was to get their wands checked.
They entered Ollivanders and the person behind the desk was helping a blonde haired, fair skinned boy, who looked no older than Jessie.
'No thanks, just needed my wand checked, thats it' he said with an air of arrogance.
He turned around and stopped dead in his tracks as he looked directly at Jessie. They stared at each other for a few seconds, then the boy pushed past the family and left.
'What was all THAT about?' Jessie said, looking past the family and through the door, not helping but take a second glance at the boy, who was now trudging towards Gringotts.
'No idea sweetie' Katherine said, wiping the ice-cream off of the nose of Christian 'Just get your wand checked'
Jessie approached the counter and handed her seven inch, oakwood wand with a unicorn hair to Mr. Ollivander
'Just wanted to get my wand tested, repaired and cleaned if needed please' she asked politely 'How much will it cost'
'For you sweetie, nothing.. Unless it needed to be repaired of course' Mr Ollivander said.
He flicked the wand towards a vase and flowers suddenly appeared. Mr Ollivander quickly cleaned it, and gave it back to Jessie, along with the flowers as well.
'Nothing wrong whatsoever! No charge, no charge! There ya go' he said, as Jessie took her wand back
They all said thankyou, and left to go back home, thinking bout the boy that was just plainly rude