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Ollivanders family : makers of fine wands since 382 BC
"Yeh'll get yer wand from here," said Hagrid happily
"Okay," I said, I and Harry entered the shop, it was dark, only we can see was drawers and drawers everywhere in the room, suddenly a man appeared in front of me, tall old man with pale face and silvery greyish eyes ,
"Hello," said Harry awkwardly.
"Ah yes," said the man. "Yes, yes. I thought I'd be seeing you soon. Harry Potter and you miss emma potter." It wasn't a question. "You have your mother's eyes Mr. Potter your sister just looks like her. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wand for charm work." Mr. Ollivander moved closer to Harry. Harry wished he would blink. Those silvery eyes were a bit creepy.
"Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wand. Eleven inches. Pliable. A little more power and excellent for trans-figuration. Well, I say your father favored it — it's really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course."Mr. Ollivander had come so close that he and Harry were almost nose to nose. Harry could see himself reflected in those misty eyes.
"And that's where . . ." Mr. Ollivander touched the lightning scar on Harry's forehead with a long, white finger.
"I'm sorry to say I sold the wand that did it," he said softly.
"Thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Powerful wand, very powerful, and in the wrong hands . . . well, if I'd known what that wand was going out into the world to do. . . ." He shook his head and then, to Harry's relief, spotted Hagrid , "Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! How nice to see you again. . . . Oak, sixteen inches, rather bendy, wasn't it?"
"Yes, Sir, it was sir" said Hagrid "I still've pieces of it sir"
"But don't use them," said Mr ollivander, looking at Hagrid
"yes, of course No sir," stammered Hagrid
"now, Mr. Potter on matter of the wand, he asked my brother to show his hand, after measuring his hand, he measured his nostrils and after that he started looking into his drawers, he asked Harry to test a wand maple with dragon heartstring eleven and half inches, then another, but none of them seemed to work, one by one Harry tested around dozens of them but none of them worked, after some time, Mr. Ollivander found a wand said please try this one , "holy wood with phoenix feather, eleven inches nice and supple give it a try,"
When Harry grabbed the wand, and swished it, from the end of the wand some gold and red sparks shot, like a firework.
Hagrid whooped and clapped and Mr. Ollivander cried, "Oh, bravo! Yes, indeed, oh, very good. Well, well, well . . . how curious . . . how very curious . . ." He put Harry's wand back into its box and wrapped it in brown paper, still muttering, "Curious . . . curious . . ." "Sorry," said Harry, "but what's curious?" Mr. Ollivander fixed Harry with his pale stare.
"I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave you that scar." My brother swallowed.
"Yes, thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses the wizard, remember. . . . I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter. . . . After all,
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things — terrible, yes, but great." I shivered.
"Now, Miss Potter may I??" asked Mr. Ollivander for measuring my hand, then measured my nostrils armpit, after that he brought a wand "maple with unicorn hair ten and half inches give it a try"
I took it, and felt nothing and when I swished it some of the drawers shot into anther so I put down the wand, Mr. Ollivander looked at me for a second then said just wait a minutd then he brought one more wand "willow and phoenix feather ten and a quarter inches"
"Was my mom's wand core phoenix feather"? I asked
"Yes, but the wood is from different tree but the core is from same phoenix,??" Said Mr. Ollivander looking curiously at me as I took the wand
"Okay," I said nervously, I was holding the wand and suddenly I felt it, mating surging through me it felt like electricity running through my veins, I swished it and it sparkled light around me, and then in the room, Hagrid whooped once again and Harry was smiling and cheering me up beside, then we paid seven gallaeons each for the wand, exited the shop..
Once we were out I said to Harry, "do you think I deserve this wand according to everyone mum was great and smart, I'm neither"
"who said, you are way smarter than anyone I know and the wand chose you, so nothing to worry" said Harry
"ohh, yeah can we buy cloths now"?? I Asked hopefully
"but do you really think we should shop in muggle world with all this" said Harry questioningly
"Hey, you agreed earlier" I said annoyingly
"Okay, Okay what do you think Hagrid," asked Harry
"me, Okay let's do some muggle shopping" said Hagrid , rubbing his hands together
After afternoon muggle shopping Hagrid, gave us are tickets and dropped us in a train to drusleys, it was fun shopping with him, we bought so many things, in reality I bought so many things Harry brought just a few tee shirts, jumpers, pants and pyjamas, but I purchased whatever I wanted to. Over the next month of August it was fun, dursleys weren't talking to us, like they ever talked to us but still it felt more better, Dudley was afraid of us, he thought we will hex him to become rat.
"just a week and we'll be on our way to Hogwarts" I said energetically
"yeah, it'll be fun being there I mean in a castle" said Harry with a dreamy eye
We have read everything about Hogwarts we can from our books, we even named our owls from the book, my brother was going to name it owl Hedwig but I already was calling it Artemis, so it's responding to that so then he started calling my owl hedwig (finding a name for my own owl was a trouble for me so it's better now) and now my owl is listening to that name.
One day before first September we went in hall to talk to the dursleys regarding our train departure tomorrow as we need lift to station in London, Harry is going to ask as dursleys our really loathing me now because I snapped at uncle Vernon..
After sometimes Harry came " did he agree" "yes" Harry replied.
"That was easy" I said
Next day in the morning, we woke up as soon as possible and around eight thirty A.M they got in the car, they out their trollies in trunk, and sat with Dudley who looking out of window looking strange..
They started driving and after long drive, they reached king cross at thirty minutes tk eleven, Uncle Vernon got their luggage out of the trunk and got them on the platform, then said pleasantly "see here is platform nine and ten, now take your time in finding nine and three quarters, Good luck," laughingly he left them on station.