A lot of months passed since we last left off on the Le Torneau family. Right now they were heading towards The Leaky Cauldron.
Thereon's father opened the door and everyone walked in. People looked at them suspiciously as if they were going to attack them and drain them of all their blood but thankfully they let them pass and go to the back of the Leaky Cauldron.
"Uhh dad, this is a brick wall..." Thereon's voiced trailed off as he stared at it.. "Not for long it isn't." He tapped some bricks on the wall and it slowly revealed Diagon Ally.
"Wow!" Angelica gasped in wonder.
"Come along now, we don't want to get separated."
They dove into the crowds in an attempt to get out. When Thereon managed to get out, with his parents still in the crowd, he bumped into someone.
"Oh, sorry-" He stopped. The man was wearing black robes. With black hair, black eyes, and pale skin.
Thereon felt really warm for a moment and swore he saw some sparks, the other man apparently saw the same thing as well.
"Watch where you're going next time." He scowled and stalked off into the crowd. His parents and sister finally got out and they looked down at the letter:
Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First class, Grand sorcerer, Chief. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Le Torneau,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on the 1of September. We await your owl no later than 31July.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
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The list of supplies/ book list as follows
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft And Wizardry
Uniform:
First year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. one plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS.
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
"Well." Vendetta said thoughtfully, looking at the list. "We have a lot of work cut out for us. But first before we even think about going anywhere we need to go to Gringotts." So they went up to the bank. Thereon looked at all the goblins with wonder. They went up to the front desk and Aaron said "We'd like to withdraw money from the Le Torneau vault." The goblin sneered at them "Do you have your key?" His father reached in his suit pocket and pulled out a very ancient-looking key. "Ah here it is." He smiled at the goblin.
"Thanks." Thereon said at the goblin once his family was ready to enter the cart. The goblin grumbled something that sounded like a 'you're welcome' but besides that he turned his attention away from him.
They soon arrived in vault No. 1. "Holy sh-" Aaron's hand went over Thereon's mouth quickly. The amount in the Le Torneau bank was: 1,000,000,000,000 Galleons, 1,000,000,000 Sickles and 1,000,000 Knuts. The goblin turned to them. "How much would you withdraw?"
Aaron looked thoughtful for a moment. "One grand of Galleons nine thousand Sickles and five thousand Knuts. Oh, and can you please give us a bottomless bag?" The goblin nodded. "Right away sir." Soon they were out of Gringotts and going to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.
"Ah Hogwarts robes, yes?" Madam Malkin mused. Thereon nodded and handed her the list. It didn't take very long to get them, but they needed a few adjustments due to the fact Thereon drew some muscles during Shinigami training. "All right." She said when she was finished. "That'll be 4 Galleons and 12 sickles." Vendetta handed her the money and left. They all split up to gather the rest of the items. The last one was a wand.
Instead of going to Ollivander's, like every other wizard or witch does; they went home. They decided to get a custom wand fitted for him. A wand craftsman Ryan Spellgood, agreed to make his wand. Ryan and his family have been friends for years. Ryan, Thereon, Vendetta, Aaron and Angelica all sat down in the living room to see what wand Thereon could get. "Ok, Thereon, I'm going to set down three blocks of wood. Whichever one feels the best tell me ok?"
Thereon was a bit confused at 'Which ever feels the best' but he decided to go with it. There was three blocks placed in front of him. One was a very light tan almost white, one was black, and the other was a rich brown colour.
Thereon picked up the black one. A rush of warmth ran through his arm. He set it down and picked up the white one. The same rush of warmth went through his arm, but this time it went farther. "Um the black and the white both feel good..." Thereon looked at Ryan with a questioning look in his eyes. "Perfect!" Ryan cried happily. "Now, allow me to take your arm measurements. Which arm is your wand arm?" Thereon lifted his right arm. "My right." He got a tape measure and measured. "Ah 13 inches!" Ryan smiled. "Now, I'm going to place a core in your hand, for this to work I will need you to close your eyes ok?" Thereon wasn't so sure that eye closing had anything to do with this, but he closed them anyways.
He felt something, dark. He didn't have any other way to explain it. It was cold and felt dark, but light at the same time. All the sudden he felt it gone and replaced with a very light substance. It gave him a happy feeling, like he had no care in the world. The next one burned his hands. "Ow!" Thereon cried. His eyes flew open. "Ok." Ryan got up from his seat. "I'll be back with your wands." Then he disappeared with a pop.
His mother smiled. "Ok honey, now let's go to bed now, tomorrow is your first day of school." Vendetta ushered her children upstairs and tucked them into bed. "Good night sweetheart, I'll see you tomorrow." With that, she turned the lights off in his room and closed the door.
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"Concentrate Neville." Moody grumbled. Teaching a brat was hard enough. Teaching a brat with no talent for magic is torture. Neville's patronus lit up and died out. Moody sighed, he was so frustrated! How could this boy be the-boy-who-lived, when he can't even conjure a patronus! Dumbledore watched from afar. He had Harry's life planned out for him, now ruined! Harry would be friends with Ron and Hermione, they would get the stone and stop Quirrell, and, Dumbledore would destroy it and give his house points for Gryffindor to win! He managed to keep the press out of the truth. But how long until they find out?
"Neville, I had said: a happy memory, the happiest you have!"
Neville looked at him angrily. "I don't have a lot of happy memories! Most of them I don't rememb-" Moody cut him off, he said like he'd told him a thousand times. "
Then choose the happiest of the ones you remember! Or try to remember the happiest that you had Neville or it won't work!" Neville angrily ran towards the Weasley house. Albus sighed. If Neville didn't get stronger no one would believe he was the Boy-Who-Lived.
"I can't believe this!" Neville cried angrily. "Ever since Harry died all the weight of the Boy-Who-Lived got dumped on me!"
Ron smiled at him. "That was a good one Neville! Not many people can do that. It almost worked!" Neville sighed. "I guess so."
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"Yes! Today's my first day of school!" Thereon screeched, sliding down one of the handrails that was at either side of the grand staircase.
Vendetta sighed. Aaron just smiled. "Come on let's go." Angelica had insisted on going along with them to say goodbye to her big brother. When they finally got to the train station. Thereon already knowing what to do, passed a red-headed family and went through the barrier. His family close behind. He got all of his stuff, including the black phoenix he got and went into an empty compartment.
He smiled at his phoenix. /I'm glad I got you Shadow/ not knowing he was speaking phoenix language. /Not many speak our tongue young one/ . Thereon's eyes went wide. /You mean I'm speaking phoenix-/ A bushy haired girl came in. "Did you see a toad? The Boy-Who-Lived lost it." She scoffed.
"No I haven't." He turned his attention away from her but she growled: "You should be searching, he's our saviour!"
Thereon snarled: "Too bad I don't care." He wandlessly slammed and locked the door in her face and looked at his phoenix. For some reason the bushy haired girl hadn't noticed the wandless magic.
/Calm down young one, if she is of no use to you on your quest, then ignore her./ Thereon smiled. /Thanks Shadow./
He could hear her pounding on the door but otherwise he ignored her for the rest of the trip.
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"Thereon, Le Torneau!" Mrs. Mcgonagall called out. Thereon stepped up and sat down on the stool he felt the sorting hat searching through his mind.
"SLYTHERIN!" The sorting hat called out. Thereon got up and walked towards the Slytherin table.
"Hello, Le Torneau." A blonde boy called out to him.
"And who might you be?" Thereon said when he sat down. "I'm Malfoy. Draco, Malfoy." He heard of the Malfoys before. Though why was he associating with a so-called mudblood? "Nice to meet you Malfoy." Thereon said, trying to push the thought out of his mind. "Please, call me Draco." Draco said smiling. He nodded silently and looked down at his wand, er one of them. His first was an Ebony, a piece of Dementor cloth for a core, 13 inches and surprisingly light. The second one was a Pear with a cloud sheep wool core, 12.7 inches and surprisingly swishy.
When he heard that one of his wands had a Dementor core he wanted to know how Ryan managed to get it, but he never said how. He looked up at the teacher's side of the room. He was always a good judge of character and from the first moment he looked at them it was like he could see their personality like, reading pages of a book. He guessed it was his 'Blind Judgement' side showing off like it usually does.
"Neville, Longbottom!" A short, chubby-looking boy with brown, messy hair stumbled up to the sorting hat. It seemed like forever until the sorting hat called out "GRYFFINDOR!" Most, if not all the Gryffindors were cheering wildly.
The boy whose name was apparently Neville was walking down to the Gryffindor table, his face was flushed with embarrassment due to the unwanted attention. The rest of the students got sorted and the headmaster stood up. "A few words before we start the feast-" The only line that caught his attention was: "-On floor three. Unless you want to die a VERY painful death." Thereon smirked.
Maybe this school wasn't so boring after all.