Today is the best day of the year. Gi day, my birthday, 20th of july if you're wondering. That's why I'm buying my wand today, we arrived yesterday but I wanted it to be special. I thought I wouldn't have much use for a wand since my family uses mostly wandless magic, but it's tradition here so I better work with it. England is warmer than what I expected, but it's summer over here, so it's nothing more than normal, let's not get too excited with that.
Grandma used to come here often for family business, turns out the english are rather fond of our firewhisky. She didn't say much about the family she traded with, only that they are a bunch of stuck up arses with taste, obviously. Our society is passed from mother to daughter, the men usually look out for the abraxan farm that we also own. You would think that we are some spoiled brats but most of the money we earn, is used to help out the muggle and wizard community, family tradition. We live with what we need, enough to be confortable but not too much so that we don't get too cocky. I mean don't get me wrong, I love helping people, but a few weeks in Polynesia wouldn't hurt.
We all agreed that dear old granny is the one that shall guide us while buying my furniture.
"Where is your dad gonna take you to dinner?" Asked my mom falsely innocent, looking at robes while I was trying one on.
"Well I don't know does he even remember the fact that I don't eat meat, because if he takes me to a grill house again, I swear I'm gonna loose it." Liliana snorted, recalling her daughter's face when she came back. "I'm done I think, can we go meet grandma and Rita for ice cream, then we go get my wand?" She asked. Liliana nodded and they both headed for Fortescue's ice cream.
"Ollivander's, how much for you to call your first child like that?" Mrs Nunes asked, looking down at her older granddaughter.
"Definitely a lot." She answered while entering the old shop. She admired the hundreds, or was it thousands? Boxes that were stocked up one another, the shelves looked about to fall, and Gi' wondered if they were magically holding up.
"Is it Miss Nolano's first year then? I thought you would buy her wand with Mr Quintana, even if you're quite reluctant with wand use." Gi' looked up, hearing her name, finally noticing that there was a whole conversation animatedly going on between her grandma and the blue eyed wand maker. Soon enough there were all kinds of instruments measuring her, and mister Ollivander came with a few boxes.
"Try this. Blackthorne, 9.5 inches, dragon heartstring.". When Giovanna held the precious wood, it instantly bolted fire making everyone jump a little until Liliana conjured water and turned it off.
"Too hard, too hard, not strong enough." the old man mumbled in his beard. Everyone took a seat, somehow sensing that it would be longer than expected.
"I'm not liking this, it's not very birthday like, is it? I'm tired, hungry, and I've exploded and burned a few things over there, am I not made for any wand?" Gi' whined, everyone was silently thinking the same. After fourteen wands, three explosions and four shelves burning, Mr. Ollivander took a break in the depths of the store, supposedly looking for 'the one'. Gi' suspected greatly that he was maybe crying in some corner or having a stroke, that man did not look very young. The front door opened, a tall dark haired woman with a sharp face came in, accompanied by what looked like her two sons. One of them was taller, with slightly longer hair and a look of extreme boredom on his face, the smaller one on the other hand, had a look of curiosity, the same she probably had on her face when she came in Gi' thought.
"Mrs Nunes, what a pleasure, what are you doing so far from home? Work affair?" the woman said, wearing a mask of fake politeness.
"Mrs Black, I am not here for work, but for my granddaughter Giovanna Nolano, she's going to be at Hogwarts this year." Mrs Nunes sais proudly.
"Are you like a transfer student or" Before he could finish his sentence his mother shut the older boy up with a look that could freeze hell. Gi' felt another person looking at her and turned her face to catch the gaze of the younger boy eyeing her curiously.
"It's not very polite to stare." Giovanna whispered to the boy while the older women in the room talked formalities. The only thing she got back from him was an angry look, followed by a haugty sneer that angried her a bit. Sadly when she's angry, or feeling any other kind of emotion; "Stupid git" ;she curses, a lot. The boy in a state of shock, was about to say something when his mother called him to go fetch the books that had arrived. As he went out the store Gi' heard a shout calling her, Mr Ollivander came back, panting, holding a black velvet box.
"Aspen, 9.5 inches, white river monster spine, quite flexible." Giovanna took apprehensively the white elegant wand in her left hand and felt a light breeze carress her face. She was now beaming, she finally found her wand, should she name it? Everyone in the room was relieved, including Ollivander.
"White river monster spine, that's not very common, is it?" Liliana asked.
"I don't really use this kind of core, it was more of an experiment and I thought Id' keep it around just in case." He answered, eyeing the curly haired girl. "It's perfect for spells of force and elegance."
"I love it!" Gi' said. She meant it, she was in love with it, it was not too big, the perfect grip, she felt in harmony with it and left the store with an enormous smile on her face.
After that, the day went by smoothly, she got a cat for her birthday which, for some obscure reason, she called Willibat. Don't even ask. She will regret it later don't worry.
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