After having dealt with the problem of a house in Britain and getting to London proper. Mima was walking with Marisa to the leaky cauldron as she could almost feel the excitement pouring out of Marisa which elicited a chuckle out of the spirit. "Alright, alright let's get this done since even though we have a few months to prepare it will fly by I presume." The two had decided the best way to explain her coming to Hogwarts was for Marisa to say she was moving back to England since the Mima was "adopting" her and she lived in the house she was currently busy renovating.
"Where are we going first Miss Mima?" the pint-sized witch asked innocently as the two entered the leaky cauldron. The smell of alcohol and other assorted drugs blasted the two witches noses earning a reaction from the younger witch, that involved covering up her nose to try and block out the scent.
Mima, on the other hand, ignored the smells and sounds of the bar as she floated over to the barkeep with Marisa in tow. After a few seconds, the barkeep walked over cleaning a glass with a rag. "How may I help the two of you?"
Mima leaned forward on the bar table before speaking. "I… need to get to Diagon alley mind showing us how to get in?" She placed a few hundred yen as payment which he begrudgingly took before setting the glass down and motioning to follow him.
The two found themselves in the backyard of the pub and the Mima looked around not pleased. The barkeep walked over to the brick wall on the back and tapped a few bricks in a specific order which started to move and opening up a hole which showed the alleyway proper. Mima thanked the barkeep with Marisa not long after and the two started to walk through.
"Mima?" The smaller witch asked with a quiet voice.
"What is it, Marisa?" the older spirit asked in reply as she continued to walk forward keeping the whole master and apprentice prefixes down for the time being.
"You haven't said how we are going to pay for everything on the list," Marisa said as she saw kids looking at brooms and talking about how they are the fastest.
Mima sighed as the two soon came upon an imposing marble building with Gringotts written in gold on the marble. Looking to where Marisa was she could see Marisa was stunned into silence by the building. "Here is where we are going, come on we don't have all day to stand and gawk at the building." Mima started to continue and opened up the doors to the bank letting Marisa enter first before walking in behind.
Marisa could see eyes lock on her as she followed her master, causing her to hide behind the clothing before stopping at the farthest bank teller who was busy scratching something into parchment before looking down to the two witches. He spoke slowly and clearly. "How may I help you?"
Mima sighed as she pulled out a key. "I'm here to withdraw on the behalf of miss Kirisame here." she motioned to the little girl before continuing. "I believe this key should suffice for proof?"
The goblin leaned forward his grimace showing as he spoke. "Show me the key please…" His voice seemed to quest the validity of the spirits statement as she handed it to him. "The house of Kirisame is thought to be dead… I hope you realize the consequences of your statement if you are wrong. Especially for the child in your care…"
Mima nodded knowing full well that Goblins were not a bunch to be trifled with in any capacity. "I understand. Now, what needs to be done before we can proceed? The two of us have a deadline to meet and I rather not miss it."
The goblin nodded as he climbed off his seat and walked around talking in an efficient tone. "Follow me, and we will check the blood to see if she is the heir to the house of Kirisame."
The goblin walked off with Mima and Marisa not far behind walking through the many doors and hallways of Gringotts before reaching a heavy iron door. "I'll just need a drop of the child's blood in the bowl." He knocked a few times and the door slowly opened showing a simple bowl in an empty room with a single table right next to it.
Once the two entered Mima picked up a needle and looked towards the apprentice. "I'll need your hand please." the red-haired witch held out her hand towards the spirit who in turn pricked her finger causing Marisa to wince in pain.
Mima then took the young witches hand and touched it to the liquid in the bowl. When nothing happened Mima and Marisa looked towards the goblin with a confused look. "What is supposed to happen?"
The goblin smirked a little as he started to exit. "Well now we go to your vault, if the liquid in question had reacted at all then the child in question would have met a quick and messy end." Upon hearing that Marisa almost looked like she was about to freak out understanding the underlying outcome that could have happened.
A while later Marisa and Mima had procured the necessary cash and items needed for her first year and left for Ollivanders to procure a wand that could work for the witch.
Upon entering the building the two encountered an obscene number of wands probably holding up shelves and wands alike.
"Ah, I was wondering when I would be expecting you Ms. Kirisame. I remember when your Mother came in to obtain her first wand. I believe it was Black Walnut, with a unicorn hair core and nine inches." a voice could be heard as they walked to the front desk. Ollivander took a look at the witch who smiled widely as her hair was ruffled by her master.
"Yes, My little apprentice here is going to Hogwarts this year and needs a wand," Mima responded with a calm demeanor as he had an idea of what her wand could be.
"Wait here," he ordered as he rushed off and the rustling of boxes and papers could be heard as he brought back a single box and opened it up. "Ash, Unicorn, and nine inches long, and fairly flexible." he handed the young witch the wand and she looked at it.
"Well go on do something with it," Marisa smirked as she thrusted it forward before seeing it do nothing. Looking around a crash could be heard causing her to jump slightly with a grin on her face.
"Oh this is fun," she remarked as he took the wand from her shit eating grin.
"No, no definitely won't do. Ah, maybe this perhaps?" he reached for a nearby box and handed to her which was slightly better but wasn't safely linked to her. Wand after wand was handed to her as she was starting to get bored with the occasional boom or bang.
"Well, let's try this one…" Ollivander spoke once again as he pulled out a wand and looked it over before handing it over to Marisa. "Dogwood, ten inches, rigid, with a dragon heartstring core."
"So uh, if the wand were to break. Would I need to go get a new one depending on the damage to it?" Marisa asked as she gave an uninterested wave and found that the wand vibrated slightly in her grasp as a surge of magical energy ran throughout her body. She had yelped at the new found feeling and dropped the wand in her reaction.
She kneeled down onto the ground as she gingerly poked the stick wary of it before picking it up carefully. The witch looked up to Ollivander who just watched with interest before looking towards Mima and speaking clearly. "Well, ma'am, I could find you a suitable wand if you so desire? Plus I'll figure the price for the wand if that is all."
The ancestor sighed as she handed the money over to the wandmaker. "Well, I'll be heading out with Marisa now." She looked over to the redhead and found she had pocketed the wand and was looking back at the spirit waiting for her orders. "Lots of things to do and buy and not a whole lot of time to get everything ready from norms and such here."
Ollivander nodded and thanked the two for the purchase and soon the two were off once again to complete the school list. A while later the two had a couple last things to get; one of which was a pet for the witch so the two could communicate and send notes if Marisa needs the help; and robes that fit the school dress code which was a bigger trouble since Marisa absolutely hated sitting down and doing nothing while someone got the dimensions for clothing.
Deciding to bite the bullet and get the clothing out of the way, Mima and with a frowning and annoyed Marisa in tow got the clothing Marisa would need, and soon after a young Pied crow was in Marisa's possession with it clinging onto the witches shoulder looking around with interest. And in a couple of months, it would be time for Marisa to go to Hogwarts.
-Author's notes-
I am not quite happy with the end result of this chapter but I do think I made a good choice skipping past the pet shop and the clothing scenes but really nothing major would have happened anyway since the major things I wanted to get done was the vault and her obtaining the wand. Say what you want with Marisa's choice of pet; but I think an animal from the genus Corvus (crows, ravens, and magpies are included into this) fit her well as a highly intelligent animal with the ability to solve problems using their brains rather than just brute force unlike owls. Though I almost gave her a magpie since they have a problem stealing stuff.
But reviews are always appreciated and it's nice to see the support the story has gotten.