Here is the second chapter. I just wanted to say that I wrote this story before reading "The Cursed Child", which was great by the way, so it has nothing to do with it. Sorry. Also thank you the22nddoctor for taking the time to review.

I was woken by someone shaking me. I opened my eyes having no idea what to expect. But what I saw was beyond any expectation. Mel was standing by my bed shaking me so I would wake up. The first thing that struck me was the stick she was holding. It looked like a stick but there was a light on its tip. It was glowing like a little light bulb was fastened on the edge.

The next thing that amazed me were the clothes she was wearing. She was wearing a white shirt, a black tie, a grey sweater, a black skirt, black stockings and black shoes. She looked like she was going to college or something, but something stood out. That something was a black thing that looked like a cloak which she was wearing over everything else. Also her hair was still the same colour as yesterday, a dark shade of purple. Since it was my birthday, she should have dyed it emerald green, but she might have forgotten, I thought.

"What time is it?" I asked her yawning.

"Six in the morning," she answered.

I opened my mouth to ask her what was going on, but she tossed me some clothes that looked like hers, only that there were pants instead of a skirt and stockings and different shoes. "Put these on, quickly," she said urgently "No time for questions!" I took the clothes and began changing out of my pyjamas and into the clothes she had given me while she started putting my things away into my trunk. I was facing some difficulties in tying my tie, but in the end I managed to do it.

"Take your trunk and the stuffed owl I gave you, follow me and be quiet!" Mel said. She sounded so urgent that I was beginning to feel like something was wrong. I put the owl in my trunk (without knowing why), took hold of the trunk and then noticed hers which was near the entrance to my room. Mel grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the room, taking her trunk with her and holding the stick in the hand that was holding mine. We ran down the stairs of the orphanage as quietly as we could, dragging our trunks behind us.

I expected that Mel had decided that we should run away and was leading me to the main entrance. But she didn't. We went to the living room and she stood in front of the fireplace. She let go of my hand, whispered "Nox" to the stick, and the light disappeared. She then put her hand in her pocket and pulled out some weird dust. She threw the dust into the fireplace and it turned into green flames. Then she pushed me and my trunk towards the fireplace. "What are you doing?" I asked her shocked.

Instead of an answer, she grabbed my arm again and said "The Leaky Cauldron" before stepping into the flames.

Suddenly, we weren't in the orphanage's living room any more but in a room completely unknown to me. I didn't have time to look around though, because Mel pulled me out and we ran out of a back door. A brick wall was in front of us, but when Mel tapped some bricks with the stick, the wall split open to reveal a strange street. It was full of shops, but shops that looked very weird, almost as if this was another world. I forgot that Mel had told me not to ask any questions yet and asked her where we were. To my amazement, she did answer and said that were in Diagon Alley.

I had no idea what that was, but didn't ask anything else because when I opened my mouth to do so, she gave me a death glare. I wanted to look around because this Diagon Alley place looked really cool, but Mel pulled my hand, again, and we left the spot where we were standing. We went down Diagon Alley and reached another strange looking shop with a sign that said 'Ollivander's Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 B.C.' Makers of Fine Wands? What was going on in the world?

We entered the shop and it was pretty dark in there. Of course, the light of day had only just appeared, but don't shops usually have lights? "Mr. Ollivander!" Mel called out to someone once we were inside. A very old looking man appeared and smiled at her. "Miss Andrews," he said "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit? I sold you a wand a few days ago, and a very good one too. 11" vine wood with a phoenix feather, if I remember correctly,"

"You remember well Mr. Ollivander," Mel said and smiled at him "I'm not here to buy a wand for myself though. My friend Danny Odny needs one for Hogwarts," she said. Why on earth would I need a wand, which doesn't even exist, and what the hell was Hogwarts? Witches and wizards had wands in fairy tales, but they're fairy tales, they don't exist! What wands were Mel and Ollivander talking about?

"Of course," Ollivander said. He took out what looked like a tape measure and started measuring my arms and not only. Finally, he stopped and said "I will bring a few and be with you in a moment." With that he disappeared back to where he'd come from. He returned holding some sticks, which looked quite much like the one Mel had. He gave me one and told me to give it a flick. I did as I was told and immediately, a shower of sparks flew out from the tip. Mel and I ducked to make sure they didn't hit us. "Perhaps not this one." Ollivander said and took the stick away. I was still recovering from the first shock when he gave me another one and told me the same thing.

I flicked about ten of those sticks, which I guessed were wands, and every time caused some disaster. When I flicked the fourth one, it knocked down two vases, the sixth one nearly burnt down Ollivander's desk, the seventh one disordered everything that was on it and the tenth one could have burnt Mel's hair, which would have made her want to kill me had it happened. Ollivander seemed frustrated after the tenth one. "I don't understand," he said "It's never taken any wizard so long to find a wand and if he's just like any other…"

He stopped in the middle of the sentence and turned to Mel. "May I speak to you in private Miss Andrews?" he said. Mel nodded and they went into the room where he kept the wands. I knew I shouldn't, but I was sure they were going to say something about me and that made me want to know what, so I secretly followed them. "…Dumbledore told me about the Odnies long ago. Are you sure it's safe?" I heard Ollivander say.

What was safe? Who was Dumbledore? And what did he know about me that I didn't? "Dumbledore is the one who wanted me to do this," Mel answered "And I will!" It surprised me how she said it with so much confidence and like she knew exactly what she was doing and no one would stop her. I knew she could be very stubborn, but now it felt like no one could change her mind. "Very well," Ollivander said and they turned towards the entrance. I left the spot where I had listened to their conversation and returned to where I had been before they left.

Ollivander was carrying a wand with him when they returned. "Try this one," he told me and gave it to me. I took it in my hand and instantly felt like it warmed my palm. I gave it a flick and sparks flew out of it. But unlike the first time, it was as if I controlled them. I played around with them for some seconds before they vanished.

"13" oak wood and a thestral tail hair. Very interesting…" Ollivander said as he went to his desk. "And why is it interesting?" I asked. I was sick of not having my questions answered and I couldn't help asking this one.

"I have not used a thestral hair before for a wand. I made this one a few weeks ago, because a friend brought the hair to me as a gift. Thestral tail hairs are not common wand cores and they say that they rarely choose any ordinary wizard. Usually, wizards whose wand has a core like yours, are ones who are important, who have something to prove," Ollivander said.

"So I have something to prove?" I asked him.

"I do not know Mr. Odny," he answered "But if you do, it must be important."

I wanted to ask more, but Mel interrupted our conversation. "How much is it?" she asked. Ollivander told her that it cost seven galleons? and she took seven golden coins out of her pocket and gave them to him. He took them and then Mel took my hand, which was beginning to irritate me, and pulled me out. "I don't have any more floo powder," she said "So we have to get to London on foot."

Why did we have to get to London? She'd taken me all the way to this unknown place and now announced to me that we had to go to London too? This was the weirdest birthday I'd ever had. Also, what's floo powder? Probably that dust she threw into the orphanage's fireplace. I had so many questions that needed answering, and quickly.

We started running. It was hard to run quickly while dragging my trunk behind me and trying not to collapse because I'd hardly slept the night before. I couldn't believe that Mel was taking me to London. I'd never been to London before. I'd heard about it many times and had wanted to know what it looked like, but I'd never had the chance to go.

I was trying to let my excitement take over my exhaustion, but honestly, it wasn't very easy. By that time I had completely forgotten the fact that it was my birthday that day and that school was supposed to start in a few hours. It wouldn't be good if I appeared in class an hour late. It would make a very bad first impression, and first impressions are important.

At some point I realised that we must have reached the city. It was pretty obvious because the scenery changed completely and I saw very tall buildings. Man, it was huge! I wanted to stop and look around now that the sun had risen, but Mel wouldn't let me, she kept tugging at my sleeve, urging me to go on.

We were both out of breath when we reached a station. A sign informed me that this was King's Cross station. Why were we going to the train station? I looked at the clock to see what time it was and it said 10.57. School had already started, but I had the feeling I wasn't going to go at all today. Mel led me to the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 and stopped running. For the first time in hours she talked to me and, while gasping for breath, said "Danny, I really need you to trust me know. Whatever happens, don't freak out!" She then started running towards the barrier. What was she doing? We were going to crash into it! I closed my eyes and waited for the crash to come, but it never did.

When I opened my eyes, we were in a totally different platform. It looked older than the other ones. The sign said that this was platform 9 ¾. I'd never heard of it before. A crowd of people seemed to be waving at something. Mel and I pushed through the crowd and then I saw a huge red train with the words Hogwarts Express written on the front of it.

We ran through the door, and just as we did the doors closed and the train began leaving the station.

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