"Ok everyone! Line up!" Mrs. Weasley ordered.
It is the day after me and Ron got our letters and we are all going to Diagon Alley to get me some supplies. The reason that i only said me is because they are shopping for me only!
They said that they are giving Ron Charlie's old wand, his old books, his old robes and even his old rat Scabbers!
(P.S. Ron told me that Charlie is his oldest brother and has gone off dragon hunting! How exciting right!)
"Ok Percy your first, you can show Cora how to travel this sort of way!" Mrs. Weasley demanded. We were standing in front of their fireplace and Mrs. Weasley had a pot of what looked like ashes in it.
Percy stood inside the fireplace and grabbed a handful of the ash and said "DIAGON ALLEY!" and separating the vowels so he was saying it super clear.
Then all of a sudden after throwing down the ash he was gone!
"Whoa!" I said in wonder.
"Okay, you next." Mrs. Weasley said pointing at me. I was as scared as any one could ever be! If I said the wrong thing I would be lost and might die alone in the wilderness. If I did somehow say the right thing, would it hurt teleporting?
"Ummm… I don't know if I want to…." I muttered. "Oh come on! You'll be all right just as long as you say the words clearly." She assured me. But I still didn't know if it would hurt or not.
I tried to ask but, she started to push me into the fireplace. "Just take some of this and do exactly what Percy did." Mrs. Weasley commanded.
I took some of the powder and yelled out as clearly as I could "DIAGON ALLEY!" then threw the ash onto the fireplace floor.
Suddenly my eyes started to sting. There was green smoke all around me. I started to panic, swishing my arms around to try to find my way out, when the smoke had disappeared and I was in a large town full of shops.
Had I gone to the right place? Yes, I had. I saw Percy staring off into space in front of a book store.
"Percy!" I yelled rushing over to him.
"Well I see that you got here safely" he said
"Yeah but my eyes stung a little" I told him
"Mum didn't tell you to close your eyes?" he asked
"No" I answered looking anxiously waiting for the rest of the Weasleys to appear.
"Well that's odd?" he told himself.
Then Ginny and Mrs. Weasley appeared together and right after them came Ron, Fred and Mr. Weasley. George was the last one to appear.
"Let's look at your list." Mrs. Weasley said pulling my letter out of her pocket.
I looked down at the letter and it read:
First Years
Uniform:
The quantity given are the suggested minimum requirements.
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One winter cloak (black with silver fastenings)
4. Three white shirts for boys or blouses for girls
5. Two grey sweaters, vests or cardigans
6. Two pairs of trousers or shorts for boys, or skirts for girls
7. Three pairs of white knee socks or black wool stockings for girls, or grey knee socks or black ankle socks for boys.
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags.
Required Text books
Hogwarts: A History: by Chroniculus Punnet
A History of Magic: by Bathilda Bagshot
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection: by Quentin Tremble
How Not To Blow Off Your Fingers On The First Day: by Julius Gummidge
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration: by Emeric Switch
Quidditch Through the Ages: by Kennilworthy Whisp
Goshawk's Guide to Herbology: by Miranda Goshawk
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade1): by Miranda Goshawk
Hilary Stargazer's Guide to the Galaxy: by Hilary Stargazer
Other Equipment:
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass viles
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
1 basic potions ingredients kit
1 set of protective gloves
Quills
Inks
Parchment
Blank Journal
Students may also bring two familiars or pets, with one of them being an owl. Approved familiars are:
Toad
Cat
Rat
Pygmy Puff
Owl
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST-YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Wow, that's a lot of supplies!" I said
We had gotten all of the supplies including a Russian Blue, female cat that I creatively named, Roxy. Mrs. weasley said that i could use Ron's owl to send letters to them.
The only thing that was left on the list was a wand. I was so excited I was skipping all the way to "Ollivander's WandShop". Ron on the other hand was dragging his feet begging to get his own wand.
As we walked along the south-side of Diagon Alley to get to Ollivander's there was a gigantic man walking by coming in the direction of the wand shop. Next to him was a boy with rounded glasses and black messy hair. I stared at the two until they were out of sight and by then we had reached Ollivander's Wand Shop.
Mrs. Weasley and I walked in together leaving Mr. Weasley and the boys to check out a new broomstick called the Nimbus 2000.
Inside was an old man with square glasses looking at rectangle boxes.
"Hello, Excuse me we are here to purchase a wand for young Cora here." Mrs. Weasley announced. The man grabbed a tape measure and snapped his fingers. The measuring tape started to measure my arms and legs. Then after he snapped his fingers again it stopped.
"Ok how about this one?" he asked giving me a wooden wand. "It's an Alder with unicorn core, eleven and a half inches, brittle." He informed me.
I swished it around and I heard something crash somewhere. He jumped and took the wand from me.
"This one?" he asked handing me another one. "It's a Laurel, Phoenix feather, 13 and a half inches, slightly springy." He said.
I swished it around and there was not a single crash to be heard, in fact beautiful, bright colors shot out of it.
"Yes this is the one! This one has chosen you." He said smiling at me. "Thank you Gallivander, here you go." Mrs. Weasley said handing over some silver and gold coins to him.
"We best be going now that you have all of your things." She said leading me out the door. My wand was so beautiful! I had never seen anything like it. Apparently all the rest of the Weasleys thought so to because when we got home everyone was admiring it.
I can't wait to go to Hogwarts!
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter i worked very hard on it (P.S. I was shaking the entire time because i was so excited to upload this!) Soon i will be posting the train ride and the sorting which will probably be this Tuesday because i have to practice my sports tomoz! TOOTLES! ( Don't forget to Favorite, share and follow if you like it! Also i love getting feed back so go ahead and make a review.)
