A/N: I apologize for the long delay. There are no excuses that will suffice, so I apologize and present you with this. Enjoy.
Ginny rushed into the quiet shop, breathless from having run from the Leaky Cauldron. Mr. Ollivander stood there watching in amusement for a moment before speaking in his slow, raspy voice.
"Good morning, Miss Ev. Your young friend, Ki, has been in to see you this morning."
Ginny sighed and took off her coat. "I'm sorry I missed him. I'm also sorry I'm late. There aren't too many more days before school starts again."
Her employer nodded. "Yes, several first years will be in for their wands today. Seems Hogwarts is still safer without Dumbledore that the rest of the world."
Ginny nodded and sighed, reaching for the wand she'd been working with the day before. "I will miss him."
Ollivander nodded, but didn't speak. In fact, neither spoke until the door opened nearly an hour later. Then Mr. Ollivander spoke to the customer, for Ginny was in the back, trying to match the wand she'd made with a magical core.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, had offered to take Fleur's little sister Gabrielle to get her first wand. Harry had really offered to take her because he wanted to see Ev again, having missed her early that morning. Ron and Hermione went along, Hermione to see this girl he'd become friends with behind Ginny's back. Ron went to protect both him and Ginny, though he didn't mention that to anyone.
They neared the store, wearing the disguises they wore so as not to be recognized. Once they neared Ollivander's, Hermione brightened.
"Good, maybe Ginny's here today," she chirped.
"Ginny works here?" Harry asked. "But, Ev works here, and I've never seen Ginny in there once."
Hermione looked confused. "That seems odd."
They went for the door, and Ron sucked in a breath. He didn't want to see Harry's face when they all found out what he already knew. On the other hand, he did want to see Hermione's.
The entered the building, and Mr. Ollivander smiled. "Hello, welcome to my shop. Little Gabrielle Delacour, getting her first wand. I don't use veela hair for my wands, but perhaps we can find one that is acceptable anyway."
They began the ordeal of finding a wand for Gabrielle. None of the wands seem to take to her, and even Mr. Ollivander began to lose hope.
"Let me ask my apprentice what she thinks," he suggested. "Ev has quite the eye for these things."
"Mr. Ollivander," Ev's voice carried from the back. "I've finished the wand!"
"That's her," Harry said excitedly to Ron and Hermione.
The apprentice in question walked out, but to Harry's surprise, it was Ginny who carried the wand.
"It's excellent, Miss Ev," Ollivander smiled. "Let's let our small guest try it out."
He handed the wand to Gabrielle and immediately she smiled and waved it, emitting a shower of gold and silver sparks.
"What was the core?" he asked the young woman beside him.
"I combined a core of unicorn hair and a dragon heartstring. It was the only thing that seemed to fit."
"Fit it did, with the wood and this girl."
"Wait…Ginny is Ev?" Harry exclaimed, forgetting he was still in disguise.
Ginny looked at him in shock.
"Ki?" she exclaimed. "What are you doing here? And Ron? I thought you promised to leave him alone."
Harry dropped his disguise, and Ginny gasped.
"Bloody hell, not you, Harry!"
///I know, this is a short chapter. But this is a natural stopping place for the chapter.