Chapter 3 The Wand
We walked into the wand shop cautiously. The shop was littered by piles and selves and tables covered and filled with long rectangular boxes. Dust covered everything and i had to fight not to sneeze. Then suddenly an old man with gray hair and green eyes appeared out of nowhere in front of me.
"Bleu Potter. I was wondering when i would be seeing you." said the man in a warm and sweet tone. "I remember your parents coming in for their first wands." he said and began shuffling through boxes.
"You knew my parents?" i asked confused and looked over at Ron who just shrugged.
"I remember every wand, for every person that i have ever sold and seen. So of course i remember your parents." he said coming up to me with a similar box o all the rest. "But i have a feeling that you might just as well be as complicated as your father. He had driftwood and sea grass. Which are usually rendered useless to make a wand. Lets just start off with the simple ones first." he said and took the lid off the box to reveal a jagged and smooth 6 inch wand. Not exactly good looking. I sighed and picked up the wand. I instantly regretted it when the wand literally burned my hand and a shock went up my arm.
"Oh i defiantly don't want to be doing that again." i said with a pained voice. I held my hand and watched the burned welt heal. I swallowed and looked at the little man shuffling through the mountains of wands. Finally he came back.
"Okay, so since that one didn't work, try this one. Its the closest i have to driftwood. Its Pond Cypress, which is the only wood i have right now that grows near or in water." he took the lid off and held the wand out to me. I took the wand and it felt the same way but a teeny bit less painful. But still painful. I dropped the wand and sighed.
"Its hopeless." i said and fell into an empty chair. The little man stood still and thought. Then his face lit up as though he just had an epiphany.
"Uh, Ron yes? Lets get you set up first then ill finish with Bleu." he said and began going to look through more boxes.
"It might take a while to find me the right wand so after you get your wand you can go back to the Three Broomsticks." i said.
"Okay. If your not back for dinner, want me to save you something?" he asked as the little man came back.
"Try this." he said and Ron took the wand and gave it a wave. A vase holding dead flowers exploded. "Nope." said the man and began looking again. It took three tries until Ron took a wand and a maroon rainbow popped out of the top like fireworks. I sighed and knew that finding my wand would never be that easy. Ron paid for his new wand.
"Make sure Caeruleus is alright." i said before he left. He nodded and went back out to his family. I turned back to the little man.
"Come with me. Your wand will be harder to make than normal ones." he said and began shuffling towards the back of the little shop. I followed without a word. When we managed to get through the mountains of boxes we arrived at a door that said lovingly 'DO NOT ENTER DANGER'. "This way."
He opened the door and a cacophony of good, great, bad and bile smells hit me all at once. I didn't know if i should cringe or smile at the smells. I ignored it and walked in behind Ollivander. In the second room it was just as crowded as the first. Except there were tables and table crowded with various magical items and tons of different types of woods and herbs.
"Now, I'm thinking that just with your father and the driftwood, you will need something more close to the water." he said and began fiddling with stuff on a table. And he fiddled for a couple more hours. I eventually found a fairly clean spot and took a little snooze. Until i was awoken by the sound of success.
"Whahappen?" i said tiredly to Ollivander. I noticed that through my drowsy eyelids he had a big ball of water floating above the table.
"I think i have made you the perfect wand." he said happily.
"Awesome." i said as enthusiastically as possible. What? I'm tired.
"Now all i need is for you to try it out." he said. He then pointed his wand at the orb and the middle separated to make is look like a bagel. But in the middle of the whole was about two inches of what looked like my wand. "That's your wand. I swear its longer. All you have to do is reach in and take it." i sighed.
I reached in and took the short piece of wand into my thumb and pointer finger. I pulled it towards me and soon it separated from the orb completely. The wand was about 12 inches long and made entirely out of water. I wrapped my hand around the bottom of it and the wand began to glow the faint blue that my legs do when I'm in water. I warm tingle went up my arm and little watery sparks began to fly out of the tip of my wand. My wand. It was perfect.
"Its perfect Ollivander. Thank you." i said to him.
"Its my pleasure dear. But i do think that there will be some drawbacks to this wand. Like regular water it needs to go through a cycle. Like a charging. You cant drink old water. I might be wrong but i still suggest putting it in a bowl of water once a day. Just to be safe." he warned me, but i knew i wouldn't need to. Somehow i knew that with my strange power I wouldn't need to. We walked out of the back room with him in front. Since no one was looking i bent down and pushed the wand against the calf of my leg and it went in like a coin would into a phone booth. I smiled and began shuffling over the mounds of boxes.
I paid Ollivander and gave him a hug and one last thanks. I walked out of the shop and noticed that it had become pretty late. I ran all the way to the Three Broomsticks. I got dirty looks from various locals and bystanders. I pushed through the door to the Three Broomsticks into the eating area and saw that the Weasley's were still eating dinner.
"There you are!" Fred.
"What took you so bloody long?" George said. I sighed and laughed. I sat down in between the twins which had been saving.
"Took longer than we thought to find a wand." i said with a smile. I sighed and inhaled deeply trying to get the lost air back into my body again.
"Well eat. Your foods getting cold dear." said Mrs. Weasley. Dinner tonight was various chickens and salads. It was pretty good.
"Oh, tomorrow we need to get Bleu fitted for her robes." Mrs. Weasley said to her husband.
"Robes?" i asked between a bite of chicken.
"For school." Fred nudged my arm.
"Normal clothes only on the weekends." George said sadly.
"Well that's boring." i said.
"Oh mum, me and George have save up and need to go get a new broom. The backs are falling apart. Unrepairable." Fred said.
"Wait. Do both of you play Quidditch?" i asked fascinated.
"That's right." Fred.
"Beaters on the Gryffindor team." George said with a cocky grin.
"Sure, its alright dears. Just try and not spend all of your money." Mrs. Weasley said.
Dinner went by happily with talks of Quidditch and the different houses at Hogwarts. Soon i went to my room and went to bed with a big smile on my face and a full stomach. I woke in the morning with the sun shining on my face. I got up and dressed in well fitted shorts and shirt that i had bought the previous day. I was glad to be wearing clothes that actually fit. I went downstairs and sat at a table. A middle aged man came and brought me a plate of eggs, bacon, sausage, and toast. My mouth watered just looking at it. Soon the Weasley twins came down.
"Well good morning to you." Fred.
"How was our night? Great. Now or brother Ron-"George.
"Has a little price that needs to be paid. So we were wondering-"
"If you would like to help us play a little prank on Ron." George and Fred said both in sync. I took a bite of my toast and gazed at the twins in front of my as i chewed. I swallowed.
"Sure. What do you have in mind?" i asked leaning forward on my arms. They both smiled and all three of us began to plan. We had our plan all set up and ready as Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came down. Ginny, Percy then Ron followed behind them. Then we put our plan to action. Fred cast a charm under the table while muttering the words. Then Ron fell to the ground wrapped in rope.
"Come off! George!" Ron struggled while Fred, George and i were laughing our butts off. The twins were scolded and Ron ate breakfast in a fury. Fred and George went with me to get my robes fitted then i went with them to buy a new broom.
"Look! Its the new Nimbus 2000!" little kids were crowded in front of the broom shops front window gazing at the new broom. We went up and looked at the dazzling beauty. I admit that i hardly knew anything about Quidditch yet but that broom was beautiful.
"Its the fastest broom in the world." we heard another kid say in amazement. The twins and i all sighed and went into the shop.
"God that broom is beautiful." Fred said dreamily.
"Even with both of our money combined we wouldn't even be able to afford half of that. Ever." George said. We all went to look around and they both settled with a new Cleansweep 360.
"It sucks that first years aren't allowed to have brooms." Fred said as we walked out of the broom shop. We talked the rest of the day about Quidditch, Quidditch players, and Hogwarts teachers. After lunch i left the twins and went to shop for more clothes. Soon i had spent the money i had and went back to Gringotts for more. After i had refilled my bag with as much as i was comfortable with i went to go buy a couple more outfits. We were leaving tomorrow so i had to have everything ready. And now i was. I ended the day with a long hot bath.
****Hey guys! Comment if you want me to put up the next chapter! i already have it writted for a couple more chapter but i want someone to tell me its actually GOOD before i out anything else up ...so let me know please
-Bleu
and yes that is my real name