Charlette finally left her books to go get her wand, she got their just in time to see a young boy about her age coming out of the same shop. For some reason her instincts told her to run but rather than make a fool of her self she simply bowed her head as she passed him and continued quietly into the store.
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Remus left the store at the same time a girl was coming in. He was going to politely say hello to the girl but he noticed that she shied away 'great someone who is either familiar with their instincts, a novice seer or she knows what I am great just great.'
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Sirius noticed the boy he was trying to say hello to start to leave the store and stood up straight, insulted. How dare he not acknowledge him? A Black? He marched out, the bag on his back and grabbed a hold of the sandy haired boys shoulder. "Hey you! I said hello!" he said angrily.
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Ann checked off things in her head, holding many bags on her arms as her fingers twitched in unison with her counting. 'I've gotten books, a wand, and robes. I think all I need is potion ingredients.' She grimaced as she remembered the awful smell. 'I have no other choice, I guess.' She made her way through the crowd to the store.
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James looked at the red head waiting for a response wondering what was running through her head at what he just said or did.
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Remus jumped nearly a foot of the ground he was so startled by the boy who seemed to be mad at him for not responding "Oh I'm I...I didn't know you were speaking to me." Pausing he then introduced himself "Hello I'm Remus Lupin."
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Sirius smirked at how startled the boy was. "Im Sirius, Sirius Black." Sirius eyed the wand in the boys hand with faint interest. "What's your wand made of?"
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Remus smiled at this question and realized this boy was trying to be friendly, he was not shying away in instinctual fear of him like the girl had, neither was he ignoring him he was trying to be his friend. This had never happened to him before and he couldn't help the immense joy he felt "Oak, and you?"
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Sirius resisted the urge to grumble, but a little whine escaped. "Willow. But the core is Dragon heartstring!" He examined the boys relatively empty arms. "Just got here, huh?" he didn't even give Remus a chance to answer, but strode off towards Madam Malkins. "Come on! We'll get you fitted! Malkie puts a rush on whatever I desire."
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Remus nearly bounced in his happiness as he followed the boy to the robe shop.
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Peter had slipped away when he'd realised he wasn't being noticed. James had to gone to "woo" some girl and he was missing his parents; he found them again outside Flourish and Blotts looking worriedly for him.
His mother fluttered like a mother hen when he'd turned up and while he father wore an expression that said, "well... we've found him."
"Well," said his mother chirpily, "Got everything?"
Peter nodded, still slightly shocked from his meeting with James.
"Lovely!" she chimed. "We'll be off then!"
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Scarlett had made her way back to The Leaky Cauldron by following her aunt - she'd had her nose in a book all the time.
Her aunt walked in a settled into a seat, ready to eat before they left.
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Lee stood there frozen. She only stared into Liam's eye's seeing the emotions passing through them, she could tell he was telling the truth. "I... Ok, I will." She couldn't believe this was happening...
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Chris was still standing at the counter where she had bought the kittens. She just stood there deep in thought over what Liam had said. "... Same goes for me to Lee, anyone ever gives you any trouble, just come tell Liam or me. I won't let anyone hurt my friends." She finally spoke thinking over what Liam said. "After all, I'll probably have trouble myself, me being quarter-blood and all, ha." She added laughing. She picked up kittens she had just bought and walked over to Lee handing her her own. "Consider the kitten as a 'Welcome to the Wizardry World' gift."
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Amuri had stopped in mid-step to listen to what Liam had to say to Lee. She knew he looked kind, but she just didn't know how much he was.
When she heard the bit about werewolf, she flinched. No one except her grandparents knew about that. Now that she heard him through talking, and Lee responding, she walked warily over to the cage, nervous that Liam knew what she was.
As she neared, she took a look in the cage. In the cage was a Crup. A canine looking creature. It looked to be a Jack Russell Terrier, but with a forked tail; usually 'aggressive' to muggles, but loves wizards.
The Crup pup looked to be about 4 months or so old. He was mainly white with 2 brown spots over its eyes, making it look like glasses, and a big brown spot on it's back. It looked so adorable, and surprisingly, it didn't shy away from her. So, Amuri squatted down to get a better look at the strange dog.
"Hey there pup. You haven't shied away from me like the rest... I wonder why." she whispered as she reached her hand inside the cage. The pup slowly walked forward and sniffed her hand, then it poked it's ears up and started to wag it's tail as it licked her hand. Amuri started to laugh, now knowing the Crup puppy liked her. She looked around on the cage, but didn't see any kind of info for the pup. So, she sat up after patting the pup on the head, to go ask the person at the counter about the pup...
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Lee was full of mixed emotions, she couldn't believe any kid would be treated like that. "I guess I'll have to avoid your mum then huh? Why-...Why don't you go and just turn her in? What she does has to be illegal, doesn't it?" she asked before Chris walked up.
After picking up the kitten Chris had bought and given to her she smiled. "Thank you. I love her!" She said happily.
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Liam smiled slightly letting his hand drop "Thanks." After hearing her say the part about turning his mother in he paled "Yes it is illegal very much so in fact for not only is she killing she is very nearly exposing the wizarding world to muggles."
Looking away for a second he collected himself then smiled at both Lee and Chris uneasily which practically screamed there was more to the story about his mother "It's not that simple to turn her in however. First of all it would be a stupid move. Secondly I would be disowned from not only the house of Black but also the Petersons. Thirdly..." The next part came out in a dead whisper and it came out so fast he couldn't stop it "She would kill me before I got the chance to."
Or cast the Cruciatus Curse on me again like the time when I was nine and did try to turn her in. However she did warn me if I tried that again she would kill me.
Seeing the smile on her face he put a false smile on his face and stroked the little kitten with his spare hand that wasn't holding anything "This will not be the only gift you get today as I will also buy you something to welcome you to the wizarding world as well. Also I will buy something that will only be for the four of us that will show the beginning of a brilliant friendship."
He knew the perfect thing as well. In one of the shops he saw four necklaces which thankfully could be worn by either a guy or a girl and all the four pieces where beautiful alone but when connected together it was like the birth of a new star. Which was funny because when connected they formed into a star and shone like the ones in the night sky.
The necklaces where as such:
One was a White Rose - He thought that Amuri deserved this one for the innocence that shone in her eyes.
One was a Red Rose - He thought that the red one would be great for Chris because of her fiery spirit that he had only seen a small portion of.
One was a Black Rose - A black rose to show what house he came from.
Then the final one was a mixture of all three and Liam thought that one would go to Lee to signify not only was she friends with them three but that she was protected by them as well.
Each necklace would with the help of magic have their names written on the back on the three leaves would be a letter to show the first letter of each of the other necklaces owners names.
For Example Lee's Necklace would have three letters one on each petal each petal a different colour the red one would have a C for Chris on it, the white one an A for Amuri and then the Black would have an L for Liam on it. On the back of the rose would be the name Lee.
Having this sudden thought Liam quickly ran out of the shop and returned a minute later with the necklaces and gave the White one to Amuri, the Red one to Chris then the Red, White and Black one to Lee while he kept the Black one. "These necklaces signify our friendship..." Then he went onto explaining what ran through his head not that long ago which was about the petals and how when joined together they would turn into a small star like the ones in the night sky because of a spell that was on them.
He then turned to Amuri "The white one I gave you for the innocence in your eyes." Turning to Chris he said "The red rose for you because I can see a fiery spirit in you. The black one for me because I am from the House of Black." Turning to Lee he smiled "Then the one with all three for you to show we are your friends and that we will protect you. I know I will." He hoped this had cheered the mood up.
Remembering something he told them "There is a spell on them so they will never fall off or break and you will never lose them." Smiling he added "So what do you think?"
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Lucius walked by the Apothecary and spotted his younger brother and cousin. He slowly entered and stood behind them with a grin on his face, waiting for them to finish talking in whispers.
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Severus entered the Apothecary with his mother, trying to make himself the less visible possible. So many students where around! He went to a far shelf and admired the cauldrons, while his mother went to speak with the store keeper for some supplies.
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Peter and his parents decided to take the Floo back to their house. They went into the Leaky Cauldron, with his father first, his mother second, and Peter last.
They threw the Floo powder in sharply - Peter keeping his elbows tucked in - and whirled through various fireplaces. By the time they'd gotten to the house, Peter was feeling fully fatigued at the days events. He gotten his school supplies - yes - but he'd also met a new friend, stared lovingly at a broom and almost fallen out of the Floo.
He walked to the sofa and fell asleep quickly.
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Scarlett had finished - and so had her aunt... at last. She'd already read three chapters of Hogwarts: a History.
"Did you know," she piped up suddenly, "that Hogwarts has over seven hundred staircases that move?"
"Yes, dear. I did go there, you know?" replied her aunt, digging into the dessert she'd ordered.
Scarlett sighed. It would be good to get away from this.
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Charlette finally left the wand store, she already had plain black robes and potion supplies as her dad went to Hogwarts and is a potions master. So she headed back to her dad and the exit.
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Sirius, having lost Remus while drooling over a pair of quality Quidditch gloves, darted back through the crowd. 'I'm late! The old lady's going to have kittens!' He skidded to a stop beside his mother and resisted the urge to cringe when she glared frostily down at him.
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As soon as his mother finished, and giving one last glance at the shop, Severus left for home.
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While Liam waited for their reactions his eye noticed a clock in the shop and it told him he was already five minutes late for meeting his mother and aunt.
He winced slightly but looking at the three girls he smiled Even if she hurts me for my being late it will have been worth it to make three new friends who I will have never met if I went to my mother and that I would have regretted.
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Having been abandoned by Sirius, Remus continued looking through Madam Malkins alone.
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Ann smiled happily, propping her hands on her pyjama clad hips as she surveyed the items spread out on her bed that she'd bought that day. Mentally, she tallied up everything, each group of items separated into piles of where they were bought then by what they were. All books were alphabeticalized and everything else was stacked by size. She giggled then rearranged it again, this time by what would be needed for each class. It was a habit she had when she was going on a trip.
"Im gonna live in a castle," she sang under her breath. "And I'm gonna learn magic! Im gonna cause trouble, oh wont it be tragic." She paused and stuck out her tongue. "That was terrible."
"Annika! Go to bed!" her mothers voice shouted.
"Just a minute-!"
"NOW!" roared her mother.
Ann sighed and put everything into her new trunk, carefully arranging them by necessity. She turned out the light and hopped into bed, smiling. 'Im gonna live in a castle...'
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When they got home Rebecca went and began packing her trunk, when she finished she went outside to do some gardening as was one of her hobbies.
Melinda went to her room packed her stuff into her trunk then began reading her books. A few hours later she went to bed with a smile on her face already deciding she was going to enjoy Hogwarts.
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Once home Jon ran upstairs placed his things in his room then quickly went outside to do his chores like mucking out the stables.
Hours later he finished and read one of his books for about an hour before his eyes began to droop. Ten minutes passed and his mother entered his room to see if he was alright just to find him fast asleep with the book on his lap.
Walking quietly into the room she took the book placed a bookmark where he was at then placed it in his trunk with the rest of his things, kissed his forehead then left his room quietly shutting the door.
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When Remus was done at the robe shop he sauntered over to his mother to go to the apothecary and then they would be done.
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Something stirred Peter up. He looked out of the window - it was getting dark,
"Go upstairs and change," ordered his father. "Go to bed."
Now that he was home, it felt more exciting to be leaving for a castle but instead he groggily went upstairs and went back to bed.
In his dream, he was with his friend - James - and they were playing Quidditch. It was a very good dream.
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Charlette finished up at the apothecary and then met her dad at the ice-cream shop for lunch eventually going home.
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Lily snapped out of her daze, finally noticing the boy trying to talk to her. My names Lily Evans, it's nice to meet you James."
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James smiled when she introduced herself and only then noticed that his new friends had disappeared and foolishly began ignoring Lily while looking for his friends and when he stepped forward to see if he could see them he knocked her down.
James not realising this looked for them even more before turning back to Lily and not seeing her he looked around before spotting her on the ground and laughed "What are doing down there?"
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Sirius, refraining from tapping his foot in impatience around his mother, sighed in frustration. Where was Liam?
'If he's still flirting, Im going to kill him. Strangling with a cordless phone sounds appropriate.'
Sirius glanced around, scanning the crowd for Liam.
"Oh yes," his mother cooed. "Regulus is doing wonderful in school. Upholding the family name well. He actually passed his OWL's withall 'O's. Can you believe that? And-"
Sirius, not wanting to hear his mother gushing about Regulus any more, strode off into the crowd, determined to find his cousin. He came across Liam talking to those same two girls. He stopped over and, grabbing the collar of Liams robes, dragged him away.
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All of a sudden Liam got dragged away and he knew exactly by who. Yanking himself away he walked with his cousin to their mothers and muttered "Sorry I was making new friends."
Once they got there his mother smiled at his aunt then turned to them "Oh thank you Sirius for getting Liam." Looking at Liam she added "I hope you know this means no tea tonight Liam."
Liam nodded "Be late suffer the consequences I know mother and I accept them whole heartedly."
His mother's eyes widened slightly not having heard Liam accept so quickly before shaking her head slightly she went to a wall and tapped it in a sequence to let it open. Grabbing her sons arm she smiled at her sister in law "It was a pleasure seeing you today Walburga but I must be getting home."
Before they went Liam bowed to his aunt like his mother had taught him "It was a pleasure seeing you again aunt Walburga and I am sorry for having kept you waiting so long." Turning to Sirius he laughed "See you on the train."
With that they left using the floo network.
However once home Liam didn't just miss his tea he was taught a lesson through the cruciatus curse.
Once in bed his body kept jerking still reacting to the pain. His eyes where dead and if it wasn't for the rise of his chest someone would think him dead. She hadn't used the curse on him in years but never had she done it for so long.
Liam couldn't wait for Hogwarts for to him it wasn't just a place where he could make friends and possibly fall in love but he'd rather have friends than love, it was also a sanctuary for him away from his mother.
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Sirius followed his mother out of Diagon alley and back to his house where he immediately retired to his room, getting supper from the house elves. While chewing on a leg of lamb, he thought 'Hmmm.... I forgot to get a pet.' he shrugged and took another bite. 'I'll just borrow Liam's.'
After he ate, he leaned back in bed and sighed contently. 'School tomorrow.... and I don't think I've ever been more excited.' Sirius turned out the light and burrowed under the blankets. "Especially all the girls...."
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James waited for her answer but had to stop because his mother shouted him. Looking at Lily he said "It was nice to meet you Lily."
He laughed while walking away wondering why Lily ended up on the floor. For the next few hours he finished his shopping for his school supplies then made his way home with his mother. Then he went to bed not believing he would be in Hogwarts soon.
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