We walked through London, Professor Dumbledore having left us to do "Hogwarts business." We didn't talk much, Professor McGonagall lost in thought and me taking in the scenery. I hadn't left the house sine Julia died and the sun was much brighter than I remembered. A man brushed past me and I stiffened but continued walking. It happened again and I flinched violently, accidently bumping McGonagall. I must have snapped her out of her thinking because she looked down at my terrified face with a confused look.
"Haven't you been in London before?" She asked pulling me to the side of the road in front of a little bar.
"I...I haven't left the house since Julia died when I was seven." I admitted taking another look at the bar and stopping, "If you think its funny trying to take me in there then you have a sick sense of humor." McGonagall let out a little noise when I told her this news then immediately her face softened into a pitying look.
"No Casper dear we just have to go through don't worry I won't let anyone touch you just stay next to me." She promised grabbing my hand and leading me into the building. I looked around at the people who all stopped and stared at me.
"Minerva! It's a pleasure to see you here!" The barman greeted us then looking at me said, "Is that.." I don't know what he meant but the whole room got quiet and McGonagall hid me behind her back.
"Yes it is and we need to go to Diagon Alley we're on a tight schedule." She replied sternly and started walking towards the back door, me in tow.
"Come on Minerva don't be like that we just wanna meet her." The barman called and I stopped, pulling my hand out of McGonagall's.
"Casper-" She started but I cut her off.
"Why would you want to meet me? How do you know who I am?" I asked ignoring McGonagall trying to pull me away.
"Well gee Minerva she doesn't even know who she is?" Tom answered looking back between us.
"What do you mean who I am?!" I exclaimed looking at McGonagall. "What don't I know?"
"Enough!" She yelled grabbing my wrist angrily and pulling me out the door, her face livid. She got to a brick wall and tapped the tip of her wand on a couple bricks, leading me angrily through the hole that opened.
It was like a different world.
Diagon Alley was London except magical. Cauldron shops, wand shops, and even a pet shop, but I was too angry to take it all in. I ripped my arm from McGonagall's and stood there, tears brimming in my eyes.
"What was that barmen talking about back there?" I questioned, desperately hoping for an answer.
"Nothing." She answered trying to grab me again but I moved out of the way.
"It's not nothing I thought I could trust you enough to tell me the truth, I let you touch me." I accused fighting the tears, "I guess I was wrong, letting people in does you no good." And with that I ran off into the crowd. I heard her yell my name and saw her trying to fight her way through me but I ran into a shop so she wouldn't find me.
"Hello my dear looking for a wand?" A voice asked and I spun around to see a frail old man behind the counter.
"Oh umm yeah I am." I answered awkwardly looking at him.
"Alright then just let me just take a few measurements." He replied throwing out a roll of measuring tape that measured my length and width without him doing anything. He looked at the measurements for a minute then walked into the back, muttering to himself and picking up three boxes at random.
"Okay why don't you just give these a wave Miss. Potter." He smiled kindly as I grabbed one of the boxes warily.
"How do you know my name?" I asked taking out the wand from the box. I gave it a wave and the box exploded with a bang. The man quickly pulled out his own wand and mended the box before answering.
"I remember you parents, I'm Olivander by the way, I sold them their wands." The man, Olivander, answered taking the wand from me and putting it away. Cautiously I grabbed the next wand and waved it sending red sparks flashing in front of me.
"Oh no definitely not that one try the other, Phoenix feather core, 8 1/2 inches, slightly springy." He muttered mostly to himself taking the wand from me and putting it in the back. I grabbed the third wand and gave it a hopeless wave. To my surprise everything slowed. I gave it another wave and life returned to its normal speed.
"Is this suppose to happen?" I asked as Ollivander looked at me in shock.
"My dear can you show me your wrist?" He asked ignoring my question. Confused yet again I pulled up the sleeve of my shirt. Ollivander gasped jumping backward.
"What?!" I exclaimed confused.
"The mark my dear the mark." He said looking me in the eye.
"Okay?" I replied still confused but his pale face told me that it was something bad.
"N..nothing Miss. Potter that wand will be 5 galleons." He stated not looking me in the eye. I grabbed the bag of money Professor Dumbledore had given to me before he left and gave Ollivander the galleons grudgingly.
I walked out onto the streets again with my new wand and bought all my other supplies. Once I had everything I realized that I didn't have anywhere to go. I didn't live with Ben anymore, going back there would be suicide. I felt a trickle of guilt as I thought of how I ditched McGonagall but then again, if she had really wanted to find me she would have. I remembered how she had dragged me out of the bar, her face livid and I realized that I should go there. I can finally get Tom to tell me who I really was.
I walked down the street avoided people at all cost, walked through the whole in the brick wall, and opened the back door. When I walked in all nobody noticed me, due to the fact that they were all standing around something. It was a women. She was crying about something she had lost. I ducked behind some boxes a bit closer to them so I could hear what they were saying.
"She's gone I looked everywhere…she..she hates me now!" The women wailed to the crowd. "What if I never f..f..find her she could be anywhere!" The woman hiccuped and took another drink of her glass of water. I silently begged the woman to turn around so I could see her face, I swore her voice sounded extremely familiar.
Authors Note- Hey so I decided I would spam you guys because I've wrote about 60 pages of this story and I don't think I'll be able post on Wednesday and Thursday cuz I got soccer so how bout a spam Tuesday? Also I think I'm gonna try to do like a spam Saturday because you guys are great and I've been writing like crazy and I need to shut up now. Till next time! :)