Chapter 11-Hogsmeade Adventures
With it now 30 minutes after dinner and Harry was returning from his meeting with Dumbledore, after making him realize that (as his own guardian) Harry was able to go to Hogsmeade like his fellow classmen and Dumbledore had no control over what he could do. Now up in the Gryffindor commonroom, Harry was joined by: Ginny and Hermione, as they began to plan their weekend in Hogsmeade and fit it around Harry's appointment with Olivander, when a light flashed over his head and thought, 'So that's it! Dumbledore doesn't want me to have a new wand,' and as he shared the thought with: Hermione and Ginny, Hermione conceded, "It does make sense, seeing as your holy wand holds the twin core to Tom Riddles," though it was hard for to do so.
A.N. while Hermione is now not so confident in Dumbledore, she still has trouble with questioning true faces.
After venting for a little bit (and thinking of How Dumbles found out about Olivanders visit), Harry and the Girls finished up their planning, before heading off to bed and the land of dreams. The Saturday morning came around quite quietly, compared to most days, but it was even more quieter for Harry as he had not once heard snoring coming from the bed next to him and the lump between the sheets clearly shown that Ron was in bed but there was no sound what so ever, which was surprising as Ron snoring could only be slightly muffled by a silencing charms, and no sound means he wasn't asleep, but that was also impossible.
Put that aside, went threw his morning rituals and got dress in a black muscle shirt, with a black pair of casual cargo pants, under a gold piped crimson trenchcoat and emerald green leather boots, held together with the Wizardriver. After getting dressed, Harry headed down the commonroom, where he met with Hermione and Ginny, though they slightly more tired than Harry was, before they all headed for the great hall for breakfast, but unknown to them a ferret like being was following close behind them since they had exited the corridor to their commonroom and this ferret like being was determining the best solution to get the 2 in trouble for Pro. Umbridge.
After exiting the castle, Harry and the girls made their way over to where McGonagall was, while Harry was retrieving his paperwork for the trip to Hogsmeade, both the consent form and emancipation papers. While put out by the emancipation papers allowing Harry to sign the permission form, Minerva still directed Harry to follow the girls into Hogsmeade. Entering the village on foot, Harry had found that he had 3 hours before his appointment with Olivander and decided that he would spend the time with the girls as they went on their shopping spree, though it was not all bad as Harry had needed to restock his stationary and potions kit (Yeah for some reason Pro. Snape continuously broke his glass vials when he handed in a perfect potion, so he could grade him poorly) this time how ever Harry was buying diamond made vials.
Back in Hogwarts, in the office of Delores Umbridge, the owner of that office was in a heated discussion with her boss Cornelius Fudge: the Minister of Magic, as they discuss the point of Harry Potter and his marginally higher grade than they wanted but had no answer for the his good work, nor could they put him detention (as he hadn't been doing anything to place me in trouble). While outside of the DADA office, now in the Headmasters office, Dumbledore himself was found pacing and scheming, of away to negate Harry's ability to use a different wand that his Holy with Fawkes tail feather.
Now in Hogsmeade, Harry and the girls had down all the shopping they came to town to do and it was now an hour until Harry's appointment, so they then decided to head towards the Leaky Cauldron and wait there for Olivander. On the way to the Cauldron, Harry and the girls quickly noticed several shops and business, which they had overlooked and now wished that they had the time to browser, but made mental notes of them for a later time or visit.
I did not take long for the trio to make it to the Cauldron and they had realized that they were early, when they did not see Olivander and the pub was barely populated with patrons (manly those who had no work life and preferred to drown themselves in alcohol) as the trio went into the pub and set themselves at a table booth furtherest away from the door, after all it does not make sense to be closer to an opening and be the first target if an attack happens. After sitting down, a waiter approached the table with a pad of paper, to take the trios order and then Harry ordered, "3 butter beers, one with cinnamon and plate of garlic bread Please," while perusing the menu, while the waiter jotted down the order and then said, "That will 6 Galleons and you meal will be served in 10 minutes," to which Harry gives her 6 Galleons and a trip of 1 Galleon and 20 sickles.
For a 10 minute wait, Harry and the girls got their drinks and food quickly, and as they were eating and drinking, they were then attemptedly joined by a suspicious looking Ronald Weasley and the first thing he tried to do was get Harry to come with him to check out the Quidditch shop, as per his job Dumbledore gave him to keep Harry for his appointment with Olivander, but that got him dismissed from the table for sitting without asking. 20 minutes after Ron had stormed off with a mission failure, Olivander showed up early during the lunch rush and joined the trio in having lunch, while having made their orders, Harry turned to Olivander and said, "As you remember from my letter, my wand isn't working properly as of late and I was wondering what could have caused the problem?" thinking over the question, Olivander took a swig of a more alcoholic version of Butter Beer and decided, "There any number of things that can cause the issue Mr. Potter, like I've explained in my letter – the only way it is identified is threw demonstration, though sometimes the caused can be due to the initial magical connection made during your first year, been severed by: a loss of an affinity towards the core or wood!" before letting Harry go threw the possibilities.
After lunch, Harry and Olivander lead the girls to an out of the way magical foci shop that was owned by Olivanders family but never made too much money and then went inside to find that to shop attendant had just gone to lunch; himself. Once Olivander had reopened the shop correctly, he then went into the store room to retrieve his magical measuring kit and other analysis instruments.
After returning with the equipment, Olivander then had Harry place his wand into a semi-circle recess of a device meant to measure the bond strength of a wand core with a human's magical core and once it was placed, Harry then placed a hand on a spot marked with the sign: [Place hand here], after a while the holy wand started to dimly glow purple and Olivander then said, "Okay Mr. Potter you may stop now," before placing a match on to the table saying , "Next test is first transfiguration, change this match into a needle," performing the magic, Harry succeed on his fifth try and even then the needle looked like a round bar stock of stainless steel, with no identifying point, while Olivander was taking notice of the test and then moved to the next test first year charms.
Hours later and Harry had performed the first 4 years worth of spells taught at Hogwarts (excluding the Patronus Charm which a N.E.W.T. level charm), to the satisfaction of Olivander as he himself took note of each result and then he had Harry stop casting spells so he could speak, "Okay Mr. Potter, I have what I need and problem revolves around your bond with the wands core, effectively your magic no longer sees Fawkes tail feather a remotely good fit and is not channeling itself properly," as he spoke, Olivander's mood was becoming joyful, like the thought of a challenge been issued and then he directed Harry to follow him into the back of the store.
In the back of the store, Harry saw several different tools and equipment relating to the muggle woodworking professions, like model making and millions upon millions of different woods, feathers, fleshy strings (heartstrings), hairs (tail hairs) and small gemstones. After setting himself back up in the storeroom/workshop, Olivander then said, "Mr. Potter, because Fawkes tail feather is no longer bonded to your core, we have to make you a custom wand for the remainder of your Hogwarts schooling," as he directed Harry towards the racks.
Back in the main shop front, Hermione and Ginny waited patiently for the return of their friend/boyfriend, so they could return to enjoying their Hogsmeade weekend. Elsewhere in the village, Ronald Weasley was now getting pissed off, first he fails the mission Dumbledore the Great gave him and now when he is trying to salvage it, by looking for Harry and the girls, but he had lost them and worse of all his stomach was now making itself known the boy, so that caused him to have to get back to the Leaky Cauldron and there in lies another problem: for such a small town Ron knows how to get lost in it.
Now in the Hogsmeade wand shop, out in the storeroom: Harry, following the directions of Olivander, had chosen a feather core colored: Electric Blue, Lightning Yellow and Storm silver, which Olivander had identified as a Thunderbird tail feather, the Harry was directed to the racks of wood, here he was asked to drop the feather and see where it landed and once it was released, the feather did not even hesitate, as it shot out of Harrys hand to pierce the end of an oddly rainbow colored wood known as: Spectrum Mahogany. Then once the wood and core was gathered, Olivander had Harry bring them over to his station, where Olivander began the process of turning the wood on the lathe into a cylinder, ready for the installation of the core.
Due to Olivander's O.C.D. (not bashing on the disorder) Harry's new wand had taken 4 hours to complete and further 8 hours to make sure Olivander believed it to be perfect, so when Harry had finally had the chance to gasp the wand, it caused his magical core to literally sing and made so many colors of fireworks burst from the tip, that the whole storeroom what blanketed in sparks. After the event, Harry offered to pay for his services, was declined and sent back into the shop front, where he met up with the girls, before they all headed out the door and due to the lateness of the day, they then returned to Hogwarts.
