Back again! Well I hope that last chapter was alright and I hope this chapter is okay, please PM me if I have made any mistakes because I fear I have. Cupcakes to all and I hope you enjoy!
Jack's eyes were almost popping out of his head as he stared around at the strange street before him. He didn't need to be told to get a move on by North. His head turned from side to side as he and North started to walk up the street.
The shops were selling all kinds of weird and wonderful items, one of them alarming him by a woman shouting, "Dragon livers, seventeen Sickles an ounce." Jack almost pulled a face at that but he thought it was best not to.
He did like the shop, Eeylops Owl Emporium – Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown and Snowy. He was going to ask North if he could had one but he remembered asking Tooth after Dumbledore left yesterday if he could take Baby Tooth with him and she had agreed as had Baby Tooth. She stuck to him like a magnet when she was on her breaks.
North then pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and squinted at it. "Now, we shall get your robes from Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. It's only a little further up" North said and Jack shuddered. The thought of uniform made him squirm. He did not want to swap his hoodie from some crummy uniform!
After walking past more strange shops… and people… Jack and North entered the robe shop to be greeted by the owner, Madam Malkin who was a squat, dressed in mauve. "Ah, you must be North, Dumbledore's friend and you must be young Jackson!" Madam Malkin beamed.
"Yes we are here for some fittings please!" North said with a smile, edging Jack forward.
Jack said nothing and Madam Malkin laughed, "A shy one? Come on; hop up on the stool back here. North, please wait here" Madam Malkin said, pointing to the back of the shop where a few stools were standing. Jack nodded his head and went over and hopped up on the stool. He didn't like the fact that she was babying him but he didn't want to be rude. He would probably get turned into a frog or something!
Madam Malkin then stood on a stool next to him and slipped a long robe over his head and began to pin it to the right length. As Jack watched her work, he eyes the caught the sight of a paper and the words and pictures on the front appeared to be moving. He could faintly see an image of a boy and his name was the heading of the page. First of all, that paper was weird. Secondly, Harry Potter, Jack thought. Was that the guy who Hagrid was talking about? He had to know why Harry was in the paper.
"Excuse me, but who is that guy in the paper?" Jack asked and Madam Malkin turned to the paper.
"Oh that's Harry Potter. He is the one who claims that the Dark Lord is back and the one who claimed that Cedric Diggory was killed by the Dark Lord right in front of him. He was also in the paper because he used magic outside of school against a… Dementor apparently. Almost got himself expelled" she replied without looking up.
Jack processed this. Maybe this was why Dumbledore wanted him and that Harry was a specific one that needed to be watched. The Dark Lord was a killer? Wow, the others and that teacher could have mentioned that!
Before Jack could ask anything else, Madam Malkin smiled at him; "Well that you done!" she said. Jack hopped down from his stool and Madam Malkin handed his robes which was wrapped up in a package.
Jack then walked back to the entrance of the shop where North was placing money on the counter. Madam Malkin gave him a wave and he waved back as they walked out of the shop. "See? Not so hard!" North said smiling. Jack looked up at him.
"I need to know a bit more about the Dark Lord" he said, lowering his voice at the last two words. North froze but then sighed.
"I guess you should know. Okay, we will get your staff sorted and we shall talk when we get back to Pole" North replied.
"Oh, I also heard about houses too! What are they?" Jack asked, quite eagerly.
"Oh, those are important! Well, Gryfifindor's emblematic animal is a lion, and its colours are red and gold. Its traits are bravery, nerve, chivalry, courage and daring. Hufflepuff's emblematic animal is a badger and its colours are yellow and black. The traits are dedication, hardworking, fair play, patience, kindness, tolerance and unafraid of toil. Ravenclaw's emblematic animal is an eagle and its colours are blue and bronze. The traits are intelligence, wit, wisdom, creativity, originality and individuality. Finally, Slytherin's emblematic animal is a serpent and its colours are green and silver. The traits are traditionalism, resourcefulness, cunning, ambition, leadership qualities, self-preservation, determination, intelligence, fraternity and power."
Jack exhaled loudly, "Wow that is a mouthful! Well I know I won't be in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff! Maybe Slytherin or Gryffindor I reckon" Jack said, his eyes going up as he thought about this. North smiled and then his eyes fell upon a shop.
It read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC. Jack pushed open the door and a little tinkle of a bell was heard above the door. It was quite a small shop but there was a chair in which North sat on. Jack saw thousands of narrow boxes piled up neatly right up to the ceiling. Jack looked up at them and his eyes bulged. "Mamma mia!" he breathed.
"Good afternoon" a soft voice said and Jack almost jumped out of his skin. He turned around to see an old man with wide pale eyes staring at him.
"Uh… hey" Jack said.
"You must be Jack Frost. Dumbledore spoke to me about you not long ago and said that you do not wish to have a wand but to use your staff as one instead? Well, I have a spell to transform it but I will have to put a substance in it. What it shall be, I do not know. The wand chooses the wizard" Ollivander said mysteriously.
Jack felt a bit edgy now as those eyes and the voice were a bit creepy. "May I have your staff?" he asked holding out a hand. Jack was hesitant but the throat clearing he got from North made him hand it over. Ollivander smiled as he took it and then went to the back of his store where Jack started to tap his fingers. Once he thought he heard Ollivander say, "I wonder…"
Finally, he came back but not with a staff in his hand but a wand which was a lot similar to his staff but no crescent shape on the end and the handle was smooth. The shop owner handed Jack the wand and as soon as it touched Jack's hand, a chill ran out through the air and this felt very pleasing to Jack.
"Bravo I say but very curious indeed" Ollivander said looking at the wand. Before Jack could ask what was curious, Ollivander cleared his throat.
"Now all you need to do to get your staff back to its normal size, you just say engorgio. Give it a try" Ollivander said and Jack looked at his wand.
"Engorgio" he said and instantly, his wand grew and the crook formed back and he was now holding his staff once again. Jack looked pleased at this as did North.
"Now to make it smaller again, just say, Reducio" Ollivander watching the boy with his pale eyes.
"Reducio" Jack said and watched his staff shrink back into a wand. Looking at the old man, he eyed the man suspiciously.
"What did you do to my staff?" he asked.
"I charmed it. I also placed a Dragon heartstring core in your staff which is needed to cast spells. That is a rather usual Dragon heartstring core I must say. I haven't been able to find a person who has managed to bond with it for a very long time. Very curious" Ollivander said.
Jack wasn't too sure if he liked this guy or not. He backed away and said the spell to make his staff come back and then watched North get up and pay. This year at Hogwarts was going to be very curious indeed.
So was it okay? Bad? Terrible? Please let me know? I had that info for the houses from a friend.
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