Hi someoneorother123 here, I'm posting from school so this message will have to be quick, I suppose just enjoy this chapter!

David Reiss

David opened his eyes in bed, Its my birthday today, he thought. He jumped out of bed, suddenly excited, he couldn't wait to see his birthday presents.

He quickly pulled on clothes and ran down the stairs into the living room.

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to David! Happy Birthday to you" his family sang as he walked into the room.

A grin spread across his face, "Thanks Guys!" He said.

"Happy Birthday David!" His little sister Cathy, said to him sweetly, handing him a box. She skipped back to their parents, her blonde curls bouncing around her shoulders. David loved his little sister, she was only six but very sweet.

"Thanks Cath" he replied quickly, eager to start opening presents. He tore open the wrapping to reveal a book, Quidditch Through the Ages.

"Thanks Guys! I've been wanting this for ages!" He said excitedly.

"Here's your present from Jake" his other sister, Sarah, said, handing him a small package. Jake was his neighbour and best friend.

He opened the package to find heaps of Chocolate Frog cards, his favourite sweet.

"And this ones from your parents" his mother said, handing him a large box. Inside was a broom care-taking kit.

"And, for your birthday, we're going to go to Diagon Alley!" His father added. David couldn't stop smiling, he'd received his letter a week ago, but they hadn't had time to go to Diagon Alley yet.

"Yippee!" He shouted, he couldn't wait to get to Diagon Alley, "I'll go get ready! Can we go soon!" he said, heading for the stairs.

"Hang on" his mother said, "Have some breakfast first, Sarah didn't make you your favourite for nothing" she continued.

David grinned and sat down whilst Sarah and Cathy, pretended to be chefs and served him a large serving of Bacon and Eggs. He quickly tucked in to his massive breakfast, savouring it, he didn't get bacon and eggs very often.

He finally finished his breakfast and rushed upstairs into his bedroom to get ready, and finally he was ready to go.

"Well, lets go" his mother said as he walked back into the living room. They didn't live very far from Charing Cross Road, so they took their car. Though David's parents were both magical, they both worked with Muggles a lot, so David knew a lot about Muggle's and had lived in the Muggle world for most of his life, he thought he had the best of both worlds.

The car finally pulled up outside The Leaky Cauldron. A tiny pub, the muggles couldn't see. The inside of the Pub was a lot bigger then how it looked. But David barely noticed anything inside, he was too excited. He waited eagerly as his father tapped his wand on the bricks outside, almost jumping up and down on the spot.

He almost ran down the long, cobbled alley. Staring around in wonder, he hadn't been to Diagon Alley for ages and everything seemed to be new.

They finally stopped outside Gringotts, a massive, white, marble building. Two goblins stood guard outside the door as they walked in, inside there were even more goblins, walking around everywhere, working.

"They look so creepy" Sarah whispered into his ear, she had to almost jump to reach it. David was very tall for a twelve year-old and Sarah was only ten.

"What are they?" Cathy asked warily.

"They're called Goblins" David replied, receiving an uncomfortable stare from a passing golbin in return for his comment.

They were shown down a dark passage-way by a short goblin, passing many other families getting out gold.

"What vault are you?" The goblin asked in his strange voice.

"Vault 378" his father replied.

The goblin nodded and showed them into a cart. David noticed that Sarah started to turn a bit pale.

"You okay?" he asked her and she nodded in reply, still looking a bit pale.

The cart slowly started, at first David was a bit disappointed, he had been hoping that the ride would be more fun. But then the cart started to go faster until it was racing along the tracks.

After getting the gold from their vault they emerged from Gringotts, a bit blinded by the sun. David checked his list.

"Where are we going to go first? Can we get a wand?" he asked his parents.

"Sure" his father replied smiling at him.

He ran across the square to the small shop labelled Ollivander's. David was excited, this was when he became a wizard. He stood alone in the centre of the room, wondering what to do.

"Greetings young man, I assume your here for a wand" Ollivander said, suddenly coming into view. He examined him for a moment, looking up and down him before disappearing into the shelves.

He hurried back out, carrying a wand, "Here try this, dragon heartstring and oak, 9 1/2 inches" he said.

David picked up the wand and started waving it around. Nothing happenned, for a frightening moment, David thought he was a Squib.

Ollivander shook his head and took the wand from him, then once again he disappeared bringing back another wand.

"Maybe this one will work, Pheonix feather and pine, 10 inches" he said, handing David the wand. David waved it around again but this time, sparks started to fly out.

"It worked!" he shouted, ecstatic that he had a wand.

Ollivander smiled at him, "It seems it did work young man, that'll be seven galleons" he said. David gratefully handed over some gold coins and took the wand.

Back outside, his parents were waiting, "Its time to get you a birthday present!" They said.

They walked down the alley and David walked behind them, wondering what the present wqas. He got excited as his parents walked into Quality Quidditch Supplies. Could he be getting a broom.

He looked around as his father started talking to the young lady at the desk. In the window was a new model of broom, under closer inspection David discovered it to be the new Cleansweep 19. It was an amazing broom but David new they could never afford it, they weren't that wealthy.

"Happy Birthday!" His father suddenly said behind him. He turned around to see that his father was holding a Cleansweep 17. The second-newest model of Cleansweep.

"Thanks Dad!" David said, hugging his father. He knew that first-years weren't allowed brooms but he was still excited about the thought of having his very own broom.

As they walked back down the street, passing a shop called The Plant Store, to reach the robe shop on the other side, David was thinking about how he was the luckiest wizard alive.

Questions

1. Did you like David?

Trivia: What is the robe shop in Diagon Alley called?

Answers to last bits of Trivia

1. Aurora Sinistra

2. Spain (squidscool was very impressed when she guessed that in ag)