Harry Potter
He was in love with this shop and had ended up playing with different animals, he always felt more comfortable around animals more so than around humans and for a good reason, animals did not have prejudices and were very hard not to love, he remembered the friendship he had built with few neighbourhood squirrels feeding them nuts whenever he was able to get his hands on nuts, Creatures were better than humans there was no doubt and the very proof was right now crawling on his skin, His strongest bonds was forged with Twittels which was his constant companion.
He had saved Twittles as a baby, he remembered the day so very well, Twittles nest had been attacked by crows and he had fallen from it, the kit had been so small barely thick as his thumb and smaller than his little finger unable to open its eyes, he had seen the scene unfold as he had been gardening for his filthy realities it had been by gods will that he had been present and had shooed away the crows and cared for the small kit and still cared.
He felt Twittles crawl up onto his neck carefully looking around then diving in his messy hair, he smiled and all in his mind forgotten as he started playing with different creatures.
He cuddled a small inky black kitten and scratched its ears, but then he was startled when someone placed a hand on his shoulder and he jumped, when he looked around he found a stern-looking woman staring at him intensely and a bushy brown-haired girl looking at him.
"Is he James Potter Jr?", asked the bushy-haired girl
Before the stern woman could say anything he replied, "No though you will find my brother most likely with my parents most likely looking at the new brooms"
"I thought James Potter did not have a brother only a sister", asked the bushy-haired girl
"Yes, he does", he replied
"Yes, though it has been a secret, now where are Lily and James, Harry", asked the stern-looking woman.
He was momentarily shocked that the stern witch knew his name and was baffled and before he could control himself he spoke, "You know my name?"
"Yes, I do Mr Potter now where are your parents?", asked the stern woman in a serious tone.
"I…I don't know I got lost in the floo and then well I was so lost exploring that it did not occur to me to look for them", he half-lied, He had decided to not look for his parents in favour of exploring the magical Diagon Alley. though what he had said had not been completely truthful but neither was it a complete lie making it very hard to detect, an art he had learnt from years of practice.
The stern-looking woman pursed her lips and then waved her wand causing some kind of silvery animal to come out of her wand which he on closer inspection recognised as a cat.
"Go to Lily Potter and tell her that Harry is with me and to meet at Leaky Cauldron", she said to the misty animal which tilted its head in understanding and vanished leaving a silvery trail behind.
"That was very careless Mr Potter, now you shall accompany me to Leaky Cauldron where you can be reunited with your family", the stern-looking woman said
He opened his mouth and upon seeing that he was about to start questioning her she interrupted him and said, "Mr Potter I am Professor McGonagall from Hogwarts and this is Hermione Granger who will be your year mate, we can have discussions later but for the moment please follow me".
While he could have argued with the stern looking woman, he decided not to it was not worth it if she was going to be his teacher at Hogwarts.
Hermione
She had been quiet for long and if she was going to make friends with any other of her fellow year mates it was as good time as any.
"So er… how is living in the magical world", she asked
"I don't know I grew up in a muggle world", said the boy
"But you are the brother of Boy who lived?", she asked
He shrugged and said, "They assumed that I was a squib"
"They did not assume anything, Mister Potter, it was due to a very good reason and very probable theory that they even considered sending you to your mother's sister I would not blame your parents they only wished the best for you", said the Professor
The boy muttered something inaudible and then started scratching something in his hand which looked like a rat, upon closer inspection it turned out to be a squirrel.
"Wow is that a Squirrel?", she asked.
"Oh huh!, Ahh… yes… yes, she is Twittels", the boy said and offered the small squirrel which she took gently up in her palm and slowly rubbed the head of the genital creature.
The boy grinned and then she said, "I am Hermione as you might know from the introduction that Professor gave", she said
"Oh err… I am Harry… Harry Potter", he said
She laughed and they began to talk, it was nice to find someone who was happy to talk to her, and was not burning with Jealousy or well whatever made other kids dislike her.
(Meanwhile Lily)
Finally, she thought, they had managed to close down Harry's Location when she had received an Patronus from Minerva telling that she had found Harry and was bringing him to Leaky Cauldron and she had immediately departed for Leaky Cauldron and Patronus messaging both Minerva and James informing both of them with respective developments.
She sipped her butter beer as Minerva and her charges entered the pub, she was relieved to find Harry Unharmed but disappointed even though she had no cause to be but perhaps with Jimmy behaving like an responsible child for so long she had forgotten how children could be after all Holy was just as rebellious. She shook those thoughts out of her mind and greeted her mentor and now a long time friend.
"How nice it is to see you Minerva", she said as her professor and now a close friend approached her with her son and another child which she assumed was a muggle-born on her first journey into the magical world.
"As is it is Nice to see you, Lily"
"Where did you find Harry", she asked her old friend
"At Magical Menageries, he was playing with animals specifically cats", Minerva said
"Oh, well It was good fortune that you were there or else It would have taken the whole day to find Harry", she said with a smile
"Ah well Lily I am in a hurry but hope we meet sometime again soon", Minerva said
"Oh, well I hope so too", she replied and then turned towards Harry with a stern look and said, "You have a lot to explain young man"
Hermione
She had a great day and had made her first friend in wizarding society, Harry Potter and even had decided to correspond further with the help of Her owl, Hedwig.
She was lost in her thoughts recounting all the amazing things that had taken place these past few days only to be broken by the shouting match that once again had started between his parents.
She heard raised voices and internally she felt being torn apart, her father and mother were separating and now it was quite clear that they would be having a divorce, her father was having an affair with another woman and upon learning about that her mother had also started to hang out and soon had her own affair going on needless to say, things were not looking good for her, it was most likely that her custody was going to end up In hands of her mother though she really did not want to end living with her mother and her boyfriend and neither did she want to end up living with her father and his new wife.
Deciding that enough was enough she left her room and decided to take a walk outside.