Shopping
The following morning. Tommy was gonna go cover for Joel at their job so he could take Sarah to the magical district in downtown for the reading of Chelsea's will and to get school supplies. Joel and him were all ready. Joel wore a checkered pattered jacket and blue jeans. His Revolver on Jean pocket. Sirius anc Remus chose to wear their robes.
Harry was wearing a similar outfit to Joel only his was blue and black. Blue jeans and his dragon hide boots. His Beretta was in his hoister and the Elder Wand is in his pocket. The resurrections stone was now on a chain around his neck.
Harry was waiting for Daphne who was finishing getting ready when a owl from Gringotts arrived at the opened window. The letter was for Daphne . "Huh?, Daphne you got mail from Gringotts"
"Coming!" Said Daphne coming down wearing a green blouse, Blue jeans and her dragon hide boots. Her Glock 21 was in its hoister on her side and her wand was in her pocket. She had braided her hair a bit. Daphne was a bit suspicious of the letter and she took it form the owl after feeding him a treat, she opened the letter and she could only widen in shock on reading the contents.,
"What is it?" Asked Harry concerned
"My father is dead." Said Daphne.
"Cyrus Greengrass is dead?" Asked Sirius,
"According to the Greengrass account manager Sharpclaw. He was leading a raid party by a boat. They were heading for New York and the Americans intercepted them, he was coming for us and what makes me disgusted is the American aurors found several underage girls on board that ship. They were having fun with them." Daphne said in Disgust,
"Daphne?" Asked Astoria coming down the saw the letter and fear built up in her.
"We have nothing to worry about Tori…the bastard can never harm us. Never again" said Daphne.
Astoria threw herself at her big sister and the sisters could finally breathe a sigh of relief. They no longer had to fear Cyrus finding them. Sarah came down suitly. She had chosen to wear a tshirt with her favorite band The Bash and Blue jeans. the group loaded up in Tommy's Grand Cherokee since he took Joel's truck to work. Harry sat beside Daphne and she was quiet "everything alright love?"
"I should be happy that he's dead but at the same time…he's was my father." Said Daphne.
"I went to school with him. He was always with Lucius and Theodore nott Sr. They looked down upon the Muggleborns seeing them as scum" said Sirius.
"Not helping Sirius" said Remus.
"No it's okay. That man died a long time ago when he tried to sell me to a man that was fifty years older than me" Said Daphne.
"What about your mother?" Asked Joel driving. Sarah glanced back from the front seat,
"She past away four years ago, now I need to sit with Sharpclaw and discuss the financial problems". Said Daphne. Not before too long they pulled up to a pub called the Patches pub , the bar that leads to the entrance to Thunderbird alley. The magical alley of Austin Texas.
"Patches pub?" Said Daphne, opening her car door.
"Chelsea brought me here once…right behind it is the entrance to Thunderbird Alley." Saic Joel. Once everyone was out did he lock the Jeep, the bar was full of American witches and wizards, all of them minding their own buisness. The owner was an Irishmen with short ginger hair. He is cleaning a glass. "Afternoon lads and lasses,..what can I get yah?" He asked with an Irish accent
"We're here to get school supplies for my daughter. She starts school in august at Salam." Said Joel
"I can take it from here, Patches" said a female voice. Joel and the group look to see an attractive woman about in her thirties. She has long black hair and ocean blue eyes. She is wearing a long sleeve shirt and blue jeans. Holding her hand is a little girl that greatly resembled her only she has red hair and ocean blue eyes. She is wearing a white dress with purple sandals on her feet,
"Thank you ma'am " said Patches
"Of course." Said the woman with a smile. "I can help you folks get into Thunderbird alley."
"Thanks very much ma'am" said Daphne. The group followed behind the woman and her daughter to the backyard, a worker of the pub is seen resting against the wall. "Need entry to the alley?"
"We do." Said the woman holding the child's hand. The wizard pulled out his wand and tapped a few bricks. The bricks then formed an archway to an alley that was similar to Diagon alley but it had more stores and was more livelier. Daphne even saw some stores she wanted to go visit once they were done at the bank.
"Thanks very much, miss." said Joel.
"No problem,be seeing you" said The woman before taking her daughter into the alley. The group walk though the busy streets of parents visiting stores with their children. The sports store was busy and Sarah noticed the brooms on display. "You guys really ride brooms?"
"We do, we even have a sport called Quidditch, it fun." Said Harry.
“I’ll think I’ll stick with soccer” said Sarah
They walked through the busy crowds until they saw a green building that was about two stories tall. "That's our destination,..the Gnomes bank,." Said Sirius. Two guards stood outside the bank and opened the doors for them. Inside the bank was much like Gringotts but instead of goblins at the booth it is Gnomes. They were smaller than the goblins and had full beards. "Ah Harry, you made it" said Bloodtooth. He was talking to a gnome who wore silver robes.
"My name is Bugsy and I will be reading the will of the late Chelsea Miller." Said the gnome next to Bloodtooth. The group folllowed the two down a hallway until reaching two doors.
"Miss greengrass, your account manager is in the office next door." Said Bloodtooth. Daphne nodded and she was about to enter the office. "Harry, why don't you go with Sarah, hear your aunts will"
"Sure,l I'll be next door" said Harry. Daphne and Astoria enter the office. Harry and the millers enter the room where Bloodtooth and Bugsy. Bugsy then pulled out an orb,
"Today we gather to listen to the will of the Late Chelsea Miller." Said Bugsy before he pressed his hand on the orb and it lit up.
Last Will and Testament of Chelsea Tiffany Miller ne Potter declare this is my final will, forsaking all others written before this date.
"To my loving husband Joel. I am sorry if I left this world so soon. I leave you one million dollars and our beloved home to care for our baby girl. The rest shall go to our daughter Sarah…I'm sorry that I can't watch you grow up. Become the best witch you could be."
signed this day
March 1st 2000
Chelsea Miller.
Sarah and Joel were crying hearing her voice from the orb. Bugsy then handed Sarah a key. "The key to your vault miss miller…don’t lose it ."
He then gestured to the door behind him and the millers approached the door. Sarah opened the door and she saw stacks of gold, silver and bronze coins. "All of this is mine?" She asked.
"Aye….Mr. miller, we have created you an account in the Muggle world. All of your paperwork has been taken care of" said Bloodtooth, handing him a credit card which he took. Harry then showed Sarah the value of the three coins anc she made sure to grab enough gold to pay for her school supplies. They left the office just as the Greengrass sisters left the other office. "How did it go with your manager?"
"It went well. Since there is no male heir, the goblins decided to file for my emancipation and I claimed the lordship of House Greengrass. I am now Lady Greengrass and I made Tori my heir. I told Sharpclaw to empty out the Greengrass family vault and transfer it here to the Gnomes. Thankfully he didn't give Riddle any money." She said with a soft smile.
The group exited the bank and Sarah is now looking at the list for her school supplies.
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by newt Scamanader
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl, a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
“Okay so where to first?” Asked Joel seeing the list.
“I have most of the first year books so we can save on books. So I think our first stop should be to get Sarah’s Wand.” Said Daphne. The group agreed and they headed for the shop called The Forge which is where Sarah can get her wand. The party entered the shop and a ding is heard. Nobody could be seen inside and Sarah called out…”hello?”
A man in his late Eighties appeared. He had long brown gray hair and a long grey beard he wore grey robes and spectacles over his eyes. He said. “Welcome to the Forge, my name is Hephaestus. What can I help you with today?”
“My daughter is here for her wand.” Said Joel
“Ah excellent you came to the right place for wands. you can browse what I have on the shelves or I can create one for you out of scratch.” Said Hephaestus
“A custom one. I wanna see how you make wands.” Said Sarah. The man smiled before he stood up from his chair.
“First miss Miller., I'll need you to run your hand over the tiny wood samples I have here on the table" at this, he gestured to the slivers of wood he had set in rows. "There are dozens, yes, but you'll need to go over every single one, and then let me know which one gives you the greatest feeling of warmth." sarah walked over and began looking over the woods.
Most of the wood slivers gave off no feeling at all. Some felt icy cold, some felt chaotic and hostile, a few gave her pleasant, bright feelings, but none of the warmth that Hephaestus mentioned, so she continued as requested until she saw the one that was most handsome. The wood was very warm to her touch. Like the sun was glowing on her.. She picked up the wood and brought it to the man.
“Willow, This wood is crafted into wands mostly used for healing” said hephaestus.
“I want to be a nurse when I get older. I want to help people” said Sarah,
“A healer. You couldn’t ask for a better wand wood than Willow if you seek the path of the Healer.” Said the Wandmaker. “Speaking of which, you'll need to repeat the process with my selection of cores" he gestured to a myriad of jars and containers with a smirk, "same process as before." With a wave of his own wand, all the lids and tops of the containers opened themselves, and vanished.
“Just one?” Asked Sarah.
“No. A wand can have multiple cores my dear.” Said Hephasutus
Sarah walked over with an amused sigh, and began to run hands over the tops. By the end of the process, Sarah felt warmth from a gold feather, and a string of white hair.
“Ah a tail feather of a Thunderbird and Unicorn hair. Your wand will be very unique Miss Miller.” Said Hephastus.
“Thunderbird? I heard they can manipulate storms” said Sirius,
“They can. I was lucky to get a few feathers when I found a nest in the forest.”
“What’s a Thunderbird?” Asked Joel.
“A giant bird that has six wings and is considered to be Magical americas bird, they can manipulate storms by will.” Said Daphne
“ wands with Thunderbird feathers are extremely powerful, though difficult to master. They are able to sense danger and are known to cast curses on their own pre-emptively when supernatural dangers are near. They were also particularly good for Transfiguration.” Said Hephastus.
“What about unicorn hair?” Asked Sarah.
“The most common wand core used in most wands.” Said Hephaestus
Sarah walked by a few small phials when it reacted to her presence. “Mr, Hephaestus, what's in the phials?” She asked picking up a phial
“Those are my phials of Phoenix Tears. Phoenix tears have incredible healing powers.” Said the wandmaker. Sarah picked up a phial and brought it to him. “Excellent, we shall have one beauty of a wand.”
He then laid the ingredients and the willow wood on his workbench. Hephaestus' first step was to fuse the cores of her wand. He donned a pair of dragon hide work gloves and opened the jar containing the unicorn hair. As he withdrew the hair, he simultaneously opened the container of the Thunderbird tail feather, and brought the two substances together. With nimble fingers, and the whispered words of some unknown spell, he wound the unicorn hair around the Thunderbird tail feather carefully but swiftly. He gently laid the two combined substances on a piece of cloth, he then uncorked the phial of Phoenix tears and poured it on the Unicorn Thunderbird feather. Which absorbed it in a bright flash of red magic. What used to be a wet mess of Tears, Hair and feather, had fused together to become a feather with a shaft of Red from the Phoenix tears, the hair created a wavelike pattern on the Golden feather.
Having fused the cores, Hephaestus carefully wrapped the newly created feather in the silken cloth, and turned his attention to the wood.
The next part of the process was Hephaestus took the two blocks of Willow wood, and laid them side by side. He swiftly removed the feather from its silk casing and placed it on top of the first block of willow, and then placed the second block of Willow on top of the feather, creating a wooden sandwich. Hephaestus then drew his own wand and tapped the blocks three times each. A flare of magical light erupted, and the woods slowly began to fuse together with the feather between them. As the woods merged, Hephaestus began to compress and mold them with his hands, almost as if the woods had become soft. Slowly but surely, he shaped and caressed and tweaked until, in his hands, he held a long, slender object.
Hephaestus gazed down at his work with a smile. The combination of materials had truly resulted in a beautiful piece. The wand was about Seven inches and it was half white and gold from the feather and unicorn. It had the very same wavelike pattern on the sides but was red. The end of the wand was pure white.
Hephaestus turned and held his hands out, the wand carefully laid across his palms.
Sarah stepped forward shakily and picked up the wand by the base. The second she did, she felt a blazing warmth rush through her system, as her magic forged a connection with the masterfully crafted wand in her hands. She gave it an experimental wave, and a bright light elegantly flew from the tip. She could only smile even bigger on seeing that. Harry could only recall when he received the Elder Wand from Ollivanders all those years ago.
/Flashback./
“Every Ollivander wand has a core of a powerful magical substance, Mr Potter. We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers and the heartstrings of dragons. No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons or phoenixes are quite the same. And of course, you will never get such good results with another wizard’s wand.” Mr. Ollivander explained
Harry suddenly realised that the tape measure, which was measuring between his nostrils, was doing this on its own. Mr Ollivander was flitting around the shelves, taken down boxes.
“That will do,” he said, and the tape measure crumpled into a heap on the floor. “Right then, Mr Potter. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. Just take it and give it a wave.”
Harry took the wand and (feeling foolish) waved it around a bit, but Mr Ollivander snatched it out of his hand almost at once.
“Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches. Quite whippy. Try -“
Harry tried – but he had hardly raised the wand when it, too, was snatched back by Mr Ollivander.
“No, no – here, ebony and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Go on, go on, try it out.”
Harry tried. And tried. He had no idea what Mr Ollicander was waiting for. The pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher on the spindly chair, but the more wands Mr Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become.
“Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere – I wonder now – yes, why not – unusual combination – holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.”
Harry took the wand but nothing happened. Ollivander was confused. He would have thought the Brother of you know who’s wand would do it. He then thought ..”I wonder.”
He then went to the very back and he came back with an elegant box. “Perhaps he is the one this wand has been waiting for?” Thought the wandmaker holding the box.
He opened the box and inside Harry saw a wand like no other. the Wand was an unassuming object. Appearing at face value to be a wand like any other, it had a smooth, unadorned shaft and a handle formed from two conjoined spheres.
“This wand has a dark history Mr. Potter, people have killed for this wand for many eons.” Said Mr. ollivander offering the box to him.
Harry took the wand. He felt a sudden warmth in his fingers. He raised the wand above his head, brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls.
“I had that wand for a long, long time Mr potter…its core is unkown and the wood is said to be from an Elder tree.”
“But you said the wand has a dark history? Why give it to me?” Asked Harry,
“The wand chooses its wizard, it is not clear why but it how it just works” said Mr. ollivander.
“How much for it sir?” Asked Harry,
“Take it…it’s on the house, I am happy that it finally found a master…treat it with great respect.” Said Ollivander. He then shakes Harry’s hand and walks away.
/end flashback./
Harry shook the memory away just to see Sarah still looking at her wand, “it’s beautiful sir…thank you.”
“Your welcome…that will be 100 galleons.” Said the wandmaker. Sarah then handed him 160 galleons for the wand and a job well done. The group leave the Forge and head for the next destination which is the clothing store for her robes. The name of the shop is called Madam Agatha’s which is a clothing store. Harry, Sirius and Remus left the group to go to the Sports store leaving Joel with the girls.
A young witch is at the counter when they come in. She asked “Hello, welcome to Madam Agatha’s…first year?”
“Yes, we need robes for young Sarah, two blue robes for the Salem school uniform, a winter cloak; a pair of black dragonhide boots, 5 dress shirts in black, 5 in black, 5 pairs of black slacks, and 3 plain black robes, all in the finest materials you have," Daphne replied in a calm, measured tone.
“Of course, we will need to take her in the back to get measurements. You will have to wait out here sir” said the young Witch taking Sarah and the two girls in the back. “That’s fine..I see a place to get a drink. He leaves the shop anc goes across the street to Nikolai’s Beverages “what can I get you?” Asked the teen working, “coke if you got it” said Joel
“Coming right up” said the worker. He gets a fountain soda and he takes a seat at a table. Drinking his soda. The woman from earlier comes to the shop and gets herself and her daughter a drink. She sees Joel and gives him a smile upon seeing at the table. . “Oh hello. Fancy seeing you here.”
“The same to you.” Said Joel.
“May we join you?” Asked The woman.
“Sure. Just waiting on my daughter who’s getting fitted.” Said Joel. The woman sits with the child on her lap and she starts to drink her juice she got from the shop.
“First year?, muggleborn?” She asked,
“Well halfblood. Her mother was a squib. She passed away a long time ago” said Joel
“Oh I’m sorry, I know the struggles of being a single parent.” Said The woman looking at her daughter. She offers her hand. “Alison Stoner.”
“Joel miller.” Said Joel shaking her hand,
“And this little one is my angel Kairi Stoner.” Said Alison guestering to her daughter. “
“That’s a beautiful name,” said Joel.
“Thank you” said kairi before going back to her drink, “mommy can I go play?”
“Stay where I can see you” said Alison. Kairi went off to the small little play area near the shop where other children are playing.
“So Mr. Miller, what do you do for a living?” She asked,
“Please call me Joel..Mr. Miller makes me feel old” said Joel with a bit of a joke.
“And you can call me Alison,” said Alison.
“Fair enough,,,I’m in construction with my younger brother Tommy,” said Joel. “What about you?”
“I’m a dancer,” said Alison.
“Oh professional?” Asked Joel.
“No….Exotic” said Alison with a bit of a blush.
Joel was speechless before he said, “sorry I asked.”
“Don’t be. It’s good money. It’s worth it for my baby” said Alison,
“So is there a Mr stoner?” Asked Joel.
“No. We weren’t even married. It was more of a one night stand and we forgot protection….i just learned of the magical world not even a year after my daughter was born. They said she was a very special kind of witch” said Alison.
Sarah, Daphne and Astoria came out of the shop. Bags were in Daphne's hand. “Oh it’s you again,” said Sarah, taking a seat when Remus, Sirius and Harry returned from the sports store. Kairi came back to her mother. They brought drinks for them too. “Hi I'm Sarah.” She said,
“I’m Alison…you like the Bash, I do too.” Said Alison.
“Sweet! Give me a high five!” Said Sarah. The two give each other a high five,
“What do you mean by special?” Asked Joel.
“She’s an Elemental” said Alison. That took Remus and Sirius , by surprise and they glance at Kairi who looked on innocently.
“Blimey, an elemental is very rare. They are born every few hundred years. What is her element?” Asked Sirius.
“Water. She can manipulate water. Freaked me out one day when she was in the bath and a big bubble of water was floating right in my kitchen. when she gets older. She’ll have to go to a special school where they focus mainly on elemental magic. We come to the alley so I can research ways to help her control her powers when she gets older”said Alison. She patted the bag containing books she was holding.
Alison and her daughter joined them on their shopping trip. Getting the rest of Sarah’s school supplies and they were now in their cars. Alison drives a 2010 blue Chevy Impala. She is buckling Kairi in the seat before she went over to Joel who was about to enter his truck,
“Hey Joel” she said.
Joel turns and she rips a piece of paper and writes down something on it. She hands it to him and he sees her phone number and address. “I would like to see you again. Give me a call sometime” She said.
Joel could only said. “Sure, I’d like that too.”
“See ya around Tex” She said before returning to her car. Joel watches as she drives away. He gets in the car and he looks at the slip of paper.
“Daddy got a girlfriend” singsanged Sarah,
“You move fast Joel” Joked Sirius with a grin
“It’s not like that” said Joel, not trying to hide it but everyone in the car wasn’t buying it.
“I like her…shes very nice.” Said Sarah.
“Me too baby girl ... .let's go home.” Said Joel starting the Jeep. Sarah could only mentally grin. /this is gonna be fun to tease him./