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“Hmm, it’s ten thirty, where is she?” I thought out loud while looking for my mother out of the window. She left to get something this morning.

‘She’s dead!-Oi!! stop doing that-Gone!-What the fuck is wrong with you?!-Shot to hell!-She’s a magician-Avada Kedavrad!-Stop this Chat-Died in a horrible accident-Go to hell!!-Never coming back’

“Hey” I jumped in fright as my mother called from behind me. “Aaghh!!” I legit didn’t hear her coming back home.

A little startled she also took a step back and stared at me for a second then shaking her head she asked “What are you doing?” with that she looked out of the window to look at what i was looking at.

“Nothing!” I said quickly, trying to play it cool. “Just taking in he scenery” I said with a air of nonchalance, which I think didn’t work because she slowly smiled 

“You were afraid something happened to me right?” She asked with glee and amusement.

“Pfft no!” I denied quickly, but that was exactly what was happening 'Shut up!! You’re on time out today!'  

“Don’t worry, I think it’s sweet.” She said bringing me out of my thoughts and started ruffling my hair “And same thing happens to me too when my mom is late” she said after a second quickly.

“Can we move on now please? We need to complete our shopping today.” both of us got our letters a few days ago, now the only thing we need is our wands and few more stationary. Don’t forget about Hermione. ‘.....Gods above’ “And Jean doesn’t have anything, so it’ll take her even more time.” we decided that all three of us will get our things together, it seemed neater at the time considering her parents are muggles.

“They’ll be here in ten minutes, why don’t you go and call harry?” my mother said as she started walking towards her room.

“Sure” reaching Harry's room I knocked on his door, and entered. “Hey dodger! Are you ready to go?” I saw him sitting on his bed fiddling with his shoelace.

“Yeah, just tying my shoelace.” after the third try he stood up and I saw that he was wearing royal blue coloured robes with bronze accents, they looked excellent with his dark red hair and bronze coloured round frames. “Why are you even wearing robes?” 

“We’re going to Diagon Alley, I thought wizarding attire would be more appropriate.” he said giving his attire a final look over in the mirror.

“Who cares about what is appropriate?” I asked playfully as I came to stand beside him looking at myself in the mirror, I was wearing a black Chester coat with a with a dark blue hoodie inside it, with normal jeans and Chuck Taylors. I have to say I look good, thank god for my metamorphic abilities.  

“I do, and you’re wearing robes too, so why are you complaining?” what the fuck did he just say?

“I beg your fucking pardon?! This is a coat! Not a robe!” I pointed it out to him while looking at him as if he was crazy. He is crazy for thinking that. ‘You’re still in time out.’

“Looks the same to me.” he says as if he’s discussing weather. I was about to into an in depth lecture, like Hermione level lecture when I noticed him trying to cover up that infuriating smirk. ‘This fucker is teasing me!’ “You make it so hard to love you sometimes!”

“But you do love me!” he said in a sing-song voice

“Don’t push it. Now Come along potter!” With that we went outside where mom was talking with emma. Looking around i saw Hermione fiddling with the straps of her backpack.

“Hey Jean!” I greeted her but she was totally engrossed in those two straps, without looking up or missing a beat she just greeted us back “Hey Cass, hi harry” god knows how she survived her Hogwarts years, let alone horcrux hunt with attention span that strong. Turning my attention towards the adults I greeted Hermione's mother “Hey Emma, where’s Dan?”

“Hey Cass, he got called in for an emergency appointment.” Emma told me while taking out her car keys

“Well, Hermione's got seven years, so he’ll be able to experience the whole thing one day.” my mother said with a small smile

“We’re going by car?” I asked my mother quietly while Harry and Hermione got in the car.

“Yup.” she said in a equally quite voice.

“Why are we not portkeying?”

“So that grangers can learn the route and reach there on their own.”

“Makes sense.” with that we got in the car and started making our way towards the leaky cauldron. Along the way Harry and Hermione were chatting to each other animatedly while I was just trying to survive this journey while trying to ignore everything when my mother sneezed. A round of blessing went around but nothing from me, as this is a habit that was dropped by me a long time ago. You know it won’t even take you more than a second? ‘Shut it’ 

“So what you’re not gonna say bless you now?” my mother asked 

“Oh I'm sorry, are you not okay?” I asked in return looking at her in mock concern.

“I’m okay, but I’ll be better knowing that my son actually cares about my well being”

“Oh I care about you, it’s just I also have enough faith in you that you’ll get through sneezing without the power of Christ.” I said with a little bit of sarcasm, which caused Emma to burst out laughing 

“It’s common courtesy”

“It was common courtesy in the 1300's, it's outdated. It’s a pretty scientific era now, last I checked shit’s got pretty scientific too.” I pointed out to her

“Whatever.” with that she went back to her conversation with Emma.

After about a few more minutes we finally reached leaky cauldron, when we got out of the car Hermione had to point out to her mother where the dingy pub was, as there were muggle repelling charms on the property. After greeting tom we went to the wall and my mother took out her wand and tapped all the bricks in the order making sure hermione is getting it. Finally the hole in the wall started becoming big, bricks started shifting and finally their in front of us was the Diagon Alley in all its magical glory. Cauldrons stacked against doors, witches and wizards roaming around in ornate and eye catching robes, and pointy hats, the sound of owl’s soft hooting can be heard from owl emporium. Some kids who looked to be about Harry and Hermione’s age were standing with their noses pressed into the glass of the shop looking at a new nimbus brooms “Oh god! Are those actual brooms?” Hermione asked grasping as she finally looked at the window, which caused me to look at harry with a questioning look which was mirrored with one of his own so we both turned back towards her. “I’m pretty sure that we’ve told you about them” I said looking at Hermione with a questioning look

“You did, but it is still a shock to see it in real life.” huh makes sense. I started making my way towards the shop with Harry when we were suddenly dragged back by mother “You can inspect them later, first we need to go to Gringotts” we a heavy sigh from me and longing look from Harry we started making our way towards the bank. 

Along the way we crossed a number of shops, and every second one more interesting then the other one which was becoming a bit of a problem as mother and daughter granger were stopping at everyone of them to inspect what being sold there, finally somehow we reached Gringotts where Emma finally blew her gasket. “Goblins are real?!” she whisper yelled.

“What is it with you not believing a word I say?” I asked with an exasperated sigh. After giving her a second to compose herself we finally made our way into the bank where all of us got into the line but I saw Nilfang behind an empty counter

“Hey mom, I’m going to see Nilfang. I’ll be back in 10 minuets or so.” I told her started making my towards the goblin “Alright just be here on time.” 

Reaching Nilfang I greeted him with an over exaggerated cheerfulness “Nilfang! Dude, how are you doing?”

“Lord Slytherin, it’s good to see you again. And please refrain from calling me a dude in the future.” and with that he turned around and started making his way towards a office gesturing me to follow him “Sure buddy.” I said and started following him

“No amount of money is worth this.” I heard him muttering under his breath. I’m pretty sure if you were to spend an entire day with him you will cause a goblin rebellion. ‘Believe it or not but it is on my bucket list’ …..I don’t even know how to respond to that. 

Reaching in the office I saw many written notes in gobbledygook and and the Hogwarts charter.  

“So how is the research going?” I asked picking up the charter while Nilfang took his seat. Without missing a beat he snatched the charter out of my hands and said glaring at me “I will maintain my stance and tell you that this is nothing but a waste of my time.” 

“Which I’m paying for my friend.” I reminded him gently but firmly,

“That you are.” he said quietly after staring at me for a few seconds, ignoring that I again turned the stacks of paper towards me and and asked “So in short you can’t find anything for me to use?”

“The charter just gives you some leeway while dealing with faculty and minimal control over wards.”

“We already know that,” I grumbled, what good is this position if it is not giving me anything to play with here? “Anyways you’ve only gone through half of this shit. There's still time for you to find a gem in mud.” I said with a mock cheerfulness. 

“Forgive me but I don’t share your optimism, but if I find anything I’ll owl you.” Nilfang commented with a snort and dismissive tone

“Terrific.” and with that I turned around and walked out of the room towards mom and the rest. I found them near the entrance of the bank, where mom was explaining wizarding currency to the grangers 

“Hey,” I said after they were done, and with that we started making our way into the alley.

“Did they find anything?” mom asked quietly 

“Nothing that we already didn’t knew. But he still have a lot of ground to cover so it’s not completely hopeless.”

“That’s good.”

"you got the nab-sack?" I asked her to which she replied a quite yes, so at least something was going right. 

“So what’s next?” I asked trying to ignore the disappointment I was feeling due to the charter

“How about this all you children go and get fitted for robes, while Emma  and I will get the rest of the stuff for you all.” mom said pointing to the Madam Malkin's shop. “After that we can go and get your wands.” she said to Hermione and Harry who were both very excited for their wands

“Sure, sounds good.” I said cheerfully “come along bitches!” perhaps that was not the best thing to call two eleven year old children with but oh well,

“Cass!” I heard mom’s scandalised voice reprimanding me “Sorry” I said quickly and started running towards the shop while pulling Harry and Hermione with me.

“So where are we going?” hermione asked after a few seconds, still taking in the sight

“Madam Malkin’s,” I said pointing out to the shop we were going to. Reaching the shop we got inside the empty shop “Hello,” harry called and a second later Madam Malkin came out of the back

“Hello dears, Hogwarts?” Madam asked with a polite smile to which Hermione replied and stepped forward “Yes ma’am”

“Please come this way, we’ll get you all fitted.” and with that Hermione and Harry went on to the fitting platforms while I sat down on the seats near the wall. Five minutes later bored out of mind I finally heard the door opening, and in came Draco Malfoy, “Hello, Hogwarts too?” 

“Yes, are you also a first year?” hermione asked excitedly looking at him from the mirror in front of her.

“I am,” Draco replied looking at each of us with a little calculating gaze “I’m Draco Malfoy. And who might you all be?” he asked a bit more politely then I would’ve imagined.

“Hermione Granger,” Hermione waved cheerfully, while harry just nodded as he was still tangled in clothes “Harry Potter,” 

“And you are?” he turned to me when I didn’t reply, I was too busy noticing that he was not freaking out after listening Harry's name “Cassius,” I replied easily, to which the fucker just gave a smirk and asked “Do you have a last name?”

“Of Course I do,” I said with a equally amusing tone and a smirk of my own, but for some reason harry was glaring at me. Maybe it is you lack of manners? ‘What part about time out do you not understand??’

“Fall, Cassius Fall, pleasure to meet you.” I said finally when he came to sit beside me “Likewise.” he replied 

“Do you know what house you will be in?” Harry asked him 

“Traditionally my family has been in Slytherin only, I have no reason to believe that I might make some other house my home. What about you all?” he asked innocently with a small smile.

“Gryffindor” harry said, to which he just laughed off “All of you?” he asked

“That is the hope.” I said with a little laugh of my own. Finally Madam Malkin called me once Hermione was done, so I went stand on the stage looking in the mirror if Draco will say or do anything to Hermione for sitting beside him, her being a muggleborn and all, but to my surprise he just smiled at her and then nothing. No snide remarks, not a change in facial expression. 

“Have you all got your wand?” he asked us to which Hermione replied “Not yet, after this that is where we will be going to.”

“Hmm, I just got mine.” he said as he got up and took Harry’s place on the platform.

“That’s good, wonder what I’ll get,” harry said excitedly, and began talking to Hermione animatedly again. Five minutes later I was finally done so I quickly got down and got ready to go, “See you around Draco.” with that we left the shop to find mom and found her and Emma looking at some dragon hide gloves. Of course your mom is looking for gloves.

“You get everything?” she asked when she noticed us coming towards them.

“Everything but our wand.” I said putting mine and Harry's robes in a expandible bag that mom was carrying around with her.

“Then what are we waiting for?” she said cheerfully while paying for the gloves and putting them in the bag too. “lead the way love” she said to harry. I dragged her behind a bit “We just met Draco Malfoy” I told her quietly 

“How was the experience?” she asked with a amused smile.

“A lot more pleasant then what I was expecting.” I told her frowning a bit

“What do you mean?”

“He was behaving more maturely, not like the spoilt bitch I remember him to be” I told her while dogging a cat running past us

“What changed?” she asked a moment later

“I have no idea. But I’m concerned about it.”

“Why? A child who is thinking for himself should be a good thing, no?” 

“It can be, but that fucker is still a Malfoy, and a Malfoy who thinks before acting can be a problem.” with that we walked into the shop, and waited looking around the dusty shop and finally Ollivander came out from behind the shelf  “I wondered when I’ll be seeing you, Mr. Potter.” and there he was Sir John Hurt it is actually him!! “lord Slytherin,” he finally turned towards me and addressed me which brought me out of my geeking out session with chat, and I saw Hermione and harry looking at me with confusion and interest 

“Doctor of war.” I replied with a flourish. God damn! he was so good in that role!! 

“Excuse me?” he asked after a few seconds “What? I thought we were calling each other by our made up names” I asked innocently but hoping he would catch on, which looked like he did.

“Just a joke. Lady Peverell, 12 inch chestnut wand with a unicorn hair, I still remember the day you were here buying your wand.” he said with a small smile and turned towards Harry “it was the same day your mother was here, buying her first wand. It seems now it is the turn of the new generation.” finally he turned towards Hermione and asked “and who might you be dear?”

“Hermione granger sir.”

“It’s very nice to meet you Miss Granger how about we start with you?” with that he turned towards the shelf and asked Hermione which is her dominant hand, after muttering a few things he finally pulled out a wand “Here try this 11 inches spruce wood with dragon heartstring.” and with a wave of her wand Harry's clothes turned glowing brown. “no-no-no that won’t do at all, lets try something else” he said quickly snatching the wand out of her hand while mom fixed Harry's cloths. And then after five more tries Hermione finally got her wand “Give this one a try, 10¾ vine wood, with a dragon heartstring.” after holding the wand for a moment it suddenly shot golden sparks and a faint glow surrounded her “absolutely brilliant! Such a powerful pair! A wand for a true visionary! Watching your story unfold will be a true privilege miss granger.” he said like- he said that like the Ollivander from Hogwarts legacy, come to think of it he’s behaving like that too. Maybe you’re mixing three different characters into one, the book version, the movie version, and his ancestor from the game version. ‘Well I did like his character to be honest.’

“Now lets move on to you Mr. Potter” and then the same process began with Harry, wand after wand was tried and rejected, and many things were broken down in the process. Finally after 27th try excitement melted into frustration, “I thought he might do well with something like a phoenix feather wand?” I asked/suggested Ollivender, which caused him to look at me with a little interest. 

“I did too, but I don’t have a lot of phoenix feather wands at the moment, I sold one of them today only.” he said after a few seconds pulling out another box from the shelf.

“What kind of wand?”

“A holly wood wand with a phoenix feather.” Nani the fuck? How the fuck can somebody else use that wand? ‘Maybe quarrel bought it for Tom?’ No, that wand won’t work for quarrel, even with tom riddle inside of him. ‘Then who took it?’ 

“Who was the recipient of this wand if I may ask?”

“I’m afraid I can't divulge that Mr. Fall” he said with a stern gaze “Of course.” I’m not gonna get anything here, dropping the topic I just watched Ollivender trying to pair Harry up with all different kinds of wand when suddenly a wand worked, the moment harry held the wand he was entirely surrounded with golden glow and a thick darkish smoke.

“A solid match! 11 inch blackthorn wood with a unicorn hair core. A wand for a true warrior! I will be watching your career with great interest Mr. Potter.” after that he turned towards me “Now let’s find you, your companion Mr. Fall.” and with that he pulled a wand out of it’s box and handed it to me

“This ought to be fun.” the moment I grabbed it mage shouted at me Too salty!! And with that I quickly handed him the wand back. 

‘What do you mean too salty?’ 

It felt too salty

Oh I’m gonna enjoy this

And that’s how I spent my next ten minutes hearing mage shout something the moment I hold a wand in my hand 

It’s too big!, too biter, feels like coconut, too feisty, not enough sweetness, ‘sweetness?! Seriously?!’ feels like a rock, too metallic.

After a while I started giving them a try too despite mage’s reluctance. 

“Go web go!” I screamed swishing the wand and accidentally lit some books on fire, after that it was quickly snatched out of my hand. Oh well the next wand got a similar reaction from mage, Too spicy! Too spicy!! Disregarding it completely I gave it a swish and a stab towards a shelf behind Ollivender. “Shazam!”

Suddenly the entire shelf went right out of the shop through the glass Infront of the shop on the street. I’m pretty sure that is a cat under that shelf  throwing the caution out of the wind I quickly wandlessly cast a repero and watched as the entire shelf came back inside the shop with all the wands intact, I looked at the window repairing itself back together. “Fuck me!” 

“Cass!” my mother tried to repramand me but even she was having a bit of trouble keeping in her laughter.

“sorry, that was..” I tried to give an excuse but trailed of, after a second I quickly dropped the wand back onto the counter.

“Too volatile, perhaps it was the enthusiasm.” Ollivander said with a frown on his face and then suddenly he turned and pulled out a wand from the shelf I launched a few minutes ago. Opening the box he pulled out a deep red coloured wand “Here, try this Mr. Fall”

The moment I held the wand it was like I just got a limb back I never knew I lost. And I almost heard mage orgasming inside my head.“Holy mother of God!!” I exclaimed as watched the wand in fascination.  Just right, just right. This one is perfect. ‘I can feel it too’

“10 inch dogwood wand with a dragon heartstring, a wand of a trickster. And from what I’ve seen today, it has found a good home. Take care of it Mr. Fall.” Ollivander said with a smile and then quickly dismissed us all, 'no wonder there, we took a lot of his time here today,' we also broke a number of things in his shop.

Now that our shopping was finally complete we started making our way back to Leakey cauldron but saw a group of redheads standing Infront of a group of albino peacocks. And looking at there facial features it doesn’t look like a friendly conversation. ‘What do you say Chat? Our last hurrah of the day??” Lets

Knowing me, my mother quickly jumped to grab me but I dodged her and morphed into a perfect copy of Fred and Gorge, while transfiguring my cloths to look like them, as I walked behind the boys I heard Lucious say “with all the mishaps I do hope they are paying you overtime Arthur, but looking at the state of all of you it looks like that hope is in vain.” 

Oh this fucker is gonna get it. Luckily the twins were standing behind their family so it won’t ruin the surprise. Grabbing both of the twins I gently pulled them to the front and asked while looking at one of them “Brother mine! Are we supposed to know who this is?”

After gaping at me and his twin for a second the brother finally caught on and replied 

“I don’t know, my slightly less intelligent brother.” he said quickly putting a hand on my shoulder.

“You children don’t have to hide behind such a faux rebellious attitude” Malfoy said with a small twitch in his eye, but otherwise he showed no outward emotion. Now that won’t do at all.

“Wait wait let me guess,” I said loudly, attracting the attention of passers, while pointing at him. “the overcompensating cane, the hair that looks more feminine than his wife’s, a permanent sneer etched onto his face, you know this guy! This is the registered sex offender the other lords kept joking about, shoeless towel-boy or something like that.” I said with a cheerful tone while turning to the other brother. To which he quickly replied “Oh! You mean our minister’s side piece!! Luscious Malfoy!”

“Lucius!” Malfoy corrected angrily.

“See my slightly less handsome brother gets it!” I said to him.

“I thought I was your slightly less handsome brother?” the first brother asked with a mock hurt tone.

“Oh no you are the most handsome one!” I said while smiling as if it was gospel.  

“I see our noble traditions and manners are truly lost on Weasleys.” Malfoy said gaining our attention away. Damn, he looks like he’ll explode any minute now. Well, looking at the crowd snickering around us at him, I'd say that is the appropriate reaction.

“On the contrary lord towel-boy!” I said cheerfully, which seemed to make him even mad. 

“Respect and manners are shown to people who have earned it,” said the first brother 

“not to good for nothing deatheaters who don’t know the meaning of noble.” said the second brother.

“No matter how hard daddy and his wand probably tried” and I completed the show in a mocking tone without missing a beat.

“I suppose it was vain hope that either of you could engage in any intelligent conversation.” grabbing Narcissa's hand and Draco's shoulder, a little more tightly then necessary he quickly turned and walked away. After a few paces he quickly apparated and side alonged his wife and kid. 

The moment the were gone arthur quickly turned towards me and asked “Okay who are you?” he asked while trying not to smile at what he witnessed. 

“Sorry about that, I’m only human. I see Lucius Malfoy I itch to berate him. I’m sure you understand.” I asked innocently, which didn’t fool him at all as he started laughing “I do, Arthur Weasely.” he said introducing himself

“Cassius fall.” I introduced while morphing back into my own body and transfiguring my cloths back.

“Fall?” Molly asked with a look of recognition, so pointed her to my mother.

“Hey Molly” she greeted and was quickly drawn into a hug by her “Chloe! How are you, dear?” she asked my mother once they separated  

“I’m good Molly, just here to get supplies, Cass will be starting hogwarts this year” she said pointing at me 

“Ron will be starting this year too.” Molly said patting Ron on the back, as he waved at every one of us cheerfully.

“Oh by the way molly this Hermione Granger, and her mother Emma granger. Hermione here will be starting this year too.” my mom said pointing to the Grangers standing behind us. After another round of hellos Weasleys finally turned to our redhead. “Hello dear…”

“Hello ma’am, I’m Harry Potter.” harry replied happily which caused all the Weasleys to just gasped at him, which weirded out harry a bit. After a few moments, Molly crouched down to Harry's level and gently took his hands “You look so much like your mother.” 

“Thank you” Harry said with a small smile. He always loves it when someone tells him he looks like his mother.

“It’s good to see you again, Harry” Arthur said patting Harry on the shoulder

“Again?” Harry and I asked together.

“Yes, I saw you quite often when you were just a child.” Molly said with a watery smile. “Your mother came to me quite often for help.”

“Really?” Harry asked with excitement 

“Well she was a new mother at the time, and I had some experience in the area.” Understatement of the year!! “So I helped wherever I could, until of course you all went into hiding.” she on a sad note, which of course left adults a little uncomfortable. So I quickly provided a way out. “We should be on our way?”

“Oh right-right.” Molly said as he stood up and dusted her clothes “It was great meeting you all. Harry, hermione, cassius be sure to visit us!” and with that they all turned and went to the apparition point with a final wave they all portrayed away.

“Nice people.” I said as we started towards leakey cauldron again. 

Just one more step towards hogwarts!!

‘I thought you were in time out?’

Fuck off!!