I waved the wand with anticipation and I felt a little drained, I felt uncomfortable for a second before a flower vase set on the corner of the shop burst into flame.
'what in Merlin's-'
Mr Ollivander snatched the wand from my hand and muttered, "too explosive, wrong core compatibility..." as he retreated into his shop and then came back with another one, "Here Mr Fawley, here you go, Nine and a half inches long, a little bendy made out of Chesnut and a Phoenix feather, an unusual combination but a powerful wand which is perfect for duelling and Transfiguration."
I looked at the wand which he handed to me then back at him, then at Daph and Tori who looked at me with anticipation clear on their faces.
'Fine, this is what I get for volunteering to be first-'
I waved the wand again trying to do a swish and a flick, a motion I learned that belonged to Wingardium Leviosa, a feather quill on the desk shot upwards before shooting towards me and I ducked as the quill dinked the wall behind me. I cringed at the thought of walking around with a quill sticking out of my body.
"Hmm, the core's good, the wood though-" He stopped suddenly before rushing towards the back of his shop.
He arrived holding a box and presenting to me a wand which had a dark look both thin lines of green running along its length, "here try this one Mr Fawley"
'no explanation?'
I picked it up and I almost heard a clicking sound as I felt a warm feeling flood my senses, I closed my eyes to savour the moment.
"Bravo Mr Fawley, Bravo, Ten and a half inches long, rigid made out of Acacia and a Phoenix feather, another unusual combination but a powerful wand which is perfect for duelling and the Dark Arts...Very curious...Mr. Fawley, always remember, magic and anything else in this world is nothing but shades of grey, as you may know, white is just another shade of black..." Mr Olivander finished cryptically, and while my mind was still stuck at the part about the dark arts, I nodded lightly as Daniel patted my head.
I looked at him questioningly and he smiled as Daphne eagerly took my place and I stepped back to Tori who was jumping and saying, "Show it to me, Show it to me-" I rolled my eyes in response and took out my wand which I had automatically placed into my robes.
"wah-" her eyes almost twinkled as she looked at it and said, "It's beautiful..."
'Of course, it's beautiful, it's mine-'
I looked at it for a moment and whispered, "Inspect"
[Alex Falwley's wand (compatibility 82%)]
[Strong-Short Spell Casting, Dark Arts]
[Weak- Healing arts]
'huh, compatibility? does this mean there is a wand with more compatibility out there?'
"Um, mister Ollivander?" I turned to question the wandmaker, "How do you know that this is the wand for me?"
Everyone was surprised by my sudden question, even Daniel and Evelyn turned to Ollivander for an answer, he looked thoughtfully, or completely absentminded, at me and said "well, every wizard or witch has a different property, like a different flavour to it, when I give you the first few wands I see how your magic reacts to the core till we find a matching core, in your case, it was a phoenix feather, in Miss Greengrass's case it is a Unicorn feather, after that, it is just a matter of matching you with a suitable wood and length along with the nature of the material that went into its design. And before you ask any further those are trade secrets."
'right...trade secrets... anyway there is a possibility that there is a stronger wand out there for me right?'
I voiced my thoughts as Mr Ollivander said, "There certainly is a possibility Mr Fawley, but the reaction between you and your wand was quite extraordinary, there is a possibility that there is a stronger wand out there for you but I don't think you would find it so easily." He then went back to take out another wand and presented it to Daphne. I focused on it and whispered, "Inspect"
[Unclaimed wand (compatibility 21%)]
[Strong-Short Spell Casting, Transfiguration]
[Weak- Dark Arts]
'huh why is he giving Daph... okay so that compatibility rating is for me, that makes a little more sense-'
It took 2 more wands before sparks few out of a 10 Inch long, brown wand made out of Hornbeam and a unicorn tail hair. another Inspect revealed a compatibility of 12% which confirmed my earlier hypothesis.
'She and me are very different from one another anyway-'
Tori then jumped and was admiring Daphne's wand as Daniel said, "Alright Alex, Daphne let's go, since Mr Impatient has got his wand now we can do some actual shopping."
I grumbled before moving on and shoving my wand back into my pocket and hesitantly let it go, I didn't feel like a loss of power and anything, nor any absurd reaction as I was expecting.
'huh, but there is a weird feeling though'
I touched my wand again and although the I didn't feel any different I felt like I was better in touch with my magic.
'are wands really that necessary? I mean Dumbeldore does stuff like magic with just his... right I should not think about what absurdly powerful people can do. anyway who cares, I need a new chasers set-'
I followed Daniel and Evelyn as we proceeded to buy all the necessary items listed in our Hogwarts letter.
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"-and that is everything." Everyone was exhausted after a day of running around and buying everything, I was exited as I looked at my new chaser set.
"Alright then one final order of buisness-" Daniel said and everyone turned towards him.
"What now I thought we got everything?" I gave him a confused look.
"You need to meet your account manager, its time for you to slowly take control of your family's holdings-" He said indicating to the huge marbel building beside us.
'right, I'm 11 already-'
I nodded as he patted my back, Evelyn said, "Don't worry Alex, we are here to help you with anything okay?"
'thousands of years of heritage...'
We entered the gates together, I nervously eyed the two goblins situated at the entrance, they looked mean with those spears and I knew that there was no love lost between our species. I read the silver engravings on the entrance door and didn't know how I felt, amused that they tried to rhyme a death threat or fear at what could possibly be there.
"So I am supposed to get my heir ring right?" I asked Daniel, trying to keep the conversation going.
"Yes, the heir can be presented the heir ring at ages 11, or 13 or 15, we want you to get the heir ring as soon as possible so that you can accept the lord ring on your 17th birthday. Daphne on the other hand will get her heir ring when she's 13." Evelyn explained as Daniel let her take the lead.
'wait why does Daphne get her ring later?'
"But won't it be better for Daphne to get her ring today too? why at 13?" I asked with a confused face. I noticed Daniel and Evelyn look a little bit uncomfortable as they said, "because it will be unacceptable in pureblood societies if we delay giving you the heir ring-" at my continued stare she added, "- we pledged to raise you as our own Alex, but if we delay you access to your birthright any longer, we may be accused of bloodline theft and many other accusations-"
'...'
I nodded as the mood of the group shifted, we arrived in front of a free teller who said, "purpose of visit-" in such a tone I was intrigued at how he managed to make a polite statement with such disgust in his tone.
"Heir acceptance of Fawley family." Daniel swiftly answered back, he looked used to the behaviour.
"Follow me." the goblin jumped back disappearing from the view before a gate opened in the table and he waddled out.
It was amusing and I almost wanted to snicker but Evelyn gave both Tori and me a look to shut it and follow. We followed the little goblin as he led us through one of the doors, then another, and another before we finally arrived in a room.
There was another Goblin inside the room sitting behind an old desk. Me ad Tori shared a glance as the first goblin said, "Heir acceptance, Vault 23" before turning and leaving.
I stared at his departing back before looking at the goblin sitting behind the desk, "Mr Fawley, my names Ironheart, I have been the executioner of your estate for the last 21 years, why don't you take a seat."
'huh, he's not grumpy like the last one?'
I walked forward and took a seat, it took me a moment to realize that only I moved and everyone else stood behind.
"Its okay Alex, we'll wait for you outside-" Evelyn said before she dragged Tori out, Daniel and Daphne just followed her out before closing the door.
'So I am alone in a room with an older more experienced goblin, yay!'
I tried to ignore the rumours of goblins eating wizard kids for breakfast and looked Ironheart in the eye, "What now Mr Ironheart"
'Evelyn always said, face your fears and run if death is near, heh, that rhyme always cracks me up-'
A small smile lit up on my face which apparently disturbed Ironheart as he hurriedly said, "Now Mr Fawley, we check your identity before providing you with the heir ring and the summary of your holdings."
I nodded to indicate my understanding so he pulled out a small board which had a lot of runes drawn on it along with a pattern of various lines was etched onto it, after that he pulled out various items and ingredients and placed them at various parts of the board. In the end, he took out a roll of parchment and placed it at the end of the board where the snake-like pattern ended.
"Alright Mr Fawley, everything's set, place your hand here-" he indicated at the start of the pattern.
I hesitated for a second before placing my right ring finger at the indicated spot. I felt a sharp prick and with a jolt, I extracted my hand and looked at the fading wound from which a drop of blood was extracted.
'wait, something's changing-'
I immediately placed my hand inside my robe pocket and touched my wand trying to understand what was happening but it didn't make any sense. All of a sudden the materials across the board started melting and merging with the drop of blood that filled the pattern on the board. It looked like a lot of circles but they weren't closed and folded onto each other. The mixture of blood and ingredients flowed to the end of the pattern and then bled onto the parchment and instead of staining the parchment, it started to form words.
[Name Alex Fawley]
[Son of Brax Fawley and Susan Fawley nee Black]
"Alright, Mr Fawley that should do it-" after saying that he picked up the parchment closed it and put a Gringotts seal on it, he cleaned the board by pressing a rune on it and then stored it away.
'but what was that weird feeling?'
"Here Mr Fawley put this on-" He reached into his drawers and picked out a box, carefully placing it on top of the table he opened it to reveal two rings, he picked up the smaller ring and placed it in front of me. I picked it up again feeling the weird magic around me before shrugging and slipping it on.
As soon as I slipped the ring on I felt my mind became a little clearer, I stared at the two Unicorns that were present in the seal on the ring as I felt a protective layer of magic covering me.
*Ding!!!*
[Equipped a Unique Item]
[Falwley family's heir apparent confirmed]
[+5 to ???]
[+5 to Wand Magic]
'...well there's that?'
Heya peeps! short information! I'll try to post a mass release of 5 chapters tomorrow! hope I can make it!! Take care! Peace!!
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