Bab 4: Wand
Diagon Alley is a cobblestoned wizarding alley and shopping area located in London, England behind a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. Inside the alley is an assortment of restaurants, shops, and other sights. The alley is completely hidden from the Muggle world which is right outside of its boundaries. It is very large in area and essentially the center of wizarding London.
Draco had already been here a couple of times to shop, so he was very familiar with this place. After they used the Floo powder all 4 of them arrived at Leaky Cauldron. The Leaky Cauldron was a popular wizarding pub and inn located in London, even though it was a popular place it was creepy and weird looking, Draco was sure that if this place wasn't connected to Diagon Alley, this place wouldn't be popular at all.
"We will first go to Madam Malkin's to get the robes." Narcissa said walking outside the pub.
The three of them didn't say anything and just followed her silently, Pansy would look at Draco time and time again and Theodore was in his own world thinking about different stuff.
After walking for a while they reached the door of Madam Malkin's.
"Draco, you go inside with your friends while I will go get the books and equipment for them." Narcissa said Draco handing Draco a pouch "Also don't run off to buy a wand, wait for me." Narcissa said the last word strictly and walked away.
Draco sighed finally getting rid of his mother, "Sigh! let's go in."
Pansy and Theodore followed behind him nodding,
"So Draco, I heard you are a genius at potions." Pansy said holding Draco's arm suddenly.
Draco looked at the cheerful girl with a gentle smile and said, "Yeah, I am pretty good at it."
"Then will you be willing to teach me, I am not that good at it," Pansy said getting closer to Draco, Draco who didn't have any close relations with a girl even before he transmigrated here was getting slightly red. Draco was just about to reply to her, Theodore suddenly interrupted them
"You know I am good at potions too, its just I don't advertise my talent." Theodore said with a smug look.
"Hmph! I wasn't talking to you, you lanky rabbit face." Pansy called out looking at Theodore.
Not expecting that reaction from her, Theodore was surprised but quickly recovered, "What did you call me, you pug-face."
"Do you have a spattergroit or do you always look like that?" Pansy snapped back quickly.
"When you encounter a boggart, does it turn into a mirror?" Theodore quickly came back with his own killer insult.
"Okay, stop it you two." Draco came between them causing both of them to snort and look away from each other, 'Sigh! is this how my life in Hogwarts going to be?'
They walked in and Madam Malkin started taking their measurements, Draco being first then Pansy and Theodore.
As Madam Malkin was taking Theodore's measurement's, A thin boy with baggy clothes and a broken glasses walked in.
"Hogwarts, clear?" Madam Malkin said, when the boy started to speak. "Got the lot here -- these young guys being fitted up just now, in fact. "
The three of them looked at the boy who looked very awkward, Draco had a guess to who he was so he walked in front of him.
"Hogwarts?" Draco asked to which the boy nodded, "You too?"
"Yeah! we three are going there, I am Draco Malfoy, The pretty girl here is Pansy Parkinson and the rabbit face getting his measurements there is Theodore Nott." Draco said reaching his hand out.
Pansy was looking at the boy with an annoyed look wondering if he was a muggle born or not and Theodore didn't have any interest in him at all so he just casually waved at him.
The boy was kinda shy and shook Draco's hand, "I am Harry Potter."
Soon as he said that both Pansy and Theodore looked at him, Theodore jumped off the footstool looking at the boy as he and Pansy got close to him.
"The Harry Potter??" Pansy asked with a curious expression.
"Idiot, look at the Scar on his forehead, he is the real deal," Theodore said looking at Harry curiously.
Harry who had just been out of the leaky cauldron was sort of used to this kind of reaction by now, but he didn't think people his age would show the same reaction to him as well.
"Cough" Draco pulled both of them out of Harry's face, "Sorry, they are just interested and don't mean any harm."
Harry shook his head, "It's okay, I have been getting the same reaction all morning."
"Let me help you, with that." Draco smiled and pulled out his old wand and pointed it at Harry's glasses "Oculus Reparo"
The broken glass was magically repaired. Harry took off the glass and looked at it with amazement.
"Oh! don't be too amazed now! My measurements are done." Theodore said pushing Harry to the footstool.
"So, Harry do you know which house you'll be in?" Theodore asked.
"No." Harry replied.
"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know we'll be in Slytherin, all of our family have been -- imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" said Pansy
"Mmm," said Harry, wishing he could understand what they were saying.
"Sigh! We all know that Harry here came from the muggle world, so he probably doesn't have any idea of what you guys are talking about." Draco stepped in trying to avoid the awkward atmosphere.
"Oh! Forgive me, I kinda forgot about it." Theodore said scratching his head.
Pansy didn't say anything but just gave an 'Oh! I forgot.' look.
"Don't worry about it! Do you mind telling me about what Slytherin and Hufflepuff is?." Harry asked looking at Draco thankfully.
"They are Hogwarts Houses, There are four Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw." Answered Pansy politely as she continued, "Slytherin's are for the best pure-blood and Half-blood wizards, Hufflepuff are for duffers, Ravenclaw for the smart-minded and Gryffindor for the ignorantly brave."
"Each one of us will get sorted into a house when we reach Hogwarts." Theodore added,
Harry was processing all the stuff when suddenly Madam Malkin's voice came in, "Children its done."
Draco went over and paid for all their clothes even Harry's.
"Oh! you didn't have to." Said Harry
"Don't worry, its not that much money anyway." Draco said and pointed at the window, "I think someone is looking for you."
Harry looked at the window to find Hagrid who was holding ice creams looking at him.
"See you at Hogwarts then Harry," Draco said walking out not giving Harry a chance to speak.
"See you." Theodore and Pansy also followed Draco out of the place.
"Where are we going?" Pansy asked Draco.
"To the wand shop." Replied Draco.
"Didn't aunt Narcissa told us to wait for her?" Pansy said with a questioning look.
"Aunt Narcissa?" Draco looked at Pansy who was slightly blushing.
"When has that ever stopped him?" Theodore replied walking towards Ollivander's.
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Harry's POV
"Who were they, Harry?" Hagrid asked looking at the back of the three kids.
"Some friends I made." Harry replied happily. Harry was very happy as they were the first friends he ever made. Hagrid looking at the happy Harry didn't say anything and just sighed. He didn't want to tell him that the friend he made might be his enemy in the future.
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The shop was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window.
A tinkling bell rang somewhere in the depths of the shop as they stepped inside. It was a tiny place, empty except for a single, spindly chair.
'Finally.' Draco was very excited about getting his own wand.
"Good afternoon," said a soft voice making the trio jump, A old man was standing before them, his wide, pale eyes shining like moons through the gloom of the shop.
Draco was sure that this old man was purposefully waiting for customers to walk in so he could scare them.
"Hello." Draco said awkwardly, "I am Draco Malfoy, these two are Theodore Nott and Pansy Parkinson, we are here to buy our wands"
"Oh yes, I know the young prodigy wizard, of course." The old man replied, "I remember like it was yesterday when your parents came in for their first wands."
"Ok, let me have a look!" Olivander without stopping pulled out a long strip of silver tape from his pocket and came to Pansy. "Ladies first, Ms. Parkinson, which hand do you use?"
"My right hand," Pansy whispered.
"Please raise your arm." Ollivander measured her arm, starting with her shoulder to her fingertips, and then from wrist to elbow, knee to her armpit and finally her height and started explaining things to all three of them, "Each Ollivander wand has a strong magic core which is its essence. I usually use unicorn hair, phoenix tail feather, and dragon nerves, each and every Ollivander wand is unique because there are no two identical unicorns, dragons or phoenixes, of course, if you use a wand belongs to other wizards, the spells will never be as good."
"Please remember, The wand chooses the wizard!"
Draco knew what he said was true since he could feel some sort of resistance from his ancestor's wand whenever he used it; the old man disappeared into the packed shelves and quickly came out with a box with the wand.
After trying a few times, Pansy's and Theodore wands were quickly picked and now came Draco's turn. Draco walked in front of Ollivander who had been looking at him curiously since the beginning. (There is no information on what kind of wand they used so I will leave it to your imagination.)
"Mr. Malfoy, which hand do you use?"
"Right Hand," Draco replied after which Ollivander started measuring his hand and height.
"Right then, Mr. Malfoy. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. just take it and give it a wave."
Draco took the wand, waved it around a bit, and gave it back.
"Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches. Quite whippy. Try --"
Draco tried the wand and gave it back again.
"No, no -here, ebony and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Go on, go on, try it out."
Draco tried. And tried one wand after another but none of them felt right, He could use them but it wasn't a good feeling since he could feel some resistance from the wand. 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 -- that wand -- Ollivanders went deep into the shelves as he came out with a golden box which looked very beautiful.
Pansy who was getting bored watching all the wands pile up was fascinated when she saw the box.
Mr. Ollivander opened the case delicately, inside it was a beautiful silver colored wand with the handle colored black. The base of it had a beautiful red ruby and the whole wand had some sort of inscription all over it. But the most surprising part was that that the wand had a metallic shine to it, unlike other wooden wands.
Draco fascinated by the wand picked it up without thinking, As soon as Draco picked up the wand, all the inscription in the wand started shining red, Draco felt a crazy amount of mana rushing into him. The inscription around the wand suddenly started moving like a snake and started climbing up towards his arms, Seeing this Draco wanted to let go of the wand but he couldn't even move. The inscription moved from his small finger and climbed up to his elbow in a circular motion. Soon the light stopped coming out of the wand and inscription stopped moving and got embedded into his skin like a tattoo. Draco looked at the weird words around his arms, He couldn't understand it but he felt the wand now being connected to him as if it was another part of him.
While all this was happening the other people in the shop only saw a bright red light flash when Draco picked up the wand and all of them started suffocating and they fainted on the spot.
Draco who was wondering what the hell was going on looked around to find Ollivander, Pansy and Theodore unconscious on the ground. Draco was sure his wand was something unique and weird since he hadn't read about a wand doing this before, so he quickly hid his marks on his arm and woke the three of them up. Soon Narcissa walked in and was surprised seeing all of them drowsy. Draco explained what happened to his mother and Narcissa helped them by giving them water.
"Amazing!" Said Ollivander looking at Draco, "All my years of making and giving wands to people, such a phenomenon to occur is a first."
Draco looked at Ollivander weirdly, 'Is he a masochist?' Draco wondered.
"What in Merlin's name is this wand?" Draco asked
"This wand was around ever since Ollivanders was open and was likely found by my forefathers since no record of making this wand exists" Ollivanders said looking at deeply into Draco's eyes, "This wand is very fascinating Mr. Malfoy, I don't know what metal it is made of and what core is inside it but one thing I can say for sure, this wand has more than two cores."
Ollivander's words left everyone shocked.
"Wow! Draco... I knew you were amazing but this is really out of ordinary." Pansy tried to compliment Draco with a tired face.
"I am never going wand shopping with you." Theodore joked with a pale face.
"Sigh! One trouble after another." Narcissa sighed and looked at Mr. Ollivander, "Mr. Ollivanders, can you tell me how much I owe you."
"40 Galleons." Ollivander stood up and walked back to the counter, Even though it was very expensive for a wand, since most wands only cost 7 Galleons, Narcissa paid the money without saying anything.
As Draco and the others were walking out of the shop, Ollivanders looked at Draco and said, "The wand chooses the wizard, remember that Mr. Malfoy. Even though no one knows what that wand is capable of but I can tell that it is meant for extraordinary things, so I hope you don't misuse it."
Draco was wondering if the news about the wand may reach Dumbledore, but he was sure that Ollivanders and the others didn't see anything looking at their reaction so Draco just nodded and left the shop, Everyone was tired so they called it quits for today and quickly went back to the Malfoy Manor.
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