Chapter 10: Shopping trip

Chapter 10: Shopping trip

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

Chapter 10: Shopping trip

Harry and Lily were walking through the streets of Diagon Alley. After receiving his letter, Lily told him that it was time for him to get a wand and buy all of the other supplies they needed.

His father was busy with work and Lyra had to stay at home to take care of Holly who could not come because according to his mother, it would take them all day to finish the shopping if they had to bring her.

Besides, Holly's birthday would be shortly before his trip to Hogwarts so his mother wanted to take the chance to buy her a good present.

Harry, on the other hand, was just enjoying spending some time with his mother alone.

"Here we are," Lily said as they arrived at the door of Ollivanders.

They went inside and were greeted by a familiar old man.

"Welcome." Ollivander looked at Lily for a moment.

"Ten inches, willow wood, and a phoenix feather core if I remember correctly."

Lily smiled and took out her wand.

"That's correct, Mister Ollivander."

"I hope it has served you well." The old man said.

"It has, thank you. But today we are here for my son." Lily put her hand on Harry's shoulder and nudged him forward.

"Don't be afraid of him, Mister Ollivander has always been a bit peculiar."

Ollivander chuckled at the comment but did not seem one bit offended instead looked proud of it. He then turned his eyes to Harry.

"Of course, getting your first wand is a very exciting experience, young one."

Harry smiled softly. If only Ollivander knew the number of wands and other types of foci that Harry had to use over the years...

The old man did some measurements and went to pick up some wands before coming back. He opened one of the boxes, pulled out a wand, and handed it to Harry.

"Go on, give it a try."

The moment Harry picked it up, He felt the unicorn hair that was used as a core. He directed his magic through the wand with ease and this one started to shine.

Olivander gasped in surprise. "A match on the first try? In all of my years, I have never seen this before."

Harry placed the wand back on the counter.

"I prefer one with a phoenix feather if you don't mind, Mister Ollivander."

"Owls are very useful but you could also get a cat if you want. Just please don't get a toad..." Lily made a disgusted expression.

Harry was too distracted to listen to what she was saying. He went directly to the section with the owls.

There were five left but... none of them were Hedwig. He would have immediately recognized her as she was the only snowy owl in the shop.

"Oh, an owl?. Which one do you like?" His mother seemed to have mistook his intention. He was not looking for just any owl.

"Excuse me, sir." He went directly to the shopkeeper and asked about a pure white snow owl.

"Ah, that one...yes, we had her for a while. She wouldn't get along with anyone, but...just two days ago, the 'Boy who lived' himself came to my shop and took a liking to that particular owl, can you believe it?"

"I see..." Harry muttered.

'So she is with Neville then.' He thought that maybe it was some sort of fate.

"Harry?, is everything alright?." Lily came to his side.

"If you don't find one that you like, there is another shop on the other side of the alley."

"Hmph!, Brendoms?. Madam, you won't find better magical pets than the ones I have right here." The shopkeeper proclaimed with pride.

"No, it's okay. I think I changed my mind. I won't be getting any familiar pet after all." Harry told her.

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Their shopping trip took quite a while, they were currently in their last location, an ingredient shop for potions. It wasn't the one most people go to, but one that was located in one of the inner alleys.

During her student days, Lily was a very talented potioner and her professor had introduced her to this particular potion shop, since then she always made her purchases here instead of the most popular one.

She became close friends with the owner and was always given a discount.

"Okay, I think we have everything..." Lily went over the school list one more time after paying for the ingredients.

"Are you sure you don't want a familiar pet? If you get an owl you can use it to send letters to us." Suggested his mother for the second time.

"No...I can use the school owls to send messages, don't worry about it." He had no intention of replacing Hedwig.