Weapon ~ harry potter

Chapter 4 : Diagon Alley

The next few weeks were exhausting. They cleaned the house the whole day. The twins would Apparate anytime and anywhere scaring people around the house. On the last day of the vacations, the teenagers that went to Hogwarts got their letters.

Ron and Hermione were prefects and Charlotte was supposed to go to Diagon Alley with Molly.

"Charlotte, are you ready ?" Molly asked when she saw her in the hall, looking at some paintings with her shoes and coat on. She nodded.

"Okay then, let's go. Charlotte and I will be back in few hours. Don't burn the house down while we're gone !" she shouted so that the people in the house would hear her.

They were about to head out when they heard a crack! and saw Fred and George looking at Charlotte with curious eyes.

"You're going with Mum ?" George asked.

"Yes I need to buy my wand. They didn't allow me to have one in St. Mungo's." The twins nodded and with another crack! they Apparated away.

The only thing the teenagers knew about Charlotte was that she was an orphan but she was placed in St. Mungo's because there was a possibility of her having a sickness passed by her relatives. It wasn't the whole truth, but it was a pretty good lie and they believed it.

Molly placed the Disillusionment charm on them so they could Apparate to Diagon Alley unnoticed by the muggles.

Molly gave her arm to Charlotte which she took, closing her eyes. When she opened them she was standing in a long street surrounded by people wearing robes and holding weird purchases like a talking book or a newspaper with a moving picture. They were wizards and she was in Diagon Alley. She smiled.

"Right, so Gringotts first, we need to get your money." Molly announced.

"Oh it's alright I can go alone. In the meantime you can go get their books and Ron's broom and we can meet in front of Ollivander's." Charlotte told her.

"Are you sure ? The first time at Gringotts can be scary." Molly asked, she really looked a little worried for Charlotte.

"Yes I'm sure. I've read plenty about it and it'll buy us time. I'm sure Hermione can't wait to read her books and if I'm being honest, me too." She replied, smiling at Molly.

"Alright then, see you in front of Ollivander in about an hour." Charlotte nodded and made her way to Gringotts' bank.

After her father's fall, the Ministry wanted to take his money but at the announce of him having a child, the Ministry was forced to leave the money for the child after spending hours in his vault trying to find any object involved with Dark Magic.

Charlotte arrived in front of the gigantic bank with snow white brick walls. She opened the bronze portal. A goblin inclined at the sight of her. Then, she opened another door, this time silver with an inscription written on it. Two other goblins inclined at her and she walked through the end of the hall where a goblin was sitting behind a counter.

"Hello sir, i would like to enter my vault to take some money." she announced to the goblin.

"Name ?" he asked without looking up from his forms.

"Charlotte Grindelwald."

He looked up, "Right, do you have the form from St. Mungos hospital ?" he asked suspiciously.

Charlotte nodded and took a file out of her bag. The goblin studied it for a few minutes then asked her to follow him. After an unpleasant ride they finally got to her vault. The goblin pulled five keys out of his bag and begun to open the door.

After some time the door opened. Charlotte walked in to find three white shelves at the end of the room. One was filled with golden coins, Galleons. Another with silver coins, Sickles. And the last one with bronze coins, Knuts. She pulled out a small bag from her coat and filled it with enough money to last the year.

But then she noticed a silver box with lilac ornaments sitting at the bottom of the Knut's shelve. She turned to the goblin and asked him what the box was containing but he replied that the box was protected with a spell making it impossible to anyone without Grindelwald's blood to even touch it.

After inspecting it for a while she picked it up. Nothing happened. She decided to take it with her and to open it with Dumbledore.

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She was now standing in front of Ollivander's wand shop, waiting for Molly. When she arrived, they walked in the messy store.

"Hello ?" Charlotte spoke.

An old man appeared ; "Well hello, are you here for a wand check up ?" he asked.

"Actually no, I don't have a wand. That's why I'm here." she answered.

"Right, right. Name ?"

"Charlotte Brown." She didn't think the man needed to know her real name.

After a few tries with random wands, one finally chose her.

"Hawthorn wood, unicorn hair core, 13 inches and unyielding flexibility." Ollivander said, giving her her wand.

She smiled, looking at Molly who also smiling at her.

After paying, they got out of the shop and got back to 12, Grimmauld Place where she examined her wand closely. It was light brown, looked like it was sharpened by hand with a knife, with circle cuts on the handle. It was beautiful, very, Charlotte ?