Chapter Two: ~James Potter~

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I fell on the floor face first and broke my glasses.

"Oh no, mum's going to kill me!" I start to panic.Just then my dad comes in.

"I see you broke your glasses there son," he said,chuckling.He waves his wand and my glasses are fixed.

"I really need to remember that spell," I mutter.

"Come on, let's go to Diagon Alley!" my dad exclaims, sounding like a little kid.I roll my eyes at him. I pull out my list of supplies for school.

Uniform

First Year Students require:

    1.Three sets of plain work robes (black)

    2.One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

    3.One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

    4.One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags

Course Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

   The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

   A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

   Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

  A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

  One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

  Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

  Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

  The Dark Forces and How to Defeat Them by I.C. Wolf

Other Equipment

  1 Wand

  1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

  1 set glass or crystal phials

  1 telescope

  1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat Or a toad

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Darn it.I really wanted to bring my broom.

"Wow," I said, in awe.

"Come on we need to go to the bank," my dad said pulling me along.I am always amazed by Diagon Alley, even though I lived here my whole life!

" James, be a dear-" my dad started to say.

"Dad I can only become a deer if I'm an animagis," I said jokingly.

"That's not what I meant."

"Whatever," I say looking up at my favorite poem.

Enter,stranger,but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

We march right up to the head, or rather looked like the head, goblin.

"I would like to make a withdrawal from the trust vault." My dad pulled out a key.

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I walk into Ollivanders' wand shop. It's a little dusty in here.

"Ah, Charles. Pear, 11 1/2 inches, dragon heart string,flexible, and good for Defense Against the Dark Arts." 

"Yes," my dad said smiling.Ollivander smiled and took a tape measure out.

"Hold out your wand arm." I held out my right hand.

"Well, let see here, willow, 10 inches,flexible, and dragon heart string-" I waved it around.The vase crashed.I set the wand down gently.

"No, that won't do.Ah, yes mahogany,11 inches,pliable, and dragon heart string." Ollivander looked excited.

I felt warmth in my fingers.Red and gold sparks shot out." YES! THIS IS MY WAND!" I shouted excited.

"That would be seven galleons." My dad paid and we left.

"Time to go home, son." I grabbed some Floo powder and threw it in.

"Potter Cave!" I  shouted. Time to go home.

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Written by ~Prongs took forever

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