Gred and Forge?

4 ~ Wands

We stepped into the Leaky Cauldron after our visit to Ollivanders, I doubt any of what he said was even true. How can it be?

We collapsed at the table after the Tiring day, our arms sore from carrying all of my packages. Izzy was fast asleep resting her head on Fred's shoulder one arm wrapped around his neck while the other was in her mouth.

Mother was ordering us some butter beer while dad was talking to a strange man at a table far away from everyone, he was nearly completely hidden from view.

I pulled out my new wand to examine it. It truly was a beautiful wand. "That's not your first wand is it?" George asked looking over at me. I shook my head. "My first wand was well... The headmistress from my old school snapped it in me when I was expelled." I looked down at my, lap remembering that day as though it were yesterday...

***Flashback***

I was sitting in detention laughing at the sight of the old hag we called a headmistress. I had just set her hair on fire and she was running around her office like a mad woman while the flames were engulfing her hair and smoke was billowing from her head

I couldn't help but laugh at her, I was laughing so hard I was bent over trying to catch my breath but all of a sudden she hand my wand in her grasp, my 12 inch walnut, unicorn hair, in between her two manly hands.

She stopped and smirked at me her head now black from the fire which had been extinguished. I couldn't look, the next thing I heard was the sound of wood snapping. Splinters flying everywhere. My wand had been broken in two and was very clearly unreparable. I could see the unicorn hair poking out from the two ends where the wood had been broken in half.

Then she threw my broken and useless wand into the fire where it was eaten up by the flames until all that was left were the ashes of my once working wand.

*** Flashback over ***

"Woa I didn't know someone could be so cruel" Fred said looking shocked.

"Yea, trust me, you NEVER want to get on her bad side, ever." I said not looking up from my lap.

"Well I'm sorry to break up the conversation, but its late and we really must be going," my Mother said coming over and lifting up some of my parcels. "I'll take these parcels of home, your father took the rest of them earlier. It was nice to meet you boys" my mother said before disapparating back to our home.

"Well, I guess I'll see yous at Hogwarts" I said giving them both a hug. I melted into Fred's hug feeling safe and never wanting to let go. "Hey its only a week, meet us between platforms 9 and 10 next week at quarter to 11, in Kings Cross Station" said George. "Yea, we'll help you get onto the platform, that way you can sit with us on the train," Fred said giving me a reassuring smile.

I smiled back at him and agreed to our plan. I gently took izzy out of Fred's arms and rested her head on my shoulder, just as mum apparatus back to the Leaky Cauldron.

"See you next week." They said waving at us, just as we apparated back home. The twins disappearing from sight.

We apparated right into the living room, a smile still etched on my face. I had made two great friends, who are huge pranksters and made me feel like I had known them all my life.

I smiled to myself as I walked up the stairs thinking of the tingles that shot up my arm and the butterflys that flew round my stomach when Fred held my hand and hugged me tightly. I gently got a sleepy Izzy into her jammies and placed her into her cot before opening all of my supplies that I had bought and placing them quietly into my new school trunk, trying not to wake a sleeping baby. Just so I wouldn't have to do it before I left.

I quietly changed out of my jeans and jumper and into a pair of plaid pajama bottoms and an over sized T-shirt before climbing into my bed and falling asleep the second my head hit the pillow.

Who knew that's shopping could be so exhausting.