The next day Hagrid, Harry, and I traveled to London so we could get Harry's and I's school supplies. I was looking over my list when I asked Hargrid:
"Can we get all of this in London?"
"If yeh know where to go."
I looked at my list again and I think it confused me even more.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
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Uniform
First-year students will 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 either 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 Draughts and Potions by Arenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble
Other equipment
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set set of 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 BOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
I didn't question Hagrid anymore and continue to follow him as he lead us through the busy streets of London. Finally we stopped in front of a dingy looking pub. Hagrid looked around before he open the door and ushered Harry and I in. When I walked in it took my eyes a few seconds to adapt to the dark lighting. Once my eyes adjusted I saw that the pub was pretty filled; there were old women sitting in one corner, a man talking to the bar tender, and people scattered all around the room. They were all chattering to each other but stopped once we stepped in. The bar tender was the first to react by asking Hagrid," The usual?"
"Can't, Tom, I'm on Hogwarts business," Hagrid said while beaming and placing his hand on Harry's and I's shoulders.
"Good Lord," the bar tender said as he peered at Harry's and mine foreheads," is this- can this be-?" The room though silent since we walked in seemed to get an still and stiff feeling in the room.
"Bless my soul. Harry and Maggie Potter... What an honor," the bartender extended his hand for Harry to shake, which he did. Once he let go of Harry's hand, he grasped mine and started to shake it. All of sudden ,as though everyone was electrocuted, people were rushing to shake our hands.
"Welcome back, Mr. And Ms. Potter, welcome back."
"Doris Crockford," an old women introduced herself." Can't believe I'm meeting you at last.
"So proud, Potters, I'm just so proud."
"Always wanted to shake your hand- I'm all of a flutter."
"Delighted. Just can't tell you. Dedalus Diggle."
"Wait I've seen you before," I exclaimed as I saw the old man's face.
"She remembers," Diggle cried. Soon Hagrid was pulling Harry and I out of the crowd, saying we had to get our supplies. Out of nowhere, a pale young man popped out. He was twitching and nervously wringing his hands. Hagrid seemed to recognized the man since he said," Professor Quirrell! Harry, Maggie, Professor Quirrell will be one of your teachers at Hogwarts!"
"P-P-Potter," Quirrell stuttered," c-can-can't tel t-tell. You how p-pleased I am to meet you."
"Hello Professor," I said while smiling and extending my hand. He nervously looked at my hand and continued wringing his hands. I slowly put my hand back down to my side. I continued on as though he hadn't ignored my hand," what lesson do you teach?"
"D-Defense Against the D-D-Darks Arts. N-not that you n-need it, eh, P-P-Potters?"
"Well we got to go," Hagrid started," Lots to buy!"
"Bye," I giggled as I waved to everyone. Hagrid lead us to another door which lead to an alley. The three of us crowded into the small area and Hagrid pulled out his umbrella and started tapping the bricks. When Hagrid pulled back his umbrella, the bricks started to move. Once the were done moving, I looked through the hole.
"Welcome to Diagon Alley," Hagrid said as we walked into the street. I was amazed as I looked around at all of the shops and people. Hagrid had started to walk so I ran to catch up to him and Harry. I continued to look at all of the different stores, ones for cauldrons, brooms, animals, wands, as we walked down the street.
"Hagrid," Harry started.
"How are we going to pay for all of this," I continued.
"We haven't have any money," Harry finished.
"You think your parents left you without any money," Hagrid said." Welcome to Gringotts, one of the safest places besides Hogwarts of course."
We walked into the tall white building and I was slightly revolted at what I saw when I entered. There were small, evil looking creatures all around. They barely came up to my waist. They all had long gnarled fingers and pointy noses. I moved closer to Harry, as he wrapped his arm around me.
"These are goblins," Hagrid whispered to us. We continued to walk as we headed towards one of the counters at the end of the room.
"Ehm," Hagrid made a sound but the goblin didn't look up." Ehm." Still no reaction." S'cuse me Mr. Harry and Ms. Margaret Potter would like to be a withdrawal from the vault," Hagrid poshly said.
"Do Mr. and Ms. Potter have their key," the goblin said as he finally looked up from his writing. Hagrid had a look of panic as he started to search his coat pockets for the key. Suddenly he had a happy expression as he pulled a tiny key from the depths of his coat. The goblin inspected the key before he nodded his head. Hagrid tried to subtly hand the goblin an envelope and said it was about "you know what" in vault "you know which."
"Of course," the goblin said. "Griphook here will take you to the two requested vaults." A nice looking, or as nice looking as a goblin could look, goblin came around the counter.
He took my hand and started leading me towards the back of the bank. I gave Hagrid and Harry, a look but they both shrugged and followed Griphook and me. We stopped in front of cart and Griphook got in and then assisted me in getting in.
"Thank," I said nicely while giving him a smile.
"Hmp," the goblin responded. How rude of him. Maybe I can shove him off the cart but then no one could steer it. Harry and Hagrid both clambered into the cart and it instantly started speeding down the tracks. I started to laugh as the rushing wind caused my now yellow hair to flow behind me. I looked over and saw that Harry looked like he was having fun. Harry gave me a big smile to which I returned.
"Is there any other speed," Hagrid hastily asked since it looked like if he kept his mouth open too long he would be sick.
"Nope," Griphook smirked. Hagrid paled even more after that. In a sudden halt, the cart stopped in front of a vault. Griphook got off the cart and asked for the key. Hagrid handed it to him as Harry and I got out of the cart also. Griphook unlocked the vault and my mouth dropped significantly. Inside there were stacks and stacks of different sized coins. I looked over at Harry and he and I shared a look of amazement.
"Didn't think yer parents would leave yer with nothing did yeh," Hagrid said from behind us. We turned and looked at him, before I raced into the vault with my small sack and filled it with money but made sure to leave enough for later in life. Harry did the same before we both hopped back in and we were off towards the secret vault. This time when we stopped Only Griphook and Hagrid got off. To open instead of using a key, Griphook placed his hand on the door, which then opened. I peeked around Hagrid's big form and only saw a tiny package. Hagrid quickly picked it up and placed it in his coat and then patted it.
"Best not to mention this once back at Hogwarts," Hagrid said.
"Of course," Harry and I said in unison.
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Once we were out of Gringotts, we made our way to Madame Malkin's Robes for all Occasions. Harry and I quickly told her we were going to Hogwarts and magically her tape measurer started to size us up. The robes only took 5 minutes before we were out of the shop. I lead the way as we made our way to Flourish and Blotts where we picked up our books for school.
"Oh Maggie befor' I forget why don' yeh pick up a book abou' Metamorphmagus skills," Hagrid said as we walked by a certain section.
"My what skill," I asked as I looked at Hagrid as though he was crazy.
"Yer Metamorphmagus skills. Why do yer think yer hair changes colo' when you feel strong emotions. This book," Hagrid handed me a book," can teach you how ter try and control yer skillz. Once yer train up a bit yer could probably change yer appearance."
"Wicked," I said as my hair changed yellow. I concentrated on a rainbow and suddenly my hair was all different colors.
"That's cool," Harry said as he touched my rainbow hair. "I always wanted to know why you could do that. I put my book into my pile as we made our way to the counter to pay.
After we left Flourish and Blotts, Harry and I separated from Hagrid. While Hagrid went off to Eeylops Owl Emporium, saying he needed to get something from there and that he would meet us at Ollivanders, Harry and I made our way to the wand shop. The shop was the shabbiest of all the shops but that was a given since above the store door the sign said it has been open since 382 B.C. We made our way into the shop and saw walls lined with small boxes but no one was there.
"Hello," I called as Harry and I place our stuff on a chair in the corner.
"Anyone here," Harry tried this time. Out of the back corner, a man suddenly appeared. I let a little shriek out as Harry pushed me behind him. I was startled by the sudden appearance of the man.
"Ah I have been waiting for you two. It seems only yesterday i was selling your mother her wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wand for charm work. You look just like your mother, Maggie. You Harry look like your father but with your mother's eyes. Your father had a mahogany wand, eleven inches, pliable. Definitely had more power and was better for transfiguration. Anyway which one of you would like to start?" I turned and saw that Harry had steeped back and I glared at him a little bit. I turned back and faced Mr. Ollivander. "I will."
"Great. Your wand hand, please." Once he saw my confused face," Er your writing hand."
"Oh my right."
"Thank you." Soon a magical tape measurer was again being used on me. First he measured me from my shoulder to my fingers, then wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit, and finally around my head. The last one made me make a strange face. Harry must've notice because let out a laugh. I gave him a joking glare and stuck my tongue out.
"Ah seems like you have your father's personality," Mr. Ollivander said as he handed me a wand. "Beechwood and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches. Nice and flexible."
I just starred between the wand and Mr. Ollivander with a confused look on my face. "Oh give it a wave."
I looked at Harry and shrugged my shoulders before waving the wand. The glass in the window suddenly exploded. Harry luckily moved out of the way just in time, so he wasn't hit with any glass. I giggled as I looked over at Mr. Ollivander who had a look of shock on his.
"Nope. Nope, not at all," he said as he took the wand from my hand. He pulled out his own wand a foxed the window. I tried 3 more wands but none of them worked for me. I exploded the base with the second wand. Cleared out a full wall with the third and shocked Mr. Ollivander with the fourth. Finally when Mr. Ollivander handed me the fifth I knew this was the one. Once it was in my hand I felt warmth go through my whole body.
"Curious. Very curious," Mr. Ollivander mumbled as he wrapped up my wand and gave it to me.
"What's curious," I asked.
"Nothing. Mr. Potter, if you will." Harry walked up to Mr. Ollivander as I sat where Harry had just been siting. On the first wand, I could tell it was his wand.
"Strange. Extremely strange," Mr. Ollivander said as he wrapped Harry's wand and gave it to him.
"What is strange and curious," I snapped. I don't like to be left without knowing something especially if it had to do with my brother and me. Harry gave me a look for snapping.
"It's strange that both of your wands have the same Phoenix feather that gave you those scars." I could feel my hair turning white. "Ah I see that you are a Metamorphmagus, Ms. Potter. Your wand Ms. Potter is twelve inches while yours Mr. Potters is 11. I expect great things from the both of you since He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things. Terrible but great."
"Harry! Maggie," I turned and saw that Hagrid had two owls. A beautiful snowy white owl, that he was waving towards Harry, while Hagrid was showing me a gray owl with bright electric blue eyes. Though the white owl was pretty, my owl was just breathtaking. I decided to name her Sonas, since it is Gaelic for happiness. "Happy late Birthday!"
"Thank you," I said as I grabbed my stuff and raced out of Ollivanders. I ran up to Hagrid and grabbed the owl as I thanked him. I heard Harry come up next to me and thank Hagrid and grab his owl.
"I'm going to name her Sonas," I said as I stuck my finger into the cage and let her affectionally nip it.
"That's pretty. Mine is going to be Hedwig," Harry said as he looked at his owl.
"I like that
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FanfictionMargaret Petunia Potter is the twin sister of The Harry Potter. Her story is just as famous as her brother's. When she gets accepted to Hogwarts will she find love, be used or die while attending?
