We ride on the underground for about 20 minutes into the heart of London we get off and we enter into this small looking building that no one really seemed to be paying attention to. When we entered it looked dimly lit and very crowded by many old looking men and women in robes something tells me that all of them are wizards i wonder if me and Terry will have to wear these strange looking robes. I hope they have pastel ones Terry loves everything and anything that's pastel. Terry Dad Alexa and me follow the headmaster into an old back room. The room is small and cramped there the only thing in this room is this dusty brick wall. headmaster mcgonagall tapes the bricks with her wand that she pulled out of her emerald robes. the bricks move and reveal a street bustling with people in robes hurrying to shops of all shapes and sizes. I look down at my clothes and i look at Terry and i suddenly feel so extremely out of place.
"follow me please we must go and get your money exchanged" said the headmaster walking through the small very crowded streets
I cant wait to see wizard money i wonder how different it is from normal people money. we follow the headmaster to this huge white building at the end of the alley. it's very intimidating and probably the biggest building I've ever seen. We enter into the building and the room is huge with extremely large ceilings the room was covered in gold with tiny mean with ugly scrunched up faces sitting on very high seats at very high gold desks. This building is the most amazing and beautiful place I've ever seen. If the rest of this wizarding world looks anything like this place I'll be perfectly ok with leaving my home. The headmaster walked to the very back of the building a small looking man with a scrunched up face and an incredibly long nose and small squinty green eyes was sitting at a very tall gold desk that made him seem very important.
"This family needs to exchange their muggle money for ours." headmaster mcgonagall said to the very small and important looking man almost as though she has done this 100 times.
"cash or card." the small man said sounding very annoyed.
"We have card sir" our dad said handing the man his credit card more nervous than I've ever seen him.
The very small and annoyed looking man took our fathers credit card and stepped down from his tall chair and disappeared behind his desk a few moments passed and he came back and started to try and explained how wizarding money works but Terry and I kind of tuned out and started to look around the wizarding bank. The ceilings are higher than my life goals which is saying something considering i had always wanted to be the prime minister. I wonder if i could still be the prime minister now that im a wizard how many prime ministers had we had that are wizards. I guess i'll have to re work my dreams now that this whole world has opened up to me maybe i could get a job here at the wizard bank then i could see this beautiful place every day of my life i hope Hogwarts looks even half as amazing as this place.
After the small looking man finished up explaining how money works Dad and Alexa walked over to where I was daydreaming and started to persuade me out of the building. From there we continue to follow our headmaster she briefly told us that we would be going to get robes fitted for us. We came to this one store looking building with a sign that said madam malkin's robes for all occasions. We walk in to the robe shop and are meet with a very beautiful puggy woman who I assume to be madam malkin
"Yes hello malkin would you mind fitting these children for their school robes while I take their parents to get their cauldrons" professor mcgonagall said ushering our parents out of the door
"All right children first year of Hogwarts is it are you two excited."the old woman said while ushering us on to steps in front of mirrors. "Do you two know which houses you would like to be in."
"I'm so sorry madam but what do you mean by houses" I said looking at my brother confused as ever
The old woman whipped around my brother and I with fabrics pinning things up and having sowing needles floating in the air beside her "oh I'm so very sorry I should have known by the way you and your parents are dressed you two must be muggle born"
"Im so sorry again but what is a muggle" my brother said diving out of the way as to not get poked with a needle.
"Oh yes, sorry dear, muggle is a person who has no magic. I can't believe the head mistress hasn't explained to you about houses yet, but I suppose she is very busy." The old witch continued to tuck snip and measure at our robes. "at Hogwarts you will be sorted in to one of 4 houses, each look for students who exhibit different attributes there is Gryffindor Slytherin Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, Gryffindor look for people who are brave and loyal, Slytherin look for kids who are cunning and ambitious, Hufflepuff look for the kind hearted and loyal, and Ravenclaw look for those of wit and learning!"
That sounded amazing I could be with kids who are just like me I could meet brand new people just like me through this sorting process I can't wait to be at Hogwarts I've always felt so out of place in my old school I didn't really have many friends people found me odd though Terry is the exact opposite he has loads of friends I wonder how he's going to feel leaving them.
Me on the other hand I can't wait to go to Hogwarts!
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The trans raven
FanfictionDerek Williams is going back to tell his story of how he came to hogwarts and of how he became Derek. He's going back to his first year when he was Ali.
