Torn apart (A HP fanfic)

Chapter 9- Diagon Alley/Hogwarts Express

**A/N: This chapter is dedicated to Haleygur7 because she took the time to read over my story and really helped me! Anyone that gives feedback is helping a lot so thank you! And a huge thanks to you all for 140 reads! I'm so happy! Okay, I'll stop annoying u now. :)**

Diagon alley was so beautiful and alive. Those were the first two things that came to Erabelle's head as she was bustled around, looking everywhere she could. Everything was magical. Literally. She saw all the different people passing by, talking and shopping with their children. Some seemed confused and in awe like her, but most just moved along like it was an ordinary day. Well, of course it was for them, but not for her. It was her first true introduction to the magical world.

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After most of the shopping was done, Era and the twins had gone to get ice cream. She checked her list again to make sure there was nothing else. She frowned at the list and then got excited at the sight of the last item.

"A wand? Where do I find a wand?" She asked Fred as they sat eating ice cream.

"Oh right, I had forgotten about that part. Olivander's." He said with a slight smile.

"Olivander's? What's that?" She asked and looked around for it as if it would magically appear. She wouldn't be that surprised.

"That's the wand store, genius! You can go while we get seconds on ice cream. It's just around the corner." He said, pointing to the place she should go. She nodded, rolling her eyes at their endless appetite. Getting up, she waved at them and started in the general direction. She found it and entered cautiously. There was no one in the room it seemed, until a man with large and glassy eyes appeared from behind a shelf.

"Ah, so you are here. What is your name child?" He asked, eyeing her curiously.

"M-my name is Erabelle." She said nervously. He seemed to ignore her again and just began shuffling through boxes and muttering to himself. She cleared her throat and he did not notice and kept going about his business. She was beginning to get impatient when he finally came down from his stool with four boxes in his hands. He placed them on the counter and opened one of them. Inside was a brown wand, rather short and hard. He asked her to "Give it a wave" and so she did. It ended up knocking down a small shelf. The next two did the same sort of thing, smashing and breaking things all around. No wonder it was so messy in there if he did that with all customers.

The last box was opened and it contained a long, thin dark wand. It had no blemishes or bumps, it was just beautiful. He seemed to be squinting at her intensely and she felt rather uncomfortable, but she gave it a wave anyway. It glowed for a moment, a sort of small flame came out of it, but not harmless. He smiled and said,

"That appears to be the wand that has chosen you." She stared at it, already proud that she had a wand.

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They finished their shopping and went home after that, spending the next week planning for school and talking about the houses they wanted. Erabelle hoped she would be in Gryffindor because it had all of the Weasleys, but the other houses all seemed nice too. They told her Slytherin was the one she didn't want to get into but she thought it didn't sound terrible, and just rolled her eyes telling them they were biased, which was true.

The day they would board the train came quickly and they all walked briskly down King's Cross station, carrying their large trunks. They had informed her about how to get through platform nine and three quarters, but they still wanted her to go first. Era reached the barrier and took a leap of faith, fast walking through the wall. She suddenly saw that she was in front of a large train, and a platform of people bustling their children on while rushing to say goodbye.

Soon everyone was there with her and they all hugged Ginny and Mr. and Ms. Weasley goodbye. They boarded the train in a hurry in order to not miss it. Ron and Percy went to find compartments elsewhere and Era followed Fred and George down the train. She was just looking around when she accidentally bumped into someone. She looked up at who it was, mumbling a quick sorry. It was a tall blonde boy with a strange grimace on his face as he looked down at her.

"Wait, is this another Weasley? Don't your parents know they don't have the money to keep reproducing? They might have to kick one of you out." Erabelle hated him already, but she decided to keep her cool on this one.

"Actually I'm not a Weasley. I'm Erabelle. Now if you'll please move so you can stop wasting our time, that would be greatly appreciated. He looked angry and ignored her request, instead commenting 

"Really? I could've sworn you were one of them. Red, untamed hair, used clothing, and old books..." She shoved him aside lightly before the twins would explode with anger and kept walking, only faster. What a git. They found a compartment and for a good half of the ride she listened to them plot ways to kill the blonde boy. She never learned his name, but she didn't mind in the least. She hoped he wasn't in her grade, and she hoped she wasn't in his house. She asked his age and found that he was in her year so they had no idea of the house, but they assumed it would be Slytherin because of his family history. That made her hope to not be sorted there after all.

The train finally came to a halt and she hopped off. She noticed that students were staring at something so she looked up to see what it was all about. And there it was, Hogwarts Castle.

**Authors Note: Hey guys, I hope u've been enjoying it. Sorry for the short chapter, the next one will be longer. She's finally at Hogwarts! Anyway, I think I have an idea of which house I want her to be in, but I'm not sure since I'm just kind of writing as I go. If you guys want to comment your ideas on the house that would be great! I'm just gonna go with my original thought if no one gives feedback, but that's alright too. Hope I get some good answers. I'll update soon! Bye!**