i dare you.

chapter 5. diagon alley-pt. 2.

As we walked through the streets of diagon alley, I re-read my list. Hagrid, can we get our robes first?" He nodded and led us to madame Malkin's. We walked through the door to see a flushed plump woman rushing to finish fitting a set of robes for a boy with platinum hair that happened to be gelled. The woman looked over and called for an assistant who then took harry to the back.

I was placed on a pedestal next to the blonde boy. "Hello," he said "I'm draco malfoy. What's your name?" I looked at him with a smile. Not a big one, but it as still genuine. "I'm cassandra. Cassandra potter." He looked at me, shocked. Most people were when they heard1 my Canadian accent. Somehow, though neither of my parents knew of anyone in our family

That was from Canada, I had ended up with a accent that was pretty uncommon in England.

"I know, you didnt expect me to have a canadian accent, did you?" I was hoping this boy wouldnt have cared, but now he thought I was strange, but I was used to it. " you're accent is beautiful. I think it's nice to hear something besides all those snobby English accents, even if I have one" we both laughed and talked for a while.

It felt... nice talking to someone who understood me for once. Sure harry understood what I'd been though, but he was mean to me. And of course, dudley and aunt petunia were kind to me, but they didnt understand who I was. They all knew me, but none of them knew me.

But as i stood here and got to know draco, i finally found someone who gets me. "Draco..." my new friend looked at me "yes, cassandra?" I looked up at him, my eyes worried. "Do you think, that if we get sorted into different houses at hogwarts, could we still be friends? I just never met anyone who gets me as much has you do and it's fine if you-"

"cass, of course we can. And if anyone says anything foul about you, I will personally hex them into oblivion." I sigh in relief and jump off my spot. I walk over to draco and hug him tightly. To my relief, he hugged back just as tight.

Harry walked out at this moment and said "cass? Who's this boy? You got a boyfriend already? Of course, maybe you just begged and begged until he finally had enough and decided to humour you."

I looked down at my feet as I let go of draco and wanted to hurt my brother very much, when draco said "hey, arent you Harry Potter?" My brother nodded. "So that makes you Cassandra' brother, right?" harry nodded again.

Draco continued. "So if shes your sister, why are you so mean to her? From the way cass talks about you, she makes you sound so kind, and generous, when really you're just a pathetic coward who is cruel to his loving sister. I'll see you at school, cass." I nodded and said goodbye to draco and I turned back to my brother.

He was about to speak when I shoved past him, played for my robes, grabbed the bag and left to find hagrid. After we had gotten everything else, we headed to the wand shop. Hagrid ran off to get something and told us to go ahead. Before hagrid left, though, I called out and said, "hagrid, after this, can we go get our pets?" He nodded and scurried off.

Harry and I walked into the wand shop and walked to the desk. Nobody was there so I called out "hello? Is anybody there?"

At first nobody answered but just as we were turning around to leave, an old sounding voice called out. "Ah, the potters, how long I have been waiting. Its seems as if it were yesterday that your mother and father were in here buying their wands."

I smiled at the old man and walked up to him, holding out my hand for him to shake. "How do you do, sir?" Mr. Olivander smiled and shook my hand. "I'm very well thank you, mrs. Potter. I must say, you are very polite for an 11 year old." I giggled a little at the compliment and thanked him.

"Alright, let's get you your wands, yes?" Olivander walked over to the shelves and and took out a bunch of boxes, and handed one to each of us. I opened mine and took the wand out of the box. I gasped. It was a shiny black with teal vines and a dragon gem.

As I stared at it, mr. Olivander said "well, give it a flick, wave it around a bit!" I did as I was told and when I did, a silver glow surrounded me and I felt magic surge through my veins. I smiled giddily and payed for my wand.

I decided I wanted to wait outside for harry while ge got his wand, so I went and sat on the steps outside the shop. As I sat there admiring my wand, a little pitch black ferret ran up to me and crawled up my arm and onto my shoulder.

"Oh, hello there! Aw you're so cute!" The ferret squeaked at me and I said "hey, would you like to be my pet?" To my surprise, the little creature nodded. "Alright, how do you like the name lily? That was my mothers name." She nuzzled into my neck in agreement. As I waited, i saw hagrid come back with his hands behind his back. "Hagrid, what did you have to do?" Just then harry walked out with his wand and hagrid yelled "happy birthday, you two!"

From behind his back he pulled two cages with owls in them. There was a snowy owl in one, and a peculiar barn owl in the other. The reason it was so peculiar is because it was pure white with dark blue spots on it. It was beautiful though. "I call dibs on the snowy owl!" Harry shouted, startling me, the birds, and lily.

"Harry!" I shushed him. "You almost made me drop lily!" The boy looked at me with confusion written all over his face. I pointed to my shoulder where she was currently perched. She ran out from behind that store and climbed onto my shoulder. Shes my friend now. I'm bringing her to hogwarts with me. After all, mine did say I could bring a ferret. So why not give her a home?"

And then we made our way back to privet drive, to wait until september first.