Eleanor Black - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 - Diagon Alley I take a moment to process this while Mrs. Brooks leaves the room to call someone. Her words echo in my ears, I'm a witch, I'm a witch, I'm a witch. I think, shaking my head. Mrs. Brooks reappears, and with a smile, she says, "My sister's waiting outside the door to take you." I wonder how she got here so quick, but the excitement overwhelms me and I rush to the door and open it. Standing outside is a woman with black, just-past-her-elbows braided hair, Slightly tanned pale skin, and several silver bracelets on her wrists, wearing deep purple robes with golden flower and vine patterns winding around the sleeves. "Hello, You must be Eleanor." She says smiling. She has a crisp accent and her breath smelt like mints. Mrs. Brooks comes up behind me and says, "Eleanor, I would like you to meet my sister, Andrea Brooks." I grin. "Well, best get going." Says Andrea, and she gestures Mrs. Brooks' car parked behind her. "I'll leave her with you now Andrea." Says Mrs. Brooks, then she gives me a hug. Me and Andrea get into the car and head for London. About an hour later, we arrive and park on Charing cross road. We get out and Andrea leads me to a strange-looking pub called 'The leaky cauldron' I hesitate to go inside, but Andrea beckons and I reluctantly follow her. I try not to knock anything over as the chairs were pushed quite close together, and we go out the back door to a brick wall. "Where now?" I say, confused. But Andrea gets a slim stick out - which I guessed was her wand - and started tapping at the bricks. A moment later, the bricks slide away to reveal a bustling street full of strange shops. I see ones titled Ollivanders, Magical menagerie, and Florean Fortescue's ice cream Parlour. I gaze around in wonder and wish I had eight other pairs of eyes so I could see everything at once. Andrea leads me to a shop called 'Gringotts' and tells me to wait outside while she gets some money. I see other young Witches and Wizards, and wonder if they are heading to Hogwarts too. After a few minutes of waiting, Andrea comes back out with a little sack of money and directs me to the shop called Ollivanders. "It's where you get your first wand." She explained. I head in and take a look around the shop. I can see wands on display, and a piece of paper explaining all the different and woods. I hear a noise behind one of the shelves and a man with wrinkles and grey hair appears. He smiles and says, "I was wondering when you would be getting you own wand, Miss Black." I stand there, slightly confused at being called Miss Black. "I remember your fathers wand, Reed wood, dragon heartstring, fifteen inches." He says with a slightly distracted look on his face. He comes out from behind the counter with a tape measure, and starts measuring my arm. Then he goes into the shelves of wands and picks out a box. "Here we go, Silver lime wood, Phoenix feather core, fourteen and a half inches." He says, coming back out holding a black wand with swirling gold patterns on it. I take it and give it a wave. The lamp on the counter flickers, then the lightbulb cracks. Ollivander grimaces and takes the wand back to the shelves. He comes back with another, and says, "Ash, unicorn hair core, thirteen and three quarter inches." It's a white wand with gold a quarter of the way which gradually blends into the white. I give it a wave and the lightbulb slowly mends itself. Ollivander smiles at me. "There's your wand, take care of it." He says. I smile and walk out of Ollivanders with my wand. Suddenly I trip over someones foot and I let out a little yelp. "Are you okay?" They say. I look to find a blonde haired 16 year-old girl with a worried expression on her face looking at me. "I'm okay." I say shyly. "Are you coming to Hogwarts this year?" She asks. I nod and she says, "I'm a sixth year there! My name's Gracelyn by the way." In a cheerful voice. I smile at her and say "I'm Eleanor, but you can call me Leah." "Then you can call me Grace. See you at Hogwarts!" She says, and goes to help some other first-years. I smile and head back to Andrea.