Chapter 3: A Wand and A Pet

"Now. Try this one." An old man came behind from the boxes.

Ginny took the wand from him and gave it a wave.

"Perfect. Yew wood and Dragon heartstring." The old man cried with joy.

Ginny nodded and smiled.

The lady came beside her and paid for the wand. "Mom, can I stay a little more. I want to see Chris's wand." Ginny said smiling.

Chris didn't understand why she wanted to stay but she smiled back at her.

"Ok dear. No problem. We will wait." She patted Ginny's head then turned to Chris, "I am Mrs Weasley. Ginny's mother."

Chris nodded and tried to say something but the old man interrupted,

"Good evening. I am Mr Ollivander."

"Um... I am Christina Norton. First-year."

"Hmm. So which is your wand hand?"

"Right hand."

Mr Ollivander pulled a long tape and the tape started to measure Chris on its own.

"First try this. Alder wood and unicorn hair." He gave a wand to Chris.

Chris waved it like Ginny but didn't felt anything.

"Hmm. Good but not good enough." He took it back.

"Cedarwood and Phoenix feather."..... "Vine and unicorn." ....

Chris tried and tried but nothing seems to like her.

Mr Ollivander said many times that "wand chooses the Wizard."

Ginny consoled her by saying that her wand also took some time. Mrs Weasley and Mr Norton were talking about something. Chris was getting tired. She felt like she has tried every wand in that shop but every time Mr Ollivander brought something new with a curious smile on his face.

"Something is missing. Wait. Wait."

Suddenly Mr Ollivander ran deep in his shop.

Mrs Weasley came to them.

"We are going to be late, Ginny. We have to buy your and your brothers' books. Sorry, Chris dear. I think we have to go."

"No. No. It's ok. I understand." Chris said with a polite tone.

"Good luck with that," Ginny said.

Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.novelhall.com www.webnovel.com for visiting.

"Yeah. I really need luck right now." Chris answered and they both chuckled.

Mr Ollivander came back and gave a beautiful wand to Chris.

"Try this."

Ginny stopped to see. Chris took it and gave it a wave. For the first time, she felt connected to the wand. It was like the wand also liked her. She smiled.

"But why is it heavy?" Chris asked.

"Perfect. Thirteen inches, Beech and Spruce wood and Snallygaster heartstring." Ollivander cried ignoring Chris's question.

"Two kinds of wood?" Mrs Weasley turned back and looked at the wand.

"Yes. Yes. It's a very old wand. First, it was made with only Beechwood, then it needed repairing, so I used the most difficult wood, Spruce, for experiment and its fitted perfectly. I think it because of the Snallygaster heartstring. They are very rare. Snallygaster is a half reptile and half bird." Ollivander continued with an overjoyed tone. "Very unique. The true match for a beech wood will be, a young, but wise beyond his or her years, and if full-grown, then rich in understanding and experience, Beech wands perform very weakly for the narrow-minded and intolerant. And Spruce wood's match is a bold spell-caster with a good sense of humour. I think You have all of the qualities Miss Norton." 

As he finished Mrs Weasley and Ginny were looking at Chris with amazement. Mr Norton's face was full of pride. Chris was surprised.

She looked at the Wand and thought, 'You are really unique and you chose me. I will not disappoint you.'

"How much Mr Ollivander?" Chris said and everyone came back to their senses.

"Fifteen gallons." Mr Norton paid and they all left Ollivanders.

Then Mr Norton brought two chocolate ice cream for Ginny and Chris. They ate and talked a little more than Ginny went to buy books and Chris went to 'Eeylops Owl Emporium'.

At last Chris bought a barn owl and came back home. She named her owl "Leon". After that Chris mostly spent her time with Leon. And sometimes reading books about Spells, Potions, Wands and Quidditch. Though he found Ollivander a little much obsessed with Wands, she was curious about wands. She also felt that wands have their own minds about magic and wizards. She also liked the spells and some potions recipe but she liked the quidditch most. Playing a game with flying on broomsticks was an unbelievable dream. Her father nearly jumped with joy after hearing about quidditch.

Soon 1st September came. Mr Norton drove Chris to King's Cross station. Chris had travelled many times from King's Cross but never saw platform nine and three-quarter. They arrived at the station at 10:40. The train was at eleven o'clock. They drag her trunk and Leon who was in his cage, to between the platform 9 and 10. Professor McGonagall was very clear about the instructions. Chris said bye to Mr Norton and walked through the wall between platform nine and ten and found a beautiful train. She dragged her trunk but it was very heavy to move. She noticed a few students were using magic to lift their trunk.

"Good idea." She pulled her wand, "Please work."

She took a deep breath and said, "Wingardium Leviosa."

This is the first time she was using her wand. The trunk moved a little but didn't lift up. She tried again. The third time it started flying. She found an empty compartment and set her trunk and Leon's cage there, then sat down. She was thinking about what to do next when someone knocked on the compartment door. Chris looked up and saw a blonde-haired girl with extremely pale eyebrows.

"Hello. Can I sit here?" The girl asked.

"Yeah. Sure. Come in." Chris replied.