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Miranda is looking at wands. She wants two, but she isn't going to spring that on Ollivander until she's found a first one. This fir is not right. Neither is this birch, that stubby little rosewood, or this ebony. Hmm.
Aha!
This pine wand (phoenix feather core) likes her just fine. Sparks! Miranda pays seven Galleons for it and sticks it in her hair.
"Excuse me," she says, when Ollivander turns away.
"Mm?"
"May I have a look at some more wands?"
"Something wrong with the one you've got, Miss Swan?"
"No, sir, but please, I want a second one, in case this one gets lost or damaged."
"Planning on that, are you?"
"No one plans to lose things, I just -"
"Planning to mistreat the wand? Leave it lying around? Forget about it someplace, carelessly handle it -?"
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planetarium
"Maybe you're three of them all standing on top of each other to go to Hogwarts early."
to-cast-a-shadow
He raises an eyebrow. "How short would we have to be for that? I mean, look at me." He gestures to his general tininess. "We'd have to all be gnomes, or something. Leo, by the way. I'm Leo."
to-cast-a-shadow
Leo shakes her hand cordially.
For want of a better topic, he reluctantly asks "So, uh, what House are you hoping for? My family's new to Scotland, so we don't really have one branded into us, but I think Mom wants me in Slytherin."
For want of a better topic, he reluctantly asks "So, uh, what House are you hoping for? My family's new to Scotland, so we don't really have one branded into us, but I think Mom wants me in Slytherin."
planetarium
"I want Ravenclaw and I don't have any reason to believe I won't get it," says Karen. "Both my parents were in it. Where did yours go?"
to-cast-a-shadow
"La Torre Azabache, in Navarro. Great for potions and... Defense Against the Dark Arts. But they had to go to America in the 70s for some reason, and they still can't go back to Spain, but they can be here. So, we're here."
planetarium
"Well, okay, welcome. They prefer Hogwarts to Salem or whatever else in the States?"
to-cast-a-shadow
"Well, Salem is an all-girls' school. And they were looking for a change of pace."
planetarium
"Oh right. And I guess the timing's right to move here if you were thinking about doing it before."
to-cast-a-shadow
"I mean, it's not the only school in the continent, but it's probably the best, and given Hogwarts is supposed to be better anyway..."
planetarium
"My mum actually has reservations about the limited curriculum but she says the library will make up for it if I apply myself."
to-cast-a-shadow
"Yeah, the library is most of why. I'm the family nerd, everybody knows I'll just eat the library no matter what they try to teach me. And the library's great."
planetarium
"Do you think you'll get Ravenclaw or are you more other things than you are nerd?"
to-cast-a-shadow
"I mean... I like books, but I wouldn't say it defines me. I'm not sure anything defines me, really. I'm eleven years old, am I supposed to have some kind of life purpose already?"
power-in-the
The door opens and slams shut, letting in a battered-looking future classmate.
"Hi! I need to hide, people are after me. Help, please."
"Hi! I need to hide, people are after me. Help, please."
planetarium
"Wh- who's after you?" asks Karen. "Should you get a prefect? I saw prefects on my way here."
power-in-the
"There maaaaay be a prefect after me. They are coming, please help."
to-cast-a-shadow
Leo breaks off staring at the beat-up pretty person and rummages through his bag. (Noises of pursuit begin to become audible.)
He comes up with a bolt of shimmering cloth and throws it over the boy, who is abruptly no longer there. "You're invisible, be quiet, I'll cover, okay?"
No sound comes from under the cloak, which under the circumstances may be taken as assent.
He comes up with a bolt of shimmering cloth and throws it over the boy, who is abruptly no longer there. "You're invisible, be quiet, I'll cover, okay?"
No sound comes from under the cloak, which under the circumstances may be taken as assent.
planetarium
Karen decides that the best form of cover is probably going back to annotating her book with little Spellotape tags.
to-cast-a-shadow
After a few minutes, someone roughly opens their compartment door. It's an older boy, red-faced and with an impressively swollen lip. "You! Did some boy in muggle clothes come in here?"
Leo hesitates, then shakes his head. "It's just us. Sorry."
The prefect swears, then looks at Karen.
planetarium
"Oh, do we need to be changed into our school robes already?" blinks Karen. "I guess I'll do that. What happened to your face?"
to-cast-a-shadow
"That boy kicked me," he growls. "In the face. When I told him to change out of his damn muggle clothes and act like a wizard."
Leo shakes his head piously. "Kids these days."
to-cast-a-shadow
With another growl, the prefect whirls and storms out of the compartment.
Once he seems to be out of earshot, Leo comments, "Really, I don't think I would have helped him even if I wasn't harboring a known face-kicker. He seemed awfully rude."
Once he seems to be out of earshot, Leo comments, "Really, I don't think I would have helped him even if I wasn't harboring a known face-kicker. He seemed awfully rude."
planetarium
"I wonder if he was made a prefect last year while Hogwarts was occupied or something. Anyway, I can't change with you here either, are you going to both leave or should I go find a compartment full of girls to duck into?"