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Dear Miss Mason,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
Emma's parents are thrilled. Such a good school, so well respected, and those alumni- just look at the battle against the Dark Lord! All that talent!- they're beyond proud. Emma's pleased on their behalf, of course. She wants to make her parents proud. She doesn't ask how badly the school was damaged in the war; she doesn't inquire how many teachers are missing or dead; she doesn't mention wishing she could stay home for a year. Maybe until things are just a little more rebuilt.
(She thinks it, though.)
She smiles and hugs her parents and agrees yes, of course it's wonderful, helping to rebuild the wizarding world is important. She'll start school in the fall, become a better witch.
And, as her mother points out excitedly- now they need to go shopping.
Emma's hardly unfamiliar with Diagon Alley. It's the place to be seen, as far as her parents are concerned, so that's where they've always shopped. But it feels different, somehow, to be shopping for Hogwarts. Her mother is showing every shopkeeper the list, fingers underlining the Hogwarts letterhead. Her father is stopping every friend he sees, talking loudly about "here to shop for Emma's first year, at Hogwarts you know".
Emma wants to scrunch up and hide from the attention, but her parents are so happy. It's only just the once she starts school, she supposes. She plasters on a smile and follows after her mother. Almost done now; all she needs is a wand.
And as everyone knows, there's only one place to get those.
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parental_guidance
metamorphmaga
"Hi Amber! It's nice to meet you!"
Meeting before you have a name does not count.
Meeting before you have a name does not count.
chanuphis
Miranda opens the cage and takes Amber out of it. Amber sits docilely on her fist and permits petting.
metamorphmaga
Jenny is extremely excited. This is her petting an owl! For the very first time! She scoots over and pets Amber very, very carefully.
metamorphmaga
"She's so fluffy! If she was not an owl, I would cuddle her. So many cuddles. How did you pick her?"
chanuphis
"I went into the store with the owls to see if any of them seemed to like me, and she seemed to like me, and was not too expensive."
metamorphmaga
"That seems pretty sensible, and yet also disappointing. Not enough magic fireworks involved."
chanuphis
"Wand-choosing was definitely the flashiest thing. I liked the potions ingredients store, though, even if all I was getting was the first-year student kit."
parental_guidance
"My wand was pretty cute about it," Emma volunteers. "The sparkles looked like they were laughing."
metamorphmaga
"Awww! I don't think I can pick? I mean, everything was so neat! Er. Except no, I lied, it was the candy shop. Oh my Lord was it ever the candy shop."
chanuphis
"The trolley should be here eventually. What candy did you like? I think wizard sweets are more fun but Muggle sweets are on average tastier. None of them try to melt through your tongue or trick you into eating ear-wax."
metamorphmaga
"I didn't get to actually try any, but everything looked delicious. But, er, earwax? Really? I maaaay rethink this. Even the floating sherbert?"
chanuphis
"Bertie Botts' Every Flavor Beans are every flavor, which sometimes means strawberry and sometimes means grass and sometimes means earwax. Renée gets them sometimes but I don't like them at all. The sherbert isn't earwax-flavored, probably."
metamorphmaga
"Ooooooh, so I can just focus on things with consistent flavors. Neat! Cause really, earwax, ewww."
chanuphis
"The jellybeans can't hear you," Miranda corrects for Jenny's benefit, just in case.
metamorphmaga
"You," points at Miranda, "thank you. You are a kind and gentle soul, taking pity on me in my ignorance. You," and at Emma, "are a bum."
chanuphis
Miranda snickers.
The compartment door opens to reveal the lady with the trolley full of snacks. Miranda produces her pocket money and gets a pumpkin pasty and a pack of six Chocolate Frogs.
The compartment door opens to reveal the lady with the trolley full of snacks. Miranda produces her pocket money and gets a pumpkin pasty and a pack of six Chocolate Frogs.
metamorphmaga
Jenny eyes the trolley curiously, particularly the Chocolate Frogs (moving things are hard to ignore), but she doesn't purchase anything.