Lily
“Mum! Mum!” I yell, “I got in! I got in!” Mum ran up the stairs and grabbed the letter out of my hands. She read through it. “Oh, My little girl is going to Hogwarts,” She said, “I can’t believe it!” I smile and say “Neither can I!” I read through the letter a few times not believing that I got in because it’s not easy to get into. After it sunk in a little bit more I ran to mum and asked if we could go shopping for stuff I need.
We arrive at Diagon alley and find the wand shop and walk-in. “Good morning,” The shopkeeper said, “You here to look for a wand?” Both My mum and I nod and walk-in towards him. He introduces himself, “I am Jimmy, you can call me Jim if you want and I will be helping you find a wand today.”
When he finished talking he smiled and went to get a wand for me to try out. He came back with a wand case in his hand and handed it to me. I took it out of the case and waved it around pointing it to a bookshelf on the other side of the shop. It didn’t do anything so Jim took it back and looked for another.
He finally found one and gave it to me. I waved it around like the others towards the stack of books that were in the corner. When I waved the wand the stack of books fell over, “It looks like you have found yourself a wand,” Jim said smiling.
I smiled and looked at Mum. We put it in a box and said thanks. Before we left we paid for it and said our goodbyes then walked out of the store wondering where to go next. “Can I get an owl?” I asked, “Please, please, please.”
She laughs and nods, “Sure, but I think you can get pets other than owls,” I look a little disappointed, even though I like the other animals too, “Just look at them,” We start walking to the shop where they sell the animals as we dodge the other people also shopping in the alley.
We finally see a bunch of animals in cages out the front of the store. “Toad, owl and a cat,” I whispered. I walked over to the toad and looked at it, “Nope,” I thought, looking at the wort filled creature, I walked over to the cat as it hisses, “Nope,” I thought again finally I go over to the owl that spreads out its wings.
The owl has two golden strips down each side of the wings, and light brown on the stomach. On the back, it has a darker brown coat with a few white and black spots. Under the owl’s wings, it was white with brown/golden spots.
The eyes were big and golden with a hint of green. When I waved mum over she looked at the owl and said, “So pretty,” She inspected it. It seemed pretty friendly. “Do you want it?” I looked at her and said, “Yes!” Without thinking.
We go up to the counter and ding the bell on the edge. A man walked out from the back of the shop and stood behind the counter. “Oh, she’s a beauty!” He said. I give a big smile and agree.
We end up getting the owl and say our goodbyes to the shopkeeper and walk out of the shop with the owl in the cage and walks down the road looking at the other shops. “Do you need a robe?” Mum asked, still walking down the road stopping in front of the shop where you get robes.
“Yea I do!” We walk into the store and look at the robes. I go through them and find my size. I grab it and put it on over my normal clothes, it’s the right size so we go to the back of the store.
We stood at the back of the line. There were a lot of people buying robes, so we had to wait a while. After a few minutes we were second in line, but the people in front were making a big deal about nothing.
“Why aren’t there any of her sizes?” The lady yells, “There wasn’t any on the rack, but they are in the storage?” She yells even louder. “Ma’am, We put them on the rack when we know that there’s non-left, I’m sorry that there wasn’t any there, but you have one now.”
The lady wasn’t very happy with what the shopkeeper said, “I don’t have time to look through all the robes and not find the one I’m looking for, I have a job that I’m gonna be late to now, I can’t afford that.” She sighed.
“I can give you half price if that helps,” Said the girl behind the counter. The other girl agreed and paid for it. We finally got to the counter and paid for the robe we got.
I didn’t need anything else, so we found our way out of the alley. We get home and I get everything in a pile for Hogwarts the next day. I was so excited I could barely standstill. I walked around the house to burn off some of my energy.
I end up going to the backyard and playing with my dog. My dog is a golden retriever, he has a big fluffy golden coat. His name is Buddy. When I get out there, he jumps up on me.
“Buddy!” I laugh. I get his ball and throw it at him. The first time I throw the ball I pretend to throw it and then I throw. He falls for the first one then runs over to the ball and grabs it.
He runs in my direction but dodges me as he gets closer. I chase after him and eventually I get it back. When I get it back, I throw it to him again until he is tired. When I finish throwing it to him, I pat him and head back inside.
I walk into the kitchen and cut up a few things for dinner. “Are you excited?” My mum walks in and brushes my long blonde hair out of my face. I had long blonde/white hair with a long stipe of light pink on one side I also had a side part going to the right.
“Yes,” I smiled and finished cutting up some stuff up. When I finish I run up to my room and say hello to my new owl. I look at her and wonder what I am going to name her. “hmm, What am I going to name you?” I sit there for a few minutes thinking about names.
After a minute or two, I hear a knock on the door. “Dinners ready,” Mum said opening the door slightly. I take a final look at the owl before leaving my room for dinner. I walk down the stairs and help set the table before taking my seat at the table.
“What are you thinking of naming your owl?” Mum asked, “I don’t know, it’s really hard to choose,” She nods, “What about Elvira?” She asked, “it means all true andtrustworthy.” I nod.
“Sounds cool.” We talked for the rest of dinner, and while we packed up. After dinner, I went to my room and got all my stuff ready for the next day. “I can’t believe I’m going to Hogwarts tomorrow!” I thought.
I started packing when my mum comes up to the room. “This is Elvira,” I walk over to the owl and take her out of her cage. After we pat her for a while we put her back in. “Do you need help with packing?”
“Ahh....” I look around the room, “Sure,” I gave her a pile of clothes to fold and put into the suitcase. We finally finish with the clothes, “That’s all!” I said closing the suitcase shut.
I make sure everything that I need is in a pile for the next day. “You better get a goodnight sleep for tomorrow.” I nod and she kissed my forehead. She turns off the light and shuts the door. I try to get to sleep so I won’t be tired the next day but it was hard because I was so tired.
