wand shopping

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"Venus, come on let's go get our wands!" Hestia called out to her older twin sister excitedly. Her whole day had been filled with excitement as she, Venus and her older brother Demetrius were shopping with their parents for their school supplies. Even though her older brother had gone and was in his fourth year, they stilled needed the same books for one of the twins.

'Me and dad are going to look at owls, you go ahead though!' Venus, her older sister had replied and before Hestia could say anything back to her she watched her sister walk with her father to Eeylops Owl Emporium. Hestia frowned a little. Weren't twins suppose to do everything together? That way they could talk about it later and share their opinions?

'Come on, I'll go with you. Mum is busy with Theodore anyway. He ran off to Magical Menagerie to look at all of the animals' her older brother Demetrius said to her, giving her a smile. "Okay!" she said happily and grabbed onto her brother's arm.

The run to Ollivanders Wand Shop didn't take long at all, after all Hestia was an eleven year girl with excitement pumping through her body. Standing in front of the door, she gulped and looked over at her older brother. 'Want me to go in with you?' Demetrius asked her, Hestia shook her head. "No, but stay close please!" she added quickly. 'Okay'

Pushing the door open carefully, Hestia's eyes darted around the store. The place was simply amazing. Boxes everywhere, all of them containing wands waiting for a witch or wizard to take one to Hogwarts. "Wow" she mumbled to herself as she walked into the shop rather than standing in the doorway.

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time for hestia's first wand

[Diagon Alley Shopkeeper]

The wandmaker stood beside a stack of hovering boxes, carefully placing each back in its proper place on the shelves, humming to himself as he went. It had been a rather busy day surprisingly. He had thought most of the first year rush was over but he had been mistaken. Just as he put a particularly nice sycamore specimen back he heard the bell over the door ring, announcing another customer.

He gave his robes a quick straightening as he made his way through the towering shelves to the front. "Good day to you," he greeted the girl as he stepped up behind the counter. "A new face for Hogwarts I presume?"

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"So many wands" Hestia mumbled to herself. What if they couldn't find a wand for her? And then what if she wouldn't be able to attend Hogwarts with Venus? But that was just her mind go crazy with such silly ideas. There was surely a wand for everybody and she would get one. Hearing a voice speak to her, Hestia snapped out of her thoughts.

"Hello" Hestia replied, not wanting to be rude to him. Listening to his question, the young girl nodded her head. "Yes I am going to start my first year. My brother brought saying that I needed a wand in order to go to Hogwarts. I'm Hestia Brocklehurst." she explained, trying her best not to ramble. The shop owner probably had other important tasks besides giving out wands to young children.

Looking at all of the different colored and sized boxes that lined the walls, Hestia blinked. Nobody had told her how they had really gotten their wands. All they said was that bought it at Ollivanders, so she had always assumed that they found one they thought was pretty and merely purchased it. "So..." Hestia said and continued to look around, feeling slightly awkward and a little embarrassed for no reason.

[Diagon Alley Shopkeeper]

The wandmaker listened politely and nodded to her, "Then welcome to my shop Hestia. I am Ollivander, as you may have guessed. Let's get started shall we?"

Pulling his wand out of his pocket, he gave it a swish and a measuring tape flew into the air and hovered beside her. "Now, first off, I will take your measurements and ask some questions. From that information I will choose some wands that I think might fit you, and then you will try them until you find one that likes you," he explained as he stepped out from behind the counter. "Stand straight up, hold your arms out from your sides, and the tape will begin. While it does that, tell me a bit about what you expect at Hogwarts. Have you been told about the classes and thought about what you might like the most?"

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Watching the tape fly out and come over at her, Hestia tried her best to pay attention to the shop owner as well as to the magical flying tape. Standing straight up and sticking her arms out, she smiled and watched the tape take her measurements. The bad thing was that Hestia had a little tickle spot in her arm pits, she had to bite her tongue almost to stop herself from giggling when the tape was under there.

"My brother has told me about the classes he has been taking." Hestia pipped up. This sounded like fun to her, tell a complete stranger what classes she would possibly love with all of her heart. "It seems like Charms would be a lot of fun. Oh and Care of Magical Creatures also! But what really interests me is Transfiguration. I mean turning one object into another is just so amazing!" the young girl exclaimed happily.

[Diagon Alley Shopkeeper]

He nodded as she responded, keeping one eye on the measurements the tape was finding, "Indeed it is. Transfiguration was a favorite of mine when I was in school. Being able to change one object into another, or even change oneself, continues to fascinate me to this day."

The measuring tape finished its job and flipped through the air to land back on the counter with a small thud. "Time to find some wands!" he said as he clapped his hands together and turned to the shelves. At first the wandmaker seemed almost uncertain where to begin, but a moment later he snapped into action. Snatching a box here, grabbing another there. Once he had about half a dozen he quickly made his way back to the counter and placed the lot there.

"I think we will try this one to begin with," he said, removing the wand from one box and offering it to her. "11", made of sturdy oak, with a core of a unicorn hair. Give it a swish and let's see if it's the one, or if we move on."

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Placing her arms back to her sides, Hestia was happy that the tickling was over with. Watching the wand maker rush to the back to go and find a wand, Hestia continued to stand in the spot, her feet almost planted to the floor. Watching him come with a wand in hand, her feet were magically lifted from the floors as she walked over and inspected the wand. To her, it was very lovely looking. Hopefully it would be her's. Gently picking the wand out of his hand, she looked around the store finding something to aim at without hurting herself or the shop owner. With a flick of her hand, Hestia had pointed at one of the shelves and watched as it fell and wands flew out of their boxes. Quickly putting the wand back onto the desk, she covered her mouth. "Sorry!" she exclaimed.

[Diagon Alley Shopkeeper]

Ollivander watched as she gave the first wand a try. As the shelf and all the wands on it came crashing down, he didn't even flinch. Working in this shop made you immune to such things eventually. With a flick of his own wand, the shelf and all the wands on it slowly reversed themselves back into their former position.

"Nothing to worry about. I promise I have seen much worse," he assured as he put the other wand away and picked a new one for her to try. "Ok! 10.5", made of pliant redwood, with a core that's a blend of one unicorn hair and one demiguise hair. Similar to the last one in some ways but perhaps a bit more specialized. Give it a wave."

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Hestia blinked at the new wand in front of her. A wand with a mix of cores? Well that was certainly different. Maybe it was special like her, she hoped so at least. Grasping the new wand in her hand, Hestia looked it over before she did anything with it. Holding with her right hand, it felt right. Not too heavy or not too light like a feather. Looking over at the desk, Hestia prayed that nothing bad would happen. She didn't want to be at the store all day long. With a wave of her hand, instead of something bad happening she watched as some flowers appeared onto the desk. Hestia raised an eyebrow. Flowers? Well at least it wasn't bad like another shelf falling down or something exploding. "I hope this means something good." she said with a small smile on her face.

[Diagon Alley Shopkeeper]

Ollivander watched as she gave the second wand a try, with much better results. He couldn't help but smile as the flowers blossomed on the desk. "Very good. It seems that is the wand for you," he said, making his way behind the counter to ring her up. After doing so he reached under it & handed her a small drawstring bag. "Wand polish & a special rag for polishing your wand. I would advise doing so once a week at least. Some wands don't mind going longer without it, others won't work as well. You will find out in time how it acts. Any questions?"