Chapter 3 - Slytherins Wand (1/2)
As the bell rang which indicates that a new customer entered the shop, the parents and the girl turned back while Ollivander is busy searching for new wands.
Seeing the boy, the man greeted them and asked, ”are you going to join Hogwarts?”. Neal nodded, ”yes”, while Edward ignored them.
Neal saw the bushy brown-haired girl with a few large teeth on the front and introduced himself, ”Hello, I'm Neal”. She took his hand for the handshake and introduced herself in a bit of bossy voice, ”nice to meet you, I'm Hermoine Granger”.
As Edward mumbled, ”I knew it”, Neal turned towards him but got any explanation from him. Meanwhile, Ollivander returned with a wand looked like it's made of wood.
After Hermoine grabbed it for a few seconds, he nodded and said, ”10 3/4 inch long wand made of vine wood and dragon heartstring as it's core. Perfect for you Ms. Granger”.
Then, he turned towards Neal and Edward. He greeted Edward, ”Mr.Fawley, 11 1/2 inch, Pinewood and unicorn hair as a core, I suppose?”. Edward smiled, ”it's been more than 20 years but you still remember me, Mr. Ollivander”.
Ollivander replied, ”I remember every wand I sold Mr. Fawley and also the person the I sold it to”. After he took the measurements of Neal, he went to the drawers and started to look for an ideal wand for him.
Then Neal asked Hermoine, ”did you bought all the school supplies?”. She shook his head, ”not yet. How about you?”. Neal nodded, ”yeah. I have already bought it”. When he's about to chat more, her parents said, ”It's nice meeting you, Mr.Neal and Mr.Fawley. We have to go now”, and dragged her away
As they went outside, Hermoine's dad sighed in relief, ”wow that guy with the boy sure so nerve-wracking just with looks. It's like he looks down on us for some reason”.
Meanwhile, Inside the shop, Isle, who was coiled around his left arm came out of his sleeves and told him something. Neal nodded, ”I see”. Then he looked at Edward and asked, ”Isle says they are Muggles. What are they?”.
Edward replied in a despising tone, ”those are non-magic folk, not our kind. We purebloods hate them for centuries. I'll tell you about it, later”. Neal then looked at Isle in a questioning manner and asked, ”how do you know the word Muggle?”.
Isle went inside his sleeves and coiled around his arm like before without answering his question.
Edward then said, ”I suggest you not talk to your snake publicly in the future”. Neal asked in confusion, ”why?”. Edward replied, ”it's because you speak in a Parseltongue when you talk to it. Believe me. Nothing good comes with it if it gets exposed”.
Neal was taken back, ”Parseltongue? what is that?”. Edward sighed, ”I know you have a lot of questions. I'll answer one by one but not now. Later”. As Neal nodded, Ollivander brought a few boxes with him.
He opened the first one and gave it to Neal, ”13 inches, Black Thorn Wood, dragon heartstring as its core”. Just as he touched it, he felt nothing but holding just a piece of a wooden stick.
He shook his head, ”no, I suppose, it's not”. Ollivander took back the wand and opened another box and took out another, ”12 3/4 inches, Maple wood, Pheonix feather as its core”. When he touched it, he felt a slight repulsive force in his hand. Ollivander shook his head, ”it's not this one either”.
He took it back and opened a grey colored wand, ”14 1/2 inches, Ashwood, Unicorn hair as its core”. As Neal took the wand, he felt a huge repulsive force and the wand itself escaped from his hand and fell on the floor.
Ollivander shook his head in a disappointment, ”this one won't do too”. Then he brought out one by one. For a few hours, Neal stood there trying different wands while Ollivander was bringing out every wand in the shop.
As Ollivander went into constant depression because he is failing to meet the customer's fate wand, Neal asked, ”excuse me but I'm curious how do you decide whether that wand is suitable for me or not?”.