1 Wand Pt.3

As they were speaking suddenly Archer heard someone speak, "Why are you being so loud today?"

"Honey, you should come and see for yourself." John replied back to the voice, "I am sure you will be surprised."

"Who is it?" The voice said in a grumbly tone as they came towards them.

Unlike how the voice sounded, the person turned out to be a little girl that was around the same as Archer. The girl had messy long dark hair and was in her pajamas. Both she and Archer made eye contact for a while, only for the other person to turn red and suddenly escape.

'What was that?' Archer questioned himself.

"Ah! Children do grow up quick." John said with a sigh, "She's my daughter Selena, she'll be attending Illvemorny this year as well."

Archer nodded dumbly but soon the girl came back, this time her hair properly combed and in a beautiful floral dress at that.

"Hello, Mr. Rakepick, I am a huge fan." The girl said extending her hands towards him, not as shy as before.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Wolfe." Archer addressed shaking her hand.

"Please just call me Selena." Selena said, "I never expected to see you here today."

"Call me Archer as well." Archer said with a gentlemanly smile, "I too didn't expect to meet a beautiful lady today especially not with him around."

John's lips twitched for a while as he waited for his daughter to defend him but the girl just blushed and didn't say much.

"You two can go back up and have your chat there." John said bitterly, "I have to clean this mess."

"It wasn't really clean before, to begin with," Archer said, "So what about the price of the wand?"

"The combination of Thunderbird tail feather and Maple do make one of the most expensive wands around but you don't really have to pay for it." John said, "And it's not like you have any galleon on you."

"I don't." Archer said honestly, "I was just being polite."

"Mr... I mean Archer, let's go upstairs and not bother dad here." Selena said pulling on his sleeve, "He gets unusually grumpy in the morning."

Nodding both of them left leaving John alone who just stood there mumbling some words.

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"It's kind of surprising to see you come here to buy your wand." Selena said, "Dad usually doesn't really make them like he used to before."

After a simple chat, both of them got comfortable with each other and started chatting like old friends.

"Well, my mom bought me to him." Archer said, "He must be pretty good for mom to have so much faith in him."

"He is." She replied happily but she quickly turned sad as she continued, "I do hope we get to open a shop properly again."

"So going in Ilvemorny, huh?" Archer changed the topic seeing her getting sad, "I wonder what's that like?"

"Not much fun, I would say." Selena said, "Things are so restricting here that they take the fun out of everything even school. It feels as if the MACUSA cares more about restricting wizard kind than protecting them."

"Is it that bad?"

"Yes." Selena nodded, "That's why I admire you the most, being the young curse-breaker you get to travel around a lot. Away from everything, just basking in freedom."

"I am not really a curse-breaker." Archer said scratching his head, "I just tag along with my mother on her journies, that's all but it is indeed liberating to not bother with anything in the world. The only thing standing between you and adventure is bad hotel rooms."

"Sounds exciting!" Selena said as her eyes shined with admiration.

"It is." Archer said, "But I am kinda worried because of it. All this time I have gotten so used to living this life of treasure hunting and traveling that I am kinda scared whether I will be able to fit in the school or not."

"I don't think you'll have any problem." Selena said with certainty in her voice, "You just have to believe in yourself."

Archer smiled a little thinking about how he was getting motivated by a young girl.

"Take this," Selena said handing a chocolate frog to Archer from her pocket, "Dad always says that sweets will cheer one up no matter the problem."

"You can buy this here?" Archer said taking the offer, "It has been ages since I last tried one."

"My aunt actually works in London so every time she has a chance she will send me one of the unique candies around." Selena said getting glad that Archer liked it, "Unfortunately you can't buy anything close to that here. But the no-maj brands are that bad as well."

Archer unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and through came an actual chocolate frog waiting to leap out but Archer didn't give it a chance to do so as he quickly picked it up and put it in his mouth. With his mouthful of chocolate, he picked up the card from within the wrapper. It showed a man's face. He wore half-moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and flowing silver hair, beard, and mustache. Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore.