The Letter

It was about halfway through my birthday when I heard a cat meowing I thought nothing of it then I heard the door bell ring then short circuit ,ugh why, sometimes when I am around technology it just fails, I blame magic, but when I opened the door I saw Minerva McGonagall well it seems I was important enough to get my own little visit from the headmistress I am glad it was her though in the books she never showed any skill in mind reading. "Mr Finnigan you have been accepted into Hogwarts a Magical school of Witchcraft and Wizardry." I replied " Oh that's the school mom went to right," " Yes indeed it was she was the 5th in her class" "Well is there a list of items I will need to have," "Yes indeed there is," she said as she pulled out a list too large for her pocket, so she had enchanted pockets that is a really good idea and a very simple one how had I not thought about doing that, and she pulled out the official Hogwarts acceptance letter the emotions where hard to control I had almost started crying I had made it to Hogwarts to my dream to be something far more than ordinary to be beyond human to be magic was finally taking another step forward I snatched the letter from her hands and opened it right as mother and father came downstairs Mom gasped and dad noticeably flinched I was a tad bit worried, but I knew they would never hold me back from something I loved no matter how much it hurt them and me learning Magic is a good thing. "When should I get all this stuff" I asked while unfurling the list, " About 10 days before departure," she replied. Time skip to 10 days before departure. I was going to Diagon Alley this was my first real experience in the wizarding world of course I had ridden the odd broom stick or two ,but nothing like this it felt like I could breath the magic the shops where packed full of people the smells of wizard sweets in the air and the gasps of excitement upon seeing the new racing broom model and mom said I could get whatever I wanted within reason so I went into the nearest sweets store and bought two chocolate frogs then I went to do something really important get and owl I ended up getting a pitch black owl with green eyes knowing eyes my next stop was for a cauldron I did not really care so I let mom by one for me it was the standard one I got all the potions stuff and even though I was used to body parts and a stuff from dissections it was disgusting and the smell nearly made me retch, my next stop was Madam Malkin's robes I was hoping to get there at the same time as Harry unfortunately I missed him he left the moment I got in it was not really that important I just wanted to talk to him. After I got my new robes I went to Olivanders Wand Shop as soon as I got in I saw Harry blowing stuff up with a wand and Olivander running around and getting new wand till the creepy part, well it's my turn now let's see what kind of wand do I get i hope it is something cool so the process repeated itself I blew stuff up a lot in fact I was there for an hour before he pulled out a special looking case " This wand 6 1/2 inches long bendy made of birch purified through a series of enchantments Thestral Heart core my magnum opus if I say so myself." I picked up the wand and felt...