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Post by spicer on Jan 11, 2007 20:19:12 GMT -5
Braxton bounded down the stairs and into the dinning part of the Leaky Cauldron. He had gotten up at the crack of dawn and was ready withing minutes. To bad really that his parents had taken a little more time then he did to get ready, or he could have been down an hour sooner. Why did they have to sleep that extra half hour? No matter though they were on their way now.
Almost running to the door Brax had it open a couple of inches when he heard his dad saying something about breakfast. Who had time for breakfast? Couldn’t they just pick up an ice cream cone or something on the way? Turning to look back, the door shutting softly behind him, he could hear his dad perfectly now. He was saying that the stores wouldn’t be opening for awhile and that they should just have a nice breakfast. When Brax went to object all his dad had to say was that there would be plenty of time left after breakfast to do whatever Braxton wanted. Reluctantly Brax joined his family for breakfast at the table. Once it was finished and the bill was paid they headed out into the alley. The stores were already open and quite a few people littered the streets as they passed store after store looking for the one that sold owls.
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Post by scobee on Jan 14, 2007 18:43:37 GMT -5
Ryan had too gotten up early. He wasn’t the only one that had risen early. His dad had been up for a few hours and was currently reading the paper that he must have had the barman go out and get him. On second glance, however, he noticed that it wasn’t the muggle newspaper that was in his dad’s hands, it was the Daily Prophet. Not recognizing the name as a normal paper of the London area he stared at it for a minute before it dawned on him that it was the wizarding worlds paper and the only reason it dawned on him was because, when his dad turned the page, he saw an add for a broom stick and it was zooming around in the little square.
Wondering if Braxton was already up and about he got dressed in a hurry. Not having planned on staying the night at the Alley he only had the clothes that he had put in his dad’s car and the ones that he was wearing yesterday. So he was in the same pair of pants as the day before, but instead of wearing the same shirt as yesterday he had found one of his sweatshirts in the back of his dad’s car. He had thrown it there in case it became cold out and he needed it. Now clad in a gray designer sweatshirt with a light/bright blue logo embroidered on the front he pestered his dad to get ready so that they could head out and look at all of the things that had been added to his list to get, since he had talked to Braxton.
“You do realize that the store probably doesn’t open this early like every other store, right?” his dad asked him when Ryan had told him to hurry for the twentieth time. Finally, his dad was ready and they were on their way down from the room. With much complaining, all of it coming from Ryan, they made there way to a muggle restaurant for breakfast. Ryan wanted to eat at the Leaky Cauldron, but his dad wasn’t hot on the idea and had insisted that they get some ‘normal’ food before hitting the ally again.
With breakfast done they entered Diagon Alley again and Ryan looked around to see if the shops were open. Yes, they were. He couldn’t wait to get the rest of his supplies and especially his wand and broom. But yet again his dad wanted to make a quick detour before they actually got down to looking through stores and getting supplies. His dad had developed a liking for the coffee that was sold in the alley and ran into the coffee shop to get himself one and Ryan a hot chocolate. After they had their drinks in hand there first stop was the wand makers shop.
After a few minutes or so Ryan had his wand in hand and was back out in the alley looking for the next stop on their list. As he walked down the alleyway he smiled as he saw Braxton heading in his direction. “Hi Brax,” he said with a smile. “I got my wand finally,” he added showing him the wand that he had in his hand. Then said with a smile, “So were are you guys headed?”
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Post by spicer on Jan 14, 2007 19:36:01 GMT -5
“Hey Ryan,” Brax said with a smile as he saw his new friend coming down the alley. Stopping to talk with him and his dad he continued with a smile, “Cool, I have mine with me to,” taking his wand out of his pocket as he did so and showing it to him. His was a lighter wood and gleamed nicely in the morning sunlight.
“We’re just heading over to get my animal. I’m going to see if there is an owl that I like or if I like one of the other kinds of animals better.” he said beaming and looking over to the store where they were just headed to. He still couldn’t wait to go in and take a look at all of the different kinds of animals that he could get. He couldn’t decided if he thought and owl or a cat was better. One was useful for delivering mail, and the other would be hanging around more often. “Have you gone in there yet?” he asked remembering that Ryan was also thinking of getting an owl.
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Post by scobee on Jan 14, 2007 20:25:30 GMT -5
Looking at Braxton’s wand he could see what Braxton had been talking about when he had said that every wand was different and that it was unique to them. Ryan’s wand was a darker wood, with a core of a dragon heartstring. “What type of core does your wand have?” he asked Braxton, curious at what the different cores could be. It hadn’t occurred to him to ask the man at the wand shop. He was too preoccupied and excited with getting his own wand and finding out what was in it to care much what other alternatives there were. Now, however, he was curious at the different types of wands and centers.
“Nope we haven’t made it that far yet.” he said, “That is our next stop.” They had only had time to go to the wand shop so far, but it was still pretty early in the morning. He still had to go to the animal shop and to the Quidditch supply store for sure and there was a couple of other places that he wanted to go too, like the joke shop.
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Post by spicer on Jan 15, 2007 20:34:28 GMT -5
“Mine,” Braxton said with a smile, “Has a phoenix feather core. What about yours?” He liked how his wand looked and even what kind of core it had. He would have been happy with anything, but now that was what he had he thought it was a pretty cool combination and wondered what combination Ryan had. He could tell that it was a darker wood then his, but did it have the same core or a different one?
“Cool we can go together then,” Brax said smiling. “Well if you want to that is,” He added seeing the look on his mum’s face, smile vanishing just a little. She had told him last night not to get his hopes up incase they didn’t run into Ryan or incase Ryan was busy doing other things in Diagon Alley, but at the moment it didn’t look like either of those two. After all he said he was going to the same place, so why couldn’t they just go there together? But he would still be polite and ask like his mum told him to do last night.
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Post by scobee on Jan 18, 2007 12:35:14 GMT -5
“Dragon heartstring” Ryan said with a smile. He liked the look of his wand, and was fascinated by the thought of actual dragons. I mean he had heard about them, but they were only suppose to be myth in the muggle world and now he had proof that they actually did exist. He would love to see one for himself, but only from a good distance away. He was also curious as to what a Phoenix was. He had never heard about them before, so he couldn’t really associate anything with the core of Braxton’s wand. “Umm...What’s a phoenix?” he asked in Braxton’s direction.
“Sure,” Ryan said beaming. He didn’t mind doing a little of his shopping with Brax, after all it was better to have a friend there to mess around with. I mean his dad was ok, but still, he it wasn’t the same as having someone else your age around. “That would be great.” he added with a smile as they made their way over to where the shop was, the kids in the lead with the parents bringing up the back.
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Post by spicer on Jan 18, 2007 15:00:45 GMT -5
“That’s a cool core to,” Braxton said returning Ryan’s smile. He should have known that Ryan wouldn’t have known what a phoenix was, oh well he would just explain it to him now. “A phoenix is a bird that bursts into flames and then is reborn again from it’s ashes. They also have some magical properties to, I just forget them at the moment.” Brax said laughing at his lack of remembrance. He knew his parents had told him at one point what a phoenix was and what magical properties it had, but he just couldn’t recall the specific information at the moment.
“So which kind of animal are you leaning towards getting?” he asked with a smile wondering if Ryan still intended on getting an owl or if he thought another animal would be more fun. Of course Ryan could probably get whatever he wanted, but Brax wasn’t really thinking of it like that. He could only get one animal so he assumed that’s all Ryan would get.
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Post by scobee on Jan 18, 2007 18:30:36 GMT -5
Ryan listened as Braxton explained to him what a phoenix was. He still didn’t have a great understanding of what it looked like, but he supposed that he could probably find it in one of his books or something. “Cool,” Ryan said with a smile.
“Hmm....I am not really sure at the moment. I haven’t ever really had a pet before, so I will just have to see which one I like the best,” he said as he walked up to the door of the shop, pulling it open and entering inside. Once in there he was amazed to see all the different types of animals. There were cats in every color, every kind of owl you could possible want, and numerous other kinds of animals that were playing about here and there. One thing he knew for sure was that there was no way he was going to get a rat. Didn’t people lay traps for those? If he remembered right they weren’t really regarded all that highly, actually they were considered pests where he came from and his mum would kill him if he brought one home.
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Post by spicer on Jan 19, 2007 0:31:14 GMT -5
“Same here,” Braxton said as he too entered the shop followed by his younger brother and then the adults. He knew that it was going to be a hard choice the moment that he entered, after all he loved most animals. Right off the bat he saw a cat that he loved, as well as an awesome looking owl. Man why couldn’t he have both? That would have made things easier for him. Walking over to where the orange tabby was he petted it before going to look at the nice screech owl. “I think it’s out of these two,” he said with a smile over in his parents direction. He hadn’t looked at all the animals, but he usually went with what caught his eye first.
“It’s up to you,” his mum said with a smile over in his direction. “Just make sure you look around at all of them, before you make your final decision. You never know if there is one that you haven’t seen yet.” She just wanted him to get the one that he liked most. It didn’t matter to her whether he chose an owl or a cat. All that mattered was how much he liked it.
“Okay I will,” Brax said with a smile, wondering if Ryan had seen anything he liked yet. Walking over to where Ryan was he asked, “So, have you seen any you like yet?”
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Post by scobee on Jan 20, 2007 13:05:41 GMT -5
Entering into the shop Ryan looked around and couldn’t believe the amount of animals that were being housed in it. He had never seen such an odd assortment of animals in a shop in his life. Normally it was just the usual, dogs, cats, ferrets, and many other animals that were considered normal to own. Personally the one animal that he had always wanted was a parrot, but his parents wouldn’t let him have any kind of animal. Always saying that he was too young to take care of one or that he wasn’t responsible enough yet to have one, but the real reason was that his parents just didn’t really like animals in the house in general.
Now though he knew that he would be allowed to have one because it wasn’t his mom that was with him, but his dad and since he only lived with him a couple of weeks out of the year he knew that he wouldn’t have a problem talking him into any kind of an animal that he wanted. After all it seemed that his parents had this odd relationship where they would do anything for him and would even do it happily if there was a chance that it bugged the other one. They didn’t really fight outright but they seemed to do a lot of passive aggressive fighting with each other. Ryan didn’t really notice it too much though because he was getting what he wanted and once he had it his parents had a difficult time taking anything away from him.
Looking around he immediately saw a black and white cat that was just too cute to him and another cat that was a sort of grey color with darker grey stripes. He decided to look a bit more and see what else he could see before falling in love with any certain animal. The owls were cool to him, since he hadn’t seen any of them up close. He thought that they were normal nocturnal creatures that were rarely seen, but it seemed that this shop had had no problem of having a collection of them.
“Ya there are a couple of them I like.” Ryan said pointing to a particular owl that appeared to have eyebrows. It was a dark brown owl with light brown highlights and was currently perched on the second shelf of the store. “He’s pretty cool.” he continued. In all truth Ryan had no clue if it was a male or a female owl. He just assumed that it was a male. Then turning his attention back to the cats he was having a tough time deciding between the black one and the grey one, until the grey one leapt into his arms. In that instant he was sold. He would definitely have to get the cat for sure. “Well I think I’m going to get this little guy, for sure.” Ryan said scratching the cat behind the ears. The cat wasn’t full grown yet, but was still just a kitten and purred in Ryan’s arms when he petted it.
Ryan’s dad just watched as his son tried to decide what to get. He would let him have one animal for sure and possibly two, depending on which two animals Ryan selected and how much Ryan begged him. He couldn’t really ever say no to his son and Ryan knew how to work him to get almost anything he wanted.
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Post by spicer on Jan 20, 2007 19:31:09 GMT -5
Looking around the shop a bit more Braxton looked over the animals that Ryan was thinking about getting. They were all so cute, but he still thought he liked the orange cat probably the best. After all the owl was probably a little bit out of his parents price range anyways and he knew that he would be just as happy with the orange tabby as he would with the screech owl. Still looking around he had taken to carrying the little orange kitten with him as he looked a bit more.
“I think I want this one mum,” Brax said with a smile holding up the orange kitten so his parents could see it. “I like him the best out of the cats, and there really isn’t a little owl that I like better. So can I have him?” he added beaming.
“Sure you can,” she said with a smile back to her son. She would gladly let him have a cat if he wanted it. She knew he liked the screech owl but the truth was they just couldn’t afford it right now and it was nice of Brax to realize that and not make a huge deal over it.
“Thanks mum,” Braxton said beaming as he ran over to where Ryan was currently looking. “Look Ry, I am getting him,” he said holding up the little cat and smiling.
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Post by scobee on Jan 21, 2007 13:38:01 GMT -5
Ryan had been looking at all of the different owls and seeing if there was one better that he liked, besides the owl that had caught his eye at the beginning of the search for a new pet, when Brax came running over to where he was. “Awesome Brax.” Ryan said turning and looking at the tabby cat in Braxton’s cutches, “We’ll both have kittens then, because I think I’m going to get him.” he continued indicating the cat in his arms.
Ryan’s dad was standing just behind the pair glad that they both seemed to have came to a decision on a pet, because he was thinking that this could take all day. “So you guys got the pets you want?” he asked looking over Ryan’s shoulder and smiling. He was glad to see that it seemed he wouldn’t have to take too much crap from Ryan’s mom if Ryan just got a cat because out of all the pets in the store it would, more than likely, be the most acceptable to her. It also sort of made him want to just buy Ryan an owl too just to see the reaction on her face when they turned up with one, but he would let Ryan decide and not try and influence his choice.
“Yep.” Ryan said happily wondering if he wanted to get the owl too or just wait to get one at a different time.
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Post by spicer on Jan 21, 2007 15:02:14 GMT -5
Hearing Ryan’s dad Brax turned around smiling, “I do,” he said showing him the kitten that he was holding in his hands. “Cute isn’t he?” he added still smiling.
Seeing Brax had made up his mind his dad walked over to where they were and asked Brax, “So should we pay for him now or are you still looking?” He didn’t mind if Braxton wanted to look around a little be longer, they were in no big rush. Although he silently agreed with Ryan’s dad, at least they had narrowed down their decisions after an hour in the store.
“Sure,” Brax said walking up to the counter with his little kitten. “We can pay for it now.” he added smiling as he showed the cashier the kitten that he had chosen. The cashier rung them up and his dad paid him the money. Once they had finished paying for the kitten Braxton waited for Ryan to decide on his.
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Post by scobee on Jan 21, 2007 15:52:06 GMT -5
“Very.” Ryan’s dad said, with a smile, looking down at the cat that Brax was showing him. He thought that Brax had made an excellent choice in the animal he wanted. “So Ryan what have you decided on?”
“I know that I want him for sure,” Ryan said with a grin showing his dad the kitten that he had decided on, “But I don’t know if I want an owl or not. That one looks really cool.” he continued pointing up at the owl that he had liked earlier. He knew that he could talk his dad into both but didn’t really know if he wanted to in front of Brax. He understood the position that Brax was in and that he couldn’t have two, but he still really wanted the owl too.
“Well just get both.” Ryan’s dad said smiling, as Braxton and his family went up to pay for Brax’s cat. He knew that Ryan didn’t really want to look like a spoiled brat in front of his friend and understood the look on his face perfectly. “Why don’t you go pay for the kitten and I’ll get the owls.” he said handing Ryan a handful of money, not really sure how much a cat cost in wizarding money, “Then I’ll meet up with you guys in the sport shop or whatever it is called.”
Owls Ryan thought thinking that it was odd that his dad had used the plural instead of the singular word for the animal. Brushing it off as a mis-speak he made his way up to the counter with his kitten and paid the cashier for it.
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Post by spicer on Jan 21, 2007 16:19:43 GMT -5
“So where are you headed now?” Braxton asked Ryan as they headed out of the shop his parents leading the way petting his little kitten as he walked. Brax hadn’t even noticed that Ryan’s dad wasn’t with them at the moment so when he looked behind and didn’t see him anywhere he was a little shocked. “Should we wait for your dad or something?” he asked looking over in Ryan’s direction and wondering if he even had realized that his dad was missing.
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