Lavender bounced around Diagon Alley. She'd been there before, obviously, but this time they were here for her! She was going to Hogwarts and that required a lot of shopping! Her parents had joined her. They could always use some medicine for the "farm" and had been eager to speak with Eeylops' staff about the latest foods and cures for owls. It's not like they couldn't get what they needed around their home, but still, it was nice to confer with experts at times. Lavender had enjoyed her visit there, as always. She'd picked up a few useful things for when she'd bring her own owl, Aurora, to Hogwarts.
After Eeylops, they had gone and purchased Lavender's robes. The store had been full of Hogwarts' students, some new, some getting ready for another year. Lavender was used to that whole proces, her mother sometimes made her clothes at home so Lavender was done in a flash. "too bad mom's not allowed to make my school robes as well," Lavender thought. "it would have saved us lots of time."
She already had a cauldron at home, Lavender's mom had taught her lots about potions. Working with magical animals, healing magic was a must have! Until now, Lavender had worked with her mother's wand. It worked fine, but only because her mother had asked it to. She could feel that the wand wasn't hers, and had longed for her own wand for ages. Happy to change these circumstances, Lavender led her parents to Olivander's. They entered just as a bunch of students were leaving. Lavender nearly crashed into the kid by the door, and couldn't help but giggle. "Oh, I'm sorry!" Lavender smiled and walked over to the counter, ready to buy her wand.
"Hi, my name's Lavender James. I'm ready when you are" Lavender beamed up at the man behind the counter and waited. Behind her, her parents smiled and exchanged a happy look.
(edited because I missed the last few posts and had formatting issues! sorry)
