RP: I Believe This Is Yours

[shh_wilhelmina]

Date: 17 January 2005
Characters: Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, Ollivander
Location: Ollivander's shop
Status: Semi-private (shop is open)
Summary: Wilhelmina pays Ollivander a visit
Completion: Incomplete

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[shh_ollivander]

"Good heavens, it's you!" Ollivander said, beaming at the sight of his bird. "Rosencrantz! Oh, it's so wonderful to see you again, my boy! Come in come in! Oh, and you too, Wilhelmina. I'm sorry, how terribly rude of me. It's just that I haven't seen him in years, and to have him with me again

[shh_wilhelmina]

Wilhelmina felt herself smile at the man's enthusiasm. "He came to me during the war," she said after he'd greeted her. "I thought it about time to bring him back to you."

Magnificent, her? She doubted it, but she'd leave the polite lie be. Each time she looked in the mirror, she saw a tired old woman - not because she was, so much, but because she felt that way without Pomona.

But it was kind of him.

"Yes," she replied. "I know what you mean."

The owls did look very happy together. It must be wonderful to be reunited. She smiled, glad she'd been able to do that for someone else, even if not herself.

"I have a few apprentices, I think. Or at least a few of the young ones interested in the unicorns. Hope isn't lost yet."

[shh_ollivander]

Ollivander offered her his arm and smiled warmly. "Oh, that is good news. I worry sometimes, you know. Who will take care of the creatures in the future - especially since so many of them have become completely dependent on their Muggle ways."

He led her into the kitchen and put a pot of water on the stove to start tea. "How are you doing, Wilhelmina? Have you had any news from Professor Sprout? I'm afraid I've been rather remiss in my social duties of late. Getting adjusted to a new town is always difficult, even for someone who has done it as often as I have."

For most people, asking about loved ones gone missing during the war was a tender subject, but somehow Ollivander always considered it one of those things that must be done. Whether it was a time for hope, grief, or beyond that, talking about such things was something that humans just needed to do. Talking, and remembering.

"So, you're in town now? I am pleased. Oh, and I should tell you that I had a visitor just over a month ago. Someone both of us know quite well, and

[shh_wilhelmina]

"Both Mandy and Cedric's parents have instilled respect for animals in them, I think

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[shh_hagrid]

Coming back through town on his way back from buying supplies, Hagrid flattened hiself against a wall to make room for a passing lorrie. As he turned back to continue on his way he smacked head-first into a hanging shop-sign.

"Ow! Wha' the blazes?" He said, grabbing the offending signage before it could make another assault.

"OLLIVANDER'S FINE WANDS"

"Ollivander's" Hagrid said to himself, "Thats right, his shop is in this neck o' the woods."

Staring at the carefully carved words a bit longer he began to think, "Now why does that remind me of somethin'? There was somethin' I'd been meaning to do..."

For a minute or so he stood there scratching his beard in thought, oblivious to the stares he was getting from various passers-by. Then, the memory he had been searching for dawned on him.

"Bugger!" He shouted, and then ran full-speed back to his tent, where he picked up a largish bundle he'd forgotten about under his bed.

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[shh_hagrid]

Hagrid rushed back down the street with the parcel on one shoulder.

"Excuse me! Pardon me! Coming through!" he shouted as he weaved his way through the afternoon shopping crowds.

Upon reaching his destination, he burst through the door to Ollivander's

"Afternoon, Mr. Ollivander." He started, "I know its been a while since y'owled me about the stuff fer wand makin', but if yeh still need it, I..."

Just then, Hagrid noticed the other person in the shop.

"Oh," he said sheepishly, "hello Wilhelmina. Sorry ter interrupt."

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[shh_ollivander]

He was a little startled by Hagrid's appearance, but most certainly pleased. Ollivander's face lit up when he looked up and saw his old friend. "Hagrid! How good of you to stop by!" he said, clapping his hands together.

The man barely fit inside the shop, and he most certainly wouldn't have fit if Ollivander had offered him a chair. "So, you've brought the thestral spines? Oh, that is good of you. I must say that I've been running low on cores lately, and I figured after two hundred and eighty four years, it's about time I started working with another type of core, what

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[shh_hagrid]

"Thank y' Mr. Ollivander," Hagrid replied, carefully sitting in the offered chair