[Hogwarts Between] Entering Diagon Alley - Amber

[Karen Klutzke]

> > > > Amber jumped up, ready for the wand. "Can I please see a wand, Mr.
> > > Olivander, sir?" she said, quickly.
> >
> > Ollivander blinked owlishly at her enthusiasm. "Of course, my dear
> > girl. That is why you are here, is it not? Stand with your arms out
> > and I shall measure you."
> >
> > He snapped his fingers and the measuring tape sprang into
> > action--elbow to the tip of her middle finger, shoulder to the floor,
> > tip of her nose to her elbow--following her arm--distance from one ear
> > to the other over the top of her head, and her inseam.
> >
> > The older man took the tape after it was finished and studied the
> > results. "Hmmmm." He scrunched up his face in thought, took one more
> > measurement from her wrist to end of her thumb, and then turned to
> > regard his walls of boxes.
> >
> > Ollivander took out a box and handed Amber the wand inside. "Willow,
> > 11 inches, swishy... Try this one, Miss McFuller."
> >
> > She gripped the wand tightly and, remembering how Kaydn did it, waved the
> > wand.
> >
> Behind Amber, her grandfather held his breath and winced, remembering
> the plate glass window Jason had broken with his first ill-fitting
>  wand.

But nothing happened. Not even a spark.

Ollivander frowned. He replaced the wand in Amber's grasp with one
made from a darker wood. "Walnut, 7 inches, phoenix feather core. Try
this one."

When Amber twirled the new wand, she was rewarded with faint hissing
noise and a small pop. Then nothing.

Ollivander frowned again.