Spike, Twilight, Sally, Vinyl and Octavia under the watch of Professor McGonagall left Gringotts. Octavia looked around “Where should we go first?”

Sally suggested “We should get our uniforms sorted, they will take extra time for the fitting.”

Twilight nodded “I agree, we should go there first.” The others nodded, Professor McGonagall following her charges. They approached Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions. As they entered the shop they saw a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve.

Madam Malkin raised an eyebrow at McGonagall “Are these five students for Hogwarts?” At McGonagalls nod she turned to them “To do the custom work will be two hundred Galleons per uniform.”

Spike placed three thousand Galleons on the table “Three uniforms for each of us. Don't want to risk having no uniforms.”

Madam Malkin frowned, “Come over here, we will get your measurements done.”After two hours of measurements, Madam Malkin nodded, “You all should return later to pick up your uniforms.”

Octavia bowed “Thank you ma’am.” After the others offered their thanks, they then headed off to collect their other supplies. They had to drag Twilight out of Flourish and Blotts after she wanted to buy one copy of every book from the store. Spike did add a copy of Curses and Counter-Curse to their purchase list, knowing what curses could do and how to counter them was useful information.

They were able to acquire their cauldrons,scales and potion ingredients without much trouble. McGonagall guided them to Eeylops Owl Emporium where Spike and Twilight got an owl each. Vinyl and Octavia opted out, Vinyl was worried that Octavia may eat the poor birds and Sally would not want bird poop getting on her circuitry, it was a nightmare to clean.

Spike’s was a beautiful snowy owl which he named Hedwig while Twilight’s owl was a light amber colour. She named him Owlowiscious. McGonagall nodded “The final thing is to purchase your wands.We will go to Ollivanders, his family have been making wands for generations.”

As they approached the narrow and shabby looking shop, Vinyl frowned “It doesn’t look like much.”

Octavia slapped Vinyl “Show some tact, we don’t what upset the owner do we?” Vinyl groaned in response. As they entered they saw a single wand laying on a faded purple cushion through the dusty window. It was a tiny place which made the entrance quite crowded, McGonagall having to sit on the single spindly chair just to give space for everyone else.

The five of them saw thousands of narrow boxes piled up to the ceiling, they also could feel a strange magical presence. A soft voice said “Good afternoon.” An old man stood before them, his wide, pale eyes shining like the moon through the gloomy shop. He approached “An interesting group all of you, his eyes laid upon Sally slightly more than the others”

Spike stepped forward first, Mr Ollivander “Well, now Mr Firelight. Let me see.” He pulled out a tape measure with silver markings “Now which is your wand arm?” Spike held out his right arm. Spike frowned as the tape measure was measuring him while the enigmatic wandmaker was taking down boxes from shelves.

Mr Ollivander said to the group as he did so “Every Ollivander wand had a core of powerful substance.We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers and the heartstrings of dragons.” Spike glared at him sternly, his left arm placed over his heart. Mr Ollivander chuckled “I am no dragon hunter, I only receive heartstrings from dragons who have caused grave harm to people.”

His spiel being interrupted he started getting Spike to try various wands, snatching them away as soon as they were used. After thirty boxes, Ollivander was beaming “Quite a tricky one aren't you.” He then pulled out a larger box “This is a most unusual wand, Fir and Dragon Heartstring. Eighteen Inches. Very Powerful. Be…” A burst of dragon flame came out of the end as Spike waved the wand. Ollivander grinned “A very powerful wand, very suitable for a dragon.” Spike frowned but stayed silent.

Vinyl’s wand ended up being a twelve inch wand made of dogwood and Rougarou hair. Ollivander frowned as a wolf face burst out of the end of the wand “That wand was made by my grandfather after returning from Louisiana. Rougarou hair wands have a penchant for dark magic.” Ollivander was surprised when Octavia’s wand was made using the same hair as Vinyl’s but with ten inches rather than twelve and was made of reed. Twilight’s wand was an eight inch walnut wand with a unicorn hair core.

Ollivander then turned to Sally “I know exactly the wand for you.” He wandered into the back. He soon returned with a strange metal box finely engraved, he opened revealing a wand made of a fine metal with a soft blue glow being emitted across a series of engravings.

McGonagall frowned “I have never seen a wand like nor has a wand such as this ever been made, metal makes for poor wands.”

Ollivander nodded “Indeed but this was not made by me. Eight hundred years ago, my ancestor received this wand from a strange man wearing a garish mismatch of clothes. He handed him this box. He said ‘One day you will meet a group of four strange witches and one wizard. The strangest of the group will be gifted this wand.’”

Sally looked at the eleven inch wand “What is it made of?”

Ollivander frowned “Titanium with a core of Enchanted Plutonium. To contain the radiation he said.”

Sally took it from Ollivander “The engraving reads Discord.” She turned to the others “Do you know anything about that?”

Spike paused for a moment before clicking his claws “I remember reading a legend about a powerful figure sealed away one thousand years ago. He could bend reality to his whims, change the fabric of time and space. Even bring back the dead as vile husks, all for the sake of his own amusement. I didn’t think he actually existed but it seems I was wrong.”

The five young students knew they had to ask Princess Celestia a few questions about this. McGonagall followed, worried about this strange and powerful figure entering their world.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy this chapter.