Few days had passed since Adam received his admission letter. He kept looking at it everyday trying to make himself believe that he really had the chance to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While waiting for the reply from professors, he checked his status once more to see what things can be bought inside system shop.
Adam really wanted to buy magic spells if it could be bought in system shop but to his disappointment, there were only normal daily things and food in the shop which he could use or eat at home. He knew there won't be any good things in shop with his current level. But he still thought they might be delicious things but after trying them on he understood that they were worse than homemade food and probably just an option as emergency food. There were many types of plants and ingredients of Potions which he did not know anything of. so all he could do now was to wait for professor's reply.
On July 31st, Adam finally received two letters from two different professors. At first he thought they might have made mistake but later he thought it would be great if both of them came to his house. He could try to build good relationship with them early on.
'I will be at your place at 12:15 noon on 1st August.
,Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress'
'I will arrive at your house by 12:20 noon on 1st August.
,Filius Flitwik
Hogwarts charms professor'
Looking at timing, Adam knew that this should be a misunderstanding but he still decided to prepare to welcome them. He didn't know how to welcome Professor McGonagall but about Professor Flitwik, Adam knew that he liked to keep box of cupcakes in his drawer in his office so he decided to let his mother make some cupcakes.
Pleasing Deputy Headmistress and Dueling champion would really be great for starting his life in hogwarts.
While waiting for professor's arrival, Adam tried to learn magic but he could not do magic without wand. He didn't think it would be this difficult to use wandless magic. From the fanfictions he read, Adam thought he would definitely be able to use some magic spells before getting his wand but he was damn wrong about it. All he could with his magic was to move small object which also completely exhausted him. So finally he gave up and worked on convincing his parents about hogwarts. He wanted to directly go to Diagon Alley when professors arrived at his home.
On 1st August, Adam woke up early in the morning and got ready. He was so excited that he could not even sleep properly. Even though meeting time was at noon, he was still ready by 8 in the morning.
12:15PM
As soon as door bell rang, Adam who was waiting inside opened the door in excitement. Outside the door stood a tall severe- looking woman, her dark hairs tied up in a bun. She looked not too old but obviously not middle-aged. She looked a little sweaty and tired, probably tired from visiting all the muggle students.
"We had an appointment at this time. I am Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Wi..." Before she could finish her introduction Adam interrupted her in excitement.
"Pleased to meet you, Professor McGonagall. Please come in, come in." As soon as Adam finished speaking he realized that he had interrupted her introduction which was quite rude. Even though she was kind and would not mind this but he still didn't want to make bad first impression so he hurriedly apologized " I am really sorry for interrupting you professor. I was really excited so I could not stop myself. Please come in."
Professor McGonagall looked at him with stunned expression. Normally muggle people would welcome her as if she was scammer so she really didn't care about these things that much but it was first time that someone had welcomed her with enthusiasm even without letting her finish her introduction. It was really surprising for her. And then the little boy in front of her apologized for his behavior too which created favorable impression about him in her mind. She was pleased with this little boy's performance.
"You must be Adam Taylor. You don't have to apologize. Everyone is excited when it comes to attending hogwarts." Professor McGonagall replied with smile. She even forgot that she was supposed to prove the existence of hogwarts instead of bragging about it. "Then please excuse me"
She walked inside and arrived in the living room led by Adam. She was once again surprised to see smiling faces of George and Olivia who were waiting for her. Usually this expression should be full of doubts but this house was definitely weirdest among all that she had seen before.
After Introducing each other, professor McGonagall did not waste any time and started explaining about hogwarts. Most of the things that she told were nearly same as Adam told to George and Olivia which made them surprised. It made them accept things about hogwarts rather easily.
Soon professor McGonagall was ready to cast few spells to show them what Adam would be learning in hogwarts when door bell suddenly rang.
"Is there any guest coming? do you need me to hide?" Professor McGonagall asked as she was currently dressed like a witch with pointed hat on her head and black robe covering her body.
Adam looked at watch and smiled brightly as it was exactly 12:20 right now. He looked at professor McGonagall and smiled "It won't be necessary professor. It must be professor Flitwik. He also had an appointment at 12:20."
Professor McGonagall looked puzzled but before she could ask about it, Adam had already skipped over to door and brought back a man who was probably three and half feet tall. When both professors looked at each other, they were surprised but just gave a wry smile to each other.
Both of them were tired to visit Muggle students all morning and now both of them were visiting the same house.
After brief talk, Professor McGonagall introduced professor Flitwik to George and Olivia. Compared to professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwik was really easy going. He talked about few things before deciding to show few magic spells on Adam's request.
He couldn't even learn a single spell he really wanted to see some spells to see if he can learn by watching them.
"This spell creates light at end of the wand. It is first year spell which is really easy to use and also without any dangers." Professor Flitwik took his wand and waved it in the air "Lumos" with this his wand produced bright light at the end of wand which surprised George and Olivia. Both of them did not speak much from the beginning as all the conversation was picked up by Adam. They just sat still and looked confused at these two professors and their son from time to time.
After this professor Flitwik showed Nox (counter curse for lumos) followed by levitation charm. He even publicized his Ravenclaw house which made professor McGonagall hard to just sit and watch. She showed few Transfiguration spells while telling good things about Gryffindor. Unlike Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwik did not care about this. He was just talking casually chatting with George and Olivia, answering their questions in simplest way.
"Professors try these cupcakes. I asked mom to make them for you." Adam said as he pushed tray filled with cupcakes towards the professors. Professor McGonagall acted reservedly but Professor Flitwik enjoyed those cupcakes.
"I knew it. He likes cupcakes." Adam grinned in his heart.
Unknowingly half an hour had already passed. Both professors finally decided to take Adam to the Diagon Alley to buy necessary things.
Adam had already decided to go alone to Diagon Alley this time around. He didn't want his parents to face some annoying pure-blood Wizards at that place. Adam had already received quite the amount of money from his father which he had asked to get him from the bank. He knew his future was in the Magical world so it was not necessary to keep school funds saved by his parents in the bank. He even convinced his parents to invest in few technological companies that were about to become tech giants from the current situation of this world. He already knew what technology would be famous in future so he had already started to act according to it.
"Now I will take you to buy books and other necessary things for school. Unknowingly half an hour is already gone and It was really interesting talk with you George but I must go now. I made Miss Granger wait in leaky cauldron as you two were last students I had to visit." Professor Flitwik said embarrassingly as he finally remembered that he had left a student in leaky cauldron waiting for him. When Adam heard this he was even more surprised than professor McGonagall. The student that professor Flitwik forgot was actually Hermione Granger. The girl he had crush on in his previous life. Ofcourse it was just a crush on celebrity in TV but he still wished to see if Hermione from this world was the same as that one. He knew she should look the same as both professors retained their looks from the movie. He was looking forward to getting to know Hermione Granger and maybe becoming her friend in the process. Yeah, just friend... maybe... atleast for now... yes...
"Filius, you can not do such thing. How could you leave a student all alone at unknown place?" Professor McGonagall was immediately angry but she still restrained herself in front of George and Olivia.
"Don't worry, Minerva. I told Tom to watch over her and she is with her parents. I will go there right away so don't worry. Now then, Adam, let's go quickly. We better get there soon. Hold my hand." Adam held professor Flitwik's hand and before professor McGonagall could finish her next sentence professor Flitwik apparated and vanished with Adam. George and Olivia barely said anything from the start till the end and now they could only speechlessly see their son disappearing in front of their eyes.
" You can't take little kids with appa..." Professor McGonagall's unfinished sentence echoed in Adam's ear. He knew what she wanted to say but he didn't understand why didn't want him to be taken by apparition.
But soon Adam understood why she said such thing. He could his feel his body twisting, turning and spinning in weird ways. It did not hurt him but it was really weird experience. He felt like he was going to vomit but he still managed to restrain himself in time as he had already reached outside weird looking place - Leaky Cauldron.
This place looked exactly the same as it was in the movie but slightly bigger. He went inside with professor Flitwik. It was bustling with Wizards and witches but at this time his eyes were already looking for Hermione Granger. He really wanted to meet her and also try to be friends with her before going to the school.
"Adam this place is Leaky cauldron. It is one of the gathering place Wizards and Witches. Diagon Alley, where you'll be buying things required for school is just behind this pub." Prof. Flitwik said as he saw Adam looking around in this place. He thought Adam was curious about this place and people here. "Now let's look for Miss Granger then I'll take you to Diagon Alley."
"Sure, Professor. I will wait for you here." Adam said obediently as he was also eager to look for her. Looking at this obedient student, prof. Flitwik was really pleased. He even wished in his heart for Adam to be accepted in Ravenclaw.
Professor Flitwik went ahead to the counter and asked the pub owner Tom about Hermione and her parents. To Adam's surprise, Professor Flitwik looked really nervous when coming back as if something had happened.
" Adam we have to go there soon. Tom let Miss Granger enter Diagon Alley and somehow she convinced her parents to let her go alone. Let's go before she creates any trouble." Professor Flitwik said as he pulled Adam without waiting for him to react. He muttered in low voice but Adam could clearly hear it "She's definitely going to be in a troublesome Gryffindor."
Adam didn't understand why professor Flitwik said this, maybe because she went all alone in the diagon alley or maybe because he felt that she was a troublemaker which was definitely wrong... or maybe it was right... she rarely broke rules but when she broke them, she broke them throughly.
At this moment Adam really had the urge to say to Professor Flitwik that he is right about this guess.
At the back of the pub was wall which was the entrance to Diagon Alley, Adam immediately recognized it. With professor Flitwik's tapping of wand on the wall, bricks started to spin and slowly opened up an entrance to the Diagon alley. Adam had seen it in the movie but looking at this scene in real life was incredible. He could see various shops in this alley, all of which were full of magical things. All the things that would be part of his new life.
"Welcome to the Wizarding world. From today onwards, you'll also be a wizard of this magical world. You'll definitely find lots of fun and mysterious things here." Prof. Flitwik said as he saw excitement and joy that appeared in Adam's eyes. He could momentarily see the thirst of knowledge and new things in Adam's eyes. For Flitwik, this sign was enough to determine that this boy in front of him had qualities to be accepted into Ravenclaw by sorting hat.
" Thank you, Professor. I hope you will take care of me while I am in the school." Adam said with a smile. but then he continued, " But for now, let's look for Miss Granger. She might be afraid of this unknown environment."
"Yes, Yes. She just came 5 minutes ago so she should still be nearby." Professor Flitwik immediately started walking in a direction. He really didn't want his new student to have trouble because of his negligence.
"Professor how about we look for her separately? we can find her quickly. We can meet here after we find her or come back here after 15 minutes." Adam said as he wanted to look around alone. He knew rough location of Hermione as she really loved books and would definitely be attracted to 'Flourish and Blotts' which was a book store in diagon alley where everyone could buy school books or other books.
Adam saw that professor Flitwik was hesitant to let him stay alone so he continued, " Professor don't worry, I will definitely come back here in 15 minutes. We can find her quickly if we split up. I will go over in that direction of bookstore. You can look for somewhere else." Adam pointed at Flourish and Blotts book store.
Prof. Flitwik looked in that direction and looking at the bookstore he decided something in his mind before speaking, "Fine, You go ahead and look in that bookstore. I will go and look for Miss Granger. You stay there. I will be back in 15 minutes then we'll go to change the currency."
"Sure, Professor." Adam was happy that he got to go alone to the bookstore. Professor Flitwik looked at him one more time and walked away , but not before reminding him, "Don't go elsewhere."