After taking the galleons McGonagall asked," so Mr Damian. It looks like you have something on your mind ", Damian is hesitating all the way whether to buy first hand goods or not. He finally said," yes professor. I plan to buy second hand ones for my gear. I think it's better like that since the prices seems more ".
McGonagall nodded and said," okay we'll wait while you search and collect stuff. That's the second hand store where you can buy stuff. But I recommend wand, clothing, and ingredients to be first hand. Quills and parchment is cheap it's not a problem. You can buy textbooks and couldron along with brass weights and telescope in that second hand shop ".
Damian nodded. Grangers looked at Damian while Hermione whispered," I'm Hermione Granger. What's your name?", Damian shook her hand and said," Damian Targeryen ", Hermione looked at him and asked," why are you buying second hand items?".
Damian said," I'm short on money. Even this money is a scholarship from Hogwarts. I don't have anything on me at this moment ", Hermione asked," why? Don't your parents give you money?".
Mr and Mrs Granger blocked Hermione's mouth and smiled wryly. From what McGonagall said he is an orphan. Damian shook his head and didn't say anything. They waited while Damian dived into the pile of second hand goods searching for what's needed.
In a few minutes he found the books of first years. Some are tattered, some are damaged. Some are wet while some aren't in good condition. There is even gun sticking in the pages. He searched one by one carefully and got the books. Then couldron, it's a complete mess.
Dirty couldrons, rusty ones, broken ones, suspicious ones too with still potion and some kind of black and green fog residing in them. It took him 20 minutes to find all other things and he is sweating already when he is out of there. It cost him 9 galleons in total for all this stuff.
McGonagall helped him put on some repair spells on WhatsApp can be repaired. Meanwhile Hermione looked at Damian with pity. Damian didn't even glance at her, he followed McGonagall to other places. Robes and clothes are left to madam malkin who charged them with 8 galleons.
Hermione mostly brought books and 24 galleons alone is gone there. He breathed a sigh of relief he made a right decision. Even ignoring extra books the cost of first year books alone is 18 galleons. They go to the potion & herb store and bought them using 3 galleons.
Hermione also bought a couldron for 5 galleons. That leaves them with a wand. As they approached the store. As usual the old ollivander greet them with his natural philosophy of the wand chooses the wizard. Although Damian is skeptical.
Damian looked at ollivander while ollivander took their measurements, face, hand, palm, their height and even the gap between nose and ears. He is puzzled why are there so many measurements. He started to suspect this old man is not honest and taking advantage of little kids.
After nothing down everything ollivander goes to the shelves and brought many wand boxes. He first gave Hermione her wand. After trying 5 times she got her usual Vine wood and Drahon heart string wand. Now it's time for Damian.
As he stepped forward ollivander gave him the ashwood with unicorn hair core. He felt rejection and ollivander snatched it immediately. The old man opened another box and gave him," try this 10 inch, Walnut, phoenix feather ".
This one is too rigid for use and ollivander snatched it again. Like that many wands appeared and explosions also rang :
9 inch, pine wood, unicorn hair
Boom
11½ inch, Alder, Dragon heart string
Boom
12 inch, holly wood, pheonix feather
Boom
10 ¾ inch, Hazel wood, unicorn hair
Boom
McGonagall looked at another explosion and cast a repair spells again with a sigh. Ollivander is excited again and again. He is bringing wands one after another. Finally he took a wand.
12 inch, English oak, Dragon heart string, try this.
As soon as Damian got his hand on this wand, fire appeared out and Damian felt this wand will be a good match for him. Ollivander clapped and said," a very good and powerful wand. Suits those with very good intuition abilities. Very suitable for wizards with good strength and confidence in themselves ".