When me and my mum and dad were in diagon alley on Christmas Eve, it was because they had told me that there was one Christmas gift I could get today. You see, usually, we only open presents on Christmas morning, and we do them all at the same time. But this year when we were in daigon alley, on Christmas Eve, I thought it was because there was a great place here to get a peppermint mocha and my dad wanted tea. I had 2 days off from hogwarts before Christmas Day and on Christmas Eve we went here, the most chaotic place in the world i think, on Christmas Eve. We also still had to get some Christmas crackers and gifts for or pets.
I guess since nothing was open on Christmas, my parents decided to let me get one of my gifts today.
We were in the magical menagerie, and i thought we were just looking for some nice Christmas presents for the pets. Me and dad were looking at some pet toys when I saw the pets themselves.
There were lots of cats, gingers and tuxedo’s, black cats and tabbies. Oh, and there were owls! I over seeing the owls and the cats. But we had a family owl and we had 2 cats. I saw a few more pets, before i stumbled upon a few young ferrets.
“You know sweetie, your mum and I were thinking of letting you get a pet of your own this Christmas. I know that you have the dogs, and you love them very much, but they can’t go to hogwarts with you. You have the cats but they aren’t the type to travel with you. Besides, they spend more time with mum than with you.”
“So… your gonna let me get a pet?! Like really? Like i can name them, cause you and mum named tiger and the dogs, this is so cool! Any pet?”
“Any pet that you are allowed to bring with you to hogwarts and is able to live with our current pets.” Mum chimed in.
“Still, I’ll take it!”
And that was it. I started looking for the perfect school companion immediately, oh just wait till my friends hear!
At one point in my life, I really thought that I wanted a rodent as a pet. Maybe a guinea pig or a hamster, and a one point I wanted a rat. But I knew I didn’t want a rat today, and I didnt want a cat, or an owl, I could use a school owl for sending letters. I had to find something else. That was when I saw her. The perfect pet was right there in front of me.
A ferret. She was beutiful. She was sleeping in a little bed that was the perfect size for her, and when she saw me, she looked up. If I was thinking logically, I would’ve known that it was probably just because I was in her space, but in that moment, I thought she really liked me.
“You like that ferret?” The shopkeeper asked me.
“Yeah, I’m trying to find a good pet and she might just be the one.”
“I think that she likes you. And I’ve known that ferret since was just a teeny little thing. I call her Bandit. She likes to rummage through things and take stuff. She’s like a little thief but I bet you could keep her in check.”
“I bet I can manage, she sounds very cute, how old is she? and do you think she’d be ok with cats and dogs?”
“She was born about a year ago, on November 30th so she’s just over a year old, and. Think that she’d even enjoy having some friends around the house. She plays with the cats and bunnies that we have here.”
“Hey! We have the same birthday! This is perfect!” I exclaimed.
Then the woman who I knew to be the shopkeeper’s wife spoke to me about Bandit “you visit here a lot don’t you? I remember you telling me that you want to be a magizoologist when you grow up, is that right?”
“Yes it is ma'am. I wanna be like Newt. I’m even a hufflepuff like him.”I said.
“I see your scarf, very nice! Well, if you want her, I think that you should definitely have her as your pet, she’s a little bit like a Niffler, I’m pretty sure that Newt Scamander raised a least one of those. What do you say?”
“I’ll get her.” I responded I picked up bandit and she helped to pick out some of her stuff, then we checked out and I carried bandit on my shoulder all the way out of the store.