Pet Cute Balls of Fluff

January the twenty-sixth of two thousand twenty was truly an amazing day; this was the day of my eleventh birthday which brought with it plenty of snow, cold weather, family time, a blizzard and even my Hogwarts acceptance letter. The blizzard lasted for three days meaning the roads and skies were filled with snow until as fast it started it just stopped. The day the blizzard stopped I sent back the owl that I kept at home during the blizzard with a note saying I would be most grateful for the opportunity to join the prestigious school. Now all I had to do is wait to come to Diagon Alley with my parents.

February the first was the day and since it was Saturday both dad and Leo actually had the day off so we made it a family outing. Now this wasn't my first time at Diagon Alley by a long stretch of the imagination however this was of course the first time that I was coming here for a specific purpose. My Hogwarts acceptance letter came with a list of items that I needed to obtain for my first year; of course my mom would have given me hers but she said they were destroyed years ago. No matter though; I really enjoyed going into each of the shops especially the book store. This place held so much knowledge of old; it was difficult not to want all the books on the shelves.

Sooner than I would have liked we had all my required items for school then went to lunch at the Leaky Cauldron. Mom and I were the first to make it into the establishment laughing like a couple of hyenas at Leo who had just fallen on his butt thanks to grandma pelting him in the face with a snowball. We had just got sat down at a table over by the fireplace when grandma came in with a beaming face, Leo and dad not far behind talking in whispers. Making us all laugh because we knew that they would try to get back at grandma in some way; this was just how our family was…we played like this all the time.

It sure didn't take us long to eat and get back out in the cold; all of us together visited various other stores in the alley. While my dad and brother oogled over the stuff in the Quidditch store like they always did. Don't get me wrong Quidditch is awesome and I'm a decent player but I can't have a broom at Hogwarts yet so there isn't much point in even looking. However…if I could in fact have my choice of any broom on the market; the broom I dream about is the fast and sleek Yajirushi, the Japanese team broom during the two thousand fourteen Quidditch World Cup. I was only five when my parents took me to see this World Cup but I remember it like it was yesterday.

Mom, grandma and I left dad and Leo at the Quality Quidditch Supplies shop while we went to Magical Menagerie to see about getting me a pet for when I go off to Hogwarts. The moment we walked inside we were greeted by a very pretty older woman who smelled like sugar cookies "Choosing a pet or just browsing?" I looked back at my mom and grandma only find out they were wandering around the store looking at owls making me chuckle "For now I'm just looking because honestly if I get anything I wouldn't even know what I'd want." The aging but still so obviously young at heart woman straightened the invisible wrinkles in her floral dress as she walked over to me. "Well I can tell you are an animal lover…" she plucked some dog hairs off my coat as she spoke making me laugh. "Yeah I got a French Bulldog named Fry and a big brown horse named Chestnut. I nursed a cat back to health a few years back only to learn that I'm allergic to cats."

As I spoke the woman seemed to be deep in thought about something but what I can not be certain. Then she spoke with a soft smile "The best advice I can give to anyone when choosing a pet is to let your intuition guide you. You know how Ollivander say's that the wand chooses the wizard? Well I say the same is true with animals; there is a reason your family owns a French Bulldog, there is a reason you own a horse and there is a reason you nursed the cat back to health." Now I have a feeling that most people would have just laughed at her but not me…to be honest she was right; I did in fact feel connected to Fry the moment I seen his adorable face and same was true with Chestnut and the cat. With this in mind I took a moment to clear my thoughts and simply let my body be my guide; I could feel a tug at my heart in a certain direction making me walk that way.

It took no time at all for me to be standing in front of pink and purple fluff balls all ranging in different shades of their colors. They all bounced when I approached making me squeal in excitement "Oh they are so cute…" My eyes skittered over them all until they landed on one in particular; she's dark purple…the darkest purple I've seen yet with eyes that I could swear are silver. "You're the one…" I spoke what I thought was under my breathe but obviously wasn't because my nose taken over by the scent of sugar cookies "I see you fancy the Pygmy Puffs." I nodded with a big smile "Oh yes that dark purple one with silver eyes…she's so pretty." The woman nodded as she simply reached her hand in to retrieve the little fluff ball and handed it to me. "I will get you a carrying cage and some information on pygmy's." I nodded as the cute little puff ball seemed totally content riding on my shoulder while I followed the lady to the register meeting my mom up there who much to my surprise was buying an owl for the family. When I flashed her a questioning look she simply smiled softly "It's long over due; besides…I want to be able to contact you anytime I like." I smiled softly hugging her as she paid for both animals without question.



As soon as we left Diagon Alley with our entire purchases dad, Leo and grandma went home but mom said we had one more stop to make before going home. Mom smiled at me "We're going over into Muggle London to get some things for your new little fluff ball…which you will have to hide." I nodded softly gently stroking the soft fur of my little puff "Will you be okay in my coat pocket?" I asked; watched as she bounced up and down making a soft squeeing noise "I sure hope that's a yes." I said as I put the little Amethyst in my upper breast coat pocket then followed my mom into Muggle London.

To say that I was shocked that she has Muggle money would be an understatement however I suppose it shouldn't be considering grandma and grandpa LaMotta are both Muggle's. Mom and I went to several store's over in Muggle London; it was there that I bought all sorts of stuff for my new pet. The whole time before I bought anything; I'd sneak her out of my pocket and ask her what she liked...yes she picked out all her stuff. By the time we returned home we did so with anything and everything Amethyst would ever need.

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I know that I do not have enough money yet to obtain the pet however I wanted to get her post count up as well; I hope that is alright.