Free Knight of the Black Rose by Nissa Gordon Page B

just come from; there seemed to be even more people about now because it was getting closer to dinner.
     
    Will had hoped that he could have gotten a look in the window that had been crowded on his way down but it was still crowded now, in fact there were even more people stood outside of it; he didn't care how he managed it he was so going to see what the new model was like.
     
    "It's worth every Silronze," a man shouted somewhere in the crowd of people stood outside of the shop.
     
    "Really, even grown men drooling over it; always the same," a woman said walking in front of her children who seemed to have hoped to want to stop as well, but she clearly wasn't going to give into them.
     
    "I knew it, it must be a new broom that's come out," Will said excitedly next to Anne. "I think that dad said something about it a while back,"
     
    "Come to think of it, Stuart did mention something...oh well, there's plenty of time for that later," Anne told him as she carried on walking through the crowd.
     
    Will couldn't believe that he had forgotten about something like that, as it only happened every couple of years; though now that he thought about it Alex and Troy never said that they had seen it when they had gotten their thing's, perhaps it wasn't out to buy then, which means that he'd be the first one to see it up close.
     
    They stayed close to the other shops on the left as they made their way back up the street, so not to be swept away in the crowd, Will could see the shop with all the different types of uniforms in the window and wondered which one was for his own school, as he hadn't really put much thought into it before, why would he? They all looked really good, in fact they looked better than any of the uniforms that he had seen for the secondary schools where he lived, they had all been boring and simple, these weren't.
     
    They went up the small steps and pushed open the door ringing the bell over head, there were quite a few families already in the shop looking around at the different uniforms that were stood in pairs for boys and girls, and then behind them on the walls were racks of uniforms in all different sizes.
     
    The uniforms weren't labelled for the school that they belonged to nor did they have crests on them with the schools name, Will thought this was strange, how were you supposed to know which one was for you, as it didn't tell you in the letter. Anne made her way over to the desk where a woman was stood refolding her tape measure; she had short curly hair and had layered robes in shades of green.
     
    "Good morning," the woman said brightly when she saw the two of them approaching the counter. "First year?"
     
    "Yes, I'm starting at Burnaby Advanced," Will told her a little louder than he had meant to, but his excitement had gotten away from him, now that he was finally able to tell someone where he had gotten into beside from his friends, someone else who would understand his excitement.
     
    The whole shop went deafly quietly, Will looked over his shoulder wondering what was going on but they were all staring at him; he turned back around blushing deeply as he hadn't meant for everyone to hear and to get this sort of reaction out of them, but yeah he kind of understood.
     
    "It may be a big school, but it's hard to get in there as you know," the woman said as if she needed to explain everyone’s reaction. "You know being the best school in the magical world and all,"
     
    "Yes of course," Anne said.
     
    "So, are you...err...from a magical family?" the woman asked them.
     
    "Yes of course." Anne answered as the back curtains were pulled open.
     
    A young girl about the same age as Will walked through first, she had brown hair with a thick fridge with her hair concaved; her mother came up behind her and lead her over to the counter, she had her hair up neatly braided into an elegant bun.
     
    "Will...hi," the girl said surprised to see him.
     
    "Hi Lucy," Will said, not sure if it was a