A/N: Attendance!
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On Christmas, the Dusley's had chosen to visit a new electronics store that had recently opened up.
Apparently the old tv had stopped working, even a mechanic said he couldn't do anything as repairing it would cost more than buying a new one.
So here we were, in a car, driving to the store.
Shorekeeper was on my head, Dudley was to my right, Petunia on a diagonal from me and Vernon driving in front of me.
The drive was fairly long, I for once had a brief mental respite as it was agreed that on holidays, I would not be doing mental gymnastics for calculus.
So now I sit, watching the outside as snow falls slowly in the surprisingly sunny morning, the sky had a few clouds and the wind wasn't strong, so scene was quite mesmerizing.
Oh the day is short as without realizing the hour-long drive had finished and we arrived at the shopping district which had the electronic store CeX (Computer Exchange).
I wonder who thought that abbreviation was good?
Entering the store, myself and Dudley were simply told not to cause trouble as Vernon and Petunia went to pick a newer TV.
Wandering around I of course, wanted to get some trouble going, but I don't really see anything that interesting, that has a low chance of me being punished.
"Join the raffle, you have a chance on getting some of the top prizes and the most expensive stuff in the store. Only 5 pounds to enter!"
Good thing I managed to get my hands on 5 bucks…. Can I rig it?
>Of course<
Now with approval to act, I come up to the man and hand him the 5 pound bill, just like before, several people after me also joined the raffle.
Thankfully it was a quick one, within 10 minutes they already started drawing names.
"James Kannor"
"Wesley Mies"
"Harry Potter"
"Arnad me-"
Wait my name actually got called?
Out of what seemed like 200 or so people I am one of the 5 winners? Damn right I am.
I come up to stage, showing my ticket just like the other winner, and now we are told to pick one of the blind boxes that supposedly contained several items.
They were no guaranteed by any means.
>Any suggestions?<
>Alright<
I was the third to choose out of all the boxes, and just like SK suggested I picked the medium box with a frowning face, how oddly specific.
It seemed the crowd hoped I open it up but I simply shook my head, indicating that I wanted to keep it sealed for the time being.
The crowd was a bit annoyed but moved onto the other contestant with one of the especially who won the most expensive TV in the store.
Another had won a few pieces of non-expensive jewellery while the last two simply got a few trinkets.
Soon, I saw Vernon passing by and noticing the crowd, his eyes quickly went up and found me on the stage, curious he came over only to find me carrying a flat-ish box, frowning box. He seemed surprised and decided ask about it.
"What is that boy?"
"A raffle win"
"You won a raffle? Where did you even get the buy in?"
"Gathered it"
"Gathered it?"
"It was only $5"
"Well what did you win?"
"Don't know yet"
"Opening the box later?"
"Yes"
"Why?"
"I don't want to open here"
Vernon seemingly bored with the conversation then just states that they picked out a tv and a crew had already setup the delivery.
Honestly I am surprised how civil these people have been so far, it is very different from the mostly irrational actions witnessed in the movies and written in the books.
I wonder what they are thinking lately to be honest, their actions seem normal yet slightly apprehensive...? Is this because I have yet to show any aptitude for magic?
Oh I wonder how, I wonder why, yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky~
Wait the sky's barely blue in Britain, it is mostly gray... oh but it was blue today, means it is my lucky day then!
Oh well, following Vernon who was carrying the surprisingly heavy mystery raffle box, I look around the aisles, honestly I can't help but feel disappointed considering my future knowledge and just how old the current technology feels-
Oh well not much I can do about this-
Oh 5 ails and we are outside the electronics section, now it is just lamps and appliances- boring.
>Because there are 2 anomalies there, minor but still anomalies<
>Electronics<
< So w.... >
"Get in the car boy!" Vernon shouts snapping me out of my daze and conversation with SK
I shake my head and get in Dudley is already there sitting playing with a metal airplane, I can't seem to tell the model though.
I try to start up a conversation but unfortunately I am ignored, Vernon is busy driving and Petunia is reading a newspaper.
I feel sleepy and close my eyes for a bit until I get woken up by Petunia telling me to get out the car since they were stopping at a nearby fair.
Myself and Dudley got to go on a few rides and play a few games, I had much more success in several of these games even winning a few absurd luck based ones that made me win about $300 out of nothing. I then tried the ladder balancing game shtick which well I can only understand my win being to Shorekeeper messing with the laws of physics.... wait huh?
Anyway, the rest of the day was quite joyful to the point I had even given Dudley several of the toys I won simply cause I felt like being nice and him just having no success at anything at all.
By the time the sun was setting I had practically robbed every stall owner at the fair to the point that they simply banned me from participating... thank you SK!
Now I was simply a happy child on a sugar rush, with no worries about health... my body is always sore anyways.
Finally, after myself and Dudley mostly calmed down, we got back into the car and started the way home, us two were obviously knocked out but from what I was later informed by SK, she had intervened and saved us from a drunk driver running off a highway bridge and almost falling on our car. Thankfully the traffic was perfectly timed.
My short dream was pretty sweet, it was simply me being held by Shorekeeper while the man's family was having a picnic nearby. SK's embrace and the presence of family was what made the dream one of the sweetest that both me and the man ever had.
I had awoken once the car stopped, tired and slightly of balance I got out the car, closed the door, then helped Vernon with my mystery prize. Since it was late and everyone was tired the mystery prize was left to open tomorrow.
Falling asleep, as usual I feel soft arms wrap around but this time from in front, I open one eye just see two blue and purple ones staring back with a smile, and so I drift of into a pleasant sleep.