Book 1:The Wizarding World
"Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Gryffindor. Long ago when Witches and Wizards lived together in peace then everything changed when the Dark Lord's forces attacked. Only the 'Avatar' the 'greatest wizard of all time' can stop them but when the school needed the 'Avatar' the most it vanished. A hundred years has passed and although the Dark Lord's forces continues to terrorise the world a new lineage of the 'Avatar' has been passed down. A unique blue-eyed Wizard named Korra. And although the Wizarding World is not how she expected it to be she can changed the world.
Pole-like ropes swifted in the transparent like liquid as every movement against encouraged it to move. The clear windows at the top of the walls allowed the beams of light to light up the whole gymnasium. The sound of feet moving swiftly together in a walk like pace echoed throughout the building and the sound of cheering and yelling on queue with the bang of the gun. But nothing was in the gun merely noise that would indicate that the races had started. This was swimming carnival day.
"Swimmers doing Freestyle, please make your way towards the marshalling area, to compete for the next race." announced the speaker with his mic in his hands. Korra looked over at him, meeting his gaze.
Why does this guy keep looking at me? She curled back into a ball not wanting anymore attention from anyone.
"Hey K-K-K-Korra"
Korra turned around and met a group of girls wearing red unitards. The girl standing at the front had her hair plaited from one side of her head to the other where it seemed to disappear somewhere. It looked pretty Korra thought. She was taller then the other girls, and she differed from them when she was the only girl who had a flower patters imprinted onto her unitard.
"Hello Mira and stop making fun of my name." Korra replied with an unimpressed look on her face.
"Why are you in your uniform?" She smirked folding her arms.
"I'm not feeling to good and swimming carnivals aren't really my thing."
"But I heard you were good," Korra smiled faltered, when Mira emphasised 'good' with two fingers together while crunching them. She remembered how arrogant she was acting before the swimming carnival and how everyone heard what she said. Korra was about to speak but was cut short as Mira voice thundered with venom. "'Oh. You can't swim? I thought you said you were so good that a 'starfish wouldn't be able to beat me'"
"I can swim! And technically a starfishes can't swim, they stay of the bottom of the sea. Anyone can swim faster then them." The girls behind giggled at her response, but covered there mouths as soon as Mira looked dead at each and every one of them in the eye.
"SHUT UP! I KNOW WHAT THEY DO!" Korra jumped back at her snappish attitude. You've done it now Korra. Just say you're sorry then you'll be let of the hook.
"I'm sor-"
"You'll be sorry when I get you into the pool!" With Mira's swift movements, she grabbed Korra's ponytail and yanked it. Korra fell face first onto the seat below her and cried in pain, her hands searching to where her hair was was being pulled to make sure her hair roots were still in place. With each pull Mira did, her face landed in every seat that was below her until she met with the concrete floor where she finally let go of her.
I am never sitting at the top of bleachers ever again.
Mira was restless and pulled Korra from the collar of her uniform, lifting her feet off of the ground. From what Korra can see out of her blurred vision was Mira's friends shaking her shoulder's insisting that she let her go, but she ignored them and meeting my eyes instead. Her eyes were full of hatred.
How could anyone be this angry for bragging about swimming? I mean it's just a carnival. Korra don't think this wa-.
"You know I could just drop you right here and right now." Looking below, Korra saw the depths of the water, slowly swallowing her little feet. The icy tips, freezing the little warmth she had in her little toes. She felt her mind spinning. She could feel her heartbeat fastening. The whole school stopped, and looked at her. Eyes all on her. Eyes of fear. Eyes of disappointment. Eyes of fun. Eyes of embarrassment. She felt claustrophobic as if everything was closing in on her. Mira's hand was still gripping onto her collar and Korra was desperately clinging onto it as if it was her lifeline.
"Don't do this." Korra pleaded, hating how helpless she felt.
"But I thought you could swim." She smirked, as she felt the thrive of victory.
"I ca-ca-can!"
"No you ca-can-can't" She replied mockingly.
"Yes I can!"
"Then what are you afraid of? Afraid to get wet?" Mira laughed. Korra can feel her sanity slipping away as her mind thought of every bad outcome that could inevitably happen.
Was the water up to my ankles yet? No I haven't moved one bit. Korra just admit you can't swim. If you do then all of this will be over.
"I can't swim." Korra admitted swallowing her pride. Korra can feel the whole school looking at her. She can feel everyone's held in laughter at the back of their throats. The silence was deafening. Mira looked at her with the biggest smirk on her face.
"Can you say that again louder this time?"
"Don-" Mira shook her collar and Korra's feet was submerged deeper then before. "I CAN'T SWIM! JUST LET ME GO!" Korra said louder. As soon as she said that the whole school laughed. It was louder then the cheers that would cheer the racers while they were swimming. Korra analysed every single face, friend and best friend that were laughing at her.
They never laughed at my jokes as much as they are laughing at me now.
Some were even crying with laughter.
"I KNEW SHE COULDN'T SWIM!" A shirtless boy yelled. Li?
"BETCHA SHE'S SCARED OF A LITTLE PUDDLE!" Another boy yelled. Tom?
"SHE'S JUST AN ARROGANT BRAT!" A higher voice this time.
"Does this mean she lied about being straight?!" Korra flinched at the comment and looked over at her best friend Nico who stood up proudly while gazing at her.
Oh no.
"Th-That's not true!" Korra yelled back, still dangling above the water.
"Well if that's not true the-"
"Enough of this!" A group of teachers yelled metres away from Mira. In the front, was the man with the microphone. Him again?
Then all of a sudden Korra felt the gravity shift as her vision slowly looked towards the attic of the gymnasium. Mira's hand shoved her away, not allowing the arms of Korra to find their support. Korra's voiced screamed but was drowned out with the water that was now invading her lungs. Her body became heavier as the water soaked her clothing, helping her sink faster into the depths of the pool. Korra swung her arms in the circle like a pattern reaching for the sunlight that was now above her, but her struggles made her sink faster. It was no use to try now. Huge bubbles of air leaked from her mouth slowly drifting away from her and into the sunlight above.
I never knew the pool was this dark. So this is what it feels like to be in water. It's so peaceful.
Her eyelids slowly closed, darkness engulfing her in the process.
The monotonous sound of beeping echoed in the darkness. Her mind slowly came to her senses when she opened her eyes. Looking ahead was a white wall, with a television at the top left corner of the room where a huge glass window panel had a view of a building with tinted glass. Just across from her was a a red ballon with flowers and an envelope beside it. Korra opened the envelope and pulled out a brown letter. At the bottom of the letter written in cursive writing:
"Miss K. Touxiang. Hospital Room 89 on Floor 52. 10 Cosmic Cres. Little Winging, Surrey."
Korra turned the envelope around and found a black crest divided into four equal sections. On the top left was a lion, the right a snake, on bottom left a badger and on that right was an eagle. She couldn't help nut notice a giant H in the middle of crest.
"Hogwarts. What's a Hogwarts?" She opened the letter.
"Dear Miss Touxiang. We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students shall be required to report the Chamber of Reception upon your arrival, the dates for which shall be ..."
Before she read any further she scrunched up the piece of paper and threw it in the bin the corner of the room landing it like a swish.
"SCORE!" She raised her hands up in the air only to feel a painful jolt in her right hand, with a suffocating cast around it. "ARGH, what happened?"
"You Miss Korra have been exposed to the Muggle World." A man came in from the door.
"Mic Man!" Korra pointed with her left hand. She got one of her pillows and threw it into his face. "GET AWAY FROM ME!"
"Korra listen to me." Mic Man raises his hands up in defense as he tries to dodge all of objects coming towards him.
"GET AWAY!"
"List-" A flower flies past.
"QUIT FOLLOWING ME MIC MAN!" She throws.
"CALM DOWN!" This time a bunch of flowers fly towards his face. Korra reached for the alarm button to contact the nurses but was immediately stopped when Mic Man waved his a stick like object towards Korra and chanted "Petrificus Totalus." In that moment Korra's body couldn't move and it was in an uncomfortable position considering how she was frozen. "Finally, I knocked some sense into you." Korra let out angry huff enough for Mic Man to notice. "I'm not here to hurt you, but I'm here on behalf of your parents. They got into contact with the headmaster, and the headmaster has accepted there plead to accept you in there school. I know it's sudden since you just woke up around 10 mins ago, and you started throwing plants and other objects at me but you'll be going to Hogwarts in 2 days time!" Mic Man expected Korra to say something but she was still frozen. "Oh right, Finite" waving his stick at Korra again. In that moment she was inches away from the button and she moved to go press the button again.
Mic Man sighed and waved his stick again "Petrificus Totalus". She froze but this time looking intently at the 'Call Nurses Button'. "Are you going to give me a chance or what? Because you need to go to Hogwarts whether you like it or not. You have caused a lot of damage to the wizarding world, in fact you almost risked it by almost exposing it to the muggle world! Good thing the Aurors took care of it." Korra stopped for a moment (not that she could move), to think about the recent events that had happened. She was in a hospital, with a cast on her right hand.
Why am I here? How many days have I been here? The only thing I remember is Mira dropping me into the pool. I know i drowned but, what happened after that?
Nothing made sense, nothing added up. Aurors? Wizarding World?
"Finite." Korra's body relaxed, she was looking at the floor now, not interested in calling the nurses any longer. She wanted answers. She needed answers.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Professor Raiko, and I'm one of the professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Figures." Korra muttered, earning a disapproving face from Raiko.
Why have my parents sent you? Why are you here instead of my parents? What happened on the day of the swimming carnival? What is Hogwarts?
"Where are my parents?"
"It doesn't concern you where you're parents are. They are high official aurors of the ministry of magic and they have important businesses to attend to."
"More important than me?"
"Especially more important than you." This stung Korra. She hasn't seen her parents for months, years even and never has she felt not being important especially to her parents. "Enough questions we-"
"Why are you even here?!" She yelled the tears slowly forming in her eyes. "How is it that my parents have the time to send you and not themselves?!"
"There's nothing to discuss. They just sent me to send you a letter from Headmaster. Now get a grip, because we need you to get going to Diagon Alley."
"W-Wait. There's still something I have to do. Say Goodbye to Katara."
