I am going to say this once for the whole book. Ok, here goes nothing.
DISCLAIMER- I DO NOT OWN PERCY JACKSON, HARRY POTTER AND ALL OF THE CHARACTERS. THE AMAZING RICK RIORDAN AND J.K ROWLING DO. But Mia and her family belong to me! By the way, this is before both the war with Voldemort and the war with Kronos. Harry is in his 3rd year, and the school year before The Titans' Curse.
My name is Mia Belle
I am 10 years old, 11 on the 25th of August.
I am dyslexic and I have ADHD.
I live a block away from Central Park, in New York
My mother never returned from when she left my father a couple of days after I was born.
Murcuito Belle is my dad, Rosanna Belle my stepmother and Lillianna Belle my younger sister.
I am a completely normal girl.
Just plain ol' Mia.
Or so I thought.
I woke up at exactly 9:01 on July the 29th from the loud music playing in the room over. Which is Lillianna's room, by the way. Also known as the Devil's Lair. The place is always a complete mess! Which is why I nicknamed it that. Anyway, I dragged myself, half-asleep, to the lounge room and collapsed onto the most comfortable couch. I could hear the sizzling and frying sounds of bacon and eggs coming from the kitchen. Since Rosanna moved in when I was seven hundred and thirty days old, there has been cooked meals for breakfast every morning. A month after she came, Dad proposed and a year later, Lillianna came along. But Rosanna isn't what most stepmothers are in books, like that idiot from Cinderella. What was her name? Never mind. Rosanna is kind, and amazing. She treats me like I am her own, and doesn't care about my dad's money.
Suddenly, Rosanna appeared in the doorway. "Honey, could you get your father and sister for brekkie, please?"
The word 'brekkie' woke me up fully. "Sure thing, Rosanna." I prefer not to call her Mum, and she understood that.
Five minutes later, the four of us were seated at my father's grandfather's table that he carved himself. So my great-grandfather, I guess. I dug in straightaway, eager for Rosanna's delicious food. We were done within 600 seconds. Uh, ten minutes. My brain does things like that. Sorry.
A screech from Lillianna drowned out my thoughts. And probably woke the street too. But anyway, Lillianna was staring at the window sill, looking terrified. I whipped my head around and saw a magnificent grey owl perched there, quite casually. Dad looked curious, probably as to why there was a bird in his house. And Rosanna seemed like she was about to faint from the shock of having a bird in the house.
It seemed to be staring straight at me, so I got up slowly and advanced on it. The bird didn't fly away. That was when I noticed the letter tied around its leg. The owl stuck out its foot, as if it wanted me to untie the envelope. So I did, obviously.
It was addressed to me:
Miss. M. Belle
The Second Bedroom on the Left
Belle Mansion
New York
America
With shaking hands, I turned it over. The wax seal was imprinted with some sort of logo, an 'H', with a snake, a lion, a raven and a badger surrounding it. I tore it open with shaking hands. Inside held 3 letters, one of which I dropped. Dad picked it up, while I opened the bigger piece of-paper?- and read its contents to myself.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
What the heck is a Mugwump?! Wait, a school for magic?! This is unreal...
I continued reading, but this time out loud.
"Dear Miss. Belle,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find an enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment,
"Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31,
"Your sincerely,
"Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress."
Lillianna stood up and fled the room, looking very angry. Not even 10 seconds later, music was playing loudly from her room. Rosanna sighed, and left the room to see what was wrong with her daughter.
That left Dad and me. I handed him the letter I had just read, and flattened out the second so I could read it.
I brushed my fringe behind my ear. "Hogwarts School- yeah, I know." I skimmed down to the items."I need 3 sets of plain black work robes, A pointed black hat- really?!- a pair of dragon hide or similar gloves and a black winter cloak with silver fastenings."
I saw the list of books. No way was I reading that out! It would take to long. So I passed it over to Dad so he could read it himself. He shook his head and chuckled at my laziness.
The rest of the letter basically just explained the other equipment:
Cauldron
Wand
Glass/Crystal Phials
Telescope
Brass Scales.
And other information, like how we can bring an animal (owl, cat or toad) and that first years cannot have their own broomsticks. Really? Broomsticks? I though those were for witches in kids' stories.
I remembered the last piece of paper (I still don't think it really is paper) that Dad had picked up after I drooped it. It was laying carelessly in the middle of the table.
As I leaned over to grab it, I heard Lillianna fighting with Rosanna. I think she was trying to persuade her daughter to come downstairs, but was failing miserably.
I smiled to myself and grabbed the letter, quickly looking over to the window. To my surprise, the owl was still there. I realised it was waiting for the reply. Eh, I'll do that once I've read this last piece.
I read it out loud,
"Dear Miss. Belle,
We are aware that you are muggle born (born to non-magical folk) so we will send our helper to assist you in buying your equipment on August 15,
"He will give you money to buy them,
"Sincerely,
"Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress."
Dad was looking at me strangely, but passed me some paper and a pen. I'm guessing to write a reply.
So that's what I did. And then I have it to the owl, which was still there. It flew away gracefully.
And that's how I found myself lying on my bed, thinking about the magical blood that ran through my veins.
K, so I'm bringing this story over from Wattpad. My username on that is lilmisscheeky10. It is a working progress, but if you want to read more it is on that. Updates will be whenever I feel like it. Over the course of the next month or so, i will upload all of the chapters that I have on Wattpad. Then when I update there, I will update here.
Can I just say that I find harder to use than Wattpad? No? Okay :)
Enjoyyyyy, and review pleaseeeeee?
Hannah xx
