Magic Annie

"It's a hard knock life, for us! It's a hard knock life, for us!" The girls sang as they cleaned there foster parent's apartment. "Steada treated, We get tricked! Steada kisses, We get kicked! IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE!" The girls flopped down on their beds. "I said NO SINGING!" Shouted their foster parent. Annie rolled her eyes toward her friends. Behind her friends was a window, and she couldn't believe what she saw out the window! A man in a long, dark blue robe, and pointy hat, with a silver beard that touched the floor. This man was looking strait at her. This man disappeared. She decided that she must have been seeing things. "It's a hard knock life!" All the girls whispered.

"Professor? Professor!" Professor Mcgonagal yelled at Dumbledore. "Yes, professor Mcgonagal?" He replied calmly, turning to her. "Professor Dumbledore, please don't tell me you apparited in front of a Muggle girl?" She stared at Dumbledore for a while. "Alright." He finally replied, and laughed. "I won't tell you." He laughed again and walked away explaining, "That girl has magic in her. So I'll meet with her, and find out if that's true." Mcgonagal sighed and walked away. Dumbledore was back in his office now. He was looking out the window, when Draco Malfoy came in. "Hello Draco, how can I help you?" Dumbledore asked. Malfoy pointed his wand at Dumbledore, crying with fear, and explained, "I have to kill you. He'll kill me if I don't!" Dumbledore turned around and softly said "Draco, calm down. I can help you." Draco shook his head crying. He lifted up his sleave to show Dumbledore his Death eater mark. "Don't you see!" He shouted. "I have no choice! He'll kill me! Expelliarmus!" Dumbledore fell back and lost his wand. Draco took in a deep breath. Then, Snape rushed in. "Avada Kedavra!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. A strong blast from Snape's wand sent Dumbledore flying. An hour later, Professor Mcgonagall came up to Dumbledore's office and found a note on his desk.

Dear Mcgonagall,

I told Snape that he had to kill me. We needed

to ensure that Voldemort would trust Snape.

So, please go talk to the little girl. Her name is Annie

and she has a terrible life. She could have a better

one at Hogwarts and she would bring more hope

to the students while Voldemort takes over. If the

students have hope, we can have hope. Please do this for me.

From, Dumbledore.

Annie waited and stared. She was so nervous. "Are you going to stare at me the whole time?" The lady at the conter asked. "Sorry." Annie said. She stared at the ground for two seconds and stared back at the lady. Finally, the paper was handed to her. "Can you read it?" Annie asked. "I'm too nervous." After the note was read to her Annie walked away, disappointed. She sulked sadly along the side walk. Someone bumped into her and she dropped the paper in a puddle. She watched it get wetter and wetter.

"The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! Tomor-" Annie sang but stopped when she saw a tall woman with a long green robe. She tripped and a sandy colored dog jumped on her. "Get back here mut!" A teenage boy shouted. Annie petted the dog who sat on her lap and yelled "Leave her alone!" Clearly, the boy was throwing stones at the dog. Annie could tell by the bruises on the dog and the rocks the boy was holding. "What are you going to do about it?" The boy asked. He started throwing rocks at her! "Leave us alone!" She shouted. Suddenly, the rock stopped in mid air and flew after the boy who ran away. "Whoa..." Annie shouted. She turned and saw that the strange lady was gone.

"Dumbledore was right..." Mcgonagal paced in her office. "She can do magic." Mcgonagal took some hair and blood samples she collected when Annie fell and got scraped by rocks. "Unbelievable! She yelled when she saw the DNA test. Annie's parents were wizards who abandoned her because they were death eaters and didn't want Voldemort to know about her because She was kind and didn't deserve the force of Voldemort! "He who must not be named is clever though. So if I decide to drop it and hide her from the wizard world like her parents did before they died, Voldemort would know and get suspicious." She thought about it. Mcgonagal thought and thought. In the end, She decided to show Annie Hogwarts. She wrote down the invitation and once summer came, she sent it.

Annie watched the t.v next to her friends. It was a lovely summer day and they were forced to stay inside. So they watched t.v. "William Stacks loses his run for mayor!" Was the headline of the news. "Can't we watch anything else?" Pepper asked. "The other channels are static because of the large cable bill." Annie answered. Tessie looked out the window and sighed. "Why can't we go play outside?" Miss. Hannigan (Their foster parent) stomped into the room. "Fine! Go outside!" All the girls stood up and shouted at the top of their lungs sarcastically, "Thankyou Miss. Hannigan!" and ran outside. Annie stopped at the mailbox to see if there was anything about her parents, but instead she found five old envolopes with green ink writing. Each one was addressed to each girl. They were invitations to a school called Hogwarts!

To Be Continued