Carmen was a few days away of becoming 15 and she had had enough. This was it, she was going to put her foot down and confront her father. But how could a 15year old silly girl confront a King?
" Well it does not matter, I can't have it anymore" she thought "I will just have to do it and that's that."
You see Carmen is but an ordinary girl. She is not only a Carmen Del Rey Vega, Princess of Spain and heir to the throne, Carmen had also the particularity of being a witch.
Now you can imagine, a Witch in the Royal Family, this was surely a scandal, and a shame. It did not matter that no one could speak of it, the king would not allow this to be known. Not that he loved his daughter less due to this, but what would the people think?
Carmen however couldn´t care less about this. She had finally something to look forward every morning and finally had an explanation for being always so bizarre. She was finally happy.
Nearly 5 years ago, she had been summoned by her parents to meet this odd looking men, very odd indeed. Clara entered the room where her parents already were sited with the strange men and Javier the butler immediately announced her as always.
" You Royal Highness The Princess Carmen"
The men did not bow or even stand to this introduction which was in itself odd. Carmen always had hated that people had to bow to her, nut when you are a princess it is expected and not to do it is extremely rude. Or this men were a complete idiot or he wasn´t acquainted with the royal manners, which made it even more odd why the three royal member had to meet him in the first place.
The men was wearing a black suit but Carmen could see he had bright red socks with strange looking winged gold ball on it, and she suppressed a smirk at this. She didn´t know the men but she already liked him enough, at least he wasn´t a complete twat like the rest of the people she was normally obliged to meet. The men looked at his watched and Clara saw that it was also strange instead of two hand like the one her father was wearing it had seven and instead of number it showed strange symbols.
"Mr. and Mrs. Vega" The man started to say " I appreciate that you took the time to meet with me"
" Yeas, my Prime Minister was most insisted that we meet. I fail however to see why my daughter presence is also required" My father said a little harshly.
So this men requested my presence and my father was forced to do so. Well this was getting stranger and stranger by the minute.
"I am afraid her presence is a requirement I could not ignore. My name is Neville Longbotton Carmen and I´m here as a representative for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where your daughter has been accepted." The men said looking at my parents wearily.
Clara looked from the men to her father. Was this men trying to say that she was a witch?
Her father looked so like he was about to stand and kick the men out of the palace himself, Carmen was sure if it was not for the status and the responsibilities that the job required he would have done exactly that. On his side her mother however looked thoughtful. Carmen knew her mother was thinking exactly the same as she was.
" We did not applied for such school" Mrs. Vega said
" No you would not have" Neville smiled " This is hard to understand, but Hogwarts students do not apply their names simply appear in our books when they are born until they reach the age to start a magical education"
Mr. Vega that had been quite during this seemed to decide that he had enough because he was now talking really slowly and had his fists closed
" Magical? What do you mean magical? Are you calling my daughter a witch?"
" Well yes, I´m sure you have already witnessed manifests of Carmen power?" Neville said calmly
" No…" Carmen father started but was interrupted by his wife
" Yes, we have" and she give a small smile to her daughter
Well this certainly explained why her broccoli had turned into marshmallows when she was 5 and why her doll had turned into a slug when her cousin tried to take it.
Carmen´s father seemed to have reached the same conclusion because he gave a little nod.
" If this is true why now? Why haven´t you contact her before"
" Wizards start their education at eleven. Not all of us manifest our magic before reaching this age. But is of the upmost importance to educate children about their magic. Not doing so can be catastrophic not only for the wizard but for the ones around them"
"But you are English am I correct?" Mrs. Vega asked, the men gave a little node and she continued " Why is Carmen being accepted into a School in England. Are not Wizardry schools here in Spain?"
" Indeed, that is something that we also questioned it is the first time a foreign student have been accepted to Hogwarts without requesting so. We must assume that Carmen comes from a line of English Wizards, probably Arthur, as he was the last wizard to be King"
" King Arthur was a wizard? I thought Merlin was the wizard?" Carmen spoke for the first time since the meetings beginning with very big round eyes
Neville chuckled a little " Yes a common mistake, muggles have a different version of the events that we have but Arthur was a wizard as much as Merlin, well not as good but a wizard none the less"
" Wow" was all Carmen said
"But as I was saying Carmen needs to train her magic or could be very dangerous. She can be apply to other schools if it is your wish or even homeschooled but I must insist that you do not neglet her magic." Neville said
" Oh papa let me go please" Carmen said turning to her dad
Her father did not look at her, he had his eyes fixed on the pillow on Mr. Longbottom sofa " Please Carmen, let me and mama speak with Mr. Longbotton alone."
Carmen knew immediately that this meant she was not going to get what she wanted, and she felt tears fill her eyes.
" Por favor papa jo lo quiero mucho. Porfavor" she pleaded
" Carmen porfavor, marcha te ahora. Tu madre y jo tenemos que hablar" her father said coldly.
his tone and the fact her father was speaking Spanish in front of a guest which did not speak the language meant this was not a discussion and she was to do as was told, so with a last pleading look to her mother she bowed and left the room.
The next day she was informed that she was to be homeschooled and that was that.