W.I.T.C.H goes to Hogwarts

Wills House

Will

"Will. Will! Get up!"

"Nmph! Five more minutes!"

A duvet was pulled from the bed, revealing a 16-year-old redhead, half asleep and grumpy.

"Now. You have a visitor downstairs." Will Vandom's mom was stern.

"A visitor? Ugh. Ok. Up." The girl in her pink satin pj's put on her slippers and went downstairs. One tiny step at a time.

She walked into the kitchen and saw a huge man about 7 or 9 feet tall with beady eyes and a bushy beard munching on toast.

"Hello," Will said when she passed him.

"Mornin'" the man replied gruffly.

"Are you my vis-vis-visitor?" she said, yawning through her sentence.

"Names Rubeus Hagrid. Keeper o' keys and grounds at 'Ogwarts."

"Uh… where?" Will said, reaching for some toast.

"'Ogwarts school o' witchcraft an wizardry."

"Witchcraft and… wizardry?" It's too early to have a serious conversation, Will thought as she stretched for the jam.

"Yep. Now, I'm here on official 'Ogwarts business. I understan' that yer've got special abilities?"

Will looked into the living room to make sure her mum wasn't listening in. She reached for the Heart of Candracar inside her top.

"How do you know?" She whispered in a low, threatening voice.

Her reddish eyes glared at the man before her. Who was he? What did he know about the Heart?

"No need fer that lark! Professor Dumbledore has received light o' yer powers, an he wants yer ter come to our school ter learn ter use 'em properly."

Will let out a dry laugh. "Use them properly? I've been doing this for three years now, I think I've already perfected them, thank you very much! I've – I've saved other worlds from evil, almost lost my life countless of times, endangered my friends, my family, my boyfriend…" Will let the sentence hang.

"If yer come to 'Ogwarts, yer can learn ter combine the powers o' all the Guardians, an learn more magic, in case one o' yer members is down. Any ways here's yer letter," Hagrid said, handing a cream envelope to her, "I'll be takin' ma leave now, I've got ter go see the other Guardians. Think abou' it, Will."

And with that, Hagrid walked to the front door, shouted his thanks to Mrs Vandom, took one last look at Will, and left.

Will stared down at her letter, and walked upstairs to her room to read it in private.

On the front, in green ink, was her address, written in fancy handwriting. On the back was a golden shield with a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake in it.

Will curiously opened it, and read the letter.

Dear Miss Vandom

We are delighted to give you and your fellow Guardians a place at the school of Hogwarts!

I will not go into details here, but there is a list of required items that you will need to buy. You will meet me soon. Good day to you.

Signed,

Albus Dumbledore

Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Will's eyes widened as she finished reading the letter. She looked at the page behind it, and sure enough, there was a list of items there.

One wand One set of black robes

One pointed hat

One set of winter robes

One thick bottomed cauldron

One broomstick

One pet (optional)

You will find enclosed a list of books you will need for your new school term

Will scanned the letter again and quickly put her clothes on and ran to the front door, holding the letter firmly in her hand.

"I'm going to meet the others!" She called to her mum.

"Okay, sweetie! Be back in time for lunch!"

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The Park

Will

"Call the Guardians." Will whispered to the Heart. It floated in the air and started glowing. Will smiled and put it back underneath her top. She walked over to a bench and sat down, waiting for the rest if the Guardians to get here.

Irma

"So, I told him to get lost and-" Irma stopped talking when she felt a tingle going through her body. "Uh! I – uh – gotta go! Sorry!" She put the phone down and hurriedly got dressed. This had better be worth it, Will. She thought as she pulled her t-shirt on. Running into the kitchen, she pulled on her trainers just as she noticed a huge man pouring himself a glass of orange juice.

"Who the heck are you?" She asked him

"Rubeus Hagrid. I'm here on behalf o' 'Ogwarts School o' Witchcraft an' Wizardry. I've explained evrythin' to yer mate Will. But here's yer letter. Now, if yer'll excuse me, I've gotta go back to 'Ogwarts now."

Irma blinked, and opened a cream envelope. She scan-read it quickly, and then sprinted out of the door, following the tingling sensation that was growing stronger with every step.

The Park

"Great! You made it!" Hay Lin said, slapping Irma on the back cheerfully.

"Yeah. But not before I had this weird man give ma a letter about a magical school." Irma replied.

"Same here." Taranee said, holding up her letter. "I haven't told my parents yet."

"Me neither." Cornelia piped up. "I mean, yeah, it'll be fun, but magic?"

"I think it would be great to learn new things." Taranee said.

"I think we should go." Will said, "I mean, this will be a good opportunity for us to harness our powers, so if anything worse than Phobos does crop up…"

"Yeah. I mean, there probably isn't anything worse than Phobos… But! You never know!" Irma said happily.

"Talking about telling our parents stuff…" Will said "I'm going to tell my mum about the Guardians Of the Veil. I just can't lie any more."

"No one blames you, Will. I'm going to tell my parents tonight too." Cornelia remarked.

"If you're telling your folks, I'm going to tell mine too. Why don't you lot bring your parents over to my house later, we can spill the beans then." Taranee said.

"Great idea." Irma said. "How's seven for you?"

"Perfect."

Yeah. Will thought, just perfect.