Ch.1 Don't freak out
"Millie, stop whining." Freya said coldly as Amelie continued to sob; Rosemarie and I just looked at each other not believing what we heard. "Well this isn't as bad as I thought it would be." I said with relief in my voice as my whole body relaxing. "I told you Courtney, Cerys and Rosemarie wouldn't be shocked about this and neither is Freya." My mother said before sipping her tea, I just sighed.
"Why aren't you shocked?" Amelie asked when her sobs calmed down to sniffles and looked from Freya to Rosemarie then finally at me. I shrugged, Freya and Rosemarie just smiled, "I mean come on I thought we were getting in trouble. Being a wizard isn't as bad as not being able to play videogames." I said putting my arm on her shoulders hugging her to my side in comfort. "The correct term for you is witches honey." I heard my mom say after taking another sip of her tea.
She nodded at that, "Where's my mom?" she asked curiously. I didn't know what to say, "Yours and Freya's mother are getting you guys into a wizard school." Said Rosemarie's Mother, Courtney, happily sipping her tea. I assumed alcohol was somewhere in there because she is never that happy without being somewhat drunk. "Now girls, I suggest you pack; you don't want to be leaving something behind." My mother said threateningly with a smile on her face. We all ran upstairs to get ready because there's no way we are getting on our mom's bad sides, especially being told that they are some of the most feared witches.
After packing all my stuff, I went to Mille's room only to find the once pristine room cluttered with clothes and books everywhere. "I can't find it! No no noo!" Amelie said like a mantra again and again till I grabbed her and shook her. "Amelie snap the fuck out of it." I said after bitch slapping her, she just had a dazed expression on her face. "Now what is missing?" I asked as she calmed down, I looked around the room wishing it was back to its original state.
Then all of a sudden everything started to move and clean the disastrous room up. "Whoa." I said softly astounded by it, "No mistake about you being a witch, my dear daughter." My mother said as she walked over to us and grabbed a book peeking out from underneath the bed. "I believe this is what you're looking for, Amelie." She said handing the book to the now standing Amelie, who looked her life was now complete.
"Whaa…. How did I do that?" I asked her as we left Amelie's room to go to my room, where we sat on the bed to talk. "You did magic, which shows you have what it takes to be a witch." She said before a cinnamon roll popped up out of nowhere. "I believe you didn't eat, pumpkin." My mom said handing me the cinnamon roll on a plate with a fork. "Was that magic?" I asked shock at all that's going on in my life but enjoying it to the fullest; I said this in between mouthfuls of the cinnamon roll. "Yes, now I think Rosemarie and Freya can do it too, but Amelie can't; well not yet at least."
She said holding out her hand to catch a glass of apple juice and then handed it to me. I drinked it hurriedly which made me cough as my mom just patted me on the back. "Mom, why can't Amellie do it as well?" I asked the moment I could talk without coughing up a storm. "Because she's not in control of her emotions, which is why we are making you go to Hogwarts. When need to speed up your training, you girls aren't nearly ready for the battle ahead." She said sorrow seeping into her voice near the end, I hugged her.
"Sorry to break up the bonding moment but we got to take them shopping." Courtney said after a short knock on the open door to get our attention. "Right, well I'll go get my purse then we can be on our way to Diagon alley." She said after getting up and walking to her room down the hall. "What's Diagon alley?" Amellie asked as she peeked her head out of her room. Freya and Rosemarie looked curiously at Courtney, also wanting an answer.
She just smiled with a twinkle in her brown eyes, "You'll see." She said like it was the most amazing thing ever and it probably is. "Alright kids, everybody into the car!" My mom, Skye, yelled from downstairs before we walked downstairs to the van. Our mothers up front with Rosemarie and me in the middle, which left Freya and Amellie in the back. I sat on the left next to the window and Rosemarie on the right next to her window.
Once settled in and on the road to London I asked what everyone was thinking, "What are we getting exactly?" there was silence for a couple of minutes as our mothers tried to figure out how to tell us and so they left it at, "You'll see." exactly like last time. My curiosity left me feeling frustrated at how it wasn't quailed but was left to simmer; 'which made it worst!' I pinched my nose above my glasses, when I felt a headache coming on.
Amellie who was sitting behind me, put her hand on my shoulder trying to calm me. "Thanks, Mille," I whispered to her as she took her hand from my shoulder. It didn't take long to get to London, we got out of the car and walked along the street for a couple of minutes. Until Courtney said, "Ahha, here it is the Leaky Cauldron." She pushed us into the grubby-looking pub, once inside you could hear everyone cheering. "Harry potter, the boy that lived!" someone yelled from the back of the room.
Our mothers just smiled at this as we passed by to see a scrawny little boy next to a gigantic person. "Ahh, Hagrid how good to see you!" Skye exclaimed happily on sight of the huge man. "Is this little Harry?" Courtney asked excitedly as we passed through the wall into, what I suppose is Diagon alley. "Yes he is. How good to see you Skye, Courtney! Ahh and you even brought your young'uns!" Hagrid exclaimed loudly to them, while Hagrid and our mothers got reacquainted with one another.
We the kids stayed behind the adults in order to get acquainted to each other. "Nice to meet you Harry, I'm Cerys." I said holding out my hand for him to shake. He took it but it was an awkward hand shake, 'I guess he doesn't shake hands often.' I thought to myself, before zoning back in to hear Amellie say her name, for she was the last one as we continued on talking about different subjects.
We continued on till Hagrid stopped at a snowy white building that towered over the shops beside it. "Well we best be on 'er way! After all we are on official Hogwarts business!" Hagrid said in his booming voice to us before pushing Harry into the building with what I think is a goblin standing beside it.
Harry and Hagrid went into building as our group continued on to get cloaks at least I think so. "Here we are Madam Malkin's Robes for all occasions!" my mom yelled over the crowd's loud noises as she pushed us in to the building. We walked in to see other people getting fitted for robes, "Hogwarts, dears?" a lady said to us smiling. I assumed she was Madam Malkin as she directed the four of us to stools to sit on.
She quickly slipped cloths over us with help from other witches and began to pin it to the right length. "You girls are all done, dearies." Madam Malkin said as our parents paid for the robes before we each grabbed our bags to leave. "Hmm next is books, then your equipment." Courtney said as we walked through the crowd diagonally then continued straight to a book shop called, flourish and Blotts.
Once inside all you could see was shelves stacked with books from floor to ceiling. When we finished there we moved on quickly to go get cauldrons, telescopes and other things for our classes. On our way to the owl emporium to pick out our messengers I heard something strange coming from an alley way. When I stepped into said alley the sounds turned to a whimper then a hiss. As I spotted the creature making the sounds.