Simply Mudblood
Chapter 1
The Letter
A ten year old girl, soon to be eleven, put down the book that she had been reading and looked up at her thirteen year old brother.
"Are you done with it, Allison?" he asked impatiently. "I've been waiting to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for ages!"
"For your information," Allison said, handing her brother the heavy book, "I've only had it for seven hours. If you hadn't come blabbing in every two minutes, I would have finished it in only five."
"I doubt that!" Her older brother replied. "No one reads faster than me!" He put on a dorky pose, and Allison laughed.
"You can read a book only five-hundred pages for six months and not even be halfway finished, Danny!" He just turned and left. He hated being called Danny, especially after in fourth grade when there was another boy with the same name and he had to be called Danny all year. He'd much rather be called by his real name, Daniel, rather than his nickname.
From now on, I'm doing this in first person
I smiled as my older brother slammed the door. He had such a short temper, and it's bad to have a short temper when you're a wimp.
I stared at the stupid flowers decorating my wall, and the clouds painted on my ceiling. Why did my mom force me to act like a girl? I'd much rather play video games all day than to paint my nails with ugly colors such as pink and purple, but she did let me play video games. That is, video games to help your concentration. I just had to have ADD, or more of, the exact opposite. I wasn't hyper active, more of a lazy lump. If I drink soda, I fall asleep. Isn't that crazy? There are even days where I feel so lazy that my body refuses to get out of bed, so when I feel like a lazy lump of nothingness, I either stare into space for three hours, thinking it's only two minutes, or daydream. That day I chose to day dream.
I didn't even have to close my eyes to see images of the fictional character, Harry Potter, blasting the curse that killed Voldemort from his wand. I could see Bill and Fleur having their wedding, and even see Harry dig up a grave for poor Dobby.
That's when I saw an owl swoop past my bedroom window. It could've been just a coincidence, but it just felt a bit spooky that an owl would fly around in the middle of the afternoon. The owl had flown fast, that it was a blur and I couldn't make out what it was holding in its fierce claws.
"Is this some sort of joke?!" I heard my mum scream from downstairs. She seriously screams to much. I didn't feal lazy anymore, so I got up and ran downstairs to see my mum holding a letter in her hands and an owl sitting in front of her. I looked closely at the letter and saw that it was addressed to me.
"Give it here," I said. Without waiting for her to reply, I snatched it from her hands and opened it. Then, I gasped. I just couldn't believe what it said.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmistress: Minerva McGonagall
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Miss Walkers,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed
a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than
July 31.
Yours Sincerely,
Albus Potter
Albus Potter
Deputy Headmaster
I pulled out the attached paper and read it.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
Three sets of plain work robes (black)
One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags
COURSE BOOK
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
By Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic
By Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory
By Adalbert Waffling
A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration
By Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
By Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions
By Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
By Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
By Wuentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT
ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
My mouth fell open. This was too good to be true, and that's exactly what my mum believed. Literally.
"What kind of prank is this?" She screeched. "This is the dumbest joke ever! They must have sent an untrained owl to us on April 1, but it got here months late!"
I sighed. What else can I do? I always wished that something like this would happen ever since I was little, but I'm just a normal person, or what the fictional witches and wizards created by J.K. Rowling would call me, a muggle.