CHAPTER 1: Told you magic was real!
11 year old Evangeline Moore was playing basketball with her two best friends Tyler and Marcus when she heard her older brother call for her. She spun around and saw him in the window of their apartment on the 5th floor.
"Evie, come up here for a minute!" Jay called to her, she quickly said good-bye to her friends before hurrying up the stairs. Her dark dark blonde hair bounced up and down as she climbed the stairs easily, before opening the door to their small but cosy apartment. She found her older brother in the kitchen, with an old man with a white beard and funny clothes sitting opposite to him. Evangeline stopped in front of them. She stuck out her hand to the man with the beard.
"I am Evangeline but most people call me Eva or Angel , it is nice to meet you Sir" she said politely, just like Jay taught her. The old man smiled at her.
"Hello there Evangeline, or maybe you prefer Eva. My name is Albus Dumbledore and I'm the headmaster of a school called Hogwarts" Evangeline didn't know what kind of school Hogwarts were but its headmaster seemed nice enough.
"If you don't mind me asking, but what kind of school is Hogwarts? Is it nearby, because I have never heard of it" Evangeline said thoughtfully, Professor Dumbledore chuckled lightly.
"It is a very special school, for special people" he told her gently, but he could see it in her face that she still searched for answers. He decided to continue telling her about all of it. He had already told her brother.
"Hogwarts is a place for people with magic, they learn to use and control their magic while attending the school" he told her and watched as her dark eyes grew wide. She turned to her brother with a smirk.
"Told you that magic was real didn't I?" she said proudly, Jay smiled at her.
"Yeah you did Evie, you were right" he said, glad that his voice didn't show how scared he actually was. He did not know what to believe, the man named Albus Dumbledore had showed him magic but still he had a hard time accepting it. Magic couldn't be real, could it? The man had said that Evangeline should attend Hogwarts as well which meant that he would see her a lot less than right now. She was the only thing in his life that mattered to him. Evangeline turned back to the white bearded man named Albus.
"Why are you telling me this Professor, you don't mean that I have magic do you?" Evangeline asked, her voice filled with shock and her eyes even wider than before. Dumbledore slowly nodded.
"Yes Evangeline you do have magic, quite a lot of it too I believe" he told her, as he reached into his robes and pulled out her Hogwarts letter and handed it to her. She stared at the envelope in her hands, then her gaze rose to Dumbledore and then back to the envelope. A grin grew on her face, she turned to Jay.
"Jay did you hear that, I am going to Hogwarts, I am going to learn how to use magic. I'm so happy Jay" she said excitedly, her brother forced himself to smile at the innocent happiness of his baby sister.
"That's good news Evie, you better get started with packing. It's just a few days until you'll go there" he said with a smile, she nodded and left the room, saying good-bye to the professor first though. Dumbledore turned to the troubled young man in front of him. Jay lifted his gaze to meet the old man's.
"Your sister will accomplish great things in the future, she might be the savior of our world" Dumbledore told him before standing up slowly. He shook Jay's hand before apparating out of the apartment as Jay sunk down to his chair once again.
Evangeline was almost skipping her way through the Diagon Alley, Professor Dumbledore had told them how to get there and since Jay was off work today he thought it was the best day to go there. She was so caught up in all the new things surrounding her that she didn't notice the boy with jet black hair and hazel brown eyes behind a pair of glasses before she walked into him. She fell to the ground, landing on her butt with a groan. She quickly looked up at the boy she walked into, he gave her a small smile before extending his hand to help her up. She took it and he pulled her off the ground. She dusted some dirt of her jeans before extending her hand in a greeting.
"Sorry for walking into you, I'm just so caught up with everything. My name is Evangeline Moore, but please call me Eva" she said with a grin, he grinned back at her before running a hand through his messy hair.
"No it's my fault, sorry about that Eva. I'm James Potter" he introduced himself, suddenly his parents appeared next to him. Harold Potter glanced down at the young girl who stood with his son.
"Have you made a new friend already James?" he asked amused, James turned to his father and nodded ecclesiastically.
"Yes actually I have, mum and dad this is my new friend Eva, Eva this is my dad Harold and my mum Olivia." he introduced them, both Harold and Olivia shook Evangeline's hands.
"Oh there you are Evie, you can't go running ahead like that" she heard the voice of her brother and turned to him with a smile.
"Jay I've made a new friend!" she said happily, Jay smiled down at her and placed a hand on her shoulder before turning to the three other people with his sister. He extended his hand to all three of them and shook their hands.
"I'm Evangeline's older brother Jay" he introduced himself, Harold and Olivia smiled at the siblings before Harold placed a hand on James's shoulder.
"We should get going, we still have loads of things to buy. It was nice to meet both of you" Harold said, the other two Potter's said their goodbyes before walking towards a shop down the street. Jay looked at the list in his hand.
"We just need to get your robes and then we are done for today" he said, Evangeline squealed with excitement, grabbed her brother's hand and dragged him towards the robes shop.