Alicia Cecelia
Jennifer Alicia
Alicia Cecelia lay on her bed, on her back, with her head hanging slightly over the edge as she examined a pamphlet on the wonders of Magical England.
As far as she could tell, there weren't any wonders. The things listed in the pamphlet were boring at best, and disgusting at worst.
She saw, in the list of cities, Little Whinging, the city they would soon be moving to.
Alicia Cecelia jumped off her bed and skipped and jumped to the living room. There she found, on a little table in the corner, the Directory of Wizards. She took it back to her room and flopped onto her bed. She opened the directory and looked at the world map which the names of all the countries written on it. She clicked on the word United Kingdom and the map changed to show only England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the other islands filling up the page. She clicked on England, and then on London. In addition to London, were shown the surrounding towns. She clicked on Little Whinging, and saw, waving to her, a tiny likeness of a boy named Harry Potter.
Harry Potter?
She moved to jump from her bed again, intending to ask Samuel about it, but then she remembered that what she was holding was a directory of wizards. She clicked on the name Harry Potter, which was floating just above the little waving figure, and saw the two pages fill with information, and at the bottom of the second page was a Next button.
This boy has done a lot, she thought, but it's Harry Potter; of course he's done a lot!
News of Harry Potter's escapades had, in fact, reached Vermont. However, Harry Potter was hardly more interesting to Alicia Cecelia than the King of England would be to a person in Mexico. The only reason she was interested in him now was that they would soon be neighbors.
She suddenly had an urge to do all kinds of research on him. She began by reading the information provided by the directory.
Harry Potter celebrates his birthday on July 31st, and will, this year, be turning 16. He lives in Number Four, Privet Drive, with his aunt, uncle, and cousin. He calls friends, among others, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley, both of whom are fellow students at HogwartsSchool of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Oh!" Alicia Cecelia exclaimed. "That's where I'll be going to school!" she shouted, hoping someone else in the house might hear, and come running to congratulate her. After a moment, when noone came, she continued reading, but found that she could nolonger concentrate. She closed the book to reset it, and opened it again. She clicked on all the same things as before, except this time, she clicked on Harry's picture, instead of his name.
This time, the two pages filled with pictures of Harry. She nearly melted. She had never cared about Harry before, but, now that he had something to do with her, she found him fascinating.