The News
Disclaimer: I'm definitely NOT JK…. I wished…
Piper's world came crashing down around her. She had lost her parent's to an evil wizard that she knew nothing about. All she knew, was there was a late night meeting in the den, her parent's agreed to go help over in England, and that was the last she saw of them. She knew many people lost their lives in this war, but she was in America, and all she was hearing was hear-say.
It was late at night when the house elf came and awoke her telling her to get dressed, she had visitors. She had never seen this man before with the lion like mane for a beard. She sat in shock as he told her of bits and pieces of what had happened. She sat and sobbed as he told her that her parents, like so many other had fallen in battle with this evil lord, but her parents had died with honor. They had helped take this evil person down, and there would be peace once again.
She was also told that she would be moved to her aunt and uncles house in a village called Hogsmead. She would be staying with her father's brother and his wife. They're a very well respected family in the community, have and attend balls, give to charities, volunteer, and even throw parties and dances twice a year for students in the school there. Between her parents inheritance and them, she could have anything she wanted. p p But Piper is only vain to a point. She stood about 5'3", long red hair, fair skinned, (but she was thankful no freckles…) and very athletic, but at the same time built in all the right places. She ran three times a week, and worked out twice a week.
The day of the move came, and the same man with the lion beard came to see her. He had her things taken to the new house and asked if she was ready to go. With a slight hesitation, she put her arms around her and everything started to spin. The next thing she knew, she was standing outside a magnificent house at the door. The lion mane man reached out and rang the doorbell. A small house elf opened the door after a few seconds and just nodded at the man then motioned him inside. Without a word, the house elf walked away. A few minutes later, and man and woman appeared. The woman smiled warmly at Piper and the man said; "Welcome Piper, I'm Lord William and this is Lady Mia. But to you, I'm uncle Bill or Billy and she is aunt Mia. We are glad you'll be staying with us, and hope you are comfortable here. Tomorrow, we will be having a ball with members of different wizarding families attending as well as students from Hoghwarts from the same year you will be in. We will be introducing you and hope that you make lots friends. If you're not tired from the journey, you may feel free to roam the grounds or walk around in Hogsmead. I believe that some students are there today they were allowed a free day today to find attire for Saturday's ball. Now, if you'll please excuse us, the Minister and we have business to attend to. Oh, and by the way, if you would like to purchase anything in any store, just inform the store owner to put it on our tab."
With this, her uncle, aunt and the Minister walked down the hall and into another room. Piper stood there half in shock, half not knowing what to do. "Ahem.." Came a soft voice. She looked down to see a house elf standing there staring at her. "Miss, I'm Cece, your personal elf. If you need anything, please just call for me. Please follow me and I'll show you where your room is." Piper followed Cece up the grand staircase and turned to the left. "The right wing is Lord William and Lady Mia's wing, the left is yours." Cece informed Piper. Piper was showed her room. It was grand. It was almost apartment sized, and that was just the bedroom. Piper looked around and noticed that Cece was gone already. She decided to take and shower before going to Hogsmead. She picked out a pair of jeans and a tee shirt to wear.
As she walked around in Hogsmead and looked in the stores, she did notice there were kids everywhere. You could tell there were cliques too as the were in packs. This made her miss her friends even more. As she was walking into the bookstore, she had just looked away for a second when she collided with someone. "Watch where you're going!" came an angry voice. Books had went every where. "I'm so sorry about that" Piper stuttered. "Hmpf. Whatever." Was the reply. A redhead boy and a dark haired boy then rushed out of the store. "Mione, she said she was sorry, it was an accident." The dark haired boy said trying to calm the girl. "Well, if SHE was watching where she was going, this wouldn't have happened!" The redhead quickly picked up the books and took a hold of the other girls arm and tried to get her away from the scene. As they were walking away, the dark haired boy turned and mouthed "Sorry" to Piper. "Don't worry about her, she's a know-it-all" said a blonde boy with two other boys with him as they passed her. If this was any prediction of what the ball was going to be like, then maybe she could play sick; Piper thought to herself.