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Chapter 1 - Letters

Penny

I was waiting. Waiting for something to happen. Waiting for something to cure my boredom. Waiting for my best friend, Lilac, to get home from London. Waiting for my Hogwarts letter. Waiting for my parents to get home from work. I lay back on my bed, and grabbed Hogwarts: A History to read because Lilac was forcing me to. I was halfway through chapter five, when I heard a hoot and a tapping.

There was a barn owl outside the window with a letter.

A letter that had the Hogwarts seal on it.

YESSSS! I opened the window, grabbed it, and set it down on the dining table like my parents had told me to (gosh, I really wanted to open that thing) and continued to read (SOOO BORING, I mean, who needs to know this stuff?).

Lilac

As I was reciting Hogwarts: A History to a few of my cousins in London (who were clapping and cheering for my photographic memory), my mom rudely interrupted. "Lilac, say good-bye to Lavender and Aunt Delphinium, dear." WHY do we all have names that are flowers? Lavender Brown is my first cousin, her baby sister is Marigold, and some of my other cousins include Cosmo, Daisy, Rose, Eric John (yes, this is a flower), Dahlia, Ivy, Lumex, and Amaryllis. I mean, even the guys are flowers! I'm Lilac Starre. And there are tons more – all flowers. I counted one time; in all there were 52 first, second, and third cousins. 52 FLOWERS! (Sorry, that was kind of unnecessary, but I just had to make my point.)

I reluctantly threw my arms around Lavender. "Oh, bye Lilac!" she exclaimed. "Don't forget to do your hair EVERY DAY and your nails and DEFINITELY go get your ears pierced and…"

Fortunately, she was drowned out by the roar of the fire as I tossed some glittering green Floo Powder into it. I jumped in and shouted, "THE STARRE!" and after a very uncomfortable swirling sensation, I had traveled from Lavender's house in London into the fireplace of my house. I had calculated the time from my house to London- by Floo Powder, it was 30 seconds, by Apparition, it was 15 seconds, by broom, it was 2 hours, by muggle airplane, it was 1 hour, by muggle car, it was 4 hours…"

I didn't realize that I was standing there staring into space, but I could practically hear the little gears in my brain whirring around. I made myself snap back into reality and sped next door to my somewhat evil, obviously Slytherin, best friend Penny Storm's house.

Penny

As I was starting chapter 13, I heard a knock on my door. I peeked out of my strategically placed window overlooking the path up to the door, and there she was. My super genius, destined to be in Ravenclaw, best friend: Lilac Starre. "Hey, long time no owl!" I called down.

"Sorry. My evil aunt wanted me to spend time with 'darling Lavender.' That girl gives me the creeps because she's so perfect.. Not remotely evil like you are," she yelled up to my open window.

"Who cares if I'm slightly evil? Let me open the door." I sprinted down the long, old hallway with pictures of my extended family, all pure-blood of course. There was a picture of me and my brothers; Leo, who would be starting his fifth year in Ravenclaw, and Raphael, a soon-to-be Gryffindor third year. I looked so innocent in that picture; it made my mom wonder how I changed into my clever, cunning self.. I put on a burst of speed and flew down the stairs to unlock the door. We, being the girls we are, screamed and hugged.

As we walked into the dining room heading to the stairs, Lilac stopped in place. "You got it?"

"Yeah, just about an hour or two ago, when I was dying of boredom."

"Sooo lucky. Mine hasn't come yet."

"Thank you, Captain Obvious, because if you had you would have told me first thing. I can keep not-so-important secrets; you just blurt 'em out."

"Hey!" she protested, knowing I was right.

"So your Aunt Delphinium really is evil? I thought you were kidding!"

"Yeah, she is. That's exactly why I didn't want to go to London. You know how much of a bore my extended family is."

"Seriously. I've met all 52." I laughed.

"What house do ya wanna be in?" Lilac asked.

"Any, I guess."

"Even Slytherin?"

"That's my number one."

"Girls?" Lilac's mother walked in.

"Hello Mrs. Starre. How was London?" I asked, using my Slytherin charmingness, as my mother and Lilac called it.

"Splendid. But Lilac might want to home now because a very important owl is waiting for her."

Lilac and I exchanged a knowing look as she said, "See you 'round Stormy."

"See ya Starre," I said as she strolled out of the house.

Lilac

I got it! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I wondered why Penny got hers first, because we were next-door neighbors. Hmm…

"Lilac?" My mom interrupted my thoughts.

"Huh? Oh right, the letter. Sorry. I was in smart-land." I ripped open the envelope bearing the Hogwarts Crest and read the two pages at super-speed. Then I zoomed back to Penny's house and knocked.

"WHAT!" she said with an air of being annoyed around her.

"It's me!" I yelled.

"Oops. Sorry Lilac. WHAT!" I guess I was treated the same as whoever she anticipated coming to the door. That's Penny for you.

"Will you come to Diagon Alley with me tomorrow?"

"Sure. MOM, I'M GOING TO DIAGON ALLEY TOMORROW WITH LILAC! BYE!" She zipped upstairs and came back with a sleepover bag and a book. Then she beat me to my house, picked the lock, and ran up to my room.

"Penny, I had a key!" I screamed. No use reasoning with that girl.

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