Chapter One On The Train
Nancy Drew, a girl with strawberry blonde hair sat on a bench on the Hogwarts Express pondering how her life had changed over the last four years. Even though she had a knack for solving mysteries, she had not been able to in the past three years because of her new life.
Shortly before her eleventh birthday, Nancy had been helping her housekeeper and surrogate mother Hannah Gruen mix batter for brownies. When she tried to pick up the bowl containing the batter from the counter, Nancy dropped the bowl and the batter spilled all over the floor. Even though Hannah tried to calm young Nancy down, she started crying. All of the sudden, water started bursting out of the kitchen sink for no reason. Hannah tried to turn off the sink to no avail. Just when Hannah was about to call in a plumber, a matronly woman wearing glasses and a pointed hat appeared in the kitchen from out of thin air. The woman took out a pointed stick from a pocket in her green robe and pointed it at the sink. The water stopped flowing as quickly as it started. The witch pointed the stick at Hannah and spark came out of it. Hannah left the room for no apparent reason.
"What is going on?" Nancy called out at the strange woman. "Who are you?"
"My name is Minerva McGonagall," the strange woman replied. "I have come because you have just discovered your new powers."
"What powers?" Nancy asked. "And what happed to Hannah?"
"You are a witch who is about to go on a magical journey," McGonagall explained. "As for your housekeeper, she is fine. However, she will not remember this unfortunate incident."
"There are no such things as witches!" Nancy blurted out.
"There are plenty of things in this world that you do not understand, Nancy," McGonagall said patiently as she reached into a pocket for a parchment. "Perhaps this letter will explain things better."
Nancy reluctantly took the letter and read it. The letter invited Nancy to attend a school called Hogwarts.
Nancy was awaken from her thoughts by her friend George Fayne who had just stood up and was looking intently at the door of their compartment.
"Is something wrong George?" Nancy asked her athletic friend with short black hair.
"I'm just getting ready for our special friend," George replied as she pulled her wand from her pocket.
"Do you really think he'll cause trouble for us now?" Bess Marvin piped up.
Even though Bess and George were cousins they couldn't have been more different. George was a tomboy and athletic while Bess was pretty and slightly pudgy.
"Oh come on, Bess!" George exclaimed as she rolled her eyes. "That idiot always causes trouble for us just because we're different."
"So what are you going to do?" Bess inquired.
"I'll show you," George explained as she pointed her wand at the ceiling causing a bucket of slime hovered just under the ceiling.
"I still don't understand how you can do that, George," Bess declared in wonder. "They don't teach Unspoken spells until sixth year and we haven't even started fourth year yet."
"Try visiting the library for once," George ordered.
"Well if it isn't a bunch of Mudbloods!" a pale blond boy sneered as he flung the door of the compartment open. "If I had my way, you all be chucked out the window.
"Hello, Draco," Nancy sarcastically greeted. "What can we do for you?"