It was a Friday night on December 15, 2000. 14-year-old Kylee Raven was in her dormitory getting ready to go to bed, as it was 3:00 am. She had just returned from and outrageous birthday party for her best friend, Kelsi, here at Hallows School of Magic. She heard a tapping sound on her window, and it turned out to be an owl.
It's probably a birthday card for Kelsi, or someone else in the dorm, Kylee thought reasonably to herself, even though it made her a little sad to think this.
The reason no one ever wrote to her was because her sisters were for one, Muggles, and they couldn't afford to. So it was to her great surprise, and extreme pleasure that this letter was, indeed, for her. She quickly opened the letter, (which was written on think, yellowish paper) and read to herself:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
Of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Ms. Raven,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a permanent transfer student. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins for you on December 20. We await your owl no later than December 15.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Kylee was completely bewildered. She was going to go to Hogwarts? The Hogwarts? The incredibly famous, prestigious school in England? She wanted desperately to go, because even though she had Kelsi here (whom really even didn't like Kylee all that much), she wanted to go somewhere where she could start a new life. Maybe they didn't care if you were on your own there. Maybe she would finally make some real friends.
Kylee immediately took out a pen and some paper, and wrote back:
Dear Professor McGonagall,
I would be most honored to attend Hogwarts. Is it okay if I'm a little bit early? I want to get there as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to write me a letter.
Yours truly,
Kylee Raven
There. That looked all right. I can't wait to get there!
Kylee thought excitedly to herself. She leaned over her bed and opened her (rather battered) royal blue suitcase(she didn't have a trunk, just a suitcase to keep everything in). Inside were her clean, blue, school robes, and her Muggle outfits that she used when she went home. Seeing that there was plenty of room left for more things, she began packing.
She packed her little china cat very carefully, so that it wouldn't break. She packed her school books and quills and pens and such. She then took out another piece of paper, which she addressed to her two Muggle sisters, telling them where she was going, and asking them to please come as well. She really hoped they would.
