"Ally, you have to promise to keep in touch!"
"I will, now hurry up and go before you miss your flight and I'm stuck with you for the rest of the holidays"
Ally-May Green gave her best fiend Jessica Bennett her final hug before pushing her towards the plane "Bye" called out Jessica before sprinting towards the plane as they started lifting up the stairs.
Ally smiled to herself before walking back to her mothers car "Did Jess catch her plane on time?" Ally mother asked with a bright, slightly forced, smile on her face.
"Yeah, just" Ally smiled back, oblivious to the fakeness on her mothers face as they pulled out of the airport car park. The rest of the ride home was silent but tense. Mrs Green kept giving her daughter strange glances the whole way home.
"What's wrong?" Ally asked after what felt like the 100th glance.
"Oh, well... It's nothing but.." Ally sighed as her mother continued to stutter "Well.. You know when.. India died-"
A gasp escaped Ally's mouth before she could stop it. Mrs Green has never spoken about India; it was only ever her father that had spoken of India. He told her only five years ago when she was ten that Ally-May had once had a twin named India-Rose and she had died when she was just one month old.
"Yeees.." Ally drawled out slowly, trying to keep her mother talking.
"Well, you see.. There was a-a mix-up I guess you could say, and-" They pulled up their drive and feel silent once more.
"What sort of mix-up?" Ally asked, trying to keep the questions that packed into her mind in order so she didn't over whelm her.
"I'll explain more inside" Was all she got. When they walked into the wide lounge they were greeted by not only Ally's father but another man whom Ally had never met before. He was quite tall and had an extremely long beard. His light blue eyes lit up as he caught her eye over his half-moon glasses.
"Ahh," the man said in a light voice "You must be Miss India-Rose Green, I'm Albus Dumbledore." He shook her hand very gently as she replied.
"No sorry, I'm Ally-May, but its nice to meet you sir" The two older men turned and looked at Ally's mother as she yelped 'I'm sorry I couldn't do it. I tried, I really did" To Ally's surprise, tears were falling down her mothers beautiful face.
"It's okay dear, we'll explain now" Mr Green said softly to his wife, rubbing her back. Ally looked between the three adults in a questioning way, it felt like a puzzle in her brain that a five year old could figure out but she was too impatient to figure it out. She hated puzzles anyway.
They all sat on the cream sofa. Ally's eyes fell upon the pale pink stain on the arm of the sofa and smiled as she remembered the day Jess was over and laughed so hard that raspberry fizz came out her nose. She got so lost in the memory she missed the start of her fathers explanation.
"...And when she passed, it was confusing with who was actually who. The thing is, you and your sister looked extremely alike, we weren't really sure who had.. Passed" All three adults were looking expectantly at her, waiting for her to speak.
"I don't really understand" Her father sighed before continuing.
"You see, when India- When Ally," he sighed again then blurted "Your not really Ally-May, you're India-Rose"
Ally stared at her parents with a dumbfound look on her face before standing up and walking closer towards her parents " So, your saying that basically when my sister, my twin, died you didn't know who it was so you just.. Guessed?" she spoke in a freaky calm voice.
"Uhh, yeah"
"Well that shows your love for me doesn't it? Can't even tell your own daughters apart.." Ally was almost yelling until she remembered the other man in the room "So, um, why are you here?" Her voice came out ruder than she expected and she could see her mother about to tell her off before realizing that it wasn't exactly the time to be telling off her daughter about her manners. The much older man smiled at her in a kind way.
"You see, I'm the Headmaster of Hogwarts, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am offering you a place at my school" Ally's bright green eyes widened as she looked back at her parents.
"Mum, dad. If this is some sort of way to send me to a mental hospital because you think this Ally/India
thing is going to make me crazy or something. I'm fine, honest"
The three adults laughed as worry took over Ally's face.
"Miss Green, neither me or you parents think you've gone crazy. An extremely rare thing happened when you and your sister were conceived. Only one of you gained a magical core, which has only been recorded once in history which was in fact with the founder of the one of the houses at my school. The child to gain that magical core was one India-Rose Green. When the death certificate for India-Rose Green was recorded we thought that was you. A week ago, magical activity was felt here. I looked into it further and figured out that you weren't Ally-May but, India-Rose"
Ally stared at the taller man thinking that maybe the Ally/India thing actually made her go crazy and this man was a figment of her imagination. She asked, just in case it was real, "What does this mean?"
This, Miss Green, means you are a witch. Would you accept a spot at my school?"
Ally looked at her parents who were both smiling proudly at her nodding, she had never seen her parents proud of her before. Before she realized it the words slipped out of her mouth.
"Yes, I will"
Dumbledore clapped his hands together and beamed down at Ally "Excellent, since you've just turned 16 you will be entering into your sixth year. Because you have already missed out on a few years and if its okay with your parents, you will be staying with one of the brightest witches in your year; Miss Hermione Granger"
"Yes yes, all is okay. When can she leave?" The tears that were in her mothers eyes before had vanished and instead they held excitement.
"Wow mum, if you wanted me gone so bad you should of just said so" Ally muttered. Dumbledore laughed then spoke.
"Mr and Mrs Granger said that you could arrive whenever you're ready."
"Perfect, Ally quickly go upstairs and pack your things" Ally looked at her mother with pure shock dramatically stomping upstairs yelling,
"Maybe I should of just left with Jess" Ally stoped for a moment before back-tracking into the living room and asking "What about Jess? And school?"
"Don't worry about it, I'll sort it. Just go pack your bags" Mrs Green lightly pushed her back into the hall
"Love you too, bitch" Ally whispered to herself before rushing upstairs to pack her bags.
After double checking she had everything she would need, Ally -or India, it was still a confusing matter- fell back onto her bed and sighed. Well this as been an adventurous day she thought after hearing her parents voice drifting up the stairway and into her bedroom.
"Do we need to do anything? Get school book? Uniform? Anything?" Ally muffled a laugh at her mothers desperation.
"No no, everything is sorted. Miss Granger will be heading to Diagon Alley tomorrow to get your daughter everything she needs"
"Oh.." Was all Mrs Green replied, sounding very disappointed.
"Trust me Mrs Green. She will be in good hands. Miss Granger is extremely bright and will teach Miss Green everything she needs to know plus more"
Ally sighed again and dragged herself along with her trunk downstairs "Done!" She shouted. The adults squished into the hallway as Ally said her farewells. Ally's mothers eyes brimmed with tears.
"Sweetie, be good and have fun, not too much fun thought. And write every week" Her mother demanded.
"Yes mum" Ally smiled then gave her dad the biggest hug she could achieve as her dad ruffled her blond curls.
"Bye Als, you are sticking with Ally-May aren't you?"
"Yeah" Ally sighed "It would be easier" Dumbledore bided a goodbye to the Greens and walked onto the driveway with the new witch. They were almost on the streets sidewalk before Ally remembered.
"Wait, I forgot my cell phone, its in mums car" She turned to go retrieve it before Dumbledore stopped her.
"Muggles and their electronic devices" he chuckled "At Hogwarts there's so much magic going around that electric devices don't work" She looked him hard in the face to make sure he wasn't kidding. When she realized he wasn't she looked straight forward and once again sighed.
He grabbed her shoulder and disappeared into thin air.