Okay, so I'm new to this category I usually write for more adult TV show type things, but I really love this concept and I had to try it out. I don't own any of these characters or the original stories they belong to. Hope you enjoy it :).
"Now, after you stir it precisely fourteen and a half times you add a little dragon's blood." Jerry said, putting the ladle to the side of the cauldron and adding something that looked like red food dye to the already scarlet colored liquid. A snicker from Max made Jerry put the vial down and turn around, looking annoyed.
Justin was sitting on one end of the table, looking down at something in his lap, Max was waving his hand up an down in front of Alex's face and Alex was staring intently at her father, her head resting on her open palm. "Justin, Max, you have to pay attention. If you accidentally add dragon's tongue instead of blood, you're eyebrows won't grow back for six months. Your sister is listening." Jerry pointed at Alex, not realizing the ridiculousness of the statement he'd just made. He returned to the cauldron and wrapped his hand back around the vial, pouring a little into the potion.
The red liquid immediately turned a nasty shade of orange and boiled for three seconds before catching fire and exploding in Jerry's face. Alex jolted upright, "I'm up, I'm up." She said groggily looking around. Max quickly hid his hand and Justin looked up, his eyebrows wrinkling before breaking out into a quiet laugh.
Jerry turned around again, "You were sleeping weren't you?" He asked. The muscles in Alex's face contracted and tightened as though her reflexes were trying to smile, but Alex didn't want to hurt her dad's feelings. His eyebrows were completely scorched, his hair stood on end and he had black ash lining his face. Jerry shook his head, "The un-blinking spell. I should have known." He slammed the vial onto the table, and all three noticed the blue tips of hundreds of dragon's tongues. "That's it, you three." He stepped forward and crossed his arms, "You're slacking in your Wizard studies," he glanced at Alex, "goofing off during lessons," he looked at Max, "and not paying attention," he looked at Justin.
"We're sorry, dad." Alex said, quickly, trying to calm him down before there was a punishment. "We'll do better. We promise. Right?" She looked at her brothers who nodded.
"That's what you said last time, and the time before that and the time before that." Jerry cried, dropping his arms. That shut Alex up and she dipped her head, scooting backwards on the stool. "Until you learn to take your studies seriously, I'm sending you to a wizard school."
Max straightened up and grinned, "We're going back to WizTech?" He cried.
Jerry grimaced and glared at Alex, "Because of some unfortunate, yet completely expected, order of events, the American wizarding school is out of the question."
Alex raised herself up, defensively, "How was I supposed to know that you didn't actually say the spell while working on hand and wand synchronization?" She cried.
"It's deductive reasoning," Justin exclaimed, looking away from his dad and across the table at Alex. "The wands were pointed at the teacher!"
"Professor Crumbs was able to bring him back to his actual age." Alex said this as though everything was perfectly fine, now.
"He still walks around in diapers while sucking on a binky." Justin cried.
"It's not my fault he didn't recover all the way, is it?" She asked.
"You guys." Jerry yelled, getting them to return their attention to him. "Now, I've enrolled you at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The new school year starts up in two weeks, so we'll be heading out to London in a few days."
"What?" Alex squeaked. "But, what about my friends? I don't want to go away."
"Zeke and I were going to do the Scholastic Decathlon again this year, we've already started studying for it." Justin picked a science book up from his lap and Alex rolled her eyes.
Max thought for a moment, and everyone braced themselves for what was about to escape his mouth. "You know, I've never seen a hog with warts. I've seen frogs, but never a hog."
"I'm sorry, but you don't have a choice. It's the best thing for you right now." Jerry said, shaking his head, in a way that told them there was no getting out of this. "Depending on how you do this year at Hogwarts, you may not have to go back next year, if that makes you feel any better."
Alex felt tears sting the back of her eyes, "I can't believe you, dad. You're sending us to boarding school."
"Alex, that's not-,"
"How could you do this to me?" Alex cast one last look at her father before getting up and running out of the lair. The metal door slammed behind her, drawing the attention of her mother. Teresa was standing behind the cash register looking stressed out.
"Oh, Alex, honey, I need your help in the kitchen." Alex stopped in the doorway and glared at her mother, as a tear slipped from her eye and moved down her face swiftly. "Alex, what's wrong?"
Alex opened her mouth to answer, but the refridgeratort door opened and her dad stepped out. "Alex, can we talk about this, please?"
"I don't want to talk to you." She yelled, running out of the sub shop as more tears broke the barrier. Alex wasn't quite sure where she was going, just that it was anywhere away from there. Glancing once over her shoulder to make sure she wasn't being followed, Alex felt herself run into someone.
"Watch it you," a familiar voice started, then stopped. "Alex. Are you okay?"
Alex looked up into the eyes of her best friend, Harper. She wrapped her arms around her neck and cried into her shoulder. Harper could only make out a few words through all the sobs, ("Dad, Hogwarts, London, a year,") but it was enough to put the pieces together.
"What? You're," she paused and pushed Alex off of her. "You're going to London for a year?"
"Yeah, a wizard school. Harper, I don't want to go, you have to talk my dad out of this." Alex cried, a few more tears falling down. Harper hesitated and raised her eyebrows in a sympathetic way.
"Well, I," she stopped herself, not sure what to say.
"Why aren't you upset? Aren't you going to miss me?" Alex exclaimed, sniffing.
Harper sighed, "Of course I'm going to miss you, Alex. You're my best friend." Harper put her hand on Alex's shoulder only to have it quickly brushed off.
"Then why aren't you freaking out about this, like me?" Alex said, wiping the tears off her face. Harper scratched the back of her head, trying to figure out how to tell Alex what was on her mind.
"Well," she began again, this time Alex stopped her.
"You think I should go." She whispered, taking a step away from her.
"Yeah, I do. Alex, this could really be good for you. You know, you're kind of reckless when it comes to magic and maybe a wizard school will make you take it seriously. And maybe get you to respect something that has to do with education." Harper shrugged.
Alex shook her head, "You agree with my dad's decision to send me off to some school for a year, maybe longer?"
Harper bit her lip, "Alex, I don't want you to go anymore then you do, it's just, this could really help you out. You know, maybe this way, innocent people wouldn't be tied up with inviso-chains that burst into flames if you move, or get followed around by a taxi their best friend brought to life or get replaced by their best friends with monsters."
"Harper." Alex scolded, getting her to stop.
"Just, try this out, for me. Okay?" Harper asked. "I'll make you an ocean dress just like the one I have that you like so much." Alex really didn't want a dress like that, but the Harper she loved was back and she hugged her.
Alex walked through the walkway of the Hogwarts express, looking for somewhere to sit. Justin had found a bunch of people who looked almost as nerdy as him, Max found a group of boys trying to change a cat's tail into a mouse's head to see if it would chase it's tail like a dog. All the compartments were full with kids talking and laughing.
Walking past a group of menacing looking fourteen year old's who sneered at her while she passed she found a compartment where two boys and a girl sat talking. Alex felt her cheeks flush a little as she opened the door.
"Um, sorry. It's full everywhere else. You wouldn't mind if," her voice trailed off and she felt really nervous.
"Of course not." The girl said, and she scooted over on the bench. Alex smiled a little awkwardly and took the seat next to the girl. Her brown hair was curly, but not completely out of hand and she was wearing a blue t-shirt over jeans, while holding a ginger colored cat. The boy next to the window across from her had a scar on his forehead and round glasses covering his eyes. Next to him, the other boy had bright red hair and a sort of idiot look to him. "I'm Hermione." The girl next to Alex chirped.
"Ron." The red haired boy said, bringing his hand up and waving just a little.
"I'm Harry. What's your name?" The boy with the scar asked, pushing an odd looking newspaper underneath between the wall and his leg.
"Alex," she smiled.
Ron sat up a little straighter, "Are you a Muggle born?"
"Ron," Hermione hissed under her breath.
"What," he shrugged, "she's only coming to Hogwarts now, it would make sense." Hermione shook her head and looked apologetically at Alex.
"I'm sorry." She began.
Alex looked from Ron to Hermione with a confused look on her face, "What's a Muggle?"
"You don't know what a Muggle is?" Ron cried.
Hermione glared at Ron, "The wizarding world in America is a lot different than the wizarding world in Europe, Ronald." She looked back at Alex, "Muggles are the people without wizard powers."
"Oh, then, I guess you could say I was Muggle born." She nodded, then saw all three looking confused. "How did you know I was from America?"
"Your accent. My parents used to take me to New York for family vacations." Hermione nodded and smiled.
"What did you mean, I guess you could call me a Muggle born?" Harry asked.
"Oh, my dad was a wizard and he won the competition, but gave up his powers to be with," Alex paused, "a Muggle."
"Competition?" Harry asked.
"Gave up his powers?" Ron cried.
Hermione shook her head and sighed, "Honestly, you two." She picked a tote bag up off the floor and pulled two books out of it. "I've been reading a lot about other wizarding worlds and their approaches to magic. Ah, here it is," she paused and began reading from a book. "In America there are so many wizards and witches they have to hold a family competition in which children compete with their siblings for their powers. Only one will come out with powers in the end. In some rare cases an accident will occur forcing the family to hold the competition before all children reach the respectable age. The most known happening of this is the Russo family. The daughter accidentally cast a spell causing her parents to forget her and her two brothers and eventually the kids began forgetting about themselves, too. To return the family back to normal and keep the children from disappearing for good, they had to hold the wizard competition early. The daughter, Alexandra Russo, came out victorious, and used a powerful spell to turn back time. But, by doing so she purposefully lost her full wizard powers. So, both brothers have another chance of becoming the family wizard."
Alex cleared her throat and looked down at the ground, Ron raised his eyebrows, "Wow, that's quite the story. Do you know her, Alex?"
Alex looked up, "Oh, um, I think I ran into her at the wizard fair last year."
Ron smiled widely, "She must be really cool, I think it would really neat to meet her."
Hermione pursed her lips, "I don't know. I've read about her, Ron. She's caused a lot of damage in the wizarding world, even revealed magic to a group of Muggles, and if it hadn't been for her brother stepping in and righting her mistakes the entire world would probably in a state of chaos right now. It's wizards like her, who are so reckless with magic they don't even deserve it." Hermione snapped. Alex felt her cheeks flush once again, though she didn't know why. Hermione didn't know she was talking rudely about the girl sitting next to her, it wasn't her fault.
Ron slouched in his seat, looking as though he'd just been told off, which in a way he had. Harry grimaced slightly and glanced out the window. Before pulling another book from the bag, Hermione cast a smile at Alex then turned her attention to the pages she was opening the textbook to.
Was it any good? I think that it starts getting better in the next chapter I'll be posting soon, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Please review and tell me whether you like it or not, 'cause I could really use the feed back. Thanks... :)
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