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One might say that magic doesn't exist but in my world, it does. This is a story about one Willamina Fetherus, a natural born animagus, as she receives her Hogwarts letters. Read to find out about her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Chapter 1: The Letter

Waking up to the bright light of the sun creaking through the curtains, one Willamina (Will) Fetherus gets out of her bed, stretches and walks downstairs to be met with the mouthwatering scent of bacon and eggs. Walking into the kitchen she is greeted with her only living relative, her older brother Tobias (Toby).

"Morning Toby." I manage to yawn out.

"Morning Will, how did you sleep?" he replied.

"Okay, although I kept dreaming of foxes." I answered with a look of confusion.

"Really, foxes?" he looked at me like I'd gone crazy.

"Foxes" I nodded my head and sat down at the dining room table. Grabbing my plate, I placed two eggs, sausages and slices of bacon onto the dish of white porcelain and went to fill a glass with some freshly made orange juice. We both ate our breakfast in silence, with only the sound of cutlery scraping and scratching against the plates to filling the air.

Not even ten minutes later, the meal was finished. "Will you go check to see if the post is here please, Will?" Toby asked me as we were stacking the plates.

"Sure" and with that I left the dining room and walked towards the front door. Bending down, I picked up what was there and walked back into to the kitchen to find Toby washing the dishes. I looked through the post to see if there was anything interesting. I was holding five letters in my hand and three of them were bills, one was a leaflet about a new shop that was opening up in town and the last was an old looking envelope, looking like aged parchment, sealed with a wax stamp with what looked to be the letter H on it. I turned it over to see who it was addressed to and found my name on the front - Ms. W Fetherus, The Little Cottage, Elveredeen.

I put the other letters on the counter, took my own letter, sat down and started to open it. "What do you have there?" Toby said from behind me making me jump.

"A letter for me apparently." I told him.

"From who?" he goes on.

"Don't know, there wasn't a return address just a funny looking stamp." He looks at the letter from over my shoulder to take a better look at it and holds out his hand, silently asking for the letter. I gave him the envelope and he peered closely at the stamp, and finally giving it back with an overjoyed expression on his face.

"You've gotten you're Hogwarts letter Will!"

"Really!?"

"Yes now open it and read it, Professor McGonagall probably sent it." I opened the envelope, pulled out the letter and read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confederate of Wizards)

Dear Ms Fetherus,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Unfolding another piece of paper, I found it to be the list of things for school:

Uniform

First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags

Set Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration by Emetic Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

Other equipment

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set of glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set of brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad

PARENTS ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT FIRST-YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

"Where on earth are we going to get all of this?" I asked Toby.

"Where else but Diagon Alley." he said with a gleam in his eyes.