Got to Be Real,
By ShiningStar84.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter series, the characters or anything that you might recognize as a belonging part to the book. I also make no money of it only try to entertain people.
A/N.: This story is 100% dedicated to Michelle my online friend. This story was written for your birthday, and later on you'll see why. I deeply hope you enjoy it. It was really hard to write it down all in one week, I seemed like a computer freak, lol. I really hope you like it. Kisses, kisses from your best friend online(yeah I'm conceited) wishing you all the best in you 13th year of life.getting old huh? What about me? Jee..don't even think about it.
P.S.: Would you mind to live in a house instead of a apartment for a few pages?
A/N2: The others who read this will probably and most likely not understand a thing, so I will try my best to explain. Michelle and I met at the Harry Potter message boards and became friends, a week ago she told me today would be her birthday, and as she was always a good friend and faithful reader to my fanfic I put my efforts on writing a ff for her. So Michelle you know who it is. In our dialogues I added things we both know what it means but you may not. She is always telling me to post more fic and I'm always complaining I'm fat and she says I'm not and we argue. By the way I'm Martha and Melwen.
Thoughts between: ** Dialogues between: ""
GOT TO BE REAL
"Oh thank you so much mom! I wanted that so much!" She hugged her mother.
"You deserve it honey, and it's your birthday today. Come on, let's go to the yard, your dad already took the cake there."
"Ok." The red haired girl said taking her mother by the hand and leading her outside.
"Ah finally here! How was dinner with your friends?" He asked.
"It was great. We had so much fun, and I got so many presents." She said grinning.
"On good, Michelle. Look! it's a Shining star! Make a wish!" Her mother said.
*I Wish I.I wish I would meet Harry Potter, Hogwarts and the whole Wizardry world..*
"Ugh." * Why did I wish that! Could have asked the usual, go well in all classes and make friends. * Michelle groaned in frustration.
"What is it?" Jacqueline, her older sister asked.
"I did the stupidest thing. I made a wish I totally know won't come true and wasted my chance."
"It had to be you Michu." Natalie, her other sister said.
"Shut up!" Michelle said in a controlled yell.
"Stop you two. Michelle why don't you go upstairs now? Take the presents to your room take a shower and go to bed, tomorrow I'll make you a special lunch."
"I'll make you a special lunch." Natalie imitated her mother while Michelle stick her tongue out and went back inside.
Michelle walked back in the house, picked the two packages full of gifts she got from her friends and family and head upstairs to her room, trying to take of her high heels while it. It wasn't the first time she wore high heels, but this high sure was the first one, and Merlin did it hurt. * Stop thinking like if Merlin existed! I'm obsessed with this thing. * Michelle cursed herself.
After practically throwing her stuff onto her bed she headed for the bathroom and took a long bath putting on her new pajama's after drying off. She put on her slippers and went back downstairs to find her mom.
"Mom, where are you?" She yelled.
"Kitchen!"
"Hey."
"Hey, oh smelling good and everything." Her mother joked. "Did you dry your hair?"
"Yeah.mom can I get online before I got to bed?" She pleaded. "It's my birthday..it's Saturday, no classes tomorrow.please."
"Ok, ok, but don't sleep too late huh?"
"Thanks!" Michelle gave her mother a chaste kiss and ran back up to her room(Yes in my story you get your own computerized room lol).
"The darn girl didn't post anymore!" She said as her friend Martha didn't write anymore fanfic.
Computer Screen:
Michu: Why didn't you post?!
Melwen: I'm lazy. Hey isn't today your birthday?
Michu: Yeah but don't change the subject, even because you promised to send me a chapter as a gift!
Melwen: I didn't promise! And congratulations! Did you get nice gifts?
Michu: Yeah! Lot's of cool clothes, a gold made necklace, a cell phone from my mom, lot's of coolies(if that's a word).
Melwen: Lol. I keep my distance from cell phones. But that's really cool, my birthday is coming too!
Michu: YAY!
Melwen: We are a certainly not normal couple of friends. Dude.
Michu: Don't start the dude thing! By the way. You have no idea what I did.
Melwen: What?
Melwen: WHAT???
Michu: I shooting star crossed my way on my birthday and I, the stupid thing asked to meet Harry Potter! Don't you feel like banging my head onto the wall?
Melwen: lmao! Calm down! And you shouldn't tell what you wish for or it won't come true.
Michu: Oh really? Damn! Just lost my chance to meet Harry Potter(notice sarcasm)
Melwen: lol lol lol. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.sorry.got carried away
Michu: You are carried away. Lol
Melwen: But don't worry, you'll meet Harry. I've got connections. He'll be at your door step tomorrow. ; )
Michu: Lol. I'm really sleepy from going out with my friends, but I'll tell you all about it tomorrow k?
Melwen: Sure! Buh bye!
Michu: Bye!
Real life screen:
"She's got connections." Michelle laughed before jumping to her now clean bed and immediately falling asleep.
Next day Michelle woke up with the sound of what she called "The annoying little birds that have a nest near my window" when she was in a bad mood and the "Beautiful miracle of nature" when she was in a good one.
She got up and washed her face, brushing her teeth and hair slowly.
"Thirteen year old girl washing her faaaaaace!" She said happily as she went downstairs looking for her mother.
"Man! It's half past eleven!" She said as she noticed there was no one in the house and found a note at the kitchen table. It read:
Michi, Your father had to solve some things at work for us and took Natalie to Julia's. Jacque and I are going to the supermarket and having lunch at your grandma's later. If you wake up before midday(you did go to sleep late huh) and wish to come along call me and I'll pick you up, in case you don't wake or want to come send me a message on my cell and just heat up the pizza in the micro wave and at dinner I'll make sure you eat properly.
Kisses to my thirteen year old daughter, Mom.
Michelle quickly got her new cell phone and sent a text message to her mother saying she wanted to stay at home, she had seen her grandmother the day before so she didn't feel guilty about it and she just loved to stay at home all alone. Even though she did nothing wrong it made her feel with the power to do as she wished. She went to the living room and turned on the stereo, she placed in Jennifer Lopez CD and turned on the volume high enough for her to clearly listen from the kitchen while she "made" lunch.
She picked a little tray from the shelf and placed her plate with pizza and soda in it and went to the living room to watch TV, but before she could sit down the door bell rang. She turned off the stereo and put the tray on the center table of the living room and went to the door. She looked who it was through the peephole but didn't recognize. It was green eyed boy with unruly black hair, wearing glasses and had a..scar in his forehead..
"Who is this?" Michelle asked.
"I have a delivery to Miss. Michelle Collins(no real names being mentioned). It's her birthday right?" Michelle breathed relieved, it wasn't some sort of freak, just a delivery boy.
She quickly opened the door.
"Hello. Are you Michelle?" He asked.
"Yes." She said still a little shocked but she didn't know at what.
"Well happy birthday, we only turn thirteen once." He said.
"We only turn any age once." She said, she hated that line.
"I know." He laughed. "But in the lack of something else to say, do as everybody else." He said smiling down at the girl and handing her the package.
"Who is it from?" She asked.
"Well from a whole group of people. Actually there are two presents. One is in the name of the Hogwarts crew and the other is from me, Harry Potter." He smiled warmly.
Michelle just stared back at him before she started to laugh uncontrollably.
"What is it?" The boy frowned.
"Ha..harr.Ok mom, Natalie, whoever did this, you got me." She said looking to her sides. "Harry Potter at my door step!" She said recalling Martha's words. "Did she.but how did she?"
"How what?" The boy insisted.
Michelle suddenly remembered the boy and got scared again. He could be a murderer!
"Don't get scared, I am Harry Potter."
"Like I'd believe that. You delivered the package right? Now please leave." She said starting to get worried at what the package would contain.
"Normally people are thrilled to meet me, but that annoys me a lot.Why do you doubt I'm Harry Potter?"
"First of all because he's the character of a book, second because, why would you..he..you come to MY house of all people, knowing it's my birthday..who did this?" She asked again looking to every direction.
"Ah, yeah I heard that. They say Rita Skeeter has a very creative friend who wrote about me, about everything Rita told her." He answered.
"You don't even look like Daniel!" She yelled.
"Who?"
"The boy who played you in the movies."
"I got a movie too? Bloody brilliant! Ron would love to hear THAT! Does he show up too? I wonder how Snape looks like." He started babbling but then stopped himself. "About your other questions, Dumbledore informed me you made a wish to a shining star. In the wizardry world we always try to make people's wishes come true." He said.
"What?"
"I'll tell you the legend. You know it's not like they actually make your dream come true, but in ancient times shooting stars worked like.your radars now, they would show what people think when they passed. One day a great wizard fell in love, but his love would never notice him, and yet he still loved her and felt like making that woman the happiest one ever, so he sent his shining star pass by her house every night so he could find out her desires and make them truth. With time the tale spread and the Ministry of magic thought wise for the shining stars to only show up in determinate times or not so often at least." He explained and smiled at Michelle's amused expression.
"I can call Ron, Hermione and the whole Gryffindor house here if you don't believe me. I'm not sure a teacher or even Dumbledore would be able to leave their duties to come here, but maybe Mrs. Figg.." Harry trailed of.
"If you are Harry Potter, show me magic." She ordered amused with her own stupidity of talking to a stranger.
Harry's green eyes found her brown ones with shock in them. "I can't use magic outside school!"
"Well call you broom and fly! Use your invisibility cloak!"
"How do you know about THAT? How did Skeeter find that out!!" He reddened in rage.
Michelle just started at him.
"Fine! I guess Dumbledore won't mind..accio" He called as a broom came flying to him from behind some bushes, which Michelle supposed it was where he hid his things before knocking, but soon her mind was blank in shock. Harry quickly hopped on the broom and put his invisibility cloak around him, so all Michelle would see was the broom flying alone. Luckily there was no one out on the streets to see it.
"Ok ok! Get down! I believe you!" She said watching Harry's satisfied smile when he once more stood in front of her. * I can't believe this! *
"Can we come in?" Harry asked.
"Ah.ok." She agreed. After all what use was there in denying it? If he was a murderer he could push her in anyway.
"Nice house. Is your family nice to you?" Harry turned to face the girl seriously, with his eyes flashing.concern? Oh..the Dursleys. Suddenly it felt a hundred times nicer to have read the books and know all that.
"Ah..yeah sure."
"Oh, good. So, pack your things."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I'm taking you to Hogwarts, it was part of your wish."
"But I can't go Harry.man I'm calling you Harry and I can barely believe it myself! I can't go! My parents, they."
"Don't worry, I'll leave them a letter and in fact Dumbledore contacted them this morning, they were quite shocked as well. He asked them to leave, we needed to see how long it would take you to believe me. They won't be back 'till we leave."
"What? This is insane!"
"No it's not ! Though we like to make people's dream come true we don't waste our time on muggles that hate us, so our radar only reads the wishes of wizards, and it read yours." Harry said.
"You mean I'm a witch? Come on! I mean I'm not even eleven anymore!" She said in a way that made Harry want to laugh..
"Yeah well..hmmm I'm not sure how to explain that either, all Dumbledore told me is that you might have a wizardry tendency within you, and that the muggle raising might have blocked that a bit, so.are you going to pack or not? Well, there's no rush actually, we still need to wait for the night bus. Pizza! May I?" He asked.
"Uh..sure." She shook her head looking bemused at the boy in front of her.
"I wanna call my mom." She spoke again. "My mother would NEVER let me travel with an unknown person specially from the male sex. Not ever."
"UH, I no." He Said with his mouth full of pizza.
"You don't what?" Michelle asked.
"NO I said, I KNOW!" Harry answered having problems to swallow all he put in his mouth.
"She would never let me go." Michelle repeated heading for the phone.
"Yeah well, the thing is, Voldemort does exist and his target now are muggles or muggle born wizards and witches, so we're doing all we can to take them and their families to safe places.by the way I don't know how I made Sirius give me that much information.oh well. So you're family BELIEVES and KNOWS about us now, and we'll protect them, but we asked to take you to Hogwarts and as they know you will be safer there.they agreed." He explained.
"You mean that if I hadn't made that wish you'd never know I'm a witch?" Michelle was stunned, if that was true, then there sure must be fate and that sort of thing.
"Well not really. The wizardry world is aware they're system is not perfect so they search for muggles with wizardry tendency like you. We had someone in touch with you.."
"With me? Who? How? I didn't even make new friends!"
"Are you sure?" He asked grinning.
"Anyway Potter, * what the hell am I doing? * how do you know all this? I thought they always left you out of things."
Harry pouted but nodded. "I put some pressure on Sirius when he said there was something he wanted me to do."
"He asked you to come here? I mean, they're always fussing over your safety and then ask you to do something like this?" Michelle said reading in Harry's face there was more to it.
"Well, he actually just asked me to write you a letter, but then I said that if there's something to be done it has to be well done and blah blah blah. He gave in."
"Oh, did you come alone?"
"What an interrogatory..but I understand. NO I didn't. I wanted to bring Ron and Mione with me but Dumbledore said it was too much danger. Can you go pack now?"
"But you said..oh alright."
After she packed, they actually engaged a nice conversation about muggle and wizard world and how amazing it was to meet Harry Potter, and Michelle made Harry watch her copy of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets" . Harry wouldn't stop laughing at Malfoy and Snape, wondering how it would be when they made a movie of his third year and Snape showed up in a dress in Lupin's class, but he fell silent with the serious parts of the movie impressed with how realistic the special effects were.
"It's time now." He said looking at a watch on the wall.
"Oh ok." Michelle turned of the TV and headed to the door with the taller boy. Little after he got in she went upstairs and changed into some jeans and a orange t-shirt, she wouldn't stay in her pajama's would she?
"How long are we staying there?" She asked.
"I don't know. At least a week or two I think, but if you turn out to be a witch and your family agrees you might study there! All you have to do is pass the test." He said excitedly. He had really like Michelle from the start, because of the way she handled meeting Harry Potter, not that it was a special way but.she seemed nice. Harry thought as he gave passage to the red haired girl and she got in the bus that had instants ago stopped by her door.
"More tests? Even when I meet Harry Potter I have to take test?" She said meaning to sound miserable and making Harry laugh heartedly.
"Yeah, imagine how I felt after finding out being Harry Potter didn't give you all that many privileges."
They sat in the back of the bus talking in a low tone as to not wake the other passengers.
"How will we get there?" She asked.
"With the Hogwarts Express why!"
"The whole train just for us?" She asked.
"Well, not really some wizards that have meetings with Dumbledore will be there, and also professor Snape. He was assigned to come with me, but we both thought it better for him to wait here. You might have gotten scared." He said.
"With an older guy at my door step you mean." She agreed.
"No, at his sight at all." He answered making them both laugh receiving a "Shhhh" Fro, the person "sleeping" in the seat before them.
"If I pass the tests.what year will I get in?"
"No idea." Harry answered. They both soon fell asleep but soon were waken up to go to the Express.
"Thanks Tom." Harry told the driver as he helped Michelle out of the train.
"Here we are. Ready to cross?" He asked pointing to the wall.
"This will be sooooo awesome!!!" Michelle yelled as Harry took her hand and started to run towards the wall and soon the were gone, on the other side.
"WOW!" She whispered making Harry smile.
"Pretty amazing huh? Wait 'till you see Hogwarts. Better not have heart conditions." He joked.
"Oh I don't." She laughed.
"There you are Mr. Potter. Missy." Snape addressed Michelle.
"Oh, hello sir. I'm looking forward to work with you, I heard you are a strict teacher, but nonetheless a good one." She said smiling.
"Oh and who told you that?" Snape asked slightly skeptical.
"OH sir, your fame is out of boundaries." She answered grinning ad entered the train.
"WHAT was THAT?" Harry yelled.
"What?" Michelle looked at him wide eyed.
"You made Snape almost smile genuinely!"
"I'm good sucking up to teachers." She grinned as Harry followed her stunned.
"Why are you following me? You're the one suppose to show me the way! I want to see every compartment you ever stayed on." She demanded.
After a quick journey they reached a compartment in the front of the train quite far from the wizards having a serious discussion in the other end of the train.
"We don't want to have to talk in low voices do we?" Harry asked knowing the answer, but receiving a nod from Michelle anyway. "Here was where I sat this year when coming to Hogwarts. Let's sit here."
"Ok." Michelle said and pretty soon it all became quiet, what Harry didn't enjoy considering the happy girl he was talking to minutes ago. They were sitting in front of each other in separate benches, and Harry could see her looking out the window. She seemed quiet, serene, pretty, but somehow unsettled.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I'm scared. I don't know what to do once we reach there, and I'll miss my family. I.I don't know how people will receive me. I mean I'll be the different one for arriving only about three months before the classes end." She said.
"Oh don't worry about being seen as different. I'm a walking guide to how go through that. And I'm sure Ron, Mione, Ginny, Colin, Neville, Dean, Seamus..well I'm sure all my friends will like you. And if you get to go to Hogwarts, even if not in my group or house, be sure I'll be your friend ok?" He said.
"Really? That's nice to know." She said feeling touched by her recently formed friendship, with no one other than The Boy Who Lived.
"Really."
"I'm touched," She said in a mock tone and they started to cheerfully talk again.
"How do Ron and Hermione looked like?" She asked.
"You'll meet them."
"Yeah, but I want to know if they look like we think they do. I mean the books describe but we always picture differently and I wanted to know if the movies chose the right actors, I mean Dan is great, but he doesn't look like you." She said.
"Who looks better? Him or me?" Harry joked.
"I don't even believe what I'm about to say, I quite like Dan but a..you." She said blushing and making Harry laugh.
"It's probably because I'm older, I had more time to develop my beauty." He joked.
"I didn't think you were this conceited! I thought it was Malfoy's job!" Michelle laughed forgetting her blushing.
* She looks nice when she laughs.* Harry thought.
"What are you staring at? You didn't tell me how they look!" Michelle woke Harry from his thoughts.
"Oh, sorry. Well Ron has fiery red hair, so it's probably a lot redder than the one the actor that played him did. Its' a Weasley red, unmistakable. He's tall, taller than me, probably about hmmm.he's about 6'2 tall(+ -188 cm)."
"Wow that's a lot! How tall are you?" Michelle asked amazed.
"I'm 6 feet tall(+- 1,82m), he's two inches taller." Harry said.
"Oh, but you're tall anyway, but well go on."
"Well, I assume you know Ron's personality, hot tempered, funny, good friend. Oh he has some freckles too and blue eyes."
"Now Hermione." Michelle felt really excited about all this.
"Well she's pretty, she changed a lot on our last year's vacation. Her hair is not so messy anymore." He laughed. "She has brown eyes, the sort of brown sort of dark blond hair, she's tall.."
"Tall?? Emma is not tall..well, she's young but."
"Oh no, Herm was always tall, not taller than us but until we were thirteen she was taller than me, Ron was always tallest though. Boys grow a lot when they're around thirteen, fourteen."
"Cool.I can't wait to meet them!"
"I'm sure they can't wait to meet you too." Harry smiled at Michelle's wide eyes.
"They are expecting me? They actually want to meet me? Oh boy! How badly I wish people could see me now! I'm like..entering a book here dude..sorry about the dude thing."
Harry laughed heartedly. "Sure they're waiting for you. You think Ron would miss anything new at Hogwarts? Or that Hermione would actually let him wander alone ANYWHERE?"
"Right.so..in the books, it's kind of a..well it implies Ron and Hermione like each other, is that real?" Michelle asked shyly.
"Real? It should be a prophecy! They fight more than a cat and a mouse but if one of them scratches their finget the other one almost dies! They're always teasing each other. Well last year they still just fought and pretended not to care about each other, this year they're more fun to be around, always joking. If we don't open our eyes they'll be dating by next term."
"COOL!"
= ^_^ = 0_o +_+ ^_^ ~_~ O_O L0_0K
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter series, the characters or anything that you might recognize as a belonging part to the book. I also make no money of it only try to entertain people.
A/N.: This story is 100% dedicated to Michelle my online friend. This story was written for your birthday, and later on you'll see why. I deeply hope you enjoy it. It was really hard to write it down all in one week, I seemed like a computer freak, lol. I really hope you like it. Kisses, kisses from your best friend online(yeah I'm conceited) wishing you all the best in you 13th year of life.getting old huh? What about me? Jee..don't even think about it.
P.S.: Would you mind to live in a house instead of a apartment for a few pages?
A/N2: The others who read this will probably and most likely not understand a thing, so I will try my best to explain. Michelle and I met at the Harry Potter message boards and became friends, a week ago she told me today would be her birthday, and as she was always a good friend and faithful reader to my fanfic I put my efforts on writing a ff for her. So Michelle you know who it is. In our dialogues I added things we both know what it means but you may not. She is always telling me to post more fic and I'm always complaining I'm fat and she says I'm not and we argue. By the way I'm Martha and Melwen.
Thoughts between: ** Dialogues between: ""
GOT TO BE REAL
"Oh thank you so much mom! I wanted that so much!" She hugged her mother.
"You deserve it honey, and it's your birthday today. Come on, let's go to the yard, your dad already took the cake there."
"Ok." The red haired girl said taking her mother by the hand and leading her outside.
"Ah finally here! How was dinner with your friends?" He asked.
"It was great. We had so much fun, and I got so many presents." She said grinning.
"On good, Michelle. Look! it's a Shining star! Make a wish!" Her mother said.
*I Wish I.I wish I would meet Harry Potter, Hogwarts and the whole Wizardry world..*
"Ugh." * Why did I wish that! Could have asked the usual, go well in all classes and make friends. * Michelle groaned in frustration.
"What is it?" Jacqueline, her older sister asked.
"I did the stupidest thing. I made a wish I totally know won't come true and wasted my chance."
"It had to be you Michu." Natalie, her other sister said.
"Shut up!" Michelle said in a controlled yell.
"Stop you two. Michelle why don't you go upstairs now? Take the presents to your room take a shower and go to bed, tomorrow I'll make you a special lunch."
"I'll make you a special lunch." Natalie imitated her mother while Michelle stick her tongue out and went back inside.
Michelle walked back in the house, picked the two packages full of gifts she got from her friends and family and head upstairs to her room, trying to take of her high heels while it. It wasn't the first time she wore high heels, but this high sure was the first one, and Merlin did it hurt. * Stop thinking like if Merlin existed! I'm obsessed with this thing. * Michelle cursed herself.
After practically throwing her stuff onto her bed she headed for the bathroom and took a long bath putting on her new pajama's after drying off. She put on her slippers and went back downstairs to find her mom.
"Mom, where are you?" She yelled.
"Kitchen!"
"Hey."
"Hey, oh smelling good and everything." Her mother joked. "Did you dry your hair?"
"Yeah.mom can I get online before I got to bed?" She pleaded. "It's my birthday..it's Saturday, no classes tomorrow.please."
"Ok, ok, but don't sleep too late huh?"
"Thanks!" Michelle gave her mother a chaste kiss and ran back up to her room(Yes in my story you get your own computerized room lol).
"The darn girl didn't post anymore!" She said as her friend Martha didn't write anymore fanfic.
Computer Screen:
Michu: Why didn't you post?!
Melwen: I'm lazy. Hey isn't today your birthday?
Michu: Yeah but don't change the subject, even because you promised to send me a chapter as a gift!
Melwen: I didn't promise! And congratulations! Did you get nice gifts?
Michu: Yeah! Lot's of cool clothes, a gold made necklace, a cell phone from my mom, lot's of coolies(if that's a word).
Melwen: Lol. I keep my distance from cell phones. But that's really cool, my birthday is coming too!
Michu: YAY!
Melwen: We are a certainly not normal couple of friends. Dude.
Michu: Don't start the dude thing! By the way. You have no idea what I did.
Melwen: What?
Melwen: WHAT???
Michu: I shooting star crossed my way on my birthday and I, the stupid thing asked to meet Harry Potter! Don't you feel like banging my head onto the wall?
Melwen: lmao! Calm down! And you shouldn't tell what you wish for or it won't come true.
Michu: Oh really? Damn! Just lost my chance to meet Harry Potter(notice sarcasm)
Melwen: lol lol lol. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.sorry.got carried away
Michu: You are carried away. Lol
Melwen: But don't worry, you'll meet Harry. I've got connections. He'll be at your door step tomorrow. ; )
Michu: Lol. I'm really sleepy from going out with my friends, but I'll tell you all about it tomorrow k?
Melwen: Sure! Buh bye!
Michu: Bye!
Real life screen:
"She's got connections." Michelle laughed before jumping to her now clean bed and immediately falling asleep.
Next day Michelle woke up with the sound of what she called "The annoying little birds that have a nest near my window" when she was in a bad mood and the "Beautiful miracle of nature" when she was in a good one.
She got up and washed her face, brushing her teeth and hair slowly.
"Thirteen year old girl washing her faaaaaace!" She said happily as she went downstairs looking for her mother.
"Man! It's half past eleven!" She said as she noticed there was no one in the house and found a note at the kitchen table. It read:
Michi, Your father had to solve some things at work for us and took Natalie to Julia's. Jacque and I are going to the supermarket and having lunch at your grandma's later. If you wake up before midday(you did go to sleep late huh) and wish to come along call me and I'll pick you up, in case you don't wake or want to come send me a message on my cell and just heat up the pizza in the micro wave and at dinner I'll make sure you eat properly.
Kisses to my thirteen year old daughter, Mom.
Michelle quickly got her new cell phone and sent a text message to her mother saying she wanted to stay at home, she had seen her grandmother the day before so she didn't feel guilty about it and she just loved to stay at home all alone. Even though she did nothing wrong it made her feel with the power to do as she wished. She went to the living room and turned on the stereo, she placed in Jennifer Lopez CD and turned on the volume high enough for her to clearly listen from the kitchen while she "made" lunch.
She picked a little tray from the shelf and placed her plate with pizza and soda in it and went to the living room to watch TV, but before she could sit down the door bell rang. She turned off the stereo and put the tray on the center table of the living room and went to the door. She looked who it was through the peephole but didn't recognize. It was green eyed boy with unruly black hair, wearing glasses and had a..scar in his forehead..
"Who is this?" Michelle asked.
"I have a delivery to Miss. Michelle Collins(no real names being mentioned). It's her birthday right?" Michelle breathed relieved, it wasn't some sort of freak, just a delivery boy.
She quickly opened the door.
"Hello. Are you Michelle?" He asked.
"Yes." She said still a little shocked but she didn't know at what.
"Well happy birthday, we only turn thirteen once." He said.
"We only turn any age once." She said, she hated that line.
"I know." He laughed. "But in the lack of something else to say, do as everybody else." He said smiling down at the girl and handing her the package.
"Who is it from?" She asked.
"Well from a whole group of people. Actually there are two presents. One is in the name of the Hogwarts crew and the other is from me, Harry Potter." He smiled warmly.
Michelle just stared back at him before she started to laugh uncontrollably.
"What is it?" The boy frowned.
"Ha..harr.Ok mom, Natalie, whoever did this, you got me." She said looking to her sides. "Harry Potter at my door step!" She said recalling Martha's words. "Did she.but how did she?"
"How what?" The boy insisted.
Michelle suddenly remembered the boy and got scared again. He could be a murderer!
"Don't get scared, I am Harry Potter."
"Like I'd believe that. You delivered the package right? Now please leave." She said starting to get worried at what the package would contain.
"Normally people are thrilled to meet me, but that annoys me a lot.Why do you doubt I'm Harry Potter?"
"First of all because he's the character of a book, second because, why would you..he..you come to MY house of all people, knowing it's my birthday..who did this?" She asked again looking to every direction.
"Ah, yeah I heard that. They say Rita Skeeter has a very creative friend who wrote about me, about everything Rita told her." He answered.
"You don't even look like Daniel!" She yelled.
"Who?"
"The boy who played you in the movies."
"I got a movie too? Bloody brilliant! Ron would love to hear THAT! Does he show up too? I wonder how Snape looks like." He started babbling but then stopped himself. "About your other questions, Dumbledore informed me you made a wish to a shining star. In the wizardry world we always try to make people's wishes come true." He said.
"What?"
"I'll tell you the legend. You know it's not like they actually make your dream come true, but in ancient times shooting stars worked like.your radars now, they would show what people think when they passed. One day a great wizard fell in love, but his love would never notice him, and yet he still loved her and felt like making that woman the happiest one ever, so he sent his shining star pass by her house every night so he could find out her desires and make them truth. With time the tale spread and the Ministry of magic thought wise for the shining stars to only show up in determinate times or not so often at least." He explained and smiled at Michelle's amused expression.
"I can call Ron, Hermione and the whole Gryffindor house here if you don't believe me. I'm not sure a teacher or even Dumbledore would be able to leave their duties to come here, but maybe Mrs. Figg.." Harry trailed of.
"If you are Harry Potter, show me magic." She ordered amused with her own stupidity of talking to a stranger.
Harry's green eyes found her brown ones with shock in them. "I can't use magic outside school!"
"Well call you broom and fly! Use your invisibility cloak!"
"How do you know about THAT? How did Skeeter find that out!!" He reddened in rage.
Michelle just started at him.
"Fine! I guess Dumbledore won't mind..accio" He called as a broom came flying to him from behind some bushes, which Michelle supposed it was where he hid his things before knocking, but soon her mind was blank in shock. Harry quickly hopped on the broom and put his invisibility cloak around him, so all Michelle would see was the broom flying alone. Luckily there was no one out on the streets to see it.
"Ok ok! Get down! I believe you!" She said watching Harry's satisfied smile when he once more stood in front of her. * I can't believe this! *
"Can we come in?" Harry asked.
"Ah.ok." She agreed. After all what use was there in denying it? If he was a murderer he could push her in anyway.
"Nice house. Is your family nice to you?" Harry turned to face the girl seriously, with his eyes flashing.concern? Oh..the Dursleys. Suddenly it felt a hundred times nicer to have read the books and know all that.
"Ah..yeah sure."
"Oh, good. So, pack your things."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I'm taking you to Hogwarts, it was part of your wish."
"But I can't go Harry.man I'm calling you Harry and I can barely believe it myself! I can't go! My parents, they."
"Don't worry, I'll leave them a letter and in fact Dumbledore contacted them this morning, they were quite shocked as well. He asked them to leave, we needed to see how long it would take you to believe me. They won't be back 'till we leave."
"What? This is insane!"
"No it's not ! Though we like to make people's dream come true we don't waste our time on muggles that hate us, so our radar only reads the wishes of wizards, and it read yours." Harry said.
"You mean I'm a witch? Come on! I mean I'm not even eleven anymore!" She said in a way that made Harry want to laugh..
"Yeah well..hmmm I'm not sure how to explain that either, all Dumbledore told me is that you might have a wizardry tendency within you, and that the muggle raising might have blocked that a bit, so.are you going to pack or not? Well, there's no rush actually, we still need to wait for the night bus. Pizza! May I?" He asked.
"Uh..sure." She shook her head looking bemused at the boy in front of her.
"I wanna call my mom." She spoke again. "My mother would NEVER let me travel with an unknown person specially from the male sex. Not ever."
"UH, I no." He Said with his mouth full of pizza.
"You don't what?" Michelle asked.
"NO I said, I KNOW!" Harry answered having problems to swallow all he put in his mouth.
"She would never let me go." Michelle repeated heading for the phone.
"Yeah well, the thing is, Voldemort does exist and his target now are muggles or muggle born wizards and witches, so we're doing all we can to take them and their families to safe places.by the way I don't know how I made Sirius give me that much information.oh well. So you're family BELIEVES and KNOWS about us now, and we'll protect them, but we asked to take you to Hogwarts and as they know you will be safer there.they agreed." He explained.
"You mean that if I hadn't made that wish you'd never know I'm a witch?" Michelle was stunned, if that was true, then there sure must be fate and that sort of thing.
"Well not really. The wizardry world is aware they're system is not perfect so they search for muggles with wizardry tendency like you. We had someone in touch with you.."
"With me? Who? How? I didn't even make new friends!"
"Are you sure?" He asked grinning.
"Anyway Potter, * what the hell am I doing? * how do you know all this? I thought they always left you out of things."
Harry pouted but nodded. "I put some pressure on Sirius when he said there was something he wanted me to do."
"He asked you to come here? I mean, they're always fussing over your safety and then ask you to do something like this?" Michelle said reading in Harry's face there was more to it.
"Well, he actually just asked me to write you a letter, but then I said that if there's something to be done it has to be well done and blah blah blah. He gave in."
"Oh, did you come alone?"
"What an interrogatory..but I understand. NO I didn't. I wanted to bring Ron and Mione with me but Dumbledore said it was too much danger. Can you go pack now?"
"But you said..oh alright."
After she packed, they actually engaged a nice conversation about muggle and wizard world and how amazing it was to meet Harry Potter, and Michelle made Harry watch her copy of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets" . Harry wouldn't stop laughing at Malfoy and Snape, wondering how it would be when they made a movie of his third year and Snape showed up in a dress in Lupin's class, but he fell silent with the serious parts of the movie impressed with how realistic the special effects were.
"It's time now." He said looking at a watch on the wall.
"Oh ok." Michelle turned of the TV and headed to the door with the taller boy. Little after he got in she went upstairs and changed into some jeans and a orange t-shirt, she wouldn't stay in her pajama's would she?
"How long are we staying there?" She asked.
"I don't know. At least a week or two I think, but if you turn out to be a witch and your family agrees you might study there! All you have to do is pass the test." He said excitedly. He had really like Michelle from the start, because of the way she handled meeting Harry Potter, not that it was a special way but.she seemed nice. Harry thought as he gave passage to the red haired girl and she got in the bus that had instants ago stopped by her door.
"More tests? Even when I meet Harry Potter I have to take test?" She said meaning to sound miserable and making Harry laugh heartedly.
"Yeah, imagine how I felt after finding out being Harry Potter didn't give you all that many privileges."
They sat in the back of the bus talking in a low tone as to not wake the other passengers.
"How will we get there?" She asked.
"With the Hogwarts Express why!"
"The whole train just for us?" She asked.
"Well, not really some wizards that have meetings with Dumbledore will be there, and also professor Snape. He was assigned to come with me, but we both thought it better for him to wait here. You might have gotten scared." He said.
"With an older guy at my door step you mean." She agreed.
"No, at his sight at all." He answered making them both laugh receiving a "Shhhh" Fro, the person "sleeping" in the seat before them.
"If I pass the tests.what year will I get in?"
"No idea." Harry answered. They both soon fell asleep but soon were waken up to go to the Express.
"Thanks Tom." Harry told the driver as he helped Michelle out of the train.
"Here we are. Ready to cross?" He asked pointing to the wall.
"This will be sooooo awesome!!!" Michelle yelled as Harry took her hand and started to run towards the wall and soon the were gone, on the other side.
"WOW!" She whispered making Harry smile.
"Pretty amazing huh? Wait 'till you see Hogwarts. Better not have heart conditions." He joked.
"Oh I don't." She laughed.
"There you are Mr. Potter. Missy." Snape addressed Michelle.
"Oh, hello sir. I'm looking forward to work with you, I heard you are a strict teacher, but nonetheless a good one." She said smiling.
"Oh and who told you that?" Snape asked slightly skeptical.
"OH sir, your fame is out of boundaries." She answered grinning ad entered the train.
"WHAT was THAT?" Harry yelled.
"What?" Michelle looked at him wide eyed.
"You made Snape almost smile genuinely!"
"I'm good sucking up to teachers." She grinned as Harry followed her stunned.
"Why are you following me? You're the one suppose to show me the way! I want to see every compartment you ever stayed on." She demanded.
After a quick journey they reached a compartment in the front of the train quite far from the wizards having a serious discussion in the other end of the train.
"We don't want to have to talk in low voices do we?" Harry asked knowing the answer, but receiving a nod from Michelle anyway. "Here was where I sat this year when coming to Hogwarts. Let's sit here."
"Ok." Michelle said and pretty soon it all became quiet, what Harry didn't enjoy considering the happy girl he was talking to minutes ago. They were sitting in front of each other in separate benches, and Harry could see her looking out the window. She seemed quiet, serene, pretty, but somehow unsettled.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I'm scared. I don't know what to do once we reach there, and I'll miss my family. I.I don't know how people will receive me. I mean I'll be the different one for arriving only about three months before the classes end." She said.
"Oh don't worry about being seen as different. I'm a walking guide to how go through that. And I'm sure Ron, Mione, Ginny, Colin, Neville, Dean, Seamus..well I'm sure all my friends will like you. And if you get to go to Hogwarts, even if not in my group or house, be sure I'll be your friend ok?" He said.
"Really? That's nice to know." She said feeling touched by her recently formed friendship, with no one other than The Boy Who Lived.
"Really."
"I'm touched," She said in a mock tone and they started to cheerfully talk again.
"How do Ron and Hermione looked like?" She asked.
"You'll meet them."
"Yeah, but I want to know if they look like we think they do. I mean the books describe but we always picture differently and I wanted to know if the movies chose the right actors, I mean Dan is great, but he doesn't look like you." She said.
"Who looks better? Him or me?" Harry joked.
"I don't even believe what I'm about to say, I quite like Dan but a..you." She said blushing and making Harry laugh.
"It's probably because I'm older, I had more time to develop my beauty." He joked.
"I didn't think you were this conceited! I thought it was Malfoy's job!" Michelle laughed forgetting her blushing.
* She looks nice when she laughs.* Harry thought.
"What are you staring at? You didn't tell me how they look!" Michelle woke Harry from his thoughts.
"Oh, sorry. Well Ron has fiery red hair, so it's probably a lot redder than the one the actor that played him did. Its' a Weasley red, unmistakable. He's tall, taller than me, probably about hmmm.he's about 6'2 tall(+ -188 cm)."
"Wow that's a lot! How tall are you?" Michelle asked amazed.
"I'm 6 feet tall(+- 1,82m), he's two inches taller." Harry said.
"Oh, but you're tall anyway, but well go on."
"Well, I assume you know Ron's personality, hot tempered, funny, good friend. Oh he has some freckles too and blue eyes."
"Now Hermione." Michelle felt really excited about all this.
"Well she's pretty, she changed a lot on our last year's vacation. Her hair is not so messy anymore." He laughed. "She has brown eyes, the sort of brown sort of dark blond hair, she's tall.."
"Tall?? Emma is not tall..well, she's young but."
"Oh no, Herm was always tall, not taller than us but until we were thirteen she was taller than me, Ron was always tallest though. Boys grow a lot when they're around thirteen, fourteen."
"Cool.I can't wait to meet them!"
"I'm sure they can't wait to meet you too." Harry smiled at Michelle's wide eyes.
"They are expecting me? They actually want to meet me? Oh boy! How badly I wish people could see me now! I'm like..entering a book here dude..sorry about the dude thing."
Harry laughed heartedly. "Sure they're waiting for you. You think Ron would miss anything new at Hogwarts? Or that Hermione would actually let him wander alone ANYWHERE?"
"Right.so..in the books, it's kind of a..well it implies Ron and Hermione like each other, is that real?" Michelle asked shyly.
"Real? It should be a prophecy! They fight more than a cat and a mouse but if one of them scratches their finget the other one almost dies! They're always teasing each other. Well last year they still just fought and pretended not to care about each other, this year they're more fun to be around, always joking. If we don't open our eyes they'll be dating by next term."
"COOL!"
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