Chapter 1.
I found out about six years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday, Henry was in the garden tending to the strangest plants I have ever seen, and Susan was in the kitchen, and I was in the sitting room reading my favorite book for the tenth time.
Anyway, I had just turned eleven when I got it, my letter the a school I didn't even know exsisted. It didn't come the normal way though, normal before the letter, but it came by an animal. Not any animal, but an owl. It was really weird, it looked like the owls that they use in the Harry Potter books. When it landed next to me with a letter in its beak with my name on it, I screamed, and jumped away. Susan came running in to see what made me scream, when she saw the owl she froze and smiled.
"Henry, HENRY! Come in here QUICK!" She yelled for her husband.
Henry came running in, all dirty and sweating from the summer heat.
What is it? I was about to plant a..." He stoped when he saw the owl, and smiled the same smile Susan had on her face.
After about five minutes of staring at the owl, I was staring at Susan and Henry,the owl hooted impatiently, which snapped us back to the present. Henry took the letter from the owl and handed it to me, he thanked it and it flew away.
"What is it?" I asked dumbfolded, No one answered me so I opened the letter and read it.
"Is this some kind of joke?" I asked looking from Henry to Susan, and back to the letter, but no one looked anymore serious.
"You mean to tell me that there is a school like this?" I asked still not believing it, "And that I'm a.... a wi....." I don't know why, I couldn't get myself to say it.
"A witch?" Susan said it for me.
"Yeah," I said "So there is such a thing as Hogwarts, magical creature, and Voldemort?" They flinched at the name, whiched shocked me. "And you knew all along? You knew what I was, and all this and you never told me? How could you keep something like this from me?"
I didn't really want to stay to hear the answer, I was starting to fell angry, but I stayed anyway.
Lana, we wanted to" said Susan, "Lana honey, believe me we would of told you only if we were sure that you were magical."
She wasn't making any sense.
"What do you mean?" I asked
"We weren't really sure that you were a witch. You didn't show any signs of magic when you were younger, so we thought you were a squib."
'Squib?' I thought, 'I've heard that word before but where?' Than it hit me, how could i forget. especially since I was just accepted into the school.
"Squib means, that your parents are magical but you are born without." I said more to myself than to Susan.
She nodded and spoke again. "Your parents were magical indeed. Your mother was pure blood and your father was muggleborn, the poor dears. They died in a battle against You-Know-Who."
It was funny hearing Susan say you know, " Susan say his name, he's dead, and fear of a name increases fear of the creature itself."
She ignored me and continued with her story.
" You were only to stay with us until the war was over. Your parents knew that it wasn't safe in London, and thought you would be safer closer to the school. They risked their lives to protect you and all of London, not to mention the world from You-Know-Who. So they sent you up north, where we used to live so you can stay with us. They were to pick you after it was all over. But when it came to that they never showed up. You were about three or four when it ended, and they never came. We naturally thought that they were in St Mungos and wanted us to bring you to them. When we came to London they weren't there. They died. So, knowing that the war was over, and everything was safe, we didn't return to the north. We stayed here to raise you, and when you didn't show any sign of magic, we tried to bring you up as normal as we could. And now here we are, you ARE a witch, and you ARE going to Hogwarts. We couldn't be anymore proud of you Lana, and I'm sure that your parents are proud of you as well."
She finished her speeched, with a smile, it looked like she was crying as well. Henry put a conforiting arm around her and let her cry.
As for me, it took me a while to let everything she said sink in, The reason I was an orphan is because of Voldemort, and that I was, well, I am a witch. I accepted that.
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"Lana? LANA! Earth to Lana!" said my best friend Jamie Potter, she had black hair with some red in it, and bright green eyes, She looked alot like her father, was waving her hand infront of my face, trying to snap me out of my little faze.
"Are you coming? We're going to miss the train!" She grabbed me hand and dragged me onboard.
I waved goodbye to Susan and Henry, Mr, and Mrs. Potter, and their oldest son James, who looks exactly like his father, but has blue eyes. When they were out of sight, we went to find a compartment. We found on at the end of the train, we put our stuff in and sat down.
"What took you so long to get on the train?" asked Jamie
"Huh? Oh I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"The day I got my Hogwarts letter..."
I found out about six years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday, Henry was in the garden tending to the strangest plants I have ever seen, and Susan was in the kitchen, and I was in the sitting room reading my favorite book for the tenth time.
Anyway, I had just turned eleven when I got it, my letter the a school I didn't even know exsisted. It didn't come the normal way though, normal before the letter, but it came by an animal. Not any animal, but an owl. It was really weird, it looked like the owls that they use in the Harry Potter books. When it landed next to me with a letter in its beak with my name on it, I screamed, and jumped away. Susan came running in to see what made me scream, when she saw the owl she froze and smiled.
"Henry, HENRY! Come in here QUICK!" She yelled for her husband.
Henry came running in, all dirty and sweating from the summer heat.
What is it? I was about to plant a..." He stoped when he saw the owl, and smiled the same smile Susan had on her face.
After about five minutes of staring at the owl, I was staring at Susan and Henry,the owl hooted impatiently, which snapped us back to the present. Henry took the letter from the owl and handed it to me, he thanked it and it flew away.
"What is it?" I asked dumbfolded, No one answered me so I opened the letter and read it.
"Is this some kind of joke?" I asked looking from Henry to Susan, and back to the letter, but no one looked anymore serious.
"You mean to tell me that there is a school like this?" I asked still not believing it, "And that I'm a.... a wi....." I don't know why, I couldn't get myself to say it.
"A witch?" Susan said it for me.
"Yeah," I said "So there is such a thing as Hogwarts, magical creature, and Voldemort?" They flinched at the name, whiched shocked me. "And you knew all along? You knew what I was, and all this and you never told me? How could you keep something like this from me?"
I didn't really want to stay to hear the answer, I was starting to fell angry, but I stayed anyway.
Lana, we wanted to" said Susan, "Lana honey, believe me we would of told you only if we were sure that you were magical."
She wasn't making any sense.
"What do you mean?" I asked
"We weren't really sure that you were a witch. You didn't show any signs of magic when you were younger, so we thought you were a squib."
'Squib?' I thought, 'I've heard that word before but where?' Than it hit me, how could i forget. especially since I was just accepted into the school.
"Squib means, that your parents are magical but you are born without." I said more to myself than to Susan.
She nodded and spoke again. "Your parents were magical indeed. Your mother was pure blood and your father was muggleborn, the poor dears. They died in a battle against You-Know-Who."
It was funny hearing Susan say you know, " Susan say his name, he's dead, and fear of a name increases fear of the creature itself."
She ignored me and continued with her story.
" You were only to stay with us until the war was over. Your parents knew that it wasn't safe in London, and thought you would be safer closer to the school. They risked their lives to protect you and all of London, not to mention the world from You-Know-Who. So they sent you up north, where we used to live so you can stay with us. They were to pick you after it was all over. But when it came to that they never showed up. You were about three or four when it ended, and they never came. We naturally thought that they were in St Mungos and wanted us to bring you to them. When we came to London they weren't there. They died. So, knowing that the war was over, and everything was safe, we didn't return to the north. We stayed here to raise you, and when you didn't show any sign of magic, we tried to bring you up as normal as we could. And now here we are, you ARE a witch, and you ARE going to Hogwarts. We couldn't be anymore proud of you Lana, and I'm sure that your parents are proud of you as well."
She finished her speeched, with a smile, it looked like she was crying as well. Henry put a conforiting arm around her and let her cry.
As for me, it took me a while to let everything she said sink in, The reason I was an orphan is because of Voldemort, and that I was, well, I am a witch. I accepted that.
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"Lana? LANA! Earth to Lana!" said my best friend Jamie Potter, she had black hair with some red in it, and bright green eyes, She looked alot like her father, was waving her hand infront of my face, trying to snap me out of my little faze.
"Are you coming? We're going to miss the train!" She grabbed me hand and dragged me onboard.
I waved goodbye to Susan and Henry, Mr, and Mrs. Potter, and their oldest son James, who looks exactly like his father, but has blue eyes. When they were out of sight, we went to find a compartment. We found on at the end of the train, we put our stuff in and sat down.
"What took you so long to get on the train?" asked Jamie
"Huh? Oh I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"The day I got my Hogwarts letter..."
