An Unfortunate Miracle: Part I

Chapter One

An Unfortunate Accident


Author's Note: It's back! I was reading through what I have left of A Miracle on my computer, and I thought it would be fun to rewrite it, maybe add a few twists. I just saw "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (best movie out at the moment!), so you may recognize the situation in the beginning. Hope you enjoy!

Summary: Two perfectly normal American kids are suddenly orphans after an unfortunate accident. But when they are sent away to England to live with their only living relatives, they discover something about themselves that they never thought possible.


Author's Note Part 2 (11/8/06): Hello again! This is one of the chapters that I've decided are crap and need to be totally rewritten. No plot changes, of course, though it does set up a few things for later on in the story (mostly in Part III). But if you really miss my writing (I can't fathom why), you might be motivated to read this again. That's all for now!

Disclaimer (because I forgot it the first time): I do not own any Harry Potter stuff, and I do not own Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I do, however own Ivy, Scott, and their parents.


If you came here looking for a story in which Ivy Wolfe embarks on an adventure that ultimately ends in a "happily ever after," then I'm sorry to say that you are very much out of luck. You may think you know all about Ivy and her brother Scott, but you are very wrong.

Very few people know the truth. J. K. Rowling herself doesn't even know. Albus Dumbledore was one who knew, as well as Minerva McGonagall and a small handful of other wizards. But they aren't important right now. The beginning, as always, is the best place to start. And the beginning happens to be May 13, 2004, in a small town in southern California.

"There's been an accident. A very unfortunate accident."

Those were the words that forever changed Ivy and Scott's lives. Ivy was a Junior at the local high school at the time, and Scott was a sixth grader. Until the accident, they were normal, happy kids.

Their parents had gone out for the night, leaving Ivy and Scott home alone. Ivy had a very bad feeling as they were getting ready, but her mother and father just laughed and told her she was being silly. Then they left, saying they'd be back around nine o'clock.

It was the last time they saw their parents alive.

It was a car accident. The roads were slippery from the rain, and their father lost control of the car and hit a tree. They were both killed.

Ivy had stayed up waiting, and around midnight, the policeman came to the door. Somehow, she knew what had happened. She knew that her and her brother's lives were to change forever. But she never guessed just how much.

This is the real story of Ivy Wolfe.


Author's Note: HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!