The Note from the Author:
Okay...Since this is the first chapter, allow me to explain. Before I even started Role-playing, I made up characters for books, sort of little, add- ons, if you will. Then I discovered RP-ing. I could take this one character, or charrie for short, and put them in all kinds of situations. I loved this. So I am using my rp charrie here. The one I have used for so long, and showing you Hogwarts through her eyes. I based her off me, a little, actions, what she looked like. Then I made her two things I have never found in a Harry Potter Novel, American, and Jewish. I noticed, they had Easter break and Yule balls and Christmas feasts, and so I decided to put a Jewish spin on it, but, if I really want to start from the time Rachel gets HER letter, so to speak, it has to be in America. OOH! I just decided! These annoying little author notes will be italics, so you can skip them if you want....but make it easier on yourself, and just read them. You'll thank me later.
So, here we go, the first in the Rachel Stories:
Leaving America
Rachel Alice Jacobson was sitting on the subway, talking to her friends. Rachel was a normal looking girl, with brown wavy hair that fell five inches past her shoulders, pale skin, and bright blue eyes, she was normal probably except for the star shaped scar on her hand. ((no, this is not one of those danger sensing scars. Yes, it is a curse scar, but it doesn't do any thing special. I'm gonna tell you right away, I'm not going to pretend Rachel is Harry's girlfriend, or his secret lover or something. Friend yes, lover no)) But this was no normal subway, and she and her friends could never really be considered normal. The first part of their conversation went something like this.
Carley: "I can't wait to be a sixth year. All the hot guys are in middle form!"
Justice: "Carley! All you ever think about is Boys! Boys! Boys! Don't you ever have anything else to think about? I mean, we're gonna have new teachers! New subjects!"
Hera: "Well, I can't wait to be eligible to try out for the all school quadpot team. You know, and compete with the other schools."
Rachel thought about this. "Yah" she said "I wanna try out for the quidditch team. I think I would be the all school keeper. I'm already a- string for the Phoenixes. I was reserves this year, not that they needed me. As long as no one better comes along, I think I've got a shot."
Hera: "Rachie dear, you've got a SERIOUS shot. The ONLY shot basically. I mean that-
Carley:"terribly good looking"
Hera gave Carly a look "as I was saying, that keeper was a 12th year. He graduated. You have the number one shot, and you aren't gonna let us down."
Rachel blushed. "Thanks Hera, and we all know you are definitely going to be on the quadpot team. You have a gift, a true gift, I mean, I'm too scared of the thing exploding in my face to barely watch the game!"
Carley sighed "I can just imagine Hera, I'm gonna be SO envious! I mean really. With all the good quadpot players in our year, and they are going to be so muscular! And just so, so, so glorious to gaze upon"
Justice paused to adjust her scarlet cloak "And I mean, SERIOUSLY Carley, they aren't going to be good-looking! We're gonna be stuck with THESE weirdos for another year." Teresa pointed her hand at the boys in the car with a disgusted look on her face. They were all laughing and dropping little candies out the window and down their shorts which exploded when they hit the ground. Now THIS is when the conversation is going to become a bit more different then you might expect:
Suddenly a woman walked into the car. She too wore a red cloak like all the others. Her long blond hair was pulled back, making her seem older and harsher then she really was. "Alexander! Gregory! Boys! Boys! Stop that right now! The muggles are going to notice and Headmistress Mason is NOT going to be happy with you. Need I remind you? School may be over for now, but you are required to behave like the phoenixes you are, deep inside, somewhere I hope, until we deliver you to your parents at Grand Central Station. Do you hear me?"
The boys were still off in La-la land, but they stopped droping the little candies out the window. The woman turned to the girls. "How are you all holding up?"
"We're doing good Professor, thank you for asking" replied Justice, as she adjusted her glasses.
"Well that's good. You better change, we'll be arriving any minute now. I better go warn the others" And with that she strode out of the compartment. Now, I suppose I should explain now, my being the narrator of this story, and I hold it in my hands to decide whether this should be a nice read or a train wreck on paper. I'm going to try to make it as easy to understand as possible, but I've got to tell you, transferring this to paper is more difficult then it looks. ANYWAY, back to what I should explain. This is going to speed things up for you a bit. If you read Harry Potter, this should all be crystal clear, if you don't, read it and THEN it will all be crystal clear...ok here goes
1. Rachel and her friends all go to Eastern School of the Magical Arts in Baltimore Maryland. You have never heard of it because you only hear about the European schools. Nobody ever bothers to mention the American ones, so I had to invent them.
2. Rachel and her friends, on this car at least, are all Phoenixes, that is, they belong to Phoenix house. The other houses are Otter, Salamander and Stag. Got it? Remember, Phoenix, Otter, Salamander, Stag. The colors of the School are Gold and Silver, and the colors of the houses are Phoenix=Red, Otter=blue, Salamander=Green, and Stag=black. Not terribly hard, my dears.
3. American magical schools start five years earlier then the European ones. Therefore, these girls and boys are all fifth years, when, if you are going by the educational reckoning of J.K. Rowling, they are one year BEFORE entering magical school.
4. Rachel will go to Hogwarts. Don't rush me, I'm getting there, I'm getting there.
Rachel and her friends, now changed, waited for the subway to pull into the station. It slid in without so much as a creak. Just a nice whooshing sound. The boarding platform was littered with parents, siblings, relatives, waiting to pick up the students. Rachel jumped off the platform, and entered the loud platform. Parents exclaiming how much their children had grown. Students wishing each other tearful goodbyes. Two upper form students passionately making out before having to go their separate ways. Rachel found her parents with a group of other Phoenix parents. They were all talking and laughing. Rebecca Jacobson had brown hair that fell almost to her shoulders and curled under itself. She had blue eyes a few shades lighter then Rachel's, and was wearing a very nice suit, with matching functional heels. David Jacobson was also wearing a suit, but his was black, with a white shirt and red tie. He had black hair, tan skin and brown eyes twinkling behind silver rimmed glasses. He and his wife returned Rachel's hugs and kisses before saying. "Rachie honey, we've got a wonderful surprise for you! Just wait until we get back to the ministry building."
OKAY! COME ON! Read and Review! Make me proud!
Okay...Since this is the first chapter, allow me to explain. Before I even started Role-playing, I made up characters for books, sort of little, add- ons, if you will. Then I discovered RP-ing. I could take this one character, or charrie for short, and put them in all kinds of situations. I loved this. So I am using my rp charrie here. The one I have used for so long, and showing you Hogwarts through her eyes. I based her off me, a little, actions, what she looked like. Then I made her two things I have never found in a Harry Potter Novel, American, and Jewish. I noticed, they had Easter break and Yule balls and Christmas feasts, and so I decided to put a Jewish spin on it, but, if I really want to start from the time Rachel gets HER letter, so to speak, it has to be in America. OOH! I just decided! These annoying little author notes will be italics, so you can skip them if you want....but make it easier on yourself, and just read them. You'll thank me later.
So, here we go, the first in the Rachel Stories:
Leaving America
Rachel Alice Jacobson was sitting on the subway, talking to her friends. Rachel was a normal looking girl, with brown wavy hair that fell five inches past her shoulders, pale skin, and bright blue eyes, she was normal probably except for the star shaped scar on her hand. ((no, this is not one of those danger sensing scars. Yes, it is a curse scar, but it doesn't do any thing special. I'm gonna tell you right away, I'm not going to pretend Rachel is Harry's girlfriend, or his secret lover or something. Friend yes, lover no)) But this was no normal subway, and she and her friends could never really be considered normal. The first part of their conversation went something like this.
Carley: "I can't wait to be a sixth year. All the hot guys are in middle form!"
Justice: "Carley! All you ever think about is Boys! Boys! Boys! Don't you ever have anything else to think about? I mean, we're gonna have new teachers! New subjects!"
Hera: "Well, I can't wait to be eligible to try out for the all school quadpot team. You know, and compete with the other schools."
Rachel thought about this. "Yah" she said "I wanna try out for the quidditch team. I think I would be the all school keeper. I'm already a- string for the Phoenixes. I was reserves this year, not that they needed me. As long as no one better comes along, I think I've got a shot."
Hera: "Rachie dear, you've got a SERIOUS shot. The ONLY shot basically. I mean that-
Carley:"terribly good looking"
Hera gave Carly a look "as I was saying, that keeper was a 12th year. He graduated. You have the number one shot, and you aren't gonna let us down."
Rachel blushed. "Thanks Hera, and we all know you are definitely going to be on the quadpot team. You have a gift, a true gift, I mean, I'm too scared of the thing exploding in my face to barely watch the game!"
Carley sighed "I can just imagine Hera, I'm gonna be SO envious! I mean really. With all the good quadpot players in our year, and they are going to be so muscular! And just so, so, so glorious to gaze upon"
Justice paused to adjust her scarlet cloak "And I mean, SERIOUSLY Carley, they aren't going to be good-looking! We're gonna be stuck with THESE weirdos for another year." Teresa pointed her hand at the boys in the car with a disgusted look on her face. They were all laughing and dropping little candies out the window and down their shorts which exploded when they hit the ground. Now THIS is when the conversation is going to become a bit more different then you might expect:
Suddenly a woman walked into the car. She too wore a red cloak like all the others. Her long blond hair was pulled back, making her seem older and harsher then she really was. "Alexander! Gregory! Boys! Boys! Stop that right now! The muggles are going to notice and Headmistress Mason is NOT going to be happy with you. Need I remind you? School may be over for now, but you are required to behave like the phoenixes you are, deep inside, somewhere I hope, until we deliver you to your parents at Grand Central Station. Do you hear me?"
The boys were still off in La-la land, but they stopped droping the little candies out the window. The woman turned to the girls. "How are you all holding up?"
"We're doing good Professor, thank you for asking" replied Justice, as she adjusted her glasses.
"Well that's good. You better change, we'll be arriving any minute now. I better go warn the others" And with that she strode out of the compartment. Now, I suppose I should explain now, my being the narrator of this story, and I hold it in my hands to decide whether this should be a nice read or a train wreck on paper. I'm going to try to make it as easy to understand as possible, but I've got to tell you, transferring this to paper is more difficult then it looks. ANYWAY, back to what I should explain. This is going to speed things up for you a bit. If you read Harry Potter, this should all be crystal clear, if you don't, read it and THEN it will all be crystal clear...ok here goes
1. Rachel and her friends all go to Eastern School of the Magical Arts in Baltimore Maryland. You have never heard of it because you only hear about the European schools. Nobody ever bothers to mention the American ones, so I had to invent them.
2. Rachel and her friends, on this car at least, are all Phoenixes, that is, they belong to Phoenix house. The other houses are Otter, Salamander and Stag. Got it? Remember, Phoenix, Otter, Salamander, Stag. The colors of the School are Gold and Silver, and the colors of the houses are Phoenix=Red, Otter=blue, Salamander=Green, and Stag=black. Not terribly hard, my dears.
3. American magical schools start five years earlier then the European ones. Therefore, these girls and boys are all fifth years, when, if you are going by the educational reckoning of J.K. Rowling, they are one year BEFORE entering magical school.
4. Rachel will go to Hogwarts. Don't rush me, I'm getting there, I'm getting there.
Rachel and her friends, now changed, waited for the subway to pull into the station. It slid in without so much as a creak. Just a nice whooshing sound. The boarding platform was littered with parents, siblings, relatives, waiting to pick up the students. Rachel jumped off the platform, and entered the loud platform. Parents exclaiming how much their children had grown. Students wishing each other tearful goodbyes. Two upper form students passionately making out before having to go their separate ways. Rachel found her parents with a group of other Phoenix parents. They were all talking and laughing. Rebecca Jacobson had brown hair that fell almost to her shoulders and curled under itself. She had blue eyes a few shades lighter then Rachel's, and was wearing a very nice suit, with matching functional heels. David Jacobson was also wearing a suit, but his was black, with a white shirt and red tie. He had black hair, tan skin and brown eyes twinkling behind silver rimmed glasses. He and his wife returned Rachel's hugs and kisses before saying. "Rachie honey, we've got a wonderful surprise for you! Just wait until we get back to the ministry building."
OKAY! COME ON! Read and Review! Make me proud!