Chapter one
As I woke up I heard footsteps ponding up the stairs, I cringed and rolled over…
"Alice! For the third time wake up!" Dr. Gold shouted as the door slammed open
"It's Friday! Alex is going to classes today" I slowly get up and attempt to pat my bed-hair down, Dr. Gold sighs heavily, he didn't approve of how me my friends did things
"Just because you, Alex and Ali look the same doesn't mean you should pretend to be the same person so two of you can skip school. Besides you have an appointment which you will go to" He glares at me before heading to Ali's room to wake him up. I jump up and quickly get ready and run down stairs, where Dr. Gold is waiting by the door, 'Shoot he got there before me' I thought, I sat down at eat my breakfast. Alex came down in her school uniform, despite being twins she looks more Lady-like compared to me, Her sliver hair seemed to shiny brighter, even her pear green eyes where prettier than mine.
"Good morning, Alice" She smiles sitting down and pouring orange juice into her glass,
"Morning, remember to keep an eye on Mr. Johnson I think he may be onto us" I said thinking back to Wednesday when I went to school, she smiles and says she look out as Ali jumps down the stairs, I hear ranting from Dr. Gold about Jumping but ignore him "Yo, Ali ready to go" jumping out of my seat and rushing towards the door
"Yep, let's move" Ali avoid Dr. Gold was he tried to stop him and we ran off down the street.
I lived on an old abandon street; it's empty apart from our house because of an incident that happened before I was born. We arrive at an old park and sit on the swings.
"So which high school are you planning to go?" Ali asked, I looked to him and thought about it,
"To be honest I haven't really thought about it" The three of us made a deal that all three of us would go to high school instead of now when we rotate. "Will have to tell our current school about us soon, I can't wait to see their faces" I laugh
"It'll be even better when we tell them we're not even related by blood" He smiles
The three of us came from different families but for some reason we look and almost sound the same. A lot happened to us so we started living in that house together. Dr. Gold is the household doctor/housekeep and keeps an eye on us.
"Do you think we'll get those letters?" Ali asked curiously
"No idea, but maybe after all they find people in this world so why not" I answered. We ended up spending the day there skate boarding.
"You miss your appointment! You don't answer your phones! Do you have any idea how much trouble you are in!" Dr. Gold shouted as we entered the house, Ali vanished as I got told off. "Besides you have a letter so go read it" he finally finished ranting as he point to the table. I headed over to the table where three letters were, one addressed to each of us. Me, Alex an Ali stared at the letters. I gulp as I pick my letter up and open in, it was two pages
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss. Gold,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted 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
Headmistress
The next page went onto what was needed
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, with silver fastenings)Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1), A History of Magic, Magical Theory, A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, Magical Drafts and Potions, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand, 1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2), 1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope, 1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
After reading the letter I smiled and took a look at the other two.
Alex had got a place at Beauxbatons which is in France, and Ali in Durmstrang in Sweden…
"Well, we got places but all in different school" I laughed
"But I'm looking forward to it" Alex smiled at her letter
"I'm surprised no one turned up for Alex with her being what do you call it?" Dr. Gold mentioned
"Muggle-born, and me too; maybe because we all already know about magic with me being half-blood and Alice pure" Ali mentioned. Dr. Gold mentioned how it's wired to have classes based on blood but he seemed happy we got places.
"Where you going to get all this?" He asked looking at the list of books
"I know, Diagon Alley" Ali said "Shame you can't come with us to help carry stuff", Dr. Gold was a muggle but had known about the three of us ever since he took me in as a child; after my whole family was wiped out in a fire.
"Haha, just don't get lost okay" He smiled "And know you can't switch placed so you'll actually have to learn"
Me and Ali laughed at this since we always got Alex to go school. We quickly replied and sent Peter our Barn Owl of to the three schools.
That night I lay in bed thinking about Hogwarts wondering if I could live away from Alex and Ali, they had always been there and now they won't; would I be able to keep out of trouble? Will I end up alone there? These thoughts filled my mind as the time went by. The sun woke me up the next day, I felt tried as I stumbled out of bed and down the stairs
"Alice, you okay?" Alex asked noticing my slow movement; I smiled and said I was just tried. "Dr. Gold got called to the hospital the early hours of this morning so said to call when we got back from our trip." She said handing me his note, Ali jumped down the stairs and joined us. After breakfast the three of us headed out to the entrance to Diagon Alley which was behind an old Bookshop, Ali patted the password into the bricks. The bricks moved outward to open a hole in the wall, as we entered the door closed and the smell of foods and other wired smells hit us. I had been awhile since we last came to buy Peter but it still looked the same.
"Okay where to first" Alex asked excitedly
"Flourish and Blotts would be good, we have lot of books to buy" I mention remember the list of not just mine but their needed books. The place was amazing I spent so much time staring at the many different shops that I almost fell over the cobbled street, It always seems weird with how medieval the magic world looks; after all it's not like they need the technology as muggles do. Inside the book shop there we're other student's collecting. It wasn't easy finding the books; the shopkeeper ended up helping us get them all. We quickly paid using the money we had exchanged from 'Gringotts Wizarding Bank' the last time and headed off to the next shop to buy our uniform from 'Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions'
"You're all going different schools?" The shop keeper asked "That's rare for siblings" She looked at us pondering
"We're not related… we just look alike" Ali mentioned looking at his uniform. The shopkeeper was shocked but understood after all weirder things happen in the magic world! We ended up getting a trolley to help hold everything. After that we went to other shop's like Magical Menagerie for pets, Potage's Cauldron Shop and Amanuensis Quills for the rest.
We ended up taking a break in Rosa Lee Teabag where they had unusual flavours of tea but I stuck with a mint tea. "All we know are wands" I said looking at the near completed list of items
"Yeah, so that's Ollivanders Wand Shop, right?" Alex said notice we we're near the shop
"Just don't go weird inside" Ali poked my check and smirked, I frowned; wands were something I thought were interesting, some many style's each one has its own magic it's good at and their even quasi-sentient so can think and choose it's owner. The outside of the shop looked run down, narrow with peeling gold letters over the door of the shop reading: Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. The display was a single wand on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. As we entered the smell of dust choked us, there was about 1 year worth of dust. The shop had a single chair then on shelves thousands of narrow boxes containing wands were piled right up to the ceiling, The room was also very dark similar to how some bookshops are.
From the far corner of the room an old man named Ollivanders with messy untamed hair in an old fashioned suit came over "I guess you are looking for your new wands?" He asked. We nod not sure on what to make of him or his shop. He stares at us before rushing off and looking at the stacks of wands, As he was doing so I noticed something glow from one of the boxes, the light seemed somehow sad like it was crying out for something. Curiously I head over and open the small box to find a pale wand twisting around a blue orb then up into a point, the glow faded as I picked it up "Seems like you found your wand without my help" Ollivanders said looking at the wand "That wand normally refuses to be touched but seems it's fine with you" I look at the wand and smile.
My wand was something he had made for a client but the wand didn't like the meant to be owner and had been in the store for a number of years. It was 12 inches and made from apple tree wood and the orb was from a nine-tails fox and was very rare to ever be used for wands.
"So we have your wand, a 8 inch Rosewood with a Fairy Dust core for the lady and a 13 inch Fox fur core, Yew wand for him." He repacked them as we sorted out the money to buy them.
"Well that's everything" Alex said as we headed out of the shop, we headed back though the opening and called Dr. Gold as phones were this that didn't exist in the magical world so there was no connection and also magic interferes with the signal.
"Hello, we're done, be back in about 1 hour or so" I say as he head down the street home
"Okay, I'll be late so try and behave" He says quickly and hangs up, He was very busy as a doctor but I respected that he worked so hard for others.