Chapter 1: An introduction of sorts
All this talk about the boy who lived, the boy who saved us all, the boy who lived again, the impossible boy, the hero, the triwizard champion, Gryffindor quidditch captain, and the boy who changed everything. I am of course speaking of none other than Harry Potter. I don't want to sound bitter but, is he really this golden boy? Yes he did do that whole Voldemort thing, but he wasn't alone he was never alone he had his two best friends and the entire school of Hogwarts behind his back. Typical Gryffindor, I have yet to meet one that I can stand. Attention seekers all of them since Harry Potter. They all want to be famous, think the rules don't apply for them, and always starting fights with the noble Slytherin House.
I might be getting ahead of myself but, I feel it's my duty to tell it how it is, this is after all a writing assignment, I've applied to be an Auror, yes I know I had such a promising Quidditch career and all. I was hoping I could swing being able to play during the season and work crazy hours to make up the lost time. Or I could work part time during the season, anyways I have to get my qualifications first then worry about the logistics.
The auror training program accepted me hands down, I had very acceptable O.W.L.s and even more acceptable N.E.W.T.s. I applied with several letters or recommendations and the Personal essay that I wrote (the topic was the seamless integration of wizards? in the muggle world and the downfalls and how both sides would react). I chose that topic because I grew up with one foot in the wizarding community and one foot deep in the muggle world. If you must know my parents died in the great second downfall of The Lord Voldemort (I still think he's far too pretentious trying to live up to The Slytherin mantra).
I tend to ramble a little bit, that's part of this assignment. This is a memory exercise, an auror is only as good as their memory. So being able to recall memories without magic is a skill I was assured I would need and use every day. Ever since the second rise and fall of the Dark Lord (again there he goes making the Slytherins look bad) the expectations of the aurors sky rocketed, the training became more intensive (apparently). This also made it harder to get in, after Potter everyone wanted to hunt down and apprehend (not kill) dark wizards.
I chose to reaccount my time at Hogwarts and such events surrounding that that are relevant such as getting my first ever letter (by owl! how wizard is that). And so on. We were chosen to choose a time in our life that changed them forever. Well going to Hogwarts changed mine. And there was no simple moment that I can point at and say 'this right here changed everything for me in so many ways I can even'. No Hogwarts changed my life in little ways all the time. These by themselves were small changes that seem meaningless and lacking all significance to properly do this assignment. Honestly I think it was a trick question like 'which goblin was critical in the goblin rebellions so much so that without whom the rebellions would have never happened'.
Hogwarts (School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) is one of the best schools to learn magic. It's located somewhere in Great Britain and of course it's a castle. There are countless charms to protect it from muggles, infiltration, siege, and naturally destruction. Don't get me wrong Hogwarts is not the only school in which wizards and witches can learn magic, there are plenty of smaller schools, institutes and academies. There are two other schools on par with Hogwarts (One's in France I think the south, and the other Russia, very much North).
Hogwarts was also the site in which voldemort fell, again. Naturally there are new Hogwarts ghosts, some new awards, new defense measures, renovations, and a new wing. There is even a site seeing tour to show the great points of the battle (it was 'shut down' early on, it is after all a school not a museum we are there to learn not cater to those too stupid to read books or a map, headmistresses words not mine). There have been other changes made as well, professors having different jobs, new professors, new field trips and even something that causes major revisions to 'Hogwarts a History'.
Now I think it's time that introduce myself, I am an Irish witch. One of my life goals is to play for the national quidditch team and win Ireland the Quidditch World Cup. I am a Leo, ironic considering I am not a Gryffindor. I was born a metamorphmagus thats right just like the coolest witch ever Nymphodora Tonks. I met her once and that was it I wanted to be her! *cough cough* My mum was a pureblood witch from a really old family, think noble house of Black and Malfoy Crabbe Goyle, the snob families who look down on the Weasleys and muggle love and the families whom hate blood mixing. Oh don't forget Lestrange. Rabastan Lestrange was my grandfather, my mother married a muggle born man and we took his surname. My name is very much Irish, Siobhan Flynn. At least no one can say I am from a long line of Deatheaters, until they find out about my mothers maiden name.
That seems like any place than any to take a break, I've a potion to finish brewing any how (it's a minor antidote to snake poison).