Once upon a time, a sweet English woman met a Canadian man. They fell in love, and got married. She moved back to Canada with him. Eleven years ago she gave birth to two beautiful twin girls. Unfortunately she was a sick woman, and died soon after giving birth. Her husband was a loving man, and raised the two girls alone. One was born with bright red hair, and so he named her Ruby. The younger one was born with beautiful green hair, and so he named her Jade. Of cause, the strange hair colours confused him. He took the two girls to every doctor in the country, but none could say what was causing it. But they all agreed that it did not look dangerous, and should not affect the girls in any way. Although he was not satisfied, there was nothing he could further do. The two babies grew up into adorable young girls.
Today the girls lived in a small house in Ottawa, Canada. They had grown used to their unusual hair colour. Of cause in Day Care it was a laughing point for the other children. Ruby used to fight back, but now both girls had just gotten used to the taunts. One average night they were just getting ready for bed when the flap in their front door shook, and a strange letter flew in. Their father picked it up. He looked at for a long second, and then out the window to see who had sent it.
The envelope was light yellow. The address was printed neatly with gold ink.
"... It's addressed to you two." The girls ran down the stairs.
"What's it say daddy?" Jade called out eagerly. They had never received a letter, and even daddy hadn't received one during the night.
He opened it, and pulled the letter out.
"Read it out loud!" Ruby called out, jumping up and down.
"It's from England... Maybe it's from your Mother's family. Albus Dumbledore? Strange name. She never spoke about him..." The girls were growing impatient. "Okok." Their father said. "I'll read it out now. But it's a bit strange..."
Dear Miss Ruby and Jade Campbella
You have been invited to attend Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in England. I will be visiting you shortly to introduce myself and explain the situation.
Signed
Albus Dumbledore
The girls were not sure what to say. The letter was very odd? School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. That stuff was only from fairy tales.
But then, the doorbell rang. Nobody moved.
"... Girls. Go to your room." The girls didn't move. "Now!" He screamed. The girls hurried back up the stairs and into their room.
A few minutes passed. They could hear their father talking loudly, but they could not make out exact words.
"Come on." Said Ruby. She jumped off her bed, and tiptoed to the door. Carefully she opened it, making sure it didn't make a single sound. She crept out. Jade didn't move.
Ruby waved her hand trying to get her sister to follow. Hesitantly Jade followed. They stood at the top of the stairs.
Their father was in the hallway. The visitor was a strange old man, wearing a pointed hand and with a long white beard.
"I will not send my daughters to England to go to a school I've never heard of before. Witchcraft and Wizardry doesn't even exist."
"Of cause it does." Replied the old man. He waved his wand, and a vase lifted up into the air. "Your wife was a witch, and quite a good one at that and your daughters have those magical powers."
The old man put down the vase, and coughed before continuing. "We called her The Rainbow Angel. She had an odd habit of changing her hair colour every day."
"... My wife's hair was blonde!" The wizard ignored him.
"... And of cause... there were the wings."
"...Wings?"
"Yes. She had a pair of beautiful white feathered wings. But soon after leaving Hogwarts she requested that she would have them removed. We said it was a shame. She is the only person we knew of that has ever had them. But she insisted and we had a potions teacher make a potion. It worked, and her wings disappeared."
"... You're crazy."
The old man sighed. He wasn't convincing the girl's father. He looked up the stairs where the two girls were hiding.
"O-oh. And there they are." Their father quickly turned around.
"I said go to your room!" He cried out. The old man ignored the frantic Father.
"Hello there. My name is Albus Dumbledore and I'm here from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." The girls did not reply. "Did you know your mother was a wizard?" He asked. The girls shook their heads. "Would you like to study Magic at my school?" Neither of them said anything.
Albus sighed and waved his wand. A Photograph appeared in his hand of a beautiful woman with bright pink hair and two long wings. He showed it to the girl's father.
"... But this can not be... She looks just like my wife... And the Photo... It moves." The Photo waved and blew kisses.
"It is your wife. It was taken just before she left Hogwarts. Oh. And all Magic Photos move." He smiled and looked up at the girls again. "Well. Would you like to go?"
Ruby was the first to reply. "Of cause! Wow so magic is real. This'll be great. Come on Jade!" Jade looked up at her sister, then back at her Dad who was still looking very distressed and confused.
"...ok."
"Well I'm glad we finally got that settled." Albus said. He waved his wand, and a white glowing horse pulling a carriage pulled up outside the house. "We will get you to the school right away. Quickly go pack your stuff. I'll be waiting for you."
They ran back to their room.
"Wow Jade won't this be fun. We'll learn real magic! And did you see that horse? It was so beautiful."
"I guess." Jade replied. "But we'll be leaving Dad all by himself."
"Oh yea." Ruby replied. "But we'll come visit him. Didja hear what the man said? Wings! We could fly here and visit."
"Of cause." Jade finally smiled, and continued packing. "I'll visit him all the time."
"Me too. Lets go now."
The two girls ran down the stairs and gave their dad a big hug. But they weren't sad. They knew they'd see him again really soon. They hopped into the carriage. Albus cracked the whip and the horse took off into the sky.
