My Life Sucks
Even though I was 15 I still had to go to work. Without my parents to go to work while I go to school with my little brother, I have to make a living on my own. I live in New York City. When I was 9 a fire started and killed my parents and little brother. I was left in the hands of foster care. When I turned 10, I was adopted by a fun loving family, but I always felt out of place. On my 12th birthday I ran away and I have been running ever since. During the day I go to school, at night I work. When I am not working or at school, I walk everywhere. It takes my mind off my old life. I secretly sleep at my work. I get fired quickly because I love to prank. By the way, my name is Kayla Parker. Anyway, the reason I was running today was because I had set up a prank and it went off on the manager. Right before I ran out he yelled at me that I was fired. I was walking down the street, looking for a new place to work when I was pulled, a hand over my mouth, into an alleyway. When I turned around I looked at my kidnappers. There were four of them, boys, the one that grabbed me had shaggy long black hair. The second had short messy hair and glasses, the third was plump and weird looking. The last boys was standing behind his friends looking like he knew this was a bad idea. He was kind of cute, but I couldn't go around saying my kidnappers were cute. But here I was doing just that. Anyway, I yelled, "Why did you just do that?! Never mind. Just don't do that again you almost gave me a heart attack!" I then noticed that I had my right hand raised and saw that the trash can behind them was floating in midair. Oh, I forgot to tell you. I can levitate things. So, I quickly put down my hand and the trash can fell to the ground and when the boys were turned I ran into the nearest fast food restaurant that said they needed workers. I told them that I would work for anything and that I would start right away. They hired me and I started as a waitress. Before I knew it the place was crowded and I was serving as fast as I could. Then I saw the four boys and tried to disguise myself as best I could. I walked over to the table and asked what they would like to eat. They obviously saw through my disguise because the were all staring at me like I was an alien. Well, at least I don't think I am. They just got up, handed me a letter, and left. I quickly took my break and went into the back room and opened the letter. It said,
Dear ,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We have included your supplies list and ticket to the train to get to Hogwarts. A teacher will appear where ever you are in about a minute and do not be alarmed, he will escort you to the shops where you are to get your things.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva Mcgonagall
Deputy Headmistress
And then I wasn't in the restaurant anymore.
On The Train
I was looking for a compartment and I was so excited to go to Scotland. I was walking down the aisle in the middle of the train when I heard a heated argument. I was great at listening and watching people without them seeing me. I looked into the compartment and I saw the boys that had pulled me into the alley and then gave me the letter. I almost gasped, but I knew that I would give away my hiding place, so I kept silent. I saw a girl who was yelling at one of the boys, saying that he was an arrogant toerag. This sounds like my type of person, but I couldn't get too close to anybody if I wanted to keep my secrets secret. I was smart enough to jump out of the way when the girl came storming out. She had a boy behind her who I guessed was her friend. I followed them to a compartment and asked if I could sit with them. The girl said that I could, so I sat down and she introduced herself as Lily Evans, I figured out what the houses were, what year I would be in, and who the teachers were. Lily explained everything. I thought that I would be in Gryffindor, but I didn't share my thoughts. I found out that I would be in 5th year and that the boys name that Lily was with was Severus and that he was in Slytherin and Lily was in Gryffindor.