The Letter

I got my Hogwarts letter on 2nd August. An owl came through my bedroom window and deposited the letter on my bed. I didn't tell my mother- she already knew I would get into Hogwarts and it wouldn't bother her when I got the letter.

I hid the letter under my bed and hoped that mother wouldn't speak to Auntie Narcissa today. She has a son named Draco already at Hogwarts so he would have got his letter today even though he might not be going back. Auntie Narcissa would ask if I had got my letter today.

"I'm going to visit Auntie Narcissa." Mother yelled up the stairs, "Don't do anything stupid!" She always says this to me even though I hardly ever do anything. She doesn't trust me, which hurts a bit considering that I am her daughter. Come to think of it, she doesn't trust anyone except for Auntie Narcissa or maybe Draco.

Mother slams the door on the way out, leaving me alone. I don't have any friends because mother doesn't want anyone to know I exist. I am too powerful for my own good according to mother. I am a metamorphmagus like my cousin Nymphadora who I've never met. Apparently, she would be a bad influence on me. Her mother married a mudblood. This doesn't bother me but mother really hates mudbloods- especially Hermione Granger. I don't know what the big deal is with blood status is at the moment but mother tells me to be proud to be a pureblood and to treat mudbloods like the scum that they are. I can tell why she was in Slytherin. I want to be a Hufflepuff but I will never tell mother- she would probably disown me.

I decide to take a look at the letter:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Severus Snape

Dear Miss. Lestrange,

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. Please be reminded that blood status will be checked on arrival.

Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

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 pupils' 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)

by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic

by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory

by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions

by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: Basics

by Quentin Trimble

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.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS

ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Yours sincerely,

Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus

Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions

I read it through it briefly before stashing the letter in my matteress using a simple severing spell to cut a hole in the mattress. I keep my wand woth me.

Soon I hear the door open and I glance through my window to check who it is. Mother is back but she has Narcissa and Draco with her. I have a bad feeling about this. There is a knock at my bedroom door and I jump, drawing my wand out at the same time. I only know a few basic hexes and jinxes but they sometimes come in useful. The door opens and I see Draco standing there looking tired. He tells me that mother is waiting for me so I should go downstairs. I must look scared because Draco reassures me that mother isn't angry just curious about why I didn't show her the letter.

Draco was telling the truth. Mother didn't ask me anything, she just says that tomorrow we are going shopping to Diagon Alley to get my school stuff. Draco and Auntie Narcissa are coming with us. I am dreading going- I will have to change my appearance. It's not hard but I hate going out in public looking like an idiot. It wont matter when I go to school though because mother wont be there so no-one will recognize me. I don't look like mother except for my hair colour.

I should get some sleep before tomo…r….r….o…..