chapter 2: the letter

Ava was was sat contentedly in the middle of field just buy their house sucking on a strawberry milk ice lolly. She really didn't understand why people didn't like these lollies they where lush and cheap, well everyone except James of course but that didn't count because he liked just about everything she liked anyway. When she heard her parents calling them from the house, she knew their hogwarts letters would be coming today so she grabbed James's hand and together they rushed to their house.

While they were running they went past a weird little boy who they didn't really know except that the was called Severus Snape and lived with his parents somewhere in the opposite direction. He looked up as he saw them flying past and waved shyly, Ava waved back but James was too busy trying to beat her home to notice him. He had shoulder length greasy black hair and a beak like nose he was wearing clothes that where several times to big for him and looked like they had been brought from a charity shop, his outfit consisted of: a plain black smock, ripped brown trousers smart shoes well they looked like they had been smart once but apparently they had been to worn down for that any more, and finally a very long black coat which Ava imagined he must be boiling in because it was an exceptionally hot day.

She would have stopped to talk if James hadn't just gained a step in front of her because of her waving at him but she couldn't afford to loose another race against him since she had lost when they were running to the ice cream van because she had wanted to pick a four leafed clover that she spotted in the grass. So she lengthened her stride and quickly caught up with him but not only that she took over him. And when she looked back she saw his jaw had dropped because instead of lengthening her stride as she had thought she was doing she had actually flew but she dint let that stop her she was going to win so he would stop rubbing it in that, that four leafed clover had actually been bad luck not good luck and she wanted to prove him wrong.

When they both finally arrived home about a minute later, Ava was completely out of breath but happy because she had beaten him and she knew he knew it. So she decided to tease him all the way into the kitchen where she stopped because she noticed two fat envelopes on the table waiting to be opened but them and for a minute she completely forgot she had just won the race and ran forward passed James his envelope then very carefully pulled the seal off hers she was being particularly painstakingly fastidious so that she didn't ruin the wax she wanted to keep her letter in her 'life' folder.

Both she and James had 'life' folders. They kept all off the things they had don't in them and had already taken quite a few folders considering they took up most of them with new inventions that they crammed into the plastic wallets.

She eagerly unfolded her letter and read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WHITCHCRAPT AND WIZARDERY

headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(order of merlin first class, grand sorc., chf. Warlock, supreme mugwump, international confed. Of wizards)

dear Miss Potter

we are please to inform you that you have a place at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all the necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on 1st September. We await you owl by no later than 31st of July.

Yours sincerely

Minerva McGonagall

deputy headmistress

excitement bloomed inside her, she couldn't believe it she was actually going to hogwarts. Well she knew she was going anyway but here was solid proof that nobody could take away from her. She turned to James with a huge smile on her face and and they both ran at each other and hugged so hard that they fell over then couldn't get up because they where tangled together, then when they got untangles they couldn't get up because they were laughing their hearts out over their happiness for going to hogwarts and what had just happened.

Hey I'm really sorry I know its still not very long but I'm working on it I will hopefully have more to put in the chapters after they start heading towards hogwarts which will be very soon. Please please please review .)