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The Beginning, the Best Place to Start
Kayla sat in her cozy bedroom on a chintz armchair at her oak desk doing some of her holiday homework. An aroma therapy candle burned dimly on her desk just enough to see her work. Her family's cat Kenshin sat on her lap purring and swishing its tail at an escaped doxy from the attic. Tonight Kayla had an essay due for History of Magic, her least favorite class. It's not that she wasn't good at it, (her best friend Matt said she was good at everything) it was just that the teacher Professor Binns was the most annoying drone that ever lived, or in his case died. You see Professor Binns is the only ghost teacher at Hogwarts and as Matt pointed out almost every day, he had finally cracked.
Tonight's assignment topic was three rolls of parchment on how old Headmaster Granger is. What a topic. It was three a.m. and she had been up since 12:00 trying to think of a suitable enough idea. She finally decided to write a short biography. She took out a book about witches and wizards lives and started to write.
After a few hours an owl flew into her room. It was carrying a letter with the Hogwarts seal on it. She opened it and read:
Dear Ms. Foster,
Please note that the new school year will begin on September the first. The Hogwarts express will leave from Kings Cross Station, platform nine and three quarters at 11:00a.m.
Congratulations! You have been made Head Girl! A list of duties follows.
A list of books for next year is enclosed.
Yours sincerely,
Professor G. Weasley
Deputy Headmistress