CHAPTER 2
After Courtney shooed Alexis off to the side and led Aubrey into an enclosed space hidden by bushed, she went into a detailed, but unbeleiveable explanation. Aubrey was begining to think her sister was crazy.
"You're a witch" Courtney said.
"I'm telling mom" Aubrey said, insulted.
"No really" Courtney began to shake her sister by the shoulders as if doing so would cause her to beleive it true.
Aubrey pulled away from her and started to leave.
"Wait! this is important!" Courtney said then dragged her back.
"What!" Aubrey yelled with impactience.
"Nobody can know." Courtney told her slowly, with emphasis on each word."Muggles can't know about the wizarding world"
"wait-are you saying that you believe this?" Aubrey asked holding up the letter. "Its probably just a scam"
"Well I've been going to hogwarts for nearly four years so yes I suppose I do beleive it" Courtney said.
"Hog-what-did-you-say"
"Hogwarts, Its a school for people like us.Didn't you read your letter"
"people like-wait-what do you mean 'people like us'?" Aubrey asked, insulted once again by her so-called-sister.
"WITCHES!"
There was a pause that Aubrey sat there staring at Courtney as if she'd said something completely out of the ordinary. Then said:
"Okay, so if we're witches, then prove it"
"I can't" courtney said "The ministry of magic doesn't allow wizards to preform spells outside of school"
At this, Aubrey busted out laughing. However Courtney kept a straight face. When Aubrey realized this she stopped laughing.
"Your serious?" She asked. Courtney nodded.
"You remember your black capri's that you thought you lost this morning"
"What do you mean I thought I lost"
"I was practicing vanishing spells the other night and I made them disappear"
"You said you can't do magic outside of school," Aubrey said stubbornly.
"Yeah. Remember, that night we all hear a loud crack sound outside? And mom said that it was probably firecrackers? well if you stayed up a little later that night, then you'd know that someone from the Ministry of Magic came to our house to warn me about it."
Aubrey stood there awestruck. Could this really be true? "If you've been going to this magical school for years, then how come you've been here all along?"
"Easy." Courtney said. "Memory charms on you and kyle and anyone else who needed to think I was around. It also took a few time altering spells, when things got a little messy." she shrugged. "Mom and Dad are the only ones who know. And- well- now you too."
Aubrey was unconvinced, but playing this pretending-we're-witches-game was kind of fun.
"sooo how do we get there"
"Oh. that. We ride the train of course. The Hogwarts Express. But first you need to send your owl to McGonagall. I'll lend you mine til you get your own."
Aubrey stood there for a moment, dazed by this new light. Every possible excuse she came up with for this wizarding nonsense, Courtney had an answer. Was it true, Could she really be a- a witch? Courtney seemed to be reading her thoughts.
"I didn't beleive it at first either, but you have to. And its actually pretty cool, you get a wand and a broom and everything."
"But where have you been hiding all of this stuff"
"well, Dumbledore taught me a few things when I told him I had a brother and sister. He said that you guy's wouldn't be able to know or you'd babble it to your friends at school. So before I leave every year, he put a charm on my trunk and owls cage that makes it disappear in muggles presence. But Can you stop asking so many questions? You're making my head hurt."
"Sorry" Aubrey said truthfully. "Its just a little overwhelming you know?"
"C'mon," Courtney told her "lets go back to the cookout before they wonder where we are."
"But wait! One more question. " Aubrey pulled out the long list of supplies for a Hogwarts first year "How do I get all of this stuff?"
"We'll talk about it tomorow." And with that, Courtney walked away, leaving Aubrey to absorb in all of these strange new discoveries.
THE NEXT DAY
It was the last day of June. That morning Courtney sent off her owl, Pipsqueak, a grey and black tawny, about the size of a shoe, to Hogwarts with Aubrey's reply. The night before, Aubrey went to her room and found Courtney's Hogwarts trunk with her wand and a complete assorment of spell books toppled on top. Courtney then went throught a detailed explanation of how the tunk had been there all along, But now that Aubrey was a witch, it was visible to her. Then Courtney had a 2 hour long coversation with thier mom [that Aubrey thought she knew what it was about,
Then next thing she knew, her mom was hugging her and wishing her good luck, even though school didn't start until until the begining of september.
After a Breakfast of eggs, bacon, waffles and sausage, Courtney told Aubrey all about Hogwarts and its classes. They both agreed that they would go get the supplies for that year the very next day.
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