My third chapter; ya! (Disclaimer: I only own Mikara and the orphanage peeps. The address and name of the orphanage are a part of my imagination as well. Got it? Good.) I really hope that everyone likes this chapter and the story thus far. I've had this story on my mind for a while and decided to put it on paper, in a manner of speaking. Remember, I welcome and hope for Flames, because they help me understand my reader's needs. What they're looking for in a story and a way for me to put that into words, basically. Anyway, review! And criticize me all you want, I wish to improve my writing, so everybody- throw your opinions at me!

Almost a year later

It was now August 30, and from recently finishing dinner, Mikara was now sprawled out on her bed reading 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' for about the hundredth time. She was completely enthralled by it, that she didn't hear the knock at her door.

The person at the door came into the room with a stern look on her pointed face. "Mikara Kaze no Hana. Why didn't you answer the door when I knocked?" She looked flushed and had her 'it's very important' face on.

"I did not here you knocking, Headmistress. I was consumed in my reading." Mikara looked directly into her elders' eyes. "What is it you wanted of me?"

"Severus is here to see you. He awaits your presence in my office." She said.

Sevi had already come by four times this week. He never came by any more than that. She frowned. "Yes, thank-you." Mikara walked out of her sleeping quarters and turned to go down the stairs. It only took her moments to reach the office, as she had run the entire way there.

Sevi was sitting in the headmistresses' chair when she walked into the room, and closed the door behind her. "Sevi, what are you doing here? You've already come a lot this week." She looked into his intense eyes.

"I've come bearing news." He handed her the letter that he had been clutching on to. The envelope was thick and heavy, made of yellowish parchment, and the address was written in emerald-green ink. It was addressed to Mikara, it said:

Miss M. Kaze no Hana

The first bedroom on the second floor

2 Venus Lane

Aphrodite Orphanage

On the back of the gaudy envelope there was a wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter H. She pulled out the letter; it read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)

Dear Miss Kaze no Hana,

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.

Term begins on September 1.

Yours Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

She finished reading the letter and looked up into his eyes again. Mikara's expression was that of surprise; complete and utter surprise. "What does this mean, Sevi?" Her surprised look became a puzzled one.

"It means." He folded his long fingers together. "It means that you are a witch. And I am to take you to acquire your supplies." He looked directly into her unwavering eyes. "We will leave in the morning."

"I'm a witch." She said. "And I'm going to a witch school." She took it all in as she said it. Weird things had been happening lately, my hair and eyes changing colors, for example. "It says that the term begins on September 1st; isn't that the day after tomorrow?" She thought back to what the letter had said.

"Yes. Which is why we are leaving in the morning. I expect you'll be ready when I have you summoned at eight am." Sevi stood up to leave. He rounded the desk, that sat in the center of the room, opened the door and left.

Mikara put her letter back in the envelope and walked, slowly, back up to her room. A witch. She was a witch. That meant, that she could turn people into frogs if she wanted too. "This witch thing might not be so bad." She mumbled, and walked through the doorway of her room. She looked in her bedside mirror and noticed that her hair was a light brown; it almost looked blond. She saw that her eyes had become a golden color with specks of silver. She wondered if that was magic. It happened all the time. Everyone had grown accustomed to her changes like that; they would sometimes call her a chameleon.

Mikara sat in a chair in front of her mirror and decided to finish her book before she left in the morning; she couldn't take it with her because it was a library book from the orphanage library.

Minutes later, Scarlet had come back to the room, from where she was probably flirting with the boys after she'd finished her dinner. "Mikara." Scarlets' face had gone sad once she looked at Mikara. "I, uh, heard from the Headmistress that you're leaving in the morning, to go to some fancy school." She looked a little mad at that. "Why do you get to go to a school far away? Don't you like it here?"

"Yes, Scarlet. I love it here. But I have to go to this school." I said. I knew I couldn't tell her the honest truth. "I'll see you again though. And, I'll miss you." Mikara and Scarlet hugged for a few minutes.

"I'll miss you too." Scarlet said as they parted. She went to her bed and laid down in it falling asleep as a tear slid down her cheek.

Mikara went back to reading her book to try and keep her mind off missing everyone and mostly the beach. She finished her book within a half hour and decided she'd better get to bed if she was gonna get up early.

She climbed into her soft bed after she'd changed into a nightgown. "I'll pack in the morning." She rolled over to face the window and fell fast asleep.