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Nick

Five years later and I was still dreaming of Finn and Kol. They had taught me a lot over the years, all of which I had to hide from my relatives. They taught me how to play piano and the guitar, even though they couldn't really play those themselves. Kol at least knew some of both instruments and the rest we figured out together with some conjured instruction books. It was really fun and I loved spending time with them.

After Dudley's eleventh birthday, I had gotten locked into my cupboard for two months because I accidentally released a boa constrictor. Had Kol not told me about the magic I had, I wouldn't have known anything about me being a witch. The younger Original taught me everything he knew about the magic he once had. We quickly noticed that what I could do was different but he loved hearing about what I could do. By the time I was allowed out of the cupboard, the summer holidays had started and Dudley had already broken half of his thousand birthday presents. He also knocked down old Mrs. Figg on his racing bike which could barely hold his weight as it was.

I was sad that school was over. While the teacher I had at the moment didn't like me too much, the others had always given me coursework that was beyond the grade I was in and they gave me and helped me to learn as much as I could without my relatives finding out. Now, school was mostly the place where I could avoid Dudley and his friends. They had been transferred to the normal class while the teachers kept me in the advanced one. During summer there was no escaping Dudley's gang who were visiting almost every day. I had so many bruises from them knocking me around and playing their favourite sport: Selene Hunting or Freak Hunting as they had called it before we started school.

I spent as much time as I could outside of the house, just wandering around, thinking about my mates. Yes, I found out that they were my mates when I heard the arguing about it a while back. While I wasn't too sure what that meant yet, it also left the possibility of the other two brothers being my mates as well. I never met Niklaus or Elijah but I was looking forward to it. Finn and Kol had kept some things from me, that I was aware of but from what they told me, their brothers were alright if they weren't being idiots.

The only thing that I was looking forward to was Secondary School. Dudley had been accepted at Uncle Vernon's old private school, Smeltings. Piers was going there as well, so that was the two worst bullies gone. I, on the other hand, was going to Stonewall High, the local public school. Dudley made fun of me because of that but I would rather go to a public school than some stupid private school with my stupid cousin. At least then I'd get the chance to get the grades I wanted.

One day in the middle of July, Aunt Petunia took Dudley to London to buy his Smeltings uniform, leaving me at Mrs. Figg's for the day. I didn't like the old woman, she was weird. There was something about her and from what I overheard, she was the one who offered to look after me. The Dursleys might not think it was weird but I did. Why would someone like her care about me? She seemed to actually want to look after me and when she did, she ignored me.

That evening, Dudley paraded around the living room for the family in his brand-new uniform. Smeltings' boys wore maroon tailcoats, orange knickerbockers and flat straw hats called boaters. They also carried knobbly sticks, used for hitting each other while the teachers weren't looking. This was supposed to be good training for later life.

As soon as I caught sight of Dudley in the outfit, I had to work really hard to not burst out laughing. It got harder when Uncle Vernon said that it was the proudest moment of his life, while Aunt Petunia actually burst into tears. I didn't trust myself to speak, not that anyone wanted to hear my opinion anyway.

After they were done, Aunt Petunia handed me a bundle of clothes. I looked at the ragged clothes "What's that?"

Her lips tightened as they always did if I dared to ask a question "Your new school uniform." They actually bought me a school uniform? That's… nice of them. Well, they could hardly give me Dudley's old clothes. It might have worked for home but at school, we needed a uniform that actually fit us. Not that my relatives didn't try "Now go to your cupboard."

"Yes, Aunt Petunia," I mumbled, carrying the clothes to my cupboard.

The next morning, I was cooking breakfast when Uncle Vernon and Dudley came stomping down the stairs. My uncle opened his newspaper as usual, while Dudley banged his Smelting stick, which he carried everywhere, on the table.

"Get the mail, Dudley," Uncle Vernon grunted from behind his paper.

Dudley sneered, his mouth full of food "Make Selene get it."

"Get the mail, Selene."

I barely looked up from the eggs "Make Dudley get it."

"Hit her with your Smelting stick, Dudley." I dodged the stick and went to get the mail, hoping that the eggs wouldn't burn in the time I grabbed the letters. There were three things on the doormat. A postcard from Aunt Marge, who was apparently on the Isle of Wight, a brown envelope that looked like a bill and… and a letter for me? I picked it up and stuffed it into my pocket, hurrying back to the kitchen.

Uncle Vernon ripped open the bill and snorted in disgust. He looked at the postcard after that "Marge's ill," he informed Petunia "Are a funny whelk." The smell of burning caught my attention and I quickly turned off the stove, pulling the pan away from the burner "What did you do, freak?" A big hand ripped me around to face the purple face of my uncle.

"I – I'm sorry, sir," I stuttered.

He backhanded me across the face, throwing me to the ground "Haven't I told you time and time again, to not waste our food?" Vernon pulled off his belt, hitting me repeatedly. Once he was done, I was dragged to my cupboard "No food for a week and don't you dare come out until we let you."

The door slammed shut and I was bathed in darkness. I let out a few shaky breaths and painfully reached up to turn on the light. My back felt like it was on fire and my face hurt as well. Why did he always hit me? What did I do wrong? Tears fell from my eyes as I clutched the letter in my hand. Why?

Dream

Selene appeared on the floor of the living room, not in pain anymore but still hurt "Lyra!" Kol gasped, falling to his knees next to me "What did he do this time?"

"It hurt, Kol," she sobbed, throwing herself into his arms "It hurt so much. Why does he always hurt me?"

"Oh, Lyra," Finn sighed, coming to my other side. He reached out to tug a strand of my hair behind my ear "Your uncle is a sick man. You deserve better than to live with those monsters."

"I know, Finn," she mumbled "But you can't do anything…"

Kol growled "Just because of those stupid daggers in our heart…"

Selene shook her head "No. I – Did I tell you that I looked up Mystic Falls? You told me that it was the name of the town you grew up in, right? It doesn't exist," she told them "I'm not sure what that means though…"

Kol and Finn exchanged a frown "Does that mean that…?" the older brother started.

"I think so," Kol nodded and looked down at his little mate "Love, I think this is another world from ours…"

"Does that mean that I won't be able to meet you?" she questioned, tears filling her eyes "But I don't want to be alone…"

Finn made a soothing noise "Don't think about that now, little one. When the time comes, I believe we'll get our answers."

"Yeah," Kol grinned "What he said… Now, little Sel. How was your day?"

Selene told them about making breakfast and about seeing Dudley in his new uniform… Kol had laughed himself silly when she explained how he looked. Hell, even Finn couldn't stop the snort and he was usually the more serious one "I also got this," she murmured, holding out the letter "I don't know what it is… I never got a letter before."

Finn took it and studied it with a pensive expression on his face "Ms. S. Potter, The Cupboard under the Stairs, 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey… That's oddly specific, isn't it?"

"It has my cupboard on it?" Selene blinked, peaking at the letter "What does that mean?"

"I don't know, little one," the older vampire shook his head "How about we check what it says?" He turned the envelope around. It was thick and heavy, made of parchment, like he was used to, although judging from Sel's books, it was weird. On the back, there was a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms. One he didn't recognize. It was in four parts with an animal in each of them. On the top left, there was a lion with a snake next to it. Underneath it was a badger and an eagle. They were all surrounding a large letter H. The Original only hesitated slightly before he opened the letter, pulling out the two sheets of parchment.

'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 Ms. Potter,

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. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress'

"What the –?" he blinked, rereading the words over and over again.

Kol glanced over his shoulder "Well… That's not what I would have expected but we already knew that Selene was a witch. Schools for magic around too impossible."

"School for magic?" Selene frowned, tugging the parchment out of Finn's hands. She read through the words and took a look at the list "Where am I supposed to get all of that stuff? And what does it mean 'they await my owl'?"

"How about we write an answer," Kol shrugged "You could check if there's an owl outside of your house." When the other two looked at him, he rolled his eyes "I'm guessing not everyone who gets a letter has an owl. It's only logical."

The two Originals helped their little mate to write a response, asking for a teacher to come and show her to where she had to go. Along with some other questions she really wanted to know. As soon as they were done, Selene felt herself waking up. She pressed sweet kisses to Finn's and Kol's cheeks before she vanished.

Dream End

I shot up from the uncomfortable cot, wincing when the pain hit me again. That's why I preferred to be in the dream world. There was no pain and I was loved… I looked down at the letter and pressed my ear to the door. When there was no sound – the Dursleys must have gone out – I carefully opened the door of my cupboard.

Outside there really was an owl waiting in a tree. It flew down when I looked around "What do I do?" I questioned, feeling stupid for talking to an animal. The owl surprised me though when it stuck out a leg, shaking it lightly "I don't have anything to tie it with… Wait here." I ran inside and grabbed an elastic from the kitchen. I quickly wrapped it around the owl's leg "Can you take that to Professor McGonagall?" The owl nodded, tugged at my hair and flew off. I stared after it until it was gone. Well, that was weird… I took another look around and quickly hurried back inside to get into my cupboard.