Summary: Jenny Hansen has always known she's been different from other
children. Something powerful resides within her. She doesn't know who her
father is. All her mother remembers is a passionate green-eyed stranger.
When a mysterious letter appears for an enchanted school, Jenny wonders if
this is the answer to her questions.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter; he belongs to the wonderful J.K. Rowling, Genevieve, Jenny, Angela, the story plot and all other original characters are mine however^_^
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Kadi Rilla Wholi: If you want a clue, re-read Jenny's Hogwarts booklist! ^_^ Dean and Lavender are going to get married (Dean's comment: "Hey! I am engaged you know!")
Chuthulupenguin: lol, you know I never thought of that! (And thank you very much)
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Heir of the phoenix
Chapter 3: Charlotte & the "crazy" man
The next day Jenny sprang out of bed, unable to contain her excitement, she danced around her room, singing.
She had stayed up till midnight reading bits and pieces of her schoolbooks. It was all so interesting. Mum had come in around 12:30 to tell her that she REALLY needed to go to bed. So, Jenny reluctantly crawled into bed and fell into a fitful sleep full of dreams.
Jenny quickly took a shower and got dressed, after running a brush through her messy curls, she plopped down on the floor and began reading from where she left off in "Standard book of spells, grade one".
After awhile she got bored of reading and decided to try some of the spells. She went over to her nightstand where her wand was, nestled carefully in its box. Picking it up, she felt its warmth spread quickly up her arm and through her body.
After double-checking the incantation, She placed a hair elastic on the floor and chanted "Wingardium leviosa!" while following the diagram in the book on how wave her wand. Too her immense surprise and pleasure, the hair elastic rose slowly off the floor. Breaking her concentration to yell happily, the hair elastic dropped to the floor. Jenny didn't notice and instead tore downstairs to show mum.
"Mum! Mum! I can do it! I can do magic! Watch!"
Genevieve, who had been in the middle of making pancakes, turned to watch Jenny, who was waving her wand and grinning ear to ear.
"Well, let's see what you can do!" She said, happy and excited to see some more magic.
"Do you have anything light?" Asked Jenny.
"How about this?" Genevieve held up a pen.
Jenny looked dubious.
"I think it might be too heavy, but I'll try..."
Genevieve placed it down on the counter.
Jenny screwed up her face into an expression of great concentration.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" she chanted loudly.
The pen shook a little, and then started rolling towards the edge of the counter, but instead of falling when it reached the edge, it hovered there and rose a bit.
Genevieve stared between the pen and her daughter, who seemed to be using all the force of her will (which was considerable) to keep the pen afloat in the air.
Suddenly Jenny relaxed and the pen dropped to the floor with a clatter.
Genevieve couldn't bring herself to speak. After all these years...
She pulled Jenny into a hug.
"Whatever happens, you'll still be my little girl"
Instead of snorting and saying 'Mum!' Jenny remained silent and nodded.
"I'm going to go outside and try some of this stuff out ok?"
"Alright sweetie, I'll call you in for pancakes when I'm done."
"Pancakes?! Mmm..."
Genevieve laughed at that.
"Now you go outside."
Jenny went upstairs and got the spellbook, she then went out into the backyard. She knew she wasn't in danger of being seen because tall shrubs surrounded their yard and both the families on either side of them were on vacation.
Sitting down in the shade, she began to experiment with different spells. To her surprise, she was able to do most of the ones she tried. There were several difficulty warnings on different pages of the book, but Jenny had no trouble at all with those spells.
Suddenly there was a loud crunch and one of the shrubs shook. Jenny quickly hid her wand behind her and pulled the book into her lap and pretended to be reading.
A familiar face appeared. It was Charlotte, the only girl that Jenny knew that wasn't scared of her. Charlotte was shyer than even Genevieve and had a good reason to be, she was a master at being invisible. Her father was the type to come home from the pub roaring and swearing. Charlotte had once confided in Jenny that her father often slapped her.
But right now, Charlotte wasn't shy; she smiled brightly at the sight of her friend.
"Hey Jenny! How's life?" she said cheerfully.
Jenny regarded Charlotte with surprise.
"What's gotten you all chipper all of a sudden?" Jenny asked.
"Dad's been arrested for drunk driving! I don't have to see him for a week!" she smiled brightly. Charlotte hated her father with an all- consuming passion. Most children would be ashamed if their parents were arrested for something, but Charlotte was looking forward to a break from her father's tyranny.
"Oh..."
"So what are you doing?" asked Charlotte.
Athena chose that moment to come back from hunting. Swooping into the yard she landed on Jenny's shoulder.
Charlotte jumped and regarded the owl in complete amazement.
"You have an OWL?" She demanded.
"Um...yah..." Jenny replied slowly
"That is SO cool" she reached to touch Athena, who regarded her coolly. While stroking her feathers, Charlotte remarked, "My crazy neighbor has an owl...its always coming and going, He also wears strange clothes and I could swear his house is haunted! I remember when he moved in, Mum tried to give him some brownies..."
It suddenly clicked in Jenny's head that Charlotte's so called 'crazy' neighbor was probably a wizard.
"So what were you doing?" Asked Charlotte again, flopping down next to Jenny.
"Oh...reading" said Jenny airily
"Neat, what are you reading?"
"Um..." Jenny debated what to tell her closest friend. Coming to a decision, she held up the heavy book so that Charlotte could read the title.
"Standard book of spells, Grade 1?" said Charlotte neutrally.
"Um...yah..." Jenny shifted uncomfortably.
"Why would you be reading something like that?"
"Umm...I need it for school..."
"School." Charlotte raised an eyebrow.
"You know how everyone thinks I'm weird? How I'm like a freak?"
"Yes" said Charlotte calmly.
"I found out why..." Jenny took a deep breath "I'm a witch"
Charlotte's jaw dropped in surprise; this was obviously not the answer she'd been expecting.
"That IS SO COOL" She exclaimed "Can you like do magic and stuff?"
"Yes, but Char, you mustn't tell ANYONE"
"I won't, I promise, but this is so cool...when did you find out?"
"A few days ago."
"How did you find out???" asked Charlotte, she was bursting with excitement.
"I got a letter inviting me to a boarding school to study magic"
"A boarding school?" Said Charlotte, she looked horrified "But we won't be able to see each other!"
Jenny's previously happy mood vanished. But then a thought struck her.
"We can always mail each other, I've got Athena and I can visit on the holidays!"
Charlotte didn't look as depressed anymore.
"So can you show me some magic?" She asked
"Sure"
Athena choose this moment to rise into the air and disappear into Jenny's window.
"She's really beautiful," remarked Charlotte about Athena.
"Yah...Now watch!" Jenny said mischiviously.
"Ohh, what are you going to do?"
"Watch"
Jenny pulled out her wand and pointed it to a stick lying on the grass a few feet away.
"Wingardium Leviosa!"
Charlotte gasped as the stick rose into the air and floated lazily towards them.
She turned to Jenny, whose face was contorted with extreme concentration. After awhile, she relaxed and the stick dropped to the ground.
"That's amazing! What is that thing?"
"My wand"
"I thought faeries had wands"
Jenny laughed.
"Nope"
"Can I hold it?"
"Alright..." Jenny handed it over slowly.
Charlotte took the wand and examined it carefully. Then she gave it wave.
BANG! The tip of the wand blew out multitudes of ugly green sparks.
Charlotte dropped it quickly.
"Whoa...I don't think it wants me touching it..." She said shakily.
"I figured it might do that...I read somewhere that wands don't take kindly to other people using them."
"Oh"
Jenny thought for a moment.
"Charlotte, you know that neighbor of yours? The one with the owl?"
"Yah? What about him?" asked Charlotte.
"I think he's a wizard."
"What if we went to talk to him?"
"I never thought of that..." Said Jenny "I'll go tell mum that your going to show me something"
Jenny ran inside and returned a few minutes later.
"Let's go!" Jenny put the spellbook in the house and tucked her wand into her pocket. Then she whistled.
Charlotte looked at her strangely.
"What are you doing?"
"Calling Athena"
"Ah..."
Soon Athena came fluttering out the window and landed on the old wooden bench that had been in the backyard as long as Jenny could remember.
"We're going to do some investigating, want to come?" Jenny asked her owl. The owl gave her a look then took off and began to rise into the air and circle.
"She'll follow us" Said Jenny
"How do you know that?" asked Charlotte, surprised.
Jenny paused for a second. An odd look came over her face.
"I honestly don't know how I know...well, anyways, let's go."
It took them 10 minutes to walk to Charlotte's house, the whole way they could see Athena flying overhead.
Charlotte's house was in an entirely different neighborhood, it was a lot more grubby and unkempt. Many people called out friendly greetings to Charlotte. Jenny rarely went to Charlotte's house because of her father.
They walked past Charlotte's small house and stopped in front of an interesting old house. It was shabby and the paint was peeling. The grass was in need of mowing but the flowers in the flowerbeds were very pretty and multicolored.
Jenny began to march down the front walk when she noticed that Charlotte wasn't with her. She turned and saw her friend walking back down the street.
"Where are you going?" Jenny demanded.
"I just remembered that I have some chores to do!" Called out Charlotte
Jenny pondered this for a moment. Then strode after her friend and grabbed Charlotte's arm and began to pull her back towards the house.
"But...but...I have to do chores!"
"You can do them after," Said Jenny firmly, steering Charlotte towards the door, wondering what had come over her friend.
Reaching the front door, she rang the doorbell and jumped at how loud it was.
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Todd Lorelei was sitting at his kitchen table, alternately eating breakfast and writing a report for his new boss, the head of the Magical games & Sports department, when the muggle proximity buzzer went off.
'Oh Merlin' he thought to himself 'not another bloody muggle salesman'
Peering out the window, he saw that it wasn't a salesman, but two girls. One had curly chestnut hair and appeared to be dragging the other girl, who had short blondish hair, down the front walk.
He had seen the girl with blonde hair before and knew she was a muggle, but the other girl was new and she did not seem affected by his muggle repelling spells.
He tried to think of any wizarding families that could live nearby but couldn't come up with any names. A muggle who wasn't bothered by the wards he had put in his house?
He watched as they climbed the steps. Then he started towards the door. He winced at the magically amplified doorbell.
'I gotta get rid of that' he thought.
He opened the door.
Standing there was the two girls. The first one was having a hell of a time trying to keep the second one from running off.
"Um...hi" said the first girl, extending one hand and holding onto the second girl with the other.
"I'm Jenny Hansen...this is my friend Charlotte."
The girl named Charlotte smiled weakly and tried to extract herself from the grip that Jenny had on her arm.
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A young man with light brown hair and hazel eyes opened the door. He gave them a confused look as if to ask 'Who the hell are you?'
He was also wearing dark blue robes, similar to what Jenny had seen some people wear in Diagon Alley.
"Um...hi" It was all Jenny could think of saying. She was trying to keep her friend from taking off.
"I'm Jenny Hansen...this is my friend Charlotte" Jenny said.
Athena chose that moment to swoop down and land on Jenny's shoulder.
The man looked from Athena to Jenny to Charlotte. Then comprehension seemed to dawn.
"I'm Todd Lorelei, please come in."
Jenny dragged Charlotte into the house ("But....I...have...chores...to ...do!")
"You're a wizard right?"
Todd looked slightly taken aback.
"Yes, I am, but how do you know?"
"Charlotte told me that she had a crazy neighbor with an owl who always wore weird clothes"
Jenny turned to look at her friend, who was beginning to shake violently.
"Charlotte? Charlotte!" She snapped her fingers in front of her friends face.
She turned to the man named Todd.
"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Jenny asked, shaking Todd out of his reverie.
"Actually, I do, she's having a reaction to the wards around my house"
"Wards?"
"Muggle repelling spells"
"Oh..."
Jenny watched as Todd took out his wand and waved it in Charlotte's direction. Instantly she stopped shaking and blinked.
"Whoa...that was weird" She remarked. "What was that?"
"You were under the effects of a muggle repelling spell" answered Todd
"Muggle?" asked Charlotte
"Someone who isn't magic" answered Jenny
"Oh..."
Todd looked at the girls and then at the mess his house was. An embarrassed grimace was on his face.
"You know, I wasn't really expecting company..." He said.
"We don't mind, we just wanted to see if you were really a wizard, most people think your just crazy."
"I know, I want them to think that" answered Todd. "Why don't we go sit in the living room? I don't any tea or anything."
"It's alright."
He led both girls into a dusty looking room. Many portraits lined the walls and ancient looking shelves were lined with books. They sat on the couch, while he took his favorite armchair.
"Did you go to Hogwarts?" asked Jenny
"Yes I did, I graduated four years ago" Answered Todd
"What house were you in?" She asked
"Ravenclaw."
"Neat, I just bought all my stuff from Diagon Alley yesterday!"
"I remember when I went there for school supplies, I knocked down this bloody great display in Flourish and Blott's, me mum wasn't too pleased." Said Todd reminiscently.
"Were you able to do any spells right after?" asked Jenny
Todd frowned. "Not really, only one or two that me brother taught me and I couldn't do them that well, I'm not exactly what you'd call a skilled wizard. I work for the department for Magical Games and Sports at the ministry..."
"Ministry?"
"The Ministry of Magic."
"Ministry of magic...Oh! Right...Do you play Quiddtich?"
"Play Quidditch? I live for it! I was captain of the Ravenclaw team for two years...I would've played professionally, but I shattered my arm last year, so I can't catch a Quaffle to save my life now... Say, where'd you hear about Quidditch?"
"A boy told me about it, I thought it sounded interesting" said Jenny.
Charlotte cleared her throat.
"Um... what in the world are you guys talking about?" She asked.
"Stuff... and Quidditch."
Charlotte raised an eyebrow.
Todd laughed. "It's the best game in the world"
"You're the second person who's told me that" remarked Jenny
"Well, it is!" cried Todd.
Jenny turned to face Charlotte and rolled her eyes.
"Fanatics! I tell you!" She said dramatically.
Suddenly Todd frowned, and looked at Jenny closer.
"What?" She asked.
"You look familiar" He told her.
"I do?"
"Yah..." He shook his head "But I can't think of why"
Jenny caught sight of the time.
"Oh my god! Mum's going to be furious, I told her we'd only be gone for like half and hour and it's 11!"
"What time did we leave?" asked Charlotte
"Ten"
"Oh, yah... we have to go..."
Todd walked them to the door.
"Thank you for having us." said Jenny politely
"Your welcome, I'm glad to have some company, and Charlotte, that spell won't wear off unless I make it, so don't worry about coming near the place."
"Alright" said Charlotte
With that, the two girls raced off down the street.
Todd watched them go.
Jenny gave him the feeling that he already knew her, though he knew it was impossible that he could. She was also familiar looking.
He didn't know why...
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And so end's Chapter five.
I know all of you are wondering "What the hell's with Todd and that whole thing?"
Before any of you get ANY ideas, Todd is NOT related to Jenny in ANY way. He also doesn't know either Harry or Genevieve (who are at least 14 years older than he is)
But, He is an extremely important character, Or at least he WILL be an extremely important character. He has a special purpose later in the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter; he belongs to the wonderful J.K. Rowling, Genevieve, Jenny, Angela, the story plot and all other original characters are mine however^_^
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Kadi Rilla Wholi: If you want a clue, re-read Jenny's Hogwarts booklist! ^_^ Dean and Lavender are going to get married (Dean's comment: "Hey! I am engaged you know!")
Chuthulupenguin: lol, you know I never thought of that! (And thank you very much)
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Heir of the phoenix
Chapter 3: Charlotte & the "crazy" man
The next day Jenny sprang out of bed, unable to contain her excitement, she danced around her room, singing.
She had stayed up till midnight reading bits and pieces of her schoolbooks. It was all so interesting. Mum had come in around 12:30 to tell her that she REALLY needed to go to bed. So, Jenny reluctantly crawled into bed and fell into a fitful sleep full of dreams.
Jenny quickly took a shower and got dressed, after running a brush through her messy curls, she plopped down on the floor and began reading from where she left off in "Standard book of spells, grade one".
After awhile she got bored of reading and decided to try some of the spells. She went over to her nightstand where her wand was, nestled carefully in its box. Picking it up, she felt its warmth spread quickly up her arm and through her body.
After double-checking the incantation, She placed a hair elastic on the floor and chanted "Wingardium leviosa!" while following the diagram in the book on how wave her wand. Too her immense surprise and pleasure, the hair elastic rose slowly off the floor. Breaking her concentration to yell happily, the hair elastic dropped to the floor. Jenny didn't notice and instead tore downstairs to show mum.
"Mum! Mum! I can do it! I can do magic! Watch!"
Genevieve, who had been in the middle of making pancakes, turned to watch Jenny, who was waving her wand and grinning ear to ear.
"Well, let's see what you can do!" She said, happy and excited to see some more magic.
"Do you have anything light?" Asked Jenny.
"How about this?" Genevieve held up a pen.
Jenny looked dubious.
"I think it might be too heavy, but I'll try..."
Genevieve placed it down on the counter.
Jenny screwed up her face into an expression of great concentration.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" she chanted loudly.
The pen shook a little, and then started rolling towards the edge of the counter, but instead of falling when it reached the edge, it hovered there and rose a bit.
Genevieve stared between the pen and her daughter, who seemed to be using all the force of her will (which was considerable) to keep the pen afloat in the air.
Suddenly Jenny relaxed and the pen dropped to the floor with a clatter.
Genevieve couldn't bring herself to speak. After all these years...
She pulled Jenny into a hug.
"Whatever happens, you'll still be my little girl"
Instead of snorting and saying 'Mum!' Jenny remained silent and nodded.
"I'm going to go outside and try some of this stuff out ok?"
"Alright sweetie, I'll call you in for pancakes when I'm done."
"Pancakes?! Mmm..."
Genevieve laughed at that.
"Now you go outside."
Jenny went upstairs and got the spellbook, she then went out into the backyard. She knew she wasn't in danger of being seen because tall shrubs surrounded their yard and both the families on either side of them were on vacation.
Sitting down in the shade, she began to experiment with different spells. To her surprise, she was able to do most of the ones she tried. There were several difficulty warnings on different pages of the book, but Jenny had no trouble at all with those spells.
Suddenly there was a loud crunch and one of the shrubs shook. Jenny quickly hid her wand behind her and pulled the book into her lap and pretended to be reading.
A familiar face appeared. It was Charlotte, the only girl that Jenny knew that wasn't scared of her. Charlotte was shyer than even Genevieve and had a good reason to be, she was a master at being invisible. Her father was the type to come home from the pub roaring and swearing. Charlotte had once confided in Jenny that her father often slapped her.
But right now, Charlotte wasn't shy; she smiled brightly at the sight of her friend.
"Hey Jenny! How's life?" she said cheerfully.
Jenny regarded Charlotte with surprise.
"What's gotten you all chipper all of a sudden?" Jenny asked.
"Dad's been arrested for drunk driving! I don't have to see him for a week!" she smiled brightly. Charlotte hated her father with an all- consuming passion. Most children would be ashamed if their parents were arrested for something, but Charlotte was looking forward to a break from her father's tyranny.
"Oh..."
"So what are you doing?" asked Charlotte.
Athena chose that moment to come back from hunting. Swooping into the yard she landed on Jenny's shoulder.
Charlotte jumped and regarded the owl in complete amazement.
"You have an OWL?" She demanded.
"Um...yah..." Jenny replied slowly
"That is SO cool" she reached to touch Athena, who regarded her coolly. While stroking her feathers, Charlotte remarked, "My crazy neighbor has an owl...its always coming and going, He also wears strange clothes and I could swear his house is haunted! I remember when he moved in, Mum tried to give him some brownies..."
It suddenly clicked in Jenny's head that Charlotte's so called 'crazy' neighbor was probably a wizard.
"So what were you doing?" Asked Charlotte again, flopping down next to Jenny.
"Oh...reading" said Jenny airily
"Neat, what are you reading?"
"Um..." Jenny debated what to tell her closest friend. Coming to a decision, she held up the heavy book so that Charlotte could read the title.
"Standard book of spells, Grade 1?" said Charlotte neutrally.
"Um...yah..." Jenny shifted uncomfortably.
"Why would you be reading something like that?"
"Umm...I need it for school..."
"School." Charlotte raised an eyebrow.
"You know how everyone thinks I'm weird? How I'm like a freak?"
"Yes" said Charlotte calmly.
"I found out why..." Jenny took a deep breath "I'm a witch"
Charlotte's jaw dropped in surprise; this was obviously not the answer she'd been expecting.
"That IS SO COOL" She exclaimed "Can you like do magic and stuff?"
"Yes, but Char, you mustn't tell ANYONE"
"I won't, I promise, but this is so cool...when did you find out?"
"A few days ago."
"How did you find out???" asked Charlotte, she was bursting with excitement.
"I got a letter inviting me to a boarding school to study magic"
"A boarding school?" Said Charlotte, she looked horrified "But we won't be able to see each other!"
Jenny's previously happy mood vanished. But then a thought struck her.
"We can always mail each other, I've got Athena and I can visit on the holidays!"
Charlotte didn't look as depressed anymore.
"So can you show me some magic?" She asked
"Sure"
Athena choose this moment to rise into the air and disappear into Jenny's window.
"She's really beautiful," remarked Charlotte about Athena.
"Yah...Now watch!" Jenny said mischiviously.
"Ohh, what are you going to do?"
"Watch"
Jenny pulled out her wand and pointed it to a stick lying on the grass a few feet away.
"Wingardium Leviosa!"
Charlotte gasped as the stick rose into the air and floated lazily towards them.
She turned to Jenny, whose face was contorted with extreme concentration. After awhile, she relaxed and the stick dropped to the ground.
"That's amazing! What is that thing?"
"My wand"
"I thought faeries had wands"
Jenny laughed.
"Nope"
"Can I hold it?"
"Alright..." Jenny handed it over slowly.
Charlotte took the wand and examined it carefully. Then she gave it wave.
BANG! The tip of the wand blew out multitudes of ugly green sparks.
Charlotte dropped it quickly.
"Whoa...I don't think it wants me touching it..." She said shakily.
"I figured it might do that...I read somewhere that wands don't take kindly to other people using them."
"Oh"
Jenny thought for a moment.
"Charlotte, you know that neighbor of yours? The one with the owl?"
"Yah? What about him?" asked Charlotte.
"I think he's a wizard."
"What if we went to talk to him?"
"I never thought of that..." Said Jenny "I'll go tell mum that your going to show me something"
Jenny ran inside and returned a few minutes later.
"Let's go!" Jenny put the spellbook in the house and tucked her wand into her pocket. Then she whistled.
Charlotte looked at her strangely.
"What are you doing?"
"Calling Athena"
"Ah..."
Soon Athena came fluttering out the window and landed on the old wooden bench that had been in the backyard as long as Jenny could remember.
"We're going to do some investigating, want to come?" Jenny asked her owl. The owl gave her a look then took off and began to rise into the air and circle.
"She'll follow us" Said Jenny
"How do you know that?" asked Charlotte, surprised.
Jenny paused for a second. An odd look came over her face.
"I honestly don't know how I know...well, anyways, let's go."
It took them 10 minutes to walk to Charlotte's house, the whole way they could see Athena flying overhead.
Charlotte's house was in an entirely different neighborhood, it was a lot more grubby and unkempt. Many people called out friendly greetings to Charlotte. Jenny rarely went to Charlotte's house because of her father.
They walked past Charlotte's small house and stopped in front of an interesting old house. It was shabby and the paint was peeling. The grass was in need of mowing but the flowers in the flowerbeds were very pretty and multicolored.
Jenny began to march down the front walk when she noticed that Charlotte wasn't with her. She turned and saw her friend walking back down the street.
"Where are you going?" Jenny demanded.
"I just remembered that I have some chores to do!" Called out Charlotte
Jenny pondered this for a moment. Then strode after her friend and grabbed Charlotte's arm and began to pull her back towards the house.
"But...but...I have to do chores!"
"You can do them after," Said Jenny firmly, steering Charlotte towards the door, wondering what had come over her friend.
Reaching the front door, she rang the doorbell and jumped at how loud it was.
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Todd Lorelei was sitting at his kitchen table, alternately eating breakfast and writing a report for his new boss, the head of the Magical games & Sports department, when the muggle proximity buzzer went off.
'Oh Merlin' he thought to himself 'not another bloody muggle salesman'
Peering out the window, he saw that it wasn't a salesman, but two girls. One had curly chestnut hair and appeared to be dragging the other girl, who had short blondish hair, down the front walk.
He had seen the girl with blonde hair before and knew she was a muggle, but the other girl was new and she did not seem affected by his muggle repelling spells.
He tried to think of any wizarding families that could live nearby but couldn't come up with any names. A muggle who wasn't bothered by the wards he had put in his house?
He watched as they climbed the steps. Then he started towards the door. He winced at the magically amplified doorbell.
'I gotta get rid of that' he thought.
He opened the door.
Standing there was the two girls. The first one was having a hell of a time trying to keep the second one from running off.
"Um...hi" said the first girl, extending one hand and holding onto the second girl with the other.
"I'm Jenny Hansen...this is my friend Charlotte."
The girl named Charlotte smiled weakly and tried to extract herself from the grip that Jenny had on her arm.
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A young man with light brown hair and hazel eyes opened the door. He gave them a confused look as if to ask 'Who the hell are you?'
He was also wearing dark blue robes, similar to what Jenny had seen some people wear in Diagon Alley.
"Um...hi" It was all Jenny could think of saying. She was trying to keep her friend from taking off.
"I'm Jenny Hansen...this is my friend Charlotte" Jenny said.
Athena chose that moment to swoop down and land on Jenny's shoulder.
The man looked from Athena to Jenny to Charlotte. Then comprehension seemed to dawn.
"I'm Todd Lorelei, please come in."
Jenny dragged Charlotte into the house ("But....I...have...chores...to ...do!")
"You're a wizard right?"
Todd looked slightly taken aback.
"Yes, I am, but how do you know?"
"Charlotte told me that she had a crazy neighbor with an owl who always wore weird clothes"
Jenny turned to look at her friend, who was beginning to shake violently.
"Charlotte? Charlotte!" She snapped her fingers in front of her friends face.
She turned to the man named Todd.
"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Jenny asked, shaking Todd out of his reverie.
"Actually, I do, she's having a reaction to the wards around my house"
"Wards?"
"Muggle repelling spells"
"Oh..."
Jenny watched as Todd took out his wand and waved it in Charlotte's direction. Instantly she stopped shaking and blinked.
"Whoa...that was weird" She remarked. "What was that?"
"You were under the effects of a muggle repelling spell" answered Todd
"Muggle?" asked Charlotte
"Someone who isn't magic" answered Jenny
"Oh..."
Todd looked at the girls and then at the mess his house was. An embarrassed grimace was on his face.
"You know, I wasn't really expecting company..." He said.
"We don't mind, we just wanted to see if you were really a wizard, most people think your just crazy."
"I know, I want them to think that" answered Todd. "Why don't we go sit in the living room? I don't any tea or anything."
"It's alright."
He led both girls into a dusty looking room. Many portraits lined the walls and ancient looking shelves were lined with books. They sat on the couch, while he took his favorite armchair.
"Did you go to Hogwarts?" asked Jenny
"Yes I did, I graduated four years ago" Answered Todd
"What house were you in?" She asked
"Ravenclaw."
"Neat, I just bought all my stuff from Diagon Alley yesterday!"
"I remember when I went there for school supplies, I knocked down this bloody great display in Flourish and Blott's, me mum wasn't too pleased." Said Todd reminiscently.
"Were you able to do any spells right after?" asked Jenny
Todd frowned. "Not really, only one or two that me brother taught me and I couldn't do them that well, I'm not exactly what you'd call a skilled wizard. I work for the department for Magical Games and Sports at the ministry..."
"Ministry?"
"The Ministry of Magic."
"Ministry of magic...Oh! Right...Do you play Quiddtich?"
"Play Quidditch? I live for it! I was captain of the Ravenclaw team for two years...I would've played professionally, but I shattered my arm last year, so I can't catch a Quaffle to save my life now... Say, where'd you hear about Quidditch?"
"A boy told me about it, I thought it sounded interesting" said Jenny.
Charlotte cleared her throat.
"Um... what in the world are you guys talking about?" She asked.
"Stuff... and Quidditch."
Charlotte raised an eyebrow.
Todd laughed. "It's the best game in the world"
"You're the second person who's told me that" remarked Jenny
"Well, it is!" cried Todd.
Jenny turned to face Charlotte and rolled her eyes.
"Fanatics! I tell you!" She said dramatically.
Suddenly Todd frowned, and looked at Jenny closer.
"What?" She asked.
"You look familiar" He told her.
"I do?"
"Yah..." He shook his head "But I can't think of why"
Jenny caught sight of the time.
"Oh my god! Mum's going to be furious, I told her we'd only be gone for like half and hour and it's 11!"
"What time did we leave?" asked Charlotte
"Ten"
"Oh, yah... we have to go..."
Todd walked them to the door.
"Thank you for having us." said Jenny politely
"Your welcome, I'm glad to have some company, and Charlotte, that spell won't wear off unless I make it, so don't worry about coming near the place."
"Alright" said Charlotte
With that, the two girls raced off down the street.
Todd watched them go.
Jenny gave him the feeling that he already knew her, though he knew it was impossible that he could. She was also familiar looking.
He didn't know why...
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And so end's Chapter five.
I know all of you are wondering "What the hell's with Todd and that whole thing?"
Before any of you get ANY ideas, Todd is NOT related to Jenny in ANY way. He also doesn't know either Harry or Genevieve (who are at least 14 years older than he is)
But, He is an extremely important character, Or at least he WILL be an extremely important character. He has a special purpose later in the story.