Disclaimer ~ Oh, yeah! I'm totally J.K. Rowling (saying this sarcastically). Nope, don't own it. Just own the plot + OCs.
Eternal Savior
Part One A:
Chapter Four
Flashback to a few weeks prior
During breakfast time, an owl flew to the center of our dining table. A letter was in its beak.
"Is that what I think it is?" Cassie asked. My hand reached out toward the letter, and a smile graced my lips. On the back there was Hogwarts emblem, and on the front was:
Jacqueline Bruyere
The Second Largest Bedroom
14 Town Street Road
Staines
Surrey
"Are you not going to open it? Or are you going to stare at it for a few minutes…?" Andy said.
"Sorry, I just, wow" I said. Inside, there was a letter that said:
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 Bruyere,
We are pleased to inform 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 no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Another Flashback
Soon after, I found I couldn't bring Aza nor could I bring my broom. Upset, that I couldn't bring my raven, Teddy sent a letter to Professor Dumbledore, asking that Aza be considered as my 'owl'. Not too long after we received his reply:
Mr. Tonks,
We might be able to make an exception, but Aza will not able to stay at the owlery for obvious reasons. Therefore, Aza will have to stay with either Hagrid or perhaps, her head of house. Arrangements will be made after her sorting.
Regards,
Dumbledore Albus
My shirt appeared thrown on, and my cloak was crooked, for I slept in much too late. Today, I would be getting the things I would need for school, including, my very first wand. My glee could not be contained. Literally. I might have as well had pure sugar, for the copious amounts of energy and enthusiasm I have. Over the last few days, Andy had been contemplating giving me an anti-anxiety potion, but she never did. Cassie would not be going with us since she went to work with Teddy and neither would Juliette for she would be taken care of by one Albus's friends, Ms. Figg, I believe.
I ran down the steps to our fireplace where Andy stood there waiting. An irritated look happened to be upon her face.
"This isn't for me…" Andy said. Her eyes wandered to the clock.
"I know. I know. I apologize; see I was reading late last ni-"
"Yes, I know. Come on, let's go" she said. After flooing to the fireplace in the street, we hurried over to Gringotts. Once inside I saw the goblins for the first time. They were rather creepy looking. They had scowls that looked liked they were permanently attached to their faces and beady little eyes that made you feel guilty for doing nothing at all. (Yeesh). She stopped in front of one the goblins, and took a key from her pocket.
"We would like to make a withdrawal" she said calmly.
"I see you have your key… well come along then" he said, his voice sounded like sand paper. We followed him into a small boat. Once we were inside, we zoomed past more or so like a roller coaster, which was well, fun. I had to control my urge to put my hands up and scream. Thankfully, I sat on my hands to make sure I didn't do so…
Once at the vault, he placed one of his nails in a slit of wall creating noises of nails on chalkboard, making me cringe. (Reminds me of my third grade teacher…).
"Vault 806" the goblin said. Instead of waiting outside of the vault with Mr. Creepy Goblin, I followed Andy inside the vault. Inside there wasn't many grand treasures, for I knew Andy had been disinherited for marrying Teddy, but otherwise there were a few heirlooms from Teddy's side of the family. From what I could tell, he was pretty well off (which explains a lot). Tonks soon brought me out of my reverie and tapped me on the shoulder; she already had a bag of galleons in her hand. Before leaving the vault, she placed the bag in one of her pockets in her robes.
"So, where are we going off to first?" I asked.
"Let's grab some of your books at Flourish and Botts… Hmmm it seems you need, The Standard Book o f Spells (Grade One) by Miranda Goshawk, A History of Magicby Bathilda Bag- You already have that book don't you?" I nodded. We already were standing in front of the store. While she was talking I peeked inside.
"Hmm... alright. Check. You need Magical Theoryby Adalbert Waffling, A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore, Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander, and Protecting Yourself Against the Dark Arts by Chesses Chisholm. Hmm. How bout you go and get yourself fitted Twilfit and Tattings, you need three plain black school robes, a new winter robe, one black pointed hat, you already have dragon hide gloves… Um, I'll meet you at Olivanders in one hour. Got it?"
"Yeah. See you in a bit" I said. I hurried over to Twilfit and Tattings (thank goodness it was not too far from Flourish and Botts). Once inside, Signor Palladino greeted me, and asked, "What do would you like today Miss Bruyere?'
"Three plain school robes and a new winter robe, black with silver buttons to be exact, "I replied.
"Easy enough. Let's get you refitted, shall we?" he said.
Thirty minutes later, I had all the clothes I needed, and headed over to Olivander's… In Olivander's, the room was poorly lit, and had thousands of boxes stacked up everywhere. It seemed there was a film of dust that covered most everything (my step-mother would have a heart attack…).
"Good morning" a soft voice said. I jumped* and saw an old man with scraggly white hair and beard. His silvery eyes sort of, well, freaked me out.
"Are you related to Cornelia Van Alst?" he asked.
"I believe so… I think she was my father's mother…" I replied.
"Ah, yes. Nine and half inches. Redwood and dragon heartstring. Great with healing…" he said. He pulled out a long tape measure with silver markings.
"Now which is your wand arm?" he asked.
"Uh, right" I said. He started measuring everywhere.
"Alright then" he went in between the rows of boxes a grabbed one, "Try this one right here. Oak and phoenix tail feather. Ten inches. Rather springy".
I gave it wave, some of the boxes fell out of theirs shelves.
"No, how about birch and dragon heartstring. Twelve inches rather bendy,"
Once more, I tried again, but this time one of the lamps broke.
"Definitely not. Let's try willow and unicorn hair. Nine inches"
I waved and instead of smashing and crashing things, it instead made peaceful sounds and fixed this broken lamp.
"Hmm… interesting… That will be eight galleons" he said.
"After paying him, Andy had finally arrived at Olivander's.
"Already finished? That was quick," she said.
"Andromeda Tonks. Cherry and phoenix feather. Twelve inches. Rather pliable. Very good with charm work" Olivander said. Andy smiled. After our goodbyes, I thought I could see Hogwarts in my horizons. Three more days.
Teddy and Cassie saw me off at King's Cross Station around 10:30. My suitcase had most of my belongings shrunken, for I couldn't fit all the things I had in just one suitcase. Andy thought I didn't need to lug around another suitcase so instead she shrunken them and said for me to ask my head of house to unshrink my things. We all ran through the barrier. When doing so, I was rather freaked out. I mean running into a brick wall defied all logic (and seemed stupid at the time), but I made it through without a scratch to my surprise. The hustle and bustle of all the students made me slightly intimidated. Before, I had gained my magic I went to small muggle private school. It seemed much smaller then Hogwarts, we only had twenty three students in my year. Teddy waved supportively and told me, "Stick you chin up, ol' girl. Try your hardest and stay out of trouble"
"I'll try my best to do so" I said. Taking his advice, I took a deep breath and walked confidently to the train and took an empty compartment towards the middle of the train. I took the book Rare Beings out of my bag and started to read.
Another trait of mermaids is they are very protective, if you upset or harm one of their own they will (if you ever got the chance. This is very unlikely) then you will find yourself killed in a matter of days. All-
"Do you mind if I sit here?" a small voice asked. I looked up and saw a skinny Asian girl with her long hair in a braid.
"Sure" I said. She sat in the seat across of me, obviously tinkering with what to say.
"Are you a first year too?" she asked.
"Mhmm. It's all exciting isn't it?" I placed my book next to me.
"Yeah. I wonder what house I'll be in"
"One can only imagine… Wait, what's your name?"
"Sachiko Miki. What's yours?"
"Jacqueline. Jacqueline Bruyere"
"French? You look a little Spanish too"
"Mix" (Of Spanish and Italian…)
"Oh… that's cool. I'm just plain old Japanese. I don't mean to my nose into things, but how did you get that Silver Star on your eye?"
"I'm not quite sure to be honest…"
"Oh, that's fine. It's pretty cool looking though"
"Yeah…Do you know any spells yet?"
"A few that my mum taught me, but not a lot, at least, not yet…"
"Same… but I prefer making potions. Andy gave me a potions making kit for Christmas"
"Oooh! That sounds so exciting! My mum wouldn't even let me near a cauldron, for I have a habit of bumping into things…"
"That's sounds like my st-sister Cassie"
"Well, I have found I'm not the only klutz in the world that makes me feel a lot better. At least I have a steady hand when it comes to art"
"What kind-"
"Oh, hello. Do you mind if we sit here?" a tall, burly boy asked. An audacious looking girl stood next to him. They looked to be twins, both of them had curly dirty blonde hair, and grey eyes. They both already had their robes on.
"It's fine with me" I said.
"Same here" Sachiko said. They both took a seat on either side.
"I'm Jacoby Meade and this is-" he said.
"His sister Myrna" she said, "What are your names?"
"Jacqueline Bruyere" I said.
"Sachiko Miki" she said.
"I heard you two were talking about art… have you heard of the new wizard museum in Rotterdam? It's supposed to be great" he said
"Yes, but my mum won't let me go. I heard there are some very pretty paintings" Sachiko said.
"You'll see it sometime probably… well, at least at Hogwarts they have paintings all over the walls" Myrna added.
"Really? I haven't heard of that… in Japan, There is only a witch school, Kyoryoku Na Tsue Academy, they don't have many paintings other then gruesome icky ones. They specialize in Defense against the Dark Arts, but I am more interested in Transfiguration, which is why I'm going to Hogwarts" Sachiko said.
"Makes sense, for Jacoby and I, we have wanted to got to Hogwarts since we were four. Our whole family has gone there" Myrna said, "Cool star"
"Uh. Thanks" I blushed (well my version of blushing).
Sachiko checked her pocket watch, "Oh we might want to change into our robes soon, it seems we will be arriving in about twenty minutes". We waved goodbye and left to change.
~AR~
When we came back we found all four of us rather giddy with excitement, mostly because we wondered what house we would be sorted into.
AN: I know, I'm horrible, but with the beginning speech, sorting, and her introduction to her house, it added up. So, I had to cut it in half. Okay, kind of disappointed with the lack of review with the great amount of visitors... Attention silent readers: please review for this chapter, even if it's only a sentence long. It's not that difficult and it doesn't take that long... thanks to all those that have reviewed so far.
- AR
