The door opened and she was shocked to see a Young man in what looked like a long green dress... With black hair and Glasses.
'Maybe' she thought, 'I'm not normal after all....'
And she grinned.
"You look familiar... did you used to live here?" Delphine asked, suddenly wondering what she was going to say to this person... her cousin apparently.
"Er... yes... My name is Harry, our mothers were sisters..." He said... 'Good' she thought, 'He hasn't any idea of what to say either'
"Well, My name is Delphine, could you please tell me what you meant by calling my Mum and I witches?" I asked, trying to sound grown-up, and failing horribly...
"Hmm... That's a long story, the easiest way to explain it is to show you what a wizard is..., Here hand me your hairpin" He said, all very quickly. Delphine handed him her hair pin, one of those butterfly ones.
He pulled out a long wooden stick out of his sleeve and waved it, and the pin suddenly became a living butterfly that got up and flew around the kitchen.
Delphine wasn't expecting something that shocking...
"Wh... what? You mean that My mum can do stuff like that? And I can too?!"
"Your mother could if she'd just let me take her to Daigon alley and get her a wand and some lessons, but she refused after she found out she was a witch, And you will be able too after 7 years at Hogwarts."
"Hogwarts? Is that a school for witches?" Delphine said, eyes widening.
"You defiantly got some Evans intelligence that skipped Aunt petunia, yes it is, and I'm here to take you there, if you want to go, I have to tell you that your parents won't be happy about it" he said, utterly amazed, it seemed.
"Who cares! I'm not a normal girl with a normal boring life! So, can I take Pumpkin.. my cat?" She said, showing that she had made her decision.
"Yes, Pumpkin can come, Go up and pack while I talk your dad into it... they've been listening at the door, by the way" Delphine practically laughed and ran up the stairs when she heard a loud gasp come from behind the kitchen door.
Delphine packed her truck, grabbed Pumpkin, and as an afterthought, grabbed her pocket money and her Tarot Cards, witch had been bought in secret to give her something to do...
~*~
When the protests had died down, (after a little push in the right direction with the fact that Delphine wanted to go and that Harry could turn her parents into frogs, witch Delphine assumed was true, even though hard to believe.) Harry, or "Uncle Harry" as Delphine had started to say, drug her truck out of the house, followed closely by the Blond little girl.
"Um..." she said when she didn't notice a car anywhere around, "How'd you get here Uncle Harry?" He looked up startled, not used to that sort of question.
"I Apparated... sort of popped out of nowhere is how I'd describe it, but we'll be taking the Knight Bus to the borrow." He lifted up his wand and after a load BANG a odd looking purple bus popped up. Delphine reminded herself to ask about apparition later...
Looking thoroughly perplexed, Delphine hopped onto the bus and into a thin 30-ish looking man.
"'ello, Oo're you?"
"She's with me Stan" Harry said.
"Oh! 'ello 'fesser Potter! Two beds today, is it?" Stan said. Delphine wondered why there were beds instead of seats.
"Yes please, and take us to the borrow" Delphine thought to ask what "the borrow" was.
"Right then.." and Stan took Delphine's trunk to the back.
"You're a Professor? Will you be teaching me Uncle Harry?" Delphine asked hopefully, she liked to see familiar faces when she went somewhere new.
"Yes, I teach Defense against Dark arts." Harry replied, motioning for her to sit on the nearest bed.
"Dark arts? You mean there are bad wizards?" Delphine asked.
"Yes, but at the moment there aren't any to speak of, I spent my entire life fighting against Voldemort."
"What?! You fought dark wizards while you were living at Privet Drive?"
"Yes, I did, actually, Voldemort actually came after me while I was there... but that's a different story, and there are too many good things to tell that you shouldn't have to hear the bad things first..."
Delphine gulped... A Dark Wizard... at her house? It was hard to believe... but she racked her memory and came up with one word... snakes... and told herself that she'd figure it out later... "Well.. um... What other subjects can I take?"
Harry started telling her about Charms and Transfiguration and other things, occasional stopping to yell when the bus gave a great lurch.
~*~
After one final lurch that turned Dephine's stomach, the bus came to a complete stop.
"Are we at the borrow?" She asked, still wondering what it was.
"Yes, we are, now come on, You have to meet everyone, My children have been itching to see you." He said with a smug look, looked like he was very proud of them..
"You have children? You seem too young to have them..." she started, then realized that it was entirely rude of her...
"They are a lot younger than you, my son and daughter are about 6. They're up with their mother and the Weasleys." He said again, and started walking up a thin dirt road.
Delphine was excited, she was about to meet two cousins and an Aunt she never knew about, plus a bunch of other people who were all wizards and witches. Today was turning out to be very interesting...
'Maybe' she thought, 'I'm not normal after all....'
And she grinned.
"You look familiar... did you used to live here?" Delphine asked, suddenly wondering what she was going to say to this person... her cousin apparently.
"Er... yes... My name is Harry, our mothers were sisters..." He said... 'Good' she thought, 'He hasn't any idea of what to say either'
"Well, My name is Delphine, could you please tell me what you meant by calling my Mum and I witches?" I asked, trying to sound grown-up, and failing horribly...
"Hmm... That's a long story, the easiest way to explain it is to show you what a wizard is..., Here hand me your hairpin" He said, all very quickly. Delphine handed him her hair pin, one of those butterfly ones.
He pulled out a long wooden stick out of his sleeve and waved it, and the pin suddenly became a living butterfly that got up and flew around the kitchen.
Delphine wasn't expecting something that shocking...
"Wh... what? You mean that My mum can do stuff like that? And I can too?!"
"Your mother could if she'd just let me take her to Daigon alley and get her a wand and some lessons, but she refused after she found out she was a witch, And you will be able too after 7 years at Hogwarts."
"Hogwarts? Is that a school for witches?" Delphine said, eyes widening.
"You defiantly got some Evans intelligence that skipped Aunt petunia, yes it is, and I'm here to take you there, if you want to go, I have to tell you that your parents won't be happy about it" he said, utterly amazed, it seemed.
"Who cares! I'm not a normal girl with a normal boring life! So, can I take Pumpkin.. my cat?" She said, showing that she had made her decision.
"Yes, Pumpkin can come, Go up and pack while I talk your dad into it... they've been listening at the door, by the way" Delphine practically laughed and ran up the stairs when she heard a loud gasp come from behind the kitchen door.
Delphine packed her truck, grabbed Pumpkin, and as an afterthought, grabbed her pocket money and her Tarot Cards, witch had been bought in secret to give her something to do...
~*~
When the protests had died down, (after a little push in the right direction with the fact that Delphine wanted to go and that Harry could turn her parents into frogs, witch Delphine assumed was true, even though hard to believe.) Harry, or "Uncle Harry" as Delphine had started to say, drug her truck out of the house, followed closely by the Blond little girl.
"Um..." she said when she didn't notice a car anywhere around, "How'd you get here Uncle Harry?" He looked up startled, not used to that sort of question.
"I Apparated... sort of popped out of nowhere is how I'd describe it, but we'll be taking the Knight Bus to the borrow." He lifted up his wand and after a load BANG a odd looking purple bus popped up. Delphine reminded herself to ask about apparition later...
Looking thoroughly perplexed, Delphine hopped onto the bus and into a thin 30-ish looking man.
"'ello, Oo're you?"
"She's with me Stan" Harry said.
"Oh! 'ello 'fesser Potter! Two beds today, is it?" Stan said. Delphine wondered why there were beds instead of seats.
"Yes please, and take us to the borrow" Delphine thought to ask what "the borrow" was.
"Right then.." and Stan took Delphine's trunk to the back.
"You're a Professor? Will you be teaching me Uncle Harry?" Delphine asked hopefully, she liked to see familiar faces when she went somewhere new.
"Yes, I teach Defense against Dark arts." Harry replied, motioning for her to sit on the nearest bed.
"Dark arts? You mean there are bad wizards?" Delphine asked.
"Yes, but at the moment there aren't any to speak of, I spent my entire life fighting against Voldemort."
"What?! You fought dark wizards while you were living at Privet Drive?"
"Yes, I did, actually, Voldemort actually came after me while I was there... but that's a different story, and there are too many good things to tell that you shouldn't have to hear the bad things first..."
Delphine gulped... A Dark Wizard... at her house? It was hard to believe... but she racked her memory and came up with one word... snakes... and told herself that she'd figure it out later... "Well.. um... What other subjects can I take?"
Harry started telling her about Charms and Transfiguration and other things, occasional stopping to yell when the bus gave a great lurch.
~*~
After one final lurch that turned Dephine's stomach, the bus came to a complete stop.
"Are we at the borrow?" She asked, still wondering what it was.
"Yes, we are, now come on, You have to meet everyone, My children have been itching to see you." He said with a smug look, looked like he was very proud of them..
"You have children? You seem too young to have them..." she started, then realized that it was entirely rude of her...
"They are a lot younger than you, my son and daughter are about 6. They're up with their mother and the Weasleys." He said again, and started walking up a thin dirt road.
Delphine was excited, she was about to meet two cousins and an Aunt she never knew about, plus a bunch of other people who were all wizards and witches. Today was turning out to be very interesting...