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Never had a dream come true

1 Chapter 3 Surprise

Twelve years had passed since Eve received her letter from Hogwarts. Now she had already graduated from university for two years, and got a job as junior teacher in a secondary school. She was really satisfied with her job, except that she sometimes felt rather lonely with her parents passed away a few months again in a car accident.

She got frustrated at times too with her relatives, for her still being single. They acted like there was something wrong with her for not having a boyfriend at this age... Sometimes she did think whether she should leave Hong Kong and go back to England, get a job there, and escape and leave all these troubles behind, especially with her parents not there anymore, she actually got no one in particular that she needed to take care of anymore.

She had this idea in mind for quite some time already, and she had been contacting her past schoolmates in England to see if there was any opportunities for her to get a job there after this school year, but she would never believe this decision of hers would change her life forever by...

Two unexpected visitors.

It was the last day of her school year, and all the teachers knew she was leaving as announced in the assembly. Of course everyone said they were going to miss her, but she knew they didn't mean it. Well, anyway. She could now put all her concentration on looking for jobs in England, as her past schoolmates didn't seem to help much, either they were not living in London, where she wanted to get a teaching job, or they are not working in the education area.

When she arrived home, and was taking off her coat, she noticed that the lights in the sitting room were on. She remembered that she had turned all the lights off before leaving home that morning. Then to her astonishment, a male voice came out from the sitting room.

"Miss Ho, welcome home. Sorry that we have came in your flat without your permission, but we have no idea when you are going to be back from work."

Eve was totally shocked. Who the hell was 'he'? She grabbed the hockey stick she had leave next her shoe rack, and approached the sitting room with caution.

"Miss Ho, do come into the sitting room, we have been waiting for you all day. No need to carry your hockey stick, we mean no harm."

With that, she didn't really think there was any reason to be 'armed', and simply abandoned her hockey stick. She simply walked into the sitting room, and saw an rather old man with long white beard and an old lady sitting on her sofa. They are dressing rather strangely... The older man was quite thin, and rather tall, as her sofa seemed a bit small in ratio to his height. He had light blue eyes, wearing a pair of half-moon spectacles, and he had a really long beard. He actually wore long robes and cloak... The other lady also wore a cloak, and her hair was pulled back in a bun. She had brown eyes and wore square glasses... They just looked like... wizards and witches from films and storybooks.

She sited herself in the sofa opposite them. "It seems that you know me quite well. So, what do you want?" She felt weirder every second... and it felt so weird that she didn't dare to think if they were what she thought...

The old man smiled and said, " You seemed more calm than I had expected you to be."

"Well, you got into my flat without me noticing it... You knew I had grabbed my hockey stick with me even though there is no way you can know with you inside the sitting room... so what other choice do I have other than believing you 'mean no harm'?"

This time, not only the old man, but also the lady smiled at her reply. She said, "Miss Ho, you surprised me when you were only eleven, but you surprised me even more now."

Eve sat there and she was really shocked. She knew me when I was just eleven? Hold on. Was it really something to do with the 'letter'? It was the only 'weird' thing happened in her whole life... at least... as weird as this.

"Miss Ho, I think maybe I should call you Eve, is that alright? I think you would have some idea in mind who we are now, right?"

No way. Was this real? After twelve years?

"I am Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is Minerva McGonagall, deputy headmistress. We are here because we heard that you wanted to get a teaching job in England, and we would like to offer you a teaching job in Hogwarts, alongside with learning all the things you need to become a witch."

Eve just sat there for the next few minutes, saying to herself, "Oh God!"

TCB

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