American Witch
A/N: Woo-hoo! Eleventh chapter!!!! And I've gotten this far…*smiles in wonder, and walks around in a daze bumping into things*
Well, did you like the tenth chapter? I did my best, although I know it was probably pretty boring. I am by no means the best author on this site. In fact, I think I'm one of the worst…^_^ Oh well, I'm never taken seriously anyway…
Oh, yes, something I overlooked in my editing (not that I do much anyway…^_^): I meant to put the year as 2003 in Chapter Ten. It's just that I've been so used to putting 2002 down in this story that I didn't notice until now. Sorry about that.
This is probably going to be the shortest chapter, and it's also the last! *crowd cheers* But BEWARE!!!! I vill be bak with a seequeeeeeeel! *someone faints, both at the horror of the sequel…and also the fact that I can't do an accent to save my life…^_^*
Disclaimer: Okay, J.K. owns…what J.K owns! And I own my stuff, especially Kara and the BIRTHDAY SONG!!!! No, I don't own the normal birthday song…if you keep reading you'll see what I mean.
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Chapter 11: The Last Two Months
4-3-03
Oh, a day before my birthday! I'm so excited. I've been trying to guess who will give me presents and what they'll be, but so far I've gotten nowhere except The Land of Being Exasperated and Impatient. Hahahahaha…..
I hope I get a book, and I wouldn't mind candy either…Yummy!
So, now it's about the time when everybody is asleep but me, and I think I'd better hurry up and fall asleep so it seems like less time until my birthday…
4-4-03
I'm 13, and I made up a birthday song for myself! Goes like this:
*at normal speed* Happy birthday to me; happy birthday to me…Happy birthday dear Kara; happy birthday to me!
And many more, on channel 4! And Scooby-Doo, on Channel 2! And Frankenstein, on Channel 9! And Big Fat Lady, on Channel 80! And Big Fat Man, on Channel 10! And happy birthday to me!
*slowly and to the tune of the can-can song* And, oooo-oooooh, CAN-DY, can I eat the candy; can I eat the candy; can I eat the *faster* can-dy-can-dy-can-dy-can-dy…CAAAAN-DYYYYY…
*fast* Candy, can I eat the candy, can I eat the candy, can I eat the can-dy-can-dy-can-dy-can-dy….FOR MY BIRTHDY!!!!!!!
Yes, I know it's demented…Goodbye! Have to attend to my presents!
4-5-03
My birthday yesterday was wonderful! I got enough presents to content me, and that doesn't have to necessarily be a whole lot, but it just means that I liked all of them enough to content me. And….yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 13!
My mom and dad sent me a series of books that I've been wanting to read for a while, but I haven't been able to find them. Joy! Hahahahahahahaha…I like trailing off in mad laughter, don't I? It was probably my mom's idea. Even if she nags me a lot, she does think of good presents. I probably got the blankness when it comes to presents from my dad.
My parents also sent me some money that relatives and family friends wanted to give me for my birthday, but didn't know where I was.
Amanda gave me a small necklace with a sky-blue stone in the middle to match my favorite earrings, which I wear practically all the time. I love it. Sky-blue is my favorite color. I think I might wear that as well as the earrings, quite frequently.
Elena gave me candy, and I asked in a serious tone if she was just giving me back leftover candy from her birthday, making her laugh, which was my intention.
Kira gave me some rainbow-ink, meaning it changed colors as you wrote. I like that too, because I've never had a pen with that kind of ink, and I always wanted one. So now I get a whole bottle of it to use for quills. Yipee!
Andrea and Stephanie gave me a quill and a bag of BB's EFB each (Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, remember, we agreed on that…). I wonder, did they plan to give me the same presents from the start, or do they minds work exactly the same way?
I gave everybody some of my new candy from Elena, and so they all felt like their presents have been repayed. And Elena's generous with her money and things, because she's actually pretty rich, so I've still got plenty left.
So, all in all, I got…(counting)…9 presents. Yay for me! Going to close with the mad laughter… Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha…
4 PM
You know what? I think, in honor of my birthday, that I'm going to stop looking for those nine people for a couple weeks. The whole thing really irritates me sometimes, and I think I need a break from Miss Cryptic Chapman.
So, I probably will not have much news for a while.
5-2-02
I got up in the middle of the night after having a nightmare yesterday, and Amanda wasn't in her bed. She's back now. I wonder where she was…?
I think I'll go ask her.
5 PM
Okay, here's the deal. Amanda told me that "okay, okay, I wasn't in my bed last night," and so of course I asked her where she'd been. She told me to follow her, and so we left the common room, and I had no idea where we were going.
She led me down to a hall kind of close to the dungeons, the hall where there was all that fruit and stuff. Then, she found a picture of a bowl of fruit, tickled a pear, and…there was the kitchens! I should have known! I can't believe I forgot about them.
As soon as I came in, there were all these house-elves, bowing and asking us if we would like anything to eat.
Amanda, who was probably well used to it, said, "I'd like…a couple dozen cookies, sugared strawberries, and potato salad."
I felt a twinge of guilt that wizards made creatures work for them like this, but I ordered happily anyway, because I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE food! Hahaha....
"Hm….let's see…maybe a small cake, with icing? And then…a bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream with mint chocolate chip ice cream! With hot fudge and caramel on top." I love ice cream.
They got to work right away, and in about thirty seconds, half the elves were rushing toward us with Amanda's food, and the other half were rushing forward with my food.
"Thanks for the quick service!" I said, gratified to get my ice cream so quickly.
They beamed, and then rushed away, except for one.
"I is glad to see you at Hogwarts, miss," the elf said.
"Oh, hello, Binky!" I said. "Thank you for the food."
"Yes, miss is so kind to thank Binky." Binky said, then rushed away with the rest of them. They were probably preparing dinner.
Eating the ice cream, I asked Amanda, "Why didn't you TELL me?"
Amanda gulped to answer more quickly, choked a bit, managed to stop choking, then said, "Well, didn't figure you'd care…"
"Oh, come on, you know I love food!"
"Okay, I just liked getting the food all to myself."
For some reason that I can't fathom even now, I laughed hysterically, as if at a funny joke. Amanda joined in, and neither of us could stop laughing for a minute. I finished the ice cream, and Amanda finished off everything except her cookies, and I'm eating the cake at the moment, spilling a whole lot of crumbs on my bed. Haha! These kitchens are a nice addition to Hogwarts!
We should tell Elena about the kitchens as a coming-back-to-school favor next year! Hahahahahahahahaha…
5-24-03
Well, this is goodbye to Hogwarts, and back to boring Texas! I'm going to miss Hogwarts until next year…Two months will seem really boring in non-magic Texas…and we can't even do magic over the holidays! Unfair, I say! Down with rules!
So, I'm just going to finish this, then go with my friends to wait for the train.
GOODBYE, HOGWARTS! I'LL MISS YOU!!!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY THE KITCHENS!!!!!! Okay, I'm done now! Back to the train, then back to King's Cross, then back to *rolls eyes* "the home of the free and the land of the brave", then back to *rolls eyes again* "The Lone Star State", and finally, back to San Antonio and my boring house! Although I'll be glad to get there. I've missed that too. Haven't seen it since Christmas.
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A/N: So, didja like it? Hm?????? Some kids on my street are playing with a Frisbee in front of my house…distracting. I wish they would quit yelling about whatever they're yelling about. Uh oh…this boy on my street knocked over this little girl on her bike. I can hear the crying even with the window closed. The boy's just kind of awkwardly swinging the Frisbee in one hand now…Okay, time to stop watching the neighbors…
Thanks, if anybody new reviewed! And especially thanks for saying my story rocks, Hermione Potter! I feel so special now…*sniff, sniff*
I guess I'll take a break from this story for a while before I write the sequel, unless I'm so incredibly bored that I have nothing else to do…However, I don't think that will happen any time soon, 'cause my birthday's coming up, and I've got soccer games, and I'm probably going to have a sleepover for my birthday, and I've got homework…and you get the deal.
Toodlesies! And that's my word! Copyrighted by moi! Haha! Don't steal! ^_^
~*)(*~Hermione2