It was the afternoon of July 15th three days prior to Faith's 11th
birthday. She was watching her younger brother and sister while her mom was
upstairs catching up on her sleep because she had worked the night before,
her father and her older sister was at work. They had just finished lunch
and as usually she grabbed the mail key and walked outside. Karen and Mike
were playing with the neighborhood kids they seemed to be enjoying
themselves which was good because that way they wouldn't be loud and wake
up her mother. The sun was shining, it was so hot out but she didn't care
she'd preferred summer over winter any day. She took the short walk to the
mail boxes craning her occasionally to make sure a fight hasn't broke out
yet, she opened the mail box and pulled out a handful of mail. "Mom ,Dad,
Dad, Tru," she paused there was a letter for her from her grandfather that
lived in London. The last time she actually received a letter from him was
her 5th birthday. Behind it was yet another letter to her. It was thick and
written in deep emerald ink. "Faith, Faith Mike is calling me a dork!" The
silence was broken by her 10-year-old sister "Karen, tell him to stop and
if he doesn't I'll make sure he'll get grounded." She ran off "Mike, Faith
said..." she tuned her out and turned back to the letter that was written
in green. "Hogwarts? Hogwarts?" she closed the mail box and started to walk
back to the house. "Faith any mail for me or Karen?" Her 7-year-old
brother asked. "No,Mike go back and play with your little friends." Not
wanting to open the letters in front of her siblings she walked inside.
once she was in the safety of the house she threw the other letters on the
table and got comfortable on the couch. She decided to open he grandfathers
first. It was very odd indeed for him to be writing he was a very secretive
man and constantly busy with things she never knew about. She didn't know
much about him either because her parents didn't talk about him either.
Dear Faith,
Hello how are you and your family?
she skimmed down until a paragraph caught her eye.
Faith you will probably be receiving a letter from a place called
Hogwarts. The reason they are writing is because well your a witch. I would like for you to come down to London within the next three days and I will explain the rest. Your parents have your plane tickets and yes they know about this. See you later
Luv your Grandpa Dumbledore
she stared in shock about what her grandfather wrote. " I'm a witch is this some kind of sick joke?" She said out loud. Before she was going to confront her mother about this she decided to open her letter for Hogwarts inside was a train ticket for Platform 9 3/4, and a letter saying
Miss Faith Renee Harrold
You have been accepted in to Hogwarts school
of witch craft and wizardry.
She read on, behind the letter was a list of weird items she has never heard or seen before.
She ran upstairs and busted into her mothers room. Her mom sat up quickly "Whats swrong??!!!" she said groggily yet sounded alert at the same time. "What's this all about grandpa sending me a letter saying I'm a witch?????" "Oh my you have received the letters today didn't you?" " Yea, why else would I be running upstairs to wake you up!" "Ok, ok Faith I know you want some answers and you'll get them tonight."
Dear Faith,
Hello how are you and your family?
she skimmed down until a paragraph caught her eye.
Faith you will probably be receiving a letter from a place called
Hogwarts. The reason they are writing is because well your a witch. I would like for you to come down to London within the next three days and I will explain the rest. Your parents have your plane tickets and yes they know about this. See you later
Luv your Grandpa Dumbledore
she stared in shock about what her grandfather wrote. " I'm a witch is this some kind of sick joke?" She said out loud. Before she was going to confront her mother about this she decided to open her letter for Hogwarts inside was a train ticket for Platform 9 3/4, and a letter saying
Miss Faith Renee Harrold
You have been accepted in to Hogwarts school
of witch craft and wizardry.
She read on, behind the letter was a list of weird items she has never heard or seen before.
She ran upstairs and busted into her mothers room. Her mom sat up quickly "Whats swrong??!!!" she said groggily yet sounded alert at the same time. "What's this all about grandpa sending me a letter saying I'm a witch?????" "Oh my you have received the letters today didn't you?" " Yea, why else would I be running upstairs to wake you up!" "Ok, ok Faith I know you want some answers and you'll get them tonight."