All Good Things…
Elenhiril
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Dawn
stared in utter amazement at the letter in front of her. It was written on thick parchment with green
ink. Huh, she thought. Looks sort of like a gel pen…
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 Summers,
We are pleased to inform you
that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary
books and equipment.
Term begins September 1. We await your owl no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Dawn dimly heard Willow babbling about something in the background about something, but she was immersed in the directions enclosed 'for Muggle families'. She transferred her sight to the supply list.
HOGWARTS
SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
~
UNIFORM:
1. Three sets
of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS:
All students should have a copy of the following:
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Swish
On Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllinda Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT:
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Student may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Wicked!"
She breathed softly, thinking that maybe being eleven wouldn't be so bad
at all. Turning to Willow, she asked
pleadingly, "I can go can't I?"
To that point, Willow hadn't
been sure about letting Dawn go at all, but seeing the pathetic look on the
girl's face, she relented. Smiling
slyly she added, "Did I mention how pathetic the security surrounding Hank's
online bank account is?"
Dawn looked at her for a
moment before her face split into a huge grin.
"Why no! Why don't you tell me
about it?" Arm in arm, the two Wiccans
strolled off towards Willow's computer.
After Tara's death and the
surrounding events, Willow had given up magic completely. However, she remained faithful to her
Goddess. After Buffy died, the nasties
of Sunnydale got braver and Willow turned back to the magic to do something
about the increase in supernatural activity.
But she'd learned her lesson,
and had become very frugal with her magic use:
she used it only for destroying evil.
But, she'd taught Dawn the basic beliefs and the girl was a
natural. Willow hypothesized that it
was because of the inherent power that made her the Key.
Moving slightly in a daze,
Willow booked the two of them a flight to London and picked up the phone. "Hey Giles!
It's Willow. Yes, something's
come up. No, it's not world
ending. No, it's good actually. Well see, Dawnie got this letter from a
place called Hogwarts…WHAT? They use
WANDS? You have a friend who is an
honest to Goddess wand waving *wizard*?"
At this point, Willow's eyes
were bugging out. "Why haven't you ever
said anything about this before Giles?
What if something bad happened and we needed to know and we didn't and
it was bad…
"Ok. Sorry. I'll try not
to. Ok, give me the address. Mmm-huh…Remus Lupin. I gotcha.
Thanks Giles!"
Turning to Dawn she said, "Get
packing Dawn. Our flight leaves
tomorrow at eleven and you know how tight airline security is now…"
London, England
Sighing heavily, Remus Lupin excused
himself to his guest, Sirius Black, and answered the telephone. "Yes?"
A familiar, clipped British
voice answered from the other end.
"Remus? This is Rupert. I have something I need your help with…"
Sirius Black watched his
friend's expression go from annoyed to surprised to concerned. The look of utter shock on his face when he
hung up sent shivers down Sirius' back.
"Who was that?"
Shaking himself, Remus
replied, "That was a friend of mine. He
was the Watcher assigned to the Summers Slayer."
Sirius spit his water out,
barely escaping choking on it. "You're
friends with a Watcher?" He had
long considered the Council to be nosy and old fashioned; and he believed that
they crippled their Slayers by insisting on their aloofness.
Remus shook his head. "He's not a Watcher anymore, Sirius. That bloody git Quentin Travers fired him
after he told his Slayer about the Crucimatrium. Said he was more like a father to the girl than a watcher." He snorted scornfully. "Most successful Slayer in history and the
Council calls her a failure."
"What happened to her? Do they need your help with something?"
He sighed again. "Yes, but not what you'd expect. The Slayer died a number of years ago; from
brain cancer actually. But it seems
that a group of Monks entrusted the Key to the Dimensions to her."
Sirius gaped. "What?"
"That's not the worst of
it. They were stupid enough to turn the
Key into human."
A strangled noise erupted from
Sirius' throat. "How could they be so
bloody dense? Just think what
could have happened!"
Remus nodded seriously. "It almost did happen too. Glorificus got her hands on the Key and
opened the gateway." Silence. All Sirius could do was stare in
horror. "But since the monks created
the Key from the Slayer's blood, she was able to shut the gateway."
"But that would mean that"
"She died. Yes, she did. Which is a story in itself.
But the *point* is that the Key is her little sister, and her little
sister"
"Has been accepted at
Hogwarts."
Remus smiled. "Precisely.
That's what Rupert wanted. He
wants me to show them around and get them acquainted with the Wizarding world. But they won't be here until tomorrow, so
you can stay for dinner…"
Author's Notes: Hey, I'm alive! Wow, that's amazing. Anyway, X-Lander was the one who got the question right and a gold star for you! :) And I believe you all are correct, I will leave them all single for now…cept that Ron and Hermione are together, I mean, its obvious. (And this is going to take place during their fifth year.)
Hopefully, you didn't think this was an update: Hopefully the formatting is better though. I'm working on the next chapter but I'm crazy busy and lazy…