~*Dad's Present*~
A/N: O hullo! No Reviews... *sigh* I'm growing unpopular… ^_^ GAHH! NOO! Writers block… Can't go on… Too weak…
The next morning, I was allowed to got out of the hospital wing and I finally got to stretch out my legs. I walked out and then I realized that I had only missed one day of actual school. I was overjoyed. I didn't want to miss too much. I paused at the picture of the fat lady. I didn't know what the password was! I stood there in confusion.
"Password?" She asked.
"I-I don't know it." I admitted.
She raised her eyebrow but then saw my Griffindor plate on my robes. "Oh, I guess I can let you through." She sighed. "But just this once."
"Thanks!" I muttered. The portrait flew open and I walked in. I walked in to see everyone stare at me. I heard whispers run through the common room. I saw one familiar face and rushed to it.
"Er… Sorry about what happened before, I was shocked and~" I began.
"It's okay. It was my fault. It just kind of happened. It felt like I was possessed. I felt my hands go up and it was weird." He said.
"Oh, really?" I asked.
"Yeah, and then it was all regular." Ryan said. He looked like he was hiding something. But it wasn't what he just said. I knew he was telling the truth. It was something else. Something that he knew. Like he knew why he was possessed. But I didn't ask. I wouldn't want to ask my best friend anything of the sort.
"All right. It's okay." I answered back. Then Andy smiled.
"Guess what our new plan is?" Andy asked me.
"Beat up Harry when he's alone in the Griffindor common room," I said surely.
"Hey? How did you guess? Did you tell her?" Andy glared down evilly and suspiciously at Ryan.
I laughed and smiled at them both. I walked up to my room. I had my own four-poster bed, with my own trunk at the end. I flung myself on my bed and heard a slight CRUNCH.
"Huh?" I said out loud. I looked under my bed and there was a paper, it was yellowish. It looked so old. I picked it up and read it. It was written with such care as if it had taken a century to write.
"Dear Arabella,
It has been made just for you. I gave it to a house-elf to give to you. It will help you in your adventures throughout Hogwarts. Your mother never knew I was a wizard, but I'm sure it is fine. ^_~. The present will be under your pillow.
Love,
YOUR FATHER"
I looked under my pillow to find a box. It was a velvet box, and it had the most wonderful fuzz on it. I opened it. It was a necklace. I picked it up. It had a crescent moon. It was the most beautiful blue-violet color. When I picked it up, warmth filled me. I could tell it was magic. I looked at the chain but there was no place to unclip it. I placed it around my neck and the gold chain seemed to grow and shrink to the right size. I tucked it under my robes and right then the door flew open and the girl with bushy brown hair who asked me about the toad was in the room.
"Hi!" I said brightly.
"Hey," She answered back.
"So, are you a Muggle-born too? Or are you Wizard and Witch born?" I asked awkwardly.
"Muggle-born," the girl answered as if it was nothing.
"Oh really? Me too!" I said. "Oh my god." I thought. "Why am I being so lame?"
"What's your name?" she asked.
"My name? It's Arabella, but everybody calls me Bella," I told her. "What's yours?"
"Mine? It's Hermione. Our roommates are Parvati, Carolyn, and Lavender," Hermione said matter-of-factly.
"Oh," I answered back blankly.
"Well, I just stopped by to get a book. Have a nice day," She said. She walked out of the room, and closed the door with such care; I thought it could have been made out of glass. I decided she was just a bit annoying for her own good herself, but she seemed smart enough.
I sat back down on my bed and crawled in the covers. I looked at the clock. It said in neon green letters 8:30 PM. It was a little early to go to sleep, but all those true dreams exhausted me.
The next day, I opened my eyes, and put on my glasses. Right by them was a piece of parchment. It had my schedule on it. I looked at it. Today schedule sounded quite interesting.
Tuesday's Schedule
Breakfast in the Great Hall…1st Bell
Transfiguration…………….…….2nd Bell
Charms……………………………….3rd Bell
Lunch in the Great Hall………4th Bell
Herbology.……………….…………5th Bell
History of Magic…………….….6th Bell
Dinner in the Great Hall….… 7th Bell
Griffindor Tower……………..….8th Bell
I grabbed my schedule and grabbed my book bag. I noticed that everybody was still sleeping so I lit my candle and opened, "A Beginners Guide to Transfiguration." I read the first chapter was what transfiguration was and its origins. The second chapter was how to transfigure. I opened to that page. It read:
"How to Transfigure
Chapter 2
Transfiguration is not an easy subject for many young witches and wizards. To transfigure, you need an object. For most beginners, a match is fine. To make the match into a needle, you need to first imagine the match. Then imagine the needle. You should be able to have the match turn into a needle in your imagination. Now the hard part. You have to pick up your wand and with each tap, your match or what ever you are transfiguring has to gradually change into a needle or what you want it to transfigure into. Later, if you practice, you can transfigure things with just a wave of your wand. If when you tap, the change is too great, nothing will happen and you must try again. Most young witches or wizards often do this and get frustrated, making their object look rather bent and strange looking. When you finish, or when you have gotten as far as you want to go, make sure nobody meddles with it, or it will change back."
It wasn't very interesting, but by the time I finished the chapter, everyone was waking up. I put it away and brushed my hair and braided it in a French braid before walking out. When I walked into the Great Hall, everything was so beautiful I could have fainted. I walked over to Ryan, who gave me a smile, but I wasn't looking, then the plates filled up with food, and I was even more alarmed. Andy laughed and said, "Eat! You're going to be really hungry later if you don't."
I dug into the food, eating it all. Then the meal was over and I walked out. I felt the charm on my necklace grow warm. When I took it out of my robes it was glowing with a steady light. It was a blue and violet light that had an eerie glow to it. I puzzled over it, but shrugged and tucked it away.
I followed the bushy haired girl to the first class of the day, Transfiguration.
I'm sorry about the big space, ^_^. My computer keeps doing that. Anyways, hope you liked it. ((I made up the Transfiguration book part, do you like it?))