Screech. Instead of her mother's familiar shriek for breakfast she woke up to a different alarm, Charms.

He usually didn't behave this way, it must have been because he was so excited to return to Hogwarts,

if only the reason was as innocent as that!

"Keep it down!" mumbled Lyndal, as she rose from her bed and sighed, "You usually don't behave this way."

She continued as she went into the bathroom to comb her unruly, brunette hair.

Because she forgot to look at her clock, she had no idea she woke up an hour later then usual.

She dressed in appropriate clothes, and walked into the kitchen, but no one was there.

"Mum, Dad!" She yelled, as she looked at the clock above her head. "Damn it! I'm late!" She quickly gathered

her belongings and stood outside her house looking for the family car.

They had left without her, but she had no other siblings, where DID they go?

There was only one more chance to make things right. She quickly brewed an Inviso potion,

and mounted her broom, while attaching her luggage.

"If this is a practical joke, I really don't think it's funny," she said to her pets,

who seemed to be the only ones listening. "Now