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Chapter 1 The Announcement
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"Wow! How cool is this?!"
"I didn't know there were any in America."
"Of course there are you numbskull! Did you think that Europe was the only place that had wizard schools?"
"Well. kinda." Ron said sheepishly.
"There are about a hundred around the world. WIC is the newest one founded only 5 years ago."
"And how do you know all of this?" Harry questioned curiously.
"Harry, this is Hermione we're talking about, she probably read about it in Wizarding Schools- Now and Then."
"Actually it was Wizarding Schools in the 20th Century."
"Oh. excuuuse me."
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Down a few flights of stairs Draco Malfoy was ranting to his fellow housemates. "Absolutely wonderful! We get to play the welcoming 'keepers'."
"I bet they're really poor and dense, I mean look at where they're coming from." A fellow Slytherin stated.
"And as if it isn't bad enough that they're invading our school, we have to act nice to them too! Bloody Americans!" Draco snarled as he stormed in to the Slytherin common room just ahead of his followers.
All of the students were discussing a shocking announcement the professor Dumbledore had made right after dinner.
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Earlier
"Welcome back students! Welcome back! It is wonderful to see you all again. As some of you may have noticed there have been some changes made to the school," Dumbledore said gesturing to the fifth table in the great hall which had been added at some point over the summer vacation. "Due to Voldemort's recent actions many of the younger schools around the world are closing and shipping their students to older more protected institutes. This year the students from the Mirkwood house at the Wizarding Institute in Chicago (WIC) will be staying with us. They will be arriving tomorrow at noon so lunch will be a bit later than normal. All students should be waiting on the lawn for their arrival and I expect all of you to be pleasant and welcoming to them. Classes will start on Monday. Now off to bed with you."
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Back to the present
"What do you think they'll be like?" Harry asked his friends.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
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TBC
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AN: Ok, I know Mirkwood is from LOTR but I like the sound of it for a house name, so I decided to use my writers license and borrow the name from Tolkien (I do not own LOTR either!). Please review and tell me what you think.
Kida
Chapter 1 The Announcement
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"Wow! How cool is this?!"
"I didn't know there were any in America."
"Of course there are you numbskull! Did you think that Europe was the only place that had wizard schools?"
"Well. kinda." Ron said sheepishly.
"There are about a hundred around the world. WIC is the newest one founded only 5 years ago."
"And how do you know all of this?" Harry questioned curiously.
"Harry, this is Hermione we're talking about, she probably read about it in Wizarding Schools- Now and Then."
"Actually it was Wizarding Schools in the 20th Century."
"Oh. excuuuse me."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Down a few flights of stairs Draco Malfoy was ranting to his fellow housemates. "Absolutely wonderful! We get to play the welcoming 'keepers'."
"I bet they're really poor and dense, I mean look at where they're coming from." A fellow Slytherin stated.
"And as if it isn't bad enough that they're invading our school, we have to act nice to them too! Bloody Americans!" Draco snarled as he stormed in to the Slytherin common room just ahead of his followers.
All of the students were discussing a shocking announcement the professor Dumbledore had made right after dinner.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Earlier
"Welcome back students! Welcome back! It is wonderful to see you all again. As some of you may have noticed there have been some changes made to the school," Dumbledore said gesturing to the fifth table in the great hall which had been added at some point over the summer vacation. "Due to Voldemort's recent actions many of the younger schools around the world are closing and shipping their students to older more protected institutes. This year the students from the Mirkwood house at the Wizarding Institute in Chicago (WIC) will be staying with us. They will be arriving tomorrow at noon so lunch will be a bit later than normal. All students should be waiting on the lawn for their arrival and I expect all of you to be pleasant and welcoming to them. Classes will start on Monday. Now off to bed with you."
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Back to the present
"What do you think they'll be like?" Harry asked his friends.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TBC
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AN: Ok, I know Mirkwood is from LOTR but I like the sound of it for a house name, so I decided to use my writers license and borrow the name from Tolkien (I do not own LOTR either!). Please review and tell me what you think.
Kida