Chapter One: The Letter...
Victoria "Vicki" Jean Pacheco sits on her pearl white comforter with a picture of a large white tiger covered bed reading the Potions book her Uncle Danny or Potions Master Woellert, had given to her for her birthday last February. She puts a bookmarker in the book and closes it then looks around her nice sized room. It's not huge but it's not a converted walk in closet either. The walls are a light powder sky blue with eggshell trim on the bottom that matches the eggshell carpet in the room. There are poster on the walls. There are posters of two Pro Quidditch teams. The American Eagles and The Canadian Bombshells. There are poster of each individual player and then one poster of the whole team together. And poster of musicians and bands.
On the far wall beside her bathroom door is a pearl white bookshelf which holds Wizard and Muggle books along with muggle and wizarding pictures of her family and friends. To the right of the bookshelf is a flat display case has a black velvet interior and on the black velvet are all kinds of knives. From daggers to butterfly knives. To the far left of the bathroom and bookshelf is a huge picture window which at the moment is open. On either side of the window there are eggshell drapes tied back with sapphire blue cords allowing bright sunlight and a slight breeze flow into the room.
About four feet from her door which leads out of her room is a desk that matches her bed frame and bookshelf. In front of the desk is a dark blue rolly chair and on the desk there's a wrestling magazine, a hunting magazine, a note book, a cup with several pencil & pens in it, rolled up parchment, ink, and quills. Beside the desk there is a matching dresser which has large stuffed doll that Vicki's had since she could remember.
"No wonder guys run away from me screaming," Vicki says as she finishes looking around her room. "I'm more of a guy then they are."
Vicki shrugs her shoulders reopens her book and begins walking into her room again. Her door swings open and her brother, who is a year younger then her, walks into her room.
"Hey Vick have you seen my broom?" Thersso "Joey" Pacheco asks as he walks up to her bed.
"No! And before you come into my room KNOCK!" Vicki yells at Joey out of annoyance.
"Sorry! Are you reading that dumb potions book again. What do you want to become a Potions Mistress or something?" Joey asks as he plops down on her bed and lies down across it.
"No. It's just I don't want any points taken away from whatever house I'm in by Snape for not knowing how to make whatever potions he wants us to make."
"Yeah what ever kiss..." Joey starts but doesn't get to finish what he's saying because a dark brown barn owl flies though Vicki's open window across the room and lands on her desk.
"Oh. Maybe it's my Hogwarts letter!" Vicki says as she jumps onto her bed and walks over Joey's stomach then jumps off the end of the bed.
"Ow! That hurt!" Joey yells as he jumps off the bed and kicks her in the butt.
"Ow! Well that's what you get for coming into my room uninvited!" Vicki says as she walks over to her desk and grabs the letter out of the owl's beck. She places the letter on the desk then opens a desk drawer and pulls out a bottle of water a small dish and some owl treats. "Here ya go."
After giving the owl the water and treats she picks up the letter. The Envelope is a yellowish color and is addressed to her in emerald green letters across the front:
Ms. V. Pacheco
Fourth room from the stairs
Sunshine Blvr.
Beverly Hills
California
Vicki smiles and breaks the seal and reads the letter and it says:
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 Ms. Pacheco,
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 the necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later
than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Vicki smiles and places the letter on her desk and reaches into the envelope and pulls out the list of things she'll need for her school year. She opens the folded piece of paper and it reads:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
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 each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
Basic Defense Against the Dark Arts
by Lawana Woellert II
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Why can't we have our own brooms! Oh well. It's not like anyone will be able to get on a house team in their first year anyway," Vicki says mostly to herself as she turns around to find Joey looking at her knife collection again and says, "You know your not getting any of my knives. Even after I die. Now come on help me find mom."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm comin'," Joey says as he follows Vicki out of her room.
"I wonder if Dustin got his Hogwarts letter too?" Vicki asks herself as the two siblings walk down the hall to the stairs.
"Probably. He's the same age as you," Joey says as she walks around Vicki as they descend the staircase.
"No remember he's my elder because he's a month and on day older then me," Vicki says mocking her cousin.
"Yeah. So that means you'll have to share the party. Ha ha," Joey says as he points his finger at her and sticks his tongue out.
" Blow me."
