Riley, Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky stood with amazed looks painted on
their faces. Knax Square was sitting right in front of them with all of its
magnificence and splendor. It was a friendly little, village looking Square
with many people of all ages dressed in odd cloaks of various colors.
"Okay. Here's your money sacks. One for each of you. Have fun!" Mrs. Nyxinn said and with a pop! she was gone.
The girls stood bewildered for a moment until they were interrupted by a very familiar, snotty voice.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the five losers." Riley, Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky turned their heads away from the amazing site to the person the voice belonged to on their right.
"Julienne!" Riley said in a confused, loud voice.
"What're you doing here?!" Jhene said dogging Julienne without hesitation and with complete hatred.
"I'm here getting my school supplies for Hogwarts. I was accepted just recently." Julienne said in a very high-pitched voice.
"That's nice Julienne. Now if you don't mind we were just heading in to get ours. Good-bye now!" Leilani said in an annoyed voice.
Leilani started walking down the crowded street not knowing exactly where she was going. The 4 girls just followed her without question. She stopped in front of an ice cream Shoppe and sat down at a table in front.
"I can't believe she's going to Hogwarts too!" Leilani said in disbelief. "There is no way I'm going now. NO WAY!"
"Come on Lei. It won't be that bad." Riley said trying to cheer her up.
"Yeah. I mean, we could just ignore her like we always do at school." Becky suggested.
"Look at it this way Lei: Over at this Hogwarts there's probably going to be plenty of people who have British accents, right? Maybe we could develop them over the years? I'm sure there's more than one at Hogwarts." Tara said remembering Leilani's fancy over British accents. "And you know how bad Julienne is at them. So you could prove her right any time."
Leilani smiled at her friends. They were always there for her no matter what and she appreciated it on all matters.
"Look! There's the bookstore. Flourish and Blotts it's called. Let's go and get our books. I can't wait to read them." Riley said starting to jump up and down with happiness again.
~~~***~~~
Riley lifted her bag full of books up and down with her arm wondering how it could be so feather light with all those heavy books in it.
"Guess it is magic." Riley said to herself. She sat down on the table her friends were situated at.
"So, what's next?" Jhene asked looking at her list. "We have all of our course books."
UNIFORM First-year students will require: Three sets of plain work robes (black) One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar) 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 Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch One Thousand Magic Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida 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 EQUIPTMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set of 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 THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Hey! I didn't see that there before!" Jhene said aloud.
"See what?" Riley asked.
"It says we're not allowed to have our own broomsticks." Jhene said still looking at her supply list.
They all took out their own supply list and groaned when they read it.
"Well that sucks." Riley said. "I was looking forward to that."
"Yeah, same here." Becky said sadly.
"I guess we're going to have to deal with it. Well, let's go and get some pens and stuff to write with."
~~~***~~~
When the girls got to the supply shop they didn't find "pens and stuff", instead they found quills and ink bottles. There were all different kinds: black ink, blue, red, purple, and even ones that changed colors while you wrote. They all got one of each color ink not even bothering to see if they had enough money.
"Hey! Check it out!" Riley said from the other side of the shelf. All the girls hurried over.
"Sugar Quills! You suck on them during class so that it looks like your thinking hard on something when you're really licking on a delicious taste." Riley said to them.
"Cool!" they all said in a familiar imperfect unison.
They all took two boxes each to use when they were in class.
As the girls were picking out which quills to buy (In the end they really didn't choose one so they got one of each one they fancied.) they heard a very irritated voice flowing into the store's atmosphere.
"Come on Fred! Stop it! Go away George!" the voice complained.
"Come on Ronnekins!" another voice said; obviously the Fred or George the first voice was referring to.
"You guys are such dumb gits! Can you do anything else but joke around?!" the first voice said.
"I don't believe we're capable of that, Ronnekins." Another voice said similar to the second one.
"Just go away. I'm going to get my quills and ink. Think you could leave me alone?" the first voice said as he walked into the store, eyes narrow obviously still annoyed. The young boy, who now the girls could see had magnificent red hair, walked into the store followed by another set of redheads. The two elder boys were made obvious to be twins to the girls and then they realized the younger one was their brother. They all stopped when they saw the girls looking at them with confused faces. One of the twins nudged their younger brother after a good 30 seconds of just staring.
"Er.hi. I'm Ron." He said nervously sticking a hand out to Riley who shook it looking at him a little weird.
"I'm Riley. This is Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky." She said introducing each of her friends.
Ron just stared.
"Are you okay?" Leilani asked giggling silently but still audibly.
"Er.yeah." Ron said shaking his head. "This is Fred and George."
"Hi!"
"Hello!"
"It's not really a good thing to get acquainted with them." Ron complained.
"Ronnekins is just saying that because.umph!" Fred tried to say but Ron nudged him in the stomach before he could finish.
"I was just going to get my supplies. Er.nice meeting you." Ron said wondering why all of the girls were smiling at him oddly.
"Er.Ron?" Riley said starting to laugh.
"What?" Ron said his brow starting to rise.
The girls laughed as they watched Fred and George sprinkle some kind of sparkly dust in to Ron's hair and then watch it turn different colors.
When Ron realized what was happening he turned to see his reflection in a nearby window.
"FRED! GEORGE!" he said as he turned around but his brothers had already ran for their lives. Ron groaned loudly in annoyance.
"Ronald Weasley! What have you done to your hair?!" a very stoutly, middle- aged, redhead woman said and she pulled out her wand from under her cloak and muttered something under breath while pointing to Ron's head.
"Thanks Mum. It was Fred and George!" Ron complained.
"Alright, alright. It's fine now. Stop complaining." The woman said. "Hello there dears. Who are these young ladies Ron?"
"Er.Mum this is Riley, er.Lei.Leila."
"Leilani." Leilani said smiling.
"Yeah. Er.that's."
"Tara."
"Jhene."
"Becky." They all said.
"Yeah. I knew that." Ron said. The girls all giggled.
"Well, hello ladies. I'm Mrs. Weasley. I hope Ronald here hasn't caused any trouble." Mrs. Weasley said, arms on her hips looking at her son.
"No. He hasn't." Riley said grinning happily.
"Well, Ron I have to go and get your dress robes. You be good. Understood?" Mrs. Weasley said firmly.
"Yes, Mum." Ron said a little embarrassed.
"Nice meeting you ladies. Good-bye now." Mrs. Weasley said changing her attitude when she spoke to the girls.
"Bye!" they all said finally have a perfect unison for the first time that day.
"Er.I'm just going to go and get my quills and ink." Ron said after his mom left darting out of sight into the aisles.
"That was quite funny." Riley said with a low voice.
~~~***~~~
"What do you mean you're going to another school for witches?! When did you turn into a witch?!" Talia said through the receiver of the phone.
"I never knew until today, okay? My mom just broke it to me. I really want to stay here Talia. I do! It's just I have a feeling if I tell my parents I don't want to they'll send me to Hogwarts anyways. Plus, you know that there were always those weird experiences always happening. I'm surprised none of us understood them." Riley said to her friend over the phone.
"Well, then, I guess I'm happy for you. But, promise you'll keep in touch. There's only 1 more month of summer left." Talia made her friend promise.
"Promise. But, mind you, I think you'll be getting my mail by owl post. We all had to buy owls while we were at that Knax Square place. It's supposed to be our communication." Riley warned.
"Alright. As if there's nothing weirder in New York." Talia agreed.
"Yeah. Anyways, I have to go and get all of my stuff ready. Plus, I want to look through it all. It's actually really interesting." Riley told her friend.
"Alright. I'll talk to you later then. Bye." Talia said.
"Bye." Click!
Riley sighed as she put down the phone. Then she got up from her bed and walked over to her desk where she loaded all her stuff from Knax Square. After she looked through it all she packed all of the books, equipment, and dress apparel neatly into a large trunk her mom gave her. On the front were her initials 'RN'.
Right when she put down her phone it rang.
"Hey Riley!" she heard Leilani say before she even said "Hello."
"Hey Lei!" Riley replied.
"I just found out the biggest and best news in the world!" Leilani yelled through the receiver.
"And what would that be?" Riley asked.
"You know how our performing arts classes are only during the summer?" Leilani questioned.
"Yeah."
"And you know how Ms. Minogue, our awesome teacher, is always somewhere else during the other 3 seasons of the year?" Leilani went on.
"Uh-huh." Riley said.
"She's one of the teachers at Hogwarts!!!" Riley announced happily over the phone.
"No way!!!" Riley said jumping up from her bed.
"I'm not lying to you! I swear!" Leilani swore.
"Which class does she teach?" Riley asked anxiously.
"I don't know. We don't even know what kind of classes we have." Leilani reminded her.
"Oh yeah."
"But at least Ms. Minogue is one of our teachers!"
"That's true. Have you told the girls?" Riley asked.
"No. Not yet. I have to go and tell them." Leilani replied.
"I just thought of something." Riley said in a low tone.
"And what would that be?" Leilani questioned suspiciously.
"I don't think we could bring laptops to this Hogwarts. Mom says no electronics work inside the building." Riley announced with grief.
"NO!!!"
"Okay. Here's your money sacks. One for each of you. Have fun!" Mrs. Nyxinn said and with a pop! she was gone.
The girls stood bewildered for a moment until they were interrupted by a very familiar, snotty voice.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the five losers." Riley, Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky turned their heads away from the amazing site to the person the voice belonged to on their right.
"Julienne!" Riley said in a confused, loud voice.
"What're you doing here?!" Jhene said dogging Julienne without hesitation and with complete hatred.
"I'm here getting my school supplies for Hogwarts. I was accepted just recently." Julienne said in a very high-pitched voice.
"That's nice Julienne. Now if you don't mind we were just heading in to get ours. Good-bye now!" Leilani said in an annoyed voice.
Leilani started walking down the crowded street not knowing exactly where she was going. The 4 girls just followed her without question. She stopped in front of an ice cream Shoppe and sat down at a table in front.
"I can't believe she's going to Hogwarts too!" Leilani said in disbelief. "There is no way I'm going now. NO WAY!"
"Come on Lei. It won't be that bad." Riley said trying to cheer her up.
"Yeah. I mean, we could just ignore her like we always do at school." Becky suggested.
"Look at it this way Lei: Over at this Hogwarts there's probably going to be plenty of people who have British accents, right? Maybe we could develop them over the years? I'm sure there's more than one at Hogwarts." Tara said remembering Leilani's fancy over British accents. "And you know how bad Julienne is at them. So you could prove her right any time."
Leilani smiled at her friends. They were always there for her no matter what and she appreciated it on all matters.
"Look! There's the bookstore. Flourish and Blotts it's called. Let's go and get our books. I can't wait to read them." Riley said starting to jump up and down with happiness again.
~~~***~~~
Riley lifted her bag full of books up and down with her arm wondering how it could be so feather light with all those heavy books in it.
"Guess it is magic." Riley said to herself. She sat down on the table her friends were situated at.
"So, what's next?" Jhene asked looking at her list. "We have all of our course books."
UNIFORM First-year students will require: Three sets of plain work robes (black) One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar) 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 Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch One Thousand Magic Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida 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 EQUIPTMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set of 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 THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Hey! I didn't see that there before!" Jhene said aloud.
"See what?" Riley asked.
"It says we're not allowed to have our own broomsticks." Jhene said still looking at her supply list.
They all took out their own supply list and groaned when they read it.
"Well that sucks." Riley said. "I was looking forward to that."
"Yeah, same here." Becky said sadly.
"I guess we're going to have to deal with it. Well, let's go and get some pens and stuff to write with."
~~~***~~~
When the girls got to the supply shop they didn't find "pens and stuff", instead they found quills and ink bottles. There were all different kinds: black ink, blue, red, purple, and even ones that changed colors while you wrote. They all got one of each color ink not even bothering to see if they had enough money.
"Hey! Check it out!" Riley said from the other side of the shelf. All the girls hurried over.
"Sugar Quills! You suck on them during class so that it looks like your thinking hard on something when you're really licking on a delicious taste." Riley said to them.
"Cool!" they all said in a familiar imperfect unison.
They all took two boxes each to use when they were in class.
As the girls were picking out which quills to buy (In the end they really didn't choose one so they got one of each one they fancied.) they heard a very irritated voice flowing into the store's atmosphere.
"Come on Fred! Stop it! Go away George!" the voice complained.
"Come on Ronnekins!" another voice said; obviously the Fred or George the first voice was referring to.
"You guys are such dumb gits! Can you do anything else but joke around?!" the first voice said.
"I don't believe we're capable of that, Ronnekins." Another voice said similar to the second one.
"Just go away. I'm going to get my quills and ink. Think you could leave me alone?" the first voice said as he walked into the store, eyes narrow obviously still annoyed. The young boy, who now the girls could see had magnificent red hair, walked into the store followed by another set of redheads. The two elder boys were made obvious to be twins to the girls and then they realized the younger one was their brother. They all stopped when they saw the girls looking at them with confused faces. One of the twins nudged their younger brother after a good 30 seconds of just staring.
"Er.hi. I'm Ron." He said nervously sticking a hand out to Riley who shook it looking at him a little weird.
"I'm Riley. This is Leilani, Tara, Jhene, and Becky." She said introducing each of her friends.
Ron just stared.
"Are you okay?" Leilani asked giggling silently but still audibly.
"Er.yeah." Ron said shaking his head. "This is Fred and George."
"Hi!"
"Hello!"
"It's not really a good thing to get acquainted with them." Ron complained.
"Ronnekins is just saying that because.umph!" Fred tried to say but Ron nudged him in the stomach before he could finish.
"I was just going to get my supplies. Er.nice meeting you." Ron said wondering why all of the girls were smiling at him oddly.
"Er.Ron?" Riley said starting to laugh.
"What?" Ron said his brow starting to rise.
The girls laughed as they watched Fred and George sprinkle some kind of sparkly dust in to Ron's hair and then watch it turn different colors.
When Ron realized what was happening he turned to see his reflection in a nearby window.
"FRED! GEORGE!" he said as he turned around but his brothers had already ran for their lives. Ron groaned loudly in annoyance.
"Ronald Weasley! What have you done to your hair?!" a very stoutly, middle- aged, redhead woman said and she pulled out her wand from under her cloak and muttered something under breath while pointing to Ron's head.
"Thanks Mum. It was Fred and George!" Ron complained.
"Alright, alright. It's fine now. Stop complaining." The woman said. "Hello there dears. Who are these young ladies Ron?"
"Er.Mum this is Riley, er.Lei.Leila."
"Leilani." Leilani said smiling.
"Yeah. Er.that's."
"Tara."
"Jhene."
"Becky." They all said.
"Yeah. I knew that." Ron said. The girls all giggled.
"Well, hello ladies. I'm Mrs. Weasley. I hope Ronald here hasn't caused any trouble." Mrs. Weasley said, arms on her hips looking at her son.
"No. He hasn't." Riley said grinning happily.
"Well, Ron I have to go and get your dress robes. You be good. Understood?" Mrs. Weasley said firmly.
"Yes, Mum." Ron said a little embarrassed.
"Nice meeting you ladies. Good-bye now." Mrs. Weasley said changing her attitude when she spoke to the girls.
"Bye!" they all said finally have a perfect unison for the first time that day.
"Er.I'm just going to go and get my quills and ink." Ron said after his mom left darting out of sight into the aisles.
"That was quite funny." Riley said with a low voice.
~~~***~~~
"What do you mean you're going to another school for witches?! When did you turn into a witch?!" Talia said through the receiver of the phone.
"I never knew until today, okay? My mom just broke it to me. I really want to stay here Talia. I do! It's just I have a feeling if I tell my parents I don't want to they'll send me to Hogwarts anyways. Plus, you know that there were always those weird experiences always happening. I'm surprised none of us understood them." Riley said to her friend over the phone.
"Well, then, I guess I'm happy for you. But, promise you'll keep in touch. There's only 1 more month of summer left." Talia made her friend promise.
"Promise. But, mind you, I think you'll be getting my mail by owl post. We all had to buy owls while we were at that Knax Square place. It's supposed to be our communication." Riley warned.
"Alright. As if there's nothing weirder in New York." Talia agreed.
"Yeah. Anyways, I have to go and get all of my stuff ready. Plus, I want to look through it all. It's actually really interesting." Riley told her friend.
"Alright. I'll talk to you later then. Bye." Talia said.
"Bye." Click!
Riley sighed as she put down the phone. Then she got up from her bed and walked over to her desk where she loaded all her stuff from Knax Square. After she looked through it all she packed all of the books, equipment, and dress apparel neatly into a large trunk her mom gave her. On the front were her initials 'RN'.
Right when she put down her phone it rang.
"Hey Riley!" she heard Leilani say before she even said "Hello."
"Hey Lei!" Riley replied.
"I just found out the biggest and best news in the world!" Leilani yelled through the receiver.
"And what would that be?" Riley asked.
"You know how our performing arts classes are only during the summer?" Leilani questioned.
"Yeah."
"And you know how Ms. Minogue, our awesome teacher, is always somewhere else during the other 3 seasons of the year?" Leilani went on.
"Uh-huh." Riley said.
"She's one of the teachers at Hogwarts!!!" Riley announced happily over the phone.
"No way!!!" Riley said jumping up from her bed.
"I'm not lying to you! I swear!" Leilani swore.
"Which class does she teach?" Riley asked anxiously.
"I don't know. We don't even know what kind of classes we have." Leilani reminded her.
"Oh yeah."
"But at least Ms. Minogue is one of our teachers!"
"That's true. Have you told the girls?" Riley asked.
"No. Not yet. I have to go and tell them." Leilani replied.
"I just thought of something." Riley said in a low tone.
"And what would that be?" Leilani questioned suspiciously.
"I don't think we could bring laptops to this Hogwarts. Mom says no electronics work inside the building." Riley announced with grief.
"NO!!!"