Author's Note:
Hi everybody! I decided to post one of my normal fics! I had originally written the "Lina Gets Her Letter" part to cheer up a friend, but after writing a little more I stopped, never to finish, as per usual. Then one day Lina Inverse the Dramata posted her Slayers/Hogwarts fic, "Childhood and Magic, A True Hogwarts School" and I got all excited and was inspired to continue writing mine. I hope that you'll enjoy this even if you haven't read Harry Potter. ^_^ Of course, neither Slayers nor Harry Potter are mine, but I like to have my chance to torture the characters every once in a while.
Part I
"I got it!" In a flash of red an eleven-year-old Lina flew past her father and grabbed the letters delivered to her door, crushing them in her tiny fist. "No, no, no, no," she said, throwing each "no" into the adjoining room, "yes! Yes! Yes Yes! Yes!" she proclaimed, jumping around in circles, triumphantly holding a battered envelope above her head. She dropped the rest of the letters on the floor and tore open her Hogwarts admissions letter, throwing the tattered envelope up at the ceiling. "'Miss Lina Inverse, blah, blah, been accepted at Hogwarts School' dad! I got in!" she said brightly as her father re-oriented himself and wandered into the room.
"That's wonderful!" he said, as Lina shoved her letter into his face. He reached for it, but never got to touch it.
"Wait! This is mine!" Lina said, pulling it away and hugging it. "You can't touch it."
"What have you got there, Lina? Hogwarts admissions letter? Maybe they can teach you how to transfigure disaster into neatness," Luna observed, studying the mess of damaged mail with hands on hips and a raised eyebrow.
"Ppht! You're just jealous cuz I'm not a squib like YOU! ……. Dad! Luna's looking at me like that again!"
"Luna, stop looking at your sister. Lina, clean."
"But-!" Lina pouted.
"You've done your homework, right, Luna?" Lina's father asked.
"Of course. I got perfect marks last term."
"Heh, I know I don't even have to ask you." Lina's father laughed. Lina began to steam as she observed that she was being ignored!
"BUT-!!!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, causing her sister and father to nearly jump out of their skins. This brought a satisfied smile to her face, though it caused her to forget to point out the injustices inherent in making her clean up her mess.
"Oh, Lina! Did you get your letter?" Lina's mother asked, appearing through the doorway and surveying the disaster.
"Yup!" Lina beamed.
"Wonderful! Now clean up the mess."
"Aw, mum!"
* * *
Ameria yawned as she worked her way down the stairs. She was usually a bright and chipper morning person, but she hadn't succeeded in getting much sleep last night worrying about getting an admissions letter to Hogwarts School. "Daddy, did the mail come?" she asked blearily, following the smell of bacon into the kitchen.
"Yes, it did!" her father announced, nodding to a small pile of mail on the kitchen table. On the top of the stack was the cream-colored Hogwarts admissions letter. Immediately all traces of sleepiness left Ameria's aura.
"Yay!" she shouted, pouncing on the letter and ripping it open (neatly) in her haste.
"'Miss Ameria Saillune,'" she read triumphantly, "'You have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!' Aaaagh! Daddy! I made it!" she announced, running over to her father and attacking him with a hug. "I am going to be just like mum!"
* * *
Zelgadiss stared at his Hogwarts admissions letter, trying to decide whether it actually existed or not. It felt real, but the strange silvery ink and the phrase: "witchcraft and wizardry" were at odds with his perception of the world. The world was a perfectly logical place, and anything could be explained; except, perhaps, physics; but this was /magic/. Magic had no place in his world. He tore the letter in half and gave it to the family dog, who cheerfully devoured it.
Hi everybody! I decided to post one of my normal fics! I had originally written the "Lina Gets Her Letter" part to cheer up a friend, but after writing a little more I stopped, never to finish, as per usual. Then one day Lina Inverse the Dramata posted her Slayers/Hogwarts fic, "Childhood and Magic, A True Hogwarts School" and I got all excited and was inspired to continue writing mine. I hope that you'll enjoy this even if you haven't read Harry Potter. ^_^ Of course, neither Slayers nor Harry Potter are mine, but I like to have my chance to torture the characters every once in a while.
Part I
"I got it!" In a flash of red an eleven-year-old Lina flew past her father and grabbed the letters delivered to her door, crushing them in her tiny fist. "No, no, no, no," she said, throwing each "no" into the adjoining room, "yes! Yes! Yes Yes! Yes!" she proclaimed, jumping around in circles, triumphantly holding a battered envelope above her head. She dropped the rest of the letters on the floor and tore open her Hogwarts admissions letter, throwing the tattered envelope up at the ceiling. "'Miss Lina Inverse, blah, blah, been accepted at Hogwarts School' dad! I got in!" she said brightly as her father re-oriented himself and wandered into the room.
"That's wonderful!" he said, as Lina shoved her letter into his face. He reached for it, but never got to touch it.
"Wait! This is mine!" Lina said, pulling it away and hugging it. "You can't touch it."
"What have you got there, Lina? Hogwarts admissions letter? Maybe they can teach you how to transfigure disaster into neatness," Luna observed, studying the mess of damaged mail with hands on hips and a raised eyebrow.
"Ppht! You're just jealous cuz I'm not a squib like YOU! ……. Dad! Luna's looking at me like that again!"
"Luna, stop looking at your sister. Lina, clean."
"But-!" Lina pouted.
"You've done your homework, right, Luna?" Lina's father asked.
"Of course. I got perfect marks last term."
"Heh, I know I don't even have to ask you." Lina's father laughed. Lina began to steam as she observed that she was being ignored!
"BUT-!!!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, causing her sister and father to nearly jump out of their skins. This brought a satisfied smile to her face, though it caused her to forget to point out the injustices inherent in making her clean up her mess.
"Oh, Lina! Did you get your letter?" Lina's mother asked, appearing through the doorway and surveying the disaster.
"Yup!" Lina beamed.
"Wonderful! Now clean up the mess."
"Aw, mum!"
* * *
Ameria yawned as she worked her way down the stairs. She was usually a bright and chipper morning person, but she hadn't succeeded in getting much sleep last night worrying about getting an admissions letter to Hogwarts School. "Daddy, did the mail come?" she asked blearily, following the smell of bacon into the kitchen.
"Yes, it did!" her father announced, nodding to a small pile of mail on the kitchen table. On the top of the stack was the cream-colored Hogwarts admissions letter. Immediately all traces of sleepiness left Ameria's aura.
"Yay!" she shouted, pouncing on the letter and ripping it open (neatly) in her haste.
"'Miss Ameria Saillune,'" she read triumphantly, "'You have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!' Aaaagh! Daddy! I made it!" she announced, running over to her father and attacking him with a hug. "I am going to be just like mum!"
* * *
Zelgadiss stared at his Hogwarts admissions letter, trying to decide whether it actually existed or not. It felt real, but the strange silvery ink and the phrase: "witchcraft and wizardry" were at odds with his perception of the world. The world was a perfectly logical place, and anything could be explained; except, perhaps, physics; but this was /magic/. Magic had no place in his world. He tore the letter in half and gave it to the family dog, who cheerfully devoured it.
