Disclaimer: I know I do not own anything Harry Potter or anything that has to do with Hogwarts. I did make up my own characters and the storyline is also made by me

            Chapter three: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

            The Rose family had been living in London for two weeks. They were unpacked and all of their things were in their proper places. Their car had also arrived so the could get to other places faster than by foot. Lena was adjusting to her new room, which was much larger than her old room. Even though she now had more space and better decorations, she felt the room was empty. It needed more emotion. To Lena, it was just a room rather than a get away from the rest of her life. Today was Friday and the mail should be arriving at any moment. Lena didn't know why she was so excited about the mail today. She just had a feeling that something big was about to happen. Perhaps one of her friends she had written to got her letter?

            Lena heard the truck squeak to a halt outside. She dashed out of her room and jumped down the stairs. She turned left and made for the kitchen where the door to outside was. She almost ran into her mother who was walking across the room. Lena apologized and then ran outside. The air was warm and the sun was bright. Lena took no notice in the weather, however because she needed to get the mail. She ran to the mail truck where a slightly overweight man was getting out of the truck. He had many white envelopes in his hands. One of them was a creamy color and stood out from the rest. Lena walked up to the mailman and told him she'd take the letters for the Rose family. He Smiled and handed them to her.

            "You saved me a short walk, but I thank you all the same." The mailman smiled and drove slowly to the next house on the quite country road. Lena began walking back to the house and looked through the envelopes to find the cream color one. When she found it she placed it on the top of the pile and walked into the kitchen. She dropped the other envelopes onto the table and took the cream one to her room. When she got there, she sat on her bed and read the name out loud after reading it a million times in her head.

            Ms. L. Rose

            She actually got a letter? This was very strange because she normally wouldn't get mail that came from nobody she knew. She looked at the back; it was sealed with wax and stamped above it was an emblem of a shield divided into four sections with a large "H" in the center. In the top left section was a lion with wings, the top right held a snake, the lower left held some sort of creature that Lena did not recognize and the bottom right held a bird. Lena broke the wax seal with her thumb and opened her letter.

            Dear Ms. Rose,

                        We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

What? Lena laughed to herself. You have got to be kidding me! Lena read on to see that there was a place called Diagon Alley where she needed to go to get all of her school things. She looked through the list:

            Wand

            School robes

            Cauldron

            The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 by Miranda Goshawk

            "Whoa, wait!" Lena shouted out loud jumping up from her bed. "Spells? I'm going to do spells?" She laughed and looked to the bottom of the letter expecting it to be a joke from someone she knew. There was no sign of a joke. She looked at the letter again. Am I really a witch? Lena took the letter downstairs to the kitchen where both of her parents were sifting through the mail.

            "What's that you've got there, Lena?" Mr. Rose asked curiously getting up from the table to look.

            "Well, its…its my letter." Lena didn't know how to tell her parents about the contents of the letter. "It's from some guy…er…Albus? Yeah, that's it. Anyway, he er…he thinks I'm a-" Just then, Mr. Rose snatched the letter from Lena. He was worried that some sick, twisted person was sending his little girl nasty mail. Lena was scared about what her father would make of the letter. Mr. Rose began to laugh and searched the letter for a sign of a joke as well.

            "What's so funny, dear?" Mrs. Rose asked her husband. She was the only one that had no idea what was going on. Mr. Rose told her that Lena was accepted to "some silly school about witchcraft". Mr. Rose laughed again but Mrs. Rose just read the letter. She was not finding it funny at all.

            "Well then," she began, "I think we should check this out anyway. Maybe it's some sort of summer camp thing they have here. Lena can make some new friends!" Mrs. Rose was suddenly excited about this. Lena was unsure of this being a summer camp as her mom expected. She thought it sounded like an actual school. There were actual places she was expected to go and things she was supposed to get. Where was she supposed to find a wand? Surely someone I that place called Diagon Alley would find it odd that she was looking for a wand and a cauldron. Lena told her mother what she thought of the idea.

            "Actually, mom I think it's a real school that I've been accepted to."

            "Rubbish! This ridiculous! There's not real school where you learn witchcraft, honey! Although it is very convincing."

            "Well, we're apparently not supposed to tell anyone where I'm going. We're sworn to secrecy pretty much. That seems a little odd to me for a summer camp, OK?" Lena was getting frustrated. She was also quite confused. She really didn't know why she felt this was a real school. There were strange directions in the letter on how to get to this Diagon Alley. Lena wasn't sure what she was really thinking anymore. She grabbed her letter and looked through it again.

            "Mom, we have to get these things within the month so I can go to this…er…'camp' by September first. I really don't think you looked through this, mom." Lena read on that she was to take a train to the school and she was to stay at the school all year until summer holiday. She could go home for Christmas if she wished to. Lena was beginning to believe that this was neither a joke nor a camp. Mr. Rose looked a bit worried as well. He finally decided to voice his opinion.

            "Well girls, I think that we should go to this…Diagonal Alley, dear?" Mr. Rose looked over to Lena who corrected him. "Thank you. Anyway I think we should go to Diagon Alley next week and ask around. We will learn all about this place, I'm sure." With that settled, everyone just went back to what they were doing before. Lena was definitely curious about this whole idea. She was almost excited about next week. I wonder what it really is…Lena thought when she reached her room and flopped onto her bed.

A/N: Wowie! Isn't this just great? Well I hope everyone is enjoying it! I enjoy writing it! Believe me, there is plenty more a-comin'!