Weeks had come and gone like a speeding train. Since Amelia was 19 and had
her license, she took Lynn and Marie everywhere they wanted to go. They
went on numerous daytrips to the city to sightsee and shop. Lynn's family
took Marie to see her favorite sight, Stonehenge that she had been dying to
see for years. Marie was delighted with the treat and all the other
ancient sights around were Lynn lived.
Two weeks before September 1st, Lynn came running to the breakfast table with the biggest grin possible across her pretty face.
"Mum.! Our school letters came and guess what! Marie got one too!" Marie narrowed her eyes in thought at the odd exclamation that had just burst from Lynn. She was an exchange student and was supposed to be going to school here in England with Lynn. Why was she so excited?
"Marie, you are going to love it at school!" Lynn bounced with the intensity of her grin as she handed her friend an envelope made of handsome parchment. Marie took the odd-looking letter into her own hands, surprised, to see in beautiful script, that it was addressed to her at Lynn's household. Hastily she turned the envelope over and her eyes stared at the decorative school crest above the wax seal. She wondered how expensive this school's tuition was as she opened the envelope.
Lynn had already finished her letter, seeming to have expected what would be written inside. She was in conference with her mother as Marie's eyes began to read the letter before her, written in the same script as her name upon the envelope.
"You've gotta be shittin' me." Marie swore under her breath as she read the words that accompanied the school seal. "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" She gaped in amazement. "Is this some kind of joke that your school plays on all new students?"
Lynn rushed over to her side with a wide grin. "Nope.it's a real school. We didn't want to answer your questions about school because.uh.well.muggles aren't supposed to know about Hogwarts."
Marie's pretty eyes were as large as saucers as Lynn explained it all straight-faced to her. "Muggles.? Magic? Witches.and wizards? Holy." Marie was about to swear again but caught the cold glance from Lynn's mother and stopped herself. "Are you totally serious about all this Lynn.?"
Lynn's mother answered for her daughter. "Of course. I went there myself along with Lynn's father." Lynn had the whole family with her on this odd joke! But what stopped Marie's thoughts in mid-sentence was the light snap of Lynn's mother's fingers and things began to clean themselves right before her eyes.
"Sheesh.you guys are serious, aren't you?" Marie exclaimed as she looked between the two of them. Both women chuckled slightly and grinned before Lynn grabbed Marie's hand and dragged her up to her room.
As soon as they had opened her door, Marie spotted the owl upon Lynn's windowsill and watched as she quickly scribbled something down and sent the bird away. Lynn then went to her closet and quickly pulled out her large, black trunk with her own version of the Hogwarts's school seal hand-painted upon the top.
"Now I can show you all my school stuff and pictures!"
Two weeks before September 1st, Lynn came running to the breakfast table with the biggest grin possible across her pretty face.
"Mum.! Our school letters came and guess what! Marie got one too!" Marie narrowed her eyes in thought at the odd exclamation that had just burst from Lynn. She was an exchange student and was supposed to be going to school here in England with Lynn. Why was she so excited?
"Marie, you are going to love it at school!" Lynn bounced with the intensity of her grin as she handed her friend an envelope made of handsome parchment. Marie took the odd-looking letter into her own hands, surprised, to see in beautiful script, that it was addressed to her at Lynn's household. Hastily she turned the envelope over and her eyes stared at the decorative school crest above the wax seal. She wondered how expensive this school's tuition was as she opened the envelope.
Lynn had already finished her letter, seeming to have expected what would be written inside. She was in conference with her mother as Marie's eyes began to read the letter before her, written in the same script as her name upon the envelope.
"You've gotta be shittin' me." Marie swore under her breath as she read the words that accompanied the school seal. "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" She gaped in amazement. "Is this some kind of joke that your school plays on all new students?"
Lynn rushed over to her side with a wide grin. "Nope.it's a real school. We didn't want to answer your questions about school because.uh.well.muggles aren't supposed to know about Hogwarts."
Marie's pretty eyes were as large as saucers as Lynn explained it all straight-faced to her. "Muggles.? Magic? Witches.and wizards? Holy." Marie was about to swear again but caught the cold glance from Lynn's mother and stopped herself. "Are you totally serious about all this Lynn.?"
Lynn's mother answered for her daughter. "Of course. I went there myself along with Lynn's father." Lynn had the whole family with her on this odd joke! But what stopped Marie's thoughts in mid-sentence was the light snap of Lynn's mother's fingers and things began to clean themselves right before her eyes.
"Sheesh.you guys are serious, aren't you?" Marie exclaimed as she looked between the two of them. Both women chuckled slightly and grinned before Lynn grabbed Marie's hand and dragged her up to her room.
As soon as they had opened her door, Marie spotted the owl upon Lynn's windowsill and watched as she quickly scribbled something down and sent the bird away. Lynn then went to her closet and quickly pulled out her large, black trunk with her own version of the Hogwarts's school seal hand-painted upon the top.
"Now I can show you all my school stuff and pictures!"