Unknown Secret
Chapter 2, The Leaky Cauldron
Skyla woke abruptly to the sound of a lark outside the window. Some other girls were already awake. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she heard the sneering voice of Lyenna.
"Look Skylark, It's your mother." She said smiling and pointing at the window, where the lark was perching.
"Very funny," Skyla shot back, "but you know, it resembles you most."
"Oh, yeah Skylark?" she said venomously "Well-" but she was cut short by the bell, announcing breakfast. "See you on the outing." she said with a smirk and went downstairs.
Skyla's stomach gave a funny jolt. She checked the calendar and gasped. It was already Saturday the fourteenth. How had the week gone so quickly? She hardly ate anything, she was too nervous. The voice in the back of her head was talking again. *What if he's a criminal? What does he want with you anyway? Are you in trouble? Did your parents have a huge debt? What if…* and on and on.
The whole dormitory filed outside, wearing their best. Skyla checked to see that she had the letter tucked safely in her pocket. They all went down to the subway, with Mistress Raiyn leading them. Skyla felt uncomfortable, as the boy's looked at her. She stared at her feet the whole way. She could feel the other girls glaring at her.
As they got off the subway and walked down the street, she got out her map. Only two blocks from her she thought. She broke quietly away from the other girls, almost running into Kerrisa. She slunk behind a dumpster and let five minutes pass. Then, following her map, walked the two blocks, looking for "The Leaky Cauldron".
She almost passed it, but looked back and saw the sign. It was whether beaten and run down. The sign looked like it said "Tle Laky Caildror". She approached it nervously. This did not look like the most appealing place to be rescued by a knight. Her mind started up again on the what ifs, but she took a deep breath and walked inside. She saw a bar on one side with a toothless bartender behind it, and a bunch of oddly dressed people. Most of them seemed to be wearing robes anywhere from threadbare to rich and heavy. How would she ever find this 'Albus Dumbledore'?
Just then, she heard a pleasant voice behind her. "Miss Skyla Auren, I presume?"
She turned around slowly, and there was a man she would have never thought would be 'Albus Dumbledore'. He was wearing fine blue robes, and had a long, white beard. He had a wise face looked extremely old. He looked at her expectantly.
"I-I, yes, I-I'm Skyla." She said, very nervously.
He smiled at her as if not noticing her uneasiness and said, "Come, sit down and I will tell you why you are here." and beckoned to an empty table. Skyla sat down and looked nervously at him. "First Skyla, there is something you must know." He said, looking intently at her, "You are a witch, as is everyone else here," he laughed, "except for the men of course, they're wizards, as am I."
Skyla just stared at him shocked. This was the last thing she had been expecting him to say. The voice in her head went off again. *What a mean trick, were the girls behind this? Are they just outside laughing at me? Maybe he really is a criminal. If he asks me to get in his car…*
"I understand that you're quite shocked by this," he said casually, as if this was the kind of thing he did every day.
*Maybe it is, maybe he just plays tricks on people, any second now, everyone here will be laughing at you, and any second now he will burst out laughing…any second…*"Uh, y-yeah."
"Well, I will try my best to explain it to you. There are witches and wizards living in this world, and we have kept it secret from muggles- non-magic people-. Now, your parents were also a witch and a wizard. I know you're wondering why I have saved this so long to tell you, well, it's because, I have to admit, that I did not know you were alive."
*What?!*
"Your parents worked to rid the world of the evilest and darkest wizard of our time, Lord Voldemort."
*Who?!*
"Now, one day your parents were cornered by Death Eaters-Voldemort's supporters-, walking home from a nice stroll from the park, and it was assumed that you were with them, for you were nowhere else. Then, I am sorry to say, the Death Eaters…got rid…of your parents."
"What?!" Skyla burst out, "Are you saying that my parents were murdered by…Moldevort's?…henchmen?"
"Yes," he replied, "and it was assumed that they killed you too, but we now know that your mother had placed a spell over you, which made it so that you could not be found with magic. We searched for you, but, being wizards, we used magic and therefore could not find you and assumed that you were dead."
"Then, how did you find me?" She asked.
He smiled and replied, "By pure accident I have to say. One of the members of my staff came across records of you in "The Little Ladies Orphanage", and we decided to investigate."
"Staff?" Skyla asked feeling swamped with all this information.
"Yes," he said smiling, "I am headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now this gets me to the real reason I wanted to speak with you. I would like you to enroll in the school. I daresay you are thirteen now, correct?"
"Y-yes…" she didn't quite know what to say.
"Well, you are a little old, yes, but you'll have to start as a first year." He said, scribbling something on a sheet of parchment with a quill. "Now, your parents, Miss Auren, were actually what you might call spies. They were spying on the Malfoy family."
"Who?"
"The Malfoy family; Lucious, Narcissa, and their son Draco. Now, I would like you to continue their work."
"How?" Now she was feeling a bit scared.
"Well as you probably don't know, Draco goes to Hogwarts. I want you to find out as much as you can about anything his father is doing, and report to me every month. Do you feel you can do that?"
Now she was really feeling scared. Me? Be a spy? Like my parents? *Yes, like your parents, and what happened to them?* Well, I am a witch aren't I? "I-I alright I-I guess"
"Good, then here is your letter. And I guess you should be allowed to visit Hogsmede, I'll send an explanation and form to your Headmistress. Oh yes, do not tell anyone about this conversation. Oh, you'll probably be needing this." He said and handed her a bag, which chinked when she took it. "I'll get Hagrid to take you to Diagon Alley." he said and yelled to the corner; "Hagrid!"
To Skyla's surprise, a large man stood up, a very large man to be exact, and he was draped in a huge moleskin overcoat. "Yes Professor Dumbledore?"
"Hagrid, I want you to take Skyla here to Diagon Alley to purchase her school supplies." Professor Dumbledore said and turned to leave.
"Alrigh' then." he said."Skyla is it? C'mon then." and beckoned her to a door in the back.
Chapter 2, The Leaky Cauldron
Skyla woke abruptly to the sound of a lark outside the window. Some other girls were already awake. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she heard the sneering voice of Lyenna.
"Look Skylark, It's your mother." She said smiling and pointing at the window, where the lark was perching.
"Very funny," Skyla shot back, "but you know, it resembles you most."
"Oh, yeah Skylark?" she said venomously "Well-" but she was cut short by the bell, announcing breakfast. "See you on the outing." she said with a smirk and went downstairs.
Skyla's stomach gave a funny jolt. She checked the calendar and gasped. It was already Saturday the fourteenth. How had the week gone so quickly? She hardly ate anything, she was too nervous. The voice in the back of her head was talking again. *What if he's a criminal? What does he want with you anyway? Are you in trouble? Did your parents have a huge debt? What if…* and on and on.
The whole dormitory filed outside, wearing their best. Skyla checked to see that she had the letter tucked safely in her pocket. They all went down to the subway, with Mistress Raiyn leading them. Skyla felt uncomfortable, as the boy's looked at her. She stared at her feet the whole way. She could feel the other girls glaring at her.
As they got off the subway and walked down the street, she got out her map. Only two blocks from her she thought. She broke quietly away from the other girls, almost running into Kerrisa. She slunk behind a dumpster and let five minutes pass. Then, following her map, walked the two blocks, looking for "The Leaky Cauldron".
She almost passed it, but looked back and saw the sign. It was whether beaten and run down. The sign looked like it said "Tle Laky Caildror". She approached it nervously. This did not look like the most appealing place to be rescued by a knight. Her mind started up again on the what ifs, but she took a deep breath and walked inside. She saw a bar on one side with a toothless bartender behind it, and a bunch of oddly dressed people. Most of them seemed to be wearing robes anywhere from threadbare to rich and heavy. How would she ever find this 'Albus Dumbledore'?
Just then, she heard a pleasant voice behind her. "Miss Skyla Auren, I presume?"
She turned around slowly, and there was a man she would have never thought would be 'Albus Dumbledore'. He was wearing fine blue robes, and had a long, white beard. He had a wise face looked extremely old. He looked at her expectantly.
"I-I, yes, I-I'm Skyla." She said, very nervously.
He smiled at her as if not noticing her uneasiness and said, "Come, sit down and I will tell you why you are here." and beckoned to an empty table. Skyla sat down and looked nervously at him. "First Skyla, there is something you must know." He said, looking intently at her, "You are a witch, as is everyone else here," he laughed, "except for the men of course, they're wizards, as am I."
Skyla just stared at him shocked. This was the last thing she had been expecting him to say. The voice in her head went off again. *What a mean trick, were the girls behind this? Are they just outside laughing at me? Maybe he really is a criminal. If he asks me to get in his car…*
"I understand that you're quite shocked by this," he said casually, as if this was the kind of thing he did every day.
*Maybe it is, maybe he just plays tricks on people, any second now, everyone here will be laughing at you, and any second now he will burst out laughing…any second…*"Uh, y-yeah."
"Well, I will try my best to explain it to you. There are witches and wizards living in this world, and we have kept it secret from muggles- non-magic people-. Now, your parents were also a witch and a wizard. I know you're wondering why I have saved this so long to tell you, well, it's because, I have to admit, that I did not know you were alive."
*What?!*
"Your parents worked to rid the world of the evilest and darkest wizard of our time, Lord Voldemort."
*Who?!*
"Now, one day your parents were cornered by Death Eaters-Voldemort's supporters-, walking home from a nice stroll from the park, and it was assumed that you were with them, for you were nowhere else. Then, I am sorry to say, the Death Eaters…got rid…of your parents."
"What?!" Skyla burst out, "Are you saying that my parents were murdered by…Moldevort's?…henchmen?"
"Yes," he replied, "and it was assumed that they killed you too, but we now know that your mother had placed a spell over you, which made it so that you could not be found with magic. We searched for you, but, being wizards, we used magic and therefore could not find you and assumed that you were dead."
"Then, how did you find me?" She asked.
He smiled and replied, "By pure accident I have to say. One of the members of my staff came across records of you in "The Little Ladies Orphanage", and we decided to investigate."
"Staff?" Skyla asked feeling swamped with all this information.
"Yes," he said smiling, "I am headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now this gets me to the real reason I wanted to speak with you. I would like you to enroll in the school. I daresay you are thirteen now, correct?"
"Y-yes…" she didn't quite know what to say.
"Well, you are a little old, yes, but you'll have to start as a first year." He said, scribbling something on a sheet of parchment with a quill. "Now, your parents, Miss Auren, were actually what you might call spies. They were spying on the Malfoy family."
"Who?"
"The Malfoy family; Lucious, Narcissa, and their son Draco. Now, I would like you to continue their work."
"How?" Now she was feeling a bit scared.
"Well as you probably don't know, Draco goes to Hogwarts. I want you to find out as much as you can about anything his father is doing, and report to me every month. Do you feel you can do that?"
Now she was really feeling scared. Me? Be a spy? Like my parents? *Yes, like your parents, and what happened to them?* Well, I am a witch aren't I? "I-I alright I-I guess"
"Good, then here is your letter. And I guess you should be allowed to visit Hogsmede, I'll send an explanation and form to your Headmistress. Oh yes, do not tell anyone about this conversation. Oh, you'll probably be needing this." He said and handed her a bag, which chinked when she took it. "I'll get Hagrid to take you to Diagon Alley." he said and yelled to the corner; "Hagrid!"
To Skyla's surprise, a large man stood up, a very large man to be exact, and he was draped in a huge moleskin overcoat. "Yes Professor Dumbledore?"
"Hagrid, I want you to take Skyla here to Diagon Alley to purchase her school supplies." Professor Dumbledore said and turned to leave.
"Alrigh' then." he said."Skyla is it? C'mon then." and beckoned her to a door in the back.