!Chapter 3!

!Mail Call!

Luna's heart was beating fast as she took the letter from under her bed covers. When she opened the envelope the letter was the same kind of heavy yellow parchment as the envelope. She was just about to unfold the letter when Ms. Spyke slammed open the door. "What in the devil were you thinking? We barely passed the inspection!" she exclaimed shrilly, then she saw the letter in Luna's hand, "How in bloody hell did you get that?" She asked trying to keep the fear out of her voice.

"An owl flew into the kitchen and had this letter in its beak," Luna replied happy that there was a note of panic in Ms. Spyke's voice.

"AN OWL BIRD? A RUDDY OWL BIRD! GIVE ME THAT LETTER NOW!" Ms. Spyke exclaimed.

"NO! YOU CAN HAVE IT WHEN I'M DONE READING!" Luna yelled.

Ms. Spyke walked over there and grabbed the letter out of Luna's hand,(having to put up a fight for Luna has a strong grip and didn't intend to let go), read it as Luna watched Ms. Spyke's eyes grow big, and Ms. Spyke ripped it into pieces right in front of Luna's eyes that were filled with tears of hurt and emotion.

"YOU ARE NOT GOING!" She yelled with fear in her raged voice and slammed the door behind her as she stormed out. Some of the girls came out of their rooms to see what was all the yelling about but all they saw was poor Luna, on her knees with silent tears pouring down her cheeks.

"Luna? Are you all right?" It was Maria. She looked worried and walked in slowly.

"No! I-I had a letter and s-she j-just took it from m-me and r-ripped into a m-million pieces!" Luna said through choked back tears even if more were going down her cheeks. Maria patted her back.

"That mean old lady, She'll get what she paid for, somehow, don't worry." Maria said encouragingly. Luna smiled.
The next day Ms. Spyke was actually sort of nice to Luna. She didn't make Luna do any chores that day and told off Helga when she was making fun of Luna about her scar and how it looks like banana and Luna was the monkey. When the mail came Luna ran to the mailbox and there were three letters for her. She put one in her pocket and had the two in her hand when Ms. Spyke came outside.

"Luna, I'll take the mail in," she said forcefully putting on a forced painful smile that looked worse than the one she gave her when the social worker was there.
Luna put up a fight, but Ms. Spyke got the two letters. Luna walked up to her room not trying to hide her glee. She had tricked Ms. Spyke into thinking only two came for her. As she came upstairs she was stopped by Helga.

"Who wants to talk to you that badly," she asked hatefully.

"Like it's your business. Now, get out of my way. Ms. Spyke has already told you off once," Luna said coolly.

Helga pushed her back as Luna tried to push Helga out of the way.

"Don't push me," she said.

"Then get out of the way," Luna said. She was getting very irritated. She wanted to go upstairs and secretly read her letter. Helga stayed in front of her stubbornly.

"I said get out of the way! Now!" Luna was losing her temper.

"Then tell me why Ms. Spyke let you do nothing all day," Helga said stubbornly.

"GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU STUBBORN PIG!" Luna had lost her temper. She couldn't take it anymore.

"Don't yell at me!" Helga said sounding angry and stupid at the same time wtih pink rising in her fat face from the name calling. Helga pushed Luna making her fall hard. Luna was glaring at Helga as she got up. She had landed on her left arm and it hurt badly. She knew she was going to have a bruise because she brusises easily.

She walked slowly up to Helga and put her right hand on Helga's shoulder.

"Don't push me again, Helga, "she whispered dangerously. As she said this she gripped Helga's fat shoulder and what seemed like a strong wind made Helga fly backward into the wall. Luna was surprised herself. She looked at the top her right hand and her crescent moon scar looked like its clear self, but when she put her left hand on the scar and touched the middle of the scar it felt warm. She touched the middle on her palm and it felt warm there too.

Helga got up her eyes wide with pain, fright, and embarrassment, but then she saw a bit of paper sticking out from Luna's pocket. She limped fast over to her and before Luna could stop her, took out what was in it.
She grinned evilly as she saw it was the letter.

"I think Ms. Spyke will be able to tear this one up as well. Forgot to give her this one, eh?" And by that she limped faster to Ms. Spyke. Ms. Spyke didn't do anything, but send her up to her room for the rest of the day and no meals. Maria came in as Luna sat down.

"What did you do to Helga?" She asked curiously, "She looks like she just came back from a war,"

Luna looked pale, her eyes wide. She looked carefully at her scar, but it looked normal like it always had.

"I don't know, Maria. It was like, like, magic."

The week had dragged by and on Saturday Luna had gotten twenty-seven letters to her. Ms. Spyke started to go get the mail and burn the letters to Luna. Ms. Spyke had asked the mailman who the letters were from, but the mailman gave her a weird look and said he had never gotten a letter to deliver to a girl named Luna. This made Luna think it was owls. Ms. Spyke wouldn't hear of it.
She'd storm out of the room every time Luna would suggest it. Helga now ran from Luna. Afraid of her and Luna took advantage of it. She'd make Helga do her chores and threaten to hurt her again. Of course, Luna would never hurt Helga, but she loved to have revenge.

Maria would always laugh at it along with Luna.
It was July seventh, Luna's birthday and so far only Maria had wished her a happy birthday.

"Don't count on it, Maria," Luna said, "Everyone knows, but no one cares, but you." She smiled. Luna was quite right even though fifty-nine letters came for her and were thrown in the trash right away. When Ms. Spyke went to watch the news and gave all of the girl's chores, Luna tried to sneak a letter, but Helga caught her and Luna had to duck from getting a blow to the head from the remote of Ms. Spyke.
That night Luna couldn't sleep. She had a hard time falling asleep and when she did she had a nightmare. She was dreaming of seeing a flash of green light, a young girl scream, another flash of green light, and hearing a man's calm voice saying "A gift will await you in ten years." Then there was another flash of green light and Luna woke up with her palm burning and in a cold sweat, but maybe it wasn't also that. Somebody was standing over her waiting for her to wake up.
It turned out to be a girl with great resemblances of Luna. The girl was a tall girl with chin-length wavy white blonde hair and had the same shiny eyes as Luna, but her eyes were a brilliant shade of blue. She had the same milky white skin as Luna too, but was a little fuller than her. The girl smiled.

"I was wondering when you'd wake up, Luna," the girl said still smiling. Luna just stared at the girl.

"Who are you? How do u know my name? How did u get here?" She asked while sitting straight up in bed scared, but ready for a fight. The girl laughed.

"Calm down. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. I was wondering when you were going to ask, but no so many. My name's Liana Bynes. Your sister,"

Liana said. "My sister?"

"Right."

"But I don't have one."

"Damn muggle was lying."

"If you're my sister, how come we weren't brought up in the same orphanage after our parents' house burnt down?" Luna asked.

Liana rolled her eyes. "Look, sis, our parents weren't killed by our house burning down, they were murdered. Murdered by Lord Desdemona."

"Desdemona?" Luna asked.

"Right. He was the evilest wizard of our time and we defeated him," Liana replied,

"Have you read your letter?"

"No, I've been getting loads, but Ms. Spyke keeps on throwing them away." Luna replied feeling more comfortable.

She felt more like this was someone she could talk to, better than Maria, surprisingly.

Luna noticed there was a star shaped scar in the middle of her neck. Luna looked at her own scar on her hand and a whole lot of questions came to her head.

"Yeah, you see your scar. You had put your hand up as a shield and a stop to make Desdemona not kill you. I was already knocked out because he had cursed me on my neck, almost killing me. Albus Dumbledore's cousin, a Squib, Danielle Yatz, has brought me up." Liana said.

Luna now knew who was the young girl who screamed when she tried to see her past.

"We must have a lot to learn," Luna said.

"No, we don't, really," Liana said, "I remember touching my scar on my neck and closing my eyes seeing a lady with shiny hazel eyes and light blonde hair scream and disappear, then see a flash of green light and my scar burn on my neck badly. If I think too long the pain will almost make me pass out since it's on my neck. How about you?" Liana said.

"I would put my right hand (she held it up) and place the top to my forehead and see a flash of green light, a young girl scream, and another flash of green light followed by my scar burning making me stop or I'd scream. Ms. Spyke told me it was from our house burning down," Luna replied.

"Well, that's half true. After Desdemona's curse backfired, the house caught fire," Liana explained.

"Ok, let me ask you, what in the world's a Squib and why have you come?" Luna asked.

"A Squib is a person whose parents are a witch and wizard, but their child has no magical powers at all," Liana said. She then made a letter appear, "Read this, I think you've been wanting to read one for a long time," Liana gave her the letter and grinned.
Luna stared at Liana making the letter appear out of thin air, took the letter, and read:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards) Dear Ms. Bynes,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins September 1st. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours Sincerely,

Minerva Mcgonagall

Minerva Mcgonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Luna looked up at Liana and thousands of questions came to her head.

"I got mine last year. I'm a second year," Liana explained.

"I'm a first year then," Luna said.

"Right, you see, you spend seven years at Hogwarts until you're a fully fledged witch or wizard," Liana said, "Hagrid is at The Leaky Cauldron. We were going to get you tomorrow, but I couldn't wait," she smiled, "Anyway, we'll get your things tomorrow. You'll really like Hogwarts. Now, get some sleep and we'll leave tomorrow morning unnoticed, quiet, and gladly be away from that irritable old muggle," Liana said.

Luna looked over at Maria who was fast asleep.

"Don't worry, she's sound asleep. I made sure of it, just don't tell anyone," Liana said taking out a long piece of wood and twirling it between her fingers.

"What's that?" Luna asked and Liana laughed.

"A wand, silly! Now, get some sleep. You'll hear everything tomorrow, well, nearly everything," Liana said.

Luna eyed her for a minute and then it hit here, Where is my "sister" gonna sleep?!

"Where will you sleep?" Luna asked

"Don't worry about me," she replied. And she transformed into a black cat with bright blue eyes and yawned. Luna stared.
The next morning, Luna was awoken by the cat looking over her. Seeing that she was awake, the cat transformed into Liana.

"I'm an anamagi. I can transform into an animal thanks to Danielle, she taught me and with Dumbledore coming over to check on us, I became one. I am registered, so the Ministry of Magic know," Liana explained and sighed, "Quite boring if you ask me. Takes the fun out of it if your registered. Now, get your things and let's go."

It didn't take Luna long to be packed. When she picked up the picture that was in her picture frame of Maria and her, she sighed and put it in her bag. Luna looked around and nodded.

"I'm ready."

"You sure?"

"Yes."

"Want me to see if the coast is clear?"

"Go on."

Liana opened the door a crack and saw Maria, Helga, and Ms. Spyke sitting at a table.

Luna could hear what Maria was saying to them, "I saw Luna asleep with this beside her," Maria was saying and picked up the Hogwarts letter and gave it to Ms. Spyke.
Ms. Spyke eyes went wide and Maria continued, "That's not it. There was a black cat sleeping at the foot of her bed. When I woke up I saw it had shiny blue eyes and was eying me suspiciously when I came downstairs," Maria finished.

"Where'd it come from?" Helga asked. Ms. Spyke didn't say anything, but started coming upstairs.

"Old muggle coming!" Liana whispered,

"Can't you make us disappear?"

"No! No! That's very hard to do! I'm not old enough and you need a license to apparate!" Liana urgently whispered back.

They could hear the footsteps coming upstairs. "In here!" Luna mouthed and pointed to the closet. They ran quietly over to it and just as they closed the door Ms. Spyke slammed open the door.

"LUNA! COME OUT HERE THIS INSTANT! YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THAT FREAK PLACE!" She yelled.

"Don't move," Liana mouthed. Liana transformed into a cat again and pushed the door open quietly, sat in front of Ms. Spyke, and meowed. Ms. Spyke looked down and saw the cat and started sneezing.

"G-get o-out of h-h-here, ACHOO! You flea-bitten an-ani-CHOO!" She yelled and sneezed.

Ms. Spyke seemed to be allergic to cats. Ms. Spyke ran out cursing and slammed the door behind her. Luna opened the closet door and got her bag. She was grinning at Liana.

"Brilliant!" Luna exclaimed, "How did you know she was allergic?" She asked.

"When I snuck in last night, I overheard her talking on the fellytane about it." Liana said.

"You mean a telephone?(Liana shrugged her shoulders)It's called a telephone. Anyway, let's go, shall we?" Luna said.

They went downstairs quietly and was about to open the front door when Maria's voice sounded behind them, "Why didn't you tell me you were a witch, Luna and who is that?" Maria asked.

Her voice sounded like a mixture of being hurt and angry. There was a look on her face that reminded her of Helga's when she's suspicious something's going on that she doesn't know about except in the face of someone much prettier.

Luna turned around and so did Liana, "I didn't know until Liana showed up last night," Luna explained, "and Liana here is my sister. She told me that too. I'm famous in the magic world and so is she. We defeated the Dark wizard of that time." Liana nodded furiously in agreement. Maria eyed them suspiciously and then asked, "How come I didn't hear you two then?"

"Because, I had put you under that Sleeping Charm where you wouldn't hear anything and keep on sleeping until morning," Liana answered she sighed and finished impatiently," Look, I'm really sorry, but we have to go so Luna and start school.

Maria looked like she didn't believe a word of it.

"Why was that cat there then?"

"That was me, I can transform into a cat. I'm an anamagi."

"Ok, then. I guess I believe you then, Luna," Maria said and smiled but the merriness in her eyes wasn't there. Her eyes reminded Luna of cold tunnels instead of Maria's warm, friendly love.

Luna sighed a relief, "Oh, good! Look, I will see you...when again, Liana?" Luna said.

"She'll see you next summer," Liana finished smiling, but impatiently.

"All right, bye then." Maria said.

"Bye," Luna said, "And don't let Helga bully you all right?"

"Ok."

"Bye!"

"Bye you two. Hurry before Ms. Spyke shows up."

And by that Luna and Liana left the orphanage leaving Maria behind, her arms crossed and a fake smile on her face, walked in London to the store part of town because Orphan Angel's Orphanage leaving Maria behind, her arms crossed and a fake smile on her face was only three blocks away. They stopped in front of a brick store that a sign was over it and said The Leaky Cauldron. They walked in and Luna gasped. Liana grinned at Luna's surprised face.