Something was gleaming through the window of Dana's bathroom, warming her face. She opened her eyes slowly to find the sun shining quite possibly brighter than she had ever seen it before. Her hair, she found, had dried in curls that hung to her still damp pajamas. She climbed out of the bathtub in which she had fallen asleep in, and slowly made her way to the mirror. Her eyes were still adjusting to the light of the new day, and she was slouching. Her muscles were so sore. She glanced back at the tub, and it's high arch. She regretted having slept there.
She went to retrieve a change of clothing, to find her window wide open, and an owl perched on the ledge. It cooed and shook its feathers. There was something attached to its foot. A letter, perhaps? Green and Black ribbon held it together. The animal's wide eyes stayed on Dana. She made her way over to the bird, making sure her bedroom door was shut. She slowly took the letter from its grasp. In a moment, it had made a rather loud noise and was signaling towards a plate of biscuits on Dana's end table. She put the plate on the windowsill and drew her attention back to the neatly wrapped parchment.
Carefully, she untied the ribbons and lay them on her bed. The paper unraveled and she began to read.
Terribly sorry for the disturbance early this morning. We are sure it will not occur again.
The Malfoy Residence
There were so many odd things about this letter. The first would have to be the crest at the top of the parchment. It was a snake, wrapped around the letter 'M.' She assumed this stood for Malfoy, but the idea of the crest itself was weird. Why had this letter been so cold and unfriendly? All the other inhabitants of the neighborhood seemed very warm and welcoming. Why were these people so different?
Dana rolled the parchment back up, tied the ribbons around it neatly, and placed it in her dresser drawer. If she let anyone know she was in contact with these people, they might start asking her questions. Questions that she couldn't answer. She got a shower, dressed, and made her way downstairs. The maid, Sophia, was nowhere to be seen. Her parents were at work, most likely. She found yet the second letter addressed to her today:
Dana, Hermione called, don't forget to call her back.
Love, Mom.
Hermione was one of Dana's best friends. She lived in the house to the left of Dana, and their parents always got along very well. There was something strange about Hermione though. She attended a boarding school, that apparently was so far away that Dana was not permitted to visit. Hermione was only around during the summer, and the holidays. And she never went into depth about anyone at the school, or any of her assignments either. This put a wall into their conversations. They never knew the same people, or the same math problems, but they always seemed to find a way around it.
Dana suddenly changed her mind about something. She ran up the long staircase, down the winding hall to her bedroom. She retrieved the rolled up parchment she had received earlier that morning. She was going to find out just who these 'Malfoy' people were, and she was going to get Hermione to help.
She went to retrieve a change of clothing, to find her window wide open, and an owl perched on the ledge. It cooed and shook its feathers. There was something attached to its foot. A letter, perhaps? Green and Black ribbon held it together. The animal's wide eyes stayed on Dana. She made her way over to the bird, making sure her bedroom door was shut. She slowly took the letter from its grasp. In a moment, it had made a rather loud noise and was signaling towards a plate of biscuits on Dana's end table. She put the plate on the windowsill and drew her attention back to the neatly wrapped parchment.
Carefully, she untied the ribbons and lay them on her bed. The paper unraveled and she began to read.
Terribly sorry for the disturbance early this morning. We are sure it will not occur again.
The Malfoy Residence
There were so many odd things about this letter. The first would have to be the crest at the top of the parchment. It was a snake, wrapped around the letter 'M.' She assumed this stood for Malfoy, but the idea of the crest itself was weird. Why had this letter been so cold and unfriendly? All the other inhabitants of the neighborhood seemed very warm and welcoming. Why were these people so different?
Dana rolled the parchment back up, tied the ribbons around it neatly, and placed it in her dresser drawer. If she let anyone know she was in contact with these people, they might start asking her questions. Questions that she couldn't answer. She got a shower, dressed, and made her way downstairs. The maid, Sophia, was nowhere to be seen. Her parents were at work, most likely. She found yet the second letter addressed to her today:
Dana, Hermione called, don't forget to call her back.
Love, Mom.
Hermione was one of Dana's best friends. She lived in the house to the left of Dana, and their parents always got along very well. There was something strange about Hermione though. She attended a boarding school, that apparently was so far away that Dana was not permitted to visit. Hermione was only around during the summer, and the holidays. And she never went into depth about anyone at the school, or any of her assignments either. This put a wall into their conversations. They never knew the same people, or the same math problems, but they always seemed to find a way around it.
Dana suddenly changed her mind about something. She ran up the long staircase, down the winding hall to her bedroom. She retrieved the rolled up parchment she had received earlier that morning. She was going to find out just who these 'Malfoy' people were, and she was going to get Hermione to help.