Disclaimer- Yeah I think that after reading the first chapter, you can all tell that I'm not J.K. Rowling, so this is rather pointless.
Yeah I'm having difficulties with ff.net, and it's rather angering me. So I'm gonna shut up and let you read chapter 2!
We got moved in and settled pretty quickly, well for having to do everything muggle-style.
Our house was pretty cool, I have to admit. We had a really big back yard that backed on to a lake. There was a little trail that led from our yard through a few trees to the lake. It was so beautiful. There was even a little waterfall that came down into the lake. It had a couple of streams leading off of it too. It was really indescribable. I loved it as soon as I saw it.
We also had a pool in the back yard. It was covered by this amazing pool house. It had gorgeous French doors that opened to the patio so that even though it was covered, you could still feel like you were part of the group. Or well you could close them too and feel alone...hehehe the things that are gonna happen in there.
The house itself was quite large. When you first walk in the front door, you're in the entry hall. To the right is the kitchen and to the left is this beautiful staircase leading upstairs. Right above you was the amazing chandelier. If you looked straight ahead, you could see the fireplace in the living room. Off of the living room on the right, was the dining room, which also connected to the kitchen. To the left of the living room was like a computer room I guess. That's where the computer was going to be, and we might have a T.V. and some couches in there as well, if we just wanna get away from everyone else.
The kitchen was incredible. My mom and I are going to have such a great time cooking in there! There's also a door that leads to the garage, and another to the fully finished basement. It's crazy cool down there! There's a pool table, foosball table, pinball machine, ahh it's amazing! Luckily it has a bathroom down there, so that we won't have to run upstairs! Some how, I think my dad had something to do with all the cool stuff down there. It felt like his way of apologizing for uprooting us. I might just have to forgive him a little...
Anyway, so back upstairs! In the living room, as I said, there's a fire place. It's really neat, cause it's one of those double sided ones. Does that make any sense? Well anyway, you can look at it from both sides, and it's like a room divider. So it makes it seem like there is a main living room, and a smaller one that you can just sit in and either look out side, or at the fire, or chill, or whatever floats your boat!
Alright, so remember that staircase that I was talking about before? Well it leads to the 2nd floor of the house! Wow! What a concept! Ok, enough with the sarcasm...for now anyway. So anyway, upstairs, there are 3 bedrooms: my parents', brother's, and a guest room. There's also two bathrooms, a family room, and a den for my dad.
When you walk up the stairs, the first room that you are going to come to is my brother's room. It's connected to the guest room by one of the bathrooms. Wow, I wonder what's gonna happen when grandparents come over...hehehe.... So yeah it's a pretty nice potty room actually, it's got a shower tub combo, a full length mirror on both doors, plus a ceiling to counter mirror above the sink, er well sinks.
So um enough about the bathroom! The next room after the guest room, is the family room. It's right in the middle of the second floor, centered perfectly. It's like the living room, in that the fireplace is a double sided one. On the wall facing the back yard is an amazing window that looks back on the lake and yard.
Next is my parents' room. Well, it's really my dad's den and the master bath, but you have to go through their room to get to them. I'm don't think I really need to explain another bathroom to you, so I'll skip that part.
So where in all this is my room? Well, right past my parents' room is another door. If you didn't know, you'd probably think that it was just another closet or something. But when you open the door, you find another set of stairs that lead to the 3rd floor. So up the stairs ya go... upon reaching the top, you are met by a very nice, very spacious room. There are some windows that look out to the back. There's another foosball table, as well as a closet full of games. I think that my dad had definitely been up there. And not just because of that, but there was also an awesome T.V. and stereo system set up. There were tons of videos, DVDs, and CDs...yep Dad's definitely been up here. So like I said, there was a closet full of games, and well there was another closet as well, but I didn't go look in it just yet. I was more concerned with yet another door!
The moment I walked into the room, I knew it had to be mine. The wall facing the back yard had the most beautiful bay window you'll ever see. It looked out on to the back yard and the lake. I could just imagine the sun rises and sun sets. As you turn around, you see the built in book shelves that go on either side of the bed. Next to the one that would be on the left of my bed, is another amazing fire place. Well, at least I know that even if the power goes out, our house will still be warm, hahaha.
The room itself is actually pretty large. To the right of the right book shelf, and to the left of the fire place, are doors that lead into the very spacious walk in closet that wraps around behind the room. I don't know that I'm necessarily going to need all that room, but it might come in handy in the future. There's actually another closet sort of thing that connects the room with the amazing bathroom. It'll be a good place to get dressed after a shower.
So in to the bathroom...ok, so I'm not gonna ramble on about it, but it's pretty stinking cool. There's a shower as well as a bath tub. The bathtub has like a lip thing around it, so that you can put things like candles or whatever around it when you're taking a bath. There's also a full length mirror on one wall, and another that goes all the way across the wall above the sink.
After taking everything in, I ran down stairs and announced that the entire 3rd floor was mine. My parents said it was fine, and my brother said he didn't care. Well ok, so he hadn't seen it yet, but hey, it's not my fault that he's so slow.
I went back up to my room, and decided to start unpacking. My dad had sent my bed up to my room when I had told him which room I wanted, so at least I didn't have to deal with that. While unpacking and putting things away, I realized that it might be a good idea to wash my clothes again...just in case I missed any.
I'd just opened up another box to start emptying its contents when I came upon the small jewelry box that had belonged to my 7-greats grandmother. It was baby blue with a rose on each side and ribbon connecting them. The lid had a little girl and a carousel horse on it. When the lid was taken off, and light hit it in a certain place, it would play music.
My 7-greats grandmother, Sarah McTiernan, didn't really care what happened to most of her possessions after she died, but there were a few things that she indicated go to certain people. The jewelry box was one of those things. She said that it was to go to no one except her 7-greats granddaughter. Well needless to say, my ancestors thought it a bit odd, but she was so well respected and loved by the whole family, that no one argued.
To make sure that it went to the right person, she did describe the girl. Her hair would be between medium and dark brown with sun streaks in it. Her eyes would be as green as the purest emeralds and would sparkle like the stars. She would have a smile that would make anyone who saw it forget their worries while they were with her. In all truth, she had described herself, but she said that's what the child was going to look like. She would also have the same name. It wouldn't really be purposely, but it would just happen.
So my family passed down the story, and made sure that everyone knew what this child would be like, and the happiness she would bring to the family again. While waiting for this descendent to arrive, the jewelry box would be kept by the oldest living descendent would keep it safe. Everyone thought it odd that it wouldn't open, but most just thought that this was because it was so old.
Even though the story was to be passed down, when it came to my father's generation, none were to be told, so that it was sure to go to the right child. They didn't want any of them trying to have only girls and naming them all Sarah. They didn't want anyone to try to purposely have this child.
Well everything was going fine and dandy, until my 2nd cousin and I were born. Up till then, there had been no Sarah born, and none that looked like Sarah McTiernan in the slightest. All the girls that were born were either blond with green eyes, or brunette with blue eyes. Well, my great-aunt Mary accidentally let it slip one day to her daughter-in-law about the jewelry box, and how everyone was waiting for the baby to come. Upon hearing this, her daughter-in-law was sure that she would be the one to have this baby. After all, her husband had the brown hair, and she had the green eyes, so why not?
My 2nd cousin and I were born just days apart. She was named Sarah Elizabeth McTiernan, purely because her mother was certain she was the one. While this was taking place in England, my parents were in the United States, waiting for their 2nd child to be born. I arrived on the 18th of December at 8:36 in the morning and was named Sarah Elizabeth McTiernan as well. But my name didn't come from a mother thinking her child was destined for a very special gift. It came from two parents that had simply thought it sounded pretty.
Well, now the family was in a bind. There were two Sarah's, and no one knew which one the gift was to go to. On the day of my birth, they were about to give it to my 2nd cousin, but then they found out I had been born. In looking at the two of us, you couldn't see have had two more different babies. We both of course had blue eyes at the time, because all babies are born that way. But she was as bald as a doorknob, while I had thick black hair.
Now I don't want to sound conceited, but I was a beautiful baby. People actually stopped to tell my mom how pretty I was. My cousin? Well, still bald at the age of 1 ½, she was one of the funniest looking things out there.
You can imagine how mad my er – well I don't actually know what I'm supposed to call her, but anyway, you can imagine how mad she was that I had been born. She accused my parents of copying her with my name, but my whole family knew that wasn't true. I think she was probably just bitter because she had such a "lovely" baby.
As we got older, my hair started to lighten to dark brown, while my 2nd cousin's (finally) came in blond. Her eyes stayed bright blue, and mine started changing to green. We were a little past two when this started happening. My family was figuring that the gift should go to me, but my – er – heck I'm just gonna call her my aunt – had a fit and said that we needed to wait a few more years.
And so they waited.
Alright, I know this wasn't the most exciting chapter, and I'm really sorry. I needed this stuff though, cause it has to deal with stuff later on in the story. So yeah sorry if I bored you to death!!Thanks for reading!