The Chosen
Disclaimer: this story is based on characters created and owned by J.K. Rowling no money is being made off of this story. Sara, Sharen, and Suki are mine. Special thanks to Morrigan my co-author and beta reader.
Chapter 1 The Letter
She was fighting for her life. The other three had fallen. There was a sword in her hand, it, no she had a black pommel and was light. She sent a mental plea to her blade help me. She heard a gentle voice in her head whisper child, you had only to ask. The sword took over and she turned on her enemy with a fresh fury, she would die that day, but so would he.
Hermione woke with a start. she shook her head slightly to dispel the remnants of the dream. May as well get up. Still yawing she ambled into the dining room. Her parents had already left for work. As she fixed herself some toast she noticed that she had a letter on her place mat. Taking the letter and toast into the living room she turned on the radio and sat down to her breakfast. Prrrrroew "No Chrookshanks you can't have any, toast makes you sick, and don't think your begging any more food form me, I know that mum fed you already." Eating she looked at the letter, on the front in bold black letters were the words: The Dark Arts: an extracurricular course in self defense by learning how to fight fire with fire. Curious she slit the seal to find a letter much like the one to Hogwarts.
Dear Miss Granger:
After reviewing your O.W.L. scores and finding you to be in the top of your house year we would like to offer you a summer course in training against the Dark Arts. Enclosed is a permission form for your parents to sign and send in. In this 4 week course you will learn various potent curses and hexes as well as their counter curses. Admission is ten Galleons and will be paid at the grounds or with your form. Please send in your form by July 10th. Class will begin on July 15 and end on August 5th . We will meet at The Leaky Cauldron at 11.00 am on July 15 and return at 12.30 August 5th. Also enclosed is a list of what to and not to bring to the course.
Sincerely,
Sharen Cailleach
The enclose list read:
Things to bring:
School uniforms Comfortable shoes Wand Books (optional) Quill and Parchment (optional)Do Not bring: pets, jewelry, or any thing else you don't want broken or lost
Sounds interesting and no harm in asking…
Later at dinner Hermione brought up the letter. "…….. And we had such a bad teacher last year that I should really-"
"Hermione calm down if you want to take this course then you can go.", her dad laughed, " I do hope you acutally take the time to have some fun while your there though." he teased. She just grinned and finished eating.