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Ethan Burkens

On 156 Corners Avenue, Dublin Ireland, lived a rather husky boy by the name of Ethan Burkens. Though this boy lived a somewhat simple life to others, it was totally opposite. For this boy went to a school not attended by all normal Irish boys, he went to a school that taught magic to their future generations. The school was Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, he had begun going to Hogwart at the age of 11 and has been going there ever since. This year he would begin his sixth year as a Ravenclaw, for see the school is divided into houses Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw and each stood for some type of characteristic Gryffindor was for the brave, Slytherin was for the determined, Ravenclaw was for the intelligent, and Hufflepuff was for the loyal.

Ethan was placed in Ravenclaw because of his advanced knowledge of the magical arts. The year before in his fifth year he had been anointed a prefect, students who hold a higher position to the headmaster, as a prefect he had the power to deduct house points and to confiscate any inappropriate items.

Ethan was in America when he received the letter from the Deputy Headmistress and the letter stated:

Dear Mr. Burkens

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts

School of witchcraft and wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Terms Begin September 1 we await your owl no later then June 31.

Sincerely yours,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

When he had found out that the school was in Europe, he had convinced his parents to move to a country near by so that he may attend the school. They moved to Dublin he began to attended Hogwarts, it was a castle located in the mountains and the only form of transportation to get to the school was by taking the Hogwarts Express from Kings Cross Station at platform nine and three quarters.

"Mum, do you know where my wand is!"

"I think you left it behind your dresser." She answered him unknowingly

"It not there." He said with a sharp reply

"Well it isn't going help if you keep complaining" she replied and then remembered that she used it to stir his breakfast the day before "are you sure you didn't leave it in the walls as you were transiting." For see Ethan was half Valcon, a group of people that could past through object and posses other human bodies be it alive or dead.

"No I haven't be transiting since yesterday night and it wasn't with me." He began to grow irritated that he could not find his wand "This is total rubbish are you sure that dog didn't swallow it again?"

"No, the dog is at the vet." she said tried to sneak into the kitchen to swipe the wand and to act as if she had found it lying around "its here in the lounge come gets it."

Ethan hurried down the stair a swiftly as he could until he stumbled on a pair of shoes. When he was about to hit the floor he transited and fell into the cellar and had to run back into the lounge to get his wand. "Mum why is there porridge on my wand. Have you used it again to stir the porridge? Mum I swear it will not make the porridge taste any better."

"I'll take that as a compliment young man. Now hurry were going to miss the train to old Hogwarts," she exclaimed as she hurry out the door to the car.

The two made their way towards the port key with the other Irish students and as fast as they could they found themselves engulfed in a tornado of light and wind they soon found themselves in an alleyway next to the train station. When they entered they made their way toward platforms nine and ten. At that moment they made sure no one was eyeing them and when the coast was clear they went through the wall in between platform nine and platforms ten and they found themselves on platform nine and three quarters and standing there right in front of their eyes was the Hogwarts Express, a red and black chief engine on a wood train rail. Ethan gave his mother a kiss and boarded the train and as he looked out the window he notice how his mother grew smaller and smaller.

As was routine for the prefect they were to meet at the beginning of the train ride to Hogwarts to discuss the event on the train and to meet the newest recruits from each house. Thomas Finnigan the Gryffindor Head Boy, Head Boys and Girls were prefects that are about to graduate from Hogwarts.

"Hello fellow prefects I am here to address you about the agenda that will be taking place on the train ride. You know that the newest prefects will be joining us soon so show some enthusiasms" he began to introduce the newest prefects "for Gryffindor we have Lorna Fitchgerald and Timothy Kowalski, for Slytherin we have Tanya Patterson and Kevin Boldger, for Ravenclaw we have Jillian Thompson and Blaze Cannoning, and last but not least for Hufflepuff we have Kayla Clementon and Jonathan Frinningworth please give them a round of applause."

Next, Karen Thumpingston, the Head Girl for Ravenclaw, got up and began to speak of their assigned carts. "For the new fifth year you will be assigned to a different carts and as for the other years you will walk the runways of carts nineteen through thirty. So off we go now fifth years you should follow me and the rest you are aware of where you need to go." Ethan and the other sixth years made their way toward carts nineteen through thirty as they were instructed to do.