(A/N:) Yay! I got a review! Woot! So... that means I can start on chapter 2! As long as I keep getting reviewers, I should have a chapter up every day. So, I'll start with this one.

Chapter 2- Getting Ready

Abigail awoke the next morning with a bit of a headache. Was what she heard last night a dream? Was she really moving? Leaving Angie next door alone? Leaving her best friends Julie, Lyndsie and Jason from Magwa without her? She couldn't bear it. No, not after 16 years of living here. In this house. This room. This... everything pretty much. She knew she wouldn't be able to change it, and figured that arguing wouldn't help her. She'd just try to make the best of it. You know, feel excited. But the very fact of leaving everything behind left a deep pit in her heart.

She went into the bathroom and stared up at her face. The stress of the news left the bags under her eyes even bigger and blacker than usual. Her red hair was sticking up everywhere, knotted and matted in certain places. But of course, what do you expect for someone that just woke up? In Canada, you can use magic at home when you're 16, and she, of course, just had her birthday in May, so she magicked her hair back to its usually wavy self. She washed her face manually and did everything else manually, she just hated brushing her hair with a passion. She sighed and went back into her room where she got dressed. Nothing fancy, just blue jeans and a red t-shirt. Muggle clothes. You know.

She walked downstairs and sat on the couch. Mom was at work, and so was dad. It was just her and Festia today.

All of a sudden, Abigail saw Festia's long blond hair flash by. "KAbbyI'mgoingnowseeyabye." She said this all very fast and then shut the door.

Abigail thought to herself 'Scratch that. Only me today'. She sighed her millionth sigh of the day. She tried to figure out what she should do. She half-hummed half-sang a song that sort-of described her mood at that moment in time.

"The day passed slowly
As days often do
He waited lonely again
He watched the ice melt
Heard time drip by
As idle thoughts ran through his head
He said:


I've got to get on an aeroplane and get out of here
I've got to find me a place where I can hide
I've got to get on an aeroplane and get out of here
Because time is no longer on my side"

Then she realised that she never told her friends that she was leaving! She ran upstairs, grabbed her quill and 3 bits of parchment. She also grabbed her rat while she was at it. Poor Ritz hadn't gotten excersise in days. So with a rat on her shoulder, a quill in one hand and parchment in the other she went off and sat at her kitchen table. She thought for a minute. 'How can I tell my best friends that I'm leaving the COUNTRY?' Then she knew. She wrote the message down on 3 seperate peices of parchment.

Dear Lyndsie/Julie/Jason,

Ya'll know who it is right? Well, I have some really really REALLY bad news. My family is moving to Scotland! Ya, I know what you're thinking. NOOOO! No our dear precious Abby!!! Or not... ha ha. Anyway, this is really hard to write, so I'll cut it off here. I'll keep you posted!

Written With Love,

Sealed with a Kiss,

Abigail F. Rafter

She read it and re-read it 5 times. After thinking it was good enough, short, sweet and to the point, she whistled for their owl. Owl, as Festia named it many years ago, was a beautiful brown barn owl with a grey face. "Bring these to Jason Alguire, Julie Leduc, and Lyndsie Legault. If they don't reply, thats alright. Got it Owl?" Owl hooted and flew off through the window.

She watched the Owl take off far into the distance. "Well," Abigail said outloud, not realising she was talking to herself, "I better start packing... we're leaving in 29 days after all." She looked out the window once more, and headed into her room, Ritz the rat perched on her shoulder, looking almost white in the sunlight, even though she was beige.

(A/N:) Done chapter 2! I really need more reviews, to see how I can improve! Can you guess which house Abigail is going to be sorted into? See how good of a detective you are, and see if you are right! Anyway, I have to go now.

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