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Sorry I didn't talk to you guys last chapter. Well, here is my first fic on this site, I hope you will like it. Please review as much as possible since I want to improve a lot. Anyway have fun reading, if all goes well I gonna update chapters 2- 5 now. Have fun!
Chapter 2
Juliet couldn't believe her eyes. A living owl was sitting on her window sill. Without thinking she jumped up and opened the window. The owl hooted slightly as if to thank her and flew inside. She landed on her desk. Juliet stared at the owl, the owl stared back.
Juliet's thoughts were going crazy. What was an owl doing in her bedroom? Was that some kind of practical joke? But she didn't have any friends or any foes that would actually play that joke on her. The owl hooted again, this brought Juliet back to her senses. If her father heard the bird, everything was over. He would even think of some harder punishment then this boarding school. Juliet quickly went over to the owl. It was still looking at her. Then it stretched out a leg, there was a letter tied to it. Juliet didn't know what to think anymore. Owl post? Juliet untied the letter from the bird's leg. The owl waited patiently until Juliet was done, then it flew out of the window.
Juliet looked at the letter in her hand and gasped. It was addressed to her:
Juliet
43 Oxford Street
London
Juliet quickly tore it open, she swiftly glanced at the back of the envelope while opening it. It held a crest which seemed very familiar to her. She looked at the letter, it read:
Dear Juliet,
I am very pleased to inform you that you are accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Since you just turned sixteen you will be attending Sixth Year at Hogwarts, I trust you that you will be ready to sit your OWLs at the first day of school. This will determine the choice of classes you can make and of course your further career option.
Furthermore I would like you to pack and to be ready in the next twenty minutes to leave your home stay. This letter will turn into a port key. Don't tell anybody where you are going! This is very important. And remember: You have to leave your old life behind!
Sincerely
Albus Dumbledore
Juliet felt week and she had to sit down. Hogwarts? School of Withcraft and Wizardy? Leaving her so-called parents? Herself being a witch? All her dreams seemed to just have fulfilled themselves. As soon as this thought sunk in Juliet jumped up and cheered. But then she remembered what the letter had said. She only had twenty minutes to get packed and since she was leaving for at least one year, she had lots of stuff to pack.
She bolted through her room, trying to find all the stuff she needed, when she finally had finished, she had just three minutes left. She was standing in front of her Harry Potter books now. Should she take them along? But then, she remembered the last sentence, Dumbledore wanted her to leave her old life behind. This life included the books. She sighed and stored them under her bed. Then she grabbed the big bag she had just packed and the letter. She was counting down the seconds now: Ten – nine – eight – seven – six – five – four – three – two – one... She felt a pull behind her navel and her feet lost touch to the ground.
When she landed, she stumbled and fell to the ground. Someone held his or her hand out to help her up. Confused Juliet looked up and she looked right into the friendly face of a woman with red hair.
"Thanks, eh...Mrs Weasley?", she guessed when she once more stood straight.
"Yes, my dear. I am so happy that it all worked out. We didn't know if the port-key worked out.", Mrs Weasley said breathlessly.
"It did.", Juliet said. She started to look around. She was standing in a kitchen and since it was late at night, everything seemed very dark.
"Do you want to eat something dear?"; Mrs Weasley asked.
"No thanks.", Juliet replied. "I am not hungry." That was true, she felt like anything, just not like eating.
"Ok then, I will show you to your room. You must be tired; after all it had been a long night. Oh and once we get into the hallway make sure you are absolutely quiet.", Mrs Weasley said. "Sure.", Juliet replied and she followed Mrs Weasley out of the kitchen, into the hallway and up the stairs. She finally stopped at the second floor.
"Here you go dear, the other children are sleeping in the other rooms just beside your's. You will meet them in the morning.", Mrs Weasley explained. She opened a door and Juliet went inside with her bag in her hand.
She mumbled: "Good night" and closed the door, she could hear Mrs Weasley going downstairs again; she was probably going to bed as well. Suddenly Juliet felt how tired she was. She barely managed to get in her pyjamas, then she got into her bed and drew the blanket over her and fell asleep.
She woke up early the next morning. When she glanced at her watch it was just six in the morning but she couldn't sleep anymore, so she decided to investigate a bit on her own. She got out of bed and got dressed. She put on her jeans, her red sweater and her black sneakers. Then she made her bed and walked out of the room, trying to be as quiet as possible. She stopped in the hallway, which way to go? She didn't want to wake up anyone by stumbling into his or her bedroom accidentally. So she ignored the first few bedrooms on her site and on the opposite side, she turned left. One door on the right caught her eye, it was made out of some old brown wood and the door was a little bit opened. She carefully looked inside, nobody was in here. She saw a huge bed standing inside and some cupboards. Juliet went into the room and carefully closed the door behind her. Then she started to look around. Beside the bed there were standing a few framed pictures, which were actually moving. One of them caught her eyes. She could see a boy with unruly black her and green eyes standing there, beside him there was a man with black hair and grey eyes who had his arm around the boy's shoulders. On the boy's forehead she could see a scar.
Suddenly the door sprang open. Juliet spun around and was now facing even this boy she had just seen in the picture, but now he wasn't smiling but seemed very angry.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING IN HERE?", he yelled at her. Juliet was shocked.
"N-nothing.", she mumbled.
"GET OUT!", the boy raged.
Juliet dropped the frame she was holding on the bed and ran past the boy into her own room and locked it. She flung herself on her bed and cried. She didn't see that the boy after she was gone, went into the room she just had left, locked the door and carefully picked up the picture frame. He stared longingly at the picture, then carefully placed it beside the others and flung himself on the bed as well. Tears were streaming down his face and he hid his face in the pillows.
"Excuse me.", there was some knocking on the door. Juliet pretended that she hadn't heard it. "Excuse me!!!", the knocking grew louder. Juliet still ignored it.
"EXCUSE ME!!!", someone was banging against the door now.
Sighing Juliet stood up and went to open the door. When she opened it she looked at a girl with very bushy brown her. The girl just stared at her.
"Yes?", Juliet asked as politely as she managed. She didn't wish to see anyone at the moment. "I just wanted to check on you, to see if you're alright. I heard Harry screaming at you earlier.", the girl explained. "Oh, I am Hermione by the way", she extended her hand. Juliet shook it.
"Hi, I am Juliet. Come in", she opened the door a little bit further and stepped back to let Hermione in. Both girls sat down on the bed.
"What happened this morning? I was barely awake when I heard Harry screaming. Mind you that was a change. Until now he just locked himself up in Sirius' room and refused to talk to anyone."
"Oh shit!", Juliet exclaimed.
"What is it?", Hermione asked curiously.
"Then it was Sirius' room I went into this morning. I woke up early and I couldn't go back to sleep, so I went to investigate the house. No wonder Harry went berserk. I would have done as well, if I had found someone in my dead godfather's bed-room.", Juliet explained. Hermione eyed her suspiciously.
"How do you know all this about Harry and Sirius?", she asked.
"Never mind. This story is far too long to explain it now.", Juliet said. Hermione looked a bit disappointed but quickly caught herself.
"Sure.", she said. "Anyway, the reason I came here, I was actually sent to get you. Breakfast is ready and Dumbledore wants to talk to you, once you're finished. They are holding an order meeting right now."
Another reason why Harry might be pissed off. Juliet thought to herself. He isn't at the best of terms with Dumbledore.
"Ok, let's go then", she said. "I am starving."