Chapter 03
Phoenix sat on her back porch, watching the approaching rain. Maria came out and sat next to her. "How you doing?" she asked.
"Fantastic," Phoenix said dryly.
"Aw, honey, what's wrong?" Maria asked, tucking Phoenix's hair behind her ear.
Phoenix was quiet for a second. "So not even Canada would take me, huh?"
"Oh baby....." Maria hugged her daughter tightly. "I'm sorry, honey."
Jason suddenly Apparated in from of them. "Oh.....um.....am I interrupting one of those mother-daughter things?"
"No," Phoenix said, sitting up.
"Good." He said down on Phoenix's other side, handing her an envelope. "Here ya go."
Phoenix frowned. It was made out of thick parchment and was addressed to her in ink that matched her and her father's eyes. "What is this?"
"Find out," he said, glancing at Maria.
Phoenix turned it over and saw the purple seal with the badger, snake, lion and eagle around an "H" holding the envelope closed. She broke it and pulled out a sheet of paper. She read the first few lines and her jaw dropped. "Hogwarts? I got in! Ohmigawd!"
"That's right. It's a program Dumbledore and that Professor Xavier came up with. If you're a mutant, magical and get good grades, Hogwarts will accept you," Jason said. "I talked it out with Xavier then this came for you."
"When do I get my school stuff, when do I leave, will I be able to come back at Christmas, when does term end-"
"Whoa, whoa, slow down!" Jason chuckled. "We'll get your school stuff this weekend. There's going to be a Portkey that will take you directly to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at King's Cross Station the morning the Hogwarts Express leaves. We'll have to make up for time change, of course but it should be OK."
Phoenix squealed and hugged her dad around the neck. "Thank you so much!" she exclaimed.
"No problem, baby," he said fondly, kissing her neck.
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"Phoenix, honey, you need to wake up."
Maria's voice floated into Phoenix's dream but the girl couldn't bring herself to consciousness. She felt someone shake her shoulder and she started awake. "Wusgoin'on?" she mumbled.
"You need to get ready, the Portkey is leaving in forty-five minutes," Maria said.
"Oh, right," Phoenix muttered, climbing out of bed. "Shower..."
"Hurry up," Maria said. "And try to be quiet, Dylan's still asleep."
Phoenix nodded and padded into the bathroom. She turned the shower on cold, stripped and stepped in. She was immediately awake and took a deep breath, scrubbing her face vigorously with freezing water. She quickly finished and jumped out of the shower. The air was actually warm against her cool skin than being the opposite as it normally was. She decided to change on the train and put on her black jeans, a red tank top and her hoodie. She went downstairs to see her father setting up her things in the middle of the living room. "Is this it?" Jason asked her when he saw her coming in.
"I think so," she said. "Do I have time to go through and make sure?"
"Nope, you took too much time getting beautiful," he teased, checking his watch. "Maria! It's almost time!"
"I know, I know, I know," Maria said, coming into the living room, something in her hand. She walked up to Phoenix. "Here, baby. We won't see you for your birthday."
Phoenix took the cube-shaped box and opened it. Her jaw dropped. She pulled out the molded silver dragon in the shape of an arm ring. Its visible eye was an emerald and in its open mouth was a ruby tongue. "Whoa....this is like.....an eighteenth birthday present, isn't it?"
"Special occasion. But it probably is your present for your birthday and the next few holidays," Jason said with a smile.
"Thanks," she smiled, hugging her parents.
"You know, I think you'll be in the same year as Harry Potter," Jason commented.
"Really?" Phoenix asked curiously with a smile. "Awesome! I never thought I'd get to meet him."
Jason's watch suddenly beeped. "Whoop, that's the minute," he said. "Better get with your stuff."
"We'll send you a bird as soon as possible," Maria said.
Phoenix nodded and stuck the arm ring in her hoodie pocket and knelt by her trunk, grabbing the handle. Maria handed her an old beat up soccer ball. Phoenix's mother's eyes suddenly flew open. "Your ticket!"
"Crap!" Phoenix exclaimed, instinctively checking her pockets. "Where is it?"
Jason swore. "In my office! I'll be right back!" He Disapparated.
Phoenix checked her own watch, fidgeting. "C'mon, Dad....."she muttered anxiously.
He Apparated with two seconds to spare and slapped the ticket down on her trunk, kissing her cheek. "Have a nice term!"
The split second he pulled away, she felt the familiar tug behind her naval and she left the ground.
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A/N: OK, so my original intention was to leave Harry and the others out but apparently my muse had other plans. Ron and Hermione will prolly be in it too and, of course, Draco....N-no particular reason for him or anything **coughcoughhottiecoughcough** Whoa, sorry, don't know where that came from....
Phoenix sat on her back porch, watching the approaching rain. Maria came out and sat next to her. "How you doing?" she asked.
"Fantastic," Phoenix said dryly.
"Aw, honey, what's wrong?" Maria asked, tucking Phoenix's hair behind her ear.
Phoenix was quiet for a second. "So not even Canada would take me, huh?"
"Oh baby....." Maria hugged her daughter tightly. "I'm sorry, honey."
Jason suddenly Apparated in from of them. "Oh.....um.....am I interrupting one of those mother-daughter things?"
"No," Phoenix said, sitting up.
"Good." He said down on Phoenix's other side, handing her an envelope. "Here ya go."
Phoenix frowned. It was made out of thick parchment and was addressed to her in ink that matched her and her father's eyes. "What is this?"
"Find out," he said, glancing at Maria.
Phoenix turned it over and saw the purple seal with the badger, snake, lion and eagle around an "H" holding the envelope closed. She broke it and pulled out a sheet of paper. She read the first few lines and her jaw dropped. "Hogwarts? I got in! Ohmigawd!"
"That's right. It's a program Dumbledore and that Professor Xavier came up with. If you're a mutant, magical and get good grades, Hogwarts will accept you," Jason said. "I talked it out with Xavier then this came for you."
"When do I get my school stuff, when do I leave, will I be able to come back at Christmas, when does term end-"
"Whoa, whoa, slow down!" Jason chuckled. "We'll get your school stuff this weekend. There's going to be a Portkey that will take you directly to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at King's Cross Station the morning the Hogwarts Express leaves. We'll have to make up for time change, of course but it should be OK."
Phoenix squealed and hugged her dad around the neck. "Thank you so much!" she exclaimed.
"No problem, baby," he said fondly, kissing her neck.
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"Phoenix, honey, you need to wake up."
Maria's voice floated into Phoenix's dream but the girl couldn't bring herself to consciousness. She felt someone shake her shoulder and she started awake. "Wusgoin'on?" she mumbled.
"You need to get ready, the Portkey is leaving in forty-five minutes," Maria said.
"Oh, right," Phoenix muttered, climbing out of bed. "Shower..."
"Hurry up," Maria said. "And try to be quiet, Dylan's still asleep."
Phoenix nodded and padded into the bathroom. She turned the shower on cold, stripped and stepped in. She was immediately awake and took a deep breath, scrubbing her face vigorously with freezing water. She quickly finished and jumped out of the shower. The air was actually warm against her cool skin than being the opposite as it normally was. She decided to change on the train and put on her black jeans, a red tank top and her hoodie. She went downstairs to see her father setting up her things in the middle of the living room. "Is this it?" Jason asked her when he saw her coming in.
"I think so," she said. "Do I have time to go through and make sure?"
"Nope, you took too much time getting beautiful," he teased, checking his watch. "Maria! It's almost time!"
"I know, I know, I know," Maria said, coming into the living room, something in her hand. She walked up to Phoenix. "Here, baby. We won't see you for your birthday."
Phoenix took the cube-shaped box and opened it. Her jaw dropped. She pulled out the molded silver dragon in the shape of an arm ring. Its visible eye was an emerald and in its open mouth was a ruby tongue. "Whoa....this is like.....an eighteenth birthday present, isn't it?"
"Special occasion. But it probably is your present for your birthday and the next few holidays," Jason said with a smile.
"Thanks," she smiled, hugging her parents.
"You know, I think you'll be in the same year as Harry Potter," Jason commented.
"Really?" Phoenix asked curiously with a smile. "Awesome! I never thought I'd get to meet him."
Jason's watch suddenly beeped. "Whoop, that's the minute," he said. "Better get with your stuff."
"We'll send you a bird as soon as possible," Maria said.
Phoenix nodded and stuck the arm ring in her hoodie pocket and knelt by her trunk, grabbing the handle. Maria handed her an old beat up soccer ball. Phoenix's mother's eyes suddenly flew open. "Your ticket!"
"Crap!" Phoenix exclaimed, instinctively checking her pockets. "Where is it?"
Jason swore. "In my office! I'll be right back!" He Disapparated.
Phoenix checked her own watch, fidgeting. "C'mon, Dad....."she muttered anxiously.
He Apparated with two seconds to spare and slapped the ticket down on her trunk, kissing her cheek. "Have a nice term!"
The split second he pulled away, she felt the familiar tug behind her naval and she left the ground.
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A/N: OK, so my original intention was to leave Harry and the others out but apparently my muse had other plans. Ron and Hermione will prolly be in it too and, of course, Draco....N-no particular reason for him or anything **coughcoughhottiecoughcough** Whoa, sorry, don't know where that came from....