A/N: This story used to be on my co-writer's account (Destiny Elizabeth Weasley). We realized that it was really badly written, so we rewrote it completely.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of JKRowlings names or settings or idea or ect.
Chapter 1- The Isle of Drear
Nicholas Parker opened his eyes. Nope, there wasn't a vicious Quintaped over him just about to eat him. Not that there would be, with all the protections on the house. Nicholas got dressed and walked out the door trying not to wake his twin sister, Holly.
The isle of Drear, where his family had lived for six years, was well named. Nicholas shivered as he pulled on his maroon sweater. Every morning a freezing wind would flow across the island, chasing away any birds that had thought it a good place to live. The wind usually brought the owls with their food packages, and it was Nicholas's job to watch for them. He also watched for something more important: the owl bearing their invitations to Hogwarts. It was early August now, and the owl still hadn't come.
The walk from the house to the coast along the protected pathway was long, and Nicholas had nothing to do, so he pulled out the wand his dad had given him for his eleventh birthday. It was made of oak wood that was a little burnt from all the times he had tried to create fire with it, and inside was a piece of a scale from the Chinese Fireball that his dad had to take care of when he was young.
Nicholas took a deep breath and tried once again to do the only spell that had been found to repel Quintapeds, apart from the Patronus Charm.
"Aquacali!" Steam started pouring out of Nicholas's wand. He sighed. He never seemed to get it right. Each and every time he tried the spell, steam came instead of boiling water. It was like when he used the Lumos Charm; his wand caught on fire and the fire spread to his clothes before anybody could put it out. Luckily, the fire didn't hurt him at all, but it was maddening not being able to do the simplest spells. His parents continuously told him he was doing well, that it took months of practice to master your first charms, but he felt weak nonetheless. Holly's Lumos Charm created a small, glowing ball of water, not uncontrollable fire. And she had managed multiple times to complete the Boiling Water Spell. Sure, her water maybe was a little too cold, but it wasn't steam!
Finally, he was at the shore. Nicholas looked out at the sea. No owls. He started turning back disappointedly, when he saw something. It was coming from the Southwest, so it couldn't be a food owl. There was only one other source for an owl at that time of year…
Nicholas ran back to the house shouting,
"The Hogwarts owl is here!"
A/N: This chapter was really short, but the later chapters get longer for sure.