Chapter 1 - Breakfast With Algie

At precisely 7 o'clock in the morning, Elsie Longbottom was having breakfast with her brother Algie. Which means she was drinking her morning cup of tea (her only vice, as she claimed to her neighbours) and he was reading "The Daily Prophet" and ignoring her protestations of his reading choice and his eating habits. A tawny brawn owl flew in the open kitchen window and landed augustly on the table. With Algie still absorbed in his ridiculous excuse for a newspaper, Elsie took it upon her self to tend to the owl and the letter attached to it's leg. Algie, who was not so engrossed that he couldn't see the dirty looks he was being given or hear her muttering, grunted and thought : "It's her bloody owl anyway."

Dear Gran,

I am really sorry but I've broke my wand. Please don't get mad.

Professor Dumbledore said he already wrote to you to tell you all

about how it happened and I'm really sorry. I know I broke all lot of

school rules - and your rules as well but I just had to help. I didn't want

Harry to lose his godfather as well as his parents.

Neville.

P.S. I think I've lost all of my quills. Could you please send some more.

Next, Algie heard a loud crack and thinking his sister had had an extremely unpleasant letter and was now taking it out on HIS crockery, he looked up. He was proven wrong, for his sister had disappeared. This was very unlike her and maybe he should find out what was wrong but the article on "Broomsticks Vs Magic Carpets" was so intriguing. Oh well……