Mia was a normal girl, or so everyone thought. Her bright yellow eyes were of as a result of the poisoning that killed her parents and the "V" on her forehead was simply a birthmark beneath her skin. But that's only what she was told. At the moment there was an owl at her window impatiently tapping his beak on the rain tapped window. Racked with excitement, she ran over, and the owl dropped the letter in her hand and gave a hoot of congratulations. The letter was thick and in emerald green ink we're the works "Miss Amelia Anne Anders Room 111, Petitioners Orphanage for girls" Eagerly she tore it open and read:
Dear Miss Amelia, we are pleased to inform you that you application to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (currently headmasterd by Albus Dumbledore) has been accepted with great excitement. We understand that you have been schooled in the magic arts by Simian Roberts, the old homeless lady muggles call "crazy", but rest assured that she has taught you well enough that you are able to join into the 4th year class. Enclosed is a list of supplies you'll need. The train leaves on the first of September at precisely 11 o'clock. Reply with the owl that came please, Simian will know what to do next.
Sincerely
Prof. McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress
Mia did a little dance before tearing a piece of notebook paper out and writing a letter of gratitude. She handed it to the owl, who took hold of it, turned and flew away. "Did that really just happen?" she whispered as the owl flew away "Have I actually understood? This weird quirk I've tried to suppress and hide is a talent that could help me join the wizards? If I make haste, so ill make haste" :
When I meet the wizards
Once I prove my worth
And then I meet the wizards
What I've waited for since...since birth!
And with all their wizard wisdom
By my looks, they won't be blinded
Do you think that wizards are... dumb?
Or like orphans, so small-minded?
No! They'll say to me:
"We see who you truly are,
a girl on whom we can rely!"
And that's how we'll begin
The wizards and I...
She flung her window the rest of the way open and crawled out onto the roof, sitting on the peak and watching the owl grow smaller and smaller.
Once I'm with the wizards
My whole life will change
'Cuz once you're with the wizards
No one thinks you're strange
No mistress is not proud of you
No friends all act ashamed
And all of school has to love you
When by the wizards, you're acclaimed
And this gift- or this curse-
I have inside
Maybe at last, I'll know why
When we are hand in hand-
The wizards and I
And one day, they'll say to me: "Amelia,
A girl who is so superior
Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside
Have a matching exterior?
And since folks here to an absurd degree
Seem fixated on your verdigris
Would it be all right by you
Normal eye you?"
She laughed as she thought of her yellow eyes being changed a normal color:
But of course
That's not important to me
"All right, why not?" I'll reply
Oh, what a pair we'll be
The wizards and I...
Yes, what a pair we'll be
The wizards and I!
She stood up and threw her head back to the sky:
And I'll stand there with the wizards
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it
I'll be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life
And I'll want nothing else 'til I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For the newest witch in town,
The wizards and I!
AN-nervously looking around well? the song is "The Wizard and I" from Wicked