Disclaimer: The usual: J.k. Rowling owns everything but the original characters (those are mine!).

A/N: I'm not sure if I mentioned it before but Alex lives in Argentina (countru in South America, in case you didn't know) with her brother, mom and dad. Well, that's all. Enjoy!

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New at Hogwarts

Chapter 2

Witchcraft . . .yeah, right!

'HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

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Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

SupremeMugeump, International Confed. of Wizrds)

Dear Miss Levingston,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary equipment.

An owl will be sent to you in one week's time for your response.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva Mcgonagall

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress'

Alex stared dumbfoundedly at the letter in her hands 'What kind of joke is this?'. She could hear her mother in the kitchen, humming a soft tone, while the wonderful smell of bacon and eggs been cooked filled her room 'It must be a dream!. . .but the smell and the sound . . .no, maybe the bird escaped from a circus nearby' she thought desperately, even though she knew there were no circuses or similar in the sorroundings.

Alex could hear her mother's footsteps approaching her room.

"Muuuuuuuuuum!" she yelled at the top of her lungs 'Just to be sure she hears me . . .'

Her mother came rushing through the door and almost knocked over the book case with the breakfast tray. "What's wrong, dear? Is everything all right?"

"Mum, do you know any Minerva McGonagall from some Hogg-something school?" Alex earlier reaction to the letter was reduced to nothing compared to Mrs. Levingston's. She went as white as chalk and covered her mouth with her hand in horror.

"Robert! Robert!" she shrieked. Alex's dad, Robert Levingston, a tall man with dark brown hair and blue eyes entered Alex's bedroom with a sleepy face.

"Dad, do you know Minerva McGona-"Alex started but wad interrupted by her mother. "Look at this, Robert!" she cried, shoving the parchment right under his nose. Robert stretched the yellowish letter and read it without saying a word. Finally, he came to a stop and lowered the letter to meet his wife's gaze. 'Oh, I love it when they ignore me!' Alex thought sarcastically. "How can this be?" Robert Levingston asked Anna with puzzlement "I thought that when we left . . ."

Anna's tone was colder when she replied "I have no idea dear, but I think we should continue this downstairs, don't you think?".

'Oh, no you don't!' Alex wasn't about to let her parents get away without an answer. "Hey! What about me?" she yelled after her parents.

"Get dressed. You're gonna be late for school. Again" Was her mother's reply. Her father, however looked at Anna, then back at Alex and said "Get dressed and come downstairs. We'll discuss this while we eat breakfast" He finished after a glance at his wife, who stood with her lips pressed tightly. Both parents went downstairs and ten minutes later, Alex went downstairs to join them.

Mr. And Mrs. Levingston's voices could be heard from the hall

". . .Listen, Ann, I just think she desserves to know. . ."

"But we swore we'd never let her into that world. It's dangerous!"

"It was . . .about twelve years ago! For God's sake, Anna! He's dead! Voldemort is dead and he's not coming back!"

"You don't know that" came the silent response

"Yes, but even if he were to come back, I think we should be there, to fight him. I believe we made a terrible mistake by leaving everyone to fight on their own." Just then, Alex decided to go into the kitchen 'Better ask them what they're talking about rather than staying here with my doubts'.

"Um, dad? . . .Who's Voldemort?" What followed this was a long silence only broken when Anna snapped out of her horror. "DON'T SAY HIS NAME!" she shrieked.

"Now, now dear! You should calm down." Robert adressed his wife. "Let's have a seat and enjoy our meal while we talk about it"

More arguing came after this until the three of them were settled down, each at a side of the square kitchen table.

"So" Alex began, looking at her parents "What IS all this about. I mean . . .magic? I-"

"Alex,-" her dad interrupted her "-as you know, you, your mother and I moved from England when you were almost two years old"

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with me or magic or Vol-"

"Alex, please don't interrupt me. I'll answer your questions when I get to the end"

'Geez, teacher much?' "ok dad"

"Well, as I was saying, long before you were born, a dark wizard known by the name of Lord Voldemort gained power. He hated everyone who wasn't a pure blood, that is to say wizards who came from muggle families." " People who don't have magic running in their veins" he added seeing the blank look on his daughter's face.

"Oh, so he was a racist?" Alex asked disgustedly.

"Yes, Alex, he was a racist. But don't interrupt me!" Robert was getting more and more annoyed by the second. "hem-hem . . .now, during those times, an order was formed to fight against Voldemort and thus, save lives. In charge of this order, the Order of the Phoenix, was the greatest wizard of the time and the only wizard that Voldemort feared: Albus Dumbledore. He-"

"Hey, that's the guy who's in charge of that Hoggy something school! . . .Um, sorry dad I promise I won't do it again" Alex knew from her father's face he wouldn't go on telling her what had happened. Luckily for her, Anna spoke up.

"Don't worry, honey, I'll go on from here and yes, Alex, you can ask your questions whenever you want. Your father and I were part of the Order of the Phoenix . We both had jobs in the ministry of magic, I worked in the department encharged of controlling the floo network. That's a wizard's transport, never mind now, I'll explain it later to you. Robert worked in the department encharged of relationships between muggles and wizards."

'Ok, I've reached critical mass capacity' Alex's mind was swirling with all this new information. "Ok, Ok, stop!"she said holding up a hand.

"Yes Alex?"

"You actually know this Dumbledore guy?" asked Alex with disbelief

"Of course we do! Everyone knows Dumbledore"

"Oh, Ok then. So why did we leave England if it wasn't because of a job offer?"

"I was getting to that, Alex" her mother said a little less than annoyed but her expression softened immediately when she began talking again. "The Order was ahead of You-know-who and-"

"Who?"

"Who what, Alex?" Anna asked impatienyly

"You know who!" Alex exclaimed

"No, I don't Alex and if you don't stop being annoying you can forget about the wizarding world!"

"Um, dear?" Robert ventured shyly "I think Alex didn't get the You-know-who part" Turning to Alex he said "People in the wizarding name call Voldemort You-know-who or He-who-must-not-be-named"

"Oh! Now I understand!" 'These people must be quite mad' Alex thought to herself.

"Alex, you don't understand the horror of returning from work one night to find your family dead" Mrs. Levingston went on. "That's why we left. We were afraid he'd come for us"

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To be continued . . .

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