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'New at Hogwarts'

Chapter 3

Surprise, You're a witch!

Two days had passed since the arrival of the owl and the avalanche of revelations that had preceeded it. Now, Alex found herself wanting nothing more than to go back in time to the day before it all happened. 'How ironic' she thought 'One moment I'm looking forward to the school-break and the next I'm wishing to go back to school'.

Alex had given 'this Hogwarts thing' a lot of thought, it was all she could think about. Did she really want to leave her school, her friends, her home . . .well, everything just to go and learn magic at that school in England? 'Hell, I don't even know where the school is.'She found herself thinking one morning 'I mean, it's in England but appart from that . . .'. It was true. She didn't know a single thing about this school and from what her parents had told her after recovering from the initial shock, kids went to study there when they were eleven or so. She was thirteen, soon to be fourteen. What would they do with her? Put her with kiddies three years younger than herself? . . .Not that she'd complain, she usually got on very well with kids around twelve. No, it wasn't that. 'If I had to be honest with myself, I'd have to say I'm torn in two: part of me wants to go there but part of me wishes to stay here with my friends' (But you'll make new ones) said the annoying little voice in her head.

Another reason Alex couldn't decide which she preferred, if home or Hogwarts, was that her parents were having a slight dissagreement on that matter.

"Oh no, Robert" Alex heard her mum say one afternoon when her dad, an accountant, came back from work. "It was bad enough we had to tell her. She is NOT going to Hogwarts. I don't care she'll be with Dumbledore. She won't go and that's final!"

But final it was not. September the 20th, five days after the letter from Hogwarts arrived, Alex got up with a strange tingle in her stomach. She put on her slippers and went to the kitchen.

"Mornin' dad, mornin' mum" she mumbled sleepily.

"Morning sleepy-head" her father greeted her. "Your mum amd I have great news" he announced happily.

Curiosity visible on her face, she just looked at her father expectant.

"You're going to Hogwarts!" Her mom chirpped from behind the counter. "Your father and I have been talking and decided it's for the best."

Alex looked back at her dad who nodded. "It's true" he said "I've just sent the owl back to Dumbledore."

"Oh, dear, I never thought I'd see you as a witch. I'm so proud!".Mrs. Levingston threw her arms around her daughter and hugged her tightly.

"Geez, mum, I'll suffocate!"

"Oh, sorry Alex. I't's just that I'm so happy" Her face adopted a dreamy expression and went back to making toasts.

Alex KNEW her dad had to be behind all of this:
One day her mom is refusing to let her go to Hogwarts and the next she's bouncing up an down at the thought. 'I'll ask dad later' she decided. Today, she had more important things to do 'like telling my friends I'll go to a boarding school half way across the world, in England'.

'Better not waste time' she thought dryly

Two and a half hours later, Alex sat in a caffé with Joana, Samy and Eliza. She had planned the day so that she and her friends would spend a wonderful day at the mall. She had also planned to tell them about Hogwarts somewhere between lunch and the movies, but she just couldn't find the courage to break her friends' hearts -She knew they'd miss her as much as she'd miss them.

The movie had been great. Something about pirates, a ship and a curse, but now that it was over and Samy, Joana and Eliza where looking at their friend instead of the screen it was hard for them not to notice her long face. Finally, it was Samy who spoke up.

"Alex, what's wrong with you? When you don't have that long face you look nervous or you're brooding."

Alex sighed. This was NOT going to be easy. . .

Sorry for the really short chapter, but I just felt like leaving it there and starting the new chapter so

To be continued . . .

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