Chapter 10
Pieces of the Puzzle
Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
Rushing through your head, rushing through your hair
Can you feel it?
Don't let nobody tell you that your life it over,
Be every color that you are.
Into the rush now, you don't have to know how,
You'll know it all before you start
Aly&AJ- Rush
"Oh my god, Nicole!" Selene burst into the room, holding a piece of parchment in her hand. "oh gosh, you will never guess what I found!"
"What?" Nicole glanced at the parchment. "Looks like a letter to me."
"Wait till you read it!" Selene said excitedly. " It's the key to why you are here and who you are!"
Hearing this, Nicole jerked the letter from Selene's hands and started to read:
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
I appreciate the fact that you were willing to accept Nicole into your school, and the tour you gave us of the grounds was lovely (Nicole was fascinated by the lake). Unfortunately, Nicole has no idea that she is a witch and I am reluctant to inform her. You see, we have recently moved here from the U.S. and there, we led a, what was the word again? Oh yes, Muggle-ish life, though our whole family has magic in our blood.. So you must understand that it will be quite a shock to Nicole and she has always been prone to heart attacks. So thank you again, but Nicole will return home, where she belongs, and we have a number of distinguished tutors who will tutor my girls at home.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Adele Monceau
"Wow, everything make so much more sense now," Nicole mused. "why I am in here, and all that. Ginny and I must have been mistaken for each other when we were both by the lake! I remember that I hit my head somewhere and fainted. Wait, how did you get a hold of this?"
"I have my ways," Selene smiled serenely and looked out the window. "Oh my, is tonight a full moon?"
"Um, I think so," Nicole wrinkled her nose. "Why?"
"oh, I am so sorry but I have to go," Selene gave Nicole a quick hug and started to leave. "Just sleep and I'll visit you later, okay? And I am going to find Professor Dumbledore to explain everything to you."
"Wait!" Nicole called after her. "what did you say your last name was?"
"Tirips!" Selene called over her shoulder. "Oh, I am going to be dreadfully late! Oh dear."
As Selene closed the doors behind her, Nicole stood up and walked over to the window. She looked up at the full moon and wondered to herself.
"Selene Tirips, huh?" Nicole gazed at the moon. "Selene, that name seems so familiar and I know it means something. Wasn't Selene like a Greek goddess thingie or whatever? And Tirips what a weird name! If you spell that backwards you would get…"
Nicole blinked and thought about Selene Tirips. Suddenly something clicked in her mind and she realized that Selene was no ordinary girl.
"I have got to get to the school library," Nicole mumbled to herself. "That is, if they have one."
At that moment, Hermione entered.
"Nicole!" Hermione ran over and gave Nicole a hug. "Great! You are wake! I wanted to talk to you. So, remember anything?"
"Uh, yeah," An idea formed in Nicole's mind. "Hey! Let's go to library and I'll tell you about what me and Selene found on the way."
"Wait, let me get this straight," Hermione gaped at her. "You actually want to go to the library? Like for fun?
Nicole nodded eagerly. "uh huh, so you wanna show me the way! Libraries are so amazing, you know, how they have so many books on every topic imaginable!"
"I can tell that we will be very good friends!" Hermione beamed at Nicole as they headed towards the library.
Nicole smiled and wondered whether this school had information on Greek gods and goddesses. There were some strange things about Selene and she was determined to find out what.
Ginny sighed wearily and leaned back against a squishy though very elegant armchair. It had been a long and tiring day, filled with infinite lessons on languages, music, art, and even the most boring sport ever invented, golf.
She cringed when she remembered her gold lesson. The instructor had been blabbing and on and on about the joys of golf when she fell asleep.
The funny was that no one noticed (she was still standing and had a visor over her face), though when the instructor tapped her on the shoulder, she was jolted awake and wacked him quite hard, over the head before she had time to adjust to her surroundings. Cornelia had burst out laughing and the poor instructor complimented her on her swing.
Unfortunately the day was not over yet, Ginny still had to attend her lessons on Great Britain history and classical dances. Sighing, she rose from her chair and trudge wearily to the private chamber where classes were held.
Professor Dumbledore had left after their Sapnish lesson,(he had a nice accent and looked great in a sombrero), saying that someone in Hogwarts was calling him, a girl called Selene.
Ginny sighed as she thought about Selene. There was something mysterious about her, though she had no idea what. Oh well, time to go sit through another boring lesson here in the Monceau estate.
"Today, we shall review what we learned last week on the American Revolution," Mr. Williams beamed down at Cornelia and Nicole. "Let's begin with the very,very, basics. Who can tell me why Britain lost the war? Nicole?"
Ginny made no motion that she heard him and continued to work hard on her doodles of owls.
"Nicole?" Mr. Williams tried again, a little louder.
"NICOLE! YO, WAKE UP SIS!" Cornelia screamed into Ginny's ear.
'huh? What? Wait, I'm not Nicole- I mean yeah it's me, Nicole, who else would it be? It's not like I'm her long lost twin and suddenly switched spots with her o something messed up like that, I mean I'm not Ginny, I'm Nicole so why are y'all looking at me all weird like that! yeah, yeah, sooooo…" Ginny managed to control her blabbing and took several deep breaths. "Someone call me?"
"I did, Miss Nicole," Mr. Williams replied, looking at Ginny strangely. "Would you like me to repeat the question?"
"Um, yes?" Ginny said hesitantly. I've got to find a way to stay awake, she thought to herself.
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