chapter 2

This is just in Izzie's pov, next chapter will have more Rose

She sat by herself, glaring down on the children that were playing in the small courtyard below. Even if she wanted, she wasn't allowed to join them because of what Mrs Cole called her 'unnatural tricks'. Instead she just stayed in her room. Alone.

She didn't care though. Because she could tell one day, she'd be better then everyone. She would show them what little advantage playing or having friends gives you compared to what she did. Every day she spent reading. Not fairytales or inane children's books, but advanced books that would actually give her a modicum of intelligence. At that moment she was reading the Cosmic Landscape, a book about quantum physics and string theory, Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, and a computer manual she managed to steal from a shop. She believed it wasn't boasting when she said she was the cleverest person there, including the adults.

So when an owl that carried a letter flew straight into her tiny room, through the barely open window, she knew something unusual was happening. Just what, she couldn't quite fathom. She tugged the envelope from the animal's claws and saw who it was addressed to, which puzzled her even further.

Miss Izzie Morgan,

Room 15,

Rock Road,

Stamford,

London

Wondering who knew her exact address and wanted to write a letter to her, she eagerly opened the letter up and read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmistress : Minerva McGonagall

Dear Miss Morgan,

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 books and equipment.

Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Filius Flitwick

Deputy Headmaster

Questions whizzed around her head: was this some sort of sick joke or prank made by other children in The Home?...Was it even addressed to her?.. How could they know my surname when even she didn't?...Surely magic couldn't exist? Yet still, she had always know she was different from other children, maybe this was why? Now she thought about it... it would make sense...maybe magic was the reason Stenners and his gang ended up in hospital , maybe magic was the reason Mrs Cole absolutely hated her. Maybe magic is what she could use in order to destroy them all...

The door suddenly yanked open, interrupting her stream of thoughts. At the doorway Mrs Cole was accompanied by another old lady. She had green eyes and wore an unusual emerald cloak, her hair drawn into a tight bun which gave her a rather severe look "Mrs Cole, how can I help you?" she questioned, hoping to find out why the stranger was standing in her room.

"You got a visitor today Izzie, don't you go and scare her away now" Mrs Cole crooned, before slamming the door violently behind her.

The green eyed women flinched a little and shook her head, muttering something about...muggles...? "Excuse me Ma'am, hope you don't mind me asking, but why are you here?" she asked as politely as possible, trying be heard over thumping down the creaky staircase.

The woman stopped investigating the room, and glanced at Izzie, looking a bit shocked. As if I'm the weird one, Izzie thought.

"Sorry about that, I am Professor McGonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I'm here to explain the letter that was sent to you." she said with a thick Scottish accent.

She clutched the letter in her hand, wondering if it could be true. "Can you show me some magic then?" Izzie demanded. She didn't want to come across as rude incase she was important, but at the same time, didn't want to waste her time on a con. To her surprise, McGonagall waved a thin wooden stick, and the next thing she knew, the thin mattress she sat on was spinning in mid-air and when it neared the ceiling, it then went back down in its normal place.

"Whoa!" she shouted without even thinking, "this is bloody fantastic!"

McGonagall smiled a little, albeit a rather sad or pitting one. "Now are there anymore questions before we proceed to Diagon Alley?"

I'll update the next chapter soon, where Rose gets her letter