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Chapter 2

An Unexpected Surprise

Hogwarts?

I was confused. Ok, to say I was confused is downplaying it. I was beyond confused. Who addresses a letter like that? I mean, how would someone know I was in the living room?

"The hog with warts?" Emmett snorted. I ignored him, leave it to Emmett to make a joke in a mood like this.

This must be some sort of prank the wolves are playing. I turned around and looked at each of their surprised faces, hoping to see through their facade. Jake looked at me with eyes full of concern, and I immediately scowled. They're really good actors. I decided to play along, just for the fun of it.

Carlisle silently, with exaggerated slowness for a vampire, handed me the yellow envelope. It was surprisingly thick and heavier than it looked. That made me more curious. I read the front aloud; just to clarify what Carlisle said was right.

The eerie silence was starting to get on my nerves now, it reminded me of the dream I had earlier today. I turned the envelope over, feeling the wrinkled texture of the paper inside, and stared at the seal, which appeared to be some sort of coat of arms. The middle was crested with a big fancy H, and was surrounded by a lion, a snake, a raven, and a badger. "Weird," I muttered. I could feel every pair of eyes staring at me, waiting for some sort of explanation, and self consciously lifted the sticky seal with the flap, pulling out two pieces of paper. I let one drop and Esme picked it up. She looked confused as she skimmed through the writing. Esme was confused? Man, the pack must be really good prankers. I read aloud the letter I still held in my hand to the awaiting crowd of guests.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Minerva Mcgonagall

(Transfiguration professor, Order of the Phoenix)

Dear Miss Cullen,

We are please 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 September 1st. We await your owl by no later

Than July 30th.

Yours sincerely,

Harry Potter

Harry Potter,

Deputy Headmaster

My head exploded with unanswered questions, and by the looks on my family's faces, so did theirs. A school for witches and wizards? No, no, no, that's not possible! There's no such thing as magic! I felt like my head could explode. What is the meaning of this? Who is this Harry Potter who sent me the letter? Where is this so called school of witchcraft and wizardry? I can't be a witch! For goodness sakes, I'm already a vampire hybrid! How much more weirder can I get? This is impossible. There's no way. They got the wrong person. This was definitely a prank.

As I argued with myself, a tiny voice inside my head suggested this may be true. How can you not believe in magic? You're sitting in a room with vampires and werewolves. Isn't that magical enough?

Dad's head suddenly snapped up, breaking everyone's trance.

"Is this … true?" Esme asked uncertainly. I don't know why she asked, because I didn't think anyone could answer her question. Everyone turned around to look at Alice, hoping for some answers. Alice closed her eyes. The silence was killing me now, but I didn't want to be the first one to speak.

The pack started shifting uncomfortably. My vampire family just stood where they were, frozen like marble statues. My eyes kept darting around, hoping to find a guilty face, or anything that would suggest this was a prank.

After what seemed like hours, dad sighed. Alice opened her eyes.

"Nothing..." she murmured, evidently disappointed that she couldn't have given us better information, "Well, you know how I can't see wolves or Nessie because I've never experienced their species, maybe I can't see these magic people, either."

"Maybe," muttered mom, "you never know."

"Well, Nessie, I guess you're gonna be wearing a pointed hat from now on," joked Emmett. I smiled weakly.

"You guys don't think this is...real...," I stammered, "do you?"

"I've never come across anything like this, in my almost 400 years of life. This is really fascinating. I really don't know what to believe. I do have a feeling this isn't some sort of joke, it---

"We are in a room full of vampires and werewolves. We also have a hybrid here. How can we not believe magic is real? Magic exists in everything around us, can't you see? And did you all forget what Nessie has been like for that past few months?" said mom.

~Flashback~ Recess

"Oh, no Lily! What happened?" I was panicking. My friend, Lily stood there crying her eyes out. I could see her make-up smeared all over her eyes and down her cheeks, making her look like a clown. For a split second, I fought the urge to burst out laughing.

"I...I... don't know! All I saw was a d-dog chasing Nobsy-y, and he climbed up-p a t-t-ree!" Lily blubbered. Oh no, I thought. I knew I could easily climb up the tree and get her cat down in less than four seconds, but Lily wasn't aware that vampires existed. None of my friends did. I paced back and forth, trying to comfort Lily while coming up with ways to get Nobsy, the fat ginger cat, down from the tree. Suddenly, I heard Lily scream, I turned to look at her. She was pointing at the tree. I shifted my gaze upwards. Nobsy was... gone.

"Meow," I looked down, surprised at where the sound was coming from. How did he get down so fast?

Lily looked confused, "How did he get down here so fast? I didn't see him come down!" she was starting to look a bit scared now.

"Huh," I said, "he must've climbed down somehow when we weren't paying attention." I wasn't sure of my own words, because what I said didn't sound possible, but when I turned around to see Lily, she looked like she believed me. Lily bent down to scoop her cat up lovingly into her arms.

"I hope you are okay, Nobsy," and she started stroking his back tenderly.

"Um, I have to... eat dinner," I said, thinking of the first thing that popped up into my mind. With a quick goodbye, I left her with the ginger fur ball and ran home to replay what happened, using my thoughts, to my mom while my dad just read my mind. They were both confused at first, but seemed to go with what I said earlier to Lily.

"It probably was nothing," dad assured me," trick of the light, maybe."

At the Zoo

"Mommy!" I moaned, "Why are the animals so boring?" I glanced for the fifth time today at the sleeping lions, hoping to see anything interesting.

"Ness, they're animals, they need to sleep," she replied. With one look at me, she saw that I wasn't going to give up, and sighed. "Why don't we go see something else?"

I shook my head furiously, "No, I'll stay here, you guys go ahead, I'll catch up in a sec." They walked off towards the aquariums. The fish, sensing danger, immediately swam for cover. I laughed.

"Please wake up and do something interesting!"I begged, turning around to face the lions. A female, I'm assuming, tilted her head up and looked at me. The other three lions followed her lead and did the same. They stood up in synchronization and turned to eyeball me. Neither of us blinked. I was fascinated. Then, abruptly, they assumed their previous positions, lying spread out on the rocks, fast asleep, as if nothing had happened.

"What happened?" asked dad, curiously. Oh, figures, I thought. Animals didn't like the presence of a vampire. Wait, did that mean they don't mind being near a hybrid?

Christmas

"I'm so sorry, Nessie!" cried Rose. I didn't want to see the angel sad, so I put my hand on her cheek, and showed her a silent, 'It's ok'. Auntie Rosalie's present was a beautiful sculpture of the Cullen Residence. It was carved down to the finest details; like the tiny peephole, or the design on the window frames. However, a tiny piece was missing from the top right hand corner of the roof. I looked into the box and found the missing piece. Rose took it from my hand, and fit it where it belonged.

"I'll fix it for you," she promised. I sent a silent, 'thank you.' I took the piece back and fit it on the sculpture. I felt something tingling underneath my fingertips, and lifted them. Miraculously, the piece was stuck on, and it looked like it never broke. I could almost hear the silent thoughts coming from my family.

Dad spoke. "That was weird," he said. I could hear murmurs of agreement.

"Who wants some cake?" Alice chimed, and all was forgotten.

~End Flashbacks~

The guests were awed as I showed each of them what my mother meant. No one could find an answer, or even guess the solution to these bizarre moments.

"Magic," Leah breathed, "I think it is magic."

"How could it not be?"

"I've never heard anything like it!"

"That's so... weird."

"Carlisle, should we reply to them?" Sam asked.

Carlisle thought deeply. Finally, he said, "Yes, I think so, that way we can ask them the questions we need answering--" He was cut off by a loud bang that came from the front door. Leah and Sue jumped in their seats. Everyone looked terrified.

"What was THAT?" Emmett said as he stood up, walking towards the door. I could see that Emmett was afraid too. Before he reached the doorknob, the thunderous bang sounded again. Everyone froze. I recognised the bang to sound like someone knocking. But who would knock that loudly?

"Couldn't open the door now, could yeh? It's freezin' out 'ere!" came a loud, booming voice. The already frozen vampires stood without a hint of ever moving again.

*I think you guys know whos at the door :) Pls Guess.. and review!!! :D If I do get enough reviews i will publish Chp.3 :)