Moonlight

Chapter 3: Decision

Rated T for Teen

Danny stared at Tucker. "Tucker Maurice Foley. I am not an Emo."

"Well, you sure or acting like one." Tucker replied, shrugging his shoulders.

Instead of shooting back a sharp replied, he took in a deep breath of air to calm himself, then looked at Dumbledore.

"So, why exactly would I need to go to…?" he asked.

"Hogwarts." Dumbledore answered. "Students come there to learn how to use the powers. Let me explain. Currently, you are unable to channel your magic to do as you please. You see, without training or a proper wand, you magic is untapped and likely to come out while you are either angry or scared.

"An example would be like this. Pretend for a moment that you are being chased by a bully. You round the corner of a building and try to jump over and behind some trash cans to hide. Instead, you find yourself on the roof of the building or maybe even on the other side. That is basically what untapped magic is.

"What Hogwarts does is teach people to use said magic. By using it, I mean that you can make it do what you please. Once you acquire a wand to channel the magic through, of course."

Danny let the information sink in. He could learn how to use magic? But. What if it was a trick. Did this man really know magic?

"Can you prove it?" he asked Dumbledore, his tone light.

"Prove that I can do magic?" Dumbledore asked. When Danny nodded, he said "Certainly."

Dumbledore pulled a deep brown and smoothly polished stick from a cloak pocket, and pointed it at Sam and Tucker. Suddenly, two chairs swept from the kitchen plopped down behind them. Dumbledore made a gesture for the to sit. And so they did, with their eyes wide of course.

Danny looked at Dumbledore and admitted "Okay yeah, that was good example."

Dumbledore smiled, the boys constant mood swings were amusing.

"So…" Danny asked in a sheepish tone. "I guess I've a decision to make about whether or not I want to go to Hogwarts, don't I?

"That is the main reason for our little trek to America." Dumbledore pointed out. Danny noticed that he said 'we' and his attention was reverted, slightly, to the darkly dressed man, who was currently staring out a nearby window lazily.

"Excuse me, but who are you?" Danny asked in a carefully polite tone, he still didn't trust these people completely and, even though he was fully aware that Dumbledore was definitely stronger, he knew this younger man could still cause some damage if the idea appealed to him.

The man looked up at him with cold, black eyes and said in a tone that was mostly annoyed but there was a trace of bitterness in there "I am Severus Snape, one of the professors at Hogwarts."

"Oh." Danny said, his tone was light he sensed that this man had a short temper. "That's cool."

Danny took a deep breath then exhaled and said "So, back to the matter of me going to Hogwarts. I'm not really sure… don't get me wrong, I think that it would be incredible to learn magic, but… if I left, who would take care of the town? The ghosts would go crazy and wipe Amity Park off the map!"

"Oh come on!" Sam said. "Do you actually think that me and Tucker would just sit around and watch this happen?!"

"Seriously, dude. Have some faith in us." Tucker added.

"They're right, son." Jack said. "Have some confidence in your family and friends."

"You-you want to help me?" Danny asked his family.

"No, we want ghosts to over run the town." Maddie said sarcastically. "Of course we're going to take care of it! What did you expect us to do, treat you like any other ghost?"

"Well…" Danny said uncomfortably.

"Oh God, Danny." his mother said, placing her hands on his shoulders. "Don't dare think that for even one minute that we would consider you a ghost and nothing else! You are my baby and we wouldn't ever hurt you on purpose."

Danny smiled and said "Thanks, Mom." and rapped his arms around her neck. Danny was so absorbed in happiness that he didn't notice Snape roll his eyes. But Sam did. She looked him in the eyes and the message that hers sent, clearly said "What the hell is wrong with you? They're just having a moment."

He just rolled his eyes again and proceeded to stare out of the window, possible watching the red Toyota that passed by the window. It obviously meant Shut up, I don't really don't care." But, back to matters at hand…

Danny had broken away from the hug and looked at Dumbledore.

"I think it would be really cool to go, but I guess that it's really up to my parents whether or not I get too." he said.

"My son is a human ghost hybrid and a wizard?! That's so cool!" Jack boomed, surprising just about everyone in the room. "Why wouldn't we let you go!"

"Well, were is this school anyway?" Maddie asked, looking at Dumbledore.

"England." he answered simply.

Maddie's eyes widened. "England?!"

"Not to worry, Mrs. Fenton." he answered calmly. "Wizards have a good number of easy and quick ways to get to far away places. Like Apparition, for example. It's basically what you would call teleporting."

"Hmm…" Maddie said, pondering. "Well, can he send us emails, right?"

"Well, letters more likely." Dumbledore answered. "Normal Muggle technology doesn't work at Hogwarts, possibly because of all the magic."

No one really paid that much attention to the fact that Tucker's jaw had hit the floor at that fact.

"Well…" Maddie said, deliberating. "If you send me at least one letter a month to tell me how you are, I guess that you can go…"

"Really?!" Danny asked joyously, but suddenly sobered up. He looked at Sam, Tucker, and Jazz.

"What do you guys think?" he asked curiously.

"What kind of sister would I be if I told you that I hated then idea?" Jazz said, smiling softly.

"And kind of friends would we be if we said that we wanted you to stay and miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime?" Sam said and Tucker nodded in agreement.

Danny smiled thoughtfully before he turned his head to face Dumbledore.

"Well," he said. "I guess I'm going to Hogwarts."

I'll leave it there. Sorry for the shortness but my mind is on the fritz. School starts in 2 ½ weeks so my mom made us go shopping for supplies and kaki pants. This year, are school is having uniforms (for the first time ever) and they took it to the extreme. See you all later.

~SaM~