Why hello to all! i just wanted to write my little authors note here because i forgot to write it in with chapter one so i'll just do it here. This story started off as being an assignment for Anni about us being in hogwarts (yes, its the anni in this story) The four girls featured in this story is myself, Caroline, Chenise and Christina. I decided to keep thier real names so that when they read this we dont get mixed up on who is who. Although this story was written for mainly my friends and my self, everyone is welcome to read it and please R&R!
Yes this chapter is a short one because...well it just is because i said so. So i hope you enjoy the adverntures of teenagers experiencing regular teen issues in the wizardry world.
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When I was shopping for the supplies required for 3rd year at Durmstrang, I was walking along Vertical Alley getting everything I needed. Then after doing all the required shopping for magical books, wands, brooms and robes, we decided to go to the muggle malls and shopped there for a little while as they had interesting things to buy too. Then we stopped by the well known bookstore called Chapters, I always had a thing for the muggle stories, especially the ones that were about witches and wizards, it was hilarious reading about what they thought it was all about. I then came across a colorful looking book. I read the title, 'Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone' I said to my mother who was standing next to me,
"Thee Harry Potter? The one that is always featured on Magical news Channel 8?"
He was so adorable. Every time he was on Television I was always so happy to see him. The most famous wizard of all time. The story about he was the only boy who lived. He is the reason why I wanted so badly to go to Hogwarts instead of Durmstrang, but my parents wouldn't allow it. All the reports of bad things happening at the school, they didn't want me near it. But Harry Potter was nothing next to Draco Malfoy who was also featured on Magical news channel 8 as being one of the richest pure bloods of our time. Looking back at the book I read the back of it and I was amazed to read that it was the very story about Harry Potter against Voldmort. I then realized that I was at a muggle book store. Who on earth would write about the secrecy of the wizardry world and put it in the hand of the public? I looked at the authors name and read, J.K Rowling. Of course, the Astronomy teacher at Hogwarts, it was always the quite ones that made it known to the public. Well apparently the book was doing well as it was in the front of the store with a good hundred copies. I picked up the book and paid for it. There was no harm in reading it, just for fun.
I got home and set all my bags down. The first thing that I did when I got home was call the girls. I wanted to show them about the book that I had found at the bookstore and I wanted to hang out with them. Wait until they saw the book, they just adored Harry Potter. They fawned over him every time he was on Television too. They would be so excited to see a book written about him. Everyone was available to meet outside and so we did. I showed them the book immediately and they all squealed. Instantly they grabbed the book out of my hand and started reading it the first page of the book. I sat there and listened to them as they read it out loud. I then noticed Christina who wasn't very interested and instead was slouching in her chair staring off into distant space.
"What's wrong?" I asked her.
She looked at me and said, "Nothing, just that tomorrow is the last day of summer and then we have to go to Durmstang. It's a different place and experience. I'm not good with meeting new people and I'm going to be away from home for so long. I don't think I can do this..."
I looked at her and smiled. It was the exact same way that I felt two years ago when it was my first time going to Durmstrang. I was felt with nervousness and I wasn't sure that I wanted to go at all. But I finally got there and realized that its one of the best places in the world to go and to be at. There is always so much excitement going on there and you have your friends with you all the time. I explained all of this to Christina as well hoping that I made her feel better. Then I stopped and thought to my self, yes, it would be school the day after tomorrow. I hated saying goodbye to summer vacation. It was such a wonderful time of year. I then began to get nervous myself. Having to go back to school, having to go back to stress and then I felt depressed as if it was just starting to sink in, that summer would be over in a matter of hours.
Later on that night I was still so depressed that I wouldn't even eat. I resulted to doing only one thing, I read. The one thing I could do that would take me to a different place on earth and make me feel like all my troubles were gone without ever leaving the room. I decided to get started on reading my new book, Harry Potter. As I read, I found myself unable to put the book down. I just found it so amazing how this book was replaying the way I felt when I first found out I was a witch. Although it was of course different of how it happened. But I still felt a great sense of connection with this book and I read and read until I could read no more. Then it was time to go to sleep. What I would do on my last day of summer, I wouldn't know until I got there.
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That time had come sooner than i thought. It was like time had slipped away from my once again and we were going back to school. It felt like it never even happened, the summer. It was all just memories now. One minute i was fast asleep in my bed, almost as if i'd never wake up and then next minute i was spending my last few hours with my friends. We were at Christinas house, one of our usual hangouts. We were playing some stupid game about hogwarts and harry potter. This whole Harry Potter thing to the muggle world was starting to get out of hand, soon enough the muggles will know about us and our world. They better be careful with these things. Anyway it was some Harry Potter mystery clue game. It was so lame. I think they should start making games about Durmstrang, god knows how our school is better than theres. We have James Patterson and Viktor Krum. Some of the greatest quidditch players of all time and although they are no Harry Potter they sure do put Durmstrang on the map too and they should be better recognized for it. The whole world does not evolve around Hogwarts for goodness sake. I was even walking down the street the other day when i heard some kids talking about Hogwarts. They were repeating the spells of 'Wingardium Leviosa' and talking about Hogwarts and, 'the boy who lived'. At first i thought that these kids were being foolish and speaking of our world in the open. But then i realized that it would be impossible. Children that young never learn about who they are, especially when they live in the muggle world. Even if they are told, they dont believe that nonsense until they see it happen. I was further reading into my Harry Potter novel when i realized that those kids were indeed muggles talking about the book. It really is starting to scare me. Whats going to happen if this all goes too far? Will our identity be revealed and all of us sentenced to death? To be hung like during the older days? I just hope i won't be around to find out.