Maximilian Black, and the Wand Maker

Chapter 1: Looking a gift horse in the mouth

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Life Stinks, and then you die. I just hadn't gotten to the dead part yet. Up to this point in my life I had been the most un-extraordinary person on the face of the Earth. I got home after a 12 hour night shift at the hospital that was amazingly exciting. Unfortunately, it was all the types of excitement that you can do without. Five code browns (that stands for patients who poop in their bed and I get to clean it up), and several other things I can't talk about because of privacy laws.

Where I worked and what I did you prayed for the most boring night possible.

I was out of place, had been my whole life. The problem with my life is that I never belonged anywhere. I always felt like I was living someone else's life. My birthday was today, and I felt like I was more like an 11 year old, than in my thirties. I kept having these dreams that I had a sister somewhere, which I didn't. I always felt like something was out of place. Sometimes in the middle of the night I would get up and look in the mirror and think that it wasn't me looking back. I can't explain why. It just did. Like somewhere inside of me was the real me trapped inside of the life I was living.

I read a book about a guy with a time machine once when I was kid. I was fascinated by the subject of time travel. I'm not sure why. I just am. I often wished that I could have a time machine and go back and start all over again. The problem was I wasn't really sure what was wrong to begin with, or how to fix it. Of course there was also the problem with changing the past. As HG wells pointed out that you can't go back in time and change the past because you eliminate the reason that you went back in time in the first place. I hadn't figured that one out either.

As I walked into my house from my 12 hour night shift, 3rd in a row. It was my birthday, and I wanted to find out if anybody sent me any more cards. My Mom and Dad had already taken me out to dinner a few nights before to celebrate.

I sorted through the mail that my roommate had brought in the night before. Junk mostly. I got another birthday card with a gift certificate in it. Along with that letter was another letter. It was the strangest thing I had ever seen. The envelope was made out of parchment, and I couldn't identify the type of glue holding it together. It has a seal on the back made out of green wax with four animals on it.

The return address was cryptic if I had ever seen such a thing. It was in emerald green ink.

Headmaster Wolfrick Sebastian Brightwood,

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

England

That was a pretty vague. It was either a joke, or a scam. I was sure of that. The address was definitely to me. It read:

Mr. Maximilian Alexander Black

26784 w 37th Place

Master bedroom

Phoenix, Arizona 75112

United States

I figured that a letter bomb, or terrorist bio-weapon attack, wouldn't be addressed in something so overtly weird and decided to open the letter.

Hogwarts School

Of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Wolfrick Sebastian Brightwood

Head boy; Hogwarts House of Slytherin 1989-90

Order of Merlin, 1st Class,

Ultimate Wizard Champion #37, #38, #39,#41,# 42

Saga for Lunch Bunch; Treasurer

MDIV, St. Michael's

Office of Vampire Affairs (ret.)

Regimental Sergeant Major; Special Magic Services (ret.)

Warlock Commander

Medal of Valor

Dear Mr. Maximilian Alexander Black,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Enclosed is a list of all necessary items for first years. The term begins on Sept 1st, we expect your Owl no later than July 31st.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Wolfrick Sebastian Brightwood

Headmaster, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

P.S.

Dear Mr. Black,

We very much look forward to you attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We are aware of the special circumstances regarding your age and blood status as you are half human and half freeElf. Although a half-human/half-freeElf student has not attended Hogwarts in 348 years we are attentive of your circumstances and will work with you to make your time both comfortable and productive.

We are pleased to inform you that at one time half-human/half-freeElf students at Hogwarts were fairly common and have shown great ease with relating and adjusted very well to life at Hogwarts, The entire staff is very excited about you being here and look forward to seeing you!

Sincerely,

Professor Hermione Weasley. Aka Professor Grainger

Please see me, Professor Longbottom, or Headmaster Brightwood if you need any assistance.

P.S. 2

Max,

I am very much looking forward to seeing you once again, although you were probably to young to remember our first meeting. I myself started at Hogwarts a little older that most students, I was sixteen when I started. The staff and students were great and I had a wonderful time and learned tremendous amounts of magic. The professors are already clamoring on about how great it would be to have you in their house. I must admit I would be proud for you to be sorted into my house, Slytherin, but I'm certain that you will do very well in any of the others, weather it be Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw.

By the way most people call me "Professor Wolf", my first name, although Professor Brightwood is just as good. I also answer to "Hey you, I forgot your name."

Also, since you are technically emancipated you will be allowed a broom, should you desire to purchase one. Also, since you are technically emancipated you will not be restricted by the use of magic by underage wizards act. However, since you have little experience in the matter I highly encourage you to see me before attempting any magic. I am proficient in teaching students to control accidental magic, as this was an issue in my youth as well.

Sincerely,

Professor Wolfrick Sebastian Brightwood

Headmaster, Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry

P.S. 3

Mr. Black,

You've been awarded a scholarship from Weasley's Half-Blood, and Muggle Born scholarship fund. Please see my most excellent brother George Weasley at Weasley's Wand Emporium for details.

Sincerely,

Professor Charlie Weasley.

The second page with requirements said:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WHICHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Items needed for first years.

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

sets of plain work robes (black, or gray)

plain pointed hat, or skull cap (black, or gray) for day wear

pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

winter cloak (black, or gray, with silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.

COURSE BOOKS

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)

by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic

by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory

by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

by Phyllida Spore

Bottling Magic

by Serverus Snape, Edited by Neville Corwin Longbottom

Amazing Magical Animals and What they Think of Us

by Rubeus Hagrid

Defense Against the Dark Arts for Novices

By Harry James Potter,

with contributions from: Remus John Lupin, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore, and Severus Snape; Edited by: Harry James Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Weasley.

With introduction by Wolfrick Sebastian Brightwood

Vampire Basics; Myths and Realities

By Wolfrick Sebastian Brightwood

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand:

Due to the extreme shortage of wands if your family is able to supply a wand inherited from an ancestor it is greatly appreciated.

If your family is blessed enough to be mind-bogglingly wealthy and can afford a new wand we appreciate if you purchase one. Weasley's Wand Emporium gives a 25% discount to all Hogwart's Students who pay cash for their wand, limit one per student.

If you cannot do any of the preceding, we do not expect, or encourage, any family to place three mortgages on their homes to buy student's a wand. Weasley's Wand Emporium can supply a wand on scholarship to any Hogwart's first year students (this letter required). Scholarship wands are enchanted so that you can't sell them. If you receive a Scholarship wand please write a thank you letter to:

Order of the Phoenix wand Scholarship program:

Care of Angelina Weasley

Weasley's Wand Emporium

Diagon Alley

London, England.

If you elect to buy your own wand then Weasley's Wand Emporium has 84 month financing (for Hogwarts Students ONLY) with only 3% interest through Gringots wizarding bank, and with no credit divination necessary. Scholarship wands are not available for students who finance their wands.

other equipment needed

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring and owl OR a cat OR a toad OR a small dog (under 20 lbs.)

This was without a doubt the worst joke I had ever seen. I wondered who did it. The handwriting wasn't from my friend Jeremy, or his wife Susan. I wasn't in the mood for a good joke.

What kind of dumb-made-up-name was "Harry Potter" anyway, and what made him so special? Gosh. He was probably some bloke who made millions by getting people to send him fifty bucks for his book, How to Get Someone to Send You $50 for a Book. Well "Harry Potter" whoever he was wasn't getting money from me, I don't care if he had seven books!

I threw the letter in the trash and went to sleep. I half expected to see a list on the back of twenty people to send fifty dollars to. Chain letters. Junk. I took the letter out of the trash shredded it and then went back to bed.

Too bad they didn't give me a chance to win a Harley Davidson motorcycle, or maybe a time machine.

Did the letter say I was a half-elf… weird. I didn't feel like a half-elf… of course I didn't feel like me either… whatever that meant… I had a weird dream that day (remember I work nights), it was the kind of dream where you can't tell if the dream is the dream or reality is the dream.

END OF CHAPTER 1:

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Alexander C Wolf