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A/N: Sorry it took me so long. Please don't hang me…
Chapter 3 The LettersRobyn lay on the floor in her Bedroom. It had been four days since she had met the Marauders, and not once in those four days had she stopped thinking about it. She spent most of her time shut in her bedroom staring at her ceiling while listening to her Walkman. Pondering. Just pondering. Nothing more and nothing less.
Robyn sighed as she clicked the fast forward button on her Walkman to skip the song that she had been listening to, when at that sudden moment a loud tapping on her double glazed windows made her jump out of her skin, loosing her headphones from her ears.
She swore as she lost her music and rubbed her ears where the headphones had been so rudely un-plugged and had left red marks. Standing up, Robyn gazed towards the window where the most unlikely site met her. An owl. She wasn't expecting an owl, was she?
Well, that's what she had been pondering over the last four days; whether or not the marauders had forgotten her or not. As this thought flitted across her mind, she lunged towards the window and yanked it open, letting the owl fly in. She watched it in more shocked excitement than anything. But grabbed her senses enough to smile and nod at the owl who seemed to understand. It hooted in reply and held out its leg where a letter had been tied.
Robyn walked over to it and un-tied the letter slowly and very carefully, afraid of hurting the owl. After a while of fiddly finger work, and a few annoyed pecks from the owl, she had finally removed the letter.
Her fingers ripped open the letter in excited anticipation. Her eyes stared at the letter, not noticing anything else around her. Unfolding the letter, she began to read…
'Dear Robyn
Exciting way to start a letter MoonyI know it is Prongs, now can I continue writing or do you want me to go on strike?
Ermmmmmmmm, continue writing.
Good, go away then. Now as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted…
Wotcha writing Moony?
A letter to Robyn, Pads. Now please, go away!
Bit touchy today aren't we. Is it getting close to your time of the month.
That isn't funny Pads.
I know its not, its hilarious.
Shut up Pads.
Never! Never shall the glorious, wondrous, intelligent, handsome and charming Sirius Black shut up!
Well that was long winded, and also everything you wrote was so far from the truth you are on Uranus Pads.
But I am on my-anus. I'm sitting down. Jeez Moony, I thought you were the smart one.
Go away Pads, or I'll cut you from my 'let at chocolate supply' list.
Going away.
Thank you. Now, continuing on with the letter.
Everyone is fine here, hope you are too. And I hope your 'annoying brat that you have to live with' is doing all right as well, hope your mothers fine too.
As you can probably tell, everyone's just as annoying as usual. Don't know where Pete is though. I hope he hasn't found my chocolate supply…
I'm taking over from Moony while he goes and checks his supply of chocolate. He'll probably be a long time; he has like, 100 hiding places. Ok, maybe that's over exaggerating a bit. Just a bit. And everyone is not as annoying as usual; we are just being our normal, lovely selves. Except Pads, who is being a complete …
Now, now Prongs. You were going to say something rude then about me! Hey…I am not! YOU LIE!
I am no liar. You are.
Aren't.
Are.
Aren't.
Are.
Aren't.
OK, OK! Stop it, both of you. Bloody hell. I'm gone for a couple of minutes and you two are already at each other's throats. Go fight somewhere else.
Yes sir, Mr. Moony sir.
You two are going to send me to an early grave.
Sorry Sir, Mr. Moony sir.
Now go away! Before you give me a migraine. As I was saying before I had to go check on my beloved chocolate supplies. We all are doing out best to keep sane, of course, James and Sirius failed miserably before we even tried. Schools going fine but I've got a lot of homework to help the other three with. Sometimes I think without me, they wouldn't even find their way to class. Idiots.
We resent that.
I second that motion.
Hey Pete, glad you finally joined us.
Yeah, sorry I took so long.
Now you're here, you can help us.
With what?
Not here, we'll tell you somewhere else.
I don't like the sound of that. I hear the familiar ringing bells of a prank brewing. I best go see to it that they don't go to far this time. It's always me isn't it!
Hope you keep fine; send us a letter back soon.
Remus, Sirius, Peter and James.'
Robyn wiped a tear of laughter from her eye as she reached for a plain piece of paper and a pen to begin writing back. What a bunch of idiots, she thought as she put pen to paper…
'Heya guys
Yeah, I'm doing great thanks for asking. So's my little brother and mum.
I wish I were with you guys; I'm really bored here. Nothing to do at all. And I'm on me school half term at the moment; it's nearing the end of it though. I'm going back on Monday (Thursday today). On the homework front, I'm doing fine. Not much at all. So…
HA!
Sorry, had to do that, couldn't resist. Anyway, hope we can see each other again. Send me a letter back soon and take care of yourselves.
Oh, and don't get into too much trouble. But if you do, give me details of what you did.
Talk soon.
Robyn.'
Robyn re-read her letter, making sure it sounded perfect, well, perfect enough, before putting it in an envelope, addressing it to 'Remus, Sirius, Peter and James'.
Stumbling over a pile of rubbish on her floor, Robyn reached the owl and tied the letter to its leg, telling it to take it to Remus Lupin, since he was the most sensible of the lot.
The owl hooted softly in recognition and took flight out of her still open window. She had forgotten to close it after the owl had entered her bedroom.
She watched it until it had disappeared from the sky. Sighing softly, she withdrew from her window, closing it after her, letting her hand rest for a second on the handle before turning around and laying back on her soft carpet.
She stuffed her headphones back into her ears and reminded it so she was at the song she had left it at. But for the second time that day, a rapping at her window made her jump out of her skin. This time though, her headphones came clean out of her Walkman, but stayed in her ears. She swore as she yanked them out and threw them on the floor as she pulled herself up.
It was, yet another owl. This one was a dark tawny; the one that had flown through her window earlier had been a snowy owl. She raised an eyebrow and opened her window to let the bird in, who flew immediately to settle on the edge of her filing cabinets that had been re-done to hold clothes and painted in silver.
Robyn wandered carefully over to the regal owl who stood proudly on top of her filing cabinets holding out the leg with the letter on, which Robyn slowly undid and took in her hands.
Her eyes widened as she read the address on the front of the letter;
'Miss Robyn Young
Second largest bedroom
6 Old Bedford Road
Luton'
"What the…?" She said curiously as she flipped the letter over to reveal a very important looking seal. A lion, a raven, a badger and a snake all surrounded an 'H' on a shield.
"It can't be." Robyn said, ripping the letter open with more excitement than she had opened the marauders letter. If she was right…
And she was. It was from Hogwarts.
'HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Miss. Young,
We are pleased to inform you, that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Due to unfortunate circumstances, your magical ability was not noticed until this stage in time. A ministry official will be coming to pick you up tomorrow at 2:00pm exactly, to take you to Diagon Alley where you shall be brought all your school equipment, as an apology from the school and the Minister for Magic. He will be buying you all the school equipment you will need for the forthcoming year, and all of the books you would've needed for earlier years.
You will of course, be given time to practise your magic before you attend the school, which is why you have been given special permission by the ministry of magic to perform under-age wizardry in your house, and in your house only. Any magic detected outside of your house will be an offence and your wand will be taken away.
You will arrive at Hogwarts a day after the other students arrive, due to yet more unfortunate circumstances. The date is September 2nd and you will be picked up and escorted here by another Ministry official along with all your belongings.
We hope you have a nice summer. Any other questions should be directed to the Ministry official picking you up tomorrow.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress.'
Robyn gaped open mouthed at the letter, that by now, she had possibly read over one hundred times. She was going to Hogwarts. She couldn't quite believe it. She hadn't even noticed that the owl that carried the letter had flown away back through her still open window.
"MUUUUUUM!" Robyn shouted, running down the stairs, her letter grasped tightly in her hand. "MUUUUUUM!"
"What is it Robyn." Her mother sighed exasperatedly as she saw her daughter round around the corner flashing a piece of paper excitedly.
"This…arrived by owl! HOGWARTS!" Robyn half screamed, half laughed as she jumped into the air smiling broadly.
"Oh, come on Robyn. I thought you were smarter than that. Probably just some prankster…" But at that precise moment she had the letter thrust under her nose.
"I'm not lying! Its real! It's not just a book! It's not just fantasy! It is reality!" Robyn said, still grinning and hopping up and down madly.
Mrs. Young snatched the letter from her daughters grasp and read it through, her eyes widening with every sentence. It was all written as it should be…the seal was there…it was written on parchment…maybe it is real?
These thoughts whizzed around and around Mrs. Young's head. Every one making it seem more and more believable.
But how? How can something nearly every non-magical child, and many adults, have read really exist? Hogwarts, magic, Albus Dumbledore, wands, Ministry of Magic…
Robyn's younger brother had entered the small crowded hallway as he had wondered what all the noise was about. He too was jumping up and down, but not in excitement like his older sister, but he was trying to see the letter. Unfortunately for him, he was ignored by both his older sister and his mother, who just proceeded to walk to the living room where they could talk it over in comfort rather than standing.
Robyn was still smiling like a maniac as her mother looked at her. "See, what did I tell you! It's Hogwarts! It really is!"
"I…well…I think you're right." Her mother said, trying to find the right words to express her feelings. "Well, there's only one thing for it. We wait for the ministry official to arrive tomorrow." Mrs. Young laughed and smiled broadly. "A witch in the family…I'm so proud."
"A witch?" Andrew said, raising an eyebrow as he stepped into the lving room from where he had been listening into their conversation.
"Yes Andrew. I've just been enrolled into Hogwarts School of witchcraft and Wizardry. I will be taught under the watchful gaze of none other than Albus Dumbledore himself," Robyn said smugly, but couldn't hide the excitement in her voice.
Andrew gaped at his sister. "You're joking!"
"Nope. And guess what?" Robyn smiled; she was about to reveal the secret of her meeting with the marauders.
"What?" Andrew asked, half curious, half wishing that his sister would shut up and stop gloating.
"I've met the marauders. That's who I was with that day when we went to see Revenge of the Sith," Robyn stated.
"Oh, so that's who they were," Her mother said as it dawned on her. She thought they looked vaguely familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Yup. And by the looks of it, I'm in their year at school…school. What am I going to tell everyone?" Robyn said, her smile fading. The thought of going away from her friends, from her family, from people she had known all her life for such a long time… it was very daunting. Although she desperately wanted to go, she couldn't help but feel that she didn't. She had made a life, a good life. Great grades at school, fantastic school friends…
"Ah. Well, we'll have to ask the ministry official tomorrow," Answered her mother. She knew it would be hard for Robyn, but it would be good for her too. Maybe in more ways than one.
"Hmmmm," Robyn sighed, the letter lay in front of her. Staring at her. She had been accepted into Hogwarts, and she was having second thoughts. She'd dreamed of this day, and yet, now its come, she didn't know whether she actually wanted to leave her muggle life. "Do you think I should go?"
"Of course you should! Are you mad! You've gotten into Hogwarts for god's sake!" Andrew shouted. "I would go. It would be so cool…Quidditch, defence against the dark arts, transfiguration. The only thing not good about it would be the slimy Slytherins…" At that he burst out laughing.
"What?" Robyn asked.
"You're…you're stuck with S…Snape," Andrew laughed.
"Oh my god! You're right!" A manic grin appeared on Robyn's face, "I couldn't leave the marauders with him when they haven't got me to help them out."
"That's the spirit," Her mother laughed.
"Well, I guess now what we've got to do is wait for tomorrow," Robyn smiled in excited anticipation of what the next day would bring for her.
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There ya go, another chapter for you. Hope ya liked it :D! R + R please!
KrazieShadowNinja: Lmao, sorry. Your review cracked me up. I feel actually quite sorry for you. But your mates sound really cool! And I agree, they do act a bit like James and Sirius. Hoped you like this chapter.
XomeNyou: Glad you liked it. Hope you've enjoyed this chapter. And, other character…well…no. Remus Lupin is one of the four marauders. Its just a little thing I'm doing. You'll realise once I finish this thing. Lol.