auction - arabella figg
211 words, by gdocs
Arabella wakes up on her eleventh birthday with her heart beating fast. This is it. This is the day she'll finally get her Hogwarts letter. She's been counting down the days.
Sure, she's going to have other birthdays, but she's one hundred percent certain that this birthday will be the best birthday she'll ever have. Ever.
Nothing can beat going to Hogwarts.
She goes downstairs to breakfast, almost bouncing. She knows that her parents will probably tell her off, but honestly, Arabella couldn't care less. This is her special day. Nothing can ruin it.
She asks her mother if the mail came yet and can't help but be slightly disappointed when the answer is a no. Well, it'll come later in the day. Her mother also reminds her that Hogwarts letters don't always come on the actual birthday — sometimes they come over — but something inside of Arabella tells her that her Hogwarts letter will come today.
And then their owl comes.
With no Hogwarts letter.
Arabella's stomach sinks, but she tries to lift herself up — it'll come tomorrow.
...
Arabella wakes up on the day after her eleventh birthday and races downstairs. This time, the owl came before she reached downstairs.
There's still no Hogwarts letter.
Oh.
Maybe tomorrow...?