The Child of Dark and Light

Chapter 2

A Letter, a Train, and a Boy

~thoughts~

Almost 10 years later

"Adonia, you have an owl waiting. Come down and get it, won't you Honey?"

"Coming mother!" I yelled down the stairs towards the general vacinity of my mother. ~Why don't those dumb owls ever come directly to the person they are supposed to give their letters to? It's not that hard to do.~ I jumped down the last couple of stairs and found myself face to face with a rather large eagle owl. "Can I have my letter?" The owl just cocked its head to the side and looked at me. After putting out my hand and glaring a bit at the annoying bird, it decided to give me my dumb letter. As soon as I took the heavy envelope, the owl took off. "I'm not going to give him a tip anytime soon...that is if I ever see him again."

On the dace of the heavy parchment envelope in green ink was my address:

Miss Adonia Zeak

556 Janie Lane

Burlington, Main-USA

~I have such a weird last name...who has ever heard of Zeak?~ I didn't bother looking at the green wax seal holding the flap down, I just opened the letter and started to read the contents. After reading it, I just started laughing, I mean, why in the world, would I go to Hogwarts Scool of Witchcraft and Wizardy. I live in America and plan on going to the American Academy of Magic.

"Mom! Hoqwarts sent me a letter. Isn't that funny? I didn't think they let anyone who didn't live in England, or Great Britian, I guess, into the other school."

My mom came in the room with the weirdest expression I have ever seen on her face. "Well, Honey, about that, there is something you need to know. You remember your father's parents?" At my nod she continued, "They aren't doing so well, so your father and I decided that we would move in with them and take care of them. And, before you ask, you are coming with us."

"What!?!" I yelped out in a shocked voice, "Don't get me wrong mommy, I love my grandparents, but they live in England. That's across the ocean, remember? I can't go to England, I'm going to start school here, with my friends, and, and..."

My mother started to pat me on the back in a soothing way, "I know it will be hard for you, but look at it this way, you get to make a ton of new friends and got o a really famous school." She said all of this in her really annoying, fake peppy voice, that she uses to try and get me to go along with her, all of the time.

"But Mom, I don't wanna go!" I whined, my nine year, almost ten year old, voice called out, as I stomped up the stairs.

"I'm sorry hun, but this isn't up for discussion." she called up back at me.

Several Weeks Later

"Honey, hurry up, you don't want to miss the train!" My father called from somewhere ahead of me in the crowded train station. I don't know how he could get so far ahead of me, he's dragging my uberly heavy trunk, full of stupid Hogwarts stuff.

"Of course I wouldn't want to be late for the train," I replied sarcastically under my breath. ~I can't believe this is actually happening. Seven weeks ago or so, mom tells me we're moving. A day later, all my stuff is magically packed and sent off to my grandparents house. A couple of weeks later, my mother and grandmother, who wasn't too bad off health wise, took me to Diagon Alley, to get all the junk for Hogwarts, that differed from what I had to get for the Academy, that's how I spent my birthday. Now, September 1st, I'm running past people to get...~ "Shadow, come back here!" I called out to my little black kitten. ~Isn't it appropriate that a witch should have a black cat~ I couldn't help it, I started to giggle. He was my birthday present, my mom wanted me to get an owl, but I really don't like those birds.

"Adonia, come on, you're going to be late!"

"I'm coming mother." I called back to her, she was with dad, she must have come back to get me. I continue after both of them, as Shadow jumped into my arms, he's such a cute kitten. A minuet later, I was standing with both of them, looking at the wall between platforms 9 and 10.

"Ok sweetling, to cross the barrier..."

I cut my dad off quickly, " I know how to do it daddy, you must have told me a million times." I gave him a small grin so that he would know I was joking with him, and not upset.

"All right sweet, let's go."

As I stepped through the wall, I came out on platform 9 3/4, and saw a very shiny, scarlett train. "Wow!" I said a little dumbstruck.

My father pulled me into a tight hug after loading my trunk on the train, my mother pulled me into an even tighter hug when my dad was done. They both told me they loved me and to have a good time at school, my mom had tears in her eyes. I told them I loved them both as well, as they pushed me onto the train. I went to the empty cabin where my father put my trunk, and leaned out the window to wave at my parents as the train took off.

When they were out of sight, I pulled a book out of my bag, and sat down along the bench to read for the journy, while Shadow jumpped up onto my lap to sleep. At some point, a nice old witch came by and sold me some junk food...I'm such a sucker for junk food. A while later, this older looking girl, with frizzy hair, came by adn started asking about someone's lost toe, or was is a toad? I don't really know because Shadow hissed at her when she came in and she left quickly after that.

Tired of interuptions, I set my book aside and got dressed in my new robes. We had to be close to this school already, didn't we? I mean, the train had been moving for hours now, it was dark outside, and we left sometome in the morning.

Outside of my cabin, someone was talking really loud, coming down the hall. It sounded as if they were upset about something biteing someone's finger...I could really careless. That was until my cabin door banged open and this dude with icy, white hair and blue eyes came strolling in...I guess he was ok looking if you liked the whole, "I hate the sun" look.

"Can I help you?" I oh-so sweetly asked. I'm nice when I want to be...even if it is a sarcastic, seems to be nice.

"What are you doing in here?" He asked in the whole, "I own the world, bow down to me" manner.

I dropped my nice act and snarked back a quick, "I've been here the whole time."

With a smirk, he replied, "Well, I'm in here now, so you can get out."

"Excuse me? You can't tell me what to do...I was here first, so you can just go and, and....hit yourself!!" Oh no, I could feel my eyes changing color, they always do that when I feel an emotion strongly. And, as I'm really mad and yelling, they must be going the red color they go when I get upset. The guy with white hair, jumped back when he noticed my eyes changing. He gatherd up tweetle dee and tweetle dumb, and left the cabin, to go back to where ever they came from.

"I'm glad he left Shadow...I really didn't like him."

The White Haired Boy's POV

~I can't believe it~ I rushed out of the girls cabin towards my old one where my stuff was residing. When I got back, I quckly pulled a sheet of parchment, a quill, and ink out of my bag, then settled down to write a letter to my father.

Dear Father,

I found the "child"!

Draco

Greetings everyone!

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