(A/N): Hello people!
Here's the second chapter, like I promised! Two reviews... Yay!
Here you go, sweety-pies! I hope you enjoy this! It's going to be about rainbow unicorns and butterflies and all sorts of pretty stuff like that! *Cheshire Cat smile* [/sarcasm]
Thanks to Marquis Carabas and DGM otaku for reviewing!
CHAPTER TWO: PAMPHLET
After she had finished her homework, Coraline decided to look again over the 'oh-so-dangerous' pamphlet again. It was quite strange. It was about some 'famous' person she'd never heard of.
She took it out of the 'secret compartment' again and read it over, puzzling over the terms she didn't understand.
PETER JOHN HARRIS*:
Childhood:
Peter John Harris was born in Godric's Hollow in late July of the year 1980. He lived with his parents, Elizabeth and Joshua, until they were murdered by a Dark Wizard in October of 1981. He survived the Killing Curse by mysterious circumstances that are not understood to this day.
After that point, he moved in with some relatives, where he remained unaware of his status as a wizard for the next ten years, until he received an invitation to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
School Life:
Peter was sorted into Griffindor House and was an instant celebrity from the moment his name was called.
He quickly collected a few close friends who stuck with him through the rest of his schooling.
Currently:
Peter John Harris has not been seen since he disappeared from the Battle of Hogwarts on May 2nd, 1998.
His whereabouts are unknown.
And in small print near the bottom:
* Peter John Harris is not his real name, which is not stated above due to censoring legislation by the Dragon Order. His real name is Ha tter.
For more information please contact 81
Near the end of the page, where the interesting stuff was, there were several sizeable rips, hiding the important information. Apparently there was a phone number, and the real name of the person described. Coraline didn't recognize him from the photograph on the cover. He had peculiar glasses and a strange scar half-hidden by black hair (it was a black-and-white photograph, so she couldn't really tell what color it was - it was dark).
Coraline decided to call him Hatter, from what was left of his name on the pamphlet. Until she found out his real name, anyway.
She put the pamphlet back and closed the secret compartment, before she picked up the candle on the desk she had been reading by.
Before she would go to bed, Coraline decided she would walk around the house for a little while. They had only moved here recently from somewhere else, as whenever her sister thought they were going to be discovered they would pack up and leave, and eventually find an abandoned house like this one to inhabit.
Coraline, being a squib, didn't help any with staying hidden. Even though her sister had expressed it in kind words ("You've just got such a big personality the magic wouldn't fit!"), the Dragon Order had certain rules against squibs and muggle-borns, as they were called. Whenever a squib or muggle-born would be found, they would be placed in special 'homes' for misfits, which were more like prisons for the 'crippled'.
The Dragon Order didn't exactly know what was 'right', really; they had a twisted version of equality and superimposed it on everyone else.
That didn't prevent Coraline and Melanie from being hungry. That didn't prevent the dangers they were faced with every day. That didn't prevent that Melanie had to give up magic and hide her mother's wand so she could protect her sister.
Ever since their mother had died, the two sisters had vowed to stay together.
The Dragon Order wasn't helping too much.
And neither were frayed nerves.
(A/N): Okay, people! Does two reviews sound decent right now?
Hehehe...