I sat in my room back at home with my stuff that Hagrid had made me bring for no apparent reason. Hagrid had come up to me in Diagon Alley out of nowhere. It literally spooked the daylights out of me. Anyway, he had a ticket in an envelope, and the most beautiful owl I have ever seen! It was a barn owl with a pure white body and head, and golden feathers. I named her Aglaia, which means beauty.
He also gave me a ticket for a train on the 1st of September, which is tomorrow, for platform 9¾. I knew were it was, but I decided to ask someone if a family of wizards were there. I just had to play innocent, like Harry did in the books, but he really was innocent.
My mind kept wandering back to the conversation I had with Harry. There was something I wanted to talk about but somehow my voice wouldn't speak it. I wanted to talk about the Professor. I think. He deserved to know. If I told him, though, it would mess up the whole story.
There was something seriously wrong on how I got caught up in this mess too. I mean, Hogwarts isn't real; it is just something Rowling made up so she could write a book. Harry, Hagrid, and Draco. They. Are. Not. Real. I have been constantly saying that over and over again in my head. There has got to be something wrong with me.
Wait. That flash of white light? Sam's change of mind? No! It couldn't! Could it?
The only possible explanation would be the flash of white light. After that everything changed. Sam didn't think he asked me to play ball and that big, burly giant showed up at our door! What is going on? I decided to go downstairs to ask mom if she knew Hogwarts was real and not just a thing out of a book. I flung my door open and stomped down the stairs.
"Why, hello dear." My mother says sweetly. "Is something wrong?"
"Did you know Hogwarts was real?" I ask.
"Why of course dear, our family has known of Hogwarts for generations!" She says enthusiastically.
"Then why haven't I been told?"
"We have told you, were do you think Sam goes? Where do you think he went when he went to middle school?"
"Then what about the books? You know, Harry Potter? The whole series is about a boy who is my age! How do you explain that?" I am nearly yelling now.
"There is no series called Harry Potter. I have no clue what you're talking about Katie, so please, calm down."
No Harry Potter? But there has to be, I put the first book in my pack and I still have it. The world just can't suddenly change. I will just let them think that it isn't real and that Hogwarts has been around for ages. I hope I know what I'm doing…
I climbed up the stairs to my room. I didn't know what I was going to do; if I went to Hogwarts, would I try to change the plot, or just let Harry do his thing? Should I let him go through the pain or not?
After a long while, I came to the conclusion that I will join Hogwarts but I will talk to Dumbledore about it.
I just hope the day will come sooner…
Readers, thank you for reading, yet again, another of one of my not-plot-filled chapters. I tried to do a little explaining on the white light and all, but I fear it may have come out boring and a little short… Uh, me? I don't know why it's short, uh, yeah… I am actually very disappointed in how short it is. To be honest, I didn't have as much fun as I did in this chapter as I did writing the other chapters. I will try to fix the 'when do I get into plot' thing in the next couple of chapters. Please R & R! I only have one review for each chapter so far… it's very disappointing… So please enjoy my shorter chapter… -wolfhound22