Persephone arrived in England and stepped off the airplane nervously. She was about to meet her true parents. Mr Coma had told her that they would meet her at London airport and that they would be joyous to see her, but Persephone was still really nervous. She freed her silver locks from the messy bun she'd travelled in, took a deep breath, and faced the crowd at the airport.
Then two people ran towards her. There was a man with midnight black hair and deep brown eyes and there was a woman who was elegant and ethereal with long chestnut brown hair and emerald green eyes just like Persephone's. Persephone's heart leapt. These must be her real parents!
"Persephone? Is it really you?" Asked the woman, her face kissed with the song of emotion.
Persephone nodded. Her mom swept her into a massive hug that smelt of midnight roses.
"We are Alden and Mirabelle Granger and we are your true parents." Said the man, smiling at her emphatically.
"Um, hello," she said shyly.
"Come on, let's go somewhere quieter." They hurried away and found a quiet place. Then her Mom turned to Persephone with her bright green eyes brewing with a storm of sympathy.
"I'm so sorry this must be so overwhelming for you Persephone." She said. "We need to tell you what happened."
Persephone took a deep breath. "Ok." She nodded. "I'm ready."
"Well you were born in 1980 along with your twin sister Hermione, you can meet her later on today. Oh Persephone, we were so so happy! You were perfect and we loved you so much. But then…"
"But, but then what?" The silver haired witch stammered.
"But then evil struck." Sighed her dad. "Some terrible death eaters, especially a truly evil death eater called Neo, decided to come and take you. We tried to fight them off but they had powerful dark magic and they overpowered us. I regret not else but all that day." His voice trembled with immense sadness.
"The death eaters kidnapped you and stole you away… who knows what discombobulating plans they would have had, but before they could do anything you were rescued by someone very powerful." Said her Mom.
"Who was it?" Persephone asked in shock.
"You have already met him, he was your principle." Dad said.
"Mr Coma?" Persephone gasped.
Her Mom nodded. "Indeed it was him."
"The death eaters put a spell on us to make us think we were muggles and forget about magic completely. And when we forgot about magic…. they made us forget about you too." Said her Dad.
Her Mom's shimmering emerald eyes filled with tears. "I'm soo sorry," she cried softly. "We would never have given up searching if we had remembered. If we had known you were out there, alone, i would have run to the ends of the universe to find you."
"Its ok, Mom." Persephone murmured. She totally understood what had happened, she had read about evil mind changing spells that some bad wizards used and how nobody could fight them off or lift them away.
"They made us think we were muggles but the curse has been lifted and it turns out we are actually purebloods, descended from Rowena Ravenclaw herself." Said Alden.
"She was a really famous British witch." Said her Mom.
"Oh I know." Persephone nodded modestly. "I...I've read about her before you see."
Her Dad looked impressed. "Very impressive." He said. "Anyways that means that you are also a pureblood witch and a decsendent of Ravenclaw."
"Wow!" Said Persephone. IT was all so much to take in! Just yesterday she had been a nobody, lonely and bullied and alone in the unforgiving world. Now she had a family, and she was part royal!
"But we don't care about bloodlines and being famous we just care that we finally have you home." Said her parents and then they gave her a big hug. Persephone's iridescent eyes filled with tears as she was embraced for the first time in years. Her young and tragic life had had no affection and she was so happy to finally have a family.
Then they drove home. The Grangers lived in a beautiful house called the Raven Grange near London, it had tall gothic turrets and black roses around the door. It looked like a castle.
Persephone gasped.
"We didn't used to live here but once we remembered we were really pureblood we came back. This was Rowena Ravenclaw's house once." Said her Mom, looking at the house with pride.
"It's so beautiful." Said Persephone in wander. Her old flat had been small and dark, but her new home was like a palace.
"You can have one of the rooms in the turret." Said her Dad, pointing.
"Thankyou so much." Murmured Persephone in awe.
Then they all went into the house.
"Before you unpack there's someone very important that you must meet." Said her Mom.
"Who!" Asked Persephone.
Her Mom and Dad smiled britishly. "Your sister."
Persephone's heart jumped with song. Her very own sister!
"She'll be upstairs." Said her Dad. "Go and say hello to Hermione!"
Persephone climbed the twisting sweeping staircase, her heart beating with fear. Would Hermione like her? Would she be happy to have a sister?
Persephone knocked on the door nervously.
"Come in." Said a voice.
She opened the door and stepped inside like a shy deer and then she saw Hermione.
Persephone gasped.
Her sister had beautiful dark brown eyes like molten dark chocolate. A long ripple of wavy light brown russet hair skimmed her shoulders like the wisdom of a dragonfly. She was truly beautiful, unlike Ellie and Cassie and Tessa who were only pretty because of all the makeup they wore, Hermione was naturally beautiful without wearing any. She was holding a huge pile of books. She ran over to meet Persephone really quickly and smiled like a sunrise.
"Hi I'm Hermione and I'm your sister!" Said Hermione, her voice shaking with so much excitement.
Persephone could hardly believe she had a sister! Right in front of her, it amazing! "Hello!" She whispered like a gentle breeze, timidness and strength making her vocal cords weak. "My name is... Persephone."
"OMG, it's so great to meet you!" Hermione cried. "I've always wanted a sister it's like my dream."
"I've always wanted a sister too…" Said Persephone shyly. Then she took a deep breath and spoke bravely. "I've always just wanted just someone. Someone who would….believe in me. I, I've always been alone you see."
"Oh no….what happened?" Asked Hermione fearfully.
Persephone took a deep breathe and shut her emerald eyes behind her silvery lids. "When I was too….my foster parents were killed by death eaters. They tried to kill me too but somehow I survived. But my life ever since has been so sad and lonely. I always got bullied at Ilvermorny."
Hermione's deep onix eyes filled with glacier tears. "That's so sad. How could they! Life is so unfair! I understand, I used to get bullied too but at Hogwarts everything changed."
Persephone's heart was touched by her sympathy. "That's so great." She nodded warmly. "It sounds wonderful there."
"Well you'll soon find out." Said Hermione.
"What do you mean?" Persephone asked.
"Persephone….you're going to hogwarts too!" Exclaimed HERMIONE with a beam of radiance.
Persephone gasped! "I'm going to hogwarts too?"
"Of course! And your gonna be so happy there I just know it. It's really good."
Persephone felt her noble heart soar with the happiness of a rainbow. "Omg this is so perfect!" She said. Then a sword of doubt stabbed her rare joy. "But Hermione…"
"Oh no what's wrong?!" Said her sister fearfully.
"What if people laugh at me at hogwarts too?" Persephone cried. "At my old school people always called me a nerd because I love to read."
"Don't worry Persephone." Said Hermione, giving her a hug. "I love to read too! I'm always in the library, I love books and learning so much as well!"
"You do?" Persephone gasped.
"Yeah!" Hermione said with a beam. "We're so twins! So similar!"
"IKR!" Persephone glowed.
Then they talked about books for a while. It was the happiest that Persephone had ever been! Now she had a sister who loved books and learning too, Hermione didn't say she was a teachers pet! They had so much in common and Persephone already knew that they were going to get on amazingly.
"You know what we should do?" Said Hermione.
"What?" Asked Persephone.
"We should go shopping and get you some new clothes for Hogwarts." Said Hermione.
Persephone smiled like an angel. "That's a great idea!"
Hermione and Persephone went into town and it was the most fun Persephone had ever had. Hermione was so nice! They went to Hollister, Abercrombie and Fitch and Hot Topic and got a lot of new clothes.
Persephone bought some new black pants and a silver dress the color of her hair and a bunch of new tops with her favorite bands on them and a gothic velvet top hat (Persephone had really individual style which is another reason she was bullied before, but Hermione didn't mind that she was different and she thought Persephone's style was really cool).
Then in Hot Topic Persephone saw a beautiful dress. It was midnight inky black with a corset front covered in silver beads that perfectly matched Persephone's hair and it's skirt flowed around the floor in ebony ripples, except for a slit up the side.
"Omg, you should so try that on!" Said Hermione, seeing wear Persephone was looking.
"I don't know…" Persephone said uncertainly.
"Go on!" Said Hermione.
Persephone wasn't sure about trying the dress on but Hermione eventually convinced her. Persephone put it on then Hermione came into the dressing room. When she saw her she gasped.
"Omg Persephone." Hermione whispered in awe. "You look so beautiful."
Persephone looked in the mirror. Normally she avoided mirrors because she was so insecure and they reminded her of everything she'd lost. Her own sad haunted eyes would stare into the abiss and she'd only feel worse.
But today Persephone looked into the mirror. The dress perfectly fitted her slender, elfin waist rippled out over the floor like a dark mysterious ocean. Her ivory skin glowed against the black color. She blinked her long silver eyelashes and stared into her own jade-green eyes. Her silver hair rippled down to her waist, shining like the moon. For once, Persephone was proud of her beautiful hair instead of ashamed of it. She looked at her amazing sister Hermione and then at her own reflection and for the first time in so many years Persephone smiled.
She was ready to go to Hogwarts!