p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" align="center"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"CHAPTER ONE/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender woke up to her older brother arguing with her older sister, about who knows what. She decided to go back to sleep and ignore the bickering that was just outside her door. Lavender soon became suspicious when suddenly everything became quiet, and this didn't help calm her nerves when she heard nothing but the pictures that moved in her room. Lavender pulled her blankets off her and she got out of her purple canopy bed. Quietly she moved towards the door grabbing a brush that was on her desk a few feet away from her bed. Lavender then went to the door and pressed her ear to it. But she couldn't hear anything from the other side and that it started to worry her. emIt's now or never. /emAs she thought this, she opened the door to be meet with an empty hallway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"What then? I thought there was someone here? Maybe I'm still sleep deprived from staying up last night. /span/emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender was about to turn around when something caught her attention. A small envelope was lying on the floor outside her doors. She picked up the envelope and saw that it was addressed to her. She went back into her room after she made sure that no one was there. She entered her room and sat at the edge of the bed. She opened it up and saw that it was from Hogwarts. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International confed. of Wizards)/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Dear Miss Ambrosius, /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await you owl by no later than 31 July. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"On another piece of parchment, a more personalized letter read. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender looked at the other parchment and saw the different list of items that would be needed for the year. She reread the information again and again until it finally proceeded. She stood up and grabbed a sweater and briskly walked down the stairs towards the dining room. Lavender passed some of the house elves that were going around cleaning anything that look dirty. It took her a while to get to one end of the house to the other end. As she neared the room, she saw that there was an extra coat hanging on the hanger. emMust be either my uncle is here, or it could be one of the Ministry's people. Great. /em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"As the doors opened, lavender saw that it was her aunt talking to her parents. emGreat. I bet he is here to make me come with her so then she could teach me how to be proper. /emShe walked in and put on a false persona that she usually wares whenever her aunt was around. She sat down at the table and magically breakfast appeared on her plate. Lavender felt all eyes on her, waiting for her to crack under the pressure of their stares. But she knew better then to show any weakness. Eventually everyone went back to whatever they were doing a few moments ago and ignored her presence. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender knew that she would have to show them eventually, but something in the back of her mind told her that they would say no and leave it at that. So, she plucked up the courage and said, "I got my letter from Hogwarts today." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Is that so? Well sorry to say this to you but you can't go." Said her mother not even looking at her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Why not?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Because I said so and we already made an agreement with your aunt here."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""WHAT? THAT IS UNFAIR." Lavender quickly lowered her voice and continued. "Please mom. I would like to go to the school and be able to do more things than what Aunt Nella could do." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I already agreed and besides what will happen with you know?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I'll make a deal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I said n-"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I would like to hear this deal you are willing to make" replied her aunt cutting off her mother. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I would stay at the school and if nothing goes wrong when I come back for the Christmas holiday then I would be able to stay. But if something does go wrong then I would go with Aunt Nella." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""It is a very interesting deal. Which I would be ok with. But mind you, if anything, even the tiniest thing goes wrong then you will not be going back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Very well." Lavender said as she went to shake her uncle's hand. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Wait a moment. I do not agree to this." Her mother stated. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I think this would be a great idea. It would also teach her how to deal with a different environment for her" replied her father. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Fine." Was all her mother said as she just sighed in defeat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender thanked her parents and quickly finished breakfast. When she was done, the plates disappeared, and she left the dining room. As soon as the double doors were closed, lavender ran to her room, not caring if one of the house elves caught her. It did take her a while, but she finally made it and she went to the desk to send out the reply. She looked at what the date was and saw that it was July 20. She wrote on another parchment and then called for the family's owl. A snowy owl came, and lavender tied the letter on and sent the owl on its way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"As soon as the owl left, she pulled out the supply list and looked at the different things./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"First Year students will require:/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;" /span/strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Uniform: emThe quantity given are the suggested minimum requirements. /em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1. Three sets of plain work robes (black) /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"3. One winter cloak (black with silver fastenings) /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"4. Three white shirts for boys or blouses for girls /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"5. Two grey sweaters, vests, or cardigans /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"6. Two charmable ties in house colours /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"7. One charmable winter scarf in house colours /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"8. Two pairs of trousers or shorts for boys, or skirts for girls /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"9. Three pairs of white knee socks or black wool stockings for girls, or grey knee socks or black ankle socks for boys. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Required Textbooks./span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Hogwarts: A History by Chroniculus Punnet /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Tremble/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"How Not to Blow Off Your Fingers on The First Day by Julius Gummidge /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Goshawk's Guide to Herbology by Miranda Goshawk/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1 by Miranda Goshawk /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Hilary Stargazer's Guide to the Galaxy by Hilary Stargazer /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Other Equipment: /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 wand /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2) /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 set glass phials /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 telescope /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 set brass scales /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 basic potions ingredients kit /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 set of protective gloves /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Quills /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Parchment /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Blank Journal /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Students may also bring two familiars or pets, with one of them being an owl. Approved familiars are: /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Toad Cat /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Rat Pygmy /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Puff Owl /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Others may be approved on a case-by-case basis. You will need to get permission from the school RPG admin before bringing any other pets to school./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;" PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST-YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Wow. That is a lot of items for only the first years. Well, I shouldn't be too surprised. /span/emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender went to her closet and took out a nice shirt and a clean pair of pants. As soon as she finished getting dressed, lavender's door opened, and two heads popped in. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Hi Meg. Hi Nate." Lavender said without turning around. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""So, what did they say" asked Nate? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I won't be going with Aunt Nella." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Wow. I thought you would be" replied Meg. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Nope. Because I made a deal with him." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Well then we'll be going shopping in 3 weeks," said Nate. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender woke up to her older brother arguing with her older sister, about who knows what. She decided to go back to sleep and ignore the bickering that was just outside her door. Lavender soon became suspicious when suddenly everything became quiet, and this didn't help calm her nerves when she heard nothing but the pictures that moved in her room. Lavender pulled her blankets off her and she got out of her purple canopy bed. Quietly she moved towards the door grabbing a brush that was on her desk a few feet away from her bed. Lavender then went to the door and pressed her ear to it. But she couldn't hear anything from the other side and that it started to worry her. emIt's now or never. /emAs she thought this, she opened the door to be meet with an empty hallway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"What then? I thought there was someone here? Maybe I'm still sleep deprived from staying up last night. /span/emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender was about to turn around when something caught her attention. A small envelope was lying on the floor outside her doors. She picked up the envelope and saw that it was addressed to her. She went back into her room after she made sure that no one was there. She entered her room and sat at the edge of the bed. She opened it up and saw that it was from Hogwarts. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" align="center"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International confed. of Wizards)/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Dear Miss Ambrosius, /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await you owl by no later than 31 July. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"On another piece of parchment, a more personalized letter read. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender looked at the other parchment and saw the different list of items that would be needed for the year. She reread the information again and again until it finally proceeded. She stood up and grabbed a sweater and briskly walked down the stairs towards the dining room. Lavender passed some of the house elves that were going around cleaning anything that look dirty. It took her a while to get to one end of the house to the other end. As she neared the room, she saw that there was an extra coat hanging on the hanger. emMust be either my uncle is here, or it could be one of the Ministry's people. Great. /em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"As the doors opened, lavender saw that it was her aunt talking to her parents. emGreat. I bet he is here to make me come with her so then she could teach me how to be proper. /emShe walked in and put on a false persona that she usually wares whenever her aunt was around. She sat down at the table and magically breakfast appeared on her plate. Lavender felt all eyes on her, waiting for her to crack under the pressure of their stares. But she knew better then to show any weakness. Eventually everyone went back to whatever they were doing a few moments ago and ignored her presence. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender knew that she would have to show them eventually, but something in the back of her mind told her that they would say no and leave it at that. So, she plucked up the courage and said, "I got my letter from Hogwarts today." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Is that so? Well sorry to say this to you but you can't go." Said her mother not even looking at her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Why not?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Because I said so and we already made an agreement with your aunt here."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""WHAT? THAT IS UNFAIR." Lavender quickly lowered her voice and continued. "Please mom. I would like to go to the school and be able to do more things than what Aunt Nella could do." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I already agreed and besides what will happen with you know?" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I'll make a deal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I said n-"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I would like to hear this deal you are willing to make" replied her aunt cutting off her mother. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I would stay at the school and if nothing goes wrong when I come back for the Christmas holiday then I would be able to stay. But if something does go wrong then I would go with Aunt Nella." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""It is a very interesting deal. Which I would be ok with. But mind you, if anything, even the tiniest thing goes wrong then you will not be going back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Very well." Lavender said as she went to shake her uncle's hand. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Wait a moment. I do not agree to this." Her mother stated. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I think this would be a great idea. It would also teach her how to deal with a different environment for her" replied her father. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Fine." Was all her mother said as she just sighed in defeat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender thanked her parents and quickly finished breakfast. When she was done, the plates disappeared, and she left the dining room. As soon as the double doors were closed, lavender ran to her room, not caring if one of the house elves caught her. It did take her a while, but she finally made it and she went to the desk to send out the reply. She looked at what the date was and saw that it was July 20. She wrote on another parchment and then called for the family's owl. A snowy owl came, and lavender tied the letter on and sent the owl on its way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"As soon as the owl left, she pulled out the supply list and looked at the different things./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"First Year students will require:/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;" /span/strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Uniform: emThe quantity given are the suggested minimum requirements. /em/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1. Three sets of plain work robes (black) /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"3. One winter cloak (black with silver fastenings) /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"4. Three white shirts for boys or blouses for girls /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"5. Two grey sweaters, vests, or cardigans /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"6. Two charmable ties in house colours /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"7. One charmable winter scarf in house colours /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"8. Two pairs of trousers or shorts for boys, or skirts for girls /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"9. Three pairs of white knee socks or black wool stockings for girls, or grey knee socks or black ankle socks for boys. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Required Textbooks./span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Hogwarts: A History by Chroniculus Punnet /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Tremble/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"How Not to Blow Off Your Fingers on The First Day by Julius Gummidge /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Goshawk's Guide to Herbology by Miranda Goshawk/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1 by Miranda Goshawk /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Hilary Stargazer's Guide to the Galaxy by Hilary Stargazer /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Other Equipment: /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 wand /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2) /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 set glass phials /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 telescope /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 set brass scales /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 basic potions ingredients kit /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"1 set of protective gloves /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Quills /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Inks /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Parchment /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Blank Journal /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Students may also bring two familiars or pets, with one of them being an owl. Approved familiars are: /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Toad Cat /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Rat Pygmy /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Puff Owl /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Others may be approved on a case-by-case basis. You will need to get permission from the school RPG admin before bringing any other pets to school./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Perpetua, serif;" PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST-YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Wow. That is a lot of items for only the first years. Well, I shouldn't be too surprised. /span/emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;"Lavender went to her closet and took out a nice shirt and a clean pair of pants. As soon as she finished getting dressed, lavender's door opened, and two heads popped in. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Hi Meg. Hi Nate." Lavender said without turning around. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""So, what did they say" asked Nate? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""I won't be going with Aunt Nella." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Wow. I thought you would be" replied Meg. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Nope. Because I made a deal with him." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Perpetua, serif;""Well then we'll be going shopping in 3 weeks," said Nate. /span/p