BXBX NOVEL Chapter 95 - Hogwarts Acceptance Letters
[POV Reo(Edgar)]
I was worried... I was really worried. It has been 4 months since I have turned 11 and for Momo it has been 5 months. During this Christmas when Nemuri took me to the Tonks, I wasn\'t this much worried but now... this is a completely different matter. It\'s already March and the Nemuri is gonna turn 17 while Rumi is gonna turn 11 today, like me and Momo who have been 11 for months.
Now, all of you must be wondering what I am so worried about, right? (A/N: Freaking wall breaker... now I am gonna have to work hard to fix it). Well... none of have received our Hogwarts letter. All four of us are magical kids... so Nemuri gets the letter, so why don\'t we get it?
Yes, seeing Nemuri\'s adress on our letter too may have made them wait... but I have never heard that happening. But, it\'s also not normal to have four orphans to turn out magical who were living in the same house. But it is still confusing... and if somehow I don\'t get a letter this is going to put a huge hole in my plans...
Well, nothing could be done then... I would have to break into Hogwarts and do several things and one of them is to form a familiar contract with the basilisk. Last month Momo found a really nice book in the library which gave detained explanations on how to learn Parseltongue. Apparently Parsentongue was definitely a blood related thing but Rowena Ravenclaw had broken the code and found a method to learn Parseltongue but obviously it was taking process and we won\'t be able to pass this skill to our next generation. They have to learn from ground up if they want.
Now, why wasn\'t this a public knowledge? Because, magical people are shitty and bigoted. Ravenclaws found that taking to any animal in this case snakes was below their status. Magical people found another thing below their class and that was becoming an Animagus. They were high status people how can they bring themselves to turn into an animal... honestly I really wanted to do another genocide but Momo and Rumi coaxed me out of it.
There was another problem... I don\'t think that I can be an Animagus because throughout these 3 months I didn\'t get a single clue about my inner animal. Someone wrote that your Patronus form is commonly your Animagus form if you are able to become one. Momo already knew what her Animagus form was... she was an owl, quite obvious I know. Rumi was a rabbit... pretty surprising, right? Haha... no one laughed. Nemuri was a fox... I know I should have already known.
Suddenly a ward in our flat flared meaning someone was here. Only someone from Hogwarts would come to this flat and no one else knew about this flat. This was a new kind of ward made by Momo. This is was a trigger ward that would only pick up if someone enters the premises and it used so little magic that no one could pick up the reaction except the people to whom the ward stone was connected.
Momo, Rumi, and Nemuri immediately got dressed and ran into the kitchen while Nemuri went towards the door so that they could behave like normal kids. No matter whoever arrived here I was more than confident that I can confound them to make them think that nothing was out of normal. I was again betting my chips on Old Minnie Gi.
Someone knocked on the door and I jumped off the couch and ran upto the window. I looked through the glass and internally cheered that it was Minnie Gi so, I gave the signal to Nemuri to open the door. So, Nemuri opened the door.
"Professor McGonagall??" Nemuri acted really surprised and asked Minerva. I have to say Nemuri is a really good actor... though Minerva didn\'t seem surprised.
"Did something happen?? How can I help you? Please come inside" Nemuri fired off questions and asked Minerva to come inside. Minerva walked in and her eyes landed on me... I was already back in my previous place and was reading a story book.
I quickly used a passive Leglimency probe and found out that she was definitely carrying a letter for me. I don\'t know if she was carrying others or not... for that I have to delve deeper into her mind and she might notice me. I was only able to delve into old goat\'s mind because he was busy with other thoughts.
"You don\'t have to worried about me coming here Miss Parsons. I came here for him and two others that have living with you" Minerva said in her usual stern attitude.
"Oh... yeah. I have been wondering when you are going to come for them... I picked them up from the orphanages when they didn\'t want to keep them because they thought they were evil. You know accidental magic" Nemuri said to Minerva and this is the chance I wanted. I immediately casted a confounding charm on Minerva McGonagall... all of her doubts about this situation being weird was immediately thrown out of her mind.
"Oh... I see. If you don\'t mind can you please get Miss Alice Croftwell and Miss Roxanne Trift as well, after all I have to explain to them about magic and Hogwarts" Minerva said.
Nemuri nodded her head and called Momo and Rumi, both immediately appeared by Nemuri\'s side and Momo was behind Nemuri, she wanted to show that she was scared. Rumi was in her usual self stood by Nemuri\'s side.
"Professor McGonagall, I have already told them about magic and Hogwarts but if you want you can take them to shopping" Nemuri said to Minerva. A normal Minerva would have scolded Nemuri by now but she was confounded so Minerva just nodded jer head thinking it was normal.
"No, it\'s completely fine, as they already know about magic and Hogwarts, my work here is done. I expect that you will take them to shopping for school commodities and they will be at platrom 9¾, right?" Minerva asked, she would also never do this but a subtle but strong confounding charm can do a lot of things.
Minerva just handed Nemuri our Hogwarts Acceptance Letter to which Nemuri just nodded her head. Minerva saw that and walked out of the house without saying anything more. No, one would notice that she was confounded because according to her she followed the procedure what she should have done before leaving. I know Minerva McGonagall is nice and all but she trusts Old Dumbles too much and I can\'t have her run her mouth to him.
And I honestly don\'t think that Dumbles would be worried about three orphans living with a soon to be 7th year. He would be currently busy with finding Harry Potter or it would be his ass... opps... we are in Britain now so arse on fire. Nemuri shouldn\'t be in home right now but she asked for a temporary leave from Hogwarts to claim the money and property what her made up parents left her. As her head of the house of Filius Flitwick he happily gave her the leave without even consulting with Dumbles.
Nemuri closed the door and the ward told us the Minerva had already apparted away. We sat down on the couch facing each other and tore open the letter.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorceser, Chief Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Consideration of Wizards)
I cringed reading the titles of the Great Albus Too Many Names Dumbledore. I looked up towards Momo and Rumi and both of them had similar expressions. None of us made any comments, at least not for now and continued reading.
Dear Mr. Edgar Maxwell, We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted 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 your owl by no later than 31st July.
Why the hell they are going to wait for our letter of acceptance by 31st July when Minverva McGonagall took our confirmation herself. Magical people are really odd and lack common sense.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Finally done with the front page I looked at the second parchment.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil\'s clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
1. The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)by Miranda Goshawk
2. A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
3. Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
4. A Beginner\'s Guide in Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
5. One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
6. Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
8. The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentim Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK.
Yours sincerely,
Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus
Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions
"Wow... then what are we waiting for?? Let\'s go shopping!!" I said.
"Yes!!" Momo, Rumi, and even Nemuri cheered when they heard about shopping. Rumi might not like dates like other girls but she definitely likes shopping...