The Wizarding World - Part 1

This story started in a cottage in London. A little 11-year old girl was sitting in her room and reading her school books. She had a very tidy room with a huge bookshelf. Her room looked kind of like a mini library! The girl had bushy, brown hair, and studied at a school near her house. Her parents were dentists. Her name was Hermione Jean Granger. She really liked learning all her school books by heart before the term had even started. And that's what she was doing in her room ever since her term ended. She hardly got out of her room except for eating food or going to the bathroom. Then, one day, when she was having breakfast with her parents, there was a knock on the door. She went to see who it was and saw that there was an old woman wearing a weird cloak standing at the door. The woman said, " Good morning, are you, Ms. Hermione Granger?". Hermione nodded. The woman said," I would like to speak to your parents please". Suddenly, from behind, her father's voice came, he said," Good morning Miss. Please come in". The woman came inside and sat in the nearest chair. She said to Hermione, " Ms. Granger, would you please be so kind as to leave the room and go to your bedroom? I would like to speak to your parents." Hermione obeyed the woman and went to her room. She felt half flabbergasted and half nervous. She wondered who that cloaked woman was. Then a thought came to her mind: Was this someone from her school? Had she failed in her exams? She was very confused and sat on her bed waiting for her parents to call her downstairs. At last, her mother called out to her, " Hermione, dear, please come downstairs." She ran downstairs and asked her parents, " Who was that lady? Was she from my school? What did she say? Do I have to leave my school?".

She bombarded them with all sorts of questions and only stopped when her father said, " You will have to leave school ". He hastily added when he saw the look on Hermione's face," This woman came to tell us that you're a witch." This was too much for Hermione. She just stood there wide-eyed and gaping at her parents. There was a moment's silence and then her father said, " That woman said her name was something like Minerva McGonagall. She told us that magic was real and something like that. So, Hermione, you are going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Congratulations! You're the only witch in our family". Her father and mother stood up and hugged her. She was still bewildered. Finally, she found her voice and said, " Witch? Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Magic is real?". Her mother said, " Term starts in September. Just one month left. We had better start getting your school supplies and we also have to get you out of your school over here. Come on, now Hermione! Get ready, today we will go to buy your stuff for school." Hermione nodded and went to take a bath. She still was a bit confused but was still happy........