Do You Hate My Blood? Chapter 1

*Note* You start out at 11 and you get older as the years go by.1

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You hated that alarm clock. It was still summer. You should be able to sleep in. Unfortunately you didn't have that pleasure. Your mom got up early every morning to go to work. Your dad needed to eat breakfast, but he's the worst cook in the world. He could screw up cereal so bad, it was unidentifiable. You got out of bed to turn off the blaring alarm clock. Once you did, you slipped on your slippers and went to the kitchen downstairs.3

You made your special muffin batter. The ingredients only took 5 minutes to cook. While it was cooking, you made him some eggs and bacon. (I'm sorry if you're a vegetarian. I don't know what they normally eat for breakfast. Please don't be offended!) You put it all on a plate with a mug of coffee beside it. You got the paper and put it beside his plate.4

Right on cue, he came down the stairs. "Good morning by beautiful daughter!" he said in a song-like tone.5

"Hey, dad," you responded. He sat down and started to read the paper while eating.6

A few minutes later, the mail slot moved telling you that the mail came. You picked up the stack and read the names. "Jacob Reynolds....Jacob Reynolds....Amelia Reynolds...Alyssa Reynolds?" You never got mail unless it was from the school with your report card in it. You looked at what it said. The envelope was addressed right down to your very room! "Uh, dad?" you questioned while returning to the kitchen with the letter in hand.7

"What's that?" he asked.8

"I don't know. It was in the mail. Look to where it's addressed!" you said, practically shoving the envelope in his face.9

"This is odd," was all he said.10

"Should I open it?" you asked. He nodded while handing it back to you.11

You opened the wax seal and read the first sentence out-loud. "'Dear Ms. Reynolds: We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.' This has got to be a joke!"12

Your dad took the letter and skimmed down it. "'If you have any questions or comments, please send an owl to Hogwarts requesting a meeting.' Wow."13

"What does it mean by an owl? Does it mean like the nocturnal owl?"14

"I guess so."15

There was a knock at the door and you went to answer it. You didn't see any person, but you did see an owl. "Impossible," you breathed. The owl flew in. You slammed the door and followed it to the kitchen.16

"This is not something you see every day," your father said. The owl stuck out its leg. There was a blank scroll attached to it. You got a pen for your dad to write on the scroll. He wrote about requesting a meeting with someone from the school. He re-attached it to the owl, and it flew off.17

"That was awkward," you said. Your father nodded and went back to eating. You cleaned up the dishes you used to make the breakfast. He finished eating in a few minutes.18

"Well, I got to go. I'll see you tonight. Love you!" he called going out the door.19

You cleaned up his plate and mug. You folded up the paper and put it on the living room couch. You mother liked to read it when she came home. You went upstairs to take a shower and lay out your mom's relaxing clothes. When you had that all done, you went downstairs and sat in one of the lounge chairs. You read through the letter from the school over and over again. "'You are required to have a cat, an owl, or a toad.' This is hilarious! And all these books! What are these prices in? Galleons, Sickles, Knuts? This is weird stuff!" You read through what you needed a few times before your mother came home.20

"I'm back!" she called as she closed the door.21

"In here!" you replied to her un-asked question that was always implied.22

She came in. "What'cha reading?"23

"Some letter I got." You hand it to her.24

She read through it quickly. "'Witchcraft and Wizardry'? Is this true?"25

"I guess so."26

There was a knock on the door. "I wonder who that could be," your mother said while you both went up. She opened the door and an old man with a long beard and same length white hair was standing there.27

"Mrs. Reynolds?" the man said.28

"Yes?" your mother answered.29

"I am Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts. May I come in?"30

"Sure." The two of you step aside to allow this man into your home. You both lead him to the living room where he sits on the couch. You and your mother sit in the two recliners. "What exactly is this school?" your mother asked.31

"It's a school where magic is taught to young witches and wizards so they may be educated in magic."32

"Where is this school?"33

"It's on an island guarded by magic so no muggles can see it."34

"Muggles?" is what you and your mother said in unison.35

Albus Dumbledore took in a deep breath, and then explained. "A muggle is someone who has no magical powers in them. Such as yourself and your husband, Mrs. Reynolds. When two muggles have a child, such as Alyssa, the child is known as muggle-born." This confused you slightly, but you were following okay. Well, better than your mother.36