SWNOVELS Chapter 2 - I am a what ...
Alex's pov
well It's been about three weeks since i met Harry ,along with everything that happened in the zoo ,i have told my parents about Harry and all but lets just say i have skipped the parts when all the weird things happened, the windows were shuffling, the glass shattered and the lights were ... you get the point
but don't get me wrong it's not like i want to hide things from them ,but sometimes they can get you know... over protective and the last time something like this happened i ended up being home schooled but i don't really like talking about it
beside nothing really happened ever since that day , in fact life has been really smooth
on the good side my birthday is next week , but it's not like i really care it only reminds me that i will be one year older in a world were i am an outsider
just great don't you think
anyway i was walking down the stairs , it was about ten in the morning or something, as i reached the bottom of the staircase the doorbell rang
"i'll get it" i yelled so mom and dad would hear me but i didn't really wait for response, i headed to the door and opened it to reveal a tall man with a long white beard and blue bright eyes and guess what he was wearing ropes , i bit my lips trying to hold back the laughter but only earning a raised brow from him
"sorry put the church is at the other end of the street" i told him gesturing to the church and tried to close the door but he stopped it with his hand
"well as tempting as that sounds but i am here to see you Mrs.Miller" he said making me confused why would he want to see me,how the bloody hell does he even know me ,cause i am sure as hell that i don't know him
i was staring at him weirdly until i heard my dad's voice from behind me asks as he came out of the living room with mom not far behind him "who's at the door Alex?"
i turned to him
"i don't know but he says that he is here to see me"
"actually i am here to see all three of you, so if you could let me in i would explain to you why i am here"
i turned back to the strange man then stepped to the side allowing he to enter and said "come in"
"thank you Mrs.Miller"
i lead him to the living room and my parents followed behind
when we were there we offered him to take a seat which he accepted and then we did as well
"so who are you?" dad asked
"I am Albus Dumbledore, Head Master of a school for and i'm here to offer your daughter a place in my school"
"what school is this ?" dad asked
"it's called Hogwarts"
"i never heard of it?" dad said almost immediately then turned to mum who shook her head in agreement then he turned to the man again "and i certainly don't remember that we applied for a school with that name"
"its not just an ordinary school and her name was put down in it ever since birth" i felt my parents tense beside me but i couldn't tell why, so i just kept looking at the stranger trying to understand what he was getting at
"that's because you my dear are witch" he said looking directly at me, while i was probably looking at him as if he had two heads , seriously what the hell did he just say magic isn't real and so are witches, these things only exists in bedtime stories
"i am a what? there is nothing as magic" i spoke the words with confident i didn't know i even had "and i am certainly not a witch"
"sorry to inform you but magic is real ,i could show you if you want?" he replied confidently
"go ahead" with that he stood up and took something that looked like a stick from his rob and waved it while murmuring something under his breath
suddenly the armed chair that he was sitting on started to float in the air , i gasped and from the corner of my eyes i could see the shocked expression filling both of my parents faces, but all my concentration was on how i just found out that MAGIC exists
he then murmured the same word and the chair landed safely in its place, i was still shocked by what i have just witnessed and so were my parents as they said nothing till now
"do you believe now?"
"yes , but that doesn't make me a witch" i replied turning to him "i am just me normal Alex"
"but you are"
"how do you know that?" i questioned him
"well Alex did you ever make anything happen? Anything you couldn't explain when you were angry or scared?" my expression softened on his words and my mind couldn't help but to travel back to the day of the zoo and then my last day at school
"it actually fits , it makes sense now ,I'm a witch" i gasped at the memories it all fits now all the things that used to explode without a reason all the wired things that would always happen around me ,now it all makes sense , i really am a witch
"what do you mean Alex?" dad questioned making me turn to him but before i could reply i was handed an envelope by professor Dumbledore so i turned back to him and he nodded gesturing to the envelope
" i will explain later " i said to mum and dad
then opened the envelope to reveal two papers so i started reading the first one out loud
"HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mrs. Miller
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 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress"
i then turned to the second page but before i could read it , i heard the professor say "you can read it later ,as for now we will be waiting for your reply so if you may excuse me "
"okay" i replied and showed him to the door
after he exited the house he turned back to me and said "i hope that i would see at Hogwarts you this year" he finished with a smile that i gladly returned and with that he was gone
when i got back to my parents they were still in their positions from earlier , so i took a seat across from them, but just as i did dad spoke "care to explain what just happened"
"well... ,i am witch dad"
"and how do you know that ?" dad questioned and i could feel his anger rise but he was trying his best to control it
"cause every word he said was true" i said looking straight at him "there things that i have been hiding from you ,that day in the zoo weird things were happening , at first i didn't understand why but now it actually makes sense"
"what things?" my mum spoke after her long silence, i sighed and started explaining everything that happened in the zoo that day
when i finished i kept staring at them waiting for their reply at first they stayed quiet and as time passed my worry increased
mum was the first to speak "so he wasn't lying ,it's true"
i nodded "looks like it"
"it might be true ,but that doesn't mean you're going" dad finally spoke making my head snap in his direction ,i was hoping that he would be kidding but the truth that never so him that serious before
"what? but dad i want to go" i pleaded
" Henry can we at least discuss this" mum said looking at him, probably noticing how desperate i was to going there
"no , she is not going , it's too dangerous and that is final " he said sternly
"no, dad i want to go, i can take care of myself ,you always told me listen to what my heart tells me and tells me that i should go, you also taught me that if i want something that i should fight for it , you taught me to be independent and to make up my own mind and now here you are telling me what to do and taking my options away " i yelled feeling the tears pile up in my eyes but was fighting so bad to hold them back
"Alex calm down" i heard mum's voice say
"No, mum ,i am not gonna calm down, do either of you even understand what this opportunity means to me it's not just a chance for a good school , it's a chance to have a new start" by now tears where starting to run down my face but i didn't care and went on "it's a chance for me to finally get a normal life , to have friends , to feel like i actually belong somewhere , like i can finally be accepted "
"my whole life , i lived as an outsider , even when i used to attend school , i never had a real friend, do you even know why i agreed on being home schooled" i yelled looking between them as they were staring at the ground " i was tired of being called a freak , a abnormal useless person, i was bullied every minute of everyday and the one time i stood up to them i was punished for speaking out of my place, better yet they accused me of being the one that bullied them and no one defended me cause i am the freak that weird things happens around her"
"and when i finally get this little piece of hope that everything can actually be okay for once, i can be okay for once , you rip it away , why... why can't you just let me be?" i couldn't take it any longer so with that i just ran up to my room and locked the door behind me ,ignoring the voices of mum calling back for me
i leaned my back against the door and slid down pulling my knees to my chest unable to do anything but cry at all the painful memories
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hours passed , i managed to stop crying and was now sitting on my bed, my head resting against the cold window watching as it was raining outside , thinking about everything that happened today from discovering that i am a witch till the part my dad refused to let me go to Hogwarts and i...
i was pulled out of my thoughts by the sound of someone knocking on the door
"come in"
the door opened and someone entered but even without looking i could tell that it was dad, he came and sat beside me his eyes never left the ground and i could tell that he felt guilty
it stayed quiet for a while until he finally spoke up "why didn't you tell us?" he didn't need to explain what he meant cause i already knew that he was talking about the fact i was being bullied
"i didn't want to worry any of you or disappoint you" i said as i looked down , but dad brought his fingers under my chin and lifted my head up so i was looking at him
"sweetie we are your parents we will always worry about you it's our job to do so and you will never disappoint us " he finished with a smile which i returned with a weak one
"dad i'm sorry for yelling at you i know that you were only worried about me and i had no right to get angry" i said
"you have nothing to be sorry for , i am the one who needs to apologize ,everything you said was right ,it's your choice and i have no right taking it away from you , so i'm sorry and i need you to know that no matter what you do , me and your mum will always be there for you supporting your every decision" he was about to stand up and leave but i stopped him by pulling him in a tight hug
"thank you dad" i said smiling
"anytime little one" he replied and i could hear the happiness in his voice
"thanks god that you two have made up" we pulled a part looking at the door where the sound came from ,only to find mum leaning against the door frame with a smirk on her face "but i have to say that was fast ,you both used to be so stubborn that i would have to drag you both, lock you in a room for a whole day so one of you would give in and apologize "
me and dad turned to each other and busted out laughing, then mum joined in and just like that it was as if everything was normal again
if we exclude the fact that i am a witch who is going to a school for Witchcraft and Wizardry , yeah pretty normal don't you think