Chapter One- Intro and the beginning (of the end?)
About ten years after the events of the Triwizard tournament with Harry Potter as it's champion, the schools, once again, reunite to celebrate and test their greatest students.
Of course, there'll be ups and downs with the champions-- and let me tell you, not all of them will be to do with the tournament.
There'll be drama, danger, and perhaps even a love triangle (because we all love a good one of those)
Warning-ish: this is not a romance story, however WILL have an element which focuses on the character's love lives.
You've been warned
Chapter One- Intro and the beginning (of the end?)
A man and woman sat in a dark room.
The man, mid thirties, placed a hand on the woman's leg
"It's too late, Helen" his voice said, no trace of grief present
The female (Helen), however, seemed to be feeling very different emotions. She flinched under his touch, and actively shoved his hand away
"It's never too late. You can still find him!" She said, voice cracking
"We caught the guy, and your son was nowhere to be found!" He snapped
"There is always hope" a new voice said, quietly, coming from the doorframe.
Helen looked up in shock. "How much did you hear?"
"Enough" the new voice said, stepping out and revealing itself as a small girl
"How could you let the child hear?!" He hissed at the woman, who looked taken aback as she stood and rushed over to the child
"Honey, I need you to go back to bed.."
"Is it true?" The girl asked, lip trembling. "Is he gone?"
Helen shot a look at the man
"No, no.. he's just on holiday. Visiting another place"
A girl snapped awake, panting
"Mum?" She asked desperately, looking around
All that met her eyes was silent, cold, darkness.
"Just a dream.." she muttered with a sigh, falling back onto her pillow
She turned back, facing the wall, and screwed her eyes shut, clutching a soft toy, and begun drifting into sleep
"Andrea!" Her father's voice could be heard from the hallway, next to the sound of his knocks. "You still asleep?"
"Yes" she yells back, not even opening her eyes.
The door opened, and the man walked in, spilling light over her bed
"Five more minutes" she complained groggily
"No. Amelia has prepared breakfast, and Angel's already down there!"
At the mention of the two women, she did nothing. At the mention of breakfast..
Still nothing, actually.
However, when he came over and pulled away her Chewbacca plushie, she had no choice but to get up
"Just come on down.. you can stay in your pyjamas for now" he said, walking out and tossing the toy onto the floor.
Sighing, Andrea wrapped her dressing gown around herself, and made her way downstairs.
Once she got there, she saw her step sister, Angel, helping herself to a breakfast bar.
Across the kitchen was her step mother, Amelia
"Bacon, sausage, and there's some bread and butter at the table" she said, handing Andrea the plate.
The scrawny girl smiled at her, walking away with the plate and sitting.
"What's the occasion?" She asked, halfway through eating a sausage
"Does there have to be an occasion to have a nice breakfast?"
"Yes." Andrea said quickly, and swallowed, then placed another mouthful in her mouth
"Well.." he begun, but seemed unable to concentrate. "For godssake, don't speak with food in your mouth" he groaned
Instead of accepting this, Andrea opened her mouth briefly while chewing, but then returned to her normal eating.
Angel frowned at her.
"You're disgusting, you know that right?"
"Angel!" Amelia called across the room
Andrea would just be giggling, seeming to find the insult amusing.
Pedro, aka her dad, was in his mid forties, and the oldest there.
Amelia, however, was in her late thirties, and her daughter was seventeen.
Andrea was the youngest of her family, having just turned eleven last year, though she wouldn't be for long, as Amelia had recently discovered she was pregnant.
"Anyway, the real reason we're eating this.." Amelia began, coming round and sitting with them at the table"is actually pretty simple. I had a bit of a craving for a sausage"
Andrea held in giggles at this comment, and why she did this is not to be explained to those too young to know why
Luckily, nobody noticed her failed attempt to suppress laughter, as at that moment, an owl flew in.
Amelia gasped, dropping her glass on the table, and it actually shattered
"Get it out, get it out!" She screeched, but the owl seemed to be a few steps ahead.
It dropped a letter, picked up half a slice of toast in its beak, and left.
They all stared after it in stunned silence, until Angel spoke up
"Shouldn't we open it?"
Pedro nodded hesitantly, looking at it
"It's for you kid" he said, handing it to Andrea.
She stared at it. Now a days, basically nobody sent letters, let alone by owl.
She opened it hesitantly, and pulled it out
"Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry?"
Pedro frowned, his eyebrows lowering
"Andrea, I need to talk to you" he said, gesturing to the next room.
Hesitantly, the girl followed, glancing back at her family
"I need you to listen, this is a tough choice" her father said, crouching to look her in the eye
"I'm sorry, but.. What's so hard?"
"This is a boarding school, filha!"
Andrea frowned "then why is it even being discussed? I don't want to just.. Leave"
"Listen, listen. It's the chance of a lifetime. I never got to go, but you can!"
She frowned at him, confused
"But what's so great?"
"It's a school of magic" he said, eyes virtually twinkling.
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Okay
Ik, Ik, it's probably not that good. Work in progress!
If you know without using Google where Andrea and her dad are from, 10/10 points.
Feel free to make requests and guesses for what will happen
I'm really looking forward to writing this
**Unedited
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