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Chapter 3 - Rose's Letter

Rose’s letter

We were all sitting at breakfast when the owl came, even my brothers and sister. We normally get mail via muggle post and I’ve never seen it when my siblings get their letters, so it shocked me to see an owl fly straight through our window towards me, drop the letter it was carrying, and fly out the same way it came in. Much to my siblings amusement i screamed and ducked under the table when the owl flew towards me, and i only emerged from under it with my Mom’s coaxing, whilst my dad told off my siblings for laughing at me. My cheeks were hot with embarrassment by the time i resumed my seat, and i kept my gaze to my plate.

The letter had landed on my toast. Curiously, I picked it up and turned it over, seeing jam and peanut butter partially concealing the Hogwarts seal. Wide-eyed, I glanced at my parents, my mum sitting opposite me and dad cooking bacon. They both looked at me with grins on their faces, and it was then that I started to feel excited. Ignoring the jam and peanut butter, I tore open the envelope and skim-read the letter, my heart in my throat by the end of it. Just to make sure, I re-read the letter, slower this time, but it said the same thing.

With a jaw-splitting grin on my face I looked back at my family who instantly knew the answer.

With a scream, I ran at my mum and hugged her tightly, and my siblings ran over to join us, happy that their little sister was a witch too. Dad came over and wrapped his big arms around us all in a group hug, squeezing me half to death in the process, but it made us all laugh, grins on all of our faces. My Hogwarts acceptance letter slowly drifted back down to the table and lay next to my glass of orange juice, staying there as my family and I hugged and laughed. I hadn’t realized until then how worried I was that I might not be a witch, but now I didn’t have to. This was the best feeling in the world.