Hourglass

Chapter two

I slowly fluttered my eyes open to be met with darkness. I look at a clock from across my bed and it reads 6:39,I get up out of bed feeling more energized and more awake than yesterday.

I quickly grab a towel from my own linen closet and since I have time, I'll summon a house elf to set up a bath for me. I put down my clothes for today, a white blouse with a black skirt. My parents like to show we are wealthy. Not with designer bags and such. Just by dressing with class.

I set out a white thick headband and some bobby pins for my hairstyle today and choose a nice floral-esc perfume. I smile and hear the water start to run. When I ask them to set up a bath they make it look like a huge potion,but it smells good..Afterwards my skin feels so soft. They also add herbs like dried roses and lavender.

I hear the water stop running and the door closing so I slip off my clothes from yesterday and hop into the bath. I brush out my hair and relax. I close my eyes and just rest for a little bit.

The bath is filled with bubbles, gorgeous scents and swirls of sparkles. My fingers start to prune up and I try to get out with spilling as little as possible because they always overfill it.

Once I stand up the water goes just above my calves. I get out of the tub with water trailing behind me as it drips from my bare body. pick my towel and wrap it around me, I brush my hair and dry it with the towel. I grab some gel and slick my hair back letting two strands fall, hanging out in the front and I add the thick white headband. I put the shirt and skirt on and add some brown eyeshadow and a little bit of eyeliner.

I grab the perfume and spray it on my normal spots,ankles,wrists,neck etc. I finish by putting on a few silver rings and a necklace with a rose charm on it. I put on some pearl earring and a pair of 1 inch black heels.

I get downstairs and by then it's 8:30. I see my father and mother at the dining table smiling because I was 15 minutes early for once, no lecture for being late today. I sit down and they have more serious looks on their face. They start to talk.

"So, we have good news!"
My mother says excitedly.
"You're going to be transferring to Hogwarts!"
My father chimed in. I haven't seen him this excited since..I don't even know when.
"When?" I ask wearily. "This school year." My mother responds
"But do I even get a choice?" I'm starting to freak out,I don't wanna leave my friends. Beuabuxtons is my second home.
"No,but I promise you Hogwarts is a much better school." My father says putting his hand on my shoulder.
"But why?"
I inquire
"You will find out in all due time. don't worry sweetheart."
My mom says while looking at me with her warm eyes.
I want to cry so badly right now but I can't,I don't wanna loose my friends. I didn't even get a proper goodbye.

"We need to go shopping in diagon ally, I have your school supplies list here. We will be going by floo is that alright?" My father asks, I nod firmly.
He grabs some floo powder and drops it. "Diagon ally!" Green flames erupt and he disappears.
I grab some floo powder from the mantle and step inside the fire place "Diagon ally" I said firmly making sure to say it clearly I drop the powder and then green flames erupt. I look around and see I'm in a shopping area of London. I see my father waiting by the side of the apparition area.

"First thing you need is.. a potion textbook." We head into a shop called Flourish and Blotts, we pick up all the books needed and advanced versions of all of them too. We then go to the counter to check out everything.
"How was your day?"
The cashier asked
My father ignored him.
Once we got handed our bag my father left,the next thing on the list was..a school robe.

The list said we can get it from a store called Madam Malkin robes for all. We picked up a Hogwarts robe.

"Aren't you a little old to be picking up Hogwarts robes?" The lady at the counter asks.
"Oh yeah I-" before I can finish my sentence my father cuts me off.
"She's a transfer" he says. We finish checking out and the next thing on the list is ink,quills and paper.

"Scribbulus writing equipment" My father mutters to himself. Again same old routine, we head to the shop and check everything out and leave. I saw other kids my age around buying items too,they must all go to Hogwarts.

I don't have an owl because well,they didn't allow them at beuabuxtons. They were to "noisy" but that's what Owlerys are for! My father drags me to another shop full of magical creatures. And I see this midnight black owl,it's gorgeous.. "I want that one." I said to my father in amazement. He agreed and paid for it and we leave, the last thing left is clothes, Which aren't specific,we just need to bring our own clothes. We decided to end our shopping today here and we will pick it back up tomorrow. It's about 12:00 pm now.

Me and my father decided to go to a cafe,

We finally got back home and I sat back down on my bed, just thinking, I could be a whole new person at Hogwarts,nobody knows me there,I heard there were different groups..my parents want me to get into the snake one? I forgot what it's called. But they said it was very important.

After just thinking for a while I get up and brush my hair and put it in a bun and I wash my face,I sit back down on my bed wondering what I could do. Maybe I should go to the garden? I haven't been there for a while.

I sit up and go to turn the golden knob of the door, I walk out and head downstairs to the first floor and turn towards the back of the house. My feet slapping on the Marble floor, I grab slippers I found in a closet so I can go outside, I open the sliding glass door to a greenhouse that's connected to the side of our Manor. I look at all the flowers and plants. My mother is a part time potion brewer. She doesn't need the money she just like brewing potions, hence why we have such a big garden.

I hear rain droplets against the greenhouses windows and watch them falling so effortlessly, full of grace.
Tap
Tap
Tap
The noise is so relaxing. I see that it's getting darker outside, so I go to our dinning room where dinner is being served.

We talked about how our day went, what we did today. Normal family dinner conversations. Once I finished proding and poking at the food on my plate with a fork, once I realized everyone else is done I asked "may I be excused?"
My mother and father nod and I push in my chair.

I don't go straight to my room and I go to our library where I go to the back of the book section to see the book I checked out earlier was put back already. I was looking over the books and one looked out of place, normally these books were very organized, either they rearranged themselves or someone needed to fix it.

I grab it and the shelves separate revealing a room. Even after living here all 16 years of my life I still haven't even seen every part of this house. Nobody ever said anything about secret bookshelves,or secret rooms. I was about to pull out my wand but i rememberd I couldn't use underage magic. I roll my eyes and go back to grab a candle.

I walk over to the front of the library and borrow a already lit candle by the door and walked back. the passages was gone. I looked for the book in the spot it was before but it wasn't there. It disappeared. I shrugged it off and decided not to ask about it and settled on a book
History of the dark arts
I grab it and then put the candle back. I leave as the library doors creek open and head to my room by going up the stairs down the hall and entering a large bedroom.

I sit down on a windowsill chair that was in my room and I read until I fell tired. and I still wasn't done with the book. I grabbed a book mark and put it on page 394. I closed it and kept it on that windowsill and went to bed.

School starts in two days,that's all I could think about before I fell asleep
Two days
Two days
Two days
I sigh and my eyes begin to grow heavy and I lie my head down,I take my dreamless sleep draught and fall asleep.