The Hogwarts University for Late Bloomers

The Letter (Finally!) Comes

May 26, 2016: WWPS Graduation

"And as we say goodbye to Whilloping Wizard, we say hello to our new lives," Jazmine concluded, "and let those be the lives that we want to lead. Let us be successful wherever we go. And now I conclude with the Whilloping Wizard cheer: "WhilWiz is the Major Key!"

The crowd responded, "Another One, Bless Up!"

And as Jazmine stepped down from the podium, she knew she had finally succeeded.

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Jazmine's POV

So I did it. I finally finished high school. And let me tell you something for the little freshmen coming in.

Don't trust nobody unless they baby met your mum. Seriously. Because if its just you out of your family that knows them, they'll probably betray you. Now if your momma also knows them, they'll be to scared of what your momma may do if they betray you to actually betray you.

But sorry; I get sidetracked easily. The real point of this story is to tell you about my experience at what I like to call Hogwarts College. Don't get me wrong; it's a great school. It's just... Weird.

But let me start at the beginning.

You already know from the prologue that I didn't get accepted into Hogwarts as a child, was depressed, would never get into Ravenclaw, et cetera, et cetera. But what I didn't know was that in my senior year at WhilWiz, they started building Hogwarts College. Which is a pretty bad school.

Seriously, don't go there.

Even if you get the brochure with the pretty smiling moving people.

They are not real.

Anyway, so I was at my graduation dinner at Cheesecake Factory, stuffing my face, when a white snowy owl flew in and landed hard on my cheesecake (which splattered all over my face and dress). As anyone would probably be, I was mad. And I started to open my mouth to say something. But I guess there's a hallucinating shock to having cheesecake splattered all over someone, because the bird opened up its beak and started to talk.

" Jazmine Nelson," it said, "due to your excellent grades and stellar behavior, it is with great pleasure to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts University for Late Bloomers. Your response to this invitation is required immediately."

Now in pretty sure if you had Oreo cheesecake all over you caused by a snowy owl that decides to speak to you about a schooling opportunity, you would be confused. Which I was.

But for some reason (maybe the cheesecake shock), I found myself saying, "I accept the invitation."

"Excellent," the owl said. "Do to your accelerated intelligence, you have two House choices: Ravenclaw or Granger."

"Can I decide when I get there?" I said uneasily, because honestly all this news was a little too much to take on at one distressed shock.

All throughout this time, my family (and the rest of the restaurant) was sitting there in shock and awe. Not shooing or chasing away the owl at all. Just sitting there, watching me embarrass myself. Such a great family.

But the owl cocked its head and said, "As you wish. School starts on August 3rd."

And with that, it took off.

And so everyone is quiet, sitting in shock and awe like I told you before. I felt myself blushing.

And then, everyone started to clap and cheer loudly. The waiters brought me two whole cheesecakes: One to take home, and one to eat here.

Maybe this was a sign that this school year was going to be great.

But you'll find out later.

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A/N: I've been gone too long because school and college level summer programs, but I haven't given up. Read and Comment. Favorite. Anything.

Peace