THE STORY OF JAMES POTTER: Part 1
CHAPTER 1 – HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
James Potter awoke early on August twenty-first and ran out to get the post. He’d gone out early every day for the past week, checking the mail before anyone else could. He could hardly wait till it got there. He’d been waiting his whole life for what was supposed to come. What he hoped to get.
It was clear to his parents that he would be utterly disappointed if the letter didn’t come. They knew that their son, barely eleven years old, would be heart broken if he didn’t receive the letter he’d been waiting for.
Opening the door, James ran out and waited. He could see the mailman at the end of the lane, and he would be arriving at his house shortly. Until then, he waited, thinking about his letter. It would be from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the school he longed to attend. His parents, Robert and Penelope Potter had both attended when they were younger. They had been in most of the same classes since they were eleven and fell in love during their sixth year. It was a beautiful story.
“Mr. Potter,” the mailman said politely before handing James the small stack of letters. “Have a nice day.”
“Yeah,” James said, sifting through the mail, “you too.”
There were five letters in the morning’s mail. There were two bills, which James place on the kitchen table, the Daily Prophet, a newspaper from the wizarding world, a letter from James’ Aunt Harriet, and a small envelope with a purple seal on the back that had a picture of a badger, a snake, and eagle, and a lion on it. James knew at an instant what this was. It was the letter he had been waiting for. The letter that would tell him weather or not he would be attending Hogwarts.
Slowly, as if it was his most prized possession – which at the moment, it was – he peeled off the small seal and took out the old piece of parchment. It read:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Supreme Mugwump)
Dear Mr. Potter,
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 September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
James unfolded the second piece of parchment. It read:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
Magic and its History by Ander Wallup
