Wizard Born

Chapter 19 - Hogwarts

Mandy didn't get in trouble for sleeping in Roxanne's room. Because Scarlet didn't come up to bed after the terrorist attack. She had not been able to get a hold of her dad after everyone at the ball had been reported as safe. She had become hysterical saying he must have been kidnapped. Trish, Miss Raferty, and Headmistress Malone had stayed up all night with her. Then at eight o'clock in the morning Scarlet's dad's secretary called. Scarlet's dad was fine, he had been called out of the country on business and had not been at the ball.

Then Sevastian's black eye was noticed, but he insisted he'd gotten it by running into a tree branch. He hadn't said anything to Roxanne about how she helped him. Which both relieved and disappointed Roxanne.

Finally, it was Monday, and Mandy and Roxanne were waiting in the main office wearing their Fieldspark uniforms.

"They're here!" Mandy cried. Startling Roxanne out of her thoughts as Grandma and Grandpa Granger arrived.

"Hello, girls," Grandma Granger said before giving them both a hug.

"Ready for today?" Grandpa Granger asked.

Mandy smiled brightly, "Yes, I'm prepared and excited to show them my dancing."

"Good," Grandma Granger said, smoothing Mandy's hair.

"We should get this show on the road," Grandpa Granger said, "Roxanne, you have fun today."

"I will," Roxanne said.

"Say hi to everyone for us," Grandma Granger said.

"I will," Roxanne said again.

Mandy gave her a quick hug, "Bye."

"Bye," Roxanne said waving and then added, "good luck at your audition and have a great day."

Mandy turned back smiling so big she seemed to be radiating happiness, "Thanks, you have a great day too!"

Roxanne nodded and waved until they were out of sight. Then she checked her watch where was her ride, Uncle Harry had said eight o'clock and it was 8:02 AM.

"Ready to go?" Uncle Harry asked.

Roxanne jumped and looked around, "Uncle Harry, someone could have seen you!"

Uncle Harry raised his eyebrows, reminding her he was an Auror and had been doing this for longer than she had been alive.

Roxanne looked down, "No, you have to sign me out, then we can go."

"Lead the way," Uncle Harry said. Once she was signed out they walked down the road and around the corner. Then Uncle Harry took her hand and Apparated.

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When they popped back out Roxanne was too busy gasping for air to notice at first where they were. Uncle Harry waited for her to catch her breath and look up. Once she did, Roxanne gasped. They were standing near a tall metal gate through which she could see Hogwarts. It wasn't as impressive as she had imagined and she was regretting her decision to come. The castle looked run down, one of the towers was just a pile of ruble. She didn't belong here. She wondered if the tower was that way from the war. The place didn't look safe, but it must be, right? Because students lived there for nine months out of the year. Maybe it was only safe if you had magic? Hogwarts was a place of magic and she had none. She should go back to Fieldspark. It had been stupid of her to want to come to Hogwarts.

"Roxanne!?" Uncle Harry said waving a hand in front of her face.

Roxanne blinked and saw Headmistress McGonagall was holding the gate open for them. Roxanne blushed and hurried through. As soon as she stepped through the gate it was like she had left her worries behind. Maybe coming to Hogwarts wasn't such a bad idea after all. Then she saw the castle, it wasn't run down at all, in fact she could see many places it had been repaired.