Hecate

Hecate: before hogwarts (part 1)

Knowing that I wouldn't make it long in the world with the little I had, which was the clothes on my back and the 1,000 galleons. I went to a small shop and saw it was ran by an elderly lady who looked overworked. I walked up to the lady and asked "Do you need any help ma'am. You look like you could use a hand bringing in customers and working around the shop."
"Yes, young lady, I would love the help. Could you please start by dusting the knickknacks." Once she said that, I went right to work. When I was done with the knickknacks, I spotted some paint in the corner. The lady was taking a nap, so I started to paint.
I painted the room blue, put down grass like carpet, and made and enchanted a moon and a sun to cross the sky and eclipse at noon. I also enchanted it to cause a lunar eclipse on special occasions. When it was done, I started cleaning the empty shelves and then I sat down by the old lady.
When she woke up, around two, she looked shocked. "Who's wonderful shop is this. How did I end up here?" She exclaimed loudly. I smiled and said " Ma'am, I cleaned up your shop and used the supplies in the corner to paint it, is that okay?" She then looked at me and smiled. She seemed so happy that all I wanted to do was help her more.
     I was promptly offered a job working with her.  The pay was two sickles an hour, twelve hours a day.  As there were very little costumers a day, I decided to start by fixing up the outside.  I started by finding wooden planks and slowly replacing the ones on the outside.  Then I took the leftover paint and made the outside ever moving constellations.
     When I was done, I started making a sign that said the name of the shop, The Value Of Life.  I painted the sign a shocking pink, to contrast the other colors.  I hung the sign and walked out back.  There was a little shack that looked worn out.  Against my better judgement, I went inside.
The inside was small. It had a set of cabinets on one side, a bed on the other, and a small doorless room that was the bathroom. I knew immediately it was the old lady's house, so I decided to fix it up. I went into the woods and used my magic to cut twelve logs into four planks a piece. Then I floated the planks back to her house.
I replaced all the outside planks with them. Then I got six long logs and floated them in. The first log, twenty-four feet in length, I cut four, three foot sections out of and laid them down. Then I cut the log in half. Out of each half I cut four planks. I cut half the planks in half. Then I laid them all out and built a bed base. I laid the base on the three foot logs and put them together. I laid her mattress on it.
Then I used the other logs and replaced the cabinets. Then I ran back into the woods and summoned a lot of bricks. I made twelve foot tall, three foot by two foot chimney. I cut a hole near the cabinets and made a cooking fireplace. After I fixed up her house, it was late. It was eight o'clock at night. So I went into the woods and laid in a tree to sleep.
     Over the next two years, everything stayed the same.  I woke up at six every morning and went to bed at nine.  I cleaned up and even started a garden.  I started to sell them in the shop.  I also built a treehouse in the tree I live in.
     We got a lot of customers, constantly selling and buying items.  My pay was now two galleons a day.  I saved up all the money I made and now I had 1,560, only having spent a hundred galleons on food over the last two years.
(Time skip to November second 1983)
     I was surprised on how fast time had gone by.  Now I am nine, though we didn't celebrate my birthday.  But the lady, Melody, gave me an old gold jewelry set and an old silver and sapphire necklace to go sell in the muggle world in London.

     When I got to London, I found the nearest pawn shop and sold off the jewelry.  I got 547,630 pounds for it all.  Then I went to gringotts to get it exchanged.  I got 109,526 galleons and put all 111,086 galleons into a new account and got my name legally changed to Hecate Angeioplástisz.
     After I got my account, I withdrew a hundred galleons and went food shopping and bought all the first year books.  I apparated home and put the books in the bookcase.  I decided to learn at home and be able to graduate early.
     After I put the books up, I went straight to work.  Today, some of the more powerful purebloods decided to come to the store.  I saw the Malfoy's and Bones' looking around and Charlie Weasley.  Charlie and I had been close friends since we were babies.
     He was the only one who knew my secret.  He happened to be my crush as well.  My best friend, my one true love, my life is starting to sound like one of those muggle soap operas.  Is my life really that weird? You guys?(knocking on fourth wall)
Anyway, Charlie was there, and I knew his moms birthday was coming up. I decided to be nice and give him a glass butterfly that I had just made. He smiled and said "Thank you, Hecate. You are the best friend ever." I blushed and smiled, tilting my head. "Who, me?" I asked teasingly. He smiled and said "No the doll behind you. Of course you silly."
He kissed the back of my hand before walking away. I stood there blushing while the ladies in the store laughed. They all seemed to think it was cute. Once I got my blush to calm down, I went back to work. I started cleaning the shelves and trying to keep my mind off of Charlie.