[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Heath

[Brandon Klutzke]

On 10/3/07, Karen Klutzke <kklutzke at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/1/07, Brandon Klutzke <cinrus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/1/07, Karen Klutzke <kklutzke at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > As Heath scanned through the list of items he stopped on one very
> > > > > > peculiar one, the wand. Instantly Heath's curiosity was aroused. When
> > > > > > he had pressed his mother for information on the wizardly world Heath
> > > > > > asked the most about how the wand worked. Such a simple thing that
> > > > > > allows extraordinary people to do extraordinary things. With out it
> > > > > > wizards were just another ordinary person... for the most part.
> > > > > > Heath's eyes glaze over as he remembers everything about the wand that
> > > > > > his mom told him. Wands act almost as living things. They can be
> > > > > > helpful or fickle. They seem to have their own personalities. They
> > > > > > even choose their wielders! If only he knew how it worked...
> > > > >
> > > > > "I assume that's your invitation to Hogwarts?" Samantha smiled,
> > > > > handing her son a slice of birthday cake.
> > > > >
> > > > > "So what are you thinking about, Heath?" Collin asked. "You look a
> > > > > million miles away."
> > > > >
> > > > "Wha? Huh?" says Heath as he comes out of his trance. "Oh, uh, ya, um
> > > > nothing. I just can't believe this is happening. One day I'm a not so
> > > > ordinary human the next day I'm learning I'm getting ready for a
> > > > school in magic." Heath trades the letter for the cake. As he hands
> > > > over his letter to his mother he says, "Here Mom, I think you better
> > > > look at this. I have no idea what any of this stuff is and I know dad
> > > > wouldn't be much help, no offense dad. Some of them look like books,
> > > > but the others... gloves, goggles, and how am I going to carry around
> > > > a cauldron?" Heath knew he was getting over his head, but this school
> > > > almost sounded dangerous. Cool.
> > >
> > > Samantha took the letter and looked at it closely. She smiled. "The
> > > list hasn't changed much since I went to school. We can pick all your
> > > supplies up in Diagon Alley. Your cauldron is the traditional place to
> > > hold all your stuff while we're shopping, and a little levitation
> > > spell is all that's needed to maneuver it around."
> > >
> > > She put the letter down on the table and gave her son a hug. "Your
> > > father and I know it's a big adjustment, but we also know that you'll
> > > do fine. You'll be great!" She kissed the top of his head--which she
> > > could still do, but only barely--and smiled again. "So where's my
> > > birthday cake?"
> > >
> > > Collin laughed and handed her a piece. "So when are you planning to go
> > > to this Diagon Alley place? And would that be a good time for me to
> > > come with you and register?"
> > >
> > > Heath's mother nodded. "The Ministry of Magic is not in the same
> > > place, but perhaps you can take a day off work and we can spend it all
> > > together before Heath goes off to school. Heath, would you like that?
> > > Do you want to come with us to the Ministry?"
> > >
> > The Ministry of Magic? Now THERE was a place that sounded interesting.
> > Normally politics bored Heath to tears with all the petty fights for
> > power. It was almost like watching two kids fight over a toy, only the
> > kids where adults and the toy was a part of the world. Heath agreed
> > with government and laws, but politics was a different thing all
> > together. Surely they would have solved these petty feuds with magic
> > right? Right?
> >
> > As for Diagon Alley, that just sounded like a giant wizardly shopping
> > mall. Heath never understood why people loved to buy stuff. Its one
> > thing to buy something to use it, but just buying something because
> > you can sounded stupid. Shopping malls only encouraged this type of
> > senseless buying. On the other hand it was a giant WIZARDLY shopping
> > mall. There would bound to be interesting things to look at there. The
> > best part would be he wouldn't even have to buy them. Just looking at
> > the magical doohickies would be a treat.
> >
> > "Sure Mom, that sounds great! When do we leave?" replies Heath not
> > bothering to keep out the eagerness in his voice.
>
> "Let's see if it's all right with your father first," Samantha
> replied, laughing at Heath's enthusiasm. "Collin?"
>
> Heath's father adjusted the glasses on his nose and sat back in his
> chair, thinking. "I have a project at work due at the end of this
> week, but sometime after that should be fine."
>
> Samantha took a bit of her cake. "The Friday after next, then. That'll
> be the week before school starts and Daigon Alley should be hopping.
> You might even meet some other first-years, Heath. But first you need
> to reply to the invitation. And Collin, you also need to reply to your
> post. The owls have been waiting patiently."
>
> Well, patiently may not have been the most accurate description.
> Collin's owl was shuffling its feet, standing on one and then the
> other, and Heath's owl was eyeing Heath's slice of birthday cake with
> great interest.
>
Heath sighs at the aspect of having to wait to go to Diagon Alley or
the Ministry of Magic. "I'll start my letter after I finish my cake.
I'm afraid to leave it alone with that feathered feind over there."
says, Heath as he jestures to the owl eyeing his slice of cake. Heath
had a feeling that if he didn't keep an eye on his cake or that owl he
would be holding an owl on his plate instead of his cake.
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