[Hogwarts Between] [HB] Owl Post - Heath

[Brandon Klutzke]

On 9/26/07, Karen Klutzke <kklutzke at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/24/07, Brandon Klutzke <cinrus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/20/07, Brenda McCartney <brenda.mccartney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The owl arrived on Heath's birthday.  Actually, two owls arrived.  The
> > > first had perfect timing, tapping its beak on the kitchen window just
> > > as Heath had finished blowing out his birthday candles. When Heath's
> > > mother Samantha opened the window, the sleek young owl sailed into the
> > > room and presented its cargo to Heath with a formal little bow.
> > >
> > > The second owl, however, was not so lucky - or graceful.  It arrived
> > > just as Samantha was closing the window behind the first one.  The
> > > poor bird hit the glass with a thud and fell to the ground outside.
> > > The dazed owl shook its feathers indignantly, another
> > > parchment-colored letter still in its beak.
>
> Samantha winced. "Sorry," she told the second owl after reopening the
> window. He glared back, then flew up to the sill and hopped inside.
>
> > Heath shouts, "It's here! It's HERE!" as he rushes over to the owl
> > that made it inside. As the owl drops a musty yellow piece of
> > parchment in his lap Heath's smile grows to extraordinary size. To
> > think that a day ago he would have thought this as the weirdest sight
> > he had ever seen, but last night around the dinner table Samantha once
> > again explained about the hidden world of magic and how Heath was
> > apart of it. Heath had always known he was different. Things just came
> > to him, and he had a way of going to things too. Now he knew why and
> > now he could finally fully embrace a part of him that he had always
> > felt, but never knew existed.
>
> "Open the letter, Heath," his mother urged him, smiling proudly as she
> stood at the window.
>
> His father Collin looked on with interest as he cut the birthday cake.
> "What does it say?" he asked.
>
Opening the letter the smile quickly slid off Heath's face. Then, as
fast as it left it came right back. Laughing, Heath takes the letter
over to his father and says, "I know I've been called Mr. Johnson
before, but I don't think my first name is Collin." The letter was
from the ministry of magic stating that Collin Johnson was now an
officially magical aware muggle.

Heath walks over to the other owl who was still sitting patiently on
the window sill. Taking the letter from this owl's beak, Heath opens
it up to find neatly written in swirly, emerald handwriting:

Headmaster:  Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme
Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr. Johnson:

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

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...
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