The Light Of Hogwarts (Actual edition)

Starting!

Hi, I'm Emma and I can't wait! Currently, I'm 10 years old and my birthday is coming up soon! I'm short with long brown hair and big sparkly brown eyes, I love animals and spending time with my friends!
"Emma, look over here!" my friend, Kaitlyn, calls to me from the other side of the small room. She has light chestnut hair and blue eyes. She's normally shy, but not around her friends, and she can kick butt when she needs to. I run over to her and look into the big glass container in the wall. It was filled with water and there were small blurs swimming around. One comes closer. It was a penguin. It cackled and clapped its fins.
"It's so cute!" I smile.
"Yeah.. yeah... I'm going to look at the cool animals!" Kaitlyn says eagerly.
"What's that?" I ask.
"Snakes!" she says, running off.
I shrug and turn back to the penguin.
It waved it's fin, as if to say hello.
"You are too cute." I smile.
It spins around and I laughed.
The zoo is my favorite place because for some odd reason, since I was 4, I could communicate with animals.
"I'm going to find Kaitlyn, bye little penguin!" I laughed and ran in her direction.
"EMMA!" a muffled voice yelled. I stopped and looked in the direction it came from.
Elena (another one of my friends) comes running at me, arms full of chocolate from the gift shops. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes. Her left eye was marred by a large scar, but I'm not sure how she got it. It usually turns people away.
"You need to try these!" she says, a mouth full of chocolate. It was on her face too.
She hands me one and I take it. I open it and it was shaped like a giraffe.
"Mmm..." I smile as I eat it.
"RIGHT! I'm going to give some to Kaitlyn!" she says.
"Kaitlyn doesn't like chocolate!" I tell her. They just met recently so she wouldn't know.
Her face darkens.
"What kind of monster doesn't like chocolate!" she says in a low growl.
Her face lights up again.
"Excuse me while I go shove these down her throat." she laughs creepily and runs away.
Not much later, I hear Kaitlyn scream.
"NO GET AWAY FROM ME!!"
"I think Kaitlyn's going to kill her..." another voice sighs.
"I don't know, Elena's pretty feisty." A higher pitched voice says.
I smile and turn around to see Katie and Maddie. They are twins, except Maddie is an inch taller than Katie and she has longer hair. Katie has short curly brown hair and Maddie has long curly brown hair. Both of them have blue eyes.
I hug them.
"When did you get here?" I ask.
"Just in time to see Elena go insane!" Katie laughed.
"Here, we brought a present." Maddie adds, giving it to me.
"Thanks!" I smile
Oh, did I forget to mention this is my birthday party?
"We also brought an Emily!" Katie joked, pointing to Emily, who was walking up to them. She had short brown wavy hair and green-blue eyes.
She handed me a gift and I hugged her, because hugs heal the soul!
"Thanks for coming! I'll be right back."
I run over to the table where my mom is and hand her the gifts.
She put them where the other 2 are.
We rented this area of the zoo for a private birthday party so we can run and scream as much as we want!
"So is that everyone?" She asks.
"Yep" I smile.
My mom is very nice. She is tall with short brown hair and glasses and my dad, who is on the table texting, is a big man with short black hair, dark brown eyes, a mustache, and beard that doesn't quite stray off his face.

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"Everyone got all their stuff?" my mom asks
"Yep!" we all say in unison.
"Sleepover time!" I squeal excitedly.
We all pile into my mom's van and she starts driving.
"Oh my god." my dad gasps, slamming on the breaks
"What's wrong?" Elena asks.
I unbuckle and stand up to see. There was a bunch of owls flying past the car.
"AWWEEE SO CUTE!!" I squeal.
"Please scream louder, I'm not deaf yet." Kaitlyn growls, her hands over her ears.
"Sorry...!" I laugh, sitting back down.
"Why are owls out so early..?" my dad asks.
Elena lets out a quick chuckle and Kaitlyn hits her in the arm, muttering something.
Once the owls past, we kept driving.
Me and my Dad kept trying to bring it back up out of curiosity (my mom didn't really seem care) but for some reason, someone else changed the subject.
"Do you think Emma will get a letter too?!?" I heard Elena muttering at one point
"That would be cool, but probably not if her parents are Muggles." Katie answered.
"Would ya shut up, she's sitting right there." Kaitlyn growled.
I pretended like I didn't hear them and continued to daze out the window.

Once we got to my house, it was dark. We were all setting up our slumber party stuff in the living room and were picking out a movie, when a strange stick-like knock came to the door.
"HE-*muffled sounds*" Elena shouts, only to be pounced on by Katie and Maddie
I look at them curiously.
"Just go see who it is.." Kaitlyn sighs, giving Elena a sharp glare.
I stand up and look at the door, there was a letter on the ground.
"It's a letter..?" I say, walking back into the living room.
"But I thought they don't deliver at night!" I add.
"Who's it addresses to?" Katie asks.
My face goes pale, as I see who it was to and everyone smiles.
The envelope read:

To Emma Palsberry [paws-berry] 62991 Windsville Drive, up the stairs in the first room on the left

"It knows where I sleep..." I whisper, freaked out.
"OH! Let me see the stamp!" Elena shouts, jumping up.
She looks at the letter. The stamp was like the old kind wax with a H on it.
"WHOO HOOO!!!!!!" Elena screams.
"Did you get one too?" I ask.
"Um, nope..." She smirks, sitting back down.
"OPEN IT!" Katie shouts.
I open it and there were papers inside.
"Read it out loud!" Kaitlyn says and I take out one of the papers curiously.

"Ummmm it says..
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

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

Dear Ms. Palsberry
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 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,

All my friends were smiling at each other
"Witchcraft and Wizardry? Is it a magician school? I don't remember applying.." I say, turning the letter over but there was nothing on the back.
There was 2 other things in the envelope; a list of supplies and a train ticket.
"Ummm.. nine and three quarters?" I read confused.
"MR AND MRS PALSBERRYYYYY!!!" Katie sang, making me jump.
My parents walk out.
"What's wrong?" my mom asks.
"Nothing, everything is just...swell." Elena smirks while I just stand there confused as ever.
"Better than swell." She adds quietly.
"Buuuut Emma has a letter." Maddie adds, taking the letter out of my hand and gracefully giving it to my mom.
My mom looks at the letter.
"Hogwarts..." she reads.
"Do you know about this?" I ask looking up at her.
"Yes... your grandfather went there." she says, "so did I but I left magic behind me to live in the muggle world, but I think it's perfect for you dear." she says
"That explains it! I was wondering how she could be a witch when you two aren't!" Kaitlyn says.
"Witch? Like the ones in fairytales?" I ask.
"Well not really, I mean, this is real life!" Katie laughs.

They all start explaining to me how the witches and wizards go to a school called Hogwarts to learn how to make potions and do spells. IT SOUNDS SO FUN!