By: Amanda Li

I woke up to a loud “BOOM BOOM” noise. One of my triplets kicked the door down. It was Jessie. Yeah, she was that one who would wake us up by picking up a trumpet and, well, you know, play 19th century music. Jessie knows it’s horrible., While courageous, she is also smart and talkative. She is black haired, short, and strong. “SIS! WAKE UP! We’re 11!” She took my Firebolt and zoomed over to my alarm clock. She banged it furiously.

“RING RING” the alarm sounded.

I groggily woke up and murmured, ”Why can’t you just wait…”

Hi. My name is Amanda [范1] Lhou. We live in Diagon Alley. We live right next to the minister’s…Thing. Anyways, we live in a big house, a two-layered house. We all have separate rooms, but the same study room. Our dad is an Auror, so we don’t see him until Saturdays. He has a room filled with books, all neatly stacked up on shelves. I also have on the side of my room, a bean bag chair and a table. I don’t know what my siblings’ rooms are like, but I know they have a firebolt. We got that when Quidditch started in my beginner magic class. I am in a triplet group. Sophie, who is my partner in crime, is like me but taller, wears glasses, and is skinny and shy. She doesn’t even talk to our mom often. Then there’s Jessie, the one who screams at the break of dawn. I’m the quiet kid in the bunch, like the ones from the memes.

I dragged myself out of bed. Well, my cloud. It’s basically just a floating pile of fluff, and has a silk pillow and silk blanket.

“Soph, Wake. Up.” My owl, Hootie, suddenly chirped, signaling that she had woken up.

I held my hand out for Hootie to come stand on it. Each of us has an owl. I have a Snowy Owl, named Hootie. Jessie, a barn owl named Lily, and Sophie, a black owl that has an unknown breed called Owly.

Sophie walked into my room, saying, ”Hola, Ama.”

Our mom, Bernadette, called from downstairs. “Kids, breakfast” is ready! Three owls came in the morning with three Hogwarts-” My siblings and I didn’t need a reminder. I grabbed my broomstick, Sophie slid down the rail, and Jessie tumbled into the kitchen (ow!). I grabbed my letter and opened it.

Dear Amanda Lhou,

You have been accepted to Hogwarts!………………

In only a minute, we finished reading and then said, ”Mom, can we go shopping?”