1. Harry Potter (Panda's version) Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 9

Anna says:

Hey! What’s with your personal message???

Anna is Janet’s best friend from school. Janet shared all her secrets with her.

Anna says:

What’s muggle anyway?

Janet says:

It does not really matters now.

Anna says:

Is something bothering you?

Janet says:

Not really.

Although Anna van der Walt is Janet’s best friend but she could not just blurt out the whole “I’m a witch and I don’t belong here” story. That is something even best friends find it hard to share.

Anna says:

There must be something. Is it about the scholarship thing? You are worried about the interview aren’t you? Don’t you worry, you’ll be alright. I bet you will.

Janet says:

Thanks.

Janet is still struggling about whether to tell Anna or not. The whole magic thing is too big for her, she got to find someone to share it with her since her parents aren’t keen on talking about it.

Anna says:

Are you alright there?

Janet says:

Yes. I’m ok.

Janet took a deep breathe and continue typing.

Janet says:

Do you believe in magic?

Anna says:

Magic? You mean those making a rabbit appear from the hat magic? I use to though but now I know there is always a trick behind it. That is why they are called magic tricks. Why do you ask?

Janet says:

No, not that magic. I mean magic powers, like witches and spells and stuff.

Anna says:

Fairy tale magic? I actually do believe in those. Between you and me, I always believe that these things exist somewhere maybe we just can’t see it.

Just as Janet was going to continue typing, there was a knock on the door.

“Who’s there?”

“It’s me. I thought you might be hungry. So I brought some pizzas up for you. Can I come in?” Emily answered behind the door.

“Ok, the door is not locked.” While answering Janet’s fingers worked themselves quickly on her keyboard.

Janet says:

Hey, chat later. Sorry, mommy biz. See u, bye!

After she finish typing, Janet quickly hit the log off button and jumped onto her bed pretending that she is busy reading the book she randomly grabbed under her bed.

Emily walks into her daughter’s bedroom and puts down the plate on her study table. She caught a glimpse of Janet’s personal message before the account was logged out. Then she saw the list of Hogwarts supplies on the table, Emily thought, “Maybe I should let her make her own decision.”

Janet continues flipping through the pages of her book so that she could be distracted from her mother’s presence.

Emily walks over to Janet’s bed and sits down beside her. “You really want to go to Hogwarts, do you?”

“I… Eh… not really. I’m ok, I’ll get over it. It’s not that Hogwarts us my one and only option, isn’t it? I have a scholarship waiting for me in Queen Anne's so I guess it won’t be any difference. Don’t worry, mom.” Janet stares blankly onto her book avoiding her mother’s eyes. It is not hard to tell that she is lying.

And, of course, Emily would not fall for what her daughter have said either. “You know what? I’ll tell you about my life and your dad’s in the magical world. After that, it’s up to you to decide whether you would lke to stick around here or go to Hogwarts.”

1. Harry Potter (Panda's version) - Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 8

Behind the door, Janet wipes off the tears that were swirling in her eyes and sank down beside her bed. She pulled out the letter from her pocket. While reading it, she found another piece of parchment stuck to the first piece. She pulled it off and saw a list of items that sounds like books and supplies for Hogwarts.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

Uniform

First year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils’ clothes should carry name tags

Set Books

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners’ Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs abd Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenus Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A guide to self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

Other Equipment

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set of brass scales

Students may bring along an owl OR a cat OR a toad

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST-YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

“The standard book of spells, A history of Magic,” muttered Janet. It all sounds so interesting but they ere so near yet so far. Janet stood up and switch on her computer signed into her MSN and typed “stuck in muggle life” on her personal message box. “Is it spelled like that? Mugle? Magel? Muggle? Muggel? Oh, nevermind, I’ll just assume. Nobody knows anyway.”

She loads the search engine and type “The Standard book of spells”, half hoping that the whole content of the book will available on the internet or Wikipedia and maybe the real book might just be available on Ebay.

However, things like “” The Standard”, “International Standard Book Number”, “Spells – way to find your true love” and many other unrelated links but there’s no sign of “The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk”.

Feeling disappointed, Janet sank down into her chair, she tried a few other book names but the results are not quite like what she has been expecting.

She closed all her search windows and stared at the blank desktop screen until a pop-up window appeared blinking on the screen.

1. Harry Potter (Panda's version) - Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 7

“I assume I have enjoyed your hospitality long enough so I guess I should be off now,” Dumbledore stood up and said, “Janet, whatever your answer is, I’ll know by the time the semester starts. Hope to see you in Hogwarts.” Dumbledore smiled at Janet while Janet smiled back.
As Dumbledore was heading to the door, he walked pass Janet and whispered, “I have a small gift for you, it’ll be arriving tomorrow. Sorry if it shocked you but you’ll get used to it.”
Janet looked at Dumbledore in bewilderment but Dumbledore just smiled and disappeared on the doorstep. Janet stared at the spot where Dumbledore disappeared with her eyes wide open. “Things just couldn’t get any weirder.” She muttered.
Just after Dumbledore disappeared from the doorstep, the doorbell rang again. Janet gave a quick glance at the clock on the wall and was shocked to see that the time Dumbledore arrived on their doorstep was just 5 minutes ago! Janet opens the door and found the pizza delivery boy holding their dinner with a huge smile on his face. Janet smiled back and paid him. Somehow, Janet has totally forgotten about dinner. Dumbledore’s presence felt like hours but it actually only lasted for 5 minutes! She dropped the pizza boxes on the table and turn to face her parents. This is the first time looking at them after Dumbledore left. They clearly looked worn out and they were both expecting something from Janet.
“I want to try.”
“What’s that?” David caught Janet’s mumbles.
Janet took a deep breath and answered, “I want to try out in Hogwarts. That’s where you and mom went for your education. I want to know what it is like.”
“But Janet this is not something that you can try and turn back if you don’t like it. It’s something you’ll have to stick to for the rest of your life. Are you sure you wanna change that? Our current life is just right just the way it is, don’t you think?” Emily cried.
“But… Ok then.” Janet was hoping for a more positive answer but she could never disobey her parents as they had really sacrificed so much. She was disappointed but she tries to hide it below a forced smile for her mother.
“Emily, if that’s what she wants.”
Emily cuts in before David could continue, “Yes, that’s a life she wants but this is the life she need and will continue staying this way forever.”
“I’m ok, dad. I really am. Mom knows what’s best for me and I really appreciate that.” Janet is still hiding her disappointment, “I think I’ll stay upstairs for a while, leave some pizza for me.” Before anyone could say anything, she ran upstairs and the sound of her door closing echoed the very quiet living room.

1. Harry Potter (Panda's version) - Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 6

“So what does this have to do with me? Is it because dad helped stopped the dark lord from killing so now he is after me?” Janet clearly got this idea from movies she has watched which usually people will look for the successor for revenge.

“No, dear. The dark lord has been defeated. He has been defeated by a boy, James Potter’s son, Harry Potter. That is why he is a legend now in the wizarding world. He was the only person alive who had survived the dark lord and weaken him as well. Many said he is dead but I swear that I didn’t see any other bodies besides James and Lily Potter, nobody found his body anywhere.”

“So, what does all these have to do with me then? What are you and mom protecting me from? The dark lord is no longer around.” Janet paused suddenly and exclaimed, “Do you think Harry Potter thinks dad is responsible for his father’s death? Is that why we are hiding?”

And obviously, Janet watched too much television.

“Not that dear, it’s not that dramatic,” Emily smiled at her daughter’s innocence. “You wouldn’t understand how terrible it is with the dark lord around in the wizarding world, nobody could do anything to stop him. Only Harry Potter defeated him as a baby and nobody knows how. You see your father is a sentinel it’s an ancient heritage and usually it’s inherited to their children, sons specifically, but for our case, it might be you. Well, being a sentinel isn’t easy as I have seen how your dad suffers from his duties. I don’t want the same thing happening to you because if you are a sentinel means that you’ll be guarding Harry Potter and he is the first name in the dark lord’s to-be-destroyed list! Imagine how dangerous it will be for Janet!” The last sentence was actually said for Dumbledore to hear.

Anyhow, Dumbledore got the message and said, “I’ll try my very best to let her have a normal and peaceful life like all other students. However I do think that it will be a pity if she doesn’t have the chance to learn what her parents have learned before when they were her age. Do you think so, Janet?”

“I…” Janet was taught to answer whenever she was addressed to but this time, she’s not trying to be rude but she couldn’t really answer. She can see that her parents are not pleased with the idea of her going back to her actual life and she should be obeying her parents but deep down inside her, she wanted to go to Hogwarts. She wanted to experience what her parents have learned in school. She wants to know the life her parents have been going through before she was born. She wants to be a witch!

1. Harry Potter (Panda's Version) - Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 5

“No, I am not!” Janet interrupts loudly. According to Janet’s understanding, witches are usually wicked and they hurt people with spells and poisons. Therefore, definitely there is no way Janet is going to admit that she is a witch.

“Yes, you are. I am one too. And your dad is a wizard. Professor Dumbledore here is one of the best wizards in the century. We are not like the normal families that you know around the neighbourhood. We once belonged to another world, a different one, from the one we are living in right now. Hogwarts was our school, your dad and me went there when we were kids like you. That is why we couldn’t answer you when you asked us about our schools.”

“Mom, you went to Hogwarts with dad? Why didn’t you tell me? Why didn’t you say anything when I receive this letter? You are a witch too? No way is this happening! How come I didn’t get to know a thing?”

“We have our reasons. You are very well aware that your dad has been having health problems all these while and there’s nothing we could do to cure it because it was magical, no doctor could cure something that is unexplainable. We couldn’t tell really what happen to your dad but to make it seem normal to you, we went to doctors, counselors and psychiatrists to convince you that it’s normal muggle illness. We just couldn’t risk that the same thing might happen to you as well.”

Janet was too stunned for words. All these while, her parents has been keeping such an important secret from her, something about their true identity and background. They were from a magical world!

“Janet, I’m… or was a sentinel. It’s something like a bodyguard in the wizarding world. I guard a certain wizard from any physical danger that was caused by magic. In our world, there was a very evil person named…” David paused when it come to saying the name. Nothing came out from his mouth, he was struggling whether should he say it or not.

“Voldemort, is his name.” Dumbledore interjected which made Janet and David jump at the same time because both of them totally forgot about the presence of Dumbledore during their conversation.

“Yes. We call him the dark lord. He was cruel and evil, wanting to rule the whole wizarding world in a way that was not agreed by anyone besides his followers but none of us could fight him. Anybody who did end up either dead or in a condition worst than being dead just like the person I was guarding. His name was James Potter, the father of Harry Potter. On that night, the dark lord tried to kill Harry but his parents were there to protect him. However, although I was there to guard James but the dark lord was so strong that I was almost knocked out by him when he cast his first curse towards James Potter. By the time I got back to my senses, James was hit by the second curse and died on the spot. Which cause me what I am now. We sentinels are born to have a special force protesting us from any deadly curses because we are suppose to block them from hitting our subjects. But if we fail, we will have to pay a price which is pain that is incurable by any type of remedy. That is why I’m consistently having health problems because my subject died; it’s some kind of punishment for my failure.”

1. Harry Potter （Panda's version) -Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 4

All of a sudden, the focus of the whole room was switched towards Janet.

Janet stared around the room for a reason for her to escape the focus while Dumbledore spoke again, “Janet, I believe you have got the admission letter from Hogwarts which I specially sent it specifically into your hands instead of your parents.”

“Oh, you mean this thing?” Janet pulled out the piece of parchment from her jeans pocket and showed it to Dumbledore.

“Ah, Yes. I believe you understand the contents of the letter saying that you are now accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,” Dumbledore looked at the piece of parchment on Janet’s hand and looked at Janet again with his twinkling blue eyes.

“I do understand the literal meaning of the letter but are you telling me that this is all real? I mean I thought it was a joke, a Halloween joke, you see. With the owls, witches and things, aren’t those linked to Halloween?” Janet answered while avoiding Dumbledore’s eyes. There is something about those eyes, it seems like it could see through thoughts or something although they don’t bore into you and search for answers but they have a soft gaze that slowly penetrates into your mind.

“Indeed, I believe,” Dumbledore smiled after hearing her answer. “A smart girl like you will definitely link all these to a Halloween joke while others might just treat it as their imagination went wild and forget about it minutes later. But, what if these things are real? Would you like to go to a school like that? A school of magic.”

“I will have to change schools then. Hence, I don’t think I will accept that offer. I have been doing quite well in my school and I have just been offered a scholarship to continue my studies. I don’t think I’d want to give up all that to a school that I’m not familiar of. Anyway, I have zero background in magic, witchcraft or whatever do you call it that is taught in that school so I guess I’ll never be able to cope with all those unfamiliar stuff compare to those that I’m studying now.” Janet answered honestly, there’s no way she’ll be giving up what she have been working so hard for, the scholarship to Queen Anne's.

“I think we should respect Janet’s decision. If she wants to stay here then she shall stay here. Nothing should change.” Emily Hayden voice out suddenly, after her long silence during Dumbledore and her daughter’s conversation.

Dumbledore knew that convincing the Haydens to return to their actual world will not be easy after all these years they have been shifting away from that world and adapted themselves to world they call home now. However, he can still see certain eagerness in David Hayden that he missed his world. “So I believe you will agree with your wife, wouldn’t you, David?”

“I…” David shot a nervous look at his wife, who shot back a no-we-don’t-want-to-go-back look. “I think we should go with Janet’s decision.” Emily’s tensed face finally broke into a slight encouraging smile to her husband. “if Janet doesn’t want to go, then here we stay.” David spoke while holding firmly to his wife’s hand.

“Wait!”

Emily and David both were startled at their daughter’s words.

“What is it, Janet?” Dumbledore saw his chance.

Janet finally got the chance to raise out all the questions that have been circling in her mind, “Although I’m not changing schools but I want to know what this is all about. Why are owls sending letters and all these so-called magic stuff? Why am I the only one who thinks it’s weird for owls to send letters while mom and dad, you act as though it happens everyday? And why, all of a sudden, I was told that I have a place in a school of magic when I no knowledge or know anything about magic?”

“Ah! I have been waiting for you to ask. I believe your parents owe you an explanation about all your questions.” Dumbledore said while smiling at David and Emily Hayden.

David looked as though he had something stuck in his throat and Emily was as pale as ever. But it was Emily who said, “Maybe there are things that Janet has to know.”

“What’s that I have to know?”

“Janet,” Emily said in a shaky voice, “you are a witch.”

1. Harry Potter （Panda's version) -Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 3

“We’ll just have to try our best to stop her no matter what. I don’t want her to go through what you are going through now. We just can’t risk it. She’s our only daughter; I couldn’t bear to see her suffer,” Mrs. Hayden said, as her eyes began to water.

“I don’t want this to happen to her too. We’ll try our best to stop her then,” said Mr Hayden with certain firmness in his voice.

It wasn’t long until the sun sets, and there was a soft knock on Janet’s door with her mother’s voice telling her that’s it’s almost dinner time.

Janet has been reading and re-reading the letter she received this afternoon, she realized that the letter was not written in ordinary paper but in some kind of rough yellowish paper which she never seen before and its written in green ink instead of the usual computer-typed black and white letters. Everything is weird about this letter; in fact it looked like those parchments that Janet used to see in history books where agreements were made.

Janet helped her dad down the stairs. David Hayden was tall and gangly but looked very sickly as he walked into the living room slowly as if he’s going to collapse anytime.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

“Janet, could you get the door?” Mrs. Hayden yelled from the kitchen.

“Ok.” Janet answered the door thinking that it’s the pizza delivery boy but however the man standing in front of the doorway is not holding any pizzas, he’s not wearing a usual pizza boy uniform but long robes and a long purple cloak which looks kind of weird for Janet. And, there was no cap; instead the man was wearing a long pointed hat like the one which were worn by wizards in fairy tales. He has light blue eyes, a long crooked nose, long silvery hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt.

“Hi.” Janet greeted politely. “May I help you?”

“I’m Albus Dumbledore. I’m here to meet the Haydens. I believe you must be Janet,” answered the man.

“Er… Yes.” Janet nodded suspiciously because how could this man know her name, where as they have never met before.

“I assume that you are going to invite me in,”

“Uh? Er… Ok. Please come in.” Janet said uncertainly and showed him into the living room.

“Who is that at the door, Janet?” Mr Hayden who was reading the daily newspaper asked without looking up from he’s newspaper.

“Dad, this is Mr. Dumbledore. He said he’s here to meet us.”

Mr Hayden looked up immediately after he heard the name and quickly jerked up and asked nervously as if he did something wrong waiting to be scold because of that, “Professor Dumbledore, what brings you here?”

“Professor?” Janet eyed Dumbledore uncertainly.

“Nice to see you again, David,” greeted Dumbledore.

“Janet, go get your mother.” Mr Hayden whispered a little too loudly to Janet which obviously was overheard by Dumbledore.

Janet ran into the kitchen, “Mom, there’s a man called Dumbledore says that he is here to meet us and dad’s calling him professor.”

Mrs. Hayden dropped the plate she was washing with a loud “clank” into the basin. “What did you say his name was again?”

“Dumbledore. Who is he?”

Mrs. Hayden wiped her hands quickly on her jeans and rushed out of the kitchen into the living room.

“Ahh… Here’s Emily. I believe everything is going well.” Dumbledore greeted as Mrs. Hayden walked into the living room.

Mrs. Hayden stopped so suddenly that Janet almost bumped into her.

“Good evening, professor,” Mrs. Hayden greeted, her voice trembling.

“It’s a very pleasant evening indeed. Let’s all be seated,” spotting Janet moving towards the stairs. “And you too, Janet.

Janet moved nervously towards the sofa furthest from Dumbledore and sat lightly on it as though she was ready to run for it whenever anything happens.

“I believe you got my letter,” Dumbledore said politely, “I’m here to listen to your answers.”

“I’m not letting Janet go to Hogwarts. It’s just not safe. Look at what happen to David, I don’t want the same thing happening to my daughter.” Emily Hayden replied firmly.

“So this whole Hogwarts thing is real?” Janet thought to herself. “Then why are mum and dad hiding this from me? What is that that I have to know but they are not telling me?”

“I understand your concerns, Emily. But I suggest Janet deserves to make her own choice in this matter?” said Dumbledore.

“But you don’t understand, professor. Janet has been crying painfully when that incident happened. There’s no doubt that Janet is just like her father.” Emily protested Dumbledore’s idea.

Meanwhile, Janet was sitting at the far end trying hard to resist the urge of asking questions as it will be rude if she just simply open her mouth and ask a dozen of questions at once.

“Professor, I understand that everybody who is a witch or wizard must pursue his or her education in Hogwarts but can’t we just give up that opportunity? We prefer living like what we are now.” David explained.

Dumbledore caught Janet’s eye and nodded as though he could read Janet’s mind which is full of curiosity, “I believe Janet would like to say a few words before we continue this issue.”

1. Harry Potter （Panda's version) -Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 2

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Miss Hayden,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place 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,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Mr Hayden eyed her daughter nervously as she read the letter.

After reading, Janet looks back up at her father from the letter and pass the letter to her father. “What’s this? Is it a joke or something?”

“It might be,” Mr Hayden answered, relieved that Janet did not take the contents in the letter seriously.

“This looks like some kind of April fool joke but its July now, it can’t be an April Fool joke.”

“Maybe it got delayed somewhere.”

“This is weird,” said Janet as she pocketed the letter. “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? What’s this place? Witches and wizards sounds more like Halloween to me, maybe it’s an early Halloween joke,” Janet muttered to herself as she walked out of her father’s study room.

Janet shut herself in her room for the whole afternoon, thinking about all the weird things that happened today. First, there were owls all over the place and sent me this weird letter about she’d been accepted to this witch school that she have never applied for. However, the weirdest of all are her parents’ behavior after seeing owls delivers letters. It’s not an ordinary thing for owls to be swooping all over the place, not to mention delivering letters but her parents show no sign of shock seeing them around the place and even knows that they are delivering letters as they retrieve them as if they are ones who delivers posts instead of postmen.

In the other room, Janet’s parents were really anxious about something.

“She’s got the letter.”

“You let her took it? Did she read it?”

“She did but I don’t think she is taking it seriously, thinks it’s a joke or something.”

“But it’s still coming to us. We just can’t leave it and now Janet’s getting it too,” said Mrs. Hayden.

“Maybe that’s something we can’t escape from. Who we really are. Do you reckon than we should tell Janet the truth?” Mr Hayden suggested but Mrs. Hayden shook her head furiously.

“No. Not even a word to her. After all these years, I’m not going to give up. I’m sure we’ll be able to stay away from this. It’s for our own good. I’m not convinced that You-know-who is dead. You said you didn’t see any other bodies besides James and Lily Potter. He’s not dead, David. I just know he isn’t.”

“I understand. But she’s got the letter, the school is aware of her existence, at least Dumbledore is. I don’t think we can stop her from going with Dumbledore as headmaster. And I’ve got this from him just before Janet received her letter.” Mr. Hayden took out a piece of parchment from his pocket and passes it to his wife.

Mrs. Hayden unfolds the parchment and read:

Dear David & Emily,

I have always been aware that you wanted a peaceful life for your family. However, I believe Janet deserves to know the truth about the wizarding world. Her name has been in the Hogwarts’ list ever since she was born, and I will secure her a place no matter what happens. We are not certain if Janet has inherited the pleasant gift of her father’s, and her relationship with Harry Potter but I may do all my best to free her from those ties and give her the normal and peaceful life that her parents risked so much for her. If my letter has not cleared your doubts about her entry into Hogwarts, I may drop by and explain furthermore about this.

Yours Truly,

Albus Dumbledore

1. Harry Potter （Panda's version) -Featuring Janet Hayden - Chapter 1

It was a very pleasant evening in Cherry Lane, Janet Hayden was walking home from school humming a happy tune, and it seems that nothing will spoil her merry mood today. But, what she didn’t know was something will happen today and it will change her life from then.

“Mum, I’m home! What are we having for dinner today?”

“We are ordering pizza today. We were just back from your dad’s medical check up.”

“Ok, where’s dad? I have something to show you.”

“He’s upstairs. What is that you want to show us?”

“It’s a surprise. I’ll go get dad.” Janet answered while rushing upstairs to call her father.

There was a sudden rustle at the window, Janet took a glimpse at the source of the sound and yelled, “MOM! There’s an owl at our window!”

Emily Hayden looked at the owl as if it’s really normal for an owl to perch on the windowsill. She opens the window and unties an envelope from the owl’s leg and patted the owl as it took off.

“What’s that?” Janet eyed the envelope suspiciously not leaving the stairs fearing that the owl might fly in if the window is still open.

“Oh, it’s nothing important.” Mrs. Hayden answered without even opening the envelope and pocketed it straight away.

“Why is it sent by an owl? That’s so weird.”

“I don’t know. Why don’t you go get your dad and show us your surprise?”

Just then, the postman arrived and slipped a yellow envelope through the letter slot on the door but Mrs. Hayden picked it up immediately and pocketed it as well without even looking at it.

“Who is it for?”

“Me.”

“Ok. I’ll go get dad.”

Janet knocked and opens the door of her father’s study room.

“Dad? Are you busy?”

“Not really. I’ll just have to process these orders and send it to the warehouse.” David Hayden works at home as an online shopping dealer, his health conditions had made him impossible to get a job outside.

Suddenly, Janet noticed another owl perching on the window behind her father.

“Dad, there’s an owl. Behind you.”

“Oh, not to worry. It won’t hurt you.” He got to the window and unties the envelope attached on the leg of the owl. Mr. Hayden’s attitude is exactly the same as his wife as if owls carrying post are as normal as the postman.

“Is that a letter?” Janet asked, eying the envelope.

“This?” Mr. Hayden answered as though he just noticed that Janet seen the envelope and quickly pocket it. “Nothing important. Just some bills.”

“What place will send bills through an owl?”

“Maybe they are trying something different. So what are you up to?” trying to change the topic to distract Janet from the envelope.

“Oh, that. I’ve just got a scholarship for Queen Anne's School,” Sounding not as excited as she was before after seeing 2 owls and the weird acts of her parents.

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah, Ms. Furton said that my chances are high.”

“Wow, well done. That’s my girl,” Mr Hayden cheered happily for his daughter.

Just then, an owl swooped into the room through the opened window and dropped something on Janet’s hand. It flew out before Janet could scream.

“What! Why are there owls in our area? Aren’t they supposed to be in zoos? And what is this?” Holding up the envelope in her hands and her eyes widen while looking at the receiver’s name. “It’s for me,” she said as her hands are trembling while opening the envelope....

Harry Potter （Panda's version) -Featuring Janet Hayden - Forewords

I know practically all of you out there are already very familiar with the Harry Potter series... regardless that you knew it through the movies or books and novels... i'm currently presenting my version of Harry Potter... I'm not going to change the storyline.. it will go along with with the flow of the actual story... besides that, i'll be adding a new character into the story and instead... the story will be on that character's perspective...

This story is written mainly just for self entertainment... so i hope i will not be offending any Harry Potter fans out there... I'll be using most of the magical terms and stuff originally from the book and also invent some of my own... if i could think if any, that is...

I have not completed the whole story... All these while i have been scribbling bits and pieces of the story here and there and sometimes end up losing the bits and pieces as i have already did.. so please bear with the very likely of me encountering the writer's block... which will bring forward to lack of updates....

Now, it's time to introduce a little of my story... My little new character is Janet Hayden... a witch (obviously!!! or else how could she be linked to the harry potter story) pure blood, mom, Emily Hayden, and dad, David Hayden... Same age as Harry Potter... But, I have changed the time frame of the story to a more current era with internet instead of the original 90s...　

I'm so not good at doing character introduction.... so i guess this is all i have to reveal... as for the rest... I'll just leave it for you to explore as the story goes on...

I sure hope it'll turn out ok.....