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.”