- So, you’re saying after losing everything I had,
I have to go and live somewhere else.
- You have to understand that we need to keep you
safe. It’s our priority.
- WHY? Why me? I was almost crying of anger, after everything, losing almost all my
family, most of my friend, I now had to suffer and go live somewhere else? I
was losing it
- People will be protecting you there, better than
us. We can’t keep you close to the threat
- But what is this threat, I don’t even know
myself, why can’t I at least know. Miss McGonagall you have to tell me I can’t
go on like this. Wishing this was all over but not even knowing what is this.
- Look, Elisabeth, I don’t even know myself. But we
want to protect every student, and we think that if you are off somewhere else,
it might end.
- SO you’re saying I’m bad for everyone at Hogwarts
right?
- We, know… You have family in South Korea and that
you speak fluently, we will send you there with muggle transportation and will
start school in September. I felt
resigned, whatever I could say I had to go. I didn’t want anyone else in
Hogwarts to be hurt anymore
- Can I at least know how my school work?
- Well, they actually are pretty similar, same
classes and same background, of course presented a little differently. You will
have to go to through test to be put in a new house. They have the same
symbolic, Gryffindor red and gold, Slytherin green and silver, Ravenclaw royal
blue and gold, and Hufflepuff gold and black. Their dress code is bit less
strict, as long as you wear something black it will transform into the colour
of your house. Dorm are a bit less strict as well, at The Wizardy University of
Beopchan you can register for an up to 10 person’s dorm room or house with
friends and or prefect, girl and boys mixed but different bathroom and room,
and houses mixed as well.
- What do you mean a house?
- I mean like a house, with a kitchen and
everything, you will love it there. Even though everyone usually eat at least
breakfast and dinner in the Great Hall
- Yea sure, in a house with complete stranger who I
might kill because ‘Hey I’m Elisabeth Maeng, I am cursed since birth and I may
kill you while you are asleep, nice to meet you, can we be friend?’. I looked like I was acting like a teenager
but I felt like this.
- Look, I know you probably hate me right now, but
I only want the best for you, I don’t want to lose anyone else. I hope you
understand; this is for the best. I
nod, I wasn’t sure but I had to do this.
- Yea… I
got up, and was about to get out of the room but I saw my puppy and all my
belongings in the office, and I turn back to McGonagall. What is this?
- Your moving right away. She made a hand gesture and a trail of dust
came in rolling all over me, I couldn’t say anything I was breathless, almost
suffocating as the dust was turning all of the colour of the rainbow and all of
a sudden it was gone, I fell to my knee next to my belongings. I was probably
at the muggle transportation thingy, in front of me huge screen with written:
15:15 INCHEON SEOUL: QF1285 GATE D44 DELAYED by 30min. I felt like the world
was about to fall onto me. I couldn’t even be there at the funeral, I was still
down on my knee, crying my eyes out.
- Oh
please, Darling don’t be like that. I
heard.
- I’m sorry Huri, I just, it’s fucking hard.
- I know
Darling, let’s just say we are starting a new life. I look at my watch,
I had almost 4 hours to be at the gate. Three to cry and one to go sounded
nice. The person talking to me was my puppy Huri. Oh yes, I can hear animals.
You remember the book you’ve heard all your childhood about: The Famous Harry
Potter, well… If you want to know he’s a nice guy. And, wizards are a bit
different than what you would expect. Hogwarts is now a university as well. I
am… Sorry was part of it, in second year: I am Elisabeth Maeng, 22 years old
and all wizard have a special skill: it goes from power like invisibility to
more settle stuff, like me: who can only hear her puppy talk and other animal
if they feel like talking. I have had this little guys since I was born, he
stayed a puppy all those years, he never grew up; and I can hear him. I think
he’s here to protect me. I don’t know if he has done a good job but, I am one
of the last Maeng; the Korean side of the family actually, I believe my uncle
is still alive.
My mom and dad died because of me: they
were trying to defend me against a dark lord when I was aged 4, I can’t
remember a thing. I am actually kind of Harry Potter, but there’s nothing
really fancy surrounding my life but death. Someone tried to kidnap me and
several other students about a two weeks ago after an exam, he, she or they
escaped while trying, but before they made sure to kill almost everyone and
everything that was around us. I was one to survive, we were 100 that day
taking the exam. Some said there was a shield protecting me, some said I’m
cursed and I don’t belong at this school. Well turns out they were right.
On a brighter note I am really small, I’m around 162cm and around 63kg, before
dying my grand ma used to tell me to put on some thick skin. I personally think
my skin is thick enough. I have brownish hair, but they turn to other colour
when I am mad or happy; Right now I am sad, so they are dark blue, fortunately
my hair doesn’t turn into my every emotion, I can control it. I was a Ravenclaw
at Hogwarts, top of my class in potion, Astronomy lover and music enthusiast:
I’m a half blood, my dad was a coming from
a loving pure blood line of Korean wizard on his dad side, his mom one was, I
mean it’s what I’ve heard from Huri. Anyway, he came to England on a trip with
friends and never got back to Korean, my mom was a British muggle with loving
and understand parents, they were my whole life and I would probably give
anything to have them back but, I know I can’t.
- Huri, do you know how those things work?
- Based
on what I know from the muggle world, this is an airport, you take a plane and
you go to another country with this so called plane, I get up and get all my stuff, it was placed
on a big cart. You have to check your luggage first.
- Ok, thanks Huri.
- No
problem darling. I went to the ‘register
luggage section and wait in line.’
- Hi
Madame, how is your day?
- I have had better, but I am going through it,
what about you? She seemed shocked
I asked how she was
- Oh, hum…
I’m ok, thanks. Would you… Hum, where are you going?
- Seoul! I
smile.
- How
many luggage?
- A lot?
- Oh,
yea, she looked over my shoulder
and saw all 5 of my big luggage, they looked luxurious, they indeed were, my
mom and dad a whole lot of saving, my dad a create a company that was MILLION
and sold it to what he used to love calling a ‘mugglemass (muggle dumbass)’.
All the money was mine after both my parents died. Hum, can I see your boarding pass and
passport please?
- My what again?
- Your
identity card and the paper you need so you can fly with our plane.
- Oh, yes yes, they must have given this to me,
hang on, I searched in my bag for
a big minutes and came to touch something that I didn’t recognize, what was
probably a passport and boarding pass!
- Thank
you very much Madame. Your flight number is the QF1285 in direction of Incheon,
South Korea, it will be delayed by 45 minutes you will be landing at 2PM Korean
time. You are in business class and you have a dog pass? She thought for a second.
- Dog pass? Like Dog can’t normally fly with their
parents?
- Well,
you have to have a dog pass. And you have registered for 5 luggage, ok all
looks ok to me, you are Elisabeth Maeng. All fine, bring the luggage.
- YES!! I
was a bit excited to discover how those muggle things work. But was a little
bit less excited when I saw my luggage go away. Hum,
I’m sorry, what is it doing? Why it’s going away?
- Well
it’s going onto the luggage compartment.
- And you wanted to do this to my dog? Oh gosh not
to my Huri.
- Your
dog will be safe with you don’t worry. I smiled a bit anxious at the simple fact that I had to leave all my
belongings somewhere in a compartment. What are those muggle stuff by great
Merlin’s Beard; around about 20min when all my luggage was registered I went on
to the security gate, airports are actually boring, and I’m hungry. I was
waiting in line with my bag and Huri and turn to someone next to me:
- Is there eating supplies after that?
- Yes,
don’t worry Ma’am there’s plenty of store after security check.
- Argh thank god! I smiled, thank you for the
information.
