Penelope Moon

...Chapter 2...

...The train ride...

Previously-

When she opened her eyes, she was somewhere else. Instead of seeing a small house, she saw a huge gate in front of her which was written 'MOON' ,"let's go in, shall we?" Mr, Winslow said cheerfully as she followed him inside."Welcome home,miss Penelope" a maid said as she bowed to her, and she was very confused, why would somebody bow to her and call her 'madam'? "take these things to her room and organize it" Mr Winslow said in a strict tone as he handed them the things, they took them and went upstairs.

...the house...

"So will you tell me why I'm here or not?" she asked him as she sat on the sofa in the living room while patting the cat, who was sitting on her lap,"well..." he said while taking his robe off, he wore a suit underneath it,"...you're here because you belong here and you're going to stay here until you've finished your 7th year at Kingston" he adds,"what if I don't want to stay here?" she asked him, raising her eyebrow,"you don't have a choice, and don't you want to learn more about magic?" he said,"well yeah,I do want to learn more about magic but when do I have to go to that school you were talking about?" she asked him with a bit of curiosity,"you'll be leaving for school tomorrow so you have to read all the books that are in your room" he said and took out a pocketwatch and said,"it's getting quite late, why don't you go to your room and read the books, they will help you on your first day" and she asked,"where exactly is my room?"standing up and picking up her cat who was purring non-stop,"upstairs,to the left" he said and left her.

She entered the room and saw many books were kept on the bed for her to read."How am I supposed to finish reading all these books in such a short period of time?!" she said to herself as she kept the cat on the floor and it jumped on the bed and slept."Such a lazy cat" she chuckled as she took a book,she sat on the floor."Spells? interesting" she flipped the pages to the last page and saw '400' on the bottom of the page,"four hundred pages? wow" she flipped the pages to page number one and began reading.

After a while,she finished reading it and someone knocked on the door and said "madam,it is time for dinner, may I come in?" she stood up,walked towards the door and opened it, when she opened the door, she saw a maid carrying a tray and said "dinner?" she said "thank you" and the maid asked ,"may I come in?" and she said "y-yes" she was stuttering because she was shy, she wasn't used to having maids come to her room and serve dinner to her,the maid then kept the dinner on the side table and bowed, she said,"enjoy your meal" and left the room."Why did she say it like that? like it was going to be my last meal" she was a little doubtful about everything, it happened so fast and she forgot it was still her birthday but she ate the food anyway because she was starving.

...her bedroom...

It was morning and she still hasn't finished reading the books yet. Then she heard knocking on the door and somebody said,"Penelope, it's time for breakfast!" it was Mr Winslow, she opened the door and saw him standing,he smiled at her and said "you've been reading the books all night?" which made her smile awkwardly and she said,"no" she pushed him aside and went downstairs, she was obviously lying because the books were very interesting and well, who would blame her? she loves reading books.

"Madam, you shouldn't run around like that, you could fall and get injured" the maid said as she poured tea into the cup,"I think I'll be alright but thanks for your concern" she said as she sat on the chair and took a sip of the tea."Your father will be here at any minute now, and you have to get ready for school too" Mr Winslow said which made her choke on the tea and now she was coughing,"oh dear! are you okay?!" the maid said with a concerned look on her face, while patting her back,"what happened? are you okay?" Mr Winslow sounded concerned too,"f-father?!" Penelope said while she was still coughing and the maid, patting her back."Oh right,I haven't told you about your father" he said as he wiped her clothes with a napkin,which had tea spilled all over them."Your biological father's name is Nicholas Moon" he said, throwing the napkin in the dustbin "that 's right, my name is Nicholas Moon" somebody said which made the three of them turn their heads at the back,"master,you have returned" he said as they both bowed to him.

He then turned his attention to Penelope who was still shocked that her whole life had been a lie."How are you my dearest daughter?" he said, smiling at her "I'm okay, I guess" she said to him, still shocked."That's good, I heard you'll be going to Kingston today so I hope you read all of the books that I placed on your bed or else you'll get embarrassed in front of all your classmates" he said as he took out another book from his briefcase,"take it,I think it'll be boring in the train so I brought you a story book" he said as he gave her the book,"thank you" she said while looking at the book,"anything for my daughter" he said as he took a seat and the maid poured him a cup of tea,"Penelope,I think you should be getting ready for school" Mr Winslow said,"oh right,I have school" she said as she stood up and walked towards the stairs,"have a great day in school, write to me if you have time and I'll see you on December" her father said, waving at her,"December? Is it a boarding school?" she asked him, stopping halfway to the stairs,"yes" he said, taking a sip of the tea,"oh" she said, running to her room.

She ran to her room and closed the door,"what should I wear?" she asked herself, searching for clothes in the wardrobe.After a while, she finally picked the clothes she wanted to wear.Her hair was tied in a ponytail.

...her outfit...

"Penelope? can I come in?" her father said, knocking on the door,"yes" she said while packing her bags and he went in,"I wanted to give you something before you went away for school" he said,"what is it?" she asked, looking at him,"a necklace that once belonged to your mother" he said as he took out a small silver necklace from his pocket,"my mother?" she asked as she took her cat in her arms,"not the one that's been taking care of you for eleven years, your real mother" he said as he sighed,"so the one whom I've been calling 'mother' for eleven years is not actually my mother?" she asked, her eyes filled with tears."No, she's not your real mother and please don't cry" he said with a worried look on his face,"oh" she looked emotionless,"anyways, can I put it on?" he asked her, holding up the necklace,"yes, thank you" she said as he put the necklace on for her,"you're beautiful,just like your mother" he said as he smiled at her,"what is my mother's name?" she asked,"Amber, your mother's name was Amber" he said in a low voice,"where is she?" she asked,"she passed away eleven years ago" he said "oh,sorry" she said,looking down, he sighed and said,"you're going to be late for school if you keep talking to me, I'm sorry I won't be able to go to say goodbye to you because I have work so..." he said cheerfully,"no,it's okay" she said,"Penelope, it's time for you to go" Mr Winslow said, knocking on the door.

...the necklace...

"Okay!" she said to Mr Winslow,"goodbye, Penelope" her father said,"bye father" she said, opening the door and going with Mr Winslow."You've brought all your things?" Mr Winslow said in a strict tone,"yes" she said,nodding her head,"including your wand,uniform,books and clothes?" he asked,checking his pocketwatch,"good" he said as he smiled at her,"now hold onto my arm" he said and she nodded as she held onto his arm,she closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes,she saw a train and people were waving goodbye to their children as they were leaving for school."Well then,I guess this is goodbye" Mr Winslow said with a small smile on his face,"goodbye, I'll see you in December!" she said as she headed towards the train,carrying her cat in her arms, "do remember to write!" he said, waving goodbye to her,"I will!" she said as she went onto the train.

There were many students on the train,but she found one compartment that was empty and sat there.After a while,a red haired girl came and opened the door and said,"do you mind if I sit here? everywhere else is full" there was an owl on her shoulder and she was carrying many books,"yeah sure,I don't mind" Penelope said with a smile on her face,"thank you" she said as she put the books on the seat.

"Are you a first year?" she asked,caressing the owl's head,"yes,are you a first year too?" Penelope asked as she patted her purring cat sitting on her lap,"my name's Laura Jane Stone but people call me Jane, what's yours?" she asked,"nice to meet you Jane,my name is Penelope Williams" she said,"can I call you Laura instead? i kind of like Laura better" she adds,"yeah,sure" Laura says while smiling at her,"no offense but are you a muggle or a half-breed?" she asked curiously,"what's a muggle and a half-breed?" Penelope questions,tilting her head,"you don't know?" Laura sounded surprised,"no" she said,clueless,"well,muggle is a person who doesn't have magical powers and their children,I think,are called muggle-borns, half-breed is a person whose parent has magic but the other doesn't" she explains to her,"ohh" Penelope said,"there is another, pure bloods" Laura continued,"a pure blood is a person whose mother is a witch and father is a wizard" she explained to the clueless girl,"so that means that you're a..." Penelope said,waiting for her to answer,"half-breed, I'm a half-breed" she said with a small smile,"oh, it's like you're a dog or a cat" she said,"huh?" Laura was confused about what Penelope said,"half-breed,you know,breed?" she let out an awkward laugh as she said that,"oh" Laura said nodding her head awkwardly,"I mean, no offense" she said in a serious tone,"oh no, it's fine" Laura said.

After getting to know each other for a while they had become friends and her cat hissed at her owl."What's your cat's name?" Laura asked,"I don't know,snowball, maybe?" Penelope said,not sure what name she'll give her pet,"snowball? why snowball?" Laura asked curiously,"because he has white fur and blue eyes" she said while looking at her cat who was sleeping,"what about your owl?" she asked Laura,"my owl's name is pearl" she said,"nice name" Penelope said.

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