The breeze had wafted through the cabin that day, making my bed smell like strawberries. The sun streamed in, dancing delicately in the dust and warming my face. I had wanted to stay in bed forever that day, but, alas, the conch horn blew.
So I pulled on my orange T-shirt and jeans, threw my hair into a quick ponytail, and slid my two long knives into their sheathes. I remember walking out of the Athena cabin and noting how blue the sky was. Fluffy, cotton-y clouds ballooned in the sky, making the world's roof look like a painting.
When I finally reached the dining pavilion, I sat down at my table as I normally did and waited for Chiron to give his announcements. But something was there that normally wasn't: a creamy envelope with swirly green script on it.
"Athena Biggerstaff. 3.141 Farm Road, Half-Blood Hill, the Athena Cabin."
That was one strange address. But who would know to contact me here? I ripped open the letter and started reading.
"Dear Miss Biggerstaff, you have been accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry..."
I remember my shock at finding out I was a witch. And the excitement I would have at going to Hogwarts.
* * *
I am, in a word, lost. With my schoolbag in one hand, the letter in the other, I charge down the green field, toward an abandoned shack. It should serve as shelter for a little while. I begin to think that Hogwarts is a scam. After all, magic only existed in Hecate and her children...didn't it?
Yet as I reread the letter, I start to think: how could something like this be fake? I plop down on a chair that is missing two of its legs and wait. For a voice, a sound, anything.
Finally, I hear something. Footsteps. It is one, no, two people coming my way.
"You go in!"
"No you go in!"
"You stupid SHLAG. Just go in already! She's been waiting for four hours!"
It is two girls, obviously arguing. Though I have no idea what a shlag is, I go outside to greet it.
"Ummm...Hi?"
"Hi!"
"Hi! Who are you?" Asks the girl, who I think was the shlag.
"My name is Athena."
They take in my orange camp shirt, the swords at my side. But then when they see my wand poking out of my bag, they start getting excited.
"I'm Tweedledee and this is Tweedledum." The one who isn't a shlag says.
I roll my eyes. "Come on, seriously? That is a very obvious and stupid Alice Through the Looking Glass reference."
"Yeah, well...I'm Leah. This is Kris," Leah says, pointing to the shlag who I now know is Kris.
"What did you say your last name was?" Kris asks.
"Biggerstaff." They exchange a look and smile at me. Huge, creepy smiles that make me want to just run away.
"You should come with us," Leah says.
* * *
I'm now sitting in the middle of a circle of people. They are arguing. I don't know exactly what they're saying, but there are a lot of people threatening to take away Redvines, something about jelly legs, and then a sort of made-up language that sounds a lot like this: IUAHGEPAIGUH.
I've been waiting for someone to give me an answer for hours now, even though I have no clue what the question is.
"She should obviously be mine; I found her!" Leah screams.
"Yeah but I don't have any kids!" Another girl shouts back at her.
"NEITHER DO I!" They steadily get louder and louder. Finally, I can't take it anymore and I jump up and yell,
"SILENCIO!" I don't know how the word came to me, but it seems to work. Leah and the other girl, I think her name is Luna or Lovely...one of the two, try to talk, but no sound comes out.
"I don't know what this is about, but can someone PLEASE explain?"
Kris raises her hand tentatively. "The Biggerstaffs are a band of people who are not only wizards, but also demigods, benders, and so much more. We combine every form of magic into one family. And whenever we find another one of us," she gestures to me, "We have to find a parent for them. Right now, both Leah and Luna want you as their daughter so we have a bit of a problem. Why don't we let you choose?"
I don't know what to say, so I pick the one I've already met. "I pick...I pick...Leah! Sorry, Luna." Leah claps her hands and jumps up and down.
"Athena, welcome to the Biggerstaffs," A girl called Gemonk says.
Leah pulls my hand and says, "Come! I'll show you your room!" I look behind at the people who are now my family and smile. I have finally found a home.
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Okay, so I know it sucks. Don't be mean, though! I was just having some fun. And I felt like writing a Biggerstaff story so...What'd ya think?
So I pulled on my orange T-shirt and jeans, threw my hair into a quick ponytail, and slid my two long knives into their sheathes. I remember walking out of the Athena cabin and noting how blue the sky was. Fluffy, cotton-y clouds ballooned in the sky, making the world's roof look like a painting.
When I finally reached the dining pavilion, I sat down at my table as I normally did and waited for Chiron to give his announcements. But something was there that normally wasn't: a creamy envelope with swirly green script on it.
"Athena Biggerstaff. 3.141 Farm Road, Half-Blood Hill, the Athena Cabin."
That was one strange address. But who would know to contact me here? I ripped open the letter and started reading.
"Dear Miss Biggerstaff, you have been accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry..."
I remember my shock at finding out I was a witch. And the excitement I would have at going to Hogwarts.
* * *
I am, in a word, lost. With my schoolbag in one hand, the letter in the other, I charge down the green field, toward an abandoned shack. It should serve as shelter for a little while. I begin to think that Hogwarts is a scam. After all, magic only existed in Hecate and her children...didn't it?
Yet as I reread the letter, I start to think: how could something like this be fake? I plop down on a chair that is missing two of its legs and wait. For a voice, a sound, anything.
Finally, I hear something. Footsteps. It is one, no, two people coming my way.
"You go in!"
"No you go in!"
"You stupid SHLAG. Just go in already! She's been waiting for four hours!"
It is two girls, obviously arguing. Though I have no idea what a shlag is, I go outside to greet it.
"Ummm...Hi?"
"Hi!"
"Hi! Who are you?" Asks the girl, who I think was the shlag.
"My name is Athena."
They take in my orange camp shirt, the swords at my side. But then when they see my wand poking out of my bag, they start getting excited.
"I'm Tweedledee and this is Tweedledum." The one who isn't a shlag says.
I roll my eyes. "Come on, seriously? That is a very obvious and stupid Alice Through the Looking Glass reference."
"Yeah, well...I'm Leah. This is Kris," Leah says, pointing to the shlag who I now know is Kris.
"What did you say your last name was?" Kris asks.
"Biggerstaff." They exchange a look and smile at me. Huge, creepy smiles that make me want to just run away.
"You should come with us," Leah says.
* * *
I'm now sitting in the middle of a circle of people. They are arguing. I don't know exactly what they're saying, but there are a lot of people threatening to take away Redvines, something about jelly legs, and then a sort of made-up language that sounds a lot like this: IUAHGEPAIGUH.
I've been waiting for someone to give me an answer for hours now, even though I have no clue what the question is.
"She should obviously be mine; I found her!" Leah screams.
"Yeah but I don't have any kids!" Another girl shouts back at her.
"NEITHER DO I!" They steadily get louder and louder. Finally, I can't take it anymore and I jump up and yell,
"SILENCIO!" I don't know how the word came to me, but it seems to work. Leah and the other girl, I think her name is Luna or Lovely...one of the two, try to talk, but no sound comes out.
"I don't know what this is about, but can someone PLEASE explain?"
Kris raises her hand tentatively. "The Biggerstaffs are a band of people who are not only wizards, but also demigods, benders, and so much more. We combine every form of magic into one family. And whenever we find another one of us," she gestures to me, "We have to find a parent for them. Right now, both Leah and Luna want you as their daughter so we have a bit of a problem. Why don't we let you choose?"
I don't know what to say, so I pick the one I've already met. "I pick...I pick...Leah! Sorry, Luna." Leah claps her hands and jumps up and down.
"Athena, welcome to the Biggerstaffs," A girl called Gemonk says.
Leah pulls my hand and says, "Come! I'll show you your room!" I look behind at the people who are now my family and smile. I have finally found a home.
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Okay, so I know it sucks. Don't be mean, though! I was just having some fun. And I felt like writing a Biggerstaff story so...What'd ya think?
The whole conversationd wouldn't fit on one screenshot so here it is;
Stranger: asl
Stranger: ?
You: Oh! There you are! I've been looking for you forever!
Stranger: oh really?
You: I'll never say goodbye to you!
You: I'm crazy about you!
You: I love you!
Stranger: is that good or bad?
Stranger: well are you a guy or a girl?
You: Kurt, don't you love me?
Stranger: nope guess not
You: But Kurt it's me Blaine!
Stranger: that sucks dont it
You: :'(
Stranger: stop your bitchin
You: Kurt. It's me, Blaine! Your boyfriend.
Stranger: ha fuckin faggot
Stranger: i hate fags
Stranger: they are as bad as niggers and soicks
Stranger: spicks
You: I'M IN A RAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEE. THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!
Stranger: asl
Stranger: ?
You: Oh! There you are! I've been looking for you forever!
Stranger: oh really?
You: I'll never say goodbye to you!
You: I'm crazy about you!
You: I love you!
Stranger: is that good or bad?
Stranger: well are you a guy or a girl?
You: Kurt, don't you love me?
Stranger: nope guess not
You: But Kurt it's me Blaine!
Stranger: that sucks dont it
You: :'(
Stranger: stop your bitchin
You: Kurt. It's me, Blaine! Your boyfriend.
Stranger: ha fuckin faggot
Stranger: i hate fags
Stranger: they are as bad as niggers and soicks
Stranger: spicks
You: I'M IN A RAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEE. THIS IS THE MADDEST I'VE EVER BEEN!
Isobel Panhurst 28 April at 19:52
Hi
How are you?
What you been up to?
Hows life?
Whats the meaning of life?
Do you ship Klaine?
Do you ship Spuffy?
You don't ship Kurtofsky do you?
Is there and English exam next week?
Did you watch Glee on Monday?
Did you know Chris Colfer leaked that Darren Criss has a girlfriend?
Did you know Starship premiers on Saturday
Did you know the new Harry Potter trailer came out Yesterday?
Is that enough questions for you?
wait the HP trailer came out today....i think.....Tumblr confused me
oh enough question
Are you a Tumblr addict?
OMG Do you like Drarry?
are you against people asking questions?
He still hasn't replied :P ROFLLL
he really shouldn't have called me a bitch earlier.....
Hi
How are you?
What you been up to?
Hows life?
Whats the meaning of life?
Do you ship Klaine?
Do you ship Spuffy?
You don't ship Kurtofsky do you?
Is there and English exam next week?
Did you watch Glee on Monday?
Did you know Chris Colfer leaked that Darren Criss has a girlfriend?
Did you know Starship premiers on Saturday
Did you know the new Harry Potter trailer came out Yesterday?
Is that enough questions for you?
wait the HP trailer came out today....i think.....Tumblr confused me
oh enough question
Are you a Tumblr addict?
OMG Do you like Drarry?
are you against people asking questions?
He still hasn't replied :P ROFLLL
he really shouldn't have called me a bitch earlier.....