𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 & 𝙻𝚒𝚎𝚜 ||𝙳.𝙼 𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌||

Chapter 8 - The Life Spirit

Olivia's POV

It was the next day after everyone had left for their break. I woke up from my sleep, there weren't any rules of waking up now, since it was, well, summer break and there were no classes. I was summoned in Dumbledore's office first thing in the morning. I did my normal routine, went to The Great Hall to have breakfast and to my surprise there were already 4 more students waiting for me. They were definitely older than me, like they would be in 3rd or 4th year.

"Heyo! Olivia! Come sit here" one of the three guys said waving his hands and looking at me. I went over and saw an elf waiting, I looked at him and he asked, "Good morning Ma'am, now what would you all like for breakfast?"

The others ordered for something or the other and I just ordered an omelet with a bunch of veggies cut in it, toast and some tea. The elf snapped his fingers and disappeared.

"So, I assume introductions are in order?" a guy said, he had a sweetest smile.

"Alright, I'm Christopher Wallace, you can call me Chris, because Christopher kind of sounds old, oh and I'm now a 4th year and a Slytherin, and no before you ask, I'm not like any other Slytherin, I'm nice and humble and a kind person, seriously, sometimes I think that the hat made a mistake." he said and put a hand in front of me to shake it.

Another guy said, "You are old, at least among us. And stop flattering yourself. Hi, I'm Joel Wilson, all my friends call me Jo, I'm a 3rd year now and a Hufflepuff." I shook his hand.

"Hi, I'm Catherine Harris, I'm also a 3rd year and you can call me Cat and I'm also a Hufflepuff." she hugged me, which took me by surprise but then when she let me go, she said, "Oh and by the way, I'm a hugger" and giggled.

"And lastly, I'm Rafael Lopez, I'm in your charms class, if you remember, it's probably alright if you don't, considering you're famous, I am-" he said and I remembered him from my charms class and I quickly cut him off and said, "Yes, of course, Ravenclaw, yeah, why wouldn't I remember you? And please I am not famous, it's Harry who's famous" I said shaking his hand and winking.

"Alright, if your introductions are done, I'm Olivia Middleton, a Gryffindor and now a 2nd year" I said, finally completing the formality. "And I would like to apologize, that you had to stay here in your summer break for helping me figure out who I am" I said sadly.

"Ohh nonsense, chin up darling, we're always ready to help and plus it's nice we'll be able to use magic, one more month, than the others." Chris said, patting my back and cheering me up.

"So now where do you have to be?" asked Cat.

"Dumbledore's office, he's 'summoned' me" I said in air quotes. "Good, we're headed there too" Rafael stated.

After breakfast, the five of us arrived at Dumbledore's office. All of the professors were already in his office, waiting for us. "Ahh, please have a seat" said Dumbledore, nicely.

Five chairs were placed in a straight line, facing Dumbledore's desk. I sat in the middle one, on my right Cat and Jo and on my left Rafael and Chris.

"Alright, so Olivia, tell us, what odd things have been happening to you?" asked Dumbledore.

And that's what I did. I told them everything that had happened, right from the beginning. I told them about the owl, about what happened at Ollivander's, about the troll, about Fluffy, the fire and lastly my arm. Surprisingly, everyone knew what I was, and totally ignored everything I said about my arm.

"Ok, to my knowledge about whatever you said, you are an esprit de vie – which literally translates to 'life spirit', you can help people recover their life, even when death has already occurred on them, you're the only one except for one about 30 years ago, but that's not important, let me ask you, my child, has anything happened to you after you saved that owl's life? Any weakness? Or any uncertainty?" Dumbledore told me.