Chapter 33 - Leaving Orphanage and Holidays (1/2)

When the train reached King's cross station I quickly went to an empty alley and called Sherry who then popped me to my house.

I needed to learn apparating soon as I could not count on Sherry every time I needed to travel somewhere. When Sherry apparated taking me along, the distance she could travel was shortened and the process was quite taxing on her magic. It was okay for the short distance we travelled now but for large distances it would cause many problems. I was postponing learning apparition as I wanted to make sure that I did not accidentally splinch myself while apparating and was waiting to become proficient enough in healing so that I could fix the mistakes myself in case something happens. I could not go to healers to treat this as it would lead them to know what I was trying to do and apparating without licence while being underage would cause me a lot of problems with the Ministry of Magic. For now, I was just doing research on apparating and how to make it more comfortable and silent.

First thing on my list to do after reaching London was to leave the orphanage. I stayed at the orphanage till now as it was more convenient for me to attend school while staying there otherwise it would have been difficult to even get admitted to a school. A lot of troublesome paperwork and magic was avoided due to my stay there and I also saved a lot of money too through the many scholarships I won for my studies. Another reason for my stay was that I wanted my Hogwarts letter to be addressed to the orphanage.

But now staying there would cause a lot of problems for me. Staying there was going to limit the time I had for my activities, I would also have to be careful while practicing magic so as to be not seen and would need me to ask permissions from the matron for all my outdoor trips. So I wanted to leave the orphanage. But it was going to take some planning. There was no way the matron was going to let me leave the orphanage at my age to live on my own. Getting emancipated early was also out of option. The courts would not allow some 11-year-old to get emancipated even though he had completed school.

I concluded that the only safe way out was to get adopted by Sherry disguised as my relative. I let her disguise as my aunt from my father side after looking at his photos and created fake papers to prove her identity. After everything was ready, we popped to the orphanage.

We both then went towards the Matron's office and knocked.

Matron ”Come in.”

We both slowly entered her room.

Matron ”Back from school already Charles? Tell me about your year. I hope you had lots of fun. Who is this young lady?”

”I arrived in London just this morning. School was good. I found out who my parents were there. They were alumni of the school and through the school I was able to find a lot about my family history. I also learned that I had a relative alive. This is my Aunt. She had no knowledge of my birth and after learning about me, she wants me to live with her. So she came here to thank you and then try to adopt me.”

Sherry ”Good Evening, Matron. I am Elizabeth Falken. His father was my brother. I was studying in France when I heard about the death of my brother and by the time I came back to London I could not locate my sister-in-law. I searched for her for a couple of years until finally giving up hope. I was so happy when Charles contacted me through a letter. He is just like his father and has grown up to be a fine young man. I thank you for that.”