Carina stared at the letter that arrived via owl. She was surprised the owl managed to find her, she left Privet Drive years ago. Dudley helped her leave and stage an "accident", it was easy, since the neighborhood knew something was going on. She's been staying in the streets of London since then. She's been going around as Missy these days, only a select few knew her real name.
She doesn't know if she could go to this school but perhaps she could try. She knew of the Magical World, being part of the Underground made sure she knew. A street rat like her needs all the information she could get. Perhaps she'll get an explanation for their neglect, leaving their things out in the open, really. She and three others have to patrol around the area to collect their things that seem to appear out of nowhere. So far, there are four warehouses in Scotland, three in England, three in Wales, and four in Ireland.
They hired Squibs and Werewolves to maintain and build these warehouses, hidden under wards and runes, and hired Children to do the sweeping of the area for any of the items. She was in the middle of collecting when the letter arrived, and the owl certainly knew when to give her the letter.
"Could you wait for a moment?" She asks the owl as she takes out the fountain pen she purchased and a clean writing paper. Penning her reply she sealed it with a sticker and gave it to the owl, then watched it fly away before going back to collecting the things.
When she was six, Dudley managed to create a hidey-hole where he could hide food for her, and created a system so she won't starve. Carina Hunting helped her out of the house, led her away from prying eyes, and made her eat to her heart's content. It was also the year she realized how clumsy she was.
When she was seven, she staged an accident on the field trip. There was an abandoned house in Little Hangleton, the same house where she found the pretty ring. The extra passenger that appeared on her head helped her and Dudley stage an accident. They met again a week later in the streets of London.
When she was eight, a man appeared while she and Dudley and his friends were having a picnic. He has an aristocratic air around him, and a wrapped gift with him. Handing it to Dudley first, he gave her a small smile.
"Happy Birthday, Miss Potter." The man says, his voice soft but with authority making her blink. She exchanged looks with Dudley before walking forward.
"Thank you, Mister. Who are you and how did you know?" How do you know me? Was left unsaid but heavily implied.
"I am your mother's friend, you can call me Uncle Lucy. To be honest, Miss Potter, you are famous, but do try to keep it quiet. Our gifts will explain your heritage but keep it a secret until then." He says, bows to her then left. He disappeared in front of them, making her blink. The voice in her head was laughing in amusement but said he would explain later.
A few minutes later, another man approached them, this time, she knows he's no human. He smiles and hands her a wrapped box, bowing, before disappearing in black mist. They then decided to stay at the tree house they built in the Forest of Dean, where she opened the boxes and let them see the gifts too. She was glad she was not the only one surprised at the numerous books and some news articles. The Invisibility Cloak was the last nail in the coffin.
She was surprised when the cloak was changed into a choker but it was better that way so she let it be. It became a routine for them to meet up at the tree house and learn what they can, and learn they did. Then what they read in the books started appearing. Like that capped vial.
"Are you sure it was on the ground? Out in the open?" Carina asks, holding the vial in an arms length wearing gloves.
"Yep! We also scoured the whole street and found others. It's quite worrying since they are a secret society and these things started popping out." Piers said and pointed at the boxes where the rest are.
"We should probably create another house just for those..." She proposed and everyone nodded before they started doing just that while she sorted the things they have.
So far, she found five sticks that spark whenever she touches them, old books, parchments, quills, more of those vials or potions as they were called, the jars with what she knew are potion ingredients and a lot more stuff.
"You know, perhaps we need to... Do rounds because of these. But we can't really cover the whole Little Whinging. Better yet, the whole of Surrey or London. Since I know for sure it's also happening in other places." Dudley pointed out. A solution to that problem? They spread the information around until they managed to create a blasted underground empire.
In the same year, she met a Cleaner who goes by the name of Ares. He did efficient work and was praised with his skills. He confided he was with his two older brothers but they tend to wander around. She also met a Healer, by chance, managing to track down the group of children when they didn't respond, only to see them with the same healer that was making waves in the underground, named Phoebus.
Meeting the twins was a coincidence. She stepped in an alley as they stepped out of someone's backdoor and froze as they stared at each other. They have two sacks on their shoulders and she was wearing her usual get-up as Missy. Then Ares and Phoebus arrive, snapping them out of their shock.
"We have a hideout you can use." Ares says with her nodding along then went to said hideout to the Forest of Dean.
She was nine when she met someone in the library, a girl her age, and she recognized her work as Athena, a budding information broker. Her network was efficient and started to get big, and she recognized her as someone else. She seemed to recognize her alone and she gave her a smile.
In the same year, she met a gentle soul who goes by the name of Bacchus. He tends to walk around the forests, and work beside Athena since he could get information alone through the animals and plants.
And they helped her as she helped them.
"Boss, did you receive your letter today?" Phoebus asks as soon as she enters their hideout. The hideout was their home, even if they call it as such, it was located in the forest of Italy, and they've been staying there for years now.
"Yeah. The twins are not here yet?"