How It Started

Chapter 1 - Selina Black

I am alone, although I stand next to my foster parents, who were completely and utterly oblivious to the Wizarding World last month I stand alone. They call themselves and encourage me to call them "mum and dad" but they aren't my mum and dad, and they will never be. I have only ever known one parent, my father Sirius Black who is was sent to Azkaban after apparently betraying the Potter family and killing Peter Pettigrew and 12 Muggles. I shivered at this thought, I desperately hope it isn't true.

"Selina have you got everything?" Marge Smith asks, the overly enthusiastic women who claimed me for herself and Greg Smith they want to adopt me but thankfully the paper work has yet to go through.

Her words pull me back into reality as I smile and nod glancing at the brick wall I'm now staring at.
"Are you sure this is the right place I mean I've never heard of platform 9 and 3/4" Grey says rubbing his forehead, like he always does when his nervous.

On my eleventh birthday I was given a letter claiming I was a witch and should enrol into "Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry" with consolation from the school we had everything sorted out. I had already known I was a witch and had partially grown up in that world, until I was dragged away and forced into the confinement of the muggle world.

Over the last month I had studied harder than ever before forcing myself to stay up late so that I would know exactly what I was doing and prove to myself that I belonged here. I nodded again, the car ride had already taken enough out of me that I didn't want to speak any more.

"You need to stop worrying guys this is the right place just look" I said pointing to the wall as a group of people unsuspectedly walked up to the wall and through it. I glanced up at Greg who rubbed his forehead faster a look of astonishment being sorted across his face.

I held up my trunk and started to walk away from them.
"Selina I believe you're forgetting something" Marge said still holding her wide spread smile
I dropped my trunk and turned around as I got close to them they each bent down and joined in with a group hug, it was awkward and I hated every moment of it so I made sure to pull away after several seconds.
"I'll miss you Mrs and Mr Smith" I said
"Please Selina call us Mum and Dad" Greg said bending down one last time to give me a hug which squished me whole.
As I walked away again for the final time I couldn't help but look back at the teary eyed parents, they were sweet people, nice people who deserved a daughter. I just didn't want to fill that position for them.

As I had seen the family do before me I held my breathe as I effortlessly slipped through the wall. I was now on the other side staring at the huge train with the words "hogwarts express" . The train was more beautiful than any of the pictures I had seen, it was a metallic black which reminded me of a painted vase the smiths had. I picked up my trunk as well as the now meowing cat carry case and walked into the flood of people.
"Will you please be quiet Milton, as soon as we're on the train I'll let you out" I whispered to my cat, I had a habit of talking to him and was just glad he couldn't speak and reveal my secrets.

I stood once again alone overwhelmed by the amount of people the surrounded me.
"Ow" I said after be shoved from behind like some old throwaway piece of rubbish.
"Oh sorry dear I didn't see you there my mistake" I spun around to be faced with several red haired people looking at me, the women who spoke appeared to be their mother she too had the same smile that Marge always carried although her one looked real. I stood in silence not really sure what to say to the Hurd of people.
"Please let me introduce us all, we're the Weasley family my name is Molly this is Arthur, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and of course Ginny" she said pointing to each one as they waved.
"Nice to meet you all I'm Selina Black"
I watched as each one of their faces dropped.
"Oh dear child black as in Sirius Black" the father figure who I had been introduced as Arthur said
I nodded, what a rude comment to make.
"Shove off dad I'm sure she's nothing like him" Ron said, I smiled gratefully at him
"Well we better be off bye now Selina" Molly said practically racing to get away from me, I smiled at each one of the children who casually smiled back.

After another several moments of me standing alone the train whistled a high pitch scream and I watched as myself and many other students jumped on the train for the very first time. Many of them waved as yelled goodbye, I didn't need to so I causally strolled over to the end of the train and took a seat in the carriage. Just as I promised Milton I took him out of his case, he jumped immediately onto my lap and started purring. As more and more carriages started to fill up I became aware that this carriage might have more than just me in it.

Apparently I had stumbled into the Slytherin sections as two boys approached the carriage I was sitting in.
"Hi sorry to bother you the rest of the Slytherin carriages are full can we join you?" One of them asked, I nodded as they put their trunks away and took a seat.
"I'm Mattheo Riddle and this is Theo Nott" Mattheo said, I was taken aback by the exposure to Voldemort son and a death eaters son, although i knew myself that children don't always have to follow in their parents footsteps, not to mention both of Mattheo parents were dead and death eaters no longer were an association. I considered this thought before responding.

"Please to meet you I'm Selina Black" I said holding out my hand.