Amelia Riddle and The Secrets of Hogwarts *Rewritten*

Chapter One

As Tom Riddle went to kill Harry Potter, his wife, Bellatrix Lestrange was giving birth to his daughter. Both Tom and Bellatrix were over the moon to have a baby. They had decided to name her Amelia May Riddle-Lestrange. After giving birth, Bellatrix asked Lucius Malfoy for word on her husband. That is when she learned Tom had died trying to kill Harry. Bellatrix was distraught, and the first couple months of Amelia's life Bellatrix ignored her.

When Amelia was half a year old, Bellatrix started to abuse her. It started with small things, a bruise here or there. It started to get worse as Amelia got older. When Amelia was 10, Bellatrix started using the Cruciatus curse on her. At age 11, on August 25, the ministry found Bellatrix and took her to Azkaban on accounts of the First Wizarding War. They also found Amelia but didn't know that she was abused. Since the Hogwarts school year was coming up, they decided to give her a room at the Leaky Cauldron till then.

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Amelia was looking down at the supply list in her had. She had just grabbed her books and had been fitted for her robes. Yesterday, August 27, Amelia had got her truck and other things like quills are parchment. All she had left to get was her wand and a pet. Amelia decided to get a pet first. When Amelia went to the pet store, their was another girl in there. She had blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Hi. I'm Coraline Scott, but you can call me Cora. Are you going to Hogwarts for the first year too?" The girl asked.

"Um... Yeh. I'm Amelia Riddle, but you can call me Millie," Amelia said hesitantly.

"Riddle?" Cora inquired.

"I'm a Muggleborn, so not related to him," Millie lied.

"Cool. I'm a Half-blood. My mum was a Witch and my dad is a Muggle. I grew up like a Muggle because my mum died during childbirth."

"I'm sorry."

"It's ok. I never met her. It affects my sister and father more. My sister was 5 when it happened. Do you have any siblings?"

"No, I'm an only child. What kind of animal are you getting?" Amelia asked.

"Oh! I'm getting a owl. Her name is Elizabeth. What about you?"

"I was thinking of getting a cat."

"Cool. I have to go now. See you at Hogwarts. Bye."

"Bye." Amelia started looking around at the animals, the cats mostly.

After awhile, she saw an orange tabby and knew that the cat, a girl, was waiting for her to choose him. Amelia paid for the cat, which she named Honey, and headed for the wand shop. When Amelia walked in, Ollivander was stare expectantly at her.

"I knew you would come. Which is your wand hand?" Ollivander said.

Amelia was shocked for a moment before holding out her left hand. Ollivander started muttering while running around his shop grabbing boxes. He would then have Amelia try them before taking them away and repeating the process. Amelia felt like she had gone through all the wands in the shop, but in reality it had only been nine when Ollivander handed her the last wand in the group he had grabbed. As Amelia flicked the wand, a soft breeze came through the shop.

"The wand has chosen you Mrs. Riddle. It is Elm wood with a phoenix feather; 10 inches with unyielding flexibility. That wand will be six galleons."

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Amelia woke up with a gasp, shooting up in her bed. Amelia had just had a nightmare about her mum. She took a couple of seconds to get back to the present before looking at the clock. It was nine o'clock. Amelia quickly got up and started getting ready. Today was September 1st and she would be boarding the Hogwarts Express in two hours.

She was both nervous and excited, though she feared someone would recognize her surname. She had managed to change it to just Riddle instead of Riddle-Lestrange in hopes that no one would recognize the name. Amelia knew there was still a chance someone would, though.

Amelia twisted her wand that was in her robe pocket, a new habit she had picked up in the past six days. She liked to feel the grain of the wood pass through her fingers, reminding her that she wasn't defenseless anymore. Amelia's thoughts were broken by a knock on the door.

"Mrs. Amelia, are you ready to go?" asked the person, someone from the ministry sent to take her to platform 9 3/4.

"Yes. Just give me a second!"

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Amelia was walking through the Hogwarts Express, trying to find a place to sit. Most of compartments were already full, and Amelia still hadn't seen Cora yet. She walked farther to the back of the train before seeing Cora.

Cora was waving at Amelia as she nearly walked past. Amelia looked in the compartment to see two other people in there as well. She walked in and straight away got a hug from Cora.

"Hey Millie, I'm so happy to see you. I found some more first years!" Cora basically yelled in Amelia's ear.

Amelia pulled herself away before saying, "Hi. I'm Amelia, but you can call me Millie. What are your names?"

A girl with dark brown hair and brown eyes answered first.

"I'm Kendryana but most people just call me Kendra."

Amelia then looked expectantly at a boy with brown hair and blue eyes.

"Oh I'm Theodore but everyone calls me Theo."

"Come, sit," Cora said while dragging Amelia all the way into the compartment.

Amelia sat down and the group of four started talking about everything. They soon became best friends. Eventually the topic of Hogwarts houses was brought up.

"I would want to be in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff. What about you guys?" Theo asked everyone.

"I'm fine with whatever as long as it's not Slytherin. No offence," Amelia said.

"Slytherin is a great house! I want to be in it," Stated Kendra. "What about you Cora?"

"All the houses seem fine. Maybe Hufflepuff." Cora said before looking at her watch. "Oh! We should get are robes on. We will be at Hogwarts soon."