Chapter 1: memory

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It's the first day back from Christmas and finally time to see my friends and exceed in classes. The first thing i did was go to Dumbledore as requested by himself to see him as soon as I got there. The usual questions were asked, how was your break, how was work, how are my siblings, blah blah blah. He asked to meet me as he had something important to ask, at the end of my last year at Hogwarts (fourth year) he found out about my oplemancy he has been asking questions and testing me and giving me quests to do throughout the year to continue my advancements of my skill.
My first task he asked me to do was help Snape with his potions while trying to figure out what his plans were for the year, i believe this was test as he didn't believe my abilities and wanted to see what i could find out and how long it would take me to get the information I needed to report back in time which was short, it concluded in me giving him access to my mind throughout the whole interaction and getting praise for this skill have been working with since i found out just before my 9th birthday.
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It was 2 days before my 9th birthday and I was in a happy mood when I woke up, then I heard my parents arguing about something and that's when reality hit, my parents are always fighting for no reason most of the time. as i got downstairs to make myself breakfast i was grabbed by my dad and dragged out into the back garden and he shouted, 'what is wrong with you, get it done', he pointed to the grass and i knew i wasn't going to get breakfast. he stormed back into the house and shut the door behind him back to shouting and arguing with my mother. i managed to get the grass cut in 45 minutes, its not the biggest garden but big enough for me to have some fruit and veg to grow at the bottom of the garden. i picked what i could find and brought it into the house, this is when i realized my parents where quiet and my siblings were crying. i understood what was happening when i walked into front room and found 3 people with sticks pointing towards my parents who where pleading on the floor afraid of these people. I don't remember much but there was a green flash and then a ring in my ears, i was frozen, they didn't see me but i saw them. i instantly ran upstairs to my parents' room. in rage i had made a mess in their room, when i finally came back from the rage i was scared my parents would hurt me if they found their room in a state so i cleaned up straight away still with a small ring in my ear.
After cleaning up most of the room it was just the shoes to put into the wardrobe this is when i found a small box with my name on it, and some other words on it to do with my up coming birthday. inside was a letter, it said:
Dear Bernadette,

  my special granddaughter, you are very powerful and have lots of potential. your parents went to a special school that specialize in people like us. you may not understand that we have to keep this secret from most people, which we call muggles, your parents where great wizards before you were born then they decided to go under the radar and get normal muggle jobs to try and get away and not sent you to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, and yes you are a witch. they thought you would be better to not go and gain this great understanding of the place and what your really capable of.
You MUST understand that you are a very powerful witch, more than the average, that can do so much more than everyone else. this skill you have is called, oplemancy, you have to go away to the school and learn to control your power. this is because you will be sharing living quarters with lots of girls and boys your age and there are lots of emotions for someone to have at one time, i can help with that. to be able to contact me you need to focus on wanting to talk with me as i won't have a lot of energy to come find you. i am righting this before you were born and after finding out your parents were planning to leave me and your Morfar for a new life. i magicked this parchment paper to add you name when you where born, how clever. Hope you find your way in life and are able to find this before your first year of high school, as they call it.
Lots of love from Mormor.
p.s. if you need help go to London train station and ask for Florence Holloway and tell her i sent you, my name is Anya Holloway.

After reading the letter I saw a book, glasses and some coins which I don't know what they are used for. There were also 2 scarfs one with a blue with gray details and one that is yellow with black details. not understanding what to do my stomach rumbled with hunger and remembered my parents where silent so i ran down the stairs to see what was up while trying not to make much noise and then i find that they were still laying on the floor unmoved from earlier, I checked if they were breathing but there was nothing. With this i knew that i needed to keep my siblings entertained in another room and keep the room shut. i ate some biscuits and fruit and made sure my siblings also had food then got them dressed and left for Aunt Cindy's house for my siblings to play with the cousins while i figure out how to deal with my parents and the information i had just read previously. After 2 hours of me trying to move my parents to the bed in their room, i got to packing bags for everyone and figuring out how to get to London train station.
3 hours later...

As an 8-year-old I have no experience of doing things without an adult around so i struggled to know exact what to pack for a 7-year-old, a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old. However, I do remember going on holidays with my family and mum brought a hold bunch of easy foods for primrose when she was a toddler. After packing 4 suitcases and 3 bags I went back to get my siblings and have dinner at my auntie and uncle Peters house, which was lovely and filling unlike my parents' meals.
With everything ready and everyone understanding what the plan is that needs to know all we have to do is go. this entire plan will hopefully get us to a safe place and be able to live our lives the way that our parents couldn't have given us.

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