Chapter 1: The Time an Owl Broke My Windowpane

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Chapter One

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The time an owl broke my windowpane

I stared longingly at the fields behind the orphanage stretching miles with their vast green grass. The window in front of me separated my dreams from the great darkness inside what I call miss Cindy's room for torture. The 3 girls in my orphanage room braided each others hair and I simply watched them. Cindy is out and the children here play while she's gone. I live a living nightmare.

Every day Cindy an the other children at the orphanage yells and make fun of me for being "different". I guess I don't fit in anywhere. Today I'm in a grumpy mood because its so sunny outside and I'm not allowed out. The fields are warm and welcoming and all I can do is sit and stare at them. Suddenly as if my mood had affected the weather the sky turned dark and gloomy.

Miss Cindy crashed through the door furious and anguished. "YOU MISSERABLE LITTLE MAGGOTS!" She roared. A small blonde haired girl beside me shook in fear."would anyone like to tell me why our day has just gone horrid? Or can we just blame the ninny sitting on the window-side bed?" I fumed. She had no right. I feared that miss Cindy would get very mad at me. "I didn't cause this weather." I squeaked almost in audible. Miss Cindy eyed me scarily. "Clean up you act you witch." She said adding the emphasis on witch.

A knock on my window caused me to notice an owl carting a small parchment had broken my windowpane. I opened the window and removed the letter. "Hog warts school for witchcraft and wizardry" I knew it! The front read "Sasha potter" so my last name is potter?

The front doorbell rang. Miss Cindy answered. "Who are you?" She asked a giant man with a burly beard. "I need to take Sasha Potter please." Miss Cindy sneered," Take her she's a freak!" The man frowned and pointed the tip of his umbrella at her. She laughed." What are you going to do? Turn me into a frog?" And that's what he did.

I grabbed my things and followed him out to the field. "Who are you?" I asked. "We'll Sasha, I am hargrid, 'epper of the grounds at hogwarts." I took out my letter. "Am I really a witch?" I asked eagerly. "Yes, an a famous one at that." He replied taking out a boot. "This is a portkey. This will take us to hogwarts but it will feel weird." I nodded. Well I was used to weird.

All of a sudden I felt as if I were being squashed into a tube. Standing back up we were at a Main Street with shops. "Where are we?" I asked. "Sasha welcome to diagon alley." Hagrid replied. We walked and hargrid began to explain a bit. " your parents were both killed by a dark wizard he-who-must-not-be-named, they were exceptional people and wizards. He attempted to kill you an your twin brother Harry but failed and made you two the boy and girl who lived. That's how you received your lightning scar. You are quite famous here. I am taking you to your year three of hogwarts. We will purchase all of you school supplies here."

Later hargrid took me to a train station to meet Harry. This year I would begin year three at hogwarts. Hargrid bid me goodbye and I climbed onto the train with my owl midnight (she's black). I searched in the train before running into a silver-haired boy. "Well you must be new. I'm Draco malfoy. I'm in slitherin. And you are?" He said. I didn't like this guy. "Sasha potter." I replied simply. His face dropped. "Well potter," he scowled," I guess I'll see you around." I pushed past him. What a rude boy!

Two red haired boys approached me. Hargrid had told me of them and thus mischief. i am going to like these two."You must be Sasha!" One of them said. "Yea! I assume hargrid has told all of you I will be attending this year?" I said. They nodded simultaneously. "Sit with us on the train. You'll have plenty of time to catch up with Harry later." Fred (I think) said.

Fred and George told me all about their family, hogwarts, Harry, an Draco when I asked. The a hooded figure went by the door and all was cold. "That was weird." George said and we stayed quiet. Then we heart a scream and a shout. We would find out later.

Once we were off the train I gasped at the sight of the large school. A raven haired boy with glasses came up to me. "Sasha?" He asked. "Harry?" I said. We hugged. "I can't believe I FINALLY get to meet you!" We said to each other. "You will get sorted today by the sorting hat. It will be weird but it's cool." He said leading me onto the carriages. Hargrid waved. I waved back smiling. "You know hargrid?" Harry asked waving over a bushy haired girl and a Red haired boy. "Yes! He has helped me today." I replied Turing to the two other third years. "Sasha, this is Ron and Hermoinie." Harry informed me pointing to the girl and boy. "Nice to meet you." I said shaking their hands. "What happened on the train?"I asked harry. "A dementor came on and tried to suck my soul but out new defense against the dark arts teacher professor Lupin saved me with a spell." I gasped. "That's so scarry! But. Can't wait to learn magic like that!" I said scared but eager.

The sorting hat stood after Dumbledore had given his speech and I was called up. "Well, a late Potter child but still a good one, brave for griffindoor, smart for ravenclaw, kind for hufflepuff, but yes here it is, sly and mischievous, and cunning for slitherin. Hmmmmm. I can't decide. SLITHERIN!" The hat shouted. Draco smirked, harry frowned, I frowned, hargrid was confused and so were Ron and Hermoinie.

Why would the hat put me in slitherin?

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