Cinder and the Philosopher's Stone ( part 1 )

Chapter two

Cinder discoveries that her letter had been answered when she wakes up to  a tall, thin man and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt. He was wearing long robes, and purple cloak which swept the ground.

"Excuse me" she said to the man "but can I help you"

"Oh no dear, I'm the one who should be helping you" he said "my name is Albus Dumbledore"

Cinder quickly sat up when she remembered his name.

"Your the Headmaster at Hogwarts" she said "aren't you?"

"Indeed I am " he said with a friendly smile "and I'm here to help you get ready to go there"

"But my. . .uh Miss Crimsoe would never pay for me to go" Cinder said miserably

"But dear you don't think we have solutions for these kind of problems" he said

So Dumbledore took her to Diagon Alley and told her a bit about the hidden world. He said that there was a vault in Gringotts where they kept money for orphan witches and wizards. At first she couldn't believe her eyes a whole new world was beneath her feet this entire time. After getting all she needed Dumbledore told her that she would not be go back to the orphanage but instead she would be spending the rest of the summer in Leaky Cauldron. This new kind of freedom made her really happy and she quit enjoyed the rest of the summer.

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On September 1st, Cinder woke up at the crack of dawn, just too excited to sleep in. Dumbledore had given her a ticket for her train, the Hogwarts Express. She arrived at King's Cross on time, and went to find platform nine and three - quarters. She found out that there was no platform with such a number so she thought she would await and see if any witch or wizard would help her.

"- packed with Muggles, of course- "

She jerked her head toward the voice, Dumbledore told her about that term. Cinder was about to ask the women who looks very similar to her when another voice interrupted.

"Excuse me " a black- haired boy said to the women.

So the women showed the boy how to get into the platform, and Cinder followed his lead. Minutes later Cinder was trying to find an empty seat on the train . She finally found one and made herself comfortable.

After a few moments, the door to her compartment opened and stood there was a boy with really white hair and a pale and pointy face.

"Get out, you're in my compartment" the boy said rudely

"I'm sorry but I don't see your name on it" she said sarcastically

"Let me guess red hair, freckles, and a hand me down robe" he said "now get out Weasley"

"What now? I'm not Weasley" she said

The pale boy looked a bit shocked, and said "then what are you? Are you a Mudblood?"

"Ok I had enough of this, get out " Cinder was now off her seat, and she pushed the boy out then locked the door.

As Cinder read her book though the trip, a knock came from the door to her compartment, she got up to open it, and it was a girl this time.

"Have you seen a toad?" she asked. She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth.

"Sorry I haven't" Cinder replied, but the girl was now looking at the book in Cinder's hand.

"You read too!" the girl said excitingly

"Yeah I do" Cinder said and showed the girl her book

They talked for a little while and then the girl said, "Well I need to go" and she held her hand out to shake Cinder's . "My name is Hermione Granger, by the way, and you are?"

"Oh Cinder. . . Just Cinder" she said

"Ok bye now, hope to see you later" Hermione said "and nice scars by the way"

"Thanks "Cinder said as the door closed

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The castle door swung open at once after a big hairy man knock on it three times. A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there. She had a very stern face and Cinder's first thought was that this was not someone to cross. Turns out that the big hairy man was called Hagrid and the witch was called Professor McGonagall. Professor McGonagall mentioned that the first- years were going to be sorted, but Cinder had no idea what she meant by that.

The Great Hall was so brilliant that Cinder couldn't decide where to look. Then Professor McGonagall started the Sorting.

"Abbott, Hannah"

"HUFFLEPUFF" the sorting hat would shout.

"Bones, Susan"

"HUFFLEPUFF "

"Potter, Harry"

"GRYFFINDOR"

". . . ."

There was a pause as Professor McGonagall talked to Professor Dumbledore.

"Er . . Cinder"

Cinder stood up with her whole body trembling. She took a seat and the hat was placed on her head.

'Hmm' a small voice said in her ears 'another Potter we have here'
"I'm not a Potter" Cinder accidentally said out loud, then the Great Hall went very quite.
'Not a bad mind, Let's see were to put you .' said the voice 'maybe Slytherin?'
'I don't mind any of them' Cinder thought
'Well then SLYTHERIN!' the sorting hate screamed

The hat was pull off of her and everyone one gasped, whispers felled the hall.

"-look at her hair-"

"- wasn't her hair red-"

"-her eyes are now pale white-"

She quickly got up and walked over to the Slytherin's table. Her hair had gone completely white and her eyes were white as well. She asked one of the older kids what happened to her but they completely ignored her as they whispered to each other. The Sorting was back on and the pale boy was next

"Malfoy, Draco"

"SLYTHERIN "

Draco came and sat next to Cinder apparently thinking she was someone else.

"Draco Malfoy" he said "and who are you?"

Cinder felt furious that he didn't remember her from the train. Her hair slowly began to change back to its original state and her eyes as well.

Draco looked really shocked and turned paler if that's even possible. "It's you" he whispered

"Yeah so what" Cinder said annoyed

"You're a Metamorphmagus" he said as through he couldn't believe it.

"I'm a what now?"she asked

"Are you really that hopeless?"he said as color came back to his face. "You can change your physical appearance at will "

"Ok but why is everyone looking at me as if I killed their dog" she said as she looked around the Hall

"Because your type is really rare" he said "you were born like this weren't you?"

"I don't know" said Cinder "this is the first time"

Malfoy thought for a moment and then a grin appeared on this face.
"I think we got of the wrong foot, My name is Draco Malfoy" he held out his hand to shake Cinder's

"Cinder. . Just Cinder" she smile as she took his hand.