"You're a witch, Matilda," Hagrid spoke. Matilda stared at him. Then, she began to laugh. With a large, furrowed brow, Hagrid asked, "did I say 'sum funny?" "I'm laughing at your joke!" Matilda wheezed with a hand pressed to her chest. "I do love a good joke, but I'm 'fraid this ain't one of 'em," Hagrid replied. Matilda's giggles slowed to a halt. She stood, eyes fixed at the abnormally large man before her, as her face fell. "...Come again?" ------------------------------ A Chosen One who... isn't Harry Potter himself? Matilda Matlock, a young girl of fourteen, discovers her magical abilities to her great shock and is plummeted into a world she had never even dreamed of. Not only this, but she finds that her name has fallen from practically every witch and wizard's lips... Matilda's days at Hogwarts will not only include a twisting path of teenage romance, but danger that ventures far beyond the simple scratches she received from practicing flips on her skateboard at home.