Ms Occamy

Born into a nonexistent family, Morana Skotadi is eventually adopted and then later finds out she's a witch. Her family quickly abandons her as they are terrified of what she can do, and she mus go through her first year of Hogwarts by herself. And her parents abandoning her is just one of many bad events she will encounter in her first year. She has a hat stall, gets bullied, almost dies, goes to court, gets adopted again, and her new family dies in a matter of months. And this is all in her first year. What good could the possible next year hold when all she's known is tragedy. And what about her head of house, Professor Snape? Does he actually care for her or is it merely a front? And what about Bill Weasley and their mutual crush on each other? What about the lost vaults and Riona's lost sibling, Jacob? Will they ever find him? And what of her private lessons with Snape, and the looks of longing, guilt, regret, and loneliness he throws her way without even realizing he's doing it? What does Snape, exactly, see in her? And who had he loved and lost? And what of the status of her animagus potion, will she ever become one?