Author's Note: I do not Own Harry Potter, I do however own this story and the OC's that show up in it. There will be exerpts from the books in this series so please don't hound dog me about it. Tera starts school there same year as Harry and goes to school with him. I basically made her to fill the role of one of those nameless characters from the books. I hope you enjoy this story, I'm open to critisism just don't get too mean about it please. Thank you and I hope you enjoy.

Author's Note2: I found someone to do a pic of Tera. Its kinda anime style but is quite adorable. Here's the link just get rid of the spaces.. http:/ demoniumangel. deviantart. com /#/d4beier

Chapter One

Tera Gets Her Letter

Tera Howell remembered when she got her letter from Hogwarts. It was the end of July when the Hogwarts owl showed up and dropped the letter in her lap. Her mother had smiled at her from the garden and told her to come out let her read the things they would need to pick up before school started.

"Alright mum." Said Tera coming out and handing her mother the letter to read. Her mother smiled at her daughter and read the list of things they'd need to pick up.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCH CRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags

COURSE BOOKS

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)

by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

by Quentin Trimble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Tera's mother smiled. "Well you know where we can get all these things don't you baby girl?"

"Diagon Alley!" Tera said in her happy voice, jumping up and down. She loved going there and getting to see all the neat new things that come out. She also loved going to a near by Muggle book store and picking up anything that caught her interest. "Can I get a few books to take with me to Hogwarts mum? I've read all the ones in the house already!" she said in her small and pleading voice, her eyes all big, green and excited.

"Alright but not a lot, okay Tera? I don't want to transfer too much into Muggle money just for you to have some new reading material." She said with a laugh, remember a time that her daughter had somehow talked her into buy 10 new books and cost her well over 100 pounds which was quite a bit of Muggle money.

"Alright mum!" Tera said with a bright smile, bouncing happily in her spot. "So when are we going to get them?" she asked with a bright voice.

"Well we could go and get them now if you like baby girl. Go and get our cloaks and we'll head on out. You can side apparate with me if you like." said her mother Persephone.

"Alright mum! Just give me a minute to tell nana we're leaving for a bit and I'll get right out!" said Tera as she ran towards their home and inside. "Nana! Mum and I are going to go get my things for school! We'll back back by dark!"

"Alright dearie. You and your mother have a safe trip now and try not to get run over by any of the bigger children." said her grandmother from the sitting room, she was sitting there and reading a book while a pair of be-spelled crochet hooks were making what looked like the start of a scarf.

"Nana will you stop worrying about that. Just because I'm smaller then some kids doesn't mean I'll get ran over by them." Tera said with a small laugh, giving her grandmother a kiss on the cheek before dashing outside with her and her mother's cloaks. "Here you are mum, I grabbed your favorite one!" she said with a happy smile, holding out her mother's midnight blue cloak then donning her own of a deep onyx.

"Alright off we go then love. Remember to hold tight to my arm until I tell you to let go okay?" her mother said to make sure she understood.

"Of course mother. Can we go now please? I wanna see if I can meet any of the other kids that I'll be going to school with! Do you think the Potter boy will be starting up school at Hogwarts this year? He is about my age isn't he mother?" asked Tera, grabbing onto her mother's outstretched hand and feeling that gut retching pull behind her belly button before feeling her feet touch back down, now just outside the entrance to Diagon Alley.

"Yes dear I do think he'll be starting up this year, he's just turned eleven... well today actually." said Persephone who had thought back to realize that today was in fact Harry Potter's eleventh birthday.

"Alright off we go into Diagon Alley!" her mother said with a light smile, tapping the third brick from the left above the trash bin and the wall jumped to life, moving out of the way until there was a great stone archway for them to walk through. "Now then were to first..." her mother said with a small hum then laughed as Tera ran straight to Flourish and Blotts. "I guess we get books first then." she said with a sigh as she followed her daughter inside.

Tera grabbed the first book that caught her eye and laughed lightly at the title Marguerite Thimbleside's Guide to Love in a Bottle. "Mum look at this one! I swear people will write anything if they think it could get them published." Tera said with a small snort then put the book back on its shelf, grabbing the books she'd need and stacking them in her arms until she could hardly see.

"Let me take a few of those dearie, can't have you stomping around blind now can we. People need their toes you know." Persephone said to her daughter with a light laugh, her stormy blue-gray eyes twinkling with laughter. "Now then lets pay for these and go get the things you'll need from the apothecary, and then we'll go and gets your robes fitted okay sweetheart?"

"Alright mum but how are we going to carry this all and go get my other books I asked for?" Tera asked, hoping she wouldn't have to lug all of it around.

"A simple shrinking spell you silly thing you. We shrink it all down to fit in your cloak pocket then bring it back to size when we get home." her mother said as though it was simple as simple could be. She pulled out the necessary amount, handed it to the shop owner then headed outside, shrinking all the books and placing them in one of Tera's pockets. "To the apothecary we go." she said in a cheery voice, dashing about and grabbing all the supplies while Tera looked at all the people walking by outside. Smiling at a bushy haired young girl who looked completely fascinated by everything around her, and who smile back before running to Flourish and Blotts, dragging what looked like her Muggle parents behind her.

"I wonder how many of them I'll be in school with..?" she said lightly to herself, looking up when her mother had finished buying the supplies for potions class. "So now robes and then wand I'm guessing?" asked Tera lightly.

"Actually since its right next door lets get your wand firsts, that alright with you baby girl?" her mother asked while shrinking and wrapping up the ingredients.

"Sounds like a plan to me mum. What kind of wand do you think I'll get?" Tera asked, her green eyes dancing with curiosity.

"Only the wands know which one you'll get. Its the wand that picks the wizard you know." she said with a smile, panting her own wand that was hidden in her cloak. "Now then lets go visit Ollivanders shall we?" she said while heading out of the Apothecary and walking into Ollivanders with her daughter following close behind. "Hello? Mister Ollivander?"

After a few minutes of waiting (restless waiting on Tera's part), Ollivander popped out of one of the back rooms and walked up to the pair with a bright smile, giving Persephone a hug. "Ah Miss Howell! How nice it is too see you again! I remember when you came in here to get your wand. Thirteen and one-quarter inch Holly with a Phoenix feather core if I'm not mistaken!" he said, the smile on his face reminiscent of that day.

"Yes, fun day indeed, you got the ends of your hair singed when my wand picked me." Persephone said with a chuckle. She then gestured to her daughter. "Tera is here to get her wand, she's starting up at Hogwarts this coming year."

"Ah but of course, how do you do young Miss Howell. Now let us see what I have hiding in the store here for you. Hold out your wand arm so we can get your measurement. That's a good girl." He measured Tera from shoulder to finger, the wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit and around her head. "Hmmm right... okay let me see... ah I think I know..." he wander off to the wall to the right and went back halfway through the shop, grabbing one from one of the lower shelves then came back to the front. "Here give this one a try Ms. Howell. Maple with unicorn hair, ten and a half inches.."

Tera grabbed the wand but no sooner had she tried to give it a wave, Mr. Ollivander snatched it away and started mumbling to himself.

"No no no... hmm maybe...?" he headed into the back and climbed a ladder, pulling down a box and blowing the dust off it, he brought it to Tera and handed it over. "Apple and phoenix feather core, twelve and three-quarter inches."

As soon as Tera touched the wand she felt a comforting warmth spread over her, like a piece of her that had been missing was finally found. "Oh this one! It's perfect!" she said enthusiastically.

"Yes it seems that this one likes you." Ollivander said with a small chuckle, ringing them up. "That will be 7 gold Galleons for the wand please." he said wrapping the wand and leading them to the entrance. "Thank you for coming! Take good care of your wand Ms. Howell, don't want to see you coming in for a replacement anytime soon." he said while waving her and her mother out.

They made their way over to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, passing by a young boy with messy black hair and vivid green eyes hidden behind glasses and a man who towered over all those around him. She over heard the boy asking about Quidditch and figured he must have been raised by Muggles. She walked into the shop and saw a young boy with blindingly blonde hair getting his robes finished up.

Madam Malkin came up and pulled her up onto a stool. "Hogwarts ,dear?" she asked with a small smile, pulling a robe on over her head and pinning it here and there to her size. "That boy over there is off to Hogwarts too. We're just finishing up with him. Have had a lot of your classmates in here today." Madam Malkin said with a smile. She headed in the back to get something and the blonde haired boy turned and talked to her.

"Hello, you off to Hogwarts too?" asked the boy.

"Yes I am." said Tera with a small smile.

"Can you believe that stupid rule they have about first years not being allowed broomsticks. My father will buy me one for sure regardless." the boy said in an arrogant tone.

"And you'll end up getting it confiscated if you bring it with you." Tera said while shaking her head.

"Oh what do you know. I'm sure I wouldn't get it taken. So anyways, what house do you think you'll be sorted into? I'm a sure thing for Slytherin. How about you?" asked the boy with a kind of cocky air about him.

"I dunno. My family is a mix of houses. So I have no clue which one I'd be put in." Tera said with a shrug, starting to get annoyed by this arrogant boy.

"Well here's hoping you aren't put in Hufflepuff. Bunch of useless pansies if you ask me." he said with a snort.

"Oi! My gran was a Hufflepuff and she was a top MediWitch! So shut your trap. No house is better then another." Tera said with a growl, her eyes flashing with anger and her fists clenched. "Thanks Madam Malkin for the robes. Here's the money." Tera said handing over the Galleon's required and stomping out of the shop with her mother behind. "Oh that boy is so infuriating!"

"What boy dear?" asked her mother as she followed her annoyed daughter.

"That insufferable git from Madam Malkin's shop. He said a bunch of codswallop about Hufflepuff, claiming they're just a bunch of useless pansies!" she said, throwing her hand up in the air in annoyance.

"Well dear there are lots of people with narrow minded points of view." said Persephone with a shrug. "Now then lets get home. You still have to get Thor used to the idea that he's leaving the house to be your mail owl. And you have to tell Lady she'll be going with you too."

"Thor will be fine because he loves new things. Lady on the other hand... she's an old cat and I have not clue how she'll take to being uprooted.." Tera commented as they made their way out of Diagon Alley and headed over to a Muggle Bookstore. When they got there Tera picked up 5 books that all looked interesting. "Ooh can I get these mum? You said I could get some reading books to take with me."

"Alright love. And I'll try to send you some new reading material when you run out okay? But don't expect something every time." Persephone said to Tera, handing the Muggle cashier the money for the books then headed out, taking their purchases with them. They walked to a safe spot and then apparated home.

Tera couldn't wait until school would start. "Just 4 more weeks... I can't wait for September 1st!"