Chapter 01: My Name Is Amanda Dragneel Snape

I walked over to the stool where Professor McGonagall would put the Sorting Hat on me. I was really nervous. I mean, I was being put into 5th year at Hogwarts, school of witchcraft and wizardy. And the weirdest thing is I would be seeing my adopted father Severus Snape there.

Yes, you heard me correct. Adopted daughter of Severus Snape. Joy. No, I'm not as stern and cold as he is, but I'm happy that he adopted me. I don't look a thing like Snape at all. I have purple hair down to my shoulders, and I have orange eyes. They don't match at all. I also have freckles. My personality is very different from Snape's too. I'm more quiet and shy, but I do have a violent side to me if I get angered too much. I do play video games as well when I was in the states. My favorite games were: Pokémon, Godzilla Final Wars, War of the Monsters, Kingdom Hearts 2, FEAR 2, SH: 2, SH: 5, and many others. I even packed my game systems from the states and shrunk them down for my room here.

"Hmm… Lots of secrets you hold…. Shy, quiet… A Hufflepuff would do you good, but I sense more than that in you. You have bravery as well hiding within you. Courage is a mighty feature with Gryffindor, but I sense cleverness and sneakiness as well. Slytherin is fine too. Which one?" The Sorting Hat delved into my mind.

'Not Slytherin… Please.' I whimpered. I really didn't want to go to the same house at my adopted father was in once. No.

"Not Slytherin, eh? Same as Potter said once before… So, GRYFFINDOR!" The sorting hat shouted.

Claps and cheers emitted from the 2nd long table with the insignia of a lion on it. The colors were red and gold.

"You may take your seat now with the others." Professor McGonagall smiled warmly at me. She shooed me off to the tablet where I saw a female with brown long hair, a black haired boy, and a red head.

I quietly nodded, walking over there. I took a seat near the female. I was really shy. I was flustered.

"Hi, my name is Hermione Granger. This is Ronald Weasley and that is Harry Potter." The female smiled at me, shaking my hand. She looked like a bookworm sort of kid.

I shook her hand smiling shyly. "My name is Amanda Dragneel Snape." I was extremely nervous since everyone was staring at my purple hair and my orange eyes.

"Wait… Did you just saw Snape?" Ron asked. He was eating, but he stopped to ask me.

I nodded.

"You're related to Severus Snape? The Slytherin Headmaster?" Harry asked. He had green emerald eyes and glasses. I had seen his eyes before somewhere.

"Yes, Severus is my father."

"Woah…. So, why're you here?" Ron asked.

Hermione whacked him with a bread roll. "Ron! That sounded mean!"

I smiled. "It's fine. I'm used to rude questions. Well, I was originally going to the states for some alone time to er… train," I said, "but an owl gave me a letter requesting my presence at Hogwarts."

"What kind of training?" Harry asked.

"Well, you see… I… I'm an Animagus." I whispered. I twiddled with my fingers nervously. I hated talking out my powers. I still couldn't understand what animal I was.

"You're an Animagus? She's just like Sirius!" Ron said rather loudly.

Everyone near them looked at them quizzically.

I blushed nodding. "Yes at the age of six I was diagnosed with the ability to transform into animal as I was told by my parents. But, they told me that I was a special case." I murmured the last part.

"A what?" Ron asked.

I wished he hadn't of heard me, but I continued on. "When I mean I was a special case, I mean that they told me that I was able to transform into two animals instead of one. But, if I stay in the secondary form too long, I lose control and turn more into that animal."

They stared at me expectantly.

"What are the animal forms?" Ron asked.

"Well, I don't know yet…. The first time I transformed was 10 years ago when I was six. It is a little blurry, but I know I had some claws and fangs and fur. So I was a mammal." I said. "The second one is a real big mystery."

"So, do you think you can transform like right for free time? I mean when you get free time? I wanna see it in real life up close." Ron asked.

"Um, it's not as simple as you think. I can only transform when I get certain emotions like anger and fear. I have tried to transform manually, but I injured myself." I explained, showing them my bruises and cuts.

They flinched. "Bloody hell…" Ron said.

"Well, I guess we better go now. It seems that Ferret is gonna try to make quick work of you." Harry growled. I saw anger in his eyes.

"Who?" I asked. Who on Earth would name their kid Ferret? "Another Animagus?"

"No. Mad-Eyed Moody transfigured Draco Malfoy into a ferret last year." Ron snickered. "It was so funny! You should have seen Moody put Draco into Crabbe's pants, and when he got transformed back into human, he got scared off by Moody." He laughed.

"Alright, so can we go?" Hermione said.