Chapter 1
419 Surry Oak Drive
There is a small brown house on 419 Surry Oak Dr. of Holland, MI. At this house an ocean away from number 4 Privet Dr. another story unfolds.
A family named Krum lives in this house. Eric and Wenny and their 3 children. They are very proud indeed to say that their oldest daughter has just been accepted into a privet school in England, a school for magic.
Yes Samantha Krum was very pleased with herself. Since she'd received the letter by owl she'd been trying to change her little brother and sister into frogs. The family had planned a vacation to London so they could pickup her school supplies and see her off.
But our story is not about this 11 year old girl. Another witch lives in this brown house on Surry Oak. Her name was Shayna and this would be her fifth year at the English school for magic. But the Krums didn't care she was not their daughter.
It was true, Shayna was not part of that family you could see it just by looking. All of the Krums had tanned skin and sandy hair. A pair of warm brown eyes sat on each lightly freckled face. These features contrasted drastically with Shayna's jet black hair and pale skin. She could have been mistaken for a relation of harry Potter's if it weren't for those electric blue eyes, cold and piercing. No Shayna was not a Krum, she was a Riddle.
Shayna had been placed in the care of the Krums when she was 10 years old. Eric and Wenny had been told her parents had died and they were second cousins. But in reality when she was 10 Shayna's name had been added to the P.D.W. list (Protected from Dark Witches/Wizards) and had been sent there for her own protection. She never really got along with the Krums, but they were much better then her other options at the time.
As far back as she could remember Shayna and her mother Celest had lived in the african village of Mataqua. Her biggest trouble in those days were little boys calling her pale face. That was a time she often wished she could return to. True she had been ignorant, but she was happy.
This all ended on the day of her eighth birthday. Shayna and her friends were playing by the edge of the forest when the boys came and began chasing them. In what she thought was a stroke of brilliance at the time, she ducked into the thick vegetation. In this place most of the sun's light was blocked, and it was always cool nd damp. Those guys would never find her here.
While she hid with her back to a tree she heard something move in the brush. She looked down to find a small green snake slithering toward her. "Hi there" she whispered to it "Hello" is hissed back
Shayna leaped away screaming. "What'sss the matter?" it asked innocently "A snake that can talk to people." she said trying to bring herself to her senses "No" the serpent said, distinctly shaking it's head "i girl that can ssspeak to sssnakesss."
The shrieks ceased, but Shayna's heart was still pounding heavily in her chest. "I can talk to snakes?" she asked "Why yesss." the snake smiled "you are a parssselmouth. I have been sssearching for you Shayna."
"What's a parselmouth?" she asked it now kneeling on the damp forest floor "A paressselmouth" it explained patiently "is a witch or wizard who hasss the ability to ssspeak to sssnakesss." Shayna raised her right eyebrow "But i'm not a witch."
The snake raised it's head in shock "You most cccertainly are! Didn't your mother tell you?" Shayna shook her head. "Isss that ssso? Then I sssupossse I shall have to tell you the ssstory."
By this time Shayna was sitting cross legged on the ground listening intently to the snake's words. "11 years ago there wasss a great wizard by the name of Lord Voldemort. He wasss the the mossst powerful forccce the world had ever known. He attempted to purge the world of unclean people and rule it asss he wasss dessstine to do. Thisss man wasss your father. Your mother had onccce sssuported him. But that changed. Sssome sssaid she had gone sssoft, but he wished to believe she ssstill cared. But it ssseemsss he wasss incorrect. And when she left she took you from the dark lord."
Shayna was staring at the snake, was her father really a cruel man? What ever he was she was liking the snake less and less. But he spoke to her now with less spite in his voice, almost love. "My child, could you take me into the village? I am ssso tired." She nodded and she aloud the serpent to coil up in her hand, and she took him into the village square.
"Very well" he said bitterly once again "Cccelessst will pay for her betrayal." The snake shot off toward a tall man walking back from the water hole. Shayna followed him as fast as she could, now certain she didn't like this snake. "I will show her what happensss to thossse who are unfaithful." "Mother!" Shayna cried pounding after
"I forgot to mention sssomething my dear." she snake said He caught up with the man and coiled himself around his ankle. The green body began emitting gold sparks. A moment latter the man rounded on Shayna as the snake fell lifeless to the ground. "It must have slipped my mind" he laughed coldly "I am Lord Voldemort!"
Shayna shut her eyes tightly as the images danced through her mind again. She turned on her bed and looked out into Surry Oak. Little Emily and Jack were playing on the front lawn. She hadn't played like they were since that day.
419 Surry Oak Drive
There is a small brown house on 419 Surry Oak Dr. of Holland, MI. At this house an ocean away from number 4 Privet Dr. another story unfolds.
A family named Krum lives in this house. Eric and Wenny and their 3 children. They are very proud indeed to say that their oldest daughter has just been accepted into a privet school in England, a school for magic.
Yes Samantha Krum was very pleased with herself. Since she'd received the letter by owl she'd been trying to change her little brother and sister into frogs. The family had planned a vacation to London so they could pickup her school supplies and see her off.
But our story is not about this 11 year old girl. Another witch lives in this brown house on Surry Oak. Her name was Shayna and this would be her fifth year at the English school for magic. But the Krums didn't care she was not their daughter.
It was true, Shayna was not part of that family you could see it just by looking. All of the Krums had tanned skin and sandy hair. A pair of warm brown eyes sat on each lightly freckled face. These features contrasted drastically with Shayna's jet black hair and pale skin. She could have been mistaken for a relation of harry Potter's if it weren't for those electric blue eyes, cold and piercing. No Shayna was not a Krum, she was a Riddle.
Shayna had been placed in the care of the Krums when she was 10 years old. Eric and Wenny had been told her parents had died and they were second cousins. But in reality when she was 10 Shayna's name had been added to the P.D.W. list (Protected from Dark Witches/Wizards) and had been sent there for her own protection. She never really got along with the Krums, but they were much better then her other options at the time.
As far back as she could remember Shayna and her mother Celest had lived in the african village of Mataqua. Her biggest trouble in those days were little boys calling her pale face. That was a time she often wished she could return to. True she had been ignorant, but she was happy.
This all ended on the day of her eighth birthday. Shayna and her friends were playing by the edge of the forest when the boys came and began chasing them. In what she thought was a stroke of brilliance at the time, she ducked into the thick vegetation. In this place most of the sun's light was blocked, and it was always cool nd damp. Those guys would never find her here.
While she hid with her back to a tree she heard something move in the brush. She looked down to find a small green snake slithering toward her. "Hi there" she whispered to it "Hello" is hissed back
Shayna leaped away screaming. "What'sss the matter?" it asked innocently "A snake that can talk to people." she said trying to bring herself to her senses "No" the serpent said, distinctly shaking it's head "i girl that can ssspeak to sssnakesss."
The shrieks ceased, but Shayna's heart was still pounding heavily in her chest. "I can talk to snakes?" she asked "Why yesss." the snake smiled "you are a parssselmouth. I have been sssearching for you Shayna."
"What's a parselmouth?" she asked it now kneeling on the damp forest floor "A paressselmouth" it explained patiently "is a witch or wizard who hasss the ability to ssspeak to sssnakesss." Shayna raised her right eyebrow "But i'm not a witch."
The snake raised it's head in shock "You most cccertainly are! Didn't your mother tell you?" Shayna shook her head. "Isss that ssso? Then I sssupossse I shall have to tell you the ssstory."
By this time Shayna was sitting cross legged on the ground listening intently to the snake's words. "11 years ago there wasss a great wizard by the name of Lord Voldemort. He wasss the the mossst powerful forccce the world had ever known. He attempted to purge the world of unclean people and rule it asss he wasss dessstine to do. Thisss man wasss your father. Your mother had onccce sssuported him. But that changed. Sssome sssaid she had gone sssoft, but he wished to believe she ssstill cared. But it ssseemsss he wasss incorrect. And when she left she took you from the dark lord."
Shayna was staring at the snake, was her father really a cruel man? What ever he was she was liking the snake less and less. But he spoke to her now with less spite in his voice, almost love. "My child, could you take me into the village? I am ssso tired." She nodded and she aloud the serpent to coil up in her hand, and she took him into the village square.
"Very well" he said bitterly once again "Cccelessst will pay for her betrayal." The snake shot off toward a tall man walking back from the water hole. Shayna followed him as fast as she could, now certain she didn't like this snake. "I will show her what happensss to thossse who are unfaithful." "Mother!" Shayna cried pounding after
"I forgot to mention sssomething my dear." she snake said He caught up with the man and coiled himself around his ankle. The green body began emitting gold sparks. A moment latter the man rounded on Shayna as the snake fell lifeless to the ground. "It must have slipped my mind" he laughed coldly "I am Lord Voldemort!"
Shayna shut her eyes tightly as the images danced through her mind again. She turned on her bed and looked out into Surry Oak. Little Emily and Jack were playing on the front lawn. She hadn't played like they were since that day.
