Chapter one

I was sitting in my bedroom reading when the doorbell rang on the 30th of June. I heard my mother greet the person at the door and invite them inside. There was a lot of quiet talking for a long while. I strained my ears to hear what was being said but I couldn't hear anything the hushed voices were saying until my mother called back the hallway to me.

"Emily, honey" she called "could you come out here please?"

"Coming mom!" I called back, glad that I didn't have to eavesdrop any longer, not that it had been doing any good. I got off my bed, carefully marking my place in my book and placed it on my bed. I took a glance in the mirror at my dresser, my blonde hair laid in waves against my slight shoulders, my eyes were a jungle green. I ran my fingers through my hair before walking out into the living room.

Sitting in the arm chair right next to the front door was a man. He had sandy blonde hair with premature gray streaked through it making him look much older than what he was. He was tall and thin with a few scars littering his thin face. He looked like he was wearing some kind of robe which had patches scattered all along the fabric as if he had been wearing them for many years. At the sight of me his scarred face broke into a contagious friendly grin as he stood up with his hand outstretched to me.

"Ah! Emily! So good to finally meet you, my name is Remus Lupin" he said as we shook hands.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Lupin" I said respectfully trying not to stare at this man's odd appearance.

"Please! Just Remus will do, Mr. Lupin was my father" he paused to observe me as if looking for something he couldn't see. His face gave way to a small look of disappointment as he seemed to take in my appearance, but the look disappeared as quickly as it had appeared as he smiled cheerfully "I suppose you're probably wondering why I'm here" He said as I looked at him curiously. "Well there really isn't any easy way to explain this." He muttered, but pulled out an envelope and handed it to me.

In green ink the letter had my name and a very precise address, right down to which bedroom I slept in. I turned the envelope over, revealing the wax seal that had some kind of crest on it with the word Hogwarts written in the middle of it. Shakely I opened the envelope and pulled out the letter, my hands shaking in anticipation.

Dear Ms Bowman

I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of witch craft and wizardry, by return owl please inform us if you will be attending.

Sincerely

Professor McGonagall

As I read the letter out loud I glanced at my mother in shock, flabbergasted I put the letter down still looking at my mother.

"How?" I asked

"Honey, do you remember how I told you that a man gave you to me when you were a year old?" I nodded I had known for a long time that I was adopted "Well he had told me that someday you may get a letter like this but he told me not to tell you until that time came. Sweetie you're a witch. Your real parents were magical."

"Best pair of wizards I knew." Remus said as he cleared his throat and smiled at me sadly.

I still blinked at him in disbelief "How could I possibly be…" I asked

"Have you ever done anything that you couldn't explain? Made things happen without meaning to?"

"Well I did turn one of my classmate's hair pink when she was picking on me" I ventured to say

"Remember you somehow made the cookie jar fly off the counter when you were too little and couldn't reach it?" my mother said and I nodded "But honestly she hasn't done too much. I think Dumbledore put a suppression charm on her before he left her with me so we wouldn't have to move as much if she made things happen." My mother said to Remus who nodded.

"I'm sure he did" Remus said "I will have to remind him to take it off as soon as she arrives at Hogwarts. I believe he wanted to speak with her anyhow on the first day of term."

I watched the conversation for a while, still processing the fact that my mother had been hiding this secret from me for a long time. I wondered how she knew so much about this world. I made a mental note to ask her sometime. Remus turned his attention back to me.

"Someone will be coming to pick you up in a month, after you have had time to settle in a bit at your new house. I believe it will be Hagrid coming to take you for your supplies" Remus said kindly "I'm afraid I'm a bit busy to take you, but there will be no need to have money to buy school supplies, your mother and father made sure that was taken care of. Hagrid will have the key to the vault."

"We're moving?" I asked in surprise

"Yes we are it'll be more convenient to get you to the train and to get your supplies. Your school is overseas dear" my mother said

"Oh," I said

Remus looked at his watch. "Oh my I have somewhere I need to be, if you have any questions between now and July 30th I'm sure Hagrid would be more than willing to answer some of them." Remus said, standing up and giving me a small smile "I am sure we will see each other again, it was very nice meeting you." He said shaking my hand briefly. He nodded to my mother before turning on his heel and with a small *pop* he was gone.

"Whoa" I said "I cannot wait until I can do that. Think they teach you that your first year?" I asked excitedly.

My mother chuckled as she shook her head.

I placed my hands on my hips and looked at her cautiously "How did you know about magic?" I asked

"Oh" My mother said "My best friend from years ago went to a magic school, unfortunately she died at the hands of another wizard about two weeks before Dumbledore brought you to me."

"Oh" I said softly

"Why don't you go start packing, we leave in 3 days" my mother said with a small smile nudging me towards my bedroom.

I threw a smile over my shoulder before heading in the direction she had pushed me.

And theres the end of the revised first chapter, yes, Emily has blonde hair for now but I do have a reason for that and it will be revealed in future chapters.