This fic is inspired by a tumblr click/drag game.
This is my first Harry Potter fic but not my first long-term fic.
Chapter 1: Meet Kassidy
We open at a home for girls on Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey. It is extremely run down, in need of heavy repairs. There is a certain girl there. A special girl. A girl who has been mistreated a majority of her young life for the strange things that occur around her. Her name is Kassidy Laurine Williams, and she is eleven years old. She is an orphan. Not only that, but she has no family or outside friends to rescue her from this horrid establishment. A few buildings down, the Dursleys lived with their son Dudley and nephew Harry Potter. Kassidy was friends with Dudley, and absolutely abhorred Harry.
But one warm July morning, the mail came, and one of the parcels had Kassidy Williams written across the front in green ink and neat handwriting. Not one to deny anyone the right to have any parcel addressed to them, the headmaster of the home for girls, Ms. Gibbs, gave her the parcel. Kassidy carefully opened the parcel and unfolded the pages inside.
Dear Miss Williams,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Enclosed is a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins 1 September. We await your owl no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Kassidy read through the lists and raised an eyebrow. She had no idea where she could procure these things. At that point, Ms. Gibbs came in.
"Kassidy, you have a visitor," she said as a tall man with black greasy hair and a hooked nose walked in behind her.
"Kassidy Williams, my name is Severus Snape, or just Professor Snape for you. I assume you have received your acceptance letter, as it is in your hand. I have been sent to explain what is happening," he said.
"Professor Snape, what is this?" Kassidy said, holding up the papers.
"Just as it says. You've been accepted into Hogwarts," Professor Snape replied.
"Where do I get these things?" she asked, holding up the supply list.
"That's what I'm here to tell you. You get these things in Diagon Alley," he said.
"Wait just a minute. Why me? Why not Dudley Dursley or Harry Potter or someone else?" she said.
"Believe it or not, Harry Potter was also accepted. You, Miss Williams, are a pureblood witch in a muggle orphanage," he explained.
"Pureblood… witch?"
"Yes. To be a witch is in your blood."
"Can we go get my stuff now?" Kassidy asked.
"Of course," Professor Snape said, walking towards the door, Kassidy following suit.
They reached Diagon Alley after catching their ride.
"So, Professor Snape, what do wizards call people who aren't wizards?" Kassidy asked when they walked into the Broomstick.
"We call them Muggles. And the Muggles must never know about wizards unless it is absolutely necessary," Professor Snape said.
"Oh, okay, so I can't tell anyone at the orphanage?" Kassidy asked.
"Correct," Professor Snape said as he touched a brick with his wand, causing the wall to open and create a path to Diagon Alley.
"What's that?" Kassidy asked.
"This is a wand. You'll be getting one before you leave Diagon Alley today," Professor Snape said.
"Cool."
After Professor Snape helped Kassidy get some of her parents' money, left to Kassidy in their will when they died, out of her box at Gringott's, buy her books, get her fitted for robes, and buy her other supplies, he pointed her to Ollivander's Wand Shop.
"You get your wand here. Mr. Ollivander is a talented wand maker. He will have you test out a few different wands, and your wand will choose you," Professor Snape explained before Kassidy walked into the store.
"Why hello there! Are you Miss Kassidy Williams? I had received word that you would be coming around to purchase your first wand today," a man said as he appeared from behind a Muggle newspaper.
"Yes I am," she said, suddenly appearing very small.
"Don't be nervous, Miss Williams, I'm just going to have you test a few wands so we can find you the right one," he said.
"Kassidy, this is Mr. Ollivander," Professor Snape said.
"Okay, try this one," Mr. Ollivander said as he handed her a wand. Kassidy waved it a little and nothing happened.
"Try this one," he said, handing her another wand and taking back the first one. She waved it and nothing happened.
After about ten wands, Mr. Ollivander handed her another wand, and when she waved this one, red sparks came out of the end.
"Found the gem!" Mr. Ollivander said. Kassidy handed him some coins to pay for the wand, then thanked him and she and Professor Snape left the shop.
"Okay, I'm going to escort you back to the orphanage, unless you want a pet to take with you," he said.
"I want an owl," Kassidy said.
"Owls are very useful. You can never go wrong."
Professor Snape pointed her to the pet shop and let Kassidy look around so she could make her choice. She picked a brown owl and paid for it.
"I'm naming you… Brownie, after the dessert," Kassidy said.
"You named your owl after a Muggle dessert?" Professor Snape asked.
"I don't know of any wizard desserts so if I were to name something after a dessert, it'd be a Muggle dessert," Kassidy defended. She accidentally walked into a boy with light blonde hair, knocking both down in the process.
"Watch where you're going, you imbecile!" the boy shouted before he got a look at her face.
"Wait a second, you're Kassidy Williams," he said.
"And who are you?" Kassidy asked.
"Draco Malfoy," he said, extending a hand for a handshake, which Kassidy took.
"So how do you know my name?" Kassidy asked.
"You're well-known among pureblood wizards. The story is that your parents died from natural causes when you were a child and you went missing," Draco explained. "Where have you been living?"
"An orphanage in Surrey," she replied.
"So, are you going to Hogwarts this year?" Draco asked.
"Yeah. What about you?"
"Yeah. I hope I get into Slytherin, one of the Hogwarts houses. I hope you end up in a good one," he said. He turned around, as if hearing his name. Kassidy heard a faint shout of "Draco!" from a little bit away.
"I've got to go. My dad's calling me. I'll see you at Hogwarts, Kassidy," Draco said before running off.
"Bye Draco!" Kassidy called after him.
"Okay, I'm going to escort you back to the orphanage. Here's your train ticket for the first of September," Professor Snape said before they went back to the Muggle part of town and caught their ride back to Surrey.