A/N: All recognizable characters, places, and things belong to J.K. Rowling.
I'm publishing this story so that I can see what other people think of it. I already have a few of the chapters written out, and have plans for what will happen to Alexi, my main character, later in life, but for now this is her beginning. Enjoy!
Prologue
Alexi Knight wasn't quite sure how this had all happened. Just that morning she had been an orphan with nothing to do with her life except to grow up so she could get out of her orphanage. But now… now she had power, and great allies, with the thought of a wonderful school to go to. And, she had a mission in life: to learn. Or so it was for now. Her new master had assured her that as soon as she finished school she would get to do much more important things.
At that moment, she was sitting quietly in a chair in a manor, eating dinner with the Malfoys, the family she would be living with. A wooden charm in the shape of an owl hung about her neck. Mr Malfoy had charmed it so that the Ministry of Magic couldn't detect her like they could other under-aged wizards, so she could learn magic away from school without their knowing.
How did she get there, you may ask? Well, Alexi was wondering the same thing. It all started on a cloudy afternoon in London, when a little orphan girl was visited by a famous old man with a silver beard.