Yo!! PB&J here!! And this be meh fanfic.. It's present era. Completely AU because I don't like dead Marauders and Fred.. So that means..
Plot Changes!!
1. Harry ain't the chosen one, but everyone thinks he is
2. Voldemort doesn't believe Harry's the chosen one and is trying to figure out who is
3. Sirius never went to Azkaban, Wormtail never went to Ron instead he was to find Voldemort
4. I don't know.. I just wanted a four..
5. Everyone already knows Voldie's back because he accidently showed himself
This starts the summer before first year then it has some skipping, yes lots of skipping cuz everyone loves to skip, skip to the store skip to class it's fun!! Yea so it skips through to seventh year then the story really beings. So like for first year, basically just how Willow and the twins met, then every year will be skipped until seventh year.
One more thing, I do not now, nor will I ever, own Harry Potter. All I own is Willow and this plot. Along with stuff I make up.
An old man walked down the street of Ottery St. Catchpole. He had a long white beard, long white hair, and bright blue eyes behind half-rim glasses. He was wearing a suit, making him look like a rich tycoon. He stopped infront of a large brick building with a sign on it saying 'Amelia's House for Girls'.
He checked an odd pocket watch before going up to the door and knocking. A few minutes later a slightly harrased looking woman answered the door. Her short blonde hair was flying in different directions and she had bags under her eyes.
"Yes?" She asked. Behind her you could hear cries from small babies, and toddlers, yells from older children, and comands from adults to be quiet or stop running.
"I'm Albus Dumbledore." The man said. "I have an appointment." The woman nodded and led him into the building. She led him to an office nearby. An hour later he exited the office with another woman. This one had dark curly hair that went to her shoulders, a motherly face, and was very young.
"Willow should be out back. I'll take you there." She was saying. Dumbledore offered his thanks, and the two of them went through a few hallways and out a door. They entered a large fenced area that was swarming with girls. Most of them were young, no older than seven. They were all wearing the same clothes, a red jacket, with a white button up shirt under it, a thin bow in the place of a tie, and a dark blue skirt. "That one's her." She said motioning to a girl climbing a tall oak tree.
Her blonde hair went down to her waiste, her bright blue eyes were switching from the tree to the younger girls. Her skin was slightly tanned from the sun. She was older than the other children, possibly age 10, maybe 11. As she was watching the others, a small girl fell off a swing. The younger girl began crying. Before any of the adults could move Willow had jumped/fell from the tree, scraping her knee, and had gone over to the girl.
"She's very caring." The woman said, watching Willow act silly to stop the girl from crying. "But she's also one of the eldest here. I do wish someone had adopted her." She shook her head slightly. "Willow." She called. The girl looked over, she had just helped the younger one back on the swing. "Could you come here for a minute?" As Dumbledore looked at the small girl sadness entered his eyes, though it was hidden slightly behind other emotions.
"Yes?" Willow asked coming over. She looked at Dumbledore quizically.
"This is Professor Dumbledore. He'd like to talk to you about attending a special school." Willow nodded. Dumbledore introduced himself. The woman led them back inside and up to Willow's bedroom. She left closing the door behind her. The room was quite plain, it was gray, had only one bed, and one window. In the corner was a wardrobe and on the window was a notebook. Dumbledore and Willow both sat on the bed.
"Miss Harte, I'm here to offer you a place at my school. It's called Hogwarts." Dumbledore said. he began telling the girl about Hogwarts, along with other things, such as how she became an orphane. Her mother was an auror and killed by a dark wizard called Voldemort, who had then tried to kill her as a baby, but she had disappeared.
She listened patiently. This was all extremely interesting. When Dumbledore stopped talking and handed her an envelope she took it and opened it. Inside was a list of books, among other materials, and a letter. She read through these before looking back at Dumbledore and speaking.
"I'll go, but, I don't have any money, or way to get to Diagon Alley or Kings' Cross." She said, remembering Dumbledore had told her about both places, and the fact she had wizard money.
"That's not a problem." He answered. "A wizard family lives nearby, I'm sure they'll be delighted to have you go with them, and stay the rest of the summer." He offered. She looked at him shocked. She had never left the building, except for trips and such. But it was never something solitary, or staying at someone's house. She nodded slowly.
"Alright." She agreed, standing up. Dumbledore also stood, and went to the door.
"I'll meet you out front in a few minutes, I'm going to talk to Ms. Amelia again and make sure it's alright for you to stay with this family." She nodded. he bowed slightly and left the room. Willow stood there for a few minutes before going over to her wardrobe and pulling out some clothes. She locked the door and pulled the curtains over the window before changing.
When she met Dumbledore outside she was wearing a green tee and jeans. Her hair was up with a green bow. Dumbledore smiled before starting to walk towards the edge of the town. She followed, with some difficulty since he took long strides.
After about an hour of walking, and of you asking questions which Dumbledore aswered, you reached a large house. It was leaning dangerous, and looked as if it could fall at any moment. Scattered throughout the yard were chickens, along with some potatoe-looking creatures.
They went up to the house and Dumbledore knocked on the door. Willow could hear yelling inside, then it stopped and someone came over to the door. It swung open revealing a portly, motherly woman. Her hair was red, her brown eyes were filled with anger, but quickly went to joy as she saw Dumbledore. She moved aside to let them in.
"Dumbledore! This is a pleasent surprise. Come in please." She said. Willow grabbed Dumbledore's sleeve as they walked inside. The inside of the house was just as interesting as the outside. All over there were odd things. Like the fact that a sweater was kitting itself! And a clock, instead of two hands and numbers it had nine hands and sayings like 'traveling', 'at work', 'home' and even 'mortal peril' around the edges. Each hand was inscribed with a name. The woman looked down at Willow curiously before looking back up at Dumbledore.
"Molly, this is Willow Harte." He said. "Willow this is Molly Weasly."
"Hullo." Willow said. she clutched Dumbledore's sleeve tighter. It wasn't that she was shy, she was just unsure of what to do. Normally when she met adults it had been to see if they wanted to adopt her. This time it was just to meet them.
"Hello dear." Mrs. Weasly said with a smile. She led them into the kitchen where two boys were washing dishes. Their hair was the same shade of red/orange as their mother's, along with eyes. They also looked identical, down to the last freckle.
"If I could talk to you alone?" Dumbledore asked glancing at the children. Mrs. Weasly nodded.
"Fred, George," the twins looked over at her. "This is Willow. Why don't you show her around?" They quickly agreed and dropped their dishes. Willow slowly let go of Dumbledore's sleeve and walked over to the two boys. One of them mutter a quick 'let's go' and the three of them walked out of the house and to a garden.
"So I'm Fred." One of the boys said as they stopped under a tree. "And that's George." George waved.
"I'm Willow."
"Are you a witch?" George asked. Willow nodded. "How old are you?"
"Eleven."
"So are we!" Fred exclaimed. "So are you going to Hogwarts?" Another nod. "What house do you want?"
"Gryffindor." Dumbledore had told her about all four houses. Gryffindor sounded the most interesting to her. Plus the common room was in a tower!!
"Hey so are we!" They said together. An hour passed of the three of them talking while Mrs. Weasly and Dumbledore talked. By the end of the hour it had been decided that Willow would share a room with Ginny for the rest of the summer, Dumbledore had given Molly a key to Willow's vault at Gringott's. So Willow would get school supplies with them and then board the Hogwarts Exspress also.
Just one more thing, three horizontal lines means start or end of story, one means sometime later or someplace else