A/N: I do not own Harry Potter, I only own Scarlett, Elya and Oliver.

It was only 7am and Scarlett stood in the middle of her living room facing her parents staring at the letter in her hand; she had re-read it about fifteen times now.

Dear Miss Lawton,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress

"What's the matter, dear?" asked a voice which snapped Scarlett back into reality, it was her mother, Elya.
"Oh, nothing, I've been accepted into Hogwarts that's all." Scarlett was beaming at this point. Her mother had told her a ridiculous amount of times that she would get her letter soon. Scarlett however had not been entirely convinced for some odd reason.

"Oh our little baby all grown up going to Hogwarts!" Elya squealed as she squeezed Scarlett's shoulders, making her wince slightly.
"Goodness sake Elya," her father, Oliver grunted as he set his news paper on the coffee table "you're acting as if we've won the Wizard Jackpot!" Elya simply glared at Oliver, making him shiver a little and return to his paper.
"You know Mom, I have to reply, where's Speckles?" Scarlett asked as she turned to the door to go search for Speckles. He often got lost in the mansion.
"SPECKLES!" boomed her father's voice, Scarlett nearly had a heart attack.
"Hooottt whooooo" was the reply that came from the kitchen, "Bloody bird." murmured Oliver, a little too loudly as Elya smacked his arm "Watch your mouth!" she screeched nodding her head to Scarlett. "Right. Sorry ma'am." He smirked at her and she rolled her eyes.

At this point Scarlett decided to retreat upstairs.

Scarlett was aimlessly wondering upstairs and she stood in the bathroom now, just staring in the mirror, her jet-black hair falling to her waist. Scarlett stepped closer to the mirror and stared at her reflection, the way her heart shaped lips seemed to tilt slightly, the way her petit nose wrinkled briefly when she breathed, the way her eyes looked unique and up-turned very slightly. The doctors we're baffled over what eye colour she had. It was sort of a fiery red. She gasped as she noticed her eyes seemed to move! She turned away from the mirror.
'Probably just a trick of the light' she thought and tried to convinced herself that was what it was, but the more she tried to convince herself, the more she thought about it.

"So then, dear," her mother started as she set breakfast on the table, Elya preferred to home cook than have a house elf "when do you want to go to Diagon Alley?"
Scarlett grinned from ear to ear, she had been waiting for her mother to ask her all day. "Whenever you want, Mom." Scarlett was so excited she hadn't realised that her food was already in front of her, normally she would have already finished.
Scarlett watched curiously as her mother glanced over to the very odd clock on the wall, the one which Scarlett swore had about forty hands.
"Well, it's 9am now." She burst into a fit of giggles when she looked over at Scarlett who was practically bouncing in her seat. "So I think we could go today. Only if you promise to behave." Her mother spoke, it came out more of a threat than a warning.
"Okay!" shouted Scarlett making Elya visibly wince, Scarlett shot an apologetic look at her mother as she shoved some bacon into her mouth.

Scarlett was astonished at the sight of Diagon Alley; her parents had never taken her as they had not wanted to ruin the surprise of her going when she got her acceptance letter. "Oh my goodness!" she stood mouth open wide as her mother led her into Gringotts Wizarding Bank.
She immediately closed her mouth out of respect when stepping into Gringotts. She followed her mother up to the desk. Scarlett peered at the goblin that stood before her "Greeting Griphook, I would like to access my vault, number 567." Her mother held out a small key which the goblin, Griphook, took. He then led Scarlett and her mother to a cart, Scarlett looked at her mother confused, her mother just nodded and took her hand and held it tight. She gave her a 'do not worry' look which made Scarlett very nervous. Suddenly the cart started moving; eventually it was going so quickly Scarlett thought she was surely going to fly out. After about a minute the cart stopped and Scarlett got up, wobbling. She was sure her legs would collapse under her; her mother noticed and scooped Scarlett up out of the cart giving Griphook a nod. Scarlett turned to look at the huge door that stood before her, watching as it opened. Her mother lightly pushed her forward into the vault,"Oh my!" gasped Scarlett, there were thousands of galleons, even some cups, jewels, swords and even a little handheld mirror. Scarlett moved closer to the mirror and her mother noticed, she picked up the mirror and handed it to Scarlett who traced the silver around the mirror,
"I want you to take this to Hogwarts with you. Keep it very safe. It will prove well." Her mother smiled.
"Have you brought your own bag or will you need one, Ma'am?" asked the impatient goblin who was standing at the door.
"We will need a bag, please." Smiled Elya, the goblin handed her a bag and soon it was full of galleons,
"Mom will we really need that much?" asked Scarlett, eyes wide as saucers.
"Believe me, Scarlett. We will. After all, this is all for you." Her mother smirked as Scarlett rolled her eyes.

A/N: Well thanks for reading! I hope you rate and that you like it. Maybe a few certain special people will make an appearance in the next chapter, you'll have to wait and see.