Magical encounters

Chapter one: Birthday Surprises

DISCLAIMER: I will probably not always post this but I think everyone knows that I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. I simply created an interesting plot to be the continuation of J.K. Rowling's masterpiece.

She woke to the sounds of the people around her rushing to get out of bed and downstairs for breakfast before all the pancakes were gone. She closed her eyes tightly and tried to block out all the noises around her, her dream had been good that night and she longed to return to it. Although, now that she had woken up she could only remember the last few moments of it. She had been in a room all by herself when she heard a commotion downstairs. It was a house that had felt strangely familiar and it still did even now when she was awake. She couldn't remember anything else and she hated herself for it. She had been older in the dream and it made her have one of those silly moments where she thought she had powers or was psychic or something.

She smiled at herself slightly and nuzzled her nose on her pillow just as she heard a booming voice come from downstairs.

"ARIANA!!!" Mary called from downstairs. " get down here sweetheart before you miss breakfast."

Ariana stretched her arms up above her head and them quietly slid of the bed. She went to her closet and pulled out the first things she could find and pulled them on. Then she walked in front of her mirror to access her choices. Her hair as always was a long wavy blond mess and her light blue tank top made her eyes look amazing. She smiled at her jeans that fit her perfectly and decided that this was as good as it could get and quickly pulled her hair up into a messy bun.

Ariana ran down the halls of the house and ran her fingers along the pale blue walls as she rushed down the stairs. She reached the kitchen only to find that it was empty except for the plates and cups of all the other kids.

"Hello?" Ariana said. "Guys? Mary? Where is everybody?"

Ariana looked around the kitchen quite a few times before realizing that there was probably some practical joke going on. She glumly sat down on one of the old wooden chairs surrounding the huge table and waited to be the butt of whatever joke everyone had planned for her as some sort of punishment for sleeping in. She reached for a cup of orange juice and just as she took a sip all the doors leading to the kitchen burst open and a loud chorus of happy birthday broke out all around Ariana.

Ariana, who was shocked at fist because she hadn't thought about what day it was, was showered with happy birthdays and punches and pinches on her arms. She laughed and played and ate her favorite breakfast, chocolate chip waffles, and everyone had signed a giant card that was dated at the top but the instant she saw the date she knew something was wrong.

" Mary," Ariana called pointing at the card. "I don't understand, according to this, there are still two weeks till my birthday. What's going on?"

"I was wondering when you would notice." Mary said smiling and tilting her head slightly so that her dark hair fell over one of her shoulders. " That's your other surprise, I got a letter Ari and it told me that you have been accepted to a school and that your name has been down for this school since birth. But you see, the term begins on September 1st so of course we had to put something like this together before you left because unfortunately you are leaving on your birthday."

" Leaving?" Ariana began looking frightened. "So it's a boarding school? But how am I supposed get adopted that way?"

The room got silent all of a sudden and Ariana felt as if everyone were thinking the same thing that she was. But Ariana also thought about how old she was and how the younger kids had a better chance with or without her being at the orphanage.

"Honey," Mary began. "Don't worry about that. This is such a great opportunity for you and don't worry sweetie you don't have to choose yet, some one is coming by to explain the school to you. You can choose then."

"well, when are they coming? I mean do I have to be ready like today?"

" The letter said that one of their professors will be here tomorrow." Mary finished still smiling.

"ok." Ariana said. Although in reality she was confused as well as curious about what kind of school would take in an ten year old going on eleven orphan.

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The rest of the day went along quietly and quickly and before Ariana knew it, it was time to go to sleep. She headed upstairs with the 4 other girls she shared a room with and got ready for bed. Ariana lay there with her head lying calmly on the pillow for a while thinking about what would happen the next day when an interesting thought came to her.

If my name has been down for this school since birth then does that mean that my parents put me down for it ? In an instant Ariana's mind as completely made up. If I go to this school I might find out who I am, who my parents are, there is no way I can pass this up.

With those thoughts rolling around in her mind Ariana closed her eyes and drifted into to sleep and a dream that began with whispered voices.

Ariana saw a little girl who looked vaguely familiar sitting in the backyard of a huge grand house she was playing with a pebble that seemed to levitate in front of her. She was laughing like crazy and must have been seven at the time. Before long another pebble rose up in front of her and she moved it up and down with a movement from her pointer finger. Giggling at this the little girl started twirling the rocks around using her fingers to direct them. She was so immersed in the rocks that she failed to notice three boys coming out of the bushes with wide eyes and jealous expressions.

The three boys drew closer as the little girl added another pebble to the bunch and began spinning it with the other two. Her laughter was very loud at this point and she threw her head back in joy closing her eyes but keeping the motion of the rocks going. One of the boys slipped and a twig snapped under his feet causing alarm to the other boys. The little girl's head snapped back and her pebbles dropped at once from the air when she set eyes on the boys, her expression changing from one of joy to one of panic.

Ariana herself watching from above felt her stomach clench and suddenly she knew something bad was going to happen here and that she didn't want to see it. The boys questioned the little girl and told her to show them the trick and no matter how hard she tried her panic was not allowing her to copy the anomaly she had performed earlier. The boys drew closer to the little girl questioning her more fervently and each time she attempted to perform the trick she would panic more and more because it was obvious she was incapable of doing it again. Just as it seemed the boys were losing their patience the dream became blurry and dark and Ariana retreated into the darkness, remaining there until she woke up in the morning to get ready for her visitor.

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Thanks for reading everyone I don't know how often I will post, if you read please review but hopefully there will be no flames =]. I hope you liked chapter one bye =]