Chapter 1

As I approached the school I was in awe at how big it was compared to mine back in Australia. My school back home was about a tenth of the size of the school that I was now going to be attending called Hogwarts. It was already halfway through September so I had already missed the start of the school year by about 2 weeks, which was bad for me seeing as this was my last year at school and I was being transferred because my parents wanted to move. I really hope it doesn't take me too long to catch up on the schoolwork that I have missed.

When I got off the train at the platform there was a rather tall man standing there waiting from me. And from what I could tell he was part giant as there was no way a human could be that big and tall, unless they were a Metamorphmagus like me.

'You must be Scarlet Hunter. I am Rubeus Hagrid' Says the half giant.

'It's very nice to meet you.' I reply with a welcoming smile on my face.

'Well if you would like to come with me I will take you to the school and to meet the headmistress Professor McGonagall.'

He starts walking up a path that winds through the forest and I have to run to catch up with him so I don't get lost.

'I heard about the big battle here with Voldemort. I heard it was pretty bad and a lot of things were destroyed. Looks like everything got cleared up pretty well.' I state.

'Well we cleared it all up pretty quickly and we had plenty of time to do it as we had to close the school down while we fixed it all up and now its all done for the new year. So tell me where are you from?' asks Hagrid with a curious look on his face.

'I came form Australia. My parents decided they wanted a change so here I am for my last year at school.'

'Well I can tell you now you will love it here. Since the battle everyone has become very close, even the biggest rivals Slytherin and Gryffindor. And the Slytherins aren't as bad as they use to be but they still keep up the pure-blood reputation of the house. What are you by the way?'

'I'm pure-blood. And I am a descendant of the Black and Lestrange family. But my part of the family weren't death eaters. Well most of us weren't. A couple of my side of the family were taken to Azkaban, but my parents and I weren't death eaters.'

'Well that's good to know. Though with that family tree you'll probably end up in Slytherin. Which would be a shame, as you seem like you would make an excellent Gryffindor. You never know, you could turn out like Sirius Black and be in Gryffindor. What were the houses like where you came from?'

'The houses were pretty much the same as here. Slightly different names like Burma, Tobruk, Baker and Snyder, but the characteristics were very similar. I was in the house that was a mix of Slytherin and Gryffindor traits, but it was more closely linked to Slytherin and I was only in it because of my blood status and family.'

'Well no matter what house you are in I am sure you will make an excellent member of that house.' Says Hagrid before he opens the front doors into the castle.

At the moment it is very quiet and deserted. There are a couple of people in what appears to be the hall, but besides that the school is quiet and peaceful. I follow Hagrid through the castle and up various moving staircases and long corridors. As we pass classrooms a few people look as we pass. We come to a stop in front of an eagle statue and I hear Hagrid mutter something and a staircase is revealed. I quickly follow Hagrid up the stairs into a huge office.

Various paintings are hung up on the walls along with various bookshelves that hold a lot of books that I am dying to read. Behind the desk sits a lady with her hair pulled back into a tight bun and wearing dark green robes with hang of her thin frame. When she hears us enter she looks up at us and a smile spreads across her face.

'Hello Miss Hunter, I am Professor McGonagall the headmistress here. Welcome to Hogwarts.' She says as she walks towards us, extending her hand towards me.

I take her hand and shake it. 'It's nice to meet you to Professor McGonagall and thank you for letting me come here. This place looks amazing. It's a shame I am only here for one year.'

'Well we always have teaching positions available every once and a while. You could always come back and teach.'

'My dream is to be an Auror. But I'm sure I will find my way back here at some point in time after I leave.'

'Oh another Auror. Well judging from your grades I'm sure you'll make an excellent one. Now with you're sorting that will happen in a couple of hours at dinner in front of the whole school, and you will be sorted into Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. But for now you'll have to remain here as none of the students know about you yet and I like to keep things like this a surprise, especially seeing as you are our first ever student from another school starting this late in their studies.'

'I don't mind waiting here as long as I can read some of the books that adorn your bookcases.'

She just smiles and laughs at me. 'Of course you can read them. Though most of them are about Transfiguration, so I hope you like that topic.'

'Well I'm a Metamorphmagus and an Animagus so I love transfiguration. One of my best subjects actually.' I reply which makes he smile even more.

'Looks like you are going to make an excellent contribution to my transfiguration class then as tomorrow we start studying Metamorphmagi and Animagi in great detail'

'Well if you need to use me for examples and demonstrations I would be very happy to help you.'

'Thank you Scarlet. Now if you'll excuse me I have some work to do before tonight.' Says Professor McGonagall before walking back to her desk leaving me with a room full of books that I a dying to read, but unfortunately wont be able to read them all before tonight.

The thought of tonight makes me nervous. What if I don't fit in? What if no one likes me? The thought of which house I am going to be in scares me even more. I really hope that I don't get sorted purely because of my family and blood line.