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Harriet Potter was exited. Her Aunt and Uncle had reluctantly agreed to take her along on their family trip to Tokyo. She was only allowed to come because Ms. Frigg had broken her ankle earlier that week. The Dursley's were not happy at all to have to take the "freak girl" with them. Dudley wailed for a good hour when he had found out. Despite having the cheapest seat on the plane, and having her one change of clothes in a ragged backpack, she was the happiest that she had ever remembered being in her seven years of life. She had never been allowed to go outside the house for anything but school and chores, much less a vacation out of the country!

After departing from the plane the family took a rented car into the city. Harriet was bouncing in her seat with excitement, until they pulled into a rundown and abandoned area of town. Vernon stopped the car and turned around to face Harriet, "Out girl," he said, and Harriet scrambled to do as she was told, and as soon as the door had shut behind her, the Dursley family drove off leaving her behind in a run-down part of town in a foreign country. She stood there shocked for a moment, then broke down in tears. She ran into a nearby alleyway and hid between some of the cardboard boxes. It was nearly sundown when she calmed down, and the small seven year old girl set off walking. She walked along in the shadows until after dark, and eventually she reached a forested park. There she found a small alcove in the roots of one of the trees, and settled down there for the night.

It was cold when Harriet woke up. There was dew all over her body, soaking her ragged and too large clothes. She crawled out of the alcove and began to explore the park. She stuck to the forest cover, out of sight from the other people she saw in the park. Near the afternoon her stomach was growling, but she was used to going long periods of time without food, so she ignored it. She brushed her hair out of her face, it was naturally a messy mop of black that faded to red at the tips. Her relatives hated her hair.

She spent the next week living at the park, searching for food after dark so she wouldn't be seen. On Saturday (she had arrived the previous one and her relatives were leaving today) she ventured close to the playground during the day. A small family caught her eye, it was a mother and her little girl. The girl looked about her age with blonde hair tied back in several short braids. She took off towards the woods, and Harriet's hiding place. Harriet tried to scramble away, but the other girl saw her. Harriet froze like a deer caught in headlights.

Pudding's pov

My mom and I are going to my favorite place today, the park! I love to climb around in the trees at the edge! When we got there I took off towards the trees, but when I got there I saw another girl hiding in the bushes. She saw me too and froze. She had the brightest green eyes that I have ever seen, and the prettiest hair that went from black to red, but her clothes were huge on her, and she was covered in dirt. Her hair was an absolute mess, but it was black at the top and turned into red when it got to her shoulders. She looked terrified. I slowly moved closer, stopping when she flinched away. I then crouched down and spoke quietly, "Hello there, I'm Pudding, what's your name?" I tilted my head curiously at her, but her face had a look of confusion, then she responded in a language I didn't understand, but I recognized it as the one my parents used when they talked about grown up stuff! I had an idea, I stood up, and the girl flinched away again. I gently reached out a hand to her, and spoke in the same voice my mom used when I had a nightmare. She slowly reached out and took my hand. I held her hand gently and led her to my mom, I got my mom's attention, "Mom! I found this girl in the bushes, and I couldn't understand her. I thought you might be able to."

She looked shocked, and looked over the girl I found. She then keeled down in front of us, and spoke in that language that the girl had used, and the girl's face brightened when she realized she could understand my mom. They started talking, and the girl broke down crying, I reached out and hugged her, and so did my mom. I let go and my Mom picked up the girl and turned to me,

"Pudding, darling, this is Harriet. Her Aunt and Uncle left her here because they didn't want her, so we're going to take her home with us and get her some food and new clothes. As well as a bath." I noticed that there were tears in both of their eyes, and Harriet's story made me cry too. So we took home the girl I found at the park.

No pov

After that day Harriet was adopted into Pudding's family. They all learned both English and Japanese to the point of being fluent in both. The years passed, and the scars left behind by the Dursley's were healed with memories of love, family, sisterhood, mischief, and acrobatics. Pudding and Harriet, or Hari, had become like twins. They wore the same clothes, wore their hair the same way, and liked to finish each other's sentences. They also gained five younger siblings that they adored. Everything was great until their mother got sick. They were very close to their mother as their father was always off doing things. They did their best to take care of their siblings and mother, but in the end their mother died, and the girls had to move with their siblings to a homeless shelter, and they became street performers to support their siblings. They always had each other to rely on, and were always greeted with five little smiling faces when they got home. When Pudding and Hari turned ten things started to change, and become much more exciting and strange.

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