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Title: The 7th Year Transfer

Author: Jay

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction and I'd be rich. Much thanks to JKR for creating the amazing world and characters that we love so much.

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Jay sighed and looked over to the entrance of platform 9 ¾. She watched, anxious, as another wizarding family disappeared through the wall. Annoyed with herself, Jay rolled her eyes and walked forward, watching another family crash onto the platform. Jay pushed away her nerves and headed for the barrier: she was not nervous because she was about to run through a wall onto a hidden magical platform to board a train that would take her away to somewhere in Scotland so she could learn disciplined magic, as her mother called it. No, she was nervous because she was about to run through a wall onto a hidden magical platform to board a train that would take her to somewhere in Scotland so she could learn disciplined magic where she didn't know anyone. Well not anyone; there was her cousin, Hermione Granger, but they didn't get along that well as it was. Jay had a habit of telling the proverbial man to kiss ass while Hermione refused to break the rules unless the fate of the world or someone's life depended on it. They fought almost regularly, because of it.

Jay had just graduated high school back in the states and her mother's idea of a good graduation gift was one-way plane tickets for Jay, her mom, and her sister, to England. Being 17, all Jay could do was grumpily pack her bags and say goodbye to her friends. It hadn't even been 3 days since they'd set foot on British soil that the owl with her acceptance letter to Hogwarts had arrived. Her mother had decided that Hogwarts would be the best place for Jay to learn discipline in the Craft and had told her, flat out, that she would be going; there were no two ways about it. And so, it was with trepidation that Jay crossed the barrier between what was explicably real and what was inexplicably so.

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Jay slumped against a wall in terror. She had been told, upon entering the castle, that she would not be sorted with the first years. Instead she would be sorted directly after the entirety of the new first years and a grand introduction as Jaylynn Granger and an announcement, to the entire student body, of her transfer- 7th year- student status.

Loud cheers startled Jay out of her reviere. Mentally, she shook herself, ashamed of such weakness. She would not show her fear; this was just another new school that she would eventually leave. She would don the mask she had worn many times before and walk into that dining hall full of pride and indifference.

The huge double doors to the Great Hall opened before her and she straightened her spine, steeling herself. All chatter stopped as she strutted into the hall, boys and girls alike staring. She wasn't much to look at, standing at 5'4" on a good day with small curves and lots of auburn hair reaching halfway down her back in a state of unmanageable volume, but she had an air about her that captivated everyone. She smirked as she sat on the stool and the hat was placed on her head.

"Ah, interesting.' A voice echoed through her mind. "What should we do with one such as you?"

"I am no witch." She replied. "Not in any sense of the word. I cannot help you in your delema."

The hat gave a hearty chuckle. "A good wit. A strong sense of pride. Sly and scheming. Yes, a perfect fit. You will have troubles, but I believe you will do best in…"

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat roared out to the impatient students.

Jay stood from the stool on shaking legs and returned the hat to its original position on the stool. Walking to the Slytherin table, she felt a fresh wave of terror sweep through her. She'd heard the stories; Slytherin never housed a wizard that didn't go bad, the house-members' inherent distaste for muggleborns. She sat amongst the mutterings and shock of every student. For the first time in history, a Talent of 'muggle' descent was housed here.

There was a mudblood in Slytherin.

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A/N: Thanks so much for reading my new story. This is the first fanfic that I've actually posted and I hope to keep the updates as consistant as possible. I actually don't know when the next chapter will be up; I want to hold it back until I at least have the third chapter finished. Please bear with me as Mudblood in Slytherin evolves. My stories tend to have minds of their own and I have no idea what will happen. I will do my very best to update soon. Please review, I'd love to know what you think, however flaming isn't appreciated. If you don't like it, don't tell me; I don't care. If you have any ideas, feel free to share; you never know if your thoughts will be what get me out of writer's block. :D I truly hoped you've enjoyed so far.

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