Jezzika Ann woke from her slumber to her alarm clock beeping. Thumping the snooze button she rolled over and went back to sleep, her long platinum blonde hair spread across her pillow. Her bedroom door opened and her younger sister Tessa ran and jumped onto the bed. Tickling Jezzika till she sat up, wiping the sleep from her pink eyes.

"Mom says we can't be late for school again. You have to get up." Tessa begged Jezzika, ripping the blankets off her revealing her loose football jersey and sweatpants. Jezzika swung her feet over the edge of the bed and then standing made her way to the bathroom to have a shower. Tessa quickly went over to the draws and pulled out some clothes for her sibling and placed them on the closed lid of the toilet in the bathroom.

After showering Jezzika dressed in the clothes Tessa got out for her thankful her sister knew her style of clothing so well. Jezzika goes to a glass tank and takes a small ball of fluff out and places it in a small nesting bag. Making her way down stairs she grabbed a can of cola out the fridge, and placed some poptarts into the toaster. A big yawn as her father walks in walking over to the coffee pot and pouring a large travel mug with coffee. Mother walks in talking the mug from father, and giving him a newspaper, with a kiss. She walks over to me a gives me a kiss on the cheek and Tessa as she comes down from upstairs. "Be good girls and don't be late." I roll my eyes, "I mean it Jezzika." Grabbing her car keys mom leaves for work. My poptart pops and I grab in some paper towel and picking up my bag and car keys, while holding my cola can I open the door of the car. Tessa follows close behind and pulling out the driveway I smile putting my cola in a cup holder. The girls wave to their father as he locks the house heading to his car for work.

Once we are far enough away I pull out my cigarettes and light one up, winding the windows down for Tessa. She's been keeping my secret for years, but I don't want to subject her to second hand smoke. We drive out of the town and head to school, a secluded place deep within a forest. The large eucalyptus tress, all we can see for miles around and I smile knowing i'll see my crush today. As I drive on towards the bed and breakfast that gives us passage into our world.

You see, along time ago there was a war. Between an evil wizard with a thirst to rid the world of the people who in his eyes stole magic. Non-magic people, called muggles, who bore children who possessed the gift of magic. During the war so many lives were lost, but there were wizards out there that believed it wasn't right to kill magic people born by muggle parents. When the war was won, the evil wizard was killed. So many were killed, but even with the evil wizard gone, magic people still felt they had to hide themselves from muggles. Knowing the muggles would probably fear us.

I pull up my car in the parking lot, outside the pub. Eithan's B&B, had a very Victorian feel to it. The old heritage listed hotel stood next to a petrol station seeming to be just a stop for trucker to spend the night. But as Tessa and I move to the back of the bar and through to the 'staff only' marked door. Tessa raised her "walking stick" and placed the tip in crack in the paved floor, like a key in a key hole the crack made a clicking sound and we stepped back. The paving stones moved away and a portal was left in its wake. Smiling Tessa and I stand on the portal holding hands. "Portis" Tessa's sweet voice says and with a woosh we were no longer standing in Eithan's but now in the small wizarding town, Kookadale. Shops selling many different things, from food to flying broomsticks to staffs, and so on. Taking Tessa's hand we walk along a path out of the town and up towards the school. Taking two robes out of my bag I hand one to Tessa and we slip them on over our clothes as we head up the path.

With a hug at the gates Tessa went off to find her friends before her first lesson and I walk over to the main doors. I smile as I see my crush, gorgeous football player Tyler Blake. I give him a small nod before heading up the main staircase and head to my first class, Transfiguration. Standing outside the oak doors to the classroom my Potions teacher walks through the hall and taps my shoulder. " Miss Shadows please follow me, I've already informed Professor Jones you wont be in class today." I follow Professor Brown, down the hall and up stairs to the fifth floor.

We reach a portrait of Morgana Le' Fey with her familiar, a raven perched on her shoulder. "Mandrake," said Professor Brown. Once inside she offers me a seat and I take it. "I received word from a foreign exchange student agency stating you wish to study a year abroad at another school, is this correct?" Direct and right to the point, I sigh inwardly.

"Well... Yes... I was hoping for perhaps America, or possibly England. Somewhere different, but not overly so. I'd like to see what it's like else where, to travel.." A smile graces my potions mistress's face and I'm not sure whether to feel unnerved or not.

"They have allowed you to live with a family in England, the school you'll attend is called Hogwarts." oh my, that's where the final battle was held during the last war. "Their school years are different to ours here so you'll be placed in the sixth year with people roughly your age. You're to complete your N.E.W.T.S there and then return back here for your senior education. Do you agree to this?" I nod eagerly. "well your parents have been owled the remainder of the paperwork and you say be flying as a muggle to London next week. The school year there starts on the 1st of September which is only a month away. In this time you will go shopping with your foreign family and shop for all the items you need for school. You will learn to use magic like they do at Hogwarts with a Wand. Many students there can not do the wandless magic we do here, nor do they use staffs. But you have permission to use both while at the school. Britain's Ministry of Magic have Laws against the use of magic by someone under the age of 17. In Britain that is the age of adulthood, but we have obtained the correct permits to allow your use of magic outside of school as an Australian Citizen. Do you have any questions?"

"What do I do over the next week before I leave?" I ask, then quickly add, "will I be able to take Isha?" Taking the small ball of greyish brown fluff out of my nesting bag. The little mouse quickly hops up my arm and hides in my hair.

"I've arranged for you and your sister to have the week off from school. I suggest you spend some time together before you leave. You'll find her in the dinning hall. As for your pet being a magic student your allowed to take your familiar overseas no problem, the permit has been given to your parents for you."

Authors Notes

This so happens to be my second fanfiction story, although I have written other stories of my own characters and plots. I do hope you'll review my work, its good to know what you all think. I may listen to suggestions but please note that the story is already written in my head and will take a mere few days to type it out, provided I don't change my mind on the plot. Please read and bear with me, as I take you on a journey with these most beloved characters.

Also sadly almost all the characters who died in the original story have remained dead... yes I know I miss Severus too.. with the exception of... Remus Lupin

Yes alot of things in this story will be different but bear with me.

Disclamer

I Do Not own Harry Potter, or any of the characters/plots in the books/movies. If I did Harry would have probably died at the end...