A/N: So to some this might look very familiar. That's cause I tweaked my other marauder story. I overhauled it. It was missing tons of detail that could have made it even more interesting. I also had a major story changing plot twist idea, so this is going to be very fun for both me and all of you. If you favorite or follow this, can you be so kind as to drop me a line in that beautiful "review" section. Thanks! :) Enjoy!

It was the last day of August in Oxford, England and there were two people whom seemed to have a plan as to how to ring in the next month. The female looked to be no older then maybe eleven years old, if that, where as the male looked to be a bit older. She had icy blue almond shaped eyes, a petite figure that could possibly reach up to five foot three inches, and long brown hair reaching past her shoulders with a hint of a curl here and there.

The boy whom was chasing her around the Thames river bank had to be eighteen and he looked very similar to the girl what with his icy blue almond shaped eyes, brown hair, his was short though and with a spike in the front of it that ran through the middle of his scalp. The difference between them that was most obvious was how much taller he was compared to her, this boy had to be around five feet and 9 inches with a tad bit more weight around his stomach area.

Wind rushing past her, making a whooshing sound in the ten year old females ears some sort of battle or fight had started between the two. Annabella Rose Stalon, or Anna to anyone who didn't want to be put on her bad list, stared daggers at her older brother, Rick whom was using his ten inch Rosewood with a unicorn hair cored wand to cast harmless charms at her.

"Rictusempra!"

"Rick!"

Her breath caught in her chest, the sensation getting stronger with every second he kept the spell holding on her. Many branches from trees getting crushed beneath her small feet Anna couldn't help but almost fall over.

"Stop it right now! That tickles!"

"Tarantallegra," she waved her right hand acting as if she we casting some sort of a spell or something which would impress any of her elders based on her age.

The young witch stood triumphantly watching as her eldest brother, Rick, motioned as if his legs were put under a spell that would cause him to dance like crazy. The ten year old girl was not yet allowed to use magic which was why her sibling only acted as if he were enchanted, it was a way to teach a spell without actually having it cast. They had come up with this system as soon as the youngster had received her acceptance letter into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to try and help prepare her for what lay in store for her.

"Nicely done Anna! I'm impressed with how fast your picking these spells out now, much more improvement then last week, Joe doesn't know what he's talking about, not teaching you anymore of these, ha! My little baby sister is going to Hogwarts tomorrow ready to kick some wizard butt," Rick put Anna in a head lock as they walked back toward the house, it would take them about ten minutes so she did everything she could, besides magic, to try and escape his grasp. The street lights were coming on at this point which would make it all the more difficult for the poor girl to succeed.

Finally getting released the child bit her lip, watching her gym shoes pick up a bunch of dirt as they passed over part of a field that was never cared for. Their home was in view at this point, Anna knew she would have to make what was on her mind come out quickly.

"I don't really want to use the spells you guys taught me for when I go to school, most of them seem like they can get me into a ton of trouble. Some of them even seem kind of mean."

Her eldest brother couldn't help but laugh and pulled her beside the backdoor before their mother could hear him, his voice only a little more than a whisper, "Listen here kiddo, Mom, dad, Joe, and I all love you. We want you to learn everything you possibly can when you're at Hogwarts but that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun. That's the whole reason we taught you those spells, well that and some Slytherin's can be real mean," as Rick continued on Anna didn't notice but he kept scratching the back of his head, he wasn't telling the whole story and to anyone a little older then her, they would know it at this point. "Joe just graduated so he won't be able to help you out. If you don't use them, that's fine, just promise me one thing, you won't forget any of them, okay?"

Anna nodded although very uneasily, "promise."

"Good now come on and lets go eat, remember like I told you, don't look mum in the eyes, she will have a fit if she finds out I was teaching you again. "

The porch door swung open not a second later and Joe, whom was a fresh out of Hogwarts grad, stepped out to greet them. This boy, whom shared the blue eyes and brown hair with Anna and Rick, stood over them at six foot three inches, seventeen years old, and very skinny. The porch light reflected in his blue wire rim framed glasses as his normally scrunched up nose got even more awkward looking.

"Oi you two! Moms pretty angry, wants to know where you took Ann this time, she's already figured you were teaching her more spells. Never actually seen his this angry before. That woman is livid." He carefully walked down the three steps that made up most of the porch and knocked a playful hand over his sisters scalp.

"That, just so you both know, is why I stopped when I did. I figured this day would come, and it does not look like it's going to be a pretty dinner."

A gulp could be heard between the silence between the three sibling, which had come from Anna, "she is going to have my head isn't she?"

Rick and Joe flanked her, one brother on each side, all siblings intertwined their arm's with the other's closest to them.

"Ann."

Joe looked to his left, and Anna to her right.

"Yeah?"

"Everything is going to work out fine. I promise."

The three of them were extremely close to one another despite that the boys were at Hogwarts for most of Anna's life but that just made the bond between them that much stronger. None of them would get hurt by anyone inside the family or out, without the other two having words with the offender later and the possibility of a black eye or broken bone.

"Annabella Rose Stalon! What have I told you about going off with your brothers and working on spells, you are not allowed sweetheart! If you were to do one single spell, even by accident, where it didn't need a wand movement, then your Hogwarts career would end before it even had the chance to start. Underage witches and wizards are not allowed to use magic outside of school, you know that," her mother was right in her face at this point her short and curly brown hair mixing in with Anna's shoulder length brown hair. The young witch hated when her mother got like this, it scared her which is what made her afraid to try almost anything that she had never done before.

Both Rick and Joe made to argue with her but their mother wouldn't have anything of it, "Not a word from either of you . I have heard what has got to be ever excuse or reason under the sun. Enough. She doesn't need to learn anything unnecessary anyway! She could hurt herself! Annabella, do you understand me? Never again!"

Anna nodded her hands wanting to clench into fists at her full name, "Right, I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean to make you angry."

Her mother gave her a hug, "Now come on let's eat and then get you to bed. Big day tomorrow! My youngest's first day at school, aren't you excited my dear? Again the young one nodded, not sure how she felt anymore though tears were threatening to stream out of the corners of her icy blue eyes.

Dinner went by fairly quickly, almost nothing was said which was not unlike any other meal at the Stalon household but the air in the small dining room felt extremely tense. As usual her father was working late at the Ministry Of Magic, so he would not be home until the early hours of the next morning which would have been nice had her mother not scared her half to death. Anna had finished her meal before anyone else and had kept her head down, looking at her plate until she was excused.

"Thanks mum, I think I will just go to bed now, if that's alright."

When her mother nodded the ten year old took her dinner plate, cleaned it off and quickly made a run for her room. Once inside she put her back to the door and slid down it until her tailbone made contact with the floor. Head in her hands the poor girl was dreading Hogwarts, it would be a brand new place for her to deal with and she had never been away from her mother for more than a day, how she would survive the term was beyond the poor girl.

While settling herself into bed Anna could hear both her brothers yelling and screaming at their mother. They wanted nothing more than for Anna to lead a normal life but for some reason there elder was way too controlling and mollycoddling. Managing a smile, for she knew things would be better when her dad got wind of the situation, the youngster hit her pillow and dozed off.