A/N: Hello guys, I'm from Germany and this is my first Story ever on here and my first Story in English! Sooo feel free to correct my grammar and if someone wants to be my Beta-reader then just message me or leave me a comment! :) I would be really glad for a beta reader hahaha
Also note that in this Story mental and physical health issues will occur so here is a trigger warning for anyone struggeling with self harm, eating disorders and depression.
Anymways, I hope you enjoy!
Lots of love, Melissa
A new year, a new beginning
Chapter 1: Homecoming
It was her fith year attempting Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A new year, a new beginning. Bella, a fifteen year old Slytherin girl stepped on Platform 9 ¾. A little sigh left her lips as she looked at all the pupils, with their big trunks, greeting their friends after the long summer break. Despite the fact that she didn't really have friends, she really liked it at Hogwarts. She loved Magic, taking the lessons and learning new things, magic was relativly new to her, because she hasn't been raised by Wizards. Bella had been abendoned by her mother and given to a muggle orphanage. It was okay there but it didn't quite feel like a home. Here at Hogwarts she was feeling comfortable, even though she sometimes had a hard time because she was so lonely. But that was alright, in her orphanage she was a loner too.
Her only real friend was the cat she had gotten from Hagrid in her first year. Because the educators of the muggle orphanage were quite terrified and overwhelmed by the letter that was sent to her when she was eleven years old, Hagrid came to educate her that she was a witch and got all the school stuff with her in Diagon Alley. Bella really liked Hagrid and was extremely thankful for him. He was being so nice to her and even after she was sorted in Slytherin, Hagrid had stayed with her. He saw her as she really was. She wasn't evil or anything like that. Yes, she had some qualities that are remarkable for Slytherin House, but she couldn't really fit in. But she didn't think she could fit in anywhere right, she was just kind of… weird.
Bella was dressed in her Muggle clothes but with a large oversized coat. She didn't really like her normal clothes because they were kind of old and grubby. But she didn't have a choice though. She couldn't wear her school uniform all the time.
A little noise from inside her coat brought her out of her deep thoughts. She held out the right side of her coat and smiled. „Exited, Zar?", she asked her cat. He was all black, but his paws and the right side of his face were white. In Bellas opinion, he was the most adorable and prettiest cat in the world. But, who wouldn't say that about their pet?
As an answer Zar stuck his little head out of the pocked that was attached on the inside of her coat. Bella had put a charm on it, that would make it bigger so Zar could fit in comfortably. She had done this to every coat or robe she had, because Zar liked being with her much more than roaming around the orphanage or the Hogwarts School grounds. He was really attached to her, and so was Bella. It was very rare, that Bella was found alone, without Zar.
„I am. So lets go on then, should we?", she asked Zar and his answer was a quiet meow. Bella grabbed her trunk and made her way through the crowd of young wizards and their families. At the moment she was just really happy that she had learned the featherlight charm, so that her trunk wasn't that heavy anymore.
Since it was already 10:58, as her Muggle watch said, most of the compartments were already full. Bella hated it, every year it was the same. It wasn't like she was hated or bullied by anyone, but it was like she was a burden to anyone she came to. That's why she never really got the courage to ask someone to sit next to them. She liked taking a seat before anyone else was there and then let them join her, but this time she was too late. Unsure what to do, she just went trough the whole train, until she reached the prefects compartment. Of course, she didn't find an empty compartment, so unfortunatly she had to join a group of people and pretend to be invisible.
The second she turned around the train suddenly moved and Bella, clumsy as she was, lost her balance and fell forward. But she wasn't the only one standing in the trains passage.