A/N: Hey! Well, you've just found the most cliché OC story type in this fandom: New kid at Hogwarts! I only just started re-reading the series and wanted to try my hand at one. But my character, Fern, will give her own take on some of the things that happen, too, you'll see. I should warn you, though, she's very hyperactive...

Enjoy, and please review!

There were two children, neither of them older than one year old on that momentous night that the Dark Lord disappeared. They were in two different parts of Britain, but although neither of them knew of each other's existence, they would learn of it in years to come.

The first child, a baby girl, slept peacefully in her cot. She was pale, with a short fuzz of soft dark hair, although her eyebrows hinted that she'd have a hint of red in her hair. She had no clue about what had taken place that night, and would have no clue about the other child, or anyone else she would meet in those later years.

Overnight, the second child became a celebrity, but he was completely unaware of that. The only clue was a scar on his forehead, shaped like a lightning bolt, and memories that were still buried. While one child slept in her comfortable cot, he was left on the doorstep of his only living relatives – his mother's sister, along with her husband and son, all disagreeable, down-to-earth and greedy. Although his parents came from a completely different world to the girl's parents, he wouldn't know of his parents' world for another ten years.

Little did these two know that their fates were intertwined. Maybe they wouldn't fall in love, or even be close friends, maybe they would. But anyhow, at some point, they would meet. They would know each other. And through the next seven years, they would see each other often.

Ten years later...

Fern Alice Jordan was a now day off her eleventh birthday, so very different from the peaceful baby and little girl she had been. Once she hit school age, she slowly became more and more energetic and even hyperactive at times. At this moment, she was wearing shorts and a tight-fitting peppermint pale green T-shirt, and she was endlessly bouncing on the trampoline she had gotten for her seventh birthday as the sun set. As she jumped, her straight mid-neck length dark brown (with natural auburn streaks) hair bounced, and her brown eyes were wide with exhilaration. She was singing softly to herself as she bounced from one of her parents' CDs, the only one she really liked.

"Su-per trou-per, lights are gonna find me,

Shining like the sun." she sang.

"Smiling, having fun, feeling like a number one..."

"Fern!" called her mom. "It's getting dark, come back in."

For all her endless energy, Fern was a good kid. "Coming, Mom!" she called back, and went in.

The evening passed as any evening would in the Jordan house, except for Fern's growing excitement and anticipation of the next day. For once, she went to bed on time without her routine token groan of "Just one more minute?", and even then, she found it hard to sleep. Eleven was a big birthday for her, since it was late June and it meant that she'd be starting at the high school.

Eventually, Fern drifted off, but even so, she woke up early. Her birthday went exactly as she expected. She got two new CDs – Avril Lavigne's Goodbye Lullaby and Volume 4 of Glee, and the whole trilogy of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather series. Fern was the most thrilled to receive a pogo stick, which she began to practice jumping on straightaway, even when getting the mail, which included a lot of cards and birthday greetings for her.

Fern opened most of her cards and letters straightaway, but she also received two that stood out. One was for the high school her parents had enrolled her in, which held the handbook for the school and a map, as well as her timetable.

The second letter had a very precise address, which read:

Ms F. Jordan

The Upstairs Left Bedroom

29 Lavender Rd

Northolt

London

"Mom, Dad, look at the address on this one!" Fern exclaimed, passing it to her parents.

Her dad laughed. "Well, there's no doubt it's addressed to you, Fern." he chuckled. "It's probably one of your friends, making a joke."

Her mom, however, turned it over and studied it. "It looks like a letter from some kind of school, with this seal." she remarked. The seal was a coat of arms, with a honey badger, a snake, a lion and what seemed to be a phoenix in each corner, with an ornate H in the middle.

Fern frowned, taking it back. "I don't know if my friends would go this far. It does look pretty official." Impatiently, she tore the letter open, and read the contents silently. Finally, she looked up at her parents. "Maybe this is a joke." she said quietly. "But it looks legit, and I can't think of anyone who would put an equipment list in..."

"Fern, honey, what does the letter say?" her mom asked.

Fern handed it over, and her parents scanned the letter. Apart from all the names and official things, the letter read:

Dear Ms Jordan,

We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

It definitely seemed like it was real. But both of Fern's parents wanted to dismiss it as crazy talk. They looked back at Fern, who was slowly beginning to smile.

"You know..." she said slowly, "This is AWESOME! So if it does turn out to be real, can I go?"

"Fern," began her father. "Think about this. We know nothing about this school, or how to get there. We don't know what the students are like. We want to make sure we choose the best school for you. Where's the equipment list?"

Fern handed it over, and scanned another piece of paper that explained how to overcome difficulties she and her family might have, not having known anything about the world where witches and wizards existed.

"There's still one thing I don't really get." she said. "If there are only some witches and wizards out there, then why are most of us, the non-magical majority, called Muggles?"

Yeah, that last thing is something I have a problem with. Witches and wizards don't seem to make up the majority of the world. That point can be argued, but it feels like they're degrading non-magical people by calling them Muggles, like they're an inferior race. So are witches and wizards aliens or something, because they treat their world like a completely different planet to the one that non-magical people live in.

Anyway, this was just an introductory chapter. Please review, and give me your take on what you think Fern's relationships should be at Hogwarts, including her house (although Gryffindor is the most likely right now). Should she make the Trio a Quartet or be on the dark side? I really do want some advice from more hard-core and educated fans (I'm still one-third through Goblet Of Fire right now). So please, review!