When Vanessa Greenwood was born, her parents could already tell that she would be special, for she was born with hair white as snow and pale blue eyes; she was an albino. However, that wasn't the only reason why should she be special. You see, her parents were both Pure-blood witch and wizard, making the albino girl a pure-blood witch. And what pure-blood parent didn't want their child to be special? But then again, their wish was granted already at child birth, for albino's were not common in the world, both magic and muggle. But Alecia and George Greenwood were very ambitious and wanted their daughter to be even more special. However, they were not racists. Somewhat. They had nothing against half bloods, had prejudices against muggle borns, but not open hate, however they despised muggles. They didn't hate half bloods since one could not chose their parents. They didn't openly hate muggle borns, since they still had magic in them, even if their parents were disgusting muggles. They thought that witches and wizards were better than muggles, because they had magic. They, like many others, were blind to muggle inventions that made their life easier.
The albino girl was pampered like no other, however, some discipline and respect towards her elders were taught to her. But, even though she was taught that, she was bullied by the neighboring children who were older than her because she looked different from them. She really tried to respect them, but soon she learned that there were exceptions on who to respect. Only after founding out their precious daughter was bullied, Alecia and George explained that the respect was meant for the adults and nice kids, but definitely not the muggle bullies. They had explained to their daughter that they were the only magic people in the town, and that the rest were muggles. They even bit their pride in the behind just to talk to the muggle parents about the bullying, so that it would stop, but the bullying didn't stop. Oh, no. Now she was not only a 'freak', but also a 'mommy's girl', since she got the parents involved. What the Greenwood's didn't know was that the muggle parents did nothing to stop the bullying, since the Greenwoods were not a liked family in the neighborhood. All Greenwood's were 'freaks' in the neighborhood, since they were rich and kept to themselves. The muggle parents themselves were not much better than their kids. The parents talked behind Alecia and George's backs; called them witches, not knowing it was the truth, demon spawns, that they had made a deal with the devil to gain their riches. They forgot that the village was built by the Greenwood manor and lands, not the other way around. Not socializing with the villagers was reason enough for the villagers to dislike any and every thing that had to do with Greenwood's.
Vanessa's first magic came when she was four years old, when she was in the garden and had gotten a heavy sun burn all over her body, that was exposed to the sun. Being an albino, it didn't take long for the sun burn to appear, since her skin didn't have the pigmentation to protect her skin from the awful sun's rays. She had been burnt so bad, that her skin was as red as a tomato. It hurt really badly back then, especially where her thin clothes touched the skin. The magic was healing. She healed her heavy sunburn so that her skin returned to its natural whiteness and became cool as if she had plunged herself into ice cold water and held herself there for a while. However, it was the only time her magic revealed itself as healing. Other times it was a lot more simple. Levitating the cookie jar from a high shelf, a small jinx towards a bully, when being very angry and hurt. Like I said, nothing serious.
When she became six, Vanessa stopped going out of the house, when there was sun, since she had learned that it was bad for her. She went out when it rained, since her parents insisted that she needed to go outside and have fun. And she did have fun in the rain, even if her clothes got wet. There were no bullies, since they hid themselves from the rain in their homes. She played on the swings, monkey bars, built sand castles from the wet sand, and at home warm bath and hot chocolate awaited her. When it was sunny outside, she cooped herself in the library, reading the many books about the magic world. She enjoyed the potion recipes the most, along with transfiguration and charms. Although she didn't have a wand or permission to try her hand at transfiguration or charms, she could try out brewing a potion or two with her mother supervising her. Because her skin was so very sensitive towards sun and its burns, Alecia taught Vanessa how to prepare the Burn-healing paste, and, due to constant being out in the rain, the Pepperup Potion to heal from colds. When she couldn't brew a potion, she tried her hand in the kitchen, where their house elf, Crimsel, taught her how to cook, with elder Greenwood family member's permission.
At age of elven, Vanessa Greenwood received her letter, just like many other kids her age. And that is where the story starts.