Disclaimer:Harry Potter is not mine.Nor are the other characters from the books. Zelan and her family do belong to me though.

First Year
Chapter One: Meetings

She had gotten the mail that the owl had dropped off and was looking to see if any of the letters were for her when she saw it. It was a plain envelope with words written in green ink. She gasped and ran as fast as her legs could go."Mom!Dad! I've been accepted! I'm going to Hogwarts!" The girls parents, who were both sitting at the table finishing breakfast looked at her with happy expressions on their faces."That's wonderful honey." "Congratulations." The girl then set the rest of the mail down on the table for her parents and ran up to her room to read the letter. Then she looked at the requirements for first years." Well at least most of these items won't be hard to get. Oh, but should I get a cat or an owl? Probably an owl. They're so useful and some of then are cute. But I think I'll get a barn owl if they aren't too expensive." Then she ran back downstairs to tell her parents what she needed to get. " So can we go today? Please please please please?" " Well I don't have much to do today so sure.Go get change out of those pajamas first though." "Huh? Oh, oops." The girl ran back up to her room and changed into a plain black t-shirt and jeans. She held her her long blonde-brown hair back with a black headband and put on black and white sneakers. "I honestly don't know why you like wearing those muggle clothes." "They're really comfy." "Well do you have to wear black so often?" "I like black." "Sigh. Oh well. Let's go." They then used floo powder to get to diagon alley.

The first stop was the robe shop. Once they had gotten the robes they headed to Ollivander's to get a wand. Twenty minutes and many explosions later the girl walked out of the shop with a 8 1/2 in. Maple wand with a dragon heartstring core. Then they went to Flourish and Blotts to buy books. As she was carrying them to go pay she bumped into a boy of about 15 with unruly black hair and thick black glasses.All of her books fell." Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you." "It's ok. I probably shouldn't have been standing right in the middle of the aisle like that. Here, let me help you pick those up. Standard book of spells grade 1 huh? You must be a first year. What's your name?" "Zelan. Yours?" "That's a neat name. Mine's Harry." "Harry Potter?" "Yup" "Oh, jeeze, I'm really really sorry." "Don't worry about it. Believe me, I've been through worse. Well I have to go. See you at Hogwarts Zelan!" When She got to the counter to pay for her books her mother, who had seen the whole thing asked her who he was. "That was Harry Potter. I feel like such an idiot now. I mean I ran into him and dropped my books and then he helped me pick them up and then I just stood there like some starstruck kid." "Oh it's ok. He seemed like a nice enough boy." Then they payed for the books and when they were buying most of the other items on the list Zelan ran into yet another person. This time it was an adult. "Oh I'm so sorry sir. I seem to have a knack for running into people today. You're the second one." "Oh really?" "Yes, I just ran into Harry Potter a couple of minutes ago. And with my luck You probably work at Hogwarts." "I do." "Of coarse. Well I'm really sorry about running into you. I guess I'll see you at school then Mr..?" "Snape. Professor Snape." "Oh, Sorry. I'll see you then Professor Snape." She then walked towards the counter where she paid for the items. *Jeeze, that guy's stare is really creepy. Otherwise he doesn't seem all that bad though* Then it was time to buy an owl.

At the owlery there were all kinds of owls. Barn, snowy, screech, horned, and a lot of others that Zelan didn't know the names of. As she was looking she saw a young barn owl in an old wooden cage. She noticed that the pricetag had been marked down multiple times."Hey mom, I found one I like." As her mother came over to look at it a salesman came over." Excuse me miss but you probably won't want that owl. Everyone whose owned her so far has returned her within a matter of days." "Why?" "Well we've had varying reports. One person said that she was always in the way, another said that she took too long to deliver letters, another said that she refused to do what he asked, and the list just goes on." "I'll take it anyway." "That wouldn't be advisable." "Yes honey, if it's such a troublemaker then you probably won't want to take it to school." "I don't care. I want to give this owl another chance. I'll pay for it myself." With that she picked up the cage and walked briskly over to the counter to pay for it. The cashier gave Zelan a doubtful look but didn't say anything. Then she went outside with her new owl and decided to wander around a little bit. She saw a large family walking by. She noticed that every one of them had red hair. Then she saw that Harry Potter was with them. She ran up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder opposite the one she was closest to so he looked in the wrong direction. Then he turned his head and was looking straight at Zelan."Oh, hello again Zelan. What are you doing here?" " Well I'm annoyed with my mom right now and I saw you so I decided to say hi." Ron decided to interrupt then." Hey Harry, who's this?" "I'm Zelan. I'm gonna be a first year." "Oh, neat." "Hey, what year are you guys going into?" "Me and Harry are going into fifth." "Oh, so you know most of the teachers pretty well then?" This time Harry replied"Yeah, why?" "Well after I bumped inot you I bumped into a teacher. He said his name was Professor Snape." Harry kind of gasped while Ron looked at her as if she were doomed." You have no idea how bad that is. He'll probably hold that against you all year!" "He didn't really seem all that bad. Just annoyed that I hadn't been watching where I was going. That stare of his is pretty creepy though." Ron had to say something about that."Creepy!? That guy is WAY beyond creepy." " I dunno, he really didn't seem all that bad." "You're nuts, y'know that?"

At that moment Zelan's mom came running up, carrying all of her other school supplies in bags."There you are! I can't believe that you just ran off like that.And then you were just having a nice little chat with complete strangers!" "They really aren't all that strange mom.(Ron: Gee, thanks)Besides, this is Harry Potter. And I was just asking them about one of the teachers at Hogwarts." Ron's mother then turned around to see what all of the commotion was about."Henrietta? Henrietta Sands? Is that you?" "Molly? I can't believe it's you! And look at all these kids! Are they all yours?" "All except for Harry. I have two others Who aren't in school anymore and they're off studying mystical creatures and such." "It's so nice to see you again." And they just started talking as moms seem to do. "Well that's surprising." "Yeah, Who woulda thought mum knew our new friend's mom?" Commented the twins. Then Harry asked" So just why were you mad at your mom? She seems pretty nice." "Well she was agreeing with the salesman, saying that I shouldn't get this owl because it had been returned so many times. But I think it deserves another chance. Besides, she certainly seems nice enough." The owl had been paitently sitting in it's cage the whole time. When she realized that people where looking at her she looked up at Zelan and gave a small whoot. "would you like to stretch your wings? I bet you've been in that cage for awhile." She whooted again. "Okay, here you go."She then opened the door and the owl flew out and started flying in lazy circles above Zelan's head. Zelan looked up and laughed. " You can fly around a little farther if you want. Just stay in my range of sight, ok?" Once again the owl whooted and began looking at all of the people that were wandering around the alley. "So what are you gonna name it?" Ron asked." I dunno.Hmm, Lily's a good name. Yeah, Lily. Well If she agrees to it." Unnoticed by the others a pained look crossed Harry's face but it passed quickly. When Zelan's mom and Ron's mom finaly finished talking it was time for Zelan to go home."Well I'll see you guys in a couple of days then." "Yeah, see ya." "Bye"

Then Zelan got Lily(She had agreed to the name) to get back into her cage and they went home. Zelan went straight up to her room to put all of her stuff in her trunk so that it would be ready when it was time to go. Then she opened her window and Lily's cage door. Lily flew out of the cage but stayed in the room. She perched on the back of a chair and just watched Zelan. "Y'know Lily, sometimes you can be pretty creepy." Lily just gave an amused whoot."Hey, I wasn't trying to be funny. Well I'd better look over those books, otherwise I might get in trouble with the teachers. I sure hope that Professor Snape isn't really as mean as that Ron guy said he is." Then she laid down on her bed and started reading the first chapter of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander".

More chapters to come! Please review!Please! well, till later! >^.^< BR>
A special thanks to Eileen for telling me Ron's mom's name.