Prologue
"Albus, I need permission to leave Hogwarts grounds, " said Nearly Headless Nick.
"Why?"
"There are rumors of a second Ghost Queen and you know that after 5 years of being a live Queen, she dies. She will become dark and with her army, Harry will stand no chance against Voldemort. If the legend holds true, she gives birth to a new ghost everyday and it only takes 5 days for them to become mature enough to fight. That's over 2000 new warriors, impervious to magic, against Harry."
"Go Nicholas. Find her and bring her here. We must try to keep her alive. To be the Queen, she must harbor a great magical talent. We have to try to stop this," Dumbledore said worriedly.
Chapter 1
Samantha was waking up in her bedroom of her NYC apartment. It was only 5:45 am. Within minutes, she was interrupted by a voice coming from the darkness.
"Your Highness, you have a visitor from England. You will be going there for a while to form your army," said a ghost, not seen.
"Whatever." She saw a ghost in medieval dress come into view.
"Your Highness, I will be escorting you to England," said Nicholas.
"I guess I don't have a choice in the matter, do I?"
"I am sorry, but no. Take my hand and we will leave." Samantha took his hand and the next second, they were flying towards a castle.
"Wow! Where are we?" Samantha asked.
"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"Oh." They flew straight into a tower. They came into a room that held many strange things and behind the desk was the oldest man Samantha had ever seen. He was talking to a glaring man, with a crooked nose and jet black, greasy hair.
"Albus, Severus, this is her," proclaimed Nicholas.
"Hello, I am professor Dumbledore. I am the Headmaster of this school. This is Professor Snape, he teaches Potions."
"Hello, I'm Samantha Koger, but please call me Sam. No one calls me Samantha unless I'm in trouble," Samantha said. Dumbledore watched her with that ever present twinkle in this eye.
"Samantha, the ghosts have informed me that you are to stay in England. You will be staying at Hogwarts, but you will be in a room of your own. You will be sorted into a house, in a few minutes by simply placing the Sorting Hat on your head. Your room will be connected to your house's common room. Have you learned any magic?" Albus asked.
"Quite a bit actually. If you show me the textbooks, I could show you where I'm up to."
"Of course, my dear." Dumbledore showed her the textbooks for all the classes and found out that she was done with the school curriculum for Charms, Transfiguration, DADA and Potions.
"Well we will place you in your seventh year, so you are with children your own age, but there is nothing new we can teach you in these subjects," Albus said to Samantha.
"Actually, there are two spells that the ghosts have not taught me."
"What are they?"
"The spells to remove a memory charm and the spell to remove a glamour," Sam replied.
"Why would you need to know those? They are not normally taught in Hogwarts." Snape asked.
"I had a memory charm placed on me when the ghosts took me from my original home. They made me believe that I had been raised in an orphanage and I had just been adopted at age 10. They also placed a glamour on me to change my appearance. I don't know where I am from, or who I am and I only recently found out that the person I am now is not whom I always have been."
"Well I could remove those charms if you would like me to," said Dumbledore.
"Please," pleaded Sam. Dumbledore removed the spells and Sam's hair became long, straight and black and her eyes became a translucent blue.
"Uncle Severus!" Sam exclaimed.
"Samantha!" Sam ran and hugged her uncle.
"I thought I lost you," Snape said, for once you could hear the emotion in his voice.
"As much as I hate to break up your reunion, I need Sam to try on the Sorting Hat so that we can have the house elves prepare a room for her," Albus said gently.
"Of course," said Snape, straightening up when he remembered that he and Sam were not alone. Sam walked over to Dumbledore and he placed the sorting hat upon her head.
"Ah, the young Snape at last. Very intelligent, you would do well in Ravenclaw, but the bravery and ambition seem to outweigh that. No, no Ravenclaw is not best. It will have to be Slytherin or Gryffindor. You must be brave to deal with what you have to so ……. GRYFFINDOR!!!!!"