Diamond, a 16-year-old girl with long curly/frizzy hair and blue/green eyes was about to go to sleep, when an owl came and tapped on her window. 'What is an owl doing at my window' Diamond thought as she got up and let the owl in. She then noticed that there was a letter attached to the owls' leg and it was addressed to her. 'Hmm… what the heck is this. Why does it have my name on the letter that's attached to its leg and not just that but why does the owl even have a letter attached to its leg. Should I open it or show my mom first?' Diamonds curiosity got over her fear and she opened the letter. It read:

Dear Miss Diamond Smith,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You are the first person to be accepted at this late of age. Please read the attached form for books and supplies and be at the London Train station and onto platform 9 ¾ by 11:00 in the morning on the 5th of August so we can take the 2 weeks before school to determine how far you are magic wise.

Sincerely,

Albus Dumbledore

Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Diamond was speechless. She did not know that Hogwarts was even a real school. She thought that it was just make believe. To make sure she wasn't imagining things Diamond took the letter and ran down the stairs looking for her parents. "Mom, Dad," Diamond yelled. Her parents came running in looking worried.

"Honey what's wrong, what happened?" Diamonds mom Jill asked.

Diamond showed her mom the letter and her mothers face turned ghostly white.

"How did you get this? Whom did you get this from?" Jill demanded. Dave, Diamonds father, looked confused so he took the letter and read it. After reading it his face to turned ghostly white and he started to tremble.

"An owl came to my window with that letter on its leg. Why? Is this true? Am I a witch?" Diamond asked.

Jill looked at Diamond and hesitated before she spoke. "You have to understand sweetheart. We were going to tell you when you turned 11 but when you didn't receive your letter we thought you didn't have magical powers so we decided not to tell you until you turned 18."

"I can't believe you. You lied to me. What next are you going to tell me that you aren't my parents that you adopted me?"

"Umm… well you see… that actually happened." Diamond started to speak but Jill interrupted her. "You have to understand. We were doing it for your own protection. If…."

"My own protection." Diamond cut in. "You lied to me all these years, making me believe that I was your daughter. I can't believe you."

Everything was quiet for a few minutes before Diamond asked, "So how did you adopt me? Or are you witches too and you adopted me at a witches adoption center?"

Dave is the one who answered this question. "We are not witches. Jill and I grew up with your father. We knew he was a wizard and we were fine with that. When you were 2 years old he and your mother came to our house in the middle of the night and asked if we could take care of you. He said that he and your mother were going to have to leave town for a little while and she didn't feel safe taking you with. We haven't seen or heard from either one of them since then. So we don't know what happened to them."

Diamond listened patiently, her face expressions going from anger to shock to sadness. "So... so… so you don't know if they are alive or not?"

"No. I'm sorry sweetheart but we don't," Dave said looking sad. Jill had already started to cry.

"Look. I'm sorry for the way I acted, I'm just a little upset."

"We don't blame you sweetheart. We should've told you from the beginning what you were and that you weren't our daughter."

"No. No I'm glad you didn't tell me that I wasn't your daughter. It would've been too uncomfortable for us if I knew you weren't my real parents."

Jill and Dave both smiled and grabbed their daughter into a hug. Diamond gave them both a hug and then had a look of confusion on her face.

"Ok I'm curious. What am I going to do about this school?" Diamond asked.

Jill looked at Dave and then looked at Diamond. "Well if you don't want to go to it you don't have to but you should go to learn about your powers and everything. If you…"

Diamond interrupted her mom again, "No it's not that I don't want to go, cause I do but what about the money for the books and stuff and where am I going to get the books?"

"Will you quit interrupting me? I was about to say what we are going to do about that."

"Oh sorry. Didn't mean to."

"That's ok honey. To answer your question, we are going to go to Diagon Alley. It's a place for witches and wizards everywhere to get school supplies and stuff like that. As for your money, your mother left a key to the vault that they left for you. It's gold just for magic folk."

"Oh ok. I see. So when will we go?"

"We will go the day after tomorrow."

"Why can't we go sooner?"

"Because we have to go see this guy your mother told us to see when you get accepted to Hogwarts."

"Why do we have to go see him? Why is he so important?"

"He is important because he will be able to tell you more about this school and stuff."

"Oh. Okay. Well I'm going to go to bed. When are we going to go tomorrow?"

"We are going to be leaving around noon. It will take about 30 min. to an hour to get there."

"Ok well good night."

"Good night sweetheart."

Diamond gave both her parents hugs before heading upstairs and hopping onto her bed. It was 12:30 and even though she was exhausted she couldn't fall asleep. She had a lot on her mind. Like what the school would be like, what would she do about her friends here, would she make friends at Hogwarts and stuff like that. It was about 3 in the morning before she finally fell asleep. In her dreams she saw a tall man with messed up hair, a woman with bright green eyes, a man with black hair and a woman with long blonde hair, purple eyes and pointy ears. In the arms of the woman with the green eyes was a baby boy with the same green eyes. In the arms of the woman with purple eyes was a baby with purple eyes and black hair with pointy ears. For some reason Diamond knew that the baby was herself. She didn't know how she knew since the baby didn't look anything like her but she knew. Before anything else could happen her alarm clock went off and Diamond got up to take a shower.