Chapter-1
Step Towards The End
Walking down the forest made me feel as if all my chains were breaking. It felt like "I am free". It was over at last.
That was what I thought at least.
In the last seven years my life seemed like a maze to me. Seven years ago when the Hogwarts acceptance letter flew in through the window of my orphanage in front of my matron (head of the orphanage or my aunt),the look she gave while burning it still haunts me. That day my simple life became a deadly mission, the start of everything. As per I knew to that day my parents had abandoned me on the doorstep of my aunt and uncle who ran an orphanage for living. All the people in the orphanage hated me except two- 'Zea' and my cousin 'Sam'. Sam did not liked me he loved me. You hate a guy more if he loves you. After burning seven letter my aunt still did not feel the need to answer my questions. Three days after the arrival of the first letter a man arrived at the orphanage. I still remember the incident crystal clear, well my memory is quite extensive as a matter of fact. He entered the tiny room which was my room while my matron was shouting after him to stop. He was old so very, very old. The first expression which crossed his face on the sight of me was adoration, which most people had on their face when they saw me. But instead of gawking at me like the others he quickly changed his expression to a friendly smile. He cleared his throat and started "Hello, I am Professor Albus Dumbledore a teacher of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." I asked a very logical question "what?" He smiled at me kindly and said "You are a witch Mary." Like a babbling fool I said "Sorry! Mind your language sir." He replied in a calm voice as if he has heard this a thousand time "I am sorry, you might have misunderstood. I meant that in a positive way. You can perform magic. "Well that was the beginning. At the end of the conversation he said" You are beautiful, did you know." I said" you can only see my outer beauty now. When you see what inside me, then you comment on the beauty. Is it not the right thing to do?" he gave me last look of adoration and then left. That day he unraveled the first few secrets of my life. Little that I knew then my life was nothing but secrets and that this old man will become my mentor someday.