Magnolia Potter was given to the Dursleys years ago after the death of her parents. McGonagall thought the Dursleys were awful people after watching them in her animagus form for a day after the Potter's deaths but Dumbledore insisted that the baby girl would be just fine. It wasn't that McGonagall thought that the Dursleys would be a danger to her.

No. It's just that Petunia Dursley, Magnolia Potter's mother's sister, didn't care for magic. Or rather- she was jealous of those who had it.

The first few years were grand and Petunia loved Magnolia Potter like she was her own daughter. She looked a lot like her aunt Petunia, after all with dark hair from her father and bright green eyes from her mother. That's why Petunia loved her too. In truth, Petunia felt guilty for treating her sister the way she did for years. But now that she had Magnolia to take care of she felt as though some of that guilt was ebbing away. Maybe her sister could forgive her in death now.

Vernon wasn't too keen on raising Magnolia though. He preferred boys and cherished his only son, Dudley. However after many arguments and threats from his wife, Vernon soon became very attached to the young girl and very quickly accepted her into the family as one of his own.

Magnolia grew into such a beautiful young child but just at her fifth birthday things started to get out of hand.

She started showing signs of magic.

Now Petunia could have done many things at this point. She could have ended up treating her like she did her sister, given her up for adoption or kept loving her as her own.

And as Petunia saw the innocent look of confusion and dread in the child's eyes when she levitated a spoon, Petunia just couldn't hate her. Vernon was angry and freaked out at first but after many talks with his wife, he learned that it was best to just accept it and move on.

Now Magnolia Potter was very smart and all for her age but this just confused her to no end. To do something so impossible well- well it was impossible! Wasn't it? She asked her aunt Petunia about what she had done and Petunia could only crack a gentle smile and say, 'Your mother could do that too'

And now came the age of questions. And boy did Magnolia have a lot of them. It was while Petunia and her were making cookies when she asked one in particular. Or rather many.

"Aunty, what was my mommy like? Was she like you? Was she nice and pretty and baked cookies and yummy things?"

Petunia laughed at the child's blunt words, "Of course dear. Your mother was very pretty and loved to cook like me but I suppose we were very different actually"

"How?"

Petunia stopped stirring the cookie batter and leaned down to Magnolia, chuckling slightly at the flour that caked the girl's face, "Well your mother could do things you can but I can't do those things, Maggie"

"Why not?"

"Well I just wasn't special enough like your mother. She was very special and so are you, dear"

Magnolia pounced and hugged her aunt, "I think you're special, aunty!"

Petunia could have cried right then but kept the urge down as she hugged the child back and they went back to baking.

It was just a few years later after her eighth birthday that things went terribly wrong. She had seen Dudley thrown temper tantrums before when he didn't get what he wanted and after he got angry and yelled and screamed, his parents would give him what wanted. Magnolia wasn't one to get angry at her aunt and uncle so she refrained in case it would get her into trouble.

However, this is the reason Dudley hated his little cousin. Because she was such a goody-goody and got so much attention from his parents. It made him jealous and angry. So one day he pushed her into the ground when she and Petunia were planting flowers. Petunia yelled at Dudley for doing such a terrible thing and Dudley in turn got angry at his mother and yelled back at how much more attention Magnolia got but he got none.

"It's not fair mum! She's not even yours! Dad said you guys adopted her! I'm the one who deserves more things than her! She's just a freak!"

That was the first time Petunia ever hit her son. She slapped him right across the face giving him a red mark and yelled at him to go to his room until his father got home from work. Dudley cried horridly and glared at Magnolia. It was all her fault.

The next day Magnolia was in her room playing with a few dolls when Dudley marched in destroyed them. Magnolia was so upset. She had never been so angry before and the last thing she knew was that she could hear Dudley screaming in terror.

Aunt Petunia was worried. She had never seen or heard of this happening before. She knew what it was but this was different. Very different. She had never been so frightened of a child before. After Magnolia woke back up in her bed, Petunia was there with a wet cloth on her forehead.

"Oh dear, are you alright? You have a terrible fever"

Magnolia groaned, "What happened aunty? I don't remember anything"

'That's probably for the best' Petunia had thought.

Before Petunia could say anything though, Vernon came in, "Petunia dear is she up yet- oh"

Magnolia smiled at her uncle, "Uncle Vernon! You're home!"

Vernon came over hesitantly to her and ruffled her hair, "Hey there little sweety. Do you feel better? Aunty says you collapsed earlier and you have a fever"

Magnolia blinked, "I don't remember but I feel fine now!" she grinned.

Vernon turned his attention to his wife, "Dudley's in bed and I sent the letter. How long do you think it will be before we hear anything back from them?"

Petunia sighed, "I don't know. I don't even know if they'll reply to us, dear"

Magnolia was confused, "If who will reply?"

Vernon kissed her forehead, "No one sweety now you just rest and go to bed. Petunia and I have some grown up things to talk about."

Magnolia smiled, "I love you Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon!"

The two smiled at her before they left and they called out a loving good night back to her as she fell asleep, suddenly feelings really tired.

A week later there was an owl waiting for Vernon on his car with a letter attached to its foot and a piece of jewelry. After reading the letter, Petunia's fears were lifted and she took a deep breath of relief. The letter was from Dumbledore and it told her not to worry and that sometimes these things happen with magical children although not so violently. A locket came with the letter and Dumbledore specified that the locket was charmed to keep her magical abilities in check so she wouldn't accidentally harm anyone in the future.

Magnolia was excited to have such a beautiful locket but she wanted to know what was inside of it so badly. It was tightly shut and locked however and not even her Uncle could open it so she could put a picture of them inside of it.

Now Magnolia was turning eleven soon in late July and Dudley had just had his birthday at the Zoo but Magnolia loved it so much that she, too wanted to go again and see all of the cool animals that they didn't get to see last time. Of course the Dursleys just couldn't refuse her and as one of her presents, they took her to the zoo.

Dudley sat beside her in the car on the way down to the zoo but ever since three years ago, he had been sort of afraid of her. His parents wouldn't tell him anything and Magnolia couldn't remember the event so the memory just sat there haunting him to no end what had happened to his little cousin when she got angry. It was terrifying but his mother told him that as long as Magnolia wore the locket it wouldn't happen again. But that's all she would say about the matter.

The family wandered all around the zoo following Magnolia around as she happily went from exhibit to exhibit watching all the animals in their habitats. Come lunch time they all enjoyed themselves at the zoo cafeteria and Vernon gave her and Dudley money for ice cream and things at the gift store. In the end, Magnolia got a vanilla waffle-cone with yummy fresh berries and blueberry sauce while Dudley got the biggest ice cream they had. Next they went to the gift shop and had loads of fun together looking at all of the cool things like stuffed animals, zoo toys and accessories.

The two cousins may not particularly love one another but they didn't really hate each other either. When they were done, they went back to Dudley's parents and they went on to the Reptiles. Magnolia dragged Dudley off with her. She was always fascinated by the snakes and lizards and this was weird but Dudley actually liked that about her. It made her almost like she was his sister because he liked them too.

Vernon called out to them, "Now Dudley you take care of her! Your mother and I will be over here watching"

Dudley nodded but was dragged off by Magnolia to a certain large sized snake.

Magnolia read the label behind the glass, "Boa Constrictor." She pronounced it slowly, "What does that mean, Dudley? What does it constrict?"

Dudley smirked at her, "It means that it constricts and suffocates little animals. That's how it eats"

"Gross." She stared at it, "Cool"

Dudley laughed at her but things went south when an angry boy came over to the exhibit that they were at and shoved Magnolia, "Out of my way, little baby! I want to see the snake!"

Dudley glared at the boy who seemed to be about the same age that he was, "Watch where you're going! That's my cousin!"

The boy laughed at them, "Why don't you shut your mouth, porky!"

Dudley was about to attack him when the boy suddenly fell through the glass and into the snake exhibit.

Magnolia's eyes widened and she suddenly looked scared, 'Did I do that!?'

The snake inside tilted its head towards her and escaped while it could. It hissed to her and Magnolia was shocked to hear that she could understand it, "Thanks friend" it had said.

The boy was about to get out, his clothes soaking wet from the small waterhole but in Magnolia 's lack of concentration, the glass had reappeared, locking him in!

The boy wailed and screamed and Magnolia couldn't help but to laugh. Dudley just stared at her though, a little fear in his eyes. By this time, Petunia and Vernon had rushed over, hearing the commotion and lead the children out of the exhibit.

Petunia told them, "Perhaps it's best if we go back home now?"

Magnolia was disappointed but soon let it go when Vernon bought her a small cute plush snowy owl.

When they all got home, Vernon and Petunia realized that it was time. They had to tell them.

They sat together that night at the dining room table and Magnolia and Dudley were just both confused.

"Am I in trouble?" Magnolia asked them and Vernon chuckled.

"No, no, no dear. It's not that. It's just . . . Did you make that glass disappear today at the zoo, Maggie?"

Magnolia bowed her head, seemingly ashamed, "I'm sorry. It's just that there was this boy that was picking on Dudley and I and I got mad. Am I a freak?"

"Oh no of course not dear" Petunia held her hand, "Of course not. Remember what I told you years ago, sweety? About your mother? Remember?"

"Yeah" she nodded, "You said that she could do those things too. But Aunty you never really talk about my mum only to say that. What happened to my parents? How can I do weird things? I don't understand"

Vernon cleared his throat, "Your parents . . . . were magicians of sorts"

"You mean like the ones on that TV show?"

Petunia shook her head, "No dear. The ones on TV are fake. Your parents were real. They possessed REAL magic. As you have. You're a witch, Maggie."

Dudley's face was comical but he stayed silent.

Magnolia turned frightened, "Am I going to be killed like the Salem witches!? Am I going to die!?"

Vernon shook his head, "No don't be silly dear, of course not. You-"

There was a sudden tapping at the window and Vernon got up to see what it was. There was an owl at the window tapping its beak on the glass!

Vernon was dumbfounded until he saw another letter on its foot like years ago and he went outside to retrieve it from the other side. When he came back in, he handed the letter to Magnolia.

"It's for you"

Magnolia cautiously took the letter, "Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. What does that mean? There are others like me? What's Hogwarts like? Did my parents ever go there? Have you been there aunty?"

Petunia shook her head, "No dear I haven't but yes, you're parents both went when they were your age. I remember that my sister got her letter to Hogwarts when she turned eleven too. I thought this day would come but . . . I didn't think it would be so soon."

"You mean you . . . knew the whole time I was a witch?"

They both nodded and Dudley just stared at Magnolia, "Cool. Can I go to Hogwarts too!?"

Petunia shook her head, "I'm afraid not, Dudley."

Magnolia pouted, "Wait, I'll have to go alone?! But I don't want to go alone! Why can't Dudley come too?"

Vernon explained, "They won't let anyone in who isn't magic. A person who doesn't have magic won't even be able to see the school, isn't that right, Petunia?"

Petunia nodded.

"So what now?" Magnolia asked, "I don't want to leave"

"Oh sweety" Petunia smiled at her, "As much as I don't want you to go, I think you should. It will be a great experience for you, I'm sure. I'm sure you'll love it. Your mother did"

Magnolia smiled at that, "Okay. I'll go Aunty"

A few days later it was the day before Magnolia's actual birthday and they spent the whole day together as Petunia explained that a magical being would probably come soon to take her

"What if I don't like it there, aunty?" Magnolia whispered to Petunia so Dudley couldn't hear. He was still mad that he couldn't go too.

Petunia put it simply, "Then you can leave and come back home"

She smiled back and they waited and waited the whole day but no one came.

Finally they decided that they should probably go to bed and maybe the people would come tomorrow.

What they didn't expect was a knock on the door at the stroke of midnight. Vernon grumpily went down the stairs and answered the door to see a giant bearded man standing there at the doorway grinning like a fool.

"Hello there Mr. Dursley. Is Magnolia Potter here?"

Magnolia woke up at the sound of her aunt's voice, "Wake up deary. They're here"

"What time is it?" she got out of bed and started dressing.

"It's midnight"

"Why so late? I'm tired, aunty"

Petunia shuffled her out, "Come on now. No whining. Let's go"

They met the giant downstairs and all Magnolia could do was stare up at him.

The man smiled down at her, "Hello there Magnolia. I'm Hagrid. It's very nice to meet you"

Magnolia smiled thinking that this man wasn't so bad as she thought they would be, "Nice to meet you too sir and please call me Maggie if you'd like"

Hagrid smiled and spoke again "I see you got yer letter. So you know what ye are do ya?"

"Aunty Petunia and Uncle Vernon told me I'm a witch like my parents."

Hagrid grinned, "That's right! Oh! And it's yer birthday isn't it!? Here I got ya a little something!" the man was super excited and pulled out a box from nowhere, "Eh it's a little smooshed but it'll taste the same ye know" he laughed a little.

Magnolia opened the box to see that it was a chocolate cake. She smiled, "Thank you sir. Um . . . so are we going to Hogwarts tonight?"

Hagrid chuckled, "Oh no little one. Hogwarts doesn't open until September but we need to leave by tomorrow if that's alright so we can get your supplies for school and learn what you need to before you go"

Petunia also cried, "So you're taking her away a month before school even starts? When will we be able to see her again?"

"Oh" Hagrid was surprised by this. He was warned that the Dursleys would be nasty and hateful muggles who hated magic but they seemed just about the opposite. They seemed genuinely caring about this magical child's wellbeing.

Dudley came down the stairs, "Mum, dad what's going"

He stopped at looked at the big giant in their home, "Whoa."

Magnolia introduced Hagrid to him, "This is my cousin, Dudley. Can he have some of the cake too, sir?"

Hagrid smiled, "Of course he can. It's your cake, little one. Share it with whoever ye want."

Magnolia gave half of the small cake to Dudley who was just all excited that he could without his parents getting upset about it.

Hagrid smiled, a twinkle in his eye, "Ye just like yer mother ya are"

Magnolia looked up at him, "You knew my mom? You went to Hogwarts with her?"

Hagrid chuckled, "Oh no. I knew her but I've been the groundskeeper for years. Coming onto about fifty or so years now I have been"

"Whoa" she said.

Hagrid turned his attention to the Dursleys, "Now I am on special duties by Professor Dumbledore to warn ye of the risks involved with letting Ms. Potter come to Hogwarts, Dursleys."

Vernon got upset, "Risks? What risks?"

Petunia nodded, "Yes Lily said it was the safest place in the world to be. What risks could there possibly be?"

Magnolia listened closely as Hagrid tried to be discreet about what he was saying, "You remember how you received Ms. Potter yes? You know who. There is always the risk of him coming back and finishing what he started"

Magnolia spoke up, "Who's you know who? Finish what?"

Hagrid made a surprised noise and grumbled, "I uh . . . you mean they never told ya?"

Magnolia shook her head, "Told me what?"

Petunia sighed, "We didn't want to worry her. We were told that he died so he isn't coming back right?"

"There is always a chance when there's magic, Mrs. Dursley, mam. But ya haven't even told 'er of how her parents died?"

"Uncle and aunty don't tell me much about my parents" Magnolia spoke up again, "They said they died in a car crash"

"What?" Hagrid looked almost angry, "A car crash. Oh no way. No car crash could ever have killed the Potters! No no no. They were killed"

Vernon stepped in, "Now you listen here! There's a reason we never told her that! We didn't want to upset her!"

"Well with her legend she'd know soon enough, Mr. Dursley"

"Legend?" Magnolia was even more intrigued now, "What legend?"

Hagrid waved it off, "I'll tell ye later, Ms. Potter. Don't worry. Ye'll find out soon enough"

The Dursleys sighed, knowing they couldn't do anything about this now and Petunia sent Dudley back up to bed, "Will you be staying the night, Mr. Hagrid? I'd rather you didn't take my niece out at this ungodly hour"

Hagrid nodded, "Oh yes mam, that'd be generous of ye. Thank ye"

Magnolia was sent back up to her room with no more answers. She tried to go back to sleep but she just couldn't. She was too up and awake now and had thoughts reeling in her mind.

Her parents were magic? She was magic? Her parents were killed by someone? She's a legend? Why is that?

Finally though she fell back asleep, letting the questions fester in her innocent mind.

The next day was very hard for Petunia. She had grown so attached to Magnolia as if she were her own daughter. Vernon, too, had become attached to her as had Dudley but they were too proud to admit that.

Petunia leaned down to hug her and spoke seriously to her, "Now you remember to always wear that locket alright? It's lucky and will keep you safe"

Magnolia nodded, "I will aunty"

With one last hug and kiss good-bye, Magnolia left with Hagrid off to London to get her school supplies.

She was off to Hogwarts.

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R&R

Now guys, this is my first Harry Potter fanfiction in a while so please keep open minded ;) I have it all worked out on how this story's gonna go.

And yes I needed to name the fem!harry after a flower- it seems like it's tradition in the evans family so there Plus I have an attachment to names that start with the letter 'M' if all my fans haven't noticed haha.

Hope you guys like the next chapter