PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ! YES, IT'S A BORING AUTHOR'S NOTE (I HATE THEM TOO), BUT IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT (I THINK)!
As the chapter title states, this is the prologue to this story. Frankly, all this really serves is to sort out some technical things before we get started. I have some of the chapters already written out, but I'm looking for a beta reader to help me out with editing and other logistical things. So if there is anyone who appreciates the first two chapters of this story and would like to help out, I'd really-err-appreciate it!
Now that I've mentioned that, I can move onto other issues. 1) Yes, this is one of those cliched "Harry has a twin sister" stories. I haven't written anything in a while because I hate writing cliches and for some reason that's all I've been drawn to lately. But this has been hammering at my brain for so long that I just couldn't ignore it anymore and HAD to write it down. I'm doing my best to make it as bearable and painless as possible, so please don't judge it too harshly. Concrit is gratefully welcomed, but flames will be thrown into the garbage, so to speak.
2) This story will be based solely on canon. Obviously there will be some deviations since, obviously, Harry has no sister and the story will reflect what she does as well as what he will do. Now, when I say I'm following canon, I mean that I will be following the book(s) very very very closely. So closely that a lot will sound just like J.K. Rowling's prose-some of it will even be exactly what is written in the book. I have made great lengths to change what I could and to cite what I couldn't. Still, I'm not perfect, and I could have missed some things or could have failed to modify the text to separate my writing from the marvelous Ms. Rowling in a completely unique and original way. So I'll say this now: ANYTHING and I do mean ANYTHING that you recognize is not mine. I DO NOT OWN IT AND I CLAIM NO OWNERSHIP. I deeply respect Ms. Rowling and everything she's accomplished and would never in any way attempt to demean her work by plagiarizing it. So please, if there is something that I've failed to cite correctly or failed to cite at all, please tell me. That being said, I hope you enjoy the story, but unless there is something so glaringly copied, misspelled, or just god awful-do not PM me or whatever to point it out. Thank you.
3) Regardless of what I said in the point above, I'm trying to make the story as original and creative as possible. It's mainly going to be from a different point of view than Harry's, so as we go along the writing will stray off onto its own path and hopefully unhitch itself from Ms. Rowling's. Some ships need some assistance before they can reach open sea, yeah?
Alright, that's all I had to say, haha. I hope you enjoy the prologue and the first two chapters!
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If anyone were to ask, she would say her relationship with her brother began its slow but steady downward spiral that fateful day in Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. It was July 31st 1991—the most remarkable and entirely surreal experience of her entire life. It was on this day that she, along with her brother, began her preparation for their immersion into a wholly different world. It was also the day she met, for the first time, the future love of her life.
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Yeah, I know the first chapter is not aesthetically pleasing. It wasn't from the lack of trying, let me assure you. FF is kinda stupid like that.