Hello readers, welcome to my story! :)

After thinking about it for quite a long time now, I've finally decided to put my version of Harry being a girl online.
I hope some of you will like it and I would loooove to hear your opinions and ideas about it in the comments!

This story is rated M for later chapters... First, the story line will take some time to develop!

If ever there are some kind of spelling errors or typos I'm sorry - English actually is my second language, but I prefer it to my first.
So, if you do find something just tell me, I will do my best to correct mistakes as quickly as possible!

Also, this will change quite a bit from the original story, as Holly will be pretty different than Harry... And there will be flashbacks to content happening before Chapter 1, f.e. Holly being a child, living with the Dursleys or her early adventures with Ron and Hermione.

Lastly, I (unfurtunately) don't own any of the Harry Potter specific content, that all belongs to the great J.K. Rowling!

Enjoy! :)

Chapter 1: A Letter from Sirius

Holly sat by the window, a quill twirling between her fingers, her dark eyebrows frowning in concentration above her sparkling green eyes, unsure about how to respond to her godfathers most recent letter. It was growing darker outside with every minute that passed. Today had been her fifteenth birthday and she'd received several birthday cards and presents from her friends Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Hagrid and of course the Weasleys and Sirius. But the most exciting thing had been something her godfather had written in his letter:

My most darling goddaughter,

First of all, a very happy birthday to you! I hope you like your present and your aunt and uncle aren't ruining your birthday as usual. We will be celebrating soon and not only your birthday, but something even bigger!

Dumbledore visited me yesterday at headquarters and he finally managed to convince the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to take over my case and there will be a trial held over my being innocent next week on Tuesday the 8th.
So, if everything goes well (as I sincerely expect and hope it will) I will be a free man again in merely a couple of days and I want you to be here with me to celebrate and stay… If you want to, for good.
You might remember, I asked you to live with me right after the incident by the whopping willow, but when Peter escaped, I had no choice but flee (thanks for the help again, kiddo).
If you would rather stay under the blood protection your aunt's home provides, I would understand, but Dumbledore said, he would install several wards and protective spells himself, if you would prefer living with me.
It is your decision, so no pressure!

There is one other thing: there will be several people asked for questioning at my trial, including Remus, your friends Ron and Hermione and of course you. And, under Dumbledore's orders, the questionings will be held with the help of Veritaserum. It was the only way the Magical Law Enforcement would agree to even hold a trial for me. I hope you don't mind being forced to tell the truth.

How are you apart from everything else? Still having trouble sleeping? I know you've had a hard time since… well, I guess you know what I mean.
Holly, I can only repeat myself again: none of what happened on that graveyard is or was your fault! Stop blaming yourself, there is nothing you could have done differently, no adult could have coped better with that situation. I hope you will start feeling better once you are here, with me and your friends. You are not alone in this! Whatever you need me to do, in order to feel better, just tell me!

Anyway, happy birthday once more, can't wait to see you in just a few days – Dumbledore will send you all the other details about when you will be collected to come and spent the rest of the holidays with me and the Weasleys at the headquarters!

Sirius

So, she would be "collected" in just a few days to spend the rest of the summer with Sirius and her friends.
Better even, her godfather would be spoken innocent, with her help.
And best of all, when he was a free man again, she would be living with him, her parent's best friend, the closest thing she had to a family, a father, and would finally, after all those years, be rid of the Dursleys.

She couldn't believe her luck. In just over a week, her life would forever be changed, and this one time actually for the better!

After she had scribbled down her answer for Sirius (thanks for the present, can't wait to celebrate your being free next week, would love to live with you) she sat quietly for a moment, just thinking about the last few years and how she never would have to come back to this place. Her Home.
Of course, it had never felt like that, probably because she had never been welcome in this house. She had always been treated badly, like an unwanted animal, not even her aunt would care for her even though Holly had been her own sister's daughter, her niece. Before she had gotten the acceptance letter to Hogwarts, she hadn't even known a thing about her parents, her past, or the things she could do, was born to do.
Heck, they never even called her by her name, she had always been known as "the girl" or "the freak" or simply "hey, you" in this house. Now she was going to leave it all behind. The hatred in uncle Vernon's face, the disgust in aunt Petunia's and most importantly the despise in her cousin Debbie's. That girl had been the worst of all, especially when they still were in the same primary school, back in the days before Hogwarts.
Hogwarts had become her actual home, the only one she ever had, but it had never been easy for her, not even there. Holly remembered her four years at Hogwarts, every one worse, more dangerous than the year before. At least she'd never been alone, her best friends Ron and Hermione always by her side, fighting off Voldemort more than once, saving Ron's sister Ginny and of course just a year ago her godfather Sirius, who'd been imprisoned for twelve years, wrongly convicted of murder. By far the worst had been the last year, her fourth, especially the third task of the Triwizard tournament. Holly forced herself to think of something else, anything else, really. She was fed up with her brain showing her all those images of that night when she was asleep. She would not think about it anymore than she had to, she just couldn't.

After everything she had to go through, finally now… she was going to get a real home, a real family. With Sirius. She couldn't believe it.

Holly would have to tell her aunt and uncle about her moving out, but she was afraid something would happen, and everything would turn out to have just been a dream. Or worse, Sirius would, against all odds, not be found innocent and she would have to come back to this forsaken place after all. She couldn't stand the thought of having to come back, after having the place left behind for good, after telling the Dursleys good bye, only to crawl back to their door, having to beg them to take her back.
So, while preparing everything for the night, she decided to wait. Sirius said, Dumbledore was going to send her all the details about her leaving, and as long as she did not have them, she wasn't going to tell the Dursleys a thing about anything.