A/N: So I did end up starting the prequal... funny thing I just started typing and the words just formed on the page and I didn't stop untill the first chapter was finished. I hope you enjoy. Please Review!

Chapter One: Of Letters and Grey Eyes

I found it on my bed on day after my fifteenth birthday. It didn't look like anything remarkable except that the location of my room was included in the address I assumed it was collage junk mail and threw it on my desk. It sat there unregarded and unremarkable for about a week. That's when the owls started arriving.

I would have known that my cousin Alex had gotten one two except this time when my mother, Phoebe decided to move out of the manor with Coop again I decided to live with her for a few months, see if I liked belonging in a normal sized household. So far I didn't. I didn't like being away from the rest of my family. It felt wrong and weird and even if both my mom and dad were home with me the house felt empty, though for my mothers sake I was going to give it a little bit longer.

But like I said I found out later that Alex had gotten one two. She called me one day telling me about a letter inviting her to a magic school all the way in Europe. Up until then we had both been going to magic basically out of our own homes. By that I mean that the door to magic school had been placed there by my cousin Wyatt at an early age. I didn't know what to think. Another magic school why now? Why so far away? She asked if I had gotten one too. I didn't think so until she mentioned the name Hogwarts. My mind flashed back to the envelope sitting on my desk. I let the phone hang and I ran upstairs to my room.

There it was official seal and everything. For the first time since I had gotten it I looked at the Hogwarts letter. Slowly I opened it as though this could be some sort of prank. The letter stated as follows:

Dear Ms. Halliwell,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is hoped that you will chose to join us starting as a fifth year. This is due to a large mistake involving the great disbelief in Wiccan magic. Headmaster Dumbledore wishes to right this wrong made years ago. Though you have in technicality missed your first four years we trust that your knowledge and skills are more than satisfactory having grown up in the family you did. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

I stared at the letter. What was an owl? Like as in the animal or did they mean something else? I don't own an owl! Most of the stuff on the equipment list I could find in the attic in the manor. The others were books I had never heard of. Who on earth was Miranda Goshawk? I continued with my confused mind ranting until I heard a Hello? In my head

Alex? I asked back.

Who else…where did you go I've been waiting by the phone, you just disappeared. She sounded kind of agitated. Did you get a letter or not?

Oh I got the letter all right…

Well are you going to go?

What about Magic School what about our family? Hogwarts is all the way in London. Alex do you really think this is a good idea? Alex thought about it a moment.

Faye this is a chance of a lifetime our family will be fine. We are just an orb and a foosh away. And yes I do think this is a good idea. Maybe we need this time away. Isn't that part of why you moved out with your mom? She was right. Sometimes change was good but how did I know that this would be a good change. She must have sensed this thought. Trust me Faye this is a good change and besides if you end up not liking it you can always go back to magic school… besides I don't want to go with out you but I will if you won't come. And that was the deciding factor. Alex is not only my closest cousin but because we were so close in age (born on month after the other) she's my best friend too. I couldn't imagine going to magic school without her.

Fine…I guess Hogwarts it is. What do I tell my mother? Does the rest of the family know already?

Yup I guess except your mom. She laughed. Or maybe she wasn't telling you to keep you from leaving. I laughed too cause I could see my mom doing it. I just can't see her not being in touch with the rest of us. I agreed.

"Hey mom?" I yelled down the stairs. She came up and opened my door. I held up the letter. "Does this mean anything to you?" She frowned. Alex laughed in my head.

I told you…She said in my head.

"I see you got the letter too." I looked at her with a look that basically said 'and…?' "Yes you can go I guess we need to go shopping then." I talked her (well almost) in a hug. "You're welcome. You best go to the attic and see what you can find. And we'll get the rest tomorrow morning." My mother left me in my room to think.

I wonder what this new school will be like. I've never been the new kid before. At least neither of us will be alone. Alex thought into my head.

I don't know but I know one thing for sure.

What's that?

Two words, British accents Alex and I giggled like the silly little teenagers we were.

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Diagon Alley, who knew? Wizards and witches alike have their very own place for their magical needs. The place was filled with cool contraptions and weird goings on. Everywhere I turned I found something new and mystical to look at. The first thing we did was get me some money that would actually be useful here. Next we went about the shops, Me, Alex, my mom, and my aunt Phoebe to be exact.

The first place we stopped was Olivander's. We got our wands. I won't bore you with the specifics but I will tell you that this wand picking you is for the birds. It took me 15 times of knocking stuff to shambles and blowing things up for me to find the right wand. 11" maple and unicorn hair was my wand. Go figure it only took Alex 3 tries to get the wand meant for her. She was practically made for this wizarding business.

Next we stopped at basically the wizard world equivalent of a pet shop. We both got owls meant for carrying messages and letters. Oh okay, so this is what they meant by they needed my owl by July 31st. They wanted my response. Was that much too simple to say, or were we just supposed to know what they had meant?

After we hit up the bookstore, which pretty much took forever because Alex could live in a bookstore and be perfectly content with life. I loved to read nearly as much as she did but she seemed to have a little more of a passion for it. I hopped for her sake that this new school would have a good library. On my way out with books in hand I bumped into someone and fell over as my books scattered around me. I got up from my butt and stood to apologize.

"I am so sorry." When I looked at the face of the guy I had knocked into I found my self looking into the most beautiful, no the only grey eyes I have ever seen. He handed me my books with a crooked smile that for some unexplainable reason made my heart skip a beat. I clutched the books tight in an effort to breath.

"No need to apologize." He said, crooked smile still intact. "I should have been watching where I was going too." He passed me into the bookstore and was gone, as I tried desperately to gather myself.