I do not own Harry Potter, nor claim to It, and all things afflicted with it, belong to the Queen, JK Rowling.
I ran through the hall laughing and trying to get outside. "Misty Abigail Evans, give Petunia her toy back," I heard our mum call throughout the house. She wasn't really my mum, nor was Dad my own dad, but they were the closest things I had to a true family since I was given to them as a baby, left on the doorsteps of a freezing winter night, being protected by some unknown force that none decided to disclose to me nor to my 'sisters' unitl small events in our lives started to occur that could have no other explination other than magic.
"Misty, can't you just give it to her than we can go out back and play in the yard," Lily said, standing in my way. She hardly ever called me by my first name, but she knew that if she did that I would do what she wanted me to do. Lily was the only one to call me by my middle name on the daily. I honestly preffered my middle name compared to my first when it came to my close friends- of course Lily was one of my only friends I had however. Not easy making friends when you go to the same school as your evil sister where she tries to turn everyone against you, not realizing that her actions only cause me to mess up everything for her even more so.
"Fine, but if that boy is out there I am going to ask him more questions about what he was going on about yesterday when we saw him," I told her, placing the old doll on the doorway to the bathroom before going outside with Lily, my favorite of the sisters.
"Please don't annoy him with too many questions," she said, just as I saw him standing behind a tree. "Hello Sev," she greeted.
"Hello Lily," he replied, "Misty."
"Severus, remember how you said that the letters will come by owl? When do you think ours will come?" I asked, climbing the tree.
"I would say that they should come soon. And if I were you, I would get out of the habit of climbing trees. There won't be many to climb at Hogwarts, unless of course you go into the Forbidden Forest which is of course forbidden."
"Whatever you say," I called out as I saw them walk to the small stream.
I stayed in the tree and thought of what it was going to be like at this school. So many unknown people and unknown things. I didn't really like the school I went to now, and normally I wouldn't talk to anybody except Lily. I couldn't image what would happen if I got sorted into a different house than her. Sharing a room with people I don't know at all. In the past couple years that we have been meeting with Severus Snape, Lily talked the most to him. He brought me books to read that all deal with magic, for Lily he brought his brain. She had total control to all the knowledge he had, but then again she was better talking and dealing with people and their problems unlike whereas I tended to turn everything into a joke when faced with new situations that I found uncomfortable, as one of my past teachers had once said.
We headed back home around sunset. "I'll see you next week then Sev," Lily called back to him.
"Why next week?" I asked her once he was out of earshot.
"His father is going to be gone the rest of the week and his mother wishes to spend it with him instead of being alone in that home of theirs."
"Oh, no new information on the school then?"
"Not for now, but do you really think you'll need it? We've both got more information than any of the other Muggle-borns most likely."
"Fair point. Lily look the owls are here!" I yelled, running up to the back patio where two barn owls were just dropping off a letter each.
"You didn't have to run, nor did you need to yell," she said as she came up to take her letter.
"Sorry sis, how are we going to tell Mum and Dad about the school?" I asked, but before I had finished, she was already walking inside to tell them.
"Petunia, where's Mum?" she asked.
"She's in the kitchen, freaks," the lovely and jealous sister of ours said, running off to go play with her dress up clothes and dolls most likely.
"I don't think she is ever going to drop that," Lily said.
"It's not like I meant that birthday cake to blow up in her face last week, it just happened."
"Or for the bucket to fall off of the ladder and splash paint all over her last month?"
"You made that flower in your hand grow," I pointed out.
"That was completely innocent compared to yours," she said laughing.
"Fair point." I walked into the kitchen. "Hey Mum."
"Hello girls, what is it you need?"
"We don't really need anything, but we might need to inform you on something."
"Here, read this." Lily said, handing Mum her letter.
"Oh, I see. I'll talk to your father about this when he gets home," she said, giving the letter back to Lily and returning to stiring the soup on the stove.
"'Oh, I see.' That's it?" I asked
"We can go can't we?" Lily asked.
"I don't see why not. Your father and I haven't been all that honest with the two of you." She placed the stir spoon back down and starred out the kitchen window before turning around and going over to sit at the table. "Misty, you were brought to us, a protective heating charm was placed on your blanket. In the morning, the headmaster of Hogwarts came to us, explained this and everything to us. He and your birth mother picked us to care for you because they knew Lily was likely to have magic. "
"But how did you two easily accept the magic, not deny it like Petunia? How was I likely to have magic?"
"Because, my child, my mother comes from the wizarding world. She, however, was born a squib, one without the ability to use magic, to a family of half-blood, her mother being a muggle and her father being a wizard. Because of that, they were watching our family for signs of a muggleborn child, as neither me nor your father have magic. Headmaster Dumbledore had the feeling that even if Lily did not have magic, Misty would be safer here than in their world or around a muggle family that knew nothing about the wizarding world."
"Why would I be safer here than the wizarding world?"
"I am afraid I cannot be the one to tell you that, I'm sorry dear. Perhaps Dumbledore will be able to come and talk before you go to Hogwarts. If not, than you may ask him while there. But perhaps the world you will be returning to will be a lot safer than when you were taken from it so very long ago." She stood up and went over to the stove once more. "But enough of that, go on and play or read," she told us, a smile returnign to her face.
"It hasn't been that long since we were babies," I whispered as we walked down the hall to our room we shared with Petunia.
"Get out of here," Petunia said, probably directing it more towards me than to Lily.
"Petunia, we have no where else to go to, it is our room too," Lily said, sitting on the floor by the dolls as I sat on the top of the bunk bed and took out To Kill a Mockingbird from the small bookshelf in our room.
"Fine, then at least go read or something. I don't want your freakishness to kick in and mess with my dolls."
Lily silently got up and picked up The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich from the bookcase before getting on the bottom of our bunk bed to read. Petunia had her own bed since she was a year older than us.
"Girls, food is ready," Mum called out after an hour of none of us saying anything except Petunia through her dolls.
We put the books back on the shelf and Petunia had tried to trip me on the way out but failed and had stubbed her toe into the wall instead.
"So, when do you girls want to go to London?" Dad asked after all the food was on the table and we had started to eat.
"Can we go tomorrow?" I asked between bites of the steak we were eating with the cream of mushroom soup.
"Sure, I don't have to work. However, do you know how the money system is for their, I mean your, world?" he replied.
"No, but I sure we can ask Sev before we leave," Lily said.
"Why do they get to go to London?"
"Because they must get their books and supplies for school, you and I can go as well and shop around the city," Mum said.
"We will have to leave early then, it'll take a good four to five hours to get there since we will be driving. Be ready around six in the morning, that way we can pick something up to eat," Dad pointed out.
"Do you think your friend has gone to get his supplies yet?" Mum asked.
"He said that they were going to go tomorrow as well around 11," Lily replied.
"Maybe we could meet up with them then," she continued. The rest of the dinner conversation was mainly Petunia talking about how she and one of her friends were fighting yesterday at the park about who was the better of the Doctors for Doctor Who.
"Mum, can I run down to Spinner's End to ask Sev about the money in the Wizarding world and about meeting up tomorrow?" Lily asked when we were finished eating.
"Yes, but only if Misty goes with you," she replied.
"Alright, thanks Mum. Come on Abs," Lily said, trying to pull me up out of the seat I was sitting in.
"Lil, the new episode of DW is on. Can't you wait till later?" I asked.
"No, I'm sure Petunia can fill you in on what you missed."
"Yeah that's all I need, spoilers from the one who calls us freaks," I said as we walked out the door and towards Spinner's End.
"What ever are you going to do without out it at Hogwarts?" She asked mockingly.
"I think you'll be without a sister to share in on the magic," I said, causing her to laugh as we walked up to Snape's house.
"Hello girls, come on in," Eileen greeted us, sounding tired. The last time we had visited was the week after we had meet Severus, his father was gone that week as well. "Severus, Lily and Misty are here. Is there anything I can get you girls?" she asked.
"No, thank you though," I replied as he came out of his room and into the dirty living room, causing the floor to creak as he walked.
"Sev, I was wondering if you wanted to meet up at London to get our supplies for school," Lily said as they both sat down on the couch and I sat down in a chair. You could see the dust enter the air around us.
"Sure, Mum what's the name of the Muggle street the Leaky Cauldron is on again?" he asked.
"It's on Charing Cross Road," she called out from her bedroom.
"Thanks," he called back. "Just meet us on the corner of Charing Cross Road and then we will show you to Diagon Alley."
"Question, what about the wizarding money? How many Galleons are in a pound sterling?" I asked.
"There are 17 Sickles to a Galleon and 29 Knuts to a Sickle. You may be able to convert your Muggle money into Wizarding money at Gringotts, about five pounds sterling equal a Galleon."
"Thanks Sev," Lily said, standing up and hugging him before we left and went home.
"The freaks are home," Petunia whispered, loudly enough for us to hear, to her friend that she had over when we walk into the house.
"Lovely to see you too Petunia and Fiona," I said, causing Lily to hit me on our way to our room. "Did you have to hit me?"
"Yes, unlike you I actually want to maintain a good relationship with Petunia," Lily said, gathering things to go take a shower.
"I don't see why Lil, she's just going to hate us because of our magic."
"Maybe she could change, you never know," she said before leaving the room. No matter how much I love Lily, she saw too much good where good could not be found honestly. I changed into something more comfortable and climbed into my bed, not hearing when Lily or Petunia came into the room to go to bed themselves.