Hey guys, after what seemed like forever, I finally decided to watch Harry Potter, and I'm glad I did! I have thus been entered into the world of the Harry Potter fandom. I decided I wanted to write a story, so here I am. Now firstly I'd like to mention, yes this does have my OC which is based off of me, but she's different. I am trying very hard to balance her flaws and the things that are good about her so she isn't a "Mary-sue". If you want more details about her, read my profile. A lot of things I'll let you learn as the story progresses though. But her wand, age, hair color, eyes, etc is on my profile. Also, I would like to mention that Harry, Ron & Hermione are in the second year in this story, and Tara (the OC in this story) is starting her first year. So without further adue, enjoy! (or not, that's totally up to you bro.)

Tara laid quietly in her bed, submersed and surrounded by her soft purple sheets, peacefully asleep with nothing to disturb her.

*tap tap tap*

A quiet knocking noise on her glass window echoed throughout her room. The heavy sleeper simply rolled over in her sleep and subconsciously covered her head with her blankets.

*tap tap tap*

Again the quiet tapping filled the room, still not waking her.

*SQUAWK!*

A loud squawk from what quite obviously was from a bird of sorts quickly flooded her ears. She sat up quickly and rubbed her eyes, squinting towards the source of the noise. A blurry figure came into her vision but she couldn't make out the shape. She reached over to her bed-stand and grabbed her thick, brown-framed glasses, slipping them onto her face.

For a second she appeared shocked, but she relaxed slightly when she saw the soft eyes of the figure in her window.

"What is a owl doing in my window?" She said aloud to herself as she walked over and flung open her window. A softly colored light brown owl sat perched upon the side of her window, holding a letter between the separation of its beak. She stared at it for a moment, observing the letter and wondering why an owl of all things would be carrying an envelope around in its mouth. As she continued to look at it, a few scribbled words came into her sight.

"Tara... Mystique?" She whispered. That was her name. She slowly reached her hand for the letter, and gently pulled the letter out of the owl's mouth. As quickly as the envelope had left the birds beak, it flew off.

"This is so...odd.." She said to nothing but the walls of her quiet room. She figured she better ask her mother what it was, or at least tell her. Maybe it was a prank or something dangerous that shouldn't be opened. She walked back over to her bedside and sat on the edge. She grabbed her phone off of her table and dialed her mother's number. After what seemed like ages, her mother answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi mom..uh, where are you now?" Tara could hear sounds of bustling about and other people's voices, almost overcrowding the voice of her mother.

"Oh hello sweetie! I'm sorry, it's very loud! Me and your father are in the middle of a very large business group meeting in Spain!"

"Oh.. well, okay. Hey mom, I have a question.. Earlier I was sleeping.. and an owl came up to my window, it was very strange. It had a letter in its mouth with MY name on it, I took it an-" Before she could continue to explain, her mother screamed loudly over the phone in excitement, causing Tara to jump and hold her phone away from her head.

"Oh, please, excuse me one second. It's my daughter.." She could hear her mother say a few things to the people around her, and after a few seconds the sound of voices faded off.

"Uh.. mom?"

"Hunny!" Her mother whispered into the phone. "Do you not know what that is? It quite obviously has to be your invitation letter to Hogwarts!" Tara's mother seemed so excited, even her whispering voice was bubbling with enthusiasm. Tara sighed and took a deep breath before answering her mother.

"Why are you excited mom? I told you I didn't want to go there, I don't think I could get anything right and m-" Once again she was cut off by her mother. She rolled her eyes and listened as she lectured her for what seemed to be the thousandth time.

"Sweetie, I was, I AM a wizard. It's where I went when I was younger. It's a wonderful place and I know once you went there, you'd love it just like I do! And you could make great friends there."

"Mom.." Tara sighed again, not interested in continuing the conversation. "You know how I am, I'm not a social butterfly, and people aren't really interested in being friends with me anyway because I don't open up easily."

"You need to learn! Open up! I've heard you say it before, if people won't accept you for who you are, then forget them! And as many times as I have tried to convince you, it won't work. So I'm telling you right now, you better open that letter and start moving. I will not let my only daughter not go to such a great place. If you don't go there, I will punish you somehow. Now I must go, people are waiting, bye sweetie." Before Tara could respond to her mother, she hung up on her. Infuriated, she flung her phone across the room, cracking the screen in a few different places.

"I don't wanna go there!" She screamed at nothing but the air. She had told this to her mother for years, she would fit in there just as well as she would in the school she goes to now, well, USED to go to. Which wasn't very well at all. Tara had 2 friends from school, and they had moved a few years ago. Her two friends were basically her only company she ever had since she was 6. Her parents were always on the road or some other country for business, so she lived alone. She expected that wasn't even legal to let a child of such young age live alone for such long periods of time, but she couldn't tell anyone that anyway.

She grabbed the letter in fury and ripped the top of it off, taking the letter out and unfolding it. It was no doubt her "acceptance" letter, and it had all the details of where she needed to go.

"How am I supposed to even get there? That address is in England and I quite obviously live in America." It was true, if she went there she would be a transfer student. And as if her personality wouldn't be enough to drive people away or make fun of her, being a transfer would make it even worse. The main problem in the front of her mind now, however, was how she was even supposed to get to an address which is in England. She flipped over the letter and noticed something written rather clearly on the back.

"If you are from a country other then England, please place this sticker onto a large tree and simply walk into it." She read the words carefully and then rubbed her head in frustration.

"How the hell is walking into a tree with a sticker on it going to get me anywhere?" She questioned the letter, which obviously gave her no response. As stupid as it sounded to her, she sighed and got into suitable outdoor clothes and decided she would try what the ridiculous letter told her.

Once she was outside, she looked around for a large tree, which was quite easy to find considering she lived in basically a forest. She carried one suitcase because of course the letter advised to bring things she'll need for a year. Tara being a simple girl didn't bring much, maybe a dozen outfits for the entire year that she'd wash and wear over and over, she really didn't care. Also just a few obvious necessities. She still thought this was absolutely ridiculous as she lifted the sticker off of the letter and placed it onto a tree.

At first the sticker appeared to just shine in the sun, and she rolled her eyes and put her hand onto the tree.

"Well, that obviously didn't work. Why do I even believe these things?" As soon as she complained about it, the sticker glowed so bright it almost blinded her with a blue light and she backed away a few steps and stared in awe.

"What.." Is all she could say as it continued to glow. Eventually the light died down and everything returned to normal.

"Oh, so it's just some weird sticker that lights up? Ugh.." She grabbed the handle of her bag and rolled it across the soft grass as she took the few steps back forward to the tree. She put her hand onto the rough bark, expecting her hand to simply touch it again, when she was practically sucked into it.

She screamed as she fell through what seemed to be a light blue tunnel going no where. Soon enough the scene warped around her and she was standing on a train with compartments lined in front of her.

"Proof of acceptance, please." An older looking, what she guessed to be an "elf" said to her, if those were even real.. He seemed pretty bored as well.

"Uh..um.." Was all she said. She was practically traumatized by what just happened to her, and she was confused by all means.

"Just hand me your letter." The elf said to her somewhat annoyed. She slowly handed over the letter she had in her hand and he swiped it out of her grasp. He stared at it for a few seconds and handed it back to her.

"First year, huh. Just pick a compartment and wait until we get there."

"But.. um..I don't really.." She was beginning to explain her confusement when the "elf" cut her off and pointed down the hall of the train.

"I can't explain nothin' to you, so just sit somewhere and wait. You'll understand later." He demanded her coldly, and she shakily and hesitantly walked down the hallway of the locomotive. She slightly took glances over at other compartments with people in most of them, some would point at her, probably questioning who she was but no one ever said a word to her. She only heard the sound of hushed whispers, which she was very used to anyway until she found a completely empty compartment to sit in.

She rolled her bag up to the side of the wall and sat down, closing the doors of her compartment. She looked confused, and quite honestly she was scared. She didn't even know what she was in for, but she did know that scared was a feeling she didn't feel often. She looked out the window and watched as scenery she couldn't make out if she tried blurred past faster then the speed of light.

She sat quietly and patiently until finally the train slowed down to a stop. No-one obviously ever entered her small train room, or even asked. She caught glimpses of people walking by it and some pointed, but not a word. She noticed people started walking out of the train onto a bank on a river through her window. She figured she might as well follow their lead, and she took a hold of the handle of her bag and rolled it behind her as she opened the doors of the compartment and slowly walked a slight distance behind others back down the hall.

"I don't know.. but I have a feeling I might not like this at all.." She whispered very quietly to herself as she took a deep breath, forcing herself to try to remain calm.

So there's Chapter 1! Not too interesting I know, but it's a start. You learned a little about her and the way she acts. She will be different, and if you think she's a mary sue, just wait until the story progresses. Her personality will change as she opens up more..if she does, that is..and she's still got some flaws in herself and life that you'll find out soon enough. Please review if you've read it on what you think, please? Just don't be mean about it, I really refuse to read just down-right rude comments. Anyway, until next time. (Probably very soon!)