I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER, OR ANYTHING AFFILIATED WITH IT. I AM MERELY A FAN. I AM MAKING NO PROFIT OFF THIS. I ONLY OWN DEVYN AND HER PARENTS.

Chapter 1

Devyn Murphy was dreaming. Of that she was sure. She had to be, because the man that was looking at her, she had never seen before. And although she hadn't ever seen him, he seemed familiar. He felt safe and...well, he felt like something she hadn't ever really known. He felt like family.

He had ocean blue eyes that were dashed with amber specks. He had light brown hair that was flecked ever so slightly with gray. But that was strange because he was only in his mid-twenties at the most. He was certainly very young but the look in his eyes told her that he had endured years of hardships. There were scars running across his face, and usually, they would have unnerved her a little, but the warm smile on his face kept her at ease. She wished that she knew his name, or remembered it. Because although she hadn't ever seen him in her life, he seemed so familiar, familiar enough that she should remember his name.

And then he spoke, one word only. One single word. "Devyn."

He said her name. And then one words came to her mind. "Moony." His name was Moony. She was 100% sure that was his name. Where that knowledge came from, she didn't know, but she knew it to be true.

She was about to ask him why he was there, when a loud noise interrupted her dream. It was someone calling her name. Loudly.

"Devyn! Devyn! DEVYN!" Someone was shouting in her ear. Her ice blue eyes flew open and looked at the person who dared to disturb her slumber. And what she saw made her no less aggravated. She wanted - needed - to find out who that man, Moony, really was. Why was he in her dream? Was he even real?

The person who rudely woke her up was none other than the bane of her existence (and she wasn't exaggerating here). Tessa Parsons.

Devyn lived in an all girl's orphanage and Tessa thought she ran the joint because she was the biggest and oldest. She was actually only 13. Devyn was the second oldest, having turned 11 last October, which had been October of 1990. She had been born on October 20th 1979. Tessa had been born in November of 1977.

However, there was no doubt that Tessa was the biggest. For some reason, Devyn had always been on the short side, but she figured that sooner or later she would hit a growth spurt. She would say that she knew this because her mother or father had been tall, but that would have been a lie. Devyn didn't remember her parents at all. Well, that wasn't the complete truth. Every once in a while, she would have dreams that included her parents, but there was never enough physical detail for her to make out whether she had her mother's or her father's eyes, for instance, or which of them she looked like more. When she asked the owner of the orphanage why she was there, Ms. Higgenbottom told her that her parents had died when she was only one and a half, the victims of some sort of explosion.

Then Higgenbottom added, quite nastily, "They were probably involved in bomb-making. They were probably no good criminals, just like you'll turn out to be."

Luckily, by that time, Devyn learned to ignore most of what Higgenbottom ever said. She wasn't a nice person and Devyn tuned her out most of the time. Fortunately, Higgenbottom didn't bother her much, because she mainly kept her head down and didn't start anything.

Well, except for the occasional fight with Tessa. Tessa, or Rhino, as Devyn nicknamed her, like to pick on Devyn because she was weird. And it was true; she was weird. Strange things happened around her for no reason. Like one time, when she was being charged at by Tessa for hitting her with a dodge ball, she tried to jump out of the way and ended up floating five feet in the air. She actually levitated.

She had been scared out of her mind, but she eventually floated back down. People generally avoided her after that, but Devyn didn't mind. She didn't like anyone in the orphanage anyway. But when Tessa bullied her, she certainly wasn't going to take it lying down. So, every now and then, she got into a tussle or two with Tessa.

And that ended both of them in Higgenbottom's office, where she would give them some sort of punishment like scrubbing the kitchen floors, or washing the dishes. It didn't sound too horrible, right? Well, generally, it wouldn't be, but Higgenbottom always put the two of them together. So it ended up being horrible.

And today was one of those times when she would love nothing more than to punch Tessa in the face. Tessa woke her up at SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING just to tell her this: "Devyn, you have to get up now. We're going to the zoo in 6 hours."

When Devyn didn't answer (as she was trying to control her rage), Tessa started in on her. "You didn't forgetdid you? You did, didn't you? God, you are so stupid, Murphy! You're so useless. It's no wonder your parents didn't want you. They didn't want a child as stupid as you, so they dropped you here. God, are you even listening to m-"

Tessa didn't get to say anymore, because Devyn popped up and clocked her right in the nose. She could deal with most of Tessa's teasing, but when she said something against her parents, something like THAT, it was a whole new ball of fire.

Tessa hadn't been expecting it, so she fell to the ground and Devyn stood over her, fury practically radiating off her body. She bent down low, grabbed the front of Tessa's shirt and pulled. She looked her right in the eye and in a dangerously quiet voice, said, "Listen to me very carefully, Rhino. If you ever say anything about my parents ever again, life will become the tenth level of hell for you. Do you understand me? Don't you ever, EVER talk about my parents. EVER. You don't know me, or my parents. So keep your ungodly, lopsided trap shut and stay away from me if you value your sanity."

Devyn didn't wait for Tessa to respond; she just stood up and stepped over to Tessa and walked away. Now that she was up, she wouldn't be able to get to sleep.

6 hours later

Devyn, Tessa, and the rest of the girls were sitting in a van, on their way to the Zoo. She kept silent, trying to ignore Tessa's taunts that were being whispered in her ear. She just thought about Moony and the mental image of him that she conjured calmed her down immediately. With Moony in mind, she was able to successfully ignore Rhino for the rest of the drive.

When they got to the Zoo, Devyn hopped out of the van as fast as possible. They were allowed to wander off in any direction that they pleased as long as they met back up at 4 at the lion exhibit. For some reason, as though an unseen force was pulling her, Devyn went off to the Reptile House.

She walked through the cool, dark buliding and stopped when she came across a large Boa Constrictor. Another family was looking at the snake as well. There was large man with a mustache, a tall, thin woman with a sour look on her face, a large boy, and (he caught her attention the most) a skinny black haired and green-eyed boy with round glasses that were taped at the bridge. It looked like the tape was the only thing keeping those glasses together.

He was wearing clothes that were far too big for him, and he looked rather unhappy. Devyn then noticed a thin scar on the boy's forehead. It was shaped like a lightning bolt.

The Boa Constrictor seemed to be sleeping and the large boy told his father, "Make it move."

His father obeyed and rapped on the glass of the cage. "Move!"

Clearly the boy thought this wasn't good enough, because he rapped on the glass a lot harder than his father had and shouted, "MOVE!"

The green-eyed boy turned to him and said, "He's asleep!"

"He's boring," the larger boy said and walked off with his parents. The green-eyed boy stayed and looked back at the snake. "Sorry about him," he said. "He doesn't understand what it's like. Lying there day after day, watching people press their ugly faces in on you."

Devyn laughed and the green-eyed boy looked at her. He smiled and said, "H-Hi. I'm Harry. Harry Potter."

Devyn held out her hand and said, "I'm Devyn Murphy. Nice to meet ya, Harry."

The snake looked up and blinked at them. They both looked at the snake and Harry said, "Can you...hear us?"

The snake nodded and Harry looked at her. "Did you just see what I saw?"

"Yeah. It was weird."

Harry shrugged and told the snake, "It's just...I've never talked to a snake before. Do you...I mean, do you talk to people often?"

Devyn raised an eyebrow at the question as the snake shook its head. Harry shrugged at her. "Go on, you ask the questions, then!"

Devyn turned to the snake and said, "You're from Burma, aren't you? Was it nice there? Do ya miss your family?"

The snake looked at her almost sadly and turned its head to a sign. It read, "Bred in Captivity". Devyn sighed in sympathy. Harry said, "I see. That's me as well. I never knew my parents either."

"Yeah, me neither," Devyn said, without thinking.

Harry blinked at her and said, "You never knew your parents?"

Devyn shook her head, slightly pink at the fact that she just revealed she was an orphan to this boy. "No. They died when I was one and a half. I live in an orphanage."

"Ah. Mine are dead, too. I live with my Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and my cousin, Dudley."

Devyn wondered why she was telling this to a complete stranger, but she realized that Harry was an orphan, too. So, in some way, they were connected. Also, Devyn felt like she knew Harry from somewhere, but she couldn't have. They'd only just met. it didn't make any sense.

Suddenly, the large boy hurried back over to the now awake snake and pushed them out of the way, sending them to the floor.

"Mummy, dad, come here! You won't believe what this snake is doing!" Dudley, for who else could he be, placed his hands on the glass of the cage and practically climbed the bloody thing.

Both Harry and Devyn were glaring at Dudley, when suddenly, the glass just vanished into thin air. Dudley jerked forward and fell into the snake's enclosure. Devyn and Harry looked at each other in amazement as the snake slithered out of the cage and stopped in front of them. "Thanksss," the snake said.

"Anytime," Harry answered. Devyn was so shocked, she was speechless, so she just nodded at the snake. He slithered off and people started screaming. Devyn and Harry turned their attention back to Dudley, who was now trapped behind the now-reappeared glass. He started crying for his mother, who was walking by the enclosure.

"Mum, mummy!" Dudley cried. Petunia screamed when she saw him and Dudley said, "Mum, help! Help me!"

"My darling boy, how did you get in there?!" Petunia asked, practically in panic.

Harry started giggling at the scene, but Devyn was in shock. Did she or Harry trap Dudley behind the glass? She never meant to. Dudley could have been bitten by the snake. However, his mother's reaction was kind of funny. Dudley was in no immediate danger now that the snake was gone.

Petunia continued to scream at Dudley's predicament, but Harry's Uncle Vernon slowly turned to look at Harry and glared the two of them suspiciously. Harry stopped giggling immediately and Vernon grabbed him by the ear and pulled him into standing. Devyn stood up just as quickly.

"Hey, let him go! He didn't do anything!" Devyn protested at Vernon. He looked at her in surprise, as though he hadn't seen her, but then said, "Mind your own business, girl. As for you, boy..."

Vernon started threatening him and pulled him along as Petunia and the Zoo's Curator finally got Dudley out of the snake enclosure. Devyn was left standing alone as Harry managed to turn and look at Devyn. He waved miserably at her and Devyn said, "Bye, Harry," equally as sad.

She finally met someone who was like her and then he was snatched away from her, before she could even get to know him a little more.

Devyn only hoped that Harry would be okay. His "family" didn't seem to be too fond of him. She sighed and left the Reptile House as she wondered if she would ever see Harry again. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that she would be seeing him again, soon.

So, what did you think? I had this story up before, but lost all inspiration for it. So I decided to rewrite it. I don't know if I'll be on a steady schedule for updating because I have my Ghostbusters fic, "The Flower and The Heart" in the works and school is starting soon. So, I'll try to have some sort of updating schedule, but I cannot guarantee anything.