Alexa Black:  Big Fat Important notice.  This Story has been changed to an AU.  More info in chapter 7.  Please read that before the story.  All chapters before that were written before the book came out.  Just to let you know.

A/N: CHANGED STORY!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I felt that the other version was going nowhere, so I changed it. In general, it's the same, just a few minor alterations. Sorry to everyone who liked the original version, but I think this one will be better.

Sirius: Yeah! She didn't even have a plan for the last one. It was all just totally random.

Alexa: Da,…I mean,… Sirius! ( I don't want to give it away for first timers.) Don't even go there. It's bad enough that you live in my head. Must you criticize as well?

Sirius: Yes.

Alexa: Let's just get on with the story!

Disclaimer: I own nothing even remotely related to Harry Potter. It all belongs to J.K. Rowling.

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Prologue:

If you took a look at the street called Privet Drive, you would consider it to be just any other street. And if you looked at the house of #4, you would consider it to be just any other house. But if you took a look at the people living in that house, you would think they were just ordinary everyday people, right? Maybe not. Do the owls that just flew into a window have something to do with it?

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Harry potter sat down on his bed having just finished his charms homework. It was 1:00 PM, and he should have been asleep. However, if he ever closed his eyes, he would have nightmares about the Triwizard Tournament.

A shiver ran down his spine as Harry remembered that awful year. The maze. The portkey. Death. Pain. Voldemort. More pain. Priori Incantatem. Pain again.

He shivered again, and looked out the window. The boy jumped to the other side of the room as he realized that large, winged figures were blocking his view, only to find that, they were owls.

He sighed and let the birds in. There were four birds in all. The first was his own owl, Hedwig. The smallest one was Pig, who belonged to his best friend Ron. The other two, he couldn't recognize. He opened the one Hedwig had first. It was from Hermione:

Dear Harry,

How has your summer been? Mine, unfortunately, could be better. Victor broke up with me, but I still managed to get you this. I hope to meet you at the Weasley's. Happy Birthday!

Love,

Hermione

Harry grinned as he realized that it was his Birthday, and opened his gift. It was an autographed poster of Victor Krum and his Quidditch team.

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A young girl paced her room out of boredom. She was fairly pretty. She had dark brown, almost black, shoulder length hair, deep chocolate brown eyes that were so full of life, and a dark tan to prove that she went out often. She was about five foot two, and didn't look much older than 14 or 15 years old.

This young girl stopped pacing the room and collapsed on the dark blue sheets of her bed with a sigh. She turned over onto her belly and looked at the calendar.

July 31

Another 31 days and summer would be over. She couldn't wait! She was going to go to a new school in England called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But until then, she was stuck in the walls of Black Star Witch's Academy of Isis. The only reason she was staying in her school over the summer was because she was an orphan. There wasn't a wizard orphanage around that part of Florida, so she was stuck in that school year long. Until now.

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He then opened Ron's letter:

Harry,

How are you? Listen, mum owled Dumbledore about one hundred times and he finally said you could come. We'll come get you tomorrow at midnight (by car.) Happy Birthday!

Ron

P.S. Fred and George keep saying "thank you" in your name. Any idea of what that's all about?

Harry smiled. He knew what it was all about. His winnings from the previous year made him feel guilty about Cedric, so he donated it all to the twins. With it, they could start a joke shop when they graduated.

He opened the gift. Two pins fell onto his bed. One was a gold star, and the other, a silver moon. With it came a note:

The pins are called communatiks. The two people wearing them just say each other's names, and they can here what they are saying. To break the connections say your own name. We think you should give the other one to Snuffles (we all know about him.)

The Weasleys

"Wow!" he gasped. "This is, amazing!"

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An owl tapped on the window. The girl walked over to let it in. The black owl dropped a letter in her hands and flew away. The envelope was addressed,

Alexa L. Black

"Who could be writing to me? My only friend is Ashley, and she's a muggle. She wouldn't be writing to me."

Curious about the letter, the girl called Alexa opened the letter. The room was immediately filled with a blinding white light. Alexa shut her eyes against it.

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Harry put the communatiks to the side and picked up his Hogwarts letter. He gasped. It told him the usual and came with a list of supplies, but that's not why he gasped. Inside was a badge just like Ron's brother Percy used to wear. He was a prefect!

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When the lights stopped shinning, Alexa opened her eyes. She looked around for any signs of change. Nothing. It was as if she imagined it ever happening. She looked at the envelope, and out of it fell a necklace. She looked at the pendant on the silver chain closely. It was a clear round crystal, but inside it was a drop of water. It was so perfect, and almost as if it was suspended in mid air.

Alexa searched the envelope for a note. There was a scrap of paper:

Put it around your neck, and all will be revealed.

Alexa pondered if she should for a moment before thinking 'what the hell' and slipping it on.

Then she was surrounded by a sudden surge of power. Light and color circled her in a never-ending spiral. She heard someone singing a song. It had no real words or tune, but it was very comforting. And she began to understand it perfectly. Images and explanations filled her head, her heart, and her soul. Then, as quickly as it all started, it stopped. And Alexa understood what it meant.

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Harry stared at the badge for a moment before looking at the remaining letter. It must have been from his godfather, Sirius. He opened it:

Dear Harry,

How are you doing? I'm fine here at Moony's house. I hope that your holiday has been going well. Be sure to write to someone if you have any of those dreams.

On a happier note, something is going to happen again in Hogwarts this year but I can't tell you very much. Yeah! Because if he dose, Dumbledore will kill him! Moony! Go away! I'm trying to write to me godson! I don't want to go. Leave! No. Yes. No. Yes. No! Yes! No Snuffles! Yes FLUFFY! Gasp! I told you never to call me that! Fifth year was a long time ago! Then leave! Fine. But I will be back! No you won't. Anyway, what was I saying before? Oh yes. This year an exchange student from America will be coming to Hogwarts. Her name is Alexa and she attended The Black Star Witch's Academy of Isis. But I can't tell you anymore because… Because Dumbledore doesn't trust him with anymore information than that. Moony! That's it! You are dead meat! No! Padfoot, can't we talk about this? Help! Talk to you later Harry.

Padfoot

Moony (who is about to die)

Harry laughed at the letter and opened the gift. Inside was a small statue. It looked like a phoenix carved out of some sort of black rock that he couldn't recognize. There was also some sort of inscription that he couldn't decipher. He decided he could figure it out later.

He had five more hours to try to get some rest, so Harry lay down on his bed and close his eyes.

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Alexa: Like it. I really hope so. Now if for some reason you guys want the other version back, let me know, because I have it saved.

Sirius: And don't worry. This girl may be mean…

Alexa: Hey!

Sirius: But she won't leave you hanging. The main, suspenseful, cliffie type parts from the other version will still present themselves. Just in a more orderly fashion.

Alexa: Yeah, you'll find out what happened to Remus, about the elemental powers, and about Alexa eventually in this version, so don't worry.