Okay so this is my first fan fiction ever, in fact this is one of the very first stories I've written ever aside from some stuff I wrote in Creative Writing years ago so be nice! No, really though, it's okay if you don't like it, I've just been reading a lot of fan fiction and had this one in my head for a while. I actually have a lot of the middle written, but very little of the beginning and the end done so that should be interesting... this is just the prologue and the first couple chapters aren't going to be very interesting, I've in the middle of Chapter 1 right now and am trying my hardest to make it somewhat entertaining. I start my senior year of college next week so I'm not sure how frequent I'll be updating, but I'll try my best. Anyways, enjoy!
"Alexandria Hall you have a visitor!"
Lexie was brought out of her slump by the shrill voice being yelled up the stairs. Mrs. Tobias refused to use her nickname and told her that she had graciously been given a nice strong name and she shouldn't waste it. "Figures" Lexie mumbled, "She was the one to name me, she thinks so highly of her choice."
Lexie was brought out of her mumbling when she heard Mrs. Tobias climbing the stairs and yelling again "Alexandria I said you have a visitor, now get down here so he doesn't have to wait any more than necessary."
A visitor? Lexie never had visitors. Slightly nervous after the last two years of hardships, Lexie pulled herself off the bed and before Mrs. Tobias could yank open the door she was timidly making her way past the middle-aged woman and down the stairs. There standing amongst the worn furniture was an old man with a long silver beard and twinkling blue eyes.
"Alexandria Hall? I'm Professor Dumbledore, it's a pleasure, " he said holding out his hand.
Lexie took it timidly and mumbled, "Lexie, only Mrs. Tobias calls me Alexandria and that's only cause she picked the name. That woman is nutters about Egypt."
Duumbledore's eyes twinkled, "Let's sit down and talk shall we, I have an offer for you that you might be interested in."
Lexie was suspicious, last time she was offered anything she ended up living through two years of Hell with Satan herself and it took every last bit of strength she had to get away. She wasn't sure she could go through that again. Professor Dumbledore sensed some of her uneasiness and decided perhaps it was best to just get it out with instead of allowing her to come up with scenarios in her head. She seemed like a girl that liked things straightforward. "I'm here to offer you a place at Hogwarts School."
Lexie couldn't help it and giggled, "Hogwarts, now that's a silly name."
Dumbledore smiled, "It is. In any case, I think you would enjoy it and it would certainly give you a chance to be with people who are more like you."
Lexie looked confused, "People like me? It's not a, special school is it?"
Dumbledore looked at her, " It is a special school Lexie, but I'm not quite sure in the way you think it is."
Lexie looked down at the rug, "It's not for people who are orphans and abused, that's what I meant. People like me that nobody wants."
Dumbledore looked at her carefully, "No Lexie, it's not for people like that at all. It's not for troubled girls either" he said as she went to open her mouth again closing in shock since he appeared to have read her mind, "it's a school for people like you, people who can do magic."
"M-Magic?" Lexie blurted out, "but I can't be magic, I mean that's just crazy. I'm just an orphan."
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, "Not just an orphan Lexie, you're a witch."
"Excuse me, but that's not a very nice thing to say to someone. In fact if I didn't know any better I'd say you're absolutely barmy, totally off your rocker, nuttier than the nuttiest chocolate bar out there. Not to mention rude, hmph, calling me a witch." Lexie was annoyed and felt insulted, just because she was an orphan didn't mean she had to deal with name-calling.
Dumbledore laughed which just made Lexie frown, "Lexie my dear I meant no insult. That's merely what we call women who are magically gifted. Wizards and witches and you my dear are a witch, and I mean that in the very best way possible."
Lexie was still frowning, "I'm sorry Mr. Dumbledore, err, I mean professor, it's just I think you've made a mistake, see I'm not any more magical than Mrs. Tobias."
Dumbledore smiled, "Have you ever had anything happen that you couldn't explain? Think hard Lexie, anything at all that was a tad unusual?"
Lexie frowned and sorted through all her painful memories, the fake birthdays that passed and her time with Celine, being tortured. Lexie gasped, "Well there were a couple times, I, I'm not sure how but I healed quicker than I should have I suppose." She looked back up at Dumbledore and saw his eyes twinkling, "I know it sounds kind of, well lame really, but I would heal over night sometimes. Still, that doesn't make me magic or anything, just means I heal fast."
Dumbledore smiled at her again but his smile held sadness in it and looked at her over his half-moon spectacles and Lexie gasped in recognition, she had seen this man before. Not in real life, but had dreamt of him, just a photo really, but the similarities were uncanny. How could she have missed it? Dumbledore looked at her with a question in his smile. "Sir, um you won't think I'm crazy or anything if I tell you I've seen you before right?" Lexie asked in a timid voice.
Dumbledore smiled and shook his head, "Where have you seen me Lexie?"
Lexie shuffled her feet, "well I know it sounds kind of silly, but I saw you in a dream once. I mean, not like, well I guess it was like I was in a photograph or something. You weren't really moving, I just sort of saw you, you looked like you do now, just then looking at me. I can't believe I didn't recognize you before." Lexie was feeling more and more foolish the more she rambled.
Dumbledore smiled gently, "Do you have these dreams a lot Lexie? Of people you've never met?"
Lexie slowly nodded, he was taking this rather well, "Pretty often, I mean the nights I don't have nightmares. The people don't move in my dreams though, I just sort of see them. I see a boy pretty frequently" she blushed, "actually sometimes I see other boys too and well I've seen a red-headed girl once or twice as well, but I do see this dark headed boy pretty more often than the others. I've never met any of them though. I mean until you really. Unless I'm dreaming right now…?" Lexie trailed off and pinched herself hard just to make sure "Ouch, okay, so I'm not dreaming" she giggled.
Dumbledore let out a soft chuckle "No, Lexie you are quite right, this is no dream."
For some reason Lexie believed this strange man, she had after all seen him before even if it was only in her dreams, but there was just something about him and she felt like she could trust him more than anyone she had ever trusted before. Something inside her told her that things were about to get a whole lot better.
