A/N: Here is the rewrite. Hope y'all like it. And just to reassure people who don't like OCs because they are paired with cannon characters or because they are Mary-Sues, I'm gonna do my best to make sure they aren't Mary-Sues and Rowan will not be paired with anyone, another OC or not.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything linked to it. I do own my OC Rowan.

Edit 1: I edited this because I noticed some mistakes with the timeline and I now have internet. I may not be able to update quickly but I'll do my best. I also changed the timeline of Harry Potter so some technology can be explained. The girls are born in 1999 in this. Hermione in 1998.

Edit: This is also too help me keep better track of dates and times, which I already suck at.

Prologue

June 15, 2008

Petunia Dursley was blonde, pretty and protective of her family with a vicious streak when it comes to her family being hurt, the complete opposite of her husband. The walrus-like man, Vernon Dursley, used his large size to try and intimidate people. Try being the operative word. Their son, Dudley Dursley, took after his mother more than his father. Petunia made sure that her son wasn't spoiled and was a good child. She did the same with her niece, not that it was well-known. If not for the sight of a young raven-haired girl going in and out of the house once a day to take care of the garden, and walk to school if you're up early enough, you would think no one else lived there.

Harriet Potter, preferably called Harri, was 8 years old soon to be 9 (Birthday: July 31st). She was petite, with soft, pale skin, long wavy black hair, and big emerald green eyes that seemed to glow when she became angry. She was a mischievous child, one who would play pranks and make sure no one knew it was her. She was also rather indifferent and quiet, keeping to herself most of the time. However despite her trying to make friends at first, no one quite liked her due to their parents warning them away due to rumors they heard about her (rumors Vernon spread, rumors Petunia cannot outright deny, but she can do her best to fight them at the Privet Drive Ladies monthly meeting). Petunia and Dudley were the only ones to show her any kindness, but they had to make sure not to be nice to her in plain sight lest Vernon hears about it from his buddies in Privet Drive and punishes them.

She slept in the cupboard under the stairs, using a homemade pillow and blanket that her aunt helped her make when Vernon was at work. She learned how to cook and clean because Vernon forced her to do everything and locked her up without food when it was done wrong.

After a bout of accidental magic, Petunia sat her niece down told her about her magic, showed her the letter that was with her when she was found on the Dursley's doorstep. Petunia even told her the truth of what happened to her parents, she shared stories of Lily Potter nee Evans. Harri was taken to the attic and shown the chest full of her mother's things. Petunia offered her to look threw it but Harri denied, saying she'll look after her first year at Hogwarts. After they're talk, Harri began to try and control the magic she felt inside of her and she found she could easily control it by simply willing and concentrating on what she wanted it to do. She also found that she had control over light and shadows after a 'small' incident. After sitting down and letting her mind come to terms with what she knew wasn't normal, she began practicing her control with that and finding out what she could with it.

Harri was happy when she learned three girls moved into Privet Drive, one at #3 and one at #5 so that they were across the street from #4 and #6, which is next door to her and where the last one is. She hoped she could befriend them before the rumors got to them.

Hermione Granger was a very intelligent girl at the age of 9 (Birthday: September 19th) as proven by her IQ, not to mention her impeccable memory. It was so good that she could remember the day she was born and every millisecond that happened afterwards. She had long bushy brown hair that she does her best to tame (she learned to just braid it while it's wet), almond-shaped chocolate eyes and slightly tan skin. She was as pretty as a 9 year old could be but hid it behind her books. She was made fun of at school for her intellect so she put up a mask of being a goody-two shoe, thinking no one would like her anyway even if she did drop her mask.

She was really a little troublemaker at heart and came up with a bunch of plans and set-ups for pranks but they took more than one person to build. Seeing as the only way to make friends was at school where she is bullied, they remain plans. She lives alone in a rather large house with her estranged father. Her mother died a year after she was born. Hermione knew her father was estranged for more than the reason of work. He always avoided looking at her when he was home and simply dumped a jerk of a babysitter on her when he was gone. She knows he means well and her dad was very nice when he wasn't very obviously not looking her in the face, but she still made sure to scare off as many of them as she could then go off exploring London. She made sure to get home before dark and she kept a pack of essentials on her on every excursion.

On one of said excursions, while she was walking past a dingy old pub in London, Hermione overheard two strangers talking about the supposedly non-existent magic and she even saw one of them perform it! She sneaked away without letting the two men see her. They didn't know she knew and she wasn't going to enlighten them. Later on, when she found out about her own magic she tried to control it and found she just had to will it to happen and it would. She also found out that she tired out quickly if she used her magic for bigger things like changing the entire chemical make-up of something and turned it into a fridge. After playing around and accidentally almost burning herself, she also found that she could manipulate earth and fire (how she found out about the earth part, well we'll leave that alone for now). That was a shock when she found out and she was a bit freaked out but she calmed down and decided to roll with it.

And then came the day her father told her the news. She'll admit to being very surprised but then it passed and she was happy and hopeful when she learned she and her father were moving to #3 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey. She was hoping to make at least one friend.

Luna Lovegood got her looks from her mother: pale blond hair, wide ice blue eyes, and slightly pale skin. That's not to say she looks nothing like her dad. She does. However, it is subtle. She has his wavy hair and long limbs. She also got his ability to see the lesser known and thought nonexistent creatures that was passed down through the Lovegood family for generations. She was a very intuitive and observant girl, though you wouldn't know it at first glance, especially for an 8 year old (Birthday: August 4th).

Xenophilius and Pandora Lovegood told their daughter about magic on her 3rd birthday. Three years later, she attempted to control her magic simply because her intuition told her to, and she found all she had to do was will her magic to do whatever she wanted though it was limited to small things as big things took more energy. While practicing with her magic, she learned she could control wind and water as well, so she began practicing with that though it took more effort than with her magic.

Her mother died when she was 4 in an accident with her job and little Luna was there to witness it. After her mother's funeral, her father buried himself in his work and research, unintentionally becoming neglectful. He filled his time writing the Quibbler, a magazine he had wanted to start since he first saw one of the creatures only visible to those with the special sight, and researching conspiracies and putting them in the Quibbler in a way that the only way to read them was to read the magazine upside down, while the articles people see when first opening the Quibbler are about the creatures everyone thinks are make-believe. Because of this, people always looked down on the Lovegoods. All Luna could do was watch and cry to herself at night. Then she began to tell her father of what the creatures were doing and found he paid all of his attention to her when she did that. She was happy and content, if lonely.

Then she learned she was a seer at the age of 7. She began having dream visions shortly after she discovered her ability to control wind and water but only learned she was a seer after she happened upon it in a book.

At the age of 8, whilst sleeping, Luna saw herself at #5 Privet Drive, Little Whinging. In the vision that followed, she saw herself with three girls her age who were like her: lonely, friendless, and special. She hoped to make her vision a reality and quickly convinced her father to move them there after waking up the next morning. Luna couldn't wait to meet those girls and become friends.

Rowan Redwood hated her home life, her father and sister. After her mother died, her life took a turn for the worst. Her damn father belittles her and forces her to do all the work while her idiot older sister always gets her in trouble and makes fun of her looks. She does it because she knows that Rowan is nicer to look at than her with her vibrant red hair, hazel eyes, and smooth tan skin. At least there's school and the library that she can escape to. And she can use her pranks as a way to let out her anger at people she dislikes or bullies her.

Rowan is 9 (Birthday: June 12th) and can safely say that she has trust issues. But when someone earns her loyalty, they get for eternity lest they do something majorly bad in which case, they're on her Hit List. She's rough around the edges and very realistic. She's also quite vindictive but she'll be friendly if she doesn't mind you. However, most of the time, people are to scared of her glare to think about making friends with her, so she's lonely on top of being a servant to her family.

She learned that she had magic from her mom's side of the family at the age of 6 after overhearing her father tell her sister about their mom's status as a witch. Rowan did what any 6 year old would do if they found out they might have magic. She began trying to use it and whilst doing so found she could simply will her magic to do what she wants t to, though it's taxing. And then she found out about her ability to control lightning and spirit. That was a funny day, one which she can laugh at now that she's done panicking and freaking out. But though she's glad she has her magic and elements, she's still lonely.

Then she heard that they were moving to #6 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey. Rowan was ecstatic! She couldn't wait to move from this dump of a house. Especially since her gut was telling her that something good was going to happen. And to her not her sister or her father but her! She couldn't wait!