Hi :) So this is my first HP fanfic, it takes place when Harry's son James is starting at Hogwarts, but follows his friend Cassie, an OC. I'm not gonna lie, the first chapter is a tad boring, but I've already written a few more and they get better as they go on. So please r&r and let me know what you think. Thanks :)

Chapter 1

Cassandra Lockhart always knew there was something different about her. She could just never put her finger on it. For the most part she had a normal childhood. She had two parents who loved her very much. And an older brother, Matthew. He was six years older than her and was very protective. When she was seven he went away to a boarding school, she was able to write to him but other than that she only saw him on holidays and summer vacation. She missed him a lot but every time he came to visit he was willing to spend time with her. Cassandra or Cassie to everybody went to school in her town, had plenty of friends, and loved to play dress-up and pretend. But Cassie always had a feeling that there was something that set her aside from everybody else.

And she was around eight was when strange things began to happen.

She was at her cousin Amelia's house. Her mom and aunt were inside while Amelia and Cassie played on the swings in the backyard. They were laughing, swinging, and having fun. Nothing was out of the ordinary. That is, until Amelia got an idea.

"Look, Cassie! I can jump off!" She said to Cassie. Amelia let go of her swing, extended her legs, leaped off and landed on the ground about a second later. She looked back at Cassie, who was smiling and laughing in approval. "Try it!" Amelia called. So Cassie took a deep breath, and tried it. Amelia gasped.

"Cassie!" She cried.

Cassie didn't fall and get hurt, don't worry. In fact, she didn't fall to the ground like Amelia did at all. She stayed in mid-air for a few moments, then slowly floated to the ground, and landed softly on her bare feet. Cassie was quite surprised herself. She had never done that before, nor did she even know that she could do that. But what made her really frightened was on the look on Amelia's face. She was staring at her like she wasn't even her cousin, but like she was a dangerous and frightening monster. It only took a few seconds for her to run towards the house, "Mom!" She was shouting. Cassie followed right after her.

"Amelia, wait!" She cried. But Amelia was already far ahead of her. She ran into the kitchen, where their mothers were talking and sipping coffee. When Amelia ran in the both looked pretty surprised.

"Mummy, Auntie Georgia! Cassie is a freak! She floated in the air!" She said talking a hundred miles per hour. Once Cassie got in she tried defending herself.

"No, I'm not a freak! Really! I didn't mean to!" She pleaded, worried she'd probably get in some sort of trouble.

"Whoa, both of you stop for a moment. And calm down. What exactly happened?" Cassie's aunt asked. Amelia started talking before Cassie got the chance to.

"We were swinging, and we decided to jump off. But when Cassie did she stayed in the air like she was flying!"

"I'm sure you two were just imagining it." Cassie's mom said.

"No we didn't! I saw it!" Amelia shouted.

"That's enough, Amelia calm down." Her mother told her. Cassie and Georgia left shortly after that.
"I'm not a freak, Mum, am I?" Cassie asked.

"Of course not. You two were just playing and imagined something and Amelia got upset. That's all." Her mother answered.

But shortly after that Cassie noticed more and more odd things were happening around her. One time she and Matthew got in a fight when out of nowhere, a guest wing came and blew him off his feet. He was just as surprised as Cassie, but he didn't tell their parents. Being the goody-goody he was Cassie sort of expected him too. Then there times Cassie wanted things that were across the room but she was too lazy to get them, like a stuffed animal or a blanket. She would look away for a few moments and when she would look back they'd be right next to her. Cassie wanted to tell somebody-anybody- about what was happening. Like her parents or her best friend Chrissy. But after what happened with Amelia she was afraid to see how they would react, so the only time she talked about it was to her stuffed koala, Hugsy.

So Cassie tried her best to do things that would keep her mind off of all the strange things happening to her. She played with her friends at least once a week. When they played Pretend she'd always make up the stories since she was best at it. In her free time she enjoyed doing things like reading or drawing. And she also focused on her schoolwork, but in subjects she found boring like science she'd always get distracted and daydream. Her grades were also lower than her others in those classes.

Although Cassie had all these things to distract her from what was going on. She knew she couldn't escape it.

It wasn't until Cassie was eleven she finally found out was going on.

It was summer break, it was raining out so Cassie was in her room reading a book by her window. She looked out the window and noticed an owl flying outside. SHe couldn't help but stare, since she never saw an owl before. And she looked closely and saw something attached to it's claw, but it flew out of her view before she could make out what it was. But shortly after that she heard her mom calling her from downstairs.

Annoyed by the fact she had to get up, Cassie groaned as she marked her place in the book and walked downstairs. She found her mom in the living room, along with her dad and Matthew.
"What?" She asked.

"You have mail." Her dad told her holding out an envelope. Cassie was little surprised, since the only time she got mail was when she received cards on her birthday. And this mail looked very different than all the other mail Cassie had seen before.

As Cassie took it from her father's hand she noticed that it was pretty heavy, and the parchment was yellow instead of white. Her name and address was written in ink that was emerald-green, and there wasn't any stamp. On the back there was a wax seal. There was a bear of arms with four animals: A lion, a snake, an eagle and a badger along with a large H.

"What is this?" Cassie asked looking up.

"Open it and found out." Matthew said with a small smirk on his face. How did he know what was?
Cassie slowly opened the envelope, hoping not to tear it. She looked up once to see everyone looking at her. What was so important about all this? Why was it such a big deal. Cassie didn't like being out of the loop, so she opened the letter all the way and began to read. Inside, it read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: KINGSLEY SHACKLEBOLT

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Miss Lockhart,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find an enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins September 1. We await your owl no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,

Neville Longbottom
Deputy Headmaster

Cassie couldn't believe it. She had to read it over more than once, reading every word carefully. She finally looked up at everybody.

"What is this?" She asked.

"You acceptence letter." Her mom said.

"No really? Is this some kind of joke? This says I got into some school for witches and wizards."

"I know. It's the school I go to." Said Matthew.

"What?" This was just getting more confusing for Cassie. She felt this was all some kind of prank her whole family was in on.

"I know this all seems unreal and fake right now, but it's true Cassie." Said Mr. Lockhart.

"So...I'm a witch?" Cassie asked.

"Yes, we all knew since you were eight, when all that freaky stuff started happening." Matthew told her. Cassie thought it for a minute. She hated to admit it, but that made a lot of sense.

"Mom and Dad, did you go there?" Cassie asked her parents. Her mom shook her head.

"No, you and Matthew are muggle-born."

"Muggle-born?"

"Muggles are non-magic folk. Sometimes for some reason a muggle will have kids who are a witch and wizard. Normally they don't have more than one. For a while I didn't think you'd be one." Matthew explained to her.

"So, this is where you've been going all these years Matt?"

"Yeah, but this is my last year."

"He's a prefect, and Head Boy of his house. It's a pretty big accomplishment." Their mom said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah there's four houses. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. I'm in Gryffindor." Said Matt.
"Does that mean I will be too?"

"Maybe. Siblings are usually in the same house, but not always. I can see you being a Ravenclaw."

"How do you get sorted?"

"You'll see." Was all Matthew said.

"How do you get supplies?" Cassie asked.

"Matthew will take you shopping in the wizarding world." Said Mr. Lockhart. Cassie was a little hesitant about all this. On one hand, all the weird stuff made sense, and she was happy to know she wasn't going crazy. But this was still all new and confusing to her.

"Don't worry, Cassie. You're gonna like it there, really. It's a lot of fun and easier than regular school." Matthew assured her.

"What about regular school?" Cassie asked.

"You don't need to go to regular school anymore, Cassie. You're a witch!" Matthew proclaimed.

"Well what about all my friends? Like Chrissy?"

"You can write them. In the wizarding world they still don't have electronics like phones or computers. Just send the owl here and Mom and Dad will give them to you friends."

"Owls?"

"Yes, that's how they send mail." Said Matthew. So that's why Cassie had seen an owl fly by her window earlier.

"I know this is all new for you Cassie. It was new for us seven years ago when we found out Matt was a wizard. It takes awhile to adjust, but it's really not all bad. Hogwarts is a fantastic school, and witches and wizards have done great things. You'll learn all about it. We know you're ready for this, Cassie. If you don't wanna go, that's fine. But it's really worth it." Cassie and Matt's mother explained to her.

Cassie had to think hard for a few minutes. Five minutes ago she didn't even know witches and wizards were real. Now she was being offered to go to the best witchcraft school there was. A small part of her didn't want to go and believe this all. She wouldn't see her friends or parents unless it was vacations, and she would miss them all. But quickly, a bigger part of her really wanted to go. She had always thought it would be cool to be something imaginary like a vampire or witch and would pretend to be one with her friends. Now she actually was one. And from what Matthew was making it out to be it seemed a lot more fun than "Muggle" school. And she wanted to find out more about all these things Matthew was mentioning. Maybe going would be the start of something great for her.

"Ok, I'll go." She declared with a smile. Her whole family hugged her.