Chapter 1

I was beyond happy. I lived with my mom and my dad in a big house. I had a sister and a brother and a best friend. Shane has always been there ever since I could remember. Even though he was 3 years older than me and a guy he was always there for me. When I was 10 I broke my leg while at a amusement park 5 hours away from where I lived. I had to go to the hospital and get a cast and Shane caught a bus and drove those five hours just to be with me at the hospital.

Everything was just so absolutely perfect. That of course is a lie nothing is ever perfect but it was damn near close to it.

Up until about an hour ago when I came home from the movies it was 'perfect'. It had just been Shane and I. We had been waiting over a year for this movie to come out and we bought tickets a whole month before the movie even came into theaters. Shane dropped me off at my house and then drove 2 miles down to his own house.

I walked up the front walk to my house and went to unlock the door. It was surprisingly unlocked. That meant something was wrong. My father was overly paranoid about everything. One time I thought that someone was looking in the window at me and he ran out side with his gun.

I walked into the house yelling for them. The house looked as if no one was there. I went up stairs to check on them when I saw the floor. There was a trail of blood leading from my brothers room to my parents room. I was afraid to look in any of the rooms so I just stood there starring at the trail of blood willing it to go away just praying that this wasn't happening to me.

I had pretty much convinced my self I was dreaming when Shane busted in the front door and ran up the stairs yelling my name. He grabbed me in a hug and told me that he found his parents lying dead in their rooms. He was an orphan.

He asked me if I would stay with him until the police came and I just pointed at the floor. Shane grabbed a hold of my head and kissed it then went in the direction of my parents bedroom. I stood outside of the room and waited for Shane to reappear. When he did he shook his head at me and walked into my sisters room. When he came back out of it he told me that he was sorry.

Shane and I went down stairs to the phone and were about to call 911 when someone walked in the front door. I started screaming and ran to find my dads gun. The man told us that we needed to come with him.

I didn't want to go but the guy was absolutely humongous. He took us outside where there was a tall man. Which leads us up to right now.

I'm standing here with Shane completely terrified and in shock about my families dead, in front of a giant man, a tall man and a woman.

"Hello Poppy, Shane." said the tall man. "This is Hagrid and Professor McGonagall and I am Professor Dumbledore. We have a lot to talk about so lets get going."

"What happened? Why are both of our parents dead?" Shane was yelling. My head started to feel fuzzy and hurt the more he yelled.

"We-" began Professor Dumbledore.

"Please don't yell Shane." I said interrupting him.

"I'm sorry Poppy but our parents are dead and I want to know why." said Shane, hurt was written all over his face and it was killing me to look at him. But my head was hurting me.

"Me too but my head really hurts." Everything was starting to spin and before I knew it everything was gone.

I woke up in a shaded room. As I looked around I saw a table and two beds counting the one I was on.

"Poppy." said Shane. I turned around and saw him standing in a doorway.

"Hey." I said, sitting up.

"How are you feeling?" he asked standing in front of me.

"Sad." Shane nodded. "What happened?"

"Why don't you come down stairs with me." Shane said. I got off the bed and followed him down the stairs.

"Where are we?" I asked as I looked around the giant room.

"It's a pub. Well down here it is. Up there it's a hotel." he said.

"Oh."

Shane led me over to a table where Professor Dumbledore was sitting.

"Hello Poppy. How are you feeling?" asked Professor Dumbledore.

"Sad." I said.

"Sit down." I sat down. "Now your probably wondering what's going on." I nodded. "Well when you were little did your parents ever tell you that you were special?"

"All the time." I said smiling.

Professor Dumbledore smiled at me. "They were very right. Did they ever tell you your real name?" I nodded. "Did they ever tell you why they called you by Poppy instead?"

"They said that my real name was too unusual and that I would be better off called by a nickname." I said.

"My parents told me the same thing Poppy." said Shane. He had taken a seat next to me.

"Yes I have covered this part with Shane but I wanted you too to be together for this part." Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and then said, "When you two were little your parents were killed in a house fire. Shane you were three and Poppy was a new born. Your neighbors came in and saved you two but your parents didn't make it. I myself was in charge of finding you two a place to stay but your only lasting family was killed a few days later by the same person that set your house on fire. I sent you both to different families that were close enough that you two would grow up knowing each other."

"Our parents were killed last night." said Shane almost like a question.

"They were the families that I asked to raise you. They weren't your real parents." said Professor Dumbledore.

"But who killed them?" I asked.

"Hold on I'm getting to that. The same person that killed your real parents and your aunt and uncle. Now what I am about to say next is going to be a big surprise." Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat again. "You both are wizards. So were your parents and your aunt and uncle. They were killed by a dark wizard. The same one that killed your guardians last night."

"Wait we're siblings?" I asked. The Professor nodded. "My best friend and I are siblings?" I asked again.

"Yes Poppy. Now sit down. I just told you that you are a wizard and you have a fit because your brother is your best friend." The Professor shook his head. "Now the families that I put you with where secret. You two were supposedly dead so I don't know how he found you."

"Who's he?" asked Shane.

"No one is supposed to mention his name." said Dumbledore.

"It's just us. Whisper it." I said.

Shane and I both leaned across the table for him to whisper it to us.

"Voldemort." he whispered in our ears.

"Thats not so bad." Shane said.

"He's an evil man who did evil things. That makes him bad. Now I am going to send you to a school that I am headmaster at to keep you both safe. Your cousin survived just the same as you did except everyone knew about it and he goes there. But you two are going to be announced to the public seeing as You know who already knows about you two. It shouldn't cause any harm." The Professor was beginning to talk to him self and not to us.

"What exactly is going to happen?" I asked.

"Well you two are going to attend Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and learn about how to be proper wizards, You are going to meet your cousin, and whatever else you are told to do along the way. Now the train to the school will be arriving tomorrow morning so we need to go and get your things to have you guys ready in time to catch the train."

"Where are our belongings?" I asked.

"Most of it is on it's way to Hogwarts already, but the rest of it is upstairs." said Dumbledore.

"What do you mean the rest of it?" Shane asked.

"Just some clothes and such." said Dumbledore. "Now we need to get on with shopping."

We spent a couple of hours shopping and Shane and I each got an owl. I was so excited when I walked in the store and saw the pitch black owl I had to get it. I even got a long black velvet cape. The inside of it was white animal fur. It was so soft. I had been telling everyone how much I wanted one exactly like that for 2 years.

After we were finished Dumbledore told us that he had to go back to the school but he left a list of instructions for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is definately going to be an interesting day. I hope my cousin is nice. Well actually I hope everyone is nice.