A/N - Hello everyone I back with a new piece of my beautiful writing. I would like to thank TeamBellatrix for being the first to review my story. She will be included in this chapter. Thank you for tuning into my story and now enjoy!
August 31, 1994
I sat on the beach reading the letter I received from Hogwarts a little over a month ago. It's funny how I receive my letter now instead of when I was eleven. But it doesn't matter I am happy I received a letter from Hogwarts; it is the school of my dreams. The only thing that I don't like about my transfer is that I am going to be leaving W.A.D.A, which I also love. But I am going to Hogwarts anyway.
"Mel!" I heard my older sister Olina, call. I looked up and saw her ran towards me, she sat next to me by the waves. "You okay Mel?" she asked noticing my silent demeanor when I am always talkative and crazy.
"Yeah just nervous for Hogwarts." I said. "I don't know how they would treat because I am Muggle-born," I said. It was true I am Muggle-born, and I was accepted into W.A.D.A society but I know the Wizarding society in England is completely different. They are extremely prejudice and hate Muggle-borns.
"You are very likable person Melody, it doesn't matter what family you come from," she said and brushed my curly hair from my face. "You also have a sweet right and can knock anyone out if thy dare go against you." She huffed as laid out on the sand her brown hair fanning out around her head.
"You are supposed to be the adult here and telling me that violence isn't right." I muttered and laid down next to here looking up at the yellow sky. It was close to sunset and it was ritual every night to watch the sun fall with Olina. "I might be the only American girl in Hogwarts, and no doubt the only girl from Hawaii." I sighed.
"So that that makes you unique. Unique is beautiful and beautiful is what keeps the boys running." She said. "Wanna move closer to the water?" She asked. I nodded and we walked over to the shore. The clear warm water brushed my toes cleaning the sand off of them. We laid on our bellies and let the water brush our hands, my hair hung like long curly ribbons around my face. My hair got a little wet but it didn't matter, it didn't bother me. The sun looked like it sat on the water gleaming at us. The sky was a mixture of pastel pinks, blues, and golds. The water of the ocean was peaceful and serene, the waves went back and forth with a beautiful humming.
Olina drew intricate designs in the sand, it looked like curls of wind blowing through the palm trees. It looked like one of my father's paintings or drawings. We got up from the sad brushing it off our clothing. We walked to our back door when mother slapped our shins gently with a broomstick. "Don't step into this house with all that sand on you two. I just cleaned the floors, go to the surf house and wash the sand off." She said. We nodded and raced to the surf house, I won by a hair and slammed the door to the biggest shower. I giggled and started up the shower, once I got out I ran back inside the house. I ran upstairs to my room and looked at my trunk at the bottom of the bed. Tomorrow a professor from Hogwarts named Professor Severus Snape will escort me to the Hogwarts express. I was nervous for sure, but I was excited. I couldn't wait to meet one of my Professor. I looked inside the trunk looking at my robes and text books. I looked over my text books a least ten times each wanting to be prepared for the school year.
I picked up the Defense Against the Dark Arts book which interested me the most. I was always good at the Dark Arts, it scared me a bit, I heard rumors about Hogwarts. The rumors scared the death out of me when I first heard them, it explained about a boy named Harry Potter and the fact the he defeated the Dark Lord when he was only a child. I heard of the Dark Lord before, being his name Lord Voldemort, though most of the wizardry society is afraid to use that name. I am however not afraid, then again I am not an easy person to scare.
I heard a knock on my door, I quickly shut my trunk throwing the fleece blanket over it. "Come in." I said. Dad came into the room with to mugs of hot chocolate.
"Olina told me you were stressing so I made you some hot chocolate," he said placing the cup in my hand. I sipped at the sweetness of the fresh chocolate that mother grows in the back yard. We grow most of our food because we believe it is healthier as well as fresher. Even though most of the stuff in the market places in Hawaii are fresh it still taste better if we grow most of it. "You left one of your books out." he said jerking his chin to a brown leather book. It wasn't a school book it was my Journal of Music, it got that name because whenever I was sad or pissed off I would write music in the book.
Dad walked over to my desk resting his hot chocolate down, he picked up the book flipping through it. "I still remember when you were only a little girl, and when I first taught you how to compose. You never put down your pencil or violin after that. You would cry every time you were away from the piano." He said, he flipped through the book reading over the different scales and notes. "You would never think a fourteen year girl would compose all this sonatas and arias. They are genius." he complimented.
"I learned from a genius." I said complimenting him back. "I think I am going to hit the sack I have a long day ahead of me." I said.
"Yeah you do, goodnight kama." He kissed my forehead collected my cup from me and walked out of the room softly closing the door. I sighed and picked up my Journal of Music, placing it in my bag. I laid down in my bed and turned off my Elvis Presley lamp. I turned over to look out my bay window and saw all the stars and the big bright full moon. It didn't take long for sleep to get me.
"Alright, so you have everything?" mom asked as we sat in the living room waiting for Professor Snape to come and escort me to the Hogwarts Express.
"Yes mom I have everything and I doubled checked." I said. She nodded and placed my traveling cloak on with my new robes. "I wonder what's taking Professor Snape so long to get here." I said.
"Well hun, remember he lives all the way in England and we live here in Hawaii. I believe it is going to take a while even thought he can use magic." mom said.
At that moment we heard the door bell ring. Dad answered the door to a tall skinny man with shoulder length hair, he looked annoyed and snarky. "Hello you must be Professor Snape. I am Melody's father Erik and this is my wife Arista." dad said shaking the man's hand.
"Yes I am Professor Snape the potions master at Hogwarts." he said. Dad brought him inside where he walked into the living room. He glanced at me but took a double take. "Bellatrix?" he muttered his eyes wide and his head cocked to the side with confusion.
"Whose Bellatrix?" I asked.
He cleared his throat and shook his head. "Sorry you just look like someone I use to know." he said. "Now come one the I am a busy man and we must get you to the Hogwarts Express quickly." he drawled and we stood in front of the fireplace. "You know how to floo right?" he asked and I nodded. He curtly nodded back and pulled the green powder from his pocket. "Very well when you step into the fire say King's Cross Station Platform 9 3/4. You understand?" he barked. I nodded. "Very well here you go." he said handing me the powder. I took a handful and hugged my family saying goodbye to them.
I stepped into the fireplace and barked the location, in no time at all I was at King's Cross Station with a ticket in my hand, it was for Platform 93/4. Professor Snape was there beside me. "You still here, I thought you would be on the other side already." he sneered. I looked at him confused and he huffed. You do know how to get to Platform 9 3/4 right?" he asked with hope. I shook my head and he growled annoyed. "You run right through that brick wall." he said dryly.
"You must be joking, right?" I scoffed. He glared at me and I guess he wasn't joking. "I am not going to run through that wall. You must be crazy to think I am!" I cried.
"Just bloody go!" he said pushing through the wall. I fell through to see a whole new platform with witches and wizards crawling around. I was almost run over by another person which broke me from my gaze.
"I am so sorry!" a girl with long brown hair said. "Let me help you!" she said as I crouched down to the ground. We banged heads which made me fall back.
"Ouch!" I cried out.
"I am so sorry!" she said again helping me up.
"It's okay, is this your first year at Hogwarts?" I asked.
"No I am squib, my brother Alex goes here though I am Briar Jonhson and you are?" she asked.
"Melody Mahana." I answered shaking her hand. I got a good look at her, her skin was stark white against my slightly olive skin and her eyes were blue with sparks of pink in them like tinted crystals.
"Nice to meet you I believe you should board the train it's about to leave in ten minutes." she said checking her watch.
"Yes, nice to meet you too. Thank you, have a good one today." I answered getting my bag and boarding the train. I looked for a compartment that was empty and sat down on the cool material. I laid my head on the window and looked out seeing parents waving at there children as the train moved forward. I sighed and closed my eyes in two hours I will be in Hogwarts. I hope this works out.
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