A/N Okay guys heres chapter one.
Disclaimer: I do not own Jodie or Airian but i own everting else ( Sorry I Lied)
Chapter One: WTF!!
It was the day after the summer holidays started that my life changed.
I woke up and I felt that something was different. It was like I suddenly had new powers that completed me and I knew something was different today. I had always felt like I was different not an I just don't belong different but a magical different and today it felt especially strong.
I just shook my head and went downstairs for a fag and there sitting at my kitchen table was a weird looking old man and my mum who was crying silently, probably so she would not wake me, because the walls in this house were very thin and you could hear everything through them. I bet a relative has died. It seems like I'm related to practically everyone.
"Hi mum, are you okay" I asked her gently.
"No jodes I'm not" she said "There's something I've got to tell you and I'm afraid its not good."
" Okay tell me, your starting to freak me out"
"Jodie your adopted."
That was the last thing I heard before I passed out.
I woke later, I don't know how much later, but I could tell I hadn't been out long because my mum was still crying.
" What!" I practically yelled at her.
"Sweetie I know this is a shock but just listen. When you were born there was an evil man out to get people who stood up against him. Your parents were two of the most skilled fighters that fought against him. As soon as he found out that you had been born, he made it his mission to find you and to kill you because he knew how much it would hurt your parents. So they put you into hiding when you turned a year old and they gave you to me." She said this but deep down I could tell this was not the full story.
"But if I was a year old surely this guy would recognise me."
"That's where I come in" the old man finally spoke. "My name is Albus Dumbledore, and I know this may come as a shock to you dear…but you're a witch."
I could see my mum tense and wait for me to blow up and start screaming that this isn't funny, but all I felt was relief.
"I knew it. I knew I was different all the time. No wonder I felt like I didn't belong" I spoke in a whisper.
" There's something else. When you went into hiding, your parents asked me to put a glamour spell on you. It changes your appearance until the person who put the spell on you takes it off."
I sat there in shock for minute. This meant that I didn't look like this fat dorky girl with glasses and blonde hair.
"So your saying that I don't look like this?" I asked him quietly.
"Yes that's exactly what I'm saying" Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling mysteriously.
I asked Dumbledore loads of other questions about my family and this person I was hiding from.
It turns out that my real name, and the name I shall be taking from now on because I love it, is Airian Levana Cerberus Banks. Yes, Cerberus as in the dog that guards the gates of hell. I found it extremely weird but I liked it because it was so me.
My parents were Aurors, famous ones at that. Apparently they were the best Aurors the ministry had ever seen. Yes, were. They died the day before this guy, who I'm told is a dark wizard named Lord Voldemort, (However, people generally call him He Who Must Not Be Named), went and killed Lily and James Potter. These, I think, were supposedly really good friends with my parents, who died trying to save their son Harry. He miraculously survived due to his mother dying for him. He is now known as The Boy Who Lived as he is the only person to survive a killing curse.
It turns out that I have a place at the wizarding boarding school called Hogwarts. However, if I want to, I have to leave and go and live at the school in a week so that I can catch up on all the work, spells and potions that I have missed.
I was fine with all of this until the thought came to me that I would have to leave Hayley.
For the next week I didn't leave the house, but Hayley came round everyday to help me pack for boarding school. I told her everything apart from the bit about me being a witch. We both had a bit of a cry but after that she was happy that I was getting away from the life that had chained me up for so long.
The day I was supposed to being going to Hogwarts finally arrived.
Professor Dumbledore came to collect me at nine in the morning.
"Hello Airian. Are you ready to go?" he asked me.
"Yeah. I've said bye to everyone and my bags are by the door."
" I've already sent your bags on to Hogwarts, dear. Now your parents left you a sum of money and I took the liberty to get some out for you."
"Thank you, sir. What will I need it for at Hogwarts?"
" Before we go to Hogwarts you will need to go to Diagon Alley, to get your school supplies, I however, won't be able to come with you as I have some things I need to sort out, so I will give you a map."
"Thank you, sir."
And with that we apparated away to a place called the Leaky Cauldron which I'm told was a pub.
Professor Dumbledore led me through the pub which was filled with smoke. I breathed the scent in heavily, thinking about how I had one hundred Richmond in my bag until my mother sent me some more. I was quickly snapped out of my thoughts, when Dumbledore stopped at a brick wall.
"Excuse me sir, if you don't mind me asking, but why have we walked into a dead end" I asked him, confusion laced into my voice.
"Because Miss Banks, this is the entrance to Diagon Alley"
WTF! It was a brick wall and then suddenly Dumbledore started tapping at random bricks and then the strangest thing happened, then again it probably won't be the last, the bricks started moving slowly to reveal the most amazing sight I had ever seen.
There were people with strange clothing like Dumbledore's everywhere and I got this strange feeling of fulfilment, like this was the place I belonged.
"Now Airian." God it felt strange hearing that name. "Will you be alright here?" he said handing me two pieces of funny looking paper.
"Yes sir, but I was wondering why haven't you taken the glamour charms off me yet?"
" I think that it would be best to leave it until your at Hogwarts" he told me mysteriously " Another thing, the pieces of parchment I have given you are your supplies list and a map of Diagon Alley. Meet me back here in four hours".
And with a pop he was gone. I just stood there for awhile letting it sink in. All of a sudden someone ran into me and with great grace I fell onto the cobbled floor.
" Watch where your walking you great oaf" someone drawled.
I looked up to see a blonde boy about my age sneering down at me. I just rolled my eyes I was used to these kinds of comment by now.
I got up and walked off without even a sorry and strode off gracefully, well as gracefully as I could manage.
After three hours I had been to Flourish and Blotts - the book shop, Madam Malkins - the robe shop, the Apothecary, Ollivanders - the wand shop and the pet shop and I still had an hour left and lots of money that was calling to be spent.
I was walking around the alley when I came across a shop called Melinda's Muggle Clothes which had all the clothes that I would wear in it.
So I went in and spent a whole hour in there and I ended up buying five skirts, 4 pairs of skinny jeans, two pairs of normal jeans, 6 pairs of short shorts,10 tank tops, 6 t-shirts with writing on, 3 mini dresses and 4 coats. I also got a formal dress which was green and showed lot of cleavage. And the best thing about it all was that these clothes all changed sizes to whoever was wearing it.
After paying for all the clothes I checked my watch and saw that I had five minutes to get to the entrance. So I grabbed my stuff and ran as fast as I could to meet professor Dumbledore. Luckily I got there in time as Dumbledore was just brushing himself off.
"Hello Professor, sorry I'm late" I said to him.
"Its quite alright dear. Now we cannot apparate to Hogwarts so we are going to have to take the floo network" he told me.
"Okay, but if you don't mind me asking whats the floo network?." I asked him.
"It would be easier to show you than to tell you." he told me.
So we made our way back through the smoke filled Leaky Cauldron to a fireplace.
"Now take a handful of this" he said as he handed me a pot of green powder. "Throw the powder down and at the same time say Hogwarts very very clearly."
So I did as I was told and stepped into the fireplace and with a flash of green flames, I was in some sort of office. Seconds later Dumbledore appeared in the fire place with much more grace than I did.
"Welcome to Hogwarts Arian." Wow that names gonna take some getting used to. "This is my office."
I took a moment to look around the office and by the time I looked back to Dumbledore there some sort of creature standing next to him.
"This is Dobby the house-elf. He is going to show you to your room."
"Sir, when are you going to take the glamour charm off me." I asked him politely when really I wanted to shout it at him because I couldn't wait to change my appearance.
"Well, I've come up with an idea. You will get it taken off when you finish all your required schooling, this will make you work harder and hopefully work quicker." he told me with a chuckle.
"Sounds fair Professor" I told him with a fake smile.
Dobby took me for a quick tour around the castle before taking me to my room and although some parts of the castle took my breath away I couldn't help but think of how Dumbledore was such scheming old man.
Dobby took me to my room and told me that I would be staying here until I had finished catching up with my schoolwork.
The room was stunning it had a four poster bed, a walk in wardrobe and a separate bathroom and let me tell you the bath was like a swimming pool literally.
It suited the new me.
I went and had a bath looking forward to learning tomorrow about the world I belong in and dreaming up what I might look like when Dumbledore does takes the glamour off.
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