Cedric Diggory knocked on the door that lead to the small, but reasonably sized, bedroom that belonged to his little sister, Tatiana Mason, though since she'd been adopted into the Diggory family that now only consisted of Cedric, his father, and herself, Amos Diggory had insisted that Tatiana use the last name Diggory to lessen the talk about her, plus, to everyone but her knowledge, a small, ten-year-old blonde hair, blue eyed girl was semi-famous for two reasons: living through a raid of her house, being the only survivor of the tragic night and for receiving a small but quite noticeable scar on the underside of her left wrist that was in a suspiciously distinct "V" shape. Tatiana had no idea of her being known for this, because many wizards and witches have come to believe that the young girl has had to fend for herself, and has gone into hiding. Others, well, they suspect much more of gruesome of fate had gotten her.

But alas, she lived with the two Diggory men, both mannered gentlemen that had adopted her from the care of her cruel aunt and uncle. Just soon after her ninth birthday had the Diggorys taken her in.

Now it was nearing the end of July and her birthday was coming up, day by day she'd mark off on her small calendar above her bed. For her tenth birthday, Cedric had given her strange indeed jelly beans that had the most peculiar flavors. Sometimes she'd still taste the earwax in the back of her mouth. Mr. Diggory had given her perhaps the most mind boggling gift she thought she'd ever received- a broomstick. Though shiny and very well made, it certainly did not look like a sweeping broom. So there it sat, in the corner of her room waiting to become of use.

Trotting down the stairs to the small kitchen after Cedric she hopped over the last step, lost her balance and would have fallen flat on her face if Cedric hadn't spun around and caught her.

The two sat down at the table and Tatiana took a lemon poppy seed muffin and began to nibble on it, as she usually did. Mr. Amos Diggory was already in his work clothes, just finishing the paper that always confused Tatiana. There were moving pictures on the pages and the words didn't just go from left to right. If you looked close enough, you'd see that the columns and rows slanted or went vertical or horizontal. He set it down on the counter and gave Cedric a hair ruffle and gave Tatiana the usual light kiss on the head and grabbed his keys and briefcase.

"I'm off to work- oh, and Cedric, the Allens called earlier and said that Amara wants to have another play date with Tati, here. She'll be at the Malfoy's today so it's not that far, if you wouldn't mind walking and staying with her? I don't trust those Malfoys," Mr. Diggory said with a short sigh. "I'll be home at five." And with that he walked out of the room and left. It was strange- Tatiana never noticed the car in the garage gone, nor did she ever hear the front door close when Amos left. She'd always wonder how he got to work- did he just disappear out of thin air or something?

Tatiana finished her muffin and climbed the steep stairs up to her room to change. She no longer had to wear the disgusting hand-me-downs she'd gotten from her older cousins that she'd always have to wear when she lived with her dreadful aunt and uncle for that one long year. Mr. Diggory had gone out and gotten her a small new wardrobe but it was certainly good enough for Tatiana.

Amara Allen and Tatiana Diggory had met when Mr. Diggory and Mr. Allen had to have a meeting together. Mr. Allen had to keep Amara that day, and Mr. Diggory had to keep Tatiana- she'd been feeling ill so she'd stayed home from school. Who knew a sneeze could start a friendship? Tatiana had gone into a sneezing fit and Amara had run for the tissue box. When she'd reached out to give Tatiana the tissue, Tati had sneezed all over Amara's extended arm. Rather than getting angry, Amara burst into a fit of giggles exclaiming how gross it was. Tatiana had thus began to giggle too and their giggles had driven away the sneezes. The two had been best friends ever since.

Her and Amara lived rather far from each other, though, so they hadn't attended the same school, except for the previous year. Amara had transferred for some reason, which was a complete uplift for Tatiana- Cedric attended a boarding school somewhere in London, and it was completely dreadful being alone with his father. She saw Cedric during the Christmas Holidays, the Easter holidays, and summer holiday. She missed him so much while he was gone; Cedric was practically Tatiana's whole world- her protection, her friend, her family, her love, everything she could ever need had been packed in one, now twelve-year-old, boy and Tatiana had just been lucky enough to get him for herself.

She met Cedric at the front door with her school bag full of an extra set of clothes (Draco Malfoy, the son of Amara's parents' best friends, Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy, had ruined a set of her clothes before with what had smelled and tasted oddly of pumpkin juice) and a few other things.

After arriving at the Malfoy Manor, a short very blond-headed boy who's hair had been mildly slicked back today opened the door and let Cedric and Tatiana in with a roll of his eyes. "Ali, your little friend and her security guard are here," Draco hollered up the stairs. A girl of Tatiana's height with dark chocolate brown/black hair pulled into two low pigtails skipped down the stairs and told Draco to shut his mouth. The girls greeted each other with a hug and small squeal before Tatiana's hand returned to Cedric's, pulling him along as Ali tugged her upstairs for their play date.

-...-

The end of July came, July 31st and Tatiana lolled out of bed and accidentally going downstairs when she'd meant to get to the bathroom next to her bedroom. She figured as well as to just use the one downstairs when a voice shouted "Surprise!" and two strong arms wrapped around her. Still extremely groggy and feeling more than ever the need to pee, Tatiana's brain registered that it was Cedric hugging her when he pulled back, a big grin on his face.

"Happy Birthday, Tati!" he said gleefully.

"Thank you, Ceddy," she said giving him a small smile and rubbing her eyes, trying to force the sleep out of them. He took her hand and pulled her over to the kitchen counter and pulled the lid off a platter, revealing two very big cupcakes with "Happy Birthday, Tati" written across them in lavender to contrast with the dark yellow icing covering the cakes. There were eleven candles placed around the cupcakes.

"You're too sweet," she mumbled with a smile, her cheeks going pink. She rubbed her eyes, trying to get the sleep out. Cedric lit the candles and sang "Happy Birthday", making her blush more. She blew out the candles and licked the bottoms of each as she pulled them out of the cakes. She picked one of the giant cupcakes up and took as big of a bite as she could, barely making a dent as Cedric took the other and took a big bite.

"Tho ith your dad ath worf?" she asked, her mouth full. He nodded and got them both a glass of milk. She'd never called Amos "Dad" or "Father". It'd always been "Mister Cedric's dad" or "Mister Diggory" or she'd just talk to him directly. She'd felt uncomfortable once when she'd tried calling him 'dad' upon Cedric's request. It'd made her feel weird to acknowledge anyone who wasn't her father that so she'd told him that she wouldn't do it.

Cedric had promised to get her a present once he got his allowance in the next few days, even though she'd told him she didn't need anything. After getting dressed, Cedric held up a wad of money and announced that they were going to the cinema. She smiled and agreed, slipping her tennis shoes on.

They saw a movie and he bought her a small lunch at a cafe next door to the cinema and then headed home. They walked down the streets of London and Tati stayed very close to Cedric, keeping her hand in his. She looked around at everyone walking down the streets when she spotted something that make her eyes widen. A very large man, probably the width of three men and the height of one and a half, was walking down the street very casually with a boy that had to be about Tatiana's age walking along side the giant man.

The boy had very untidy jet black hair, round glasses, and very large clothes on, like they belonged to the giant man when he was younger. The very big man had very scraggly brown hair and a large beard, just the same. Tatiana hadn't even noticed that her hand had slipped out of Cedric's until she turned to tell him about the large man and the boy and he was no where in sight. Her heart immediately began pounding extremely fast as she started panicking. She didn't know her way around London at all. The large man walked right past her and she decided to ask him for help- he could surely see the heads of everyone on the street, maybe he could spot Cedric.

She ran over and stepped in front of him. "Es-es'cuse me," she said her voice trembling a little from the tears she was holding back. She couldn't seem to find her voice as the large man looked down at her with his warm beetle black eyes giving her a small smile.

"Is something wrong, miss?" he asked, putting a giant hand out to stop the boy with the glasses to stop walking.

Just then Cedric came out of a heard of people and took Tatiana into his arms. "Tati! I thought I'd lost you!" he exclaimed keeping her close in the hug, as Tatiana began to calm down. Cedric turned, alarmed at first at the big man then he smiled. "Hagrid? What are you doing here?" he asked the man, "Hagrid".

Hagrid chuckled and gave Cedric a hearty pat on the shoulder. "Takin' young Harry here ter Diagon Alley; got ter get his school stuff. Not much time left, eh? An' what about yerself? Gotten yer letter yet, I expect?"

Cedric shook his head. "No, I think it should be coming any day now." He looked at the boy Hagrid had called "Harry" for a second then back at Hagrid. "That isn't..."

Hagrid smiled bigger and nodded. "Indeed it is! Poor Harry here, been livin' with Muggles fer the past ten years."

Tatiana's brain was going nuts with what she was hearing- Diagon Alley? Letter? Muggles? What was going on?

Cedric nodded and seemed to remember he had Tati with him. He put an arm around her. "This is my sister Tatiana," he said to Hagrid and Harry. "Tati," he said looking at her," this is Hagrid and Harry, I think he's eleven too." Tatiana gave them both a "Hullo" is a small voice and a light smile.

"Hi," Harry said. "Yeah, I'm eleven today."

Tatiana's eyes widened just a bit "So am I," she said smiling a little more. He returned the smile and Hagrid put an arm around him.

"Well, Mister Diggory, we best we goin' now- don't want ter have ter wait in any big lines," said Hagrid giving them both a smile. They bided their goodbyes and went on their ways.

Once Tatiana and Cedric returned home, after him apologizing about a million times for letting go of her for a split second, they walked in and were surprised to see Amos Diggory in the kitchen reading the paper.

"Ah, there you two are!" Mr. Diggory said looking at them holding a rather large envelope. He handed it to Cedric. "Congratulations, Tatiana. I wasn't aware your parents were in our world!"

Tatiana gave him a confused look. She turned to Cedric to see what he was talking about and saw him holding out a letter for her. She took the letter and read at the top of the letter:

HOGWARTS: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

*Author's Note*

I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters from the books mentioned in this chapter. All of the Harry Potter characters and references belong to J. K. Rowling. I so wish that one day I'll be a successful writer like she is.

Thanks, I hope you enjoy ^^

-Tatiana :3