A/N I rewrote this chapter 2 time because it had accidentally been deleted. sry bout dat :( ALSO PLEASE REVIEW IT MAKES ME SUPER HAPPY AND LETS ME KNOW YOU ACTUALLY LIKE THE BOOK DONT BE SCARED TO COMMENT PLEASE

I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER. JK ROWLING DOES.

Katie woke up the next day feeling extremely excited. It was time to go to Diagon Alley! Katie smiled and stretched out her arms, hearing a satisfying pop in her lower back. She jumped out of bed and reached for her diary from her dresser. She grabbed her pencil and made her way to her desk.

Again, she was running. But she didn't know why… a storm was stirring outside and thunder rolled throughout the castle. Katie looked around and locked eyes with somebody. She didn't get a good look, seeing as it was very dark out.

'What are you doing awake?' a soft voice spoke through the silence. 'It's nearly midnight,' She suspected it was a boy from the tone of voice. Katie looked around trying to figure out what was going on. She walked closer to the boy and tried to get a better look, but saw that he had left.

Katie sighed and put her diary down. She got up and turned to her dresser. She picked her favourite dark blue robes and black shoes. She quickly went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth and hair before putting on her robes. Once she did, she ran to her parents room.

'PAPA, DADDY? TIME TO WAKE UP! DIAGON ALLEY, HERE WE COME!' Katie yelled to them as she pounded on the door. She heard a few grunts and the sound of her papa saying 'ok sweetie,'

She ran down the stairs and got an apple. She took a bite out of it as she went to the small bookcase beside their couch. She searched for a certain book she loved very much, ever since she was younger. It was called 'Matilda.' It was about a girl, who too had magic in her, and Katie pitied her deeply. Katie's parents had always appreciated muggles, but didn't think very high of them. They thought that anybody who wasn't of pure blood, wasn't as good as them. Katie knew that that wasn't the whole truth, but still agreed with them. She didn't really know why they thought that, but she never questioned it, whatever her parents thought had to be right, right?

Katie sat down in the chair beside the couch and started to read the book. She was on chapter 6 when her parents came marching down the stairs. She ran over to them and gave them each a big hug.

'Are you ready to go to Diagon Alley? I'm so excited to see everyone who's going to Hogwarts! Maybe I'll even meet my best friend!' Katie said while dragging them to the front door. Once they got to the door Katie inspected what they were wearing, not wanting to leave their home if they were wearing something hideous. She noticed, though, that they were wearing their work robes.

'Why are you wearing you work robes? We're just going school shopping…' Katie trailed off, looking to them with worry. Bestian give her a look of sadness and patted her shoulder.

'The Ministry called, we have to go to work, honey.' Katie turned to look at Augustus with tears in her eyes.

'Really? Are you sure you cant just call in sick, say you have the dragon pox, or something?' she said hopefully, grabbing Augustus hand. He slowly shook his head, squeezing her hand.

'Does this mean I have to go with Aunt Cissy and Draco? Will Lucius be there?' Katie asked, a smirk appearing on her face. Draco was her cousin, or at least that's what she called him. She knew she was related to his mother in some way. The Black family was confusing.

But her and Draco got on great. They loved being together, and would stick up for each other at any given time. They liked to play pranks on each other and tease each other.

'It's Uncle Lucius, and yes he'll be there with you. I'm not sure why he wasn't called in. We are in the same department after all.' Augustus wondered aloud. Katie nodded and moved out of the doorway. She kissed them each on the cheek as a goodbye and Bestius gave her the Galleons to give to Narcissa when paying for her supplies.

'GOODBYE SWEETIE WE LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOU HACE A GOOD DAY TODAY!' They yelled as they were getting ready to apperate.

'I LOVE YOU TOO!' Katie yelled back. She waited for them to leave and jumped onto the sofa. She waited there for a while, reading her book until she heard the fire starting to crack and pop. She put away her book and walked over to the fireplace.

Flames rose higher and turned into green as three bodies appeared inside of the fireplace. Katie smiled at the boy wearing his black robes, and gave him a hug.

'It's nice to see you Draco! Are you excited for Hogwarts?' Katie asked. He nodded with a smile on his face until Lucius put a hand on her shoulders. She turned to him and saw him with an attempted smile on his face.

'No hello to us, you Aunt and Uncle?' He said. She took a step in front of them and did a small curtsy for them. It was something that the Malfoy's loved. It made them feel superior, which Katie didn't really like, because their ego's were already so huge.

'Good morning, Aunt Cissy and Uncle Lucius. How are you?' she asked with a fake pleasant smile. If she was being honest, Lucius made her very uncomfortable. He was always staring at her, and gave her suspicious smiles when she caught him looking at her.

'We're doing well, Katie. Are you ready to go?' Narcissa asked. Katie smiled at her and nodded. Narcissa had always been the mother that Katie didn't have. She had her birth mother, a friend of her papa's. Her parents told her that daddy, Bastian, was still her father even though it wasn't biological. Katie didn't really understand it but she accepted it. Narcissa filled the space of her mother, although Katie never felt the need to have a mother. But Narcissa was there for her when she had lady questions.

Katie got back into the fireplace as Lucius grabbed a handful of floo powder.

'The Leaky Cauldron!' Lucius yelled clearly. Katie grabbed onto Draco's robes, never having like the floo network that much. As soon as Katie opened her eyes and saw many men and women in wizarding clothes sitting at old rotten wood tables.

Katie followed the Malfoy's into a small bricked place outside of The Leaky Cauldron. She watched as Lucius tapped the code on the bricks with his wand. She grinned and grabbed Draco's hand as the bricks opened slowly. Lucius took ahold of Narcissa and turned to Katie and Draco.

'We'll go to get your supplies. You two go get your robes and look at pets if you like. Meet us at Olivander's.' Narcissa said with a stern look on her face. They nodded and Katie dragged Draco to the Madam Malkins. They walked in and Katie started to walk to the back of the shop. Draco followed behind her.

'Hogwarts? Getting a lot of them today.' Madam Malkin said while smiling. Katie nodded and got on the stool, and Draco did the same. The workers got to work and after around 5 minutes of pins jabbing Katie in the torso, a boy with black, messy hair and striking green eyes walked in. Madam Malkin turned to him.

'Hogwarts, dear?' she said. 'Got the lot here- another young man and girl being fitted up just now, in fact.' Katie could see another boy enter the store. Draco noticed too.

'Hello,' said Draco, "Hogwarts, too?"

'Yes,' said the boy.

'My father's next door buying mine and my cousins books and mother's up the street looking at wands,' said Draco. 'Then I'm going to drag them off to took at racing brooms. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow.'

'Oh really Draco? I really doubt you could ever smuggle anything into anywhere!' Katie said with a laugh.

'Have you got your own broom?' Draco went on, ignoring Katie.

'No,' said the boy.

'Play Quidditch at all?'

'No,' the boy said again. Katie was beginning to think this boy was incredibly stupid.

'I do - Father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree. Know what house you'll be in yet?'

'No,' said the boy.

'Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been - imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?'

'Mmm,' said the boy, not knowing if he should agree or not.

'I say, look at that man!' said Draco suddenly, nodding toward the front window. A man about 7 or 8 feet tall was standing there, grinning at the boy and pointing with two large ice creams to show he couldn't come in.

'That's Hagrid,' said the boy, sounding pleased. 'He works at Hogwarts.'

'Oh,' said Draco, 'I've heard of him. He's a sort of servant, isn't he?'

'He's the gamekeeper,' said the boy.

'Yes, exactly. I heard he's a sort of savage - lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed.'

'I think he's brilliant,' said the boy coldly.

'Do you?' said Draco, with a slight sneer. 'Why is he with you? Where are your parents?'

'They're dead,' said the boy shortly.

'Oh my Merlin! I'm so sorry!' Katie said, with a sad smile on her face. She turned to Draco and gave him a glare. 'Apologize Draco! You were being incredibly rude!'

'Oh, sorry,' said Draco, not sounding sorry at all. 'But they were our kind, weren't they?'

'They were a witch and wizard, if that's what you mean.'

'I really don't think they should let the other sort in, do you? They're just not the same, they've never been brought up to know our ways. Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families. What's your surname, anyway?'

But before the boy could answer, Madam Malkin said, 'That's you done, my dear,' and the boy hopped down from the footstool.

'Well, I'll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose,' said Draco as the boy left with his robes. Katie turned to Draco when the boy was out of the store.

'Did you have to be so rude? Honestly! His parents are dead!'

'Thats how I make friends! And it's not like I knew that! It's not my fault his parents decided to go die one day!' Draco said defensively. Katie scoffed and rolled her eyes.

'I'm going to look at owls, see you at the wand shop.' Katie left and walked over to the owl emporium two stores down. She walked in and walked over to the owls and looked at each one, not really liking any of them. She wasn't paying attention and walked into a girl with brown bushy hair and two large front teeth. Katie dropped her robes and sighed when she saw they had fur all over them.

'Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! I didn't see you,' the girl said worriedly. 'My name is Hermione Granger, by the way.'

'I'm Katie Selwyn. And it's okay, my parents can just do a spell and clean them.' Katie said, looking over the girl. She was wearing muggle clothes and was holding many books in her hands. Katie looked at the cover and saw 'Hogwarts: A History.'

'Oh my Merlin! I love to read that book! I have a copy at home! It tells you everything about Hogwarts!' Katie said, forgetting about her robes.

'Oh really? I was hoping it would give me more insight about the school!' Hermione said. Katie nodded.

'Are you looking for an owl? Did you find any you like?' Katie asked. Hermione shook her head.

'I looked at every owl, and did not like any of them. I just feel bad they don't have anywhere to call home.' Hermione spoke. Katie nodded and decided that she liked this girl.

'Would you like to help me pick out an owl? I have a hard time making decisions like this, so you could be a big help. Hermione nodded and Katie lead her into the 'Expensive Owls' part of the store. They walked around for a bit, looking at different owls. Katie didn't really like any of them, if she was being honest.

They walked to the very back of the store until they came across a tiny owl. On the sign underneath the birds cage it said 'NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL.' Katie immediately cooed at the tiny owl. As soon as it was Katie it's tiny tail started to twitched, showing it's excitement.

'Hello you tiny owl, how are you?' It shipped back at her and turned to Hermione.

'Is it a boy or girl?' Hermione shrugged and looked closer at the owl.

'I think its a girl. I read a book about owls last week.' Katie nodded and turned back to the owl.

'Hi there, little buddy. Would you like me to buy you?' The bird chirped and it's tail twitched faster. 'Okay, looks like I am bringing her home!' Katie said grinning. After Katie bought the tiny bird, she turned to Hermione.

'I've never heard of the last name Granger? What are you parents? Are they pureblood?' Katie asked, slightly worried. She really liked Hermione, but she knew her parents would not like the friendship.

'Oh, my parents are muggles, if thats what you mean.' Katie nodded and stiffened. She tried to come up with excuses when Draco came up beside her and told her she had to go to the wand shop.

'Bye Katie! I hope too see you at Hogwarts!' Katie nodded and walked beside Draco to Olivander's.

'So, who was that?' Draco drawled. Katie shrugged and turned to Draco.

'Just some girl, I don't know. We met inside of the store. I never got her name.' Katie lied. Draco knew she was lying but shrugged and entered the shop. She followed him and stood beside her uncle and aunt and waited for Olivander to come to his counter.

'Hello there, Ms. Selwyn. It's nice to see you. You've grown. And you Mr. Malfoy. You very pale I see.' A voice appeared behind her. She jumped and turned toward the voice and saw a very pale man with wrinkles almost every on his face. His eyes were a pale blue and were very big, and Katie felt very uncomfortable.

'Who's going first? And there's no need to feel uncomfortable Ms. Selwyn.' He said while walking towards the counter. Draco walked up to the counter and went through 4 wands until he found his.

'It only took me 4 tires to get mine, I bet it will take Katie 50! Not even a wand would chose her!" Draco teased. Katie stuck out her tongue and walked slowly to his counter.

'Hello, Ms. Selwyn. Are you good today? I hope so! You're getting your wand! Now I'm going to measure your wand arm, do you know which it is?' he asked. Katie nodded and lifted her right arm. He measured and went into a back room. He soon came back with a grey box.

'Now I want you to remember this, the wand chooses the wizard.' Katie nodded slowly and opened the box. She slowly took grip on the wand and waved it. Olivander almost immediately snatched it back before coming back with a very short box. Katie eyebrows furrowed. Oh no! A small wand! Everybody with small wands gets bullied! Katie grudgingly took hold of the short wand and waved it. A curtain beside Lucius caught on fire and Narcissa quickly put it out.

'Definitely not the right wand.' Olivander muttered, taking the wand from her reach. She relaxed, knowing that she wasn't going to have short wand. Olivander came back with a dark purple box and Katie's eyes widened. The box was beautiful! I wonder what the wand looks like!

Katie slowly opened the box and her eyes widened even more. It was the most beautiful wand she'd ever seen. It was a light brown with marking of stars and odd symbols running up and down it. She grinned and waved it, expecting something amazing to happen.

The store started to shake and many things were dropping of shelves. Katie dropped the wand and it clattered onto the floor.

'That is not the wand for you, whatsoever.' Olivander said shrugging. Katie was extremely sad. She thought that was the wand for her.

'Don't worry, these kind of wands may be beautiful, but they are extremely picky. They like to make you think you are destined to be together, but you aren't. Remember, even if they look perfect, they can't ever really benefit you, even if they try.' Katie nodded, though she didn't understand. Olivander ran into the back and came back with another wand. This time it was in a dark brown box.

'Ash wood, unicorn hair core, 11'' inches.' Olivander said while peering at Katie through his glasses. Katie took ahold of the wand and waved it. White sparks came from the wand and Katie smiled lightly. She was happy she got her wand, but she really like the other wand. Olivander put the wand back in its case and Katie payed for it.

The Malfoy's and Katie all left the shop, heading for The Leaky Cauldron. Narcissa took hold of Katie and Lucius gripped Draco's shoulder. They disapperated us back to my house. Katie put down her belongings on the table next to the couch.

'Goodbye, thank you for taking me to Diagon Alley! I hope you have a nice night. Goodbye!' Katie said. She hugged Draco and Narcissa. She have Lucius a hand shake and patiently wanted for them to leave. Narcissa hand Katie her tiny owl and Katie grinned. She put the owl next the table.

'You're welcome dear. We hope to see you soon!' Narcissi said. Katie waved as they took the fireplace back, probably preferring that over apperation. Katie grabbed her stuff and ran upstairs, putting it all in her trunk, except her owl.

'What should I name you?' Katie wondered aloud. She looked over the owl, not noticing anything that could inspire a name. Spots? No, that sounds like a dog. She looked at the owl again, noticing its size. It still looked like a baby owl. Katie mind sparked, an idea forming in her head.

'Athene! That's the perfect name!' Athene was the name of a goddess whose symbol was an owl. Katie smiled when she saw the owls tail twitching again. Katie smiled and looked at the time. 8:30? I should start getting read for bed, Katie thought to herself as she jumped into the washroom. She started a bath and jumped in. After washing herself she brushed her teeth and hair. She dressed in some pyjamas and walked downstairs to get her book. She grabbed it and made her way back to her room. She turned on the lamp and began to read on her bed.

She didn't like being home alone, mostly because she was scared that something would happen to her parents if they didn't come back. She never had a way to contact them before now. She stayed up until she heard the sound of the front door opening and two sets of footsteps tracing up the stairs to the room across from hers.

She sighed and put her book away and turned of the light. She got underneath the covers and snuggled into the bed.

'Goodnight Athene, see you tomorrow…' Katie said with a yawn. The last thing she heard was a soft chirp.