(Authors Note) Well here goes another chapter, it's going to be a bit longer than the other ones, I hope that you all don't mind. Please remember to read and review!

Disclaimers: I don't own Harry Potter or anything like that, I only own characters that I have made up (or actually, my dream made up) and school names that I wrote myself in this chapter.

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She sat down at the table with a slight head-ache. What did her father mean, Hogwarts? Though the name sounded familiar, like a school out of the "Wizard Schools and Secrets" book that her mother had hidden on a shelf years back. Her father began to speak again.

"I am a wizard." He came out and said. Autumn looked at him with disbelief. From underneath a pile of ruddy newspapers, entitled what she had never noticed, as 'The Daily Prophet', he took out a stick, similar to the one that the tall man (Rubus? Hungry? Hagrid?) had had. Still confused, she shook her head.

"orchideous!" Her father called and a large bouquet of flowers sprung out from the end. Now she understood a little better. The books all made sense. "I went to Hogwarts, I was a Ravenclaw." her father said. "And you would have too, if you would have been accepted. You're a pureblood wizard, or witch, you know."

"So, why do I not go to Hogwarts, or some other wizarding school like Beauxbatons or Pluriempleo?" She replied, naming off two schools she remembered reading about, one meaning 'lovely wands' and the other 'moon-lighting'.

"I'm getting to that." He replied. "The reason why you saw a castle, a beautiful one, but with a very dirty sign is because Muggles…"

"Non-magic people." Cut in Autumn.

"Right. Is because they only see a run-down castle, with a beware sign. But you saw it because you were born into a wizarding family, but weren't supposed to be there. So Hagrid turned the Whomping Willow tree, a tree that hates being hit or touched, into a portkey.

"Which transports wizards to different places." Autumn ended. "But what does Mom have to do with me not being able to go to a wizarding school?"

"Well, actually, your mother was a wizard too. She never drowned, that's just a cover-up story. She's in a wizard prison, called Azkaban, for using the Avada Ke – … the killing curse against other witches and wizards. As it turns out, she was working in secret as a Death Eater with the Dark Lord."

"Voldemort." She sighed.

"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." He replaced. "You know an awful lot about this already, how?"

"Reading."

"Well, I think that this has been enough for tonight," her father began. "Let's call it a day."

"No, dad please continue! I want to know more about why I'm not allowed into a wizarding school and about the Avada Kedavra curse." Autumn cried out.

"How did you know it was called Avada – oh right. Your reading." Her father half-grinned. "I suppose we can go on a bit." He picked up his wand once again. "lumos." A soft glow was emitted eerily through his wand.

"Basically, you know how it goes, Autumn. You know enough about wizardry and witchcraft that if we got you a wand; you'd be up to your grade at Hogwarts in no time. I figure though, that I should show you this." He stopped, closing his blue eyes and then, in a very different voice, roared "accio letter!" A beige envelope flew onto the table. "It's from Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster."

She flipped the letter over. It was addressed to her. She opened it, reading the scrawl inside aloud, so her father could also hear what it said.

"Dear Ms. Fortshamen,

Due to circumstances that you father has likely explained to you, you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hagrid has agreed to pick you up in two days time. Your father, we are sure, has the necessary items for you, and Ollivander from the Wand Shop, should be apparating with some wands for you to try within the two days.

We have been keeping a close watch on you for awhile, and have decided that despite your family's past, you can be accepted into Hogwarts under close security due to your mother's dabbling with the Dark Lord. Welcome to Hogwarts!

Professor Albus Dumbledore - Headmaster

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"

She looked up, somewhat confused. "They have to keep a close eye on me?"

"They must think that your mother taught you a thing or two about the dark arts and the Dark Lord." He began. "But doesn't it seem weird to you that you are suddenly involved in a school that you had never heard of until today, and now you know the truth about everything?"

"Not really," Autumn stated. "It feels like I'm on a journey home."

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THUMP! "Well, John, don't you think that you could clean your fireplace once and awhile?"

"Ollivander! Long time no see!"

"Yes, yes, now where's your girl? I must be getting back soon." Just then, Autumn appeared in the colorful living room downstairs. "My, she looks like her mother, but those eyes…"

"Ollivander?" She said, almost startled.

"Yes, that's me. Now let's get you a wand! Try this!" He slipped a wand out of a slim box. "Give it a wave." Autumn waved the wand and suddenly all the pictures fell off the wall. "Oh, maybe not, Must be the Dragon Heartstring."

"reparo." Said her father and fixed all the pictures. Ollivander handed her wand after wand, not finding anything.

"Peculiar. One of a kind wand. Try it." He handed her a red-brown wood wand. "Mahogany wood." He said, as she observed it. She waved the wand and it emitted sparks then spit out red sparkles. "Hmmm." Ollivander said, scratching his head. "Again." She waved it again, saying one of her favorite sounding spells out of one of her books.

"tarentallegra." Ollivander began doing an offbeat foxtrot.

"Suits you fine!" He said, continuing to dance on the spot.

"finite incantatem." John Fortshamen spoke. "Why so peculiar, Ollivander?"

"It's unicorn hair and snakeskin scales. Pure versus filth, good versus evil." With that, Ollivander waved good-bye and disappeared into the green-flaming fireplace.

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Well, what do you think of that? Sounds kind of like a half Gryffindor and half Slytherin wand. I wonder what's going to happen when Hagrid picks her up and she has her first day at Hogwarts!