The zoo incident was our longest punishment in our history of punishments. We were in that cupboard until it was the summer holidays. The holidays were as bad as having to stay in school with Dudley's gang, now his gang kept on visiting the house.

Me and my twin ended up being out of the house everyday.

There's this ray of hope for the next school year. We won't be staying in the same school with our cousin. Dudley will have to go to Smeltings while me and Harry have to go to Stonehall high. Harry found that his uniform would be Dudley's old one dyed to match the school's. While mine would be an old dress Aunt Petunia found in a second hand shop, she also dyed it too.

One morning the post arrived I insisted on getting it before Harry got beaten up by Dudley's Smeltings stick

I found some usual posts, like letters from Uncle's sister, Aunt Marge and bills but there's two that was addressed to me and Harry

Ms C. Potter

The Cupboard under the Stairs

4 Privet Drive

Little Whinging

Surrey

Harry's was the same but addressed to him, obviously.

It was an unusual letter, made of yellowish parchment, and there was no stamp. I double checked it and flipped it. The back had a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H '

I gave Uncle Vernon his posts while I kept mine and gave Harry's

"What's this" Harry asked and I just shrugged.

"Dad!" I was startled by Dudley's scream "The twins have something!"

Before we can opened it Uncle Vernon snatched it

"That's ours!" Harry shouted trying to get our letters, I stood back and accidentally tripped and fell on my bum.

"Who'd be writing to you?" Uncle answered back

I stood up and pulled Harry back.

But as soon as he opened it he turned white, why though?

He immediately called his wife

She rushed to the kitchen and read the letter

"Vernon! Oh my goodness- Vernon!"

After they stared for a while, Harry and Dudley fought for the letter, none of them succeeded. We were pushed out of the kitchen. The boys again fought who would listen in the keyhole, I wish I was stronger and push them, both.

"What do you hear?" I tapped Harry's back. Dudley jumped because of my hoarse voice.

"A bit of nonsense, I actually don't know what they're talking about." Harry answered back still trying to hear through the keyhole

When Uncle Vernon came back from work that evening, he visited us in our cupboard, it was... odd.

"Where's our letter, " Harry asked, slamming his hand on the ground. "Who sent it?"

"No one. It was addressed to you by mistake," he said shortly "I have burned it."

"It was not a mistake," said Harry standing up trying to look intimidating.

"It had our cupboard on it." I added while Harry nodded with his eyebrows furrowed.

"SILENCE!" Uncle shouted "A-and about the cupboard"

He explained everything about moving into a new room in the house. I looked at Harry and we each gave a confused face.

"Why?" Harry asked while trying to figure out the problem.

"Don't ask questions!" snapped our Uncle slamming the cupboard door.

"Take your stuff upstairs, you'll find a new bunked bed,"

My face lightened up for the first time in a long time.

We moved our almost non-existent belongings upstairs and gave my twin a quiet high-five

"I'm top," I said with a smile. He smiled at me back.

"You smiled," he said while sitting on the bottom bed.

"Don't get used to it." I snapped.

We heard Dudley complaining downstairs to his mum "I don't want them there! I need that room... Make the twigs get out!"

Harry sighed and stretched out on the bottom bunk. Yesterday, he'd do anything to be up here. Today, he wanted to stay in the cupboard and still have the letter I gave him.

I got up to the top and bid him goodnight.

The last week was a big disaster

The letters kept on coming, AND multiplying, Harry fought the Dursleys to get our letter. Oh, I wish I could beat them up and finally get our letter.

Sunday morning, THE FU- FREAKING LETTERS CAME THROUGH THE CHIMNEY I THINK IT WAS 80-100 LETTERS, WOW! We tried getting at least one each but failed to do so. Uncle Vernon carried me and Harry in the waist and forced us out. He told us to pack our things in 5 minutes.

We drove through place to place. Each place we stopped, the letters came each morning, hundreds of them came.

We finally settled in a broken down house in the middle of the sea. Me and my twin lay down on the floor with thin blankets. The rain was raging outside. I only realize now that it was almost our birthday. We lay wide awake at 11:55 in the evening for 5 more minutes. Harry drew a cake in the ground, I gave him a smirk.

"Well, Happy Birthday Harry." I said lying on my stomach.

"Happy birthday, sis." He greeted back

We were ready to blow the 'cake'

3,2,1

BOOM

The whole shack shivered and I gave a little shriek that my voice cracked mid-shriek. The whole house awoken.

Someone was knocking at the door.

BOOM

They knocked again

Dudley jerked awake and told nonsense.

Uncle Vernon got down with a rifle, ooh it looked nice.

He asked who's there. There was a paused but then-

SMASH!

The door broke down and a tall and large man twice the size of a normal person entered

He insulted Uncle Vernon and I gave a small smile but I was still shocked.

"An' here's Carly an' 'Arry!"

I looked up at his shadowy face covered by his long bushy beard

"Las' time I saw you both, you was only a baby" said the giant

"'Arry yah look like yer' dad but yeh've got yer mum's eyes. Carly! yeh look like'r mum but with black hair and yeh've yer dad's eyes." looking at us with, I assume, a smile on his face covered by the beard he wore

"Uh.. thanks?" I tried to speak but no sound came out and I stared at him

Uncle Vernon tried to get him out but got immediately shut down.

"Anyway- Harry, Carly," he turned to us playing with the umbrella in his hand

"A very happy birthday to yeh. Got summat fer yeh here- I might sat on it at some point, but'll taste all right."

He took out a slightly squashed box. Harry opened it with trembling fingers. Inside there was a chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry and Carly written on it. I still stared at the man.

"Who are you?" Harry asked looking up at the giant

The giant chuckled

"True I haven't introduced myself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts."

He held out his hand and shook our arms.

My mind went blank from shock, next thing I knew he was sitting on the sofa, passing a sausage to me but I didn't eat it. What I've learned from action movies that I watch on sandwich shops, never take any food from people you don't trust.

"I'm sorry, but I still don't know who you are" Harry said

"Call me Hagrid," he says and he repeated everything he said until "yeh'll know about Hogwarts o' course."

I shook my head and Harry said "Er- no,"

Hagrid looked shocked from out responses

The whole thing went blank again but I was still awake and heard

"-Did ye'r never wonder where yer parents learnt it all?"

"All what?" Harry asked

The Dursleys and... Hagrid kept on fighting, I didn't know what to say or do

They finally stopped

"Is Carly ok? She's never spoken a bit. Is she mute?" Hagrid asked

"No, she's just quiet," Harry answered, looking at me and mouthing, say something. I just shuddered

"Oh- So yeah- Yer both're a wizard an' witch" Hagrid continued

The awkward silence spread.

"A what?" Harry asked

"A witch an' wizard,"

Hagrid explained more and finally handed us our letter Harry and I read it together

Questions keep on running through my head after we finish reading.

"What does it mean they await our owl?" Harry finally broke the silence

"Gallopin' Gorgons that reminds me" Hagrid wrote a letter and gave it to the owl

Uncle Vernon fought Hagrid again but too many things were going through my mind. I was crying inside and tried not to be outside.

He explained some war that some wizard called... Voldemort? started. He also explained things about our mom and dad being so great that he almost made me cry physically. My parents were killed by this Voldemort when we were just only a year old. He tried to kill Harry but failed, that's how he got his scar. I got spared because of Harry, wow. Then Voldemort just... disappeared? Harry said something like, "Me? A wizard? impossible" but Hagrid shot back with the weird occurrences that happened to us. So that explains everything.

Hagrid gave Dudley a PIGTAIL!

"It's gettin late and we have lots ter do tomorrow," said Hagrid loudly finalizing the conversation

"Gotta get up ter town, get all yer books an that."

He took off his black coat and threw it to us

"You can kip under that" he finally let us sleep but I was still wide awake thinking

Me and Harry, we're magical like our parents. My life would never be the same again. With the 'Chosen One' as my twin brother.