Cahpter 1: contemplation and decisions

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A lean, tall boy with dark brown hair and striking green eyes was lying on a typical bed in the broom closet of a typical English suburban house. Judging by what was observable Harry Potter, the boy on the bed, should be a normal sixteen-year-old boy going into his third year of what would be called high school in America. But inside this body hid magical powers that manifested themselves when he was eleven.

" This summer is turning out to be dull as dish water" Harry thought to himself. He rolled himself over on the bed, his room was always stuffy since it was a small room with no windows under the stairs, the July heat wasn't helping. Harry finally became fed up with the heat. " I'd rather take the chance of running into any of the Dursleys than sweat into oblivion here" he reasoned as he tentatively unlocked the door, ran down the stairs on his toes and slowly opened the front door.

Just being outside the Dursley house made Harry feel free and at ease while inside he was so tense. The house was supposed to be a safe haven for Harry, but Harry hadn't felt safe in the little house ever since his uncle and large cousin began harassing him. Both verbal and physical abuse Harry had to endure because, ironically, the Dursley family inherited the magical effects of his mother's love. With the death of first Cedrick and then Sirius, his godfather, Harry decided he was grateful to have a place to be protected while the threat of Voldemort was so great. Normally Harry was surprisingly fearless, but Sirius' death had left Harry devastated and in need of a break from the stresses of simply being the boy who lived. Very soon, however, Harry would have to muster his strength and trademark courage to handle his next year at Hogwarts.

Harry felt the breeze and inhaled the summery scent of wet sidewalk. Sirius was a very courageous and caring man, Harry felt that without his guidance and strength he wouldn't be able to make it. He felt desperate and he felt so hopelessly angry. Everyone he really cared about who could take care of him died, it wasn't fair! He looked around at the flowers that looked more like skeletal structure in the light than the fragile things that appeared in the day. He knew he wasn't keeping Sirius's memory alive by acting moody and hopeless, even in Azkaban Sirius had kept his soul and integrity even while dementors tortured him. If anything Harry would simply try and face his sixth year at Hogwarts with a courageous spirit. Sirius would've wanted it that way, and he would've wanted Harry to try and be happy. The moon and the stars beautifully illuminated the night sky. Harry Potter began to gaze at the silvery moon that had a halo of blue around it. He lost track of time and his thoughts began to wander.

Meanwhile Somewhere in Danali national park, Alaska a short girl with strikingly long and silky black hair was also pondering her situation in life while getting lost in the moon. She was faced with one of the hardest and most significant choice of her lifetime. Her name was Eveline, which was an irish name that meant light. Her parents had been killed by a minion of Voldemort when she was seven, after that she was sent to live with distant relations who were anything but enthusiastic about ties to their family. You see, this confused girl, much like our Harry Potter had abilities that made her special and relations that made her miserable. She lacked self-esteem because of Henrietta and Alabastor, the fraternal twin relations she had lived with. They themselves hated a certain part of themselves because they were related to Lord Voldemort. The wizarding community had shunned them. The only appropriate thing to do was buy a small plot of land in Whales and become magical farmers almost completely isolated from muggles and wizards. They cultivated ingredients that were used in charms and potions and shipped them to Diagon Alley and any wizard that sought them out. When Albus Dumbledore had shown up with a short, skinny and parentless child they felt they had to take her out of respect, but they weren't pleased. Dumbledore was her godfather after all. He had felt that for some reason she would be safer with them in the muggle world.

Although the two relations often resented him and couldn't understand his reasoning, Dumbledore he was right. His reason was a great secret and the reason why Voldemort had sent his minions to attack his kin. Voldemort came from a family that had ties to the magical land, the energy that flowed from the world to wizards was bound to his family. It was the reason why all the members of his family were animaguses, it also meant that every so often a magical pure blood would be born. This person would be endowed with special gifts. Eveline could remember learning to cast simple incantations at 7 years of age and then slowly learning summoning and levitating charms. All this learning was under the watchful eye of her father (a certified magic teacher and Hogwarts grad) and Albus.

Along with her memories of her parents and the great outdoors her memories of her lessons with Dumbledore were the happy memories she hung onto while she was living with the twins. Her childhood contained cruel relatives like Harrys, but cruel in a completely different manner. They effected Eveline through complete passiveness, they would ignore her and from day one forbid her to refer to them as aunt, uncle or anything but sir or ma'am. They even denied the fact that they were relatives for a few years. Eveline simply couldn't take such a sterile and uncaring environment anymore. It made her feel as if she had the plague because neither of them touched her and she had nocontact with the outside world. Her only comfort was the company of animals, they were forever affectionate and loyal and it assured her that there actually wasn't anything horribly wrong with her. That it wasn't herself that was cruel or dishonest.

Then, four months ago, something happened that changed everything. She began changing into a panther. She was stunned. Henrietta and Alabastor had never told her about her family's history, mostly because they knew very little about it. Eveline was one of those to be born as a magical pureblood. Even though she wasn't a pureblood wizard the magic of the land and the stars convened while she was born. It was her destiny, but she decided to keep it a secret. If Henrietta or Alabastor found out they would surely kick her out on the streets, and since Dumbledore hadn't visited in quite some time and she didn't know where he lived she would be completely lost in the world. Besides, as long as she could keep her condition a secret everything would be fine…she hoped. The truth was, it wouldn't be fine. It was Eveline's destiny to meet with Dumbledore again and be taught at Hogwarts.

The straw that broke the camel's back and made Eveline decide to experience the outside world was when she found an old cedar trunk in the attic of the house. The sight of it brought back memories and the smell of it was comforting. It could've been Pandora's box, but Eveline had to risk it. She opened the heavy lid and inside was the possessions of and pictures of her parents. All these years she thought nothing had survived, which is what those two horrible twins had told her. The trunk was even enchanted so it held many times its volume worth of items. In the trunk she found pictures of Alaska and her memory was jogged. She had lived in that wilderness for the first four years of her life. There was a spacious yet warm lodge that she and her parents lived in. The land was snowy and beautiful, and then it exploded with an incredible lushness of color. Finally she found a map that gave her an address of sorts. She could find it. She couldn't take anyone denying who she was anymore, and she had so many unanswered questions. Eveline closed the trunk, cast a spell that caused it to levitate, stole an old broom and then never looked back.

For two months she lived in the lodge with no heat, relying on her parent's possessions, heat charms and the times when she would hunt as a panther to ensure her survival. Then, suddenly, Albus Dumbledore showed up in her living room. Enigmatically he said " I knew you'd appear here someday". His eyes twinkled as they always had. " There is so much for me to tell you, by now you've begun to transform into what you really are. I was a close friend of your parents and I'm your godfather. I must apologize, my dear, for taking such a hands off approach especially these last two years. Matters of your protection and a certain teenage boy prevented me from giving you an ideal childhood and from attending to you recently. There is now a choice you must make. You can try and harness the beast within you. With guidance you will be able to control your transformations and develop your full power. You are a magical pureblood, this means you can become an extremely powerful wizard, or you can remain here and allow your savage nature to overtake you. You will slowly begin to change randomly, and not when you become angry or sad as you do now. You will eventually never change back and lead the life of an extraordinarily powerful animal."

Eveline had been thinking about the decision in front of a large bay window overlooking the lushness of Alaska. To remain here free as an animal. It would be interesting, when she was a panther she felt so free and connected to everything. But she would never develop human relationships. She'd never learn all the facts about her parents. After much debate she realized she needed other people in her life, she desperately wanted a chance to find someone who cared about her. She also realized just becoming one with her animal desires would be like giving up, and she knew from the accounts of her parents that they were not quitters. She entered the living room and said "I'll go with you" Dumbledore beamed and his eye twinkled, " Brilliant my dear girl, I'd hoped I'd be able to catch up with you, and now that the time is right you shall live with me. I'll do my best to become a top-notch guardian. Eveline had hoped he would take her away all her life, and now that her adolescent dreams had come true she rushed to Dumbledore and hugged him. The path Eveline had chosen fulfilled dreams, but it also revealed painful truths and exposed her to struggles and hardships, Dumbledore hoped this girl he had come to cherish would walk to the end of the path and find herself happy.