No reviews on the last chapter yet, but I get bored and decided I'd write another chapter. I really do hope I'm getting better. well, I'll stop blabbing, but PLEASE, PLEASE review! :)

I know, I am very wordy, but please read, there will be more exciting parts, I just feel that it's necessary to give a lot of detail and description.

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"well, dear. I'm sorry about the horseshow, but you have a choice between magic school and horses," she cast Elana a motherly look. "I'm sure your father would be proud of you if you became an accomplished witch," there was a pause. Mrs. Potter owned a very small sport horse breeding farm and Elana had been riding horses as long as she had remembered. But... Elana thought, a choice between horses, and magic.. I think I have no choice but to choose magic.

" If I say yes..." Elana said. "will you keep Dreamer here and maybe lease him out while I'm gone? I'll miss him terribly if we have to sell him. and I'll be home for vacations.. right?"

"Don't fret, child" said Mrs. Potter quickly. "I wouldn't sell Dreamer if you asked me to"she paused and drew a great breath. "well, better start getting ready", she said. Detecting the look of shock and slight discomfert on Elanas' face, she added, "well, that is, unless you'd rather not have a wand, spellbooks, robes,--"

"okay" Elana cut in. "I get it, I'll pack my stuff"

Mrs. Potter chuckeled slightly. "good", she said. "because you know what day it is" Elana glanced at the calender in the kitchen. It was August 27th. She would be leaving her 'mum' and horse for months in just a few days. She nodded and dashed up the staircase.

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Elana placed the pictures of her mother and father in the crooks of her mirror and looked at them. Elana had deep red hair, almost black, almost the exact combination of her mothers flaming red hair and her fathers untidy jet-black hair. She had her fathers' startilingly green eyes. Elana noticed a small lightning-shaped star on the left side of her fathers forehead, pondered a second, then remembered what her 'mum' had told her about how he had gotten it. She packed her clothes and pictures of her parents and a large picture of Dreamer, then rushed downstairs. "May I just say 'bye to Dreamer before we leave? just quickly? I'm really going to miss him" Elana said in a pleading voice.

"Of course, Lani. But please do make it quick, we musn't be late" Mrs. Potter replied.

"late for what?" the question burst out of her mouth before she could stop it.

"Oh, don't you worry, I'll explain it all on the way there. Now, you go say solong to Dreamer, and give him a nice pat for me." Mrs. Potter said, then opened the door for Elana, who dropped her trunk and rushed out of the door.

As she ran to the barn, Elana noticed how beautiful everything was. The scenery, the rolling fields of green grass and three barns with elegant horses nickering kindly to you as you passed. She was struggling with the thought that just a few hours ago, she had been riding her horse in the large ring, not a thought in her head about magic. This is all just a bizzare dream, she thought. I'm going to wake up and laugh when I remember the nonsense I was dreaming.

Finally, she reached Dreamers' stall. "hey big guy", she cooed. He had somehow managed to return to his true, silky black coat. she planted a kiss on his muzzle and told him about everything she had learned. "Oh, My!" she looked at her wrist watch and saw that she had been there for nearly ten minutes. "I'm sorry, Dream, I've got to go. I love you. she planted another kiss on his muzzle. "Now you be a good boy, and now bucking!" He looked at her mischieveously, then snorted, and Elana turned to run back to the house.

She suddenly stopped dead in her tracks.

This isn't a dream, she thought. and for the first time that day, she was frightened.

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"That took you a while" Mrs. Potter said as she searched the counter top for her car keys. She threw a sideways glance at Elana, Her tone softened. "But we've still got time" she said as she spotted her keys of her car on the far corner of the counter top.

"Right", she said gathering Elana's bag and something in a very long and awkward rectangular box. "Now, quickly, In the car" They both filed into the car.

On the way to wherever it was they were going, Mrs. Potter explained how they were meeting Elana's Aunt, Uncle, three cousins, and little brother at a place called the leaky cauldren. She said that Her aunts name was Hermione, Her Uncle's name was Ron, her three cousins were Caroline, Emma, and Matthew, and her little brothers name was James. She also said that I had many other uncles named Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, and Percy. And had a Grandmother, named Molly. "Emma's In your year", Mrs. Potter explained. "And Matthew is in his third year at Hogwarts.. Caroline will go to Hogwarts next year, with your brother."

Finally, they reached their destination and both got out of the car. "okay, as I'm a 'muggle', I can't actually see the Leaky Cauldron, so when we find the Weaslys, I'd best be going" At Elanas' horrified look, Mrs. Potter gave a weak smile "I can't come with you, Lani. The Weaslys' are your family."

But that wasn't exactly why Elana was so confused. What on earth is a 'muggle'? she thought, but before she could utter the words, Mrs. Potter was calling excitedly to six people, all but two of them, with flaming red hair. She picked out who had to have been her brother almost immediately: he had Jet Black, very untidy hair. He looked like a mirror image of their father except for the scar, and his eyes, which were a forget-me-not blue.

Elanas' aunt and uncle ran up to her and embraced her in a giant hug. Her aunt looked Elana in the eye and a tear streamed down her face. "you look so much like your father..." she said. Elana knew that her father, Uncle Ron, and Aunt Hermione had been best friends almost their entire lives. "and Ginny--your mother" she added as her uncle stared at Elana with a penetrating gaze.

Elana bid her mother godd-bye and left with the Weaslys to the Leaky Cauldron. They introduced me to my cousins and brother and explained to me that 'muggles' couldn't see the Leaky Cauldron, and that was why Mrs. Potter couldn't come.

Right before they reached the Leaky Cauldron Elana heard her uncle mutter something that sounded unmistakeably like "If I catch that Bellatrix Lestrange--" but Aunt Hermione silenced him.

One thing Elana knew for sure was that every time her father was mentioned, tears sprang to peoples eyes, and the person who had caused all of those tears, and her not having parents, was Bellatrix Lestrange.

I'll kill Bellatrix Lestrange, Elana thought wildly, even if it's the last thing I do. She was stunned at her own thought, she'd never, EVER thought of killing someone before, but now, she felt she had a good reason.