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PrincessSkywalkerOrgana: Read on to find out! I can say no more here!
Headmaster Cromwell: Thank you for allowing me to join your site! I love it!
Sark's Heart: The rest of the Dursleys will not be a big part of the story. Sorry. Suffice to say that they are shocked and disappointed.
TriGemini: Harry's first two years are pretty much normal, though I have not decided what will happen when Arabella gets to Hogwarts.
Athena Dumbledore: Thank you!
Yaukira: You are welcome. I will of course keep writing.
It is a shorter chapter this time, but that is because I skipped a lot because I want to get to Hogwarts! Yay!
All too soon, Harry left for Hogwarts. Arabella came through the barrier onto the platform with him. They were told how by a very nice lady. She had a girl about Arabella's age with her.
"Hi. I'm Ginny Weasley. Who are you?" the girl asked.
"I'm Arabella Dursley," Arabella said.
"My older brothers, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron are going this year. I have to wait until next." The girl looked disappointed, then brightened. "You cannot be going this year. Who is?"
"My cousin- Harry Potter- is," Arabella said.
"You are Harry Potter's cousin!?" Ginny asked.
"Yes." Arabella smiled. At that moment, Ginny's mum called the four boys over. The eldest came over to Ginny and Arabella.
"Hello," he said. "Who is your friend, Gin?"
"I am Arabella Dursley." She caught sight of the prefect badge on his chest. "Are you a prefect? Are you going to still be at Hogwarts in two years? Do you think you could tell me about the classes? Are they challenging? I tried Harry's wand and it was not too hard to make some simple spells work. I read all of Harry's textbooks. I have always wanted to-"
"Slow down!" Percy laughed. "I would be delighted to help another eager young student, but I have to get on the train. Owl me if you want to know anything!" He strode off, robes swishing.
"Who is your owl?" Ginny asked.
"His name is HRH Vladimir," Arabella laughed. "Who is yours?"
"I just have the family owl, Errol," Ginny said. "Perce got an owl named Hermes for being a prefect." She pouted a little.
"Harry has an owl named Hedwig too. We just have our own owls because we live with my Muggle parents, and we are in separate locations."
"Look, the train is leaving!" Ginny said. Harry and Ginny's brother, Ron, leaned out a window and waved. Ginny and Arabella ran alongside the train, trying to keep up until it rounded a corner and was gone.
"Ginny, would you like to invite your friend over?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Can I really? Can you?" Ginny asked. "I am going to be so lonely without all my brothers!"
"Let me ask Mum," Arabella said. She and Ginny ran through the barrier.
"Mummy, can I go over to Ginny's house, please?" Arabella begged.
"Who is Ginny?" Petunia asked, lips pursed in disapproval.
"This is Ginny. You were always saying I should get more friends my age! Please, Mummy, please!" Petunia opened her mouth, clearly about to say no.
"Mum, it will get her out of my hair," Dudley said in a whiny voice.
"Oh, alright," Petunia said, gazing fondly at her son.
"Thank you so much, Mrs. Dursley!" Ginny said. "Come on, Arabella, I'll race you to the car!" The two girls took off, screaming in laughter. Mrs. Weasley hastily introduced herself to Petunia and Vernon, then followed after the little girls.
Ginny and Arabella managed to persuade Mrs. Weasley to take them to the MMM, the Mega Magical Mall. Harry had given Arabella a bunch of Galleons and she had used half of them to start an account at Gringotts and the other half she had in a purse.
Arabella and Ginny ran around the mall, going into the awesome shops.
"These are so much better than Muggle shops!" Arabella exclaimed, looking at The Technological Thestral, a store that sold magically run computers and phones and CD players for the Muggle-borns who wanted to keep in touch with their Muggle friends and do Muggle things. "Hmmm, I might buy a laptop..."
"What is a laptop?" Ginny asked.
"Come on, I'll show you!" Arabella said, pulling her into the shop.
"But they are so expensive!" Ginny cried with dismay, looking at the price on a simple laptop.
"Harry's dad was a... um, Galleonaire," Arabella said. "I have enough. Besides, look, if you buy this one, you get a free microphone with earphones." (A/N: For the sake of my story, even though it is the early nineties, they still have all the tech stuff we have. Pretend wizards are more advanced). Ginny shook her head, completely lost.
Arabella came home that night loaded with packages. Dudley scowled at all of her stuff.
"Did you buy me anything?" he whined.
"Yeah," Arabella said, pausing in the act of taking out her Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan WDV (Wizard Digital Video). She grabbed the Minister of Magic-sized box of Chocolate Frogs and gave them to him.
"Cool chocolate!" Dudley cried as he snatched the box and dashed off with it. Arabella rolled her eyes.
"Boys! Not even a thank you! The ungrateful swine needs a pig tail or something," she muttered as she pulled out her Star Wars IV WDV. She definitely liked The Technological Thestral.
Arabella got three owls that night. One was from Ginny, telling her how much she had enjoyed the day and asking about plans for another weekend. Another was from Harry, telling her how wonderful Hogwarts was and how happy he was to be there, and that he had made friends with Ron Weasley. He told her he got sorted into Gryffindor, and he hoped she would join him there in two years.
The last owl was from Percy. He told her about all the classes she would be taking and wrote excerpts from spell books down. This made for quite a long letter. Arabella grinned and set in down. Percy seemed so intelligent and dedicated; it was too bad he would only be there for one year while she was there.
Arabella wrote quick responses to Harry and Ginny, telling Ginny she would love to Floo over sometime and Harry that she was happy for him, and that she was friends with Ginny, but she thought Ravenclaw sounded better for her. Then she wrote a long, long letter to Percy, writing more about spells and histories. She then gave the letters to HRH Vladimir and sent him off.
Arabella slept soundly that night. She was extremely delighted with this new world she found.
Throughout the next two years, Arabella drifted more and more into the Wizarding World. She went to the Burrow many weekends to have fun with Ginny and owled Harry quite often. She learned things from Percy, and became good friends with him.
By the time Arabella got her letter, no one could tell she was a Muggle- born. She could talk about Wizarding things like any Pureblood, and had tons of magical objects. She bought the magically updating book of potions, and had a lot of accessories for her laptop.
Arabella also had friends. She thought she might even have a crush on Percy. Ginny was a rather good friend, though she could get annoying. Hermione was a nice girl, and knew a lot like Percy. Arabella was happy. Little did she know that all would change once she arrived at Hogwarts.
PrincessSkywalkerOrgana: Read on to find out! I can say no more here!
Headmaster Cromwell: Thank you for allowing me to join your site! I love it!
Sark's Heart: The rest of the Dursleys will not be a big part of the story. Sorry. Suffice to say that they are shocked and disappointed.
TriGemini: Harry's first two years are pretty much normal, though I have not decided what will happen when Arabella gets to Hogwarts.
Athena Dumbledore: Thank you!
Yaukira: You are welcome. I will of course keep writing.
It is a shorter chapter this time, but that is because I skipped a lot because I want to get to Hogwarts! Yay!
All too soon, Harry left for Hogwarts. Arabella came through the barrier onto the platform with him. They were told how by a very nice lady. She had a girl about Arabella's age with her.
"Hi. I'm Ginny Weasley. Who are you?" the girl asked.
"I'm Arabella Dursley," Arabella said.
"My older brothers, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron are going this year. I have to wait until next." The girl looked disappointed, then brightened. "You cannot be going this year. Who is?"
"My cousin- Harry Potter- is," Arabella said.
"You are Harry Potter's cousin!?" Ginny asked.
"Yes." Arabella smiled. At that moment, Ginny's mum called the four boys over. The eldest came over to Ginny and Arabella.
"Hello," he said. "Who is your friend, Gin?"
"I am Arabella Dursley." She caught sight of the prefect badge on his chest. "Are you a prefect? Are you going to still be at Hogwarts in two years? Do you think you could tell me about the classes? Are they challenging? I tried Harry's wand and it was not too hard to make some simple spells work. I read all of Harry's textbooks. I have always wanted to-"
"Slow down!" Percy laughed. "I would be delighted to help another eager young student, but I have to get on the train. Owl me if you want to know anything!" He strode off, robes swishing.
"Who is your owl?" Ginny asked.
"His name is HRH Vladimir," Arabella laughed. "Who is yours?"
"I just have the family owl, Errol," Ginny said. "Perce got an owl named Hermes for being a prefect." She pouted a little.
"Harry has an owl named Hedwig too. We just have our own owls because we live with my Muggle parents, and we are in separate locations."
"Look, the train is leaving!" Ginny said. Harry and Ginny's brother, Ron, leaned out a window and waved. Ginny and Arabella ran alongside the train, trying to keep up until it rounded a corner and was gone.
"Ginny, would you like to invite your friend over?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Can I really? Can you?" Ginny asked. "I am going to be so lonely without all my brothers!"
"Let me ask Mum," Arabella said. She and Ginny ran through the barrier.
"Mummy, can I go over to Ginny's house, please?" Arabella begged.
"Who is Ginny?" Petunia asked, lips pursed in disapproval.
"This is Ginny. You were always saying I should get more friends my age! Please, Mummy, please!" Petunia opened her mouth, clearly about to say no.
"Mum, it will get her out of my hair," Dudley said in a whiny voice.
"Oh, alright," Petunia said, gazing fondly at her son.
"Thank you so much, Mrs. Dursley!" Ginny said. "Come on, Arabella, I'll race you to the car!" The two girls took off, screaming in laughter. Mrs. Weasley hastily introduced herself to Petunia and Vernon, then followed after the little girls.
Ginny and Arabella managed to persuade Mrs. Weasley to take them to the MMM, the Mega Magical Mall. Harry had given Arabella a bunch of Galleons and she had used half of them to start an account at Gringotts and the other half she had in a purse.
Arabella and Ginny ran around the mall, going into the awesome shops.
"These are so much better than Muggle shops!" Arabella exclaimed, looking at The Technological Thestral, a store that sold magically run computers and phones and CD players for the Muggle-borns who wanted to keep in touch with their Muggle friends and do Muggle things. "Hmmm, I might buy a laptop..."
"What is a laptop?" Ginny asked.
"Come on, I'll show you!" Arabella said, pulling her into the shop.
"But they are so expensive!" Ginny cried with dismay, looking at the price on a simple laptop.
"Harry's dad was a... um, Galleonaire," Arabella said. "I have enough. Besides, look, if you buy this one, you get a free microphone with earphones." (A/N: For the sake of my story, even though it is the early nineties, they still have all the tech stuff we have. Pretend wizards are more advanced). Ginny shook her head, completely lost.
Arabella came home that night loaded with packages. Dudley scowled at all of her stuff.
"Did you buy me anything?" he whined.
"Yeah," Arabella said, pausing in the act of taking out her Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan WDV (Wizard Digital Video). She grabbed the Minister of Magic-sized box of Chocolate Frogs and gave them to him.
"Cool chocolate!" Dudley cried as he snatched the box and dashed off with it. Arabella rolled her eyes.
"Boys! Not even a thank you! The ungrateful swine needs a pig tail or something," she muttered as she pulled out her Star Wars IV WDV. She definitely liked The Technological Thestral.
Arabella got three owls that night. One was from Ginny, telling her how much she had enjoyed the day and asking about plans for another weekend. Another was from Harry, telling her how wonderful Hogwarts was and how happy he was to be there, and that he had made friends with Ron Weasley. He told her he got sorted into Gryffindor, and he hoped she would join him there in two years.
The last owl was from Percy. He told her about all the classes she would be taking and wrote excerpts from spell books down. This made for quite a long letter. Arabella grinned and set in down. Percy seemed so intelligent and dedicated; it was too bad he would only be there for one year while she was there.
Arabella wrote quick responses to Harry and Ginny, telling Ginny she would love to Floo over sometime and Harry that she was happy for him, and that she was friends with Ginny, but she thought Ravenclaw sounded better for her. Then she wrote a long, long letter to Percy, writing more about spells and histories. She then gave the letters to HRH Vladimir and sent him off.
Arabella slept soundly that night. She was extremely delighted with this new world she found.
Throughout the next two years, Arabella drifted more and more into the Wizarding World. She went to the Burrow many weekends to have fun with Ginny and owled Harry quite often. She learned things from Percy, and became good friends with him.
By the time Arabella got her letter, no one could tell she was a Muggle- born. She could talk about Wizarding things like any Pureblood, and had tons of magical objects. She bought the magically updating book of potions, and had a lot of accessories for her laptop.
Arabella also had friends. She thought she might even have a crush on Percy. Ginny was a rather good friend, though she could get annoying. Hermione was a nice girl, and knew a lot like Percy. Arabella was happy. Little did she know that all would change once she arrived at Hogwarts.
