Kaitlyn was smart, creative, and loved to read, and use her imagination. She had it all, but she always felt like something was missing. Her Aunt May was a witch. She loved watching her Aunt May Brown make things levitate, and repair dishes that Lavender would drop while cleaning them.
Kaitlyn always dreamed about going to Hogwarts, ever since her cousin Lavender had gotten her acceptance letter. She dreamt about sitting in Defense Against the Darks Arts, casting spells, and getting rid of boggarts with her cousin. But she new that this would never happen. If she was a witch, she would have gotten her acceptance letter 5 years ago, since she was now 16 years old. But this would all change in a matter of minutes
One day, while Kaitlyn was staying at her Aunt May's house, she got bored with herself, and decided to go upstairs to Lavender's room to look for something to do. She proceeded up the stairs, and entered Lavender's room. She looked to her right, and on the desk beside her, was Lavender's crystal ball. Beside it, lied her wand. It was beautiful! Mahogany, 7 inches, dragon heartstring. Kaitlyn picked it up the wand, and waved it around a little. She loved the feeling of the wand in her hand. She turned to a purple vase on her left. She remembered how her Aunt May had done it.
"Swish and Flick!" she repeated to herself. She then began to remember the incantation. "Wingardium Leviosa!" she shouted. She didn't bother to look at the vase. She knew it wouldn't work. Yah right! She thought to herself. CRASH! What was that? She thought. She turned around and found that the vase that she tried to make levitate, was on the ground, in what looked like a million pieces. "No way!" she mouthed.
She picked up Lavenders wand once again, pointed it at the shattered vase, and said, "Reparo!"
Instantly, the vase put itself back together in a matter of seconds. Kaitlyn picked up the vase in disbelief, and put it back on the shelf. She then rushed down to tell her aunt.
"But Auntie, I can prove it! You must believe me!" cried Kaitlyn.
"Honey, if you were a witch, you would have received a letter years ago!" her Aunt laughed. Shocked at what her Aunt just said, she pointed at the dirty dishes in the sink, and said,
"Scourgify!"
The dishcloth jumped out of the sink, and began to wash the dishes, while the tea towel dried them. Then the dishes jumped into the cupboards when they were finished being washed.
She turned to her Aunt, who was in shock, and well, Lavender, who was lying on the ground, had fainted.
"Told you so!" said Kaitlyn, who now had a look of accomplishment on her face.
"I must notify Professor Dumbledore immediately! Then, we shall head over to Diagon Alley, and pick up your robes and supplies."
"Uh, one question Aunt May…"
" Yes Dear?"
"What are robes?"
CHAPTER ONE: Good Times, Bad TimesThe next day was a blur, and tremendously busy. Kaitlyn had to say goodbye to all of her friends from school, she had to pack her bags, as well as go shopping since school started in a week! But what she was most excited about, was to buy her wand.
When she entered Diagon Alley, she couldn't believe her eyes! There were tons of stores, and they were all so colorful! She suddenly drew her attention to the pet shop. There were cats, rats, hawks, owls, toads, and even bats!
"Aunt May, can I have a snowy owl? They are so beautiful!" asked Kaitlyn.
"We will see later. But for now, I want you to go and buy a wand. Here is some money, and I will meet you at the pet shop afterwards." said her aunt.
The coins were odd looking, yet Kaitlyn knew exactly what they were, since Aunt May had them lying all over the house.
She entered Olivanders, and her eyes quickly widened. Boxes and boxes of wands were stacked up upon almost every wall in the store. Kaitlyn knew that wasn't all of them either, since there was a hall leading to the back room, in which Kaitlyn suspected lye thousands of boxes more. She turned her attention to a man wearing dark green robes, and had white hair. It was Mr. Olivander.
"Ah, Ms. Brown, you are late. By five years I believe…why didn't you come here to buy your wand with your cousin, Lavender, I believe." said Mr. Olivander
"I'm late?" said Kaitlyn, confused.
"Why yes, you are. You should be entering your 6th year at Hogwarts, shouldn't you?" he questioned.
"I, I guess so." stuttered Kaitlyn.
"Lets see then…try this wand." said Mr. Olivander. he handed her a wand. it was 8 inches, oak, phoenix feather. Kaitlyn flicked it towards the left side of the room. They heard a smash, and Mr. Olivander looked to the floor gloomily. She had shattered a mirror.
"Mr. Olivander, sir, I think that I would do best with a dragon heartstring. It runs in the family." said Kaitlyn.
"All right then." he replied. He handed her a box, and inside it was a wand. It was 10 inches long, mahogany, and of course, dragon heartstring. She pointed it at the shattered mirror across the room, and said,
"REPARO!"
In an instant, the mirror seemed to bounce back from its fall, and was put back together.
"It's perfect!" cried Kaitlyn.
"Wonderful! that will be 25 silver sickles." replied Mr. Olivander.
She thanked Mr. Olivander, and started off to the pet shop. but someone caught her eye. He wall tall, and handsome. He had jet black hair, that was incredibly messy, yet it suited him. His piercing green eyes were magnificent, and they were covered, yet accentuated by his wire rimmed glasses. He then turned to the direction in which Kaitlyn was standing. Kaitlyn knew exactly who this boy was. This handsome young man was Harry Potter.
Meanwhile…"Fizzing Whizbees, or Bertie Botts? Harry? Hello? HARRY POTTER!" yelled Ron.
"Oh, sorry Ron. I, uh, wasn't really paying attention." replied Harry.
"He was staring at that pretty girl over there again, weren't you Harry?" said Hermione.
"No. Yes. No. Maybe. Yes!" stuttered Harry.
"If you like her, go and talk to her!" said Ron.
"If you want to talk to her, here's your chance, because she is headed this way!" said Hermione.
"Hi, I'm Kaitlyn Brown. I'm starting my 6th year at Hogwarts." said Kaitlyn.
"Hello, I'm…"
"Harry Potter. Lavender has told me all about you. She fancies you really. You, Seamus Finnigan, I believe, and some other boy name Dean. Oops… I shouldn't have told you that!" said Kaitlyn. She giggled after telling Lavender's secret.
"You know Lavender?" asked Harry, his cheeks turning light pink after hearing Lavender's secret.
"Yes, she is my cousin." replied Kaitlyn.
"So, why are you starting so late at Hogwarts?" asked Harry.
"Well, it was the strangest thing, really. I was just up in Lavender's room one day, and found her wand. I waved it around a bit, pointed it at a vase, and muttered a levitating spell that I had once heard my Aunt May use. And suddenly, it started to float! Well, actually, I wasn't paying attention after I said the spell, thinking it would never work, and I heard it smash to the floor. I then pointed Lavender's wand at it, said Reparo, and the thing put itself back together."Kaitlyn said, quickly running out of breath.
"So you know magic?" asked Harry.
"Yes, my aunt is a witch, and my house is so incredibly boring, so I spend most of the summer at her house, just doing stuff with Lavender. I would over hear, and spy on my Aunt doing spells, just for the fun of it. I was always interested in witchcraft when I was younger, and still Am." replied Kaitlyn.
Harry couldn't believe his eyes. She was beautiful. She had magnificent, bright, sea green eyes, and dark brown hair, turned lighter, to a color quite like Hermione's hair, because of the Sun shining on it throughout the summer. She had some freckles on her cheeks too, but they suited her perfectly.
"What house do you want to be in?" asked Ron.
"Oh, Kaitlyn, these are my friends Ron, and Hermione." said Harry.
Ron had red hair, quite like a pair of twins Kaitlyn had seen earlier. Perhaps the three of them are brothers? she thought. He was tall, and lanky, and his nose was covered with freckles. he had light green eyes, but they weren't exactly as bright as Harry's. Hermione had light brown hair, which looked as though it had been straightened. She had chocolaty brown eyes, and freckles, much like Kaitlyn's, all over her nose, which showed up more than ever since the Sun was shining on them. She was about the same height as Kaitlyn, and at about a bit above chin height to Ron.
"Pleasure." said Hermione.
"Nice to meet you. Well, as for the houses issue, I definitely don't want to be in Slytherin. I've heard too many bad things about that house. And I know I'm not that smart to be in Ravenclaw, so I'm hoping for Gryffindor, actually. I hear so many good things about it, and I want to be in the same house as Lavender anyway." Kaitlyn replied.
"That's great!" said Harry.
"All three of us are in Gryffindor as well." said Hermione.
" Don't look now, but here comes the ferret, and his band of goons!" said Ron.
Sure enough, approaching them was Draco Malfoy, and his two "so called" friends, Crabbe and Goyle. Draco had blonde hair, that look as if it had been bleached, and cold, silvery gray eyes. Crabbe and Goyle were both very chunky boys, Goyle being the tallest. Kaitlyn had to admit that Draco was sort of cute, but she shuttered when she looked into his eyes. They had a cold, dark, untrustworthy feel to them. She cringed when he spoke.
"Hello there. My name is Malfoy. Draco, Malfoy." Malfoy slowly took Kaitlyn's hand, brought it up to him lips, and kissed it gently.
"Charmed, I'm sure." said Kaitlyn, incredibly full of sarcasm.
" Go away, you aren't wanted here!" said Ron.
" Oh really now Weasel? Lets just see what Kaitlyn here says about that. Kaitlyn?" he asked. Kaitlyn quickly pulled her hand away in disgust.
"Okay, number one, I don't even want to know how you ended up getting my name, and truly, its kind of creepy. Number two, I may only be starting at Hogwarts this year, but I know my curses and hexes. And number three, I know of way too many people that you have treated like crap, including these three standing right next to me, so you should think twice before ever trying to hit on me again. Oh, and by the way, I'm not a pure blood, so you can call me mudblood as much as you want. I may cringe when I hear it, but not because of the word, only because it is you and your disgustingly gross sounding voice that is saying it. Now get the hell out of my face you tremendously horrid-looking ferret!" she said satisfyingly. She turned around to see her three new friends gawking at what she had just done. Disgusted, Malfoy stomped away, his goons following close behind.
"That. Was. Great!" said Ron.
"Oh, by the way, Hermione, I heard about that punch you threw at him in third year. I only wish I could have been there to see it!" said Kaitlyn.
"Thanks! I enjoyed doing it!" said Hermione.
"Kaitlyn dear, I have bought you a snowy owl! We must go buy the rest of your supplies or school!" yelled Kaitlyn's Aunt May. Kaitlyn looked over to the pet shop to see her Aunt holding a cage, and inside was a beautiful white owl.
"I sorry, but I have to go. I will see you guys at school. Bye!" said Kaitlyn, her voice slowly fading as she ran towards her new owl.
" Bye!" the trio shouted as she trailed off.
Merlin, she's beautiful! Thought Harry.
Over by the pet shop, Kaitlyn's Aunt May had the cage with her new owl in it.
"She is beautiful! I shall name her Aura!" said Kaitlyn. The owl gave a small hoot, as if it was thanking her for such a nice name.
A/N: Hey guys! Please, please, please review! I want to know what you guys think so far! And be easy on me, its my first fanfiction!
