The night was legendary in the wizarding world. The night that Lord Voldemort was defeated by a small child named Harry Potter. Everyone knew of Harry and his lighting scar, but not one headline featured the name, Scarlet. Scarlet was Harry's twin sister. She was spared Voldemort's attack when he attacked Harry first. Now she shares a small cupboard under the stairs with her brother, Harry.
It was a pretty boring life style on Private Dr. Scarlet only had Harry as a friend. He was made to wear their cousins Dudley's old clothes. As for Scarlet, well Mrs. Dursely always wanted a little girl, no matter how much she did love Dudley. So every time there was a half off sale she would come home with a couple pairs of frilly dresses for Scarlet to wear. All the other girls her age would tease her terribly for it.
Every day Harry and Scarlet would pretend not to excite and make sure they weren't seen doing anything odd in front of the neighbors. However, once Harry did mange to let a snake loose at the zoo. We all know that this was one of the first time's Harry showed his magic ability. As for Scarlet, one day at school Misty Carlson was making fun of the ribbon on Scarlet's dress. All the girls joined in to point and laugh at it and point out how ugly it was. The next day Misty was showing off her new hair ribbon's which looked exactly like the ribbon that had been on Scarlet's dress. No one seemed to notice they were the same, though they did all notice that Mitsy's ribbons grew six feet during math class.
Yes, Scarlet was a witch and Harry was a wizard. It wasn't long before their Hogwarts letters arrived. Harry had reached the mail and was captivated by his letter. Dudley, however, grabbed it and took it to Uncle Veron before Harry had a chance to open it. While a big fuss was made over Harry's letter, Scarlet took it upon herself to gather up the rest of the mail. There on the top of the pile was Scarlet's Hogwarts letter. She left the rest of the mail by the door and took her letter to the cupboard under the stairs where she could read it safely.
In shiny emerald colored ink, was written the proof of her being a which. As chaos reigned outside over Harry's letter, Scarlet sat quietly, reading her letter over and over again. If the letter was correct, then she was a witch. And if she could some how find her supplies and away to get to the train, she could leave this place and got to somewhere where she might be accepted. She never told Harry about her letter and only passed it off as a practical joke. No one would send her and Harry mail. Days past and more letters came for Harry. Finally, Uncle Vernon snapped and they all traveled to an old sack on a slowly decaying island.
That night was Harry and Scarlet's 11th birthday. They drew a cake in the dirt and wished each other a happy Birthday. Then Scarlet's birthday wish came true. She and Harry were before whisked away (by our friendly half giant Hagrid) to a world of witches and wizards.
Well that concludes the prelude. The real story begins during the wait to be sorted by the sorting hat. Yes, I'm skipping the train, but you really don't need to read about Scarlet sitting quietly next to Harry until she falls asleep now do you.