Chapter 1- The Unfabulous Dreamer

Daisy sighed, lying on her bed, staring at the big poster of Harry Potter up on her wall. She was disappointed and jealous that her friend Ginny knew Harry and she didn't. Ginny was so lucky. She was Harry's friend, Harry's best mate's sister, and to top it all of, she got rescued by Harry last year.

Daisy glanced at her bags all packed up in the corner of her bedroom. It was only halfway through August, but she couldn't wait to start packing.

Suddenly the door burst open. Daisy's 9-year-old twin second-cousins, Catalina and Lauren, burst into the room smiling.

"Daisy!" Lauren screeched. "Guess what?"

"What?" Daisy said stolidly.

"Guess!" Lauren said.

Before Daisy could open her mouth, Catalina screamed, "We're going to Hogwarts with you!"

Daisy sat up and chuckled. "Mmmm-hmm," she mumbled. "Could you hand me the hair brush, Cat?"

"No, for real!" Lauren exclaimed, nodding frantically.

Daisy sighed. "Will you pass me the brush, Cat?"

Cat sighed loudly and passed Daisy the brush. "You guys have to be at least eleven to go to Hogwarts," Daisy told them as she brushed her long straight auburn hair.

"But Dee," Catalina said. "We really are! Auntie Katherine, Robert, and our mum and dad are visiting their grandparents in Switzerland!"

Daisy already knew that. "I knew that, guys," she told them. "But mum said you'd be staying with your Aunt Nellie."

"Well, Aunt Nellie…" Catalina began, glancing nervously at Lauren.

"She kind of blew up," Lauren said.

Daisy gasped. "How?"

"Well, mummy said-" Catalina paused.

"Don't talk about it," they said mockingly in unison.

Daisy laughed. "But how will you be staying at Hogwarts?"

"Oh, Aunt Minnie will take care of us," Lauren said. Minerva McGonagall was the twins' Great Aunt by marriage and somehow Daisy's Great Aunt twice removed or something. She was the Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts.

Daisy was excited that her second cousins were going with her to Hogwarts, but also disappointed that they got an experience that she hadn't gotten when she was nine.

For the second time that day, the door burst open. Catalina and Lauren's older sister, Natalie, who was Daisy's age, came running in, smiling. "Come on, Daisy," Natalie said happily. "Get dressed and bring your school list. We're going to Diagon Alley! We're bringing Alexia, too! Oh, come on, hurry!" Alexia Granger was Daisy and Natalie's best friend who lived in a small house nearby the huge mansion Daisy lived in. Alexia was Hermione Granger's distant

Daisy laughed. "Calm down, Nat," she said. But Daisy was excited. She had never been to Diagon Alley and was really excited about it. She quickly changed out of her nightgown and put on her new lavender-colored robes that her dad sent from Iceland. He had moved there years ago when Daisy's parents split up. Now Daisy's mom was married to Robert Stumpe, a rather old man with a mustache. Daisy's father had been going out with a young woman name Tiffany. Tiffany had three kids that Daisy had never met. But Daisy kept in touch with the oldest, Kira-May, who was eleven, like Daisy.

Daisy and Natalie ran down the spiral steps to find Katherine Stumpe, Daisy's mother, sitting in the armchair waiting. "Do you have your lists, girls?" Mrs. Stumpe asked them.

Daisy pulled out a piece of parchment from her robe pockets with her list of books and other items on it. Natalie did the same.

"Okay, girls! Beatrice is apparating and meeting us there. Sam- he went yesterday with Sean and Robert. I'll be going first," said Mrs. Stumpe as she took the jar of Floo Powder from the mantel. She sprinkled it in the fire gingerly and stepped in. "Diagon Alley!" she shouted, closing her eyes. And she disappeared into the fire.

Daisy and Natalie soon followed her, and they found themselves with Mrs. Stumpe walking onto the cobblestone road. "Okay," Mrs. Stumpe said. "Shall we be meeting Alexia and Beatrice?"

Natalie nodded. "We told her to meet in Ollivander's," she said.

"Yes, yes," Daisy's mother replied.

Soon enough, they were in front of Ollivander's Wand Shop with Alexia and Beatrice.

"I suppose I could use a new wand," said Beatrice hastily, pulling out her very worn out and taped up wand. "After four years at Hogwarts, it's certainly a bit –er- damaged."

The four young girls walked through the door and into the dirty room. It was very dusty. Natalie coughed a few times, and Daisy sneezed.

"Hello, my friends," Mr. Ollivander said with glee. "Are you here for wands? Ah, hello, Beatrice, it seems like just yesterday you walked into my shop for a –er-" He paused for a moment to think. "If I am not mistaken, you got a Unicorn Hair Mahogany, 8 inches?"

Beatrice smiled and held up her wand. "This is the one. I was hoping for a new one, it's got a bit beaten up."

Mr. Ollivander nodded. "Ah," he agreed. "Let's take care of the newcomers, first." His eyes turned to Daisy. "And your name is?"

"Daisy McGinny," Daisy said proudly. "I'm Bea's little sister."

"Ah," said Mr. Ollivander again. "Let's try you with this- a Phoenix Feather Holly, 10 inches." He took a box from his shelf and handed it to Daisy. She opened it to see a rather long, dark-colored wand. "Give it a wave," Mr. Ollivander said kindly.

Daisy waved the wand slightly to see a few blue sparks come out of the end. "Ah, not good," he said disapprovingly. He took the wand from her and placed a different box in her hands. "A Unicorn Hair Willow, 8 inches," he said hopefully.

Daisy took out the wand, a perfect sized pink-colored wand. She loved it the moment she saw it. She picked it up gingerly and wove it around once. A small firework shot out of the end. Mr. Ollivander clapped, looking extremely satisfied with himself.

Daisy smiled. She was excited to have the wand. Her wand! She had a wand! She was going to go to Hogwarts. The thought had finally rushed into her head as she imagined herself sitting at the Gryffindor table, her lovely Unicorn Hair Willow in her cloak pocket, talking to Harry Potter. It was a dream.

Hopefully, the dream would come true.