Chapter 1

Explanations and Visitors

Bang! Bang! The bathroom door rattled.

"Miss Wood! Please get out of the bath. You have a visitor!"

The girl in the bath sat up, "A visitor? Since when? I hope John didn't tell you that 'cause he's lying!"

"No, there really is one"

"Fine getting out!"

'The one time I get to relax, and suddenly it's over! I come home on Hogwarts holidays to relax. Not to get visited!' the girl thought.

Her name was Kat Wood. She had been at the orphanage all her life. When she had turned 11 she had received and invitation to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now on holidays between her 4th and 5th years, she was once again, as with every summer holiday, at the orphanage.

She dragged herself out of the bath and got dressed. After pulling her hair up, she stomped downstairs.

"He's in the parlour," said Ms Willis, the orphanage mistress who had disturbed her bath.

"Uhuh," said Kat

She stepped inside the parlour, and her mouth dropped open in shock. Her headmaster Albus Dumbledore stood in the room sipping tea.

"Ah, Miss Wood," he said crossing the room, "Good to see you"

"Um, good to see you to Professor," she stammered.

"There is an interesting matter at hand I must discuss with you," the girl stared at him in bewilderment, "As you may know there is an ancient and powerful family called Black," she nodded as he continued, "And the family is large with many relations. Well, it is believed that the last Black, Sirius Black, died last year"

"Yes, sir. I know this but what does it have to do with me?"

"Well, you do not know your parents. Correct?" she shook her head, "Well, I will tell you something about them. They were not married, and your father, he, uh he did not really care or know your mother and your existence was, uh, forced,"

"Oh," she said.

"And your grandfather was a Black," she stared at him open-mouthed with shock, she swallowed.

"What about my actual parents?"

"Your father was Regulus Black and your mother was a witch, we do not know what she looked like or who she was,"

"So I'm a pureblood witch?" she stammered, "and my name is Kat Black? And my closest relatives are Death Eaters?" there was a touch of horror in her voice.

"Yes," said Dumbledore gravely, "Also your mother was a grandmother was a metamorphagus," a look of complete confusion appeared on her face, "That is someone who can change their appearance,"

"But I can't do that, I'm not magical at all,"

"Yes, there is a concealment charm on you hiding your background, gift and appearance."

"My appearance?" What do you mean my appearance?"

"This," he said and waved his wand. She felt a peculiar appearance come over her.

"Look," he said. She walked over to the mirror and gave a gasp of shock. Gone was her short, straight, brown hair, freckles, pimples and once broken nose. Her appearance had completely changed.

Long, with loose curls, thick black hair fell down her back to her shoulder blades. Olive skin that was smooth and clear covered her face. Long lashes and thin eyebrows surrounded her eyes. Though her blue eyes stayed creating an interesting contrast. She looked at her hands, gone were the nail bitten huge things, instead smaller long fingered ones and nails in their place.

"I'm beautiful," she stammered with amazement, "Is this the real me?"

"Yes, Miss Black it is" he said with amusement in his eyes, "You do however realize that now every wizarding person who sees you will know that you are a Black? You have all the signs: tall, thin, black hair and that shaped nose.?

"I look Black?"

"Yes, most definitely"

"Oh this is going to change a lot of stuff about me at Hogwarts isn't it? Wait, do I have to move to Slytherin to Ravenclaw? Because I don't want to!"

"You do not have to, if you choose not to"

"Yay!"

"Well you should go upstairs and pack, because you will be staying at the Leaky Cauldron for the next month. Money will not be a problem." S

She looked at the ground, all her school books were second hand and from a scholarship fund as were her school fees.

"If you come with me to the Ministry tomorrow you can claim your name and inheritance."

"Ok"

"Oh I must be going now," he said and he left.

"Yesss!" said Kat, as she bounded up the stairs to her room. She was going to Diagon Alley.