On a chilly autumn night, at a musty old bar, a woman fell into a trance and said "In the first month of the year, the rose will be born, part of a pair, separated forever, the rose will have unforeseen capabilities and the power to save or destroy the world, protect her…"
16 years later
A broken, bruised, and battered girl woke with a start. Her long blonde hair was clumped together by blood. Her face was bruised and her entire body ached. A reminder of her life for the past, forever. You see for as long as she could remember, she had lived at the same orphanage and gone through the same abuses everyday. It was only when she was 11 and she found out she was a witch that she was temporarily relieved from the horrors of her life. She had found an escape, Hogwarts. She spent most of the year there and only returned to this hell hole for the summer. But she decided last night that today August 31st, would be her last day in this place. The people at the orphanage had decided that she was not allowed to go back to Hogwarts this year. Katie thought differently. She had quietly packed her stuff that night. She was escaping. She was breaking out.
Katie knew where all of her magical belongings were kept, and she had also recently discovered she could do simple wandless magic. After she jolted awake at 4:30 am, she dressed quickly and crept out of her room, and down stairs into the basement. The cupboard where all of her belongings were kept was locked. She focused very hard on the lock. She screwed up her face in concentration and willed it to open, and it did. Once the door swung open she immediately found her precious wand. She then shrunk everything down to fit into a small bag and crept back to her room. She gathered everything in her room that she would need and quietly slipped out the front door.
As soon as Katie hit the pavement she started running, even though her body ached with pain and her legs felt like jello, she kept going. Once she felt she was far enough away, she took out her wand and held it out, signaling for the Knight Bus. At once the violent purple bus appeared. Katie quickly took out whatever money she had saved up and shoved it into the pimply conductor's hands and hopped aboard. Katie then told the driver to take her to Kings Cross Station, where she would soon board the Hogwarts express.
Katie swelled with excitement. She had finally gotten away. She was finally free. Never again would she return to that orphanage where she spent all of her life, being abused and berated. Once at Kings Cross Station, Katie gathered her things and went through the barrier. It was only 6:30, so she had a while to wait. Katie found a bench and sat down. She soon fell asleep, peacefully and content for the first time in years.