AN: the end of this chapter is super dark at the end and why this fic is rated T
but is necessary to the plot so bear with me
because I forgot last chapter( a big no no btw) I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM x2 for last chapter
Harry Potter, The Silver Dragon
By, nickflash
chapter 2
Prolog part 2
Samantha Edwards
June 16th 1974 Liverpool England
In the early hours of the morning a shrill cry is heard inside a hospital maternity ward.
"congratulations it is a girl"says a doctor handing a pink bundle to a tired but smiling new mother, she looks down on her baby girl, "what will be her name?" the mother looks at her husband who nods to her and replies " Samantha Jane Edwards is her name""now rest I will take care of the baby for you until you awake"
A few days later a new family leaves the hospital on the way to their home with a new baby girl, not knowing that this will not be a normal child but a truly magical one. Arriving at their home which is a small 4 bedroom 2 ½ bath home in the suburbs with a white fence going around the property. The home has a relatively small front yard with a few small bushes and a flower garden but with a large fenced in back yard complete with a in ground pool and patio. they park the car in the connected garage and enter the connecting kitchen.
Inside a soft pink nursery the new parents place the baby in a crib and switch out the blankets so that their new baby girl has a fresh blanket to sleep in and sets the baby monitor next to the crib and place the old blanket on top of the dresser/changing table combination next to the crib and head down one door to their room to get some much-needed sleep, thinking they will not get much in the future. About a five hours after they go to sleep they get awakened by a feedback sound coming from the baby monitor and rush into the room, but finding nothing out of place but for the fact the blankets seem to have switched, dismissing it as bad recall of what blanket they ended up leaving her with and checking that nothing was wrong with the baby monitor they go back to bed a little confused.
Time skip 5 years still in the Edward's home
The sound of soft padded foot steps can be heard as a pair of feet sneak through the home. Entering the master bedroom the person creeps slowly up to two sleeping forms in the bed. Getting right next to the female form "MOMMY WAKE UP SCHOOL TODAY!" giggling Samantha jumps onto the bed laughing very hard. Groaning her father rolls and looks at the alarm clock and sees 5:00 AM in big numbers wondering 'how did she get in we locked the door', figuring they will not get any more sleep the parents get out of bed shooing the little girl out to get dressed. After quick showers they come downstairs to find an extremely excited five-year old squirming on her seat waiting for her parents to make breakfast for her "excited for your first day of school?" asks her mother "YES!" you can practically see the energy she has rolling off her as she replies to her mother.
At 6:00am a little girl dressed in light blue sweat pants, a hot pint T-shirt and wearing a purple and pink striped backpack full of her new school books is standing by the front door. "ok sweating daddy is going to drive you to school today, give mommy a hug" hugs given the bubbly little girl gets in the car with her dad for the drive to school.
5 minutes later
"are we there yet" "no" "what about now" "still no"
10 minutes later
A car pulls up to a school building with a girl staring out of the window with a look of wonder as she looks at all the other children being dropped off by their parents or getting off a bus "dad this is it right?" "yes Sam we are here" with a loud cry of "YAAAAA" she opens the door jumps out of the car and is at the driver's door opening it before her father even realizes it. Getting out of the car her father looks down to his daughter with arms spread wide and a big smile on her face "hug" "ok a quick hug then you have to hurry off to class" giving her a hug he sees her running of and yells "make lots of friends honey" a higher pitched "I will daddy" is the reply he gets as she runs into the building
A few hours later
Jonathan Edwards was waiting for his daughter reflecting on how fast time flies one day your changing her nappies the next you are picking her up from her first day of school. He is broken out of his reverie by the noise of a door opening "hey Samantha how was your day?" this set off a steam of words and hand gestures that lasted until they pulled into the driveway "- and Jenny said she would bring her new doll in so I can see it" "hmm this jenny is she your new friend?" this led to a five-minute rant about everything she knows about and feels strongly about her new friend Jenny with a level of enthusiasm only a child could pull off, then they reached the kitchen where she saw her mother and told her everything she just told her dad. After about another ten minutes a winded but happy Samantha Edwards is sitting in the living room having moved there during her excited spewing of words almost too fast for her mother to understand "well I can see you had a busy day and made a new friend" "yep" replied Samantha popping the 'P' in yep.
Time skip 5 years
over the years Jennifer(Jenny) and Samantha(Sam) became the best of friends doing everything together from school activities to even having the same favorite band(AC/DC) so when on one rare beautiful English day when a woman showed up at her door telling her that she is a witch and even proving magic is real. well and truly rocked her world to the foundations.
Sam was in a bind she wanted to go to this magic school but since her best Friend Jenny is not a witch she would have to leave her behind and she can't even tell her what she is. 'it would be so much easier to decide if I could talk to her about it' then she had an idea maybe she could talk to her about it but in a different way.
Running downstairs to the phone and cursing that fact that her number has so many zeros(1) in it she waits for Jenny or her parents to pick up.
"Williamson residence this is Jenny who is calling?"
"hey Jenny this is Sam"
"oh hi Sam how are you doing?"
"good I guess, we really need to talk face to face I got some news"
"ok one sec' a sound of the phone being set down and muffled talking is heard 'ok my parents say you can come over see you soon"
"ok see you soon"
Putting the phone down Sam tells her parents she is going to Jenny's house "ok but call when you get there" said her mother
a relatively long walk later(for a short 10yr old a mile is a long way) Sam arrives at her friend's home which is a two-story home painted an odd shade of dark green that at no point in time would ever be considered tasteful. Running up to the door and using the knocker she waits for hoping Jenny will answer. The door opens to show the smiling face of Jenny who seems to have had a lay in because of the fact she is in a one piece poke-dotted wool pajama with her long brown hair tied into a pony tail that stretches to her mid-back "Hey Sam you said you have news come on in"
"Yes I have news that could be life changing"
"well go ahead and tell me I have waited to hear it ever since you called"
"well I got accepted to a boarding school on upper Scotland that is for gifted students, but that means I will not be able to see you for ten months out of the year"
"will you still be able to write me?"
"yep I should be able to do that"
"well as much as I would love for us to stay together I want you to be the best you can be. Go to the school and send me a letter about how you like it there every week and when you come back for the summer we can catch up and spend all our time together how does that sound?"
"that sounds great I was worried you would have a big problem with this, it takes a load off my mind"
"of course I would support you your my best friend, just remember to send me a letter or I will have to come up there myself" they both laughed at that because they knew she would
"thanks a lot Jenny see you tomorrow"
"get home safe Sam"
"I will"
August 10th 1984 London UK
Samantha and her parents park on a street across from a pub apparently on she can see "we are here mum"
"are you sure Sam I don't see it"
pulling her parents out of the car and over to where the Professor said to go a pub suddenly appears to the parents even though Sam could see it all along. Walking into the place they see the interior of what looks to be a turn of the century pub with dim lighting and dirty floors. Walking up to the counter they ask the bartender how to get into Diagon alley "you must be muggleborn, I'll show you and let you in but you need a wand to get in and be careful of the purebloods they will not take kindly to you but they are the minority" with that said he leads them to the back and a seemingly solid brick wall "ok pay careful attention to which bricks I tap and what order I do it in" tapping the correct bricks, the wall seems to fold into itself forming a grand archway showing the group their first view of the place called Diagon alley, on either side of cobblestone walkway is shops that would not look out of place in the 1700's selling anything from books on magic to frog's eyes and flying brooms. Following the alleyway to a giant white marble building with a solid gold plaque saying Gringotts with another plaque over the front doors saying
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
(from the HP:philosophers stone)
with that ominous warning the enter the building gazing at the strange short creatures that must be goblins. realizing they were staring and that it is rude they get in the shortest line to a teller.
A grinding voice asks them without even looking up from his ledger "what business do you have?" as soon as they reach the teller. Taken aback her father has to compose himself before saying he would like to open an account and convert British pounds to galleons"
"I must tell you that it is five pounds to galleon, do you wish to continue?"
"yes that is fine I would like to have 10,000 pounds converted" as he said this he lifted a duffel bag he was carrying
"that will not be a problem" taking out a new sheet of parchment he asks "what name will the vault be under?"
"Edwards"
"very well I will have you see Bloodclaw for the small details" pressing a small rune on the desk he summons the aforementioned goblin "Bloodclaw you have new customers" the new goblin looks at them and motions them to follow him "follow me I will take you to my office"
after a long and confusing walk they come to a door labeled 'BLOODCLAW' opening the door and ushering them in then closing it behind them, Bloodclaw then walk over and sits behind his desk. Getting out a new stack of forms and parchments "you need to sign these to open your new vault" handing over two pieces of parchment for them to read and sign "then fill these forms out to configure the vault to fulfill your needs. Like what can an cannot be accessed by your daughter per say"
after two hours of signing and filling out forms they have it set up how they like it. The vault is set to refill from their muggle bank accounts and upon Sam's 17th birthday she will gain control but in the case of their deaths she will gain full control whenever that happens so she can survive in the magical world and muggle world for when the worst happens.
Job done in the office and 100 Galleons withdrawn they head into the alley to get her things. They go to the bookstore first to buy her school books plus a few extra so she can understand the culture better. Next they went to get her potions supplies holding their noses the whole time and almost running out of the shop to get away from the smell. After much arguing Sam convinces her parents to let her get an owl to send them letters with so as not to rely on school owls. then with her parents suffering from prolonged exposure to the puppy dog eyes she also gets a cute cat named Tigger, who had chocolate eyes and white and brown striped body. Realizing how fast their items were getting heavy and cumbersome the decide the next stop is a good quality trunk. Walking into the trunk shop they hear a bell ring and a man call out from the back "I'll be out in a moment feel free to look around" following his advice they look around and were astonished by the number and variety of trunks and bags available "so what are you folks looking for" snapped out of their gazing the turned back to the shop keeper
"We need a trunk with lots of room and will last a very long time"
"I think I have just the thing" walking around the sales counter he walked to the back wall picking up a solid-looking trunk wrapped in leather "this one should be good for what you need. As I can guess you are going to be a first year" looking at Sam who then nods "well this is the biggest size in external dimensions they let you have and has three compartments just undo one of the three latches you see on the front and the other two will open with it to the compartment the latch corresponds to" "now, the first two compartments are the size of the trunk its self but the last one you find has a ladder going down to a walk in closet" taking a deep breath he continues " now it is covered in dragon leather to protect the oak under but it has a series of runes inscribed in it to make in near indestructible if it breaks give it to me I'll replace it for free the second function of the runes is to make it light as a feather and shrink to the size of a matchbox when you touch the top and say shrink with your wand or index finger" he demonstrated the shrink and feather light features
"we'll take it" handing over the required money
"oh one last thing if you put one drop of blood on each latch it will only open for you I can heal your finger if you want to do it now"
pricking her finger with a pin the man had she puts a drop of blood on each latch watching them each glow briefly when the blood touches them and gets sucked in. after the shopkeeper healed her finger they moved on to the one shop the girls were most looking forward to the clothes shop. One hour and more groaning and whining than you would think is normal for a grown man, her father is finally looking at the sky after what most men consider cruel and unusual punishment also known as clothes shopping with woman,but for his own continued good health he did not voice these thoughts.
The last stop was her wand and she was both excited and nervous. Opening the door and hearing a bell go off, the Edwards' walk up to the counter staring at the shelf upon shelf of what they assumed to be wand boxes
"hello, I have been waiting for you" said a man from behind them
jumping in surprise and turning to look at the man in the corner that they did not notice until now
acting as if nothing was wrong with scaring the shit out of customers he continues like nothing happened
"lets see what wand chooses you, it is always the wand that chooses the wizard never the other way around. it is one of the great mysteries in wandlore" "lets see here how about cherry unicorn hair 10 ½ inches" handing the wand out to Sam but as soon as she touches it he pulls it away muttering under his breath "here try out this one maple and dragon heartstring 11 inches" when it touches her hand it feels half complete, was the best she could describe the feeling to herself as"well it seems dragon heart string is right for you but lets try a different wood" going up to the shelves he looks them over for a few moments before coming back with a box looking strangely happy "black ironwood and dragon heartstring 10 inches" then handing the box for her to take looking at her expectantly. As soon as the wand is in her hand she feels a rush of warmth up her arm and through her body while all the candles in the shop flare up briefly then die down.
"thank you mister Olivander"
"yes now take care of that wand it will serve you well"
after her parents payed for the wand and a holster so she did not need to keep it in her pocket. they headed back through the leaky cauldron, which is the pub they passed through earlier that morning, and back to their car for the long drive home to Liverpool.
September 1st 9:30 am
"the ticket says 9 ¾ so it is here somewhere" the Edwards family has been looking for the oddly numbered platform going on 15 minutes with no luck and can't ask a station worker without sounding crazy. Until out of the corner of her eye Sam sees a person disappear into the third pillar between platforms 9 and 10
"mum dad this way I think I saw something" running over to the pillar she slowly tries to put her hand on the face of the pillar and is surprised when I goes right through, now curious she sticks her head in and sees a whole different platform with a bright scarlet steam engine. After pulling her head out she get her parents to try to go through and is disappointed to find they can't, so they wish her well and headed back to their car after she went trough. Making her way through the crowd she gets on the train and starts looking for an empty compartment and waits for the train to start its journey.
Sam wakes up when she hears a five-minute warning to get ready for when the train reaches the station.
After switching to robes and making sure she has everything Sam looks out the window watching the last bit of countryside go by before the train finally reaches the station. Getting off the train onto the platform she hears a booming voice say
"firs years al' Firs years over 'ere" looking towards the giant of a man holding a lantern she thinks 'no way a normal human can be that tall'
"gather 'round, ok got everyone, good follow me to te' boats" turning around the man leads all the other first years down to the docks on this side of what appears to be a large lake
"no more than four a boat" getting in the only remaining boat with a redheaded boy she introduces herself
"Hello I'm Samantha Edwards pleasure to meet you" holding out her hand which he takes with a shake and says
"Charlie Weasley the pleasure is all mine" as she was about to talk again she hears many gasps and turns around to see the most magnificent sight she has ever seen a breathtaking castle is just now visible with many towers and glowing windows it is the most majestic thing she has ever seen. After getting over the sight of the castle they hear a shouted "mind your heads" of course you would only have to mind your heads if you were over 7 foot tall but he did not think of that as they pass under an overhang.
After leading the new first year students to the castle he hands them off the a very stern looking woman that makes you never want to break a rule just by the sight of her.
"My name in Minerva McGonagall I am the deputy headmistress and professor of transfiguration here in the castle. In moments you will be sorted into the houses which are Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor your house is like your family you eat with your family, you sleep with your family your successes will win you and your house points but your failures will lose you points now I will go set up for the sorting I suggest you smarten yourselves up."
After she leaves people start guessing what they do to sort students, theories range from a test to who can eat the most pudding. Even a theory you have to fight the giant squid(which apparently is in a lake next to a school full of children) she is again startled out of her musings when a shriek is heard to her left and she sees not one but many ghosts come floating into the hall "took what we have here, must be new first years hope to see you in my old house" and a soon as the came they left floating through the next wall, leaving some very shocked muggleborns behind in their wake.
Another five minutes and the doors open revealing prof. McGonagall standing there looking at them "as I call your names you will go up to the stool and put the hat on it will then sort you into houses. After she said that she pulls out a list and starts reading names one by one until she hears her name
"Edwards, Samantha"
walking up to the hat trying not to show how nervous she is, when she reaches the stool the Professor puts the hat on her head and she hears a voice in her head 'what do we have here, hmm from what I can see you are a hard worker but have a thirst for knowledge where would you like to go?' 'I get a choice?' 'there always is a choice but I can see where you want to go already it better be HUFFLEPUFF'
Her time in Hogwarts started off perfectly fine going to class answering questions when they are asked just like any normal school, if you take away the fact that the classes are about magic and the fact that everything in the school seems to be magical from moving stairs, to singing suits of armor.
About halfway through the year she got cornered by a group of 4th year Slytherins "look we got here a lone puff mudblood maybe we should show her she is not wanted" after vanishing her clothes they left her near naked in nothing but a training bra and knickers she bursts out crying and runs into the nearest abandoned classroom to hide away from prying eyes
A hour later a female 7th year comes by and helps her because she overheard the bullies bragging about what they did. But the damage is done and rumors spread faster than wildfire, so by the end of the week nearly every student heard what happened.
This motivated her to learn all she can so it does not happen again. Her commitment to learning pays off because at the end of the year she is top of her class but even that did not stop the rumors jealous students started about her. Except at this point she did not care.
After she got off the train back at kings cross she was very excited to see her parents and childhood friend Jenny. Walking through the barrier and looking to her left she spots her parents and give them a big running hug" I missed you mum and dad" "we missed you too sweet heart" "come on the car is this way you can tell all you learned on the way home" on they way home she told them everything minus the bullying part for as bad as that was she like learning magic more.
During the summer she reconnected to her friend went on a trip to France. Went to the need pool. Saw some movies and just overall had a blast. Before she knows it the summer break is over and it is time to go back to school and all the bullying, but she thinks it might be better this year however unlikely that is.
It is not better this year. A week into the school year and it is back to how it was. On the bright side she befriended Charlie Weasley, so she had someone to talk to and learned all about his love of anything dragon related.
It was the end of another school year and she top of her class again but this time charlie was second because she told him 'if you want to handle dragons you need to know the spells for it' that lit the proverbial fire under him and he started studying but for all her success they still bullied her because she was not a Pureblood idiot as she called them and it came to a head by the lake a few days before the train would leave for London.
"hey mudblood you better look out this summer we don't take too kindly to cheating bitches like you"
looking behind her she sees three boys in Slytherin robes and a girl in Ravenclaw robes sneering down at her. Getting up she says back
"I don't need to cheat you purebloods are so inbred and stupid you can't even tie your own shoes with out help" than laughs at them and walks away.
"you may laugh now be we will find you and you won't be laughing then"
thinking nothing of what she thought was a simple school yard threat she moved on
Sam's family decided to go camping in as many national parks as they can do this summer so they packed up two tents some extra tent stakes and all other relevant gear and food and headed out to north york moors national park for a bit of camping and hiking to bond as a family again.
Sam went to bed that night with a feeling like something terrible was going to happen but couldn't figure out what so she went to bed deciding she would tell her parents in the morning. The sounds of screams alerted Sam that something was not right. Getting out of her sleeping bag and grabbing her wand. she gets out of her tent only to see a red light coming at her then unconsciousness.
dark shit be warned
Waking up not knowing how much time has passed she realizes she is strapped to a chair looking at the downed form of her parents laying on the ground. A pool of red surrounds her father as he stares at her with cold dead unblinking eyes.
"the mudblood is awake this will be so much more fun when she watches"
turning her head she sees two full-grown men in hooded robes wearing silver masks over their faces.
"yes, now she can see why she must respect her betters" says the other taking out his wand she wakes up her mum and vanishes her mum's clothes "your next so sit back and watch your future" as much as she wanted to look away the used magic to force her to watch as the raped her mother right in front of her knowing she can nothing but watch.
After they finished with her mum they slit her throat and made her watch her mother die hoping to break her.
"this one still has spirit I can see it in her eyes, lets play a game called tag. I heard the muggles love it so here are the rules you run then when you get tagged you die, simple right? We will give you a head start just to make it fair and oh just to make it easier start when we catch you" he vanished her clothes with a flick he wand and released her "time starts now run" and she ran as fast as she could ignore the twigs digging into her feet or the cuts from branches on her arms and legs she kept running. Suddenly a voice ahead says "nowhere to run now" quickly turning around to run the other way she sees the other man knowing she has been caught. It is a matter of just waiting for the end
"you know this one is a bit young lets just kill her it will make the clean up faster" one says to the other
"alright we will just kill her" agrees the last one
the fact they are just going to kill her relieves her to know she will at least die with dignity, she closes her eyes and waits the end 'AVADA KEDAVRA' 'this is it I'm going to die' . There was a thump and a scream and a sudden heat source right in front of her she hears the second man say "this is not over" in a pained voice before the distinct sound of apparition.
Sitting still for a few moments she finally opens her eyes to find a pair of slitted emerald-green ones looking right back, she does the only thing she can do scream.
TBC
chapter notes:
(1)back in the 70's and 80's rotary dial phones were common so people hated phone numbers with 0s in them for the extra effort
now this chapter is over twice as long as chapter 1. now I'm not whoring around for reviews but they do help. these chapters came out fast so I could get the Prolog out-of-the-way and start the real story. I will try to never go longer than a week between reviews as I hate when I have to wait that long for updates
I think I caught 90% of the typos this time I may go back and fix the chapter for errors on a later date
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