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I used Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for lines in this chapter

Chapter 2

August flew by in a flash. Patty soon transported all their belongings to the new house in London. Paige traveled by Floo Powder to their new house. When she got there, she was amazed. It wasn't like their old house in the States. This one was a little bigger for the two of them and many things around the house were bewitched.

"This is brilliant mum!" She exclaimed, looking around.

"I'm glad you like it. Your things are in your room. But come downstairs when you're done. I need your help with things," Patty told Paige.

"Ok, mum." Paige went upstairs to her room and assembled things the muggle way. She actually enjoyed doing things the muggle way. Her first best friend was a muggle and Paige was amazed of the way muggles lived. Paige decided to learn how to cook and do other things. She is, how Patty likes to call her, cultured.

Her room was gorgeous. She had a new bed and a bay window and a porch to make things even more wonderful. She made her bed and hung up her clothes in her closet. She set up her frames and accessories. She also set up her bookcase with the many books she has. She set up a squashy chair on her porch so she could read in the summer. There was an amazing view in the backyard. There were many trees and a stream to go with it. It was wonderful.

As soon as Paige was done, she went downstairs to help her mother clean the house up a bit. She had the brilliant idea in asking her mother who her real parents were. She needed to know this. She wants to know if she looks like her mom or dad. She wants to know who gave her green eyes, but bad eyesight. She wants to know where her relaxed, confident, outgoing personality came from, but yet still had the brilliance and control to master any subject given to her. She just wants to know where she came from and if she had any living relatives. It's not a big deal.

"Mum..."

"Yes, love?"

"I have a question to ask you."

"What is it dear?"

"Who are my parents?"

Patty's face grew narrow and had a face like she didn't want to talk about the matter.

"Mum...please, I'm 16 years old and I have the right to know who my real parents are!" Paige hit a nerve there because Patty looked at Paige with hurt in her face.

"So I haven't been like a real parent to you all these years?" she asked angrily.

"I never said-''

"Your parents constantly got themselves into trouble and eventually got themselves killed by a force greater than any other wizard that lived. They didn't know how to BACK OFF when they were supposed to! They didn't even think of this would affect you, now did they? They only thought of themselves, those selfish-''

"Don't talk about my parents like that!" Paige shouted, blinking away tears.

"I can talk about anybody in anyway that I want!" Patty shouted back.

"I wish you were never my adoptive mother, PATTY!" Paige yelled, running upstairs.

"Paige, wait a minute..." but Patty was too late. Paige already slammed her door to her room and threw herself on her bed. Why wouldn't she tell her? What happened to them that was so bad? Why were they selfish? Well, whatever. Paige loved her parents very much and didn't care what Patty said about them. They probably loved her very much and they would die for her…

It was September 1st and the start of the new term at Hogwarts. Paige got her things together and went downstairs with her trunk. She and her mother haven't really spoken much since their fight.

"Are you ready to go?" Patty asked quietly. Paige nodded, avoiding eye contact with her mother. "We're going by Floo Powder and we'll land in the Headmaster's office. You'll get there quicker than anyone so you can get Sorted first." They walked up to their fireplace and Patty stepped in.

"HOGWARTS!" She said clearly and she was soon swept up in a large green fire.

"Here we go," said Paige. She took some of the sandy powder and stood in the fireplace with her things.

"HOGWARTS!" she yelled. She felt herself in a swirl and then felt herself get thrown out of a fireplace. She stood up coughing in her new headmaster's office.

"There you are. Paige this is Professor Dumbledore, your new headmaster!" Patty said enthusiastically. Paige went up to her headmaster as he stared at her with a twinkle in his eyes.

"My, my Paige, you look just like your mother," he said shaking Paige's hand.

"Really? You know who she is?" She asked, but Patty hastily changed the subject.

"Well, you two probably have loads to talk about and I need to get to work. Have fun Paige!" Patty said, leaning for a hug. Paige turned away and didn't look at her. "Oh, well, bye then." She soon left and Dumbledore had Paige take a seat.

"Good afternoon Ms. Matthews and welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Albus Dumbledore, your new headmaster," he said to her.

"It's nice to meet you Professor," she replied.

"I have been well informed of your academic record. I saw you had a high marks in all of your classes."

"Yes sir. I was in all of the advanced classes at Sandstone."

"Very well, very well indeed," then he murmured to himself, "another Hermione Granger."

"Excuse me Professor?"

"You're another Hermione Granger. She is an excellent student here at Hogwarts. If you are in Gryffindor, she will be the one to catch you up in all of your classes."

"Okay."

"You were in the dueling club, charms club and transfiguration clubs at school, also?"

"Yes sir."

"And the captain and Beater of your Quidditch team?"

"Yes sir." Dumbledore stared at Paige.

"You will do great things in this school. I see it."

"Thank you sir."

Silence followed that statement for a few moments. Finally, the silence broke as Dumbledore stood up to acquire an old tattered witch's hat.

"It's time for you get sorted."

"Okay." Dumbledore plopped the old hat on her head and it began to speak.

"Mmmm...very interesting...interesting indeed...well, much bravery I see...wants to prove herself...very intelligent mind...I haven't seen a mind like this since Harry Potter...GRYFFINDOR!" Dumbledore took the hat off and smiled.

"Very well, Ms. Matthews. Congratulations on getting into Gryffindor. I will take you to your dorm."

"Thank you sir." Paige turned around to get her things but they were gone.

"Your things were automatically transferred to your dorm." Paige nodded. They walked down the stairs and down to a long hallway where a portrait of a fat lady was.

"Password?"

"Lemon drop," Dumbledore said and the portrait swung open. He led Paige down to the beautiful common room.

"You may go get changed into your uniform and I will take you down to the Great Hall for the beginning year feast. You dorm is upstairs to the right."

Paige went upstairs and changed quickly in her new uniform. Dumbledore knew who her mother was. He said she looked like her mother. Obviously, he wasn't talking about Patty because she looked nothing like her. Paige was finished and went downstairs.

"Ready to start the new school year?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes I am," Paige replied.

"Good, now it's time to meet your new classmates!" he exclaimed as they went downstairs to the Great Hall. "It's almost time for the feast, so you sit down at that table there and just wait."

Paige waited for quite a while. Finally around 6:00 PM, students started to file into the Great Hall.

"Violet, I swear to you, potions will be fine this year! You'll do great!" a curly brown head girl said to a pretty Asian girl. They stopped when they saw Paige.

"Oh, you must be the new girl!" The brown haired girl said.

"Yes, I am...how did you know?" Paige asked.

"Professor Dumbledore told me. I'm Hermione Granger and this is Violet Presentation. What's yours?" Hermione asked very quickly.

"I'm Paige Matthews, I just transferred here from America," She responded.

"You'll like Hogwarts. It's pretty all right when you get used to it," said Violet.

"I'll be your aid in catching you up in what we have learned about Hogwarts. This school can get pretty confusing. Let's get started with the basics: there are four houses: Gryffindor, Huffle-''

"Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Slytherin is our most competitive house; it almost left the school years ago because Salazar Slytherin wanted to be more selective with its students. The others didn't agree, but Slytherin eventually came back," Paige finished simply.

Hermione and Violet stared at her in shock. "That was brilliant!" they exclaimed.

"I did a little reading in Hogwarts, a History," she said.

"I thought I was the only one who read it! Now I have someone to discuss it with!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Are scaring the poor new person?" a voice said behind Paige. She turned around to look up at a tall, fairly built person with flaming red hair. Even more red than Paige's hair!

"Oh, Ron," Hermione scolded.

"Hi, I'm Paige Matthews," Paige said, flashing her famous, debonair smile.

"Bloody hell! You looked just like Harry!" Ron blurted out. Paige looked at him with questioning eyes. Ron realized what he said and turned an amazing shade of red. He mumbled and sat down.

Hermione only dismissed his comment, but looked rather worried when Ron mentioned Harry's name.

"Speaking of Harry, did you notice him getting off of the train?" she asked, with a hint of worry in her voice.

"Actually, no I didn't. Where could he be?" Ron asked in the same concerned tone.

"Well, he didn't come back from the luncheon in Slughorn's cart," another girl piped in.

"What do you mean Ginny?" Hermione said.

"He told me he'd be back, but never returned," she said. The red haired girl then turned to Paige. "HI! I'm Ginny Weasley and what's yours?"

"I'm Paige Matthews. I just transferred," she said shaking Ginny's hand.

"What year are you in?" Ron asked, his eyes glued to the doors of the Great Hall.

"Sixth year," she replied. "I'm in N.E.W.T. classes of Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration and Herbology."

Hermione gaped at Paige. "That's brilliant! Do you know for sure that you are taking all these classes?"

"Dumbledore told me," Paige said.

"The Sorting is starting! Where the bloody hell is Harry?" Ron said. He was stopped short when the long process of sorting began. Paige listened but then started drumming to herself with her fingers. She wanted to listen to some music on her bewitched tune catcher and go to bed. Finally, dinner popped up and the entire Gryffindor table started munching on various things. Suddenly, the double doors of the Great Hall opened up and an irate greasy, black haired man had a tall boy, with his glasses askew and messy black hair by the collar.

"There he is!" Hermione exclaimed, with relief in her voice. The man sat the boy down next to Ron and across from Paige. He looked like a mess, with blood all over his face.

"Harry! My goodness!" Hermione said.

"What?" he asked.

"You have blood all over your face!" she said. She was about to pull out her wand, but Paige already pointed hers at Harry's face.

"Tergeo!" She said and the dried blood from Harry's face disappeared.

"Thanks," Harry said. He did a double take on Paige. "Do I know you?" he asked.

"No. I'm Paige Matthews. I just transferred here," she replied.

"It's really nice to meet you Paige," he said politely. Ron tapped Harry on his shoulder to find out why he was missing so long.

"Later," he whispered. The rest of the table has already listened in to what he was saying, so Paige couldn't blame him for wanting to tell his friends what happened in privacy.
By the time dinner was over, Paige felt as though she was going to explode. Dumbledore gave a few new notices, especially an alarming one about Lord Voldemort. Although Paige is from the USA, her world over there knew very well what was going on. She was already on high alert and knew to watch her back.

The more shocking news came to the rest of the school when it was announced Professor Slughorn would be the new Potions Master and Professor Snape would be taking over the Defense Against the Dark Arts post.

"WHAT?" The Gryffindor table roared.

"I thought you said that Slughorn would be taking over Defense Against the Dark Arts!" Ron exclaimed.

"I thought so too…" Harry trailed off. The Snape bombshell was still the talk of the school. Soon enough, they were off to their dorms. Hermione walked beside Paige and talked about things about Hogwarts. Hermione told Paige about the several Defense Against The Dark Arts teachers they had now that Snape is added to the list. She warned her that Professor Snape hates Gryffindor so much, that he takes the liberty to take points off just because.

"You'll do fine as long as you take good notes and listen," she said as they walked to the common room. "Do you have any other questions?"

"No, I think I'll be okay..." Paige said yawning.

"Okay...well, off to bed then..." Hermione said. Paige followed suit. She changed into her pajamas and slipped in the four-poster bed.

"Good night Hermione. See you in the morning," Paige said immediately falling into a deep sleep.

.X.

"NO! Please, take me not-''

"Silence woman!" a woman with red hair and green eyes turned around and whispered, "Shh..."

"Give me the child. I will NOT let the prophecy win!"

"NEVER!" the woman turned around and whispered, "You be good-''

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Bright green light filled the room along with baby cries...

.X.

Paige woke up suddenly in a cold sweat with her sheets tangled up. She has been having that dream for as long as she could remember. She flew her hand to her head. She sometimes had such powerful dreams that left her very woozy and it would have sudden outbursts of pain. It was so strange. It would even happen when she was not sleeping. When she was shopping with her mother last year, searing pain burned her head. It was so painful, she almost passed out. She had no idea what it meant. She climbed out of bed and sat at the open window and looked up at the twinkling sky.

"I need to sort out my priorities."