I've tried to stick to the books as closely as possible, with accurate dates etc. There will obviously be some minor changes, or maybe even bigger ones depending on the choices the my oc makes. This story is my first to be posted online so I hope you all enjoy :)

Chapter 1

Intro

Claudia sighed as she clipped in the last page of her summer project, A Survival Guide to Hogwarts. Wesa was supposed to be here for this moment, they had both worked so hard over the past weeks to make this guide, and she was missing its final page being put in place. They had both planned to be here, but Wesa had fallen ill the night before, and told Claudia to go ahead without her. She said it had been her idea, so she deserved to put the final pieces together.

Claudia sighed again as she looked to the sky, thinking back on the day when they had both decided to start this project. She was just quietly chuckling to herself at the memory of Wesa's enthusiastic response to her idea, when something caught her eye; a brilliant white star, shooting across the sky above her. She had always been one for childish traditions, so she closed her eyes, hugged her book to her, and wished for the one thing that she had been wishing for so long.

And then the world was moving. The Earth was crumbling around her feet. Bright lights danced before her eyes. She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound was heard. Her whole body tingled as she was yanked backwards at an unbelievable speed, the lights now whizzing all around her.

And then it stopped. Just as suddenly as it had started, the world was now back in place, the stars back where they belong above her head. The only thing that seemed to have changed was that she was now lying on her back, staring up at the stars. Claudia reckoned she must have had a dizzy spell and collapsed. She sighed as her eyes drifted towards the moon... "Hang on a minute!" sitting up now her mind began to race. The moon had been just new when she looked at it earlier on that night, but now it was almost full! She stood up properly now, becoming fully aware of her completely new surroundings. She seemed to be in some sort of grounds. There was a gigantic fence looming above her, and a forest over to her right. Smoke was rising in gentle spirals somewhere near the forest, and it was as she turned fully around that she first saw it. She had of course seen it many times before, both on screen and in her imagination. Neither had really done it justice. It was magnificent, and even bigger than she had ever thought it would be. Too many towers to count shot out from the top of it, and massive windows peered down on her.

Standing before her in all its glory, was Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.