The Beginning
Dumbledore was mostly wrong about her fitting in; Ariana grew up mostly unpopular, and was most definitely different. She, unusually, was a Metamorphmagus, so she could change her look. She took a while to completely control this, but when she wasn't able to the Dursleys hid her from her brother, Harry. She was told about magic, also unlike her brother. She was not at any time allowed to tell him. Her hair was normally black with red stripes. She liked to compare it to blood running down it. She discovered her magic when she was 8. She would go to the park when it was empty and play with it. She would make flowers bloom, come back to life or wilt. She discovered that when she was very, very mad her hands could set on fire, and it wouldn't hurt her! This idea was extremely exciting to her. She found that she could control fire whenever she wanted to also. She loved the fire, and it loved her.
She was skinny and beautiful. Her aunt loved having a girl instead of just two boys to take care of.
One day when she was 10 she was playing with a flower, bringing it to life then killing it, when a snake came over. Excuse me where am I? It asked she looked at it startled, Yes, yes, yes, scream and run, since you can't understand me! She responded in a language she hadn't known before then, "Actually I can. What is your name, and how in the world do I understand you?!" You can understand me? Wow. You're a Parseltongue! I've never met one. Well my name is Sarther. What is yours? "Ariana. What's a parseltounge? I've never heard of it. Is it another type of magic?" She asked excited. Well, yes I guess you could say it's a type of magic. A parseltounge can talk to snakes. With that started an interesting conversation. She brought Sarther home and asked if she could keep him. Her aunt Petunia couldn't refuse, so she brought him to her room. They talked every day and Sarther said he was about 50 years old. When she asked him how that was possible he admitted he didn't know. They knew everything about each other, well, every thing that they knew about themselves.
When it was almost Ariana and Harry's birthday she brushed her still black and red hair into a ponytail and put a red ribbon on that. She put on a red T-shirt and black shorts then ran downstairs, her still asleep snake upstairs. She grabbed a piece of toast and her red water bottle, kissed her aunt and uncle on their cheeks, told them she was going for a jog and ran out side, food and water close in hand. She ran to one of her 3 friends' houses and waited. Three seconds after her arrival a girl with brown and blue hair ran outside wearing a blue shirt matched with black shorts and a blue water bottle. Then they jogged off talking till they reached a house with a blond and green hared girl waiting outside wearing a green shirt with black shorts and, of course, a green water bottle. She joined them as well as a red and yellow hared girl wearing a yellow shirt with black pants and a matching yellow water bottle. They stopped at an empty table in the almost empty park and started talking.
"I hope we get into Hogwarts together!" exclaimed the out of breath brown and blue hared girl.
"Of course we will be Seline! What team do you guys want to be in?" asked the red and yellow hared girl.
"Gryffindor!" Answered Ariana
"Slytherin or Gryffindor!" Answered the blond and green hared girl named Darnia.
"Hufflepuff!" Answered Seline.
"Ravenclaw!" Answered the red and yellow hared girl named Liana.
They all said the answers at the same time then as if a response to an unsaid joke started laughing.
"No matter what we'll always be friends!" exclaimed Ariana. The other three said together, "Always!" Then they talked a little more then ran home. What happened after was obvious. They each got sorted into different houses but stayed friends, even though Slytherins and Gryffindors normally didn't. Everything happened as they did in the books except Ariana also got on the Gryffidor's quidditch team.