A/N I do not own Harry Potter, or Alice in Wonderland.

Breakfast

"Mia! Get up! We'll be late, and it's the first day. We get the timetables at breakfast today, and breakfast starts in half an hour. I got one of the prefects to say that she'd show us the way in 25 minutes. You'd better be ready."

Mia sat up and looked at Rose, who appeared to be a very effective alarm clock. Waking up this early was new to her, as, since she had been home schooled, she usually got up at about 9:30 on school days at home.

Following Rose's wake up call, the other girls in the dormitory also started to stir. As the five of them changed into their school robes, they chatted amicably about what the lessons were going to be like.

One of the girls, Charlotte Robins, said shyly "I've looked through my books, and History of Magic looks really interesting. I know everyone says the teacher is really boring, but I just find history fascinating. Who knows, maybe I can replace Binns when I've left school."

"That sounds like a good idea. Pity you're not about 10 years older than us, then we wouldn't have to listen to Binns. My brother told me about him, I'm dreading having a lesson with him." Another girl, Belinda Creevey, replied.

"Is my company really that bad?" joked Charlotte, pretending to be offended.

"No, no – I didn't mean it like that –" said Belinda hastily, but then realised that she was joking, as Charlotte and the other girls were laughing.

"What about you Mia? You've been very quiet. What lesson are you looking forward to?" questioned the last girl in their dormitory – Alice Longbottom.

Mia stood thoughtfully for a moment and then answered cautiously "I am not sure. All of them sound really interesting, except History of Magic – sorry Charlotte – but I quite like the idea of charms, or potions, or transfiguration."

Rose smiled and said quickly "I know what you mean. Everything looks so good. My mum couldn't decide what options to choose for third year, so she did them all with the help of a time turner."

Before Mia could ask what a timeturner was, Rose had realised the time and took Mia by the hand and lead her out to the common room. They met Al at the bottom of the stairs, and waited for the prefect who had promised to lead them to the hall.

Al asked how Mia had slept, and was amused to hear about the human alarm clock that was his cousin. He looked a bit confused however, when Mia likened Rose to the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. He asked Mia about it, and she said that the White Rabbit was a creature who was very concerned with punctuality. Al agreed that this was a very good analogy for his cousin.

A few minutes later, a bleary eyed fifth year came down the stairs to lead them to the hall. "For those who don't know, I am Louisa Hall and a Gyffindor prefect." As they started walking, Louisa talked to them a bit more about general matters. "Feel free to come to me or any other prefects with any problems you may be having. Neville Longbottom is our Head of House. He also teaches Herbology. He is very approachable and good at dealing with any issues – whether they are academic or just with other students. However, he does get annoyed with inter house wars."

Rose looked as though she wished she had a notebook with her so she could write down what Louisa was saying. Al saw this and pointed it out to Mia, who smiled too.

When they got to the hall, Louisa split off from the group of first years and went to sit with her group of friends. The first years weren't really sure where to sit, so they just sat together at the first seats they came across – meaning that they were sat as far away from the teachers as possible. Rose was a bit vexed at this, as she wanted to observe the teachers and couldn't from such a distance.

"Please could you two come with me to sit nearer the front? I don't want to go on my own. Plus James is down there. Please?"

Al snorted, "Yes, James being there really makes me want to come with you. I don't really want to get annoyed before I even start lessons."

"You'll come with me, won't you Mia? You don't mind sitting with James do you?" Rose pleaded.

"Ok Rose."

The two of them left for the front of the hall, leaving Al to sit with his dorm-mates.

James grinned as he saw the two of them approaching.

"Hey Rose, Mia! How are you doing this fine morning?" James called to them.

Rose didn't reply, just slipped into a seat and became absorbed in watching the teachers. Mia didn't know why Rose had needed someone to come with her and was considering re-joining Al, when James started talking to her.

"Looking forward to your first day? I'm sorry about yesterday."

Mia replied courteously "I am looking forward to today. I have been since I was 9. And that's quite alright – about yesterday, I mean."

James looked at her with curiosity. "Since you were 9? I thought you were a muggleborn."

"Unusual circumstances. My mum has always known about magic, so she recognised it as soon as I showed serious signs of having it. Ones that couldn't be passed off as luck or coincidence." Mia knew she was heading into dangerous waters; she didn't really want to spill all her secrets, so she stopped there. Holding her breath, she waited for the questions she was sure were going to come.

They didn't though. Instead James said "I can tell you don't really want to talk about it, but I don't mind listening. I won't deny that you have piqued my curiosity, but I'll leave you alone about it. Anyway I'm hungry, so…" and with that James went back to his food.

Flashback

Emilia looked at her mother, scared of what was about to be said.

"Emilia. You flew. On to the roof. I've had suspicions for a while now, but this proves it. You are a witch. This is not a bad thing, but it does pose some problems. You can't live here anymore. It is too public and you can't be seen. You will live with Lucy in a house on the outskirts of London until I see fit to change the arrangements."

"But what about Edward? Will he come with me? I don't want to be anywhere without him. I know he feels the same."

"Your brother will manage without you. He has things to learn that no longer bear any relevance to you. He knows what you are, and he understands that he won't be able to visit you. You will do as I say. Lucy will make sure that you have everything you need."

Emilia looked at her mother in shock. She had never been separated for more than a few hours from Edward since birth. They were the first royal twins for who knows how long and now she was going to be taken away from him, all because she had magic, or 'an uncontrollable abnormality' as her mother had put it at one point.

Suddenly, the lights in the chandelier above them burst, and it dawned on Emilia why her mother thought it would be better for her to be elsewhere. Normal people couldn't discover magic.

With this realisation she ran from her mother's presence; not caring that it was rude; not caring that she had not even said goodbye. Lucy met her at the bottom of the stairs, bags already packed.

"It's time to go Miss." Lucy said nervously.

"I need to say goodbye to Edward." Emilia replied agitatedly.

"Your mother said you can't. She said it would make it harder for the both of you if you said goodbye. She also said that I wasn't to let you contact him. She does have a boy that she wants you to meet though. She thought that you two could become good friends."

Deciding to make the best of a bad situation, Emilia calmed down, knowing that Lucy had done nothing wrong, and asked, "What is his name?"

"Scorpius Malfoy, Miss. Apparently he's some sort of wizarding royalty, though from what I've been told, the family was very against non-magic people until recently, so the head of the family is trying to make amends."

"And he's using me to achieve that? Great."

Lucy looked closely at Emilia, realising that her charge was much older – mentally – than she should be. She sometimes forgot that Emilia was as young as she was due to her maturity.

"We better go Miss."

End Flashback

Mia hadn't seen her brother since then. She currently knew Al better than she knew her own twin. Mia surreptitiously wiped a tear from her eye, glancing around to make sure no one had noticed. However, she didn't catch James hurriedly go back to his food.

Once everyone had finished, Professor Longbottom came down the table, handing out timetables. Mia looked at hers and saw that she had potions first, followed by history of magic, a free period and then transfiguration after lunch. She also saw that she had a lesson with each of the houses – potions with the Slytherins; history of magic with the Ravenclaws and transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs.

Al came over at this point, grabbed Rose and dragged her away from her avid teacher watching. He seemed to have a good memory for directions, as they made it back to Gryffindor tower with relative ease to get their bags, and then managed to follow the instructions given to them by a boy in seventh year to get to their potions classroom.

They walked in and grabbed adjoining benches – as Al and Rose ended up sitting at the same bench, a seat was left open next to Mia. This seat was promptly filled by Scorpius Malfoy.

A/N Thank you for reading. I meant to include more in this chapter, but the flashback went on for longer than I thought it would.