Life can be ordinary at times and then just one day suddenly turns extraordinarily. That is how my life went. One day, I was a normal 11 year old girl still upset over my dad's death five years prior. The next day, I find out that I am a witch - witch is pretty wicked -. How that happened was interesting enough. 2 months after my 11th birthday - which is on may 20th - I was knitting in my room when my mother shouts up the stairs for me.

"Girl! GET DOWN HERE! NOW!" She shouted at me. I rolled my eyes but put down my knitting and went to see what she wanted now.

"Yes Mother?" I ask politely. She glares at me and motions for me to sit down. I chose the black leather chair my dad used to read to me in. That is when I notice a stern looking woman on the futon. I smile at her and she returns the smile.

"Hello Ms. Sanchez. My name is Prof. Minvera McGonagall. I teach at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You have been accepted into my school." When I hear the name of the school, I think about the weird and odd things I have done that can not be explained. I sigh.

"When can I go?" I ask excitedly. My mother is silent for once. The older woman's smile widens at my excitement.

"I can take you right now to get your supplies." She tells me and I look over at my mother who glares intensifies.

"Go on! Get out of here you FREAK!"I don't respond except to grab my jacket. Prof. McGonagall follows me out and she leads me to an alleyway where she pulls out a stick and asks me to grab her hand, which I do immediately. We appear in a different alleyway and I throw up.

"I am sorry Ms. Sanchez. I should have warned you about that." I shake my head indicating that it is okay. We go into a pub and to the back where a magical alley appears. My jaw drops at the gorgeousness of the alley.Prof. McGonagall leads me to a big white building. When we get inside, I see little creatures that look kind of crazy but really cool. Prof. McGonagall set up an account for me. She hands me a bag of coins and explains that the gold ones are Gallons, the silver ones are Sickles, and the bronze ones are knuts. Then she hands me a list.

"I must be off and deliver some more letters to other students; however I will be back at 5pm to pick you up right here. It is 12:30pm now. Make sure you get everything on your list. Good luck." She then walks away. I look at my list and see the first thing listed are books. I wander around for two minutes and then I find the bookstore. I walk in and sigh like I am in heaven. I absolutely love books. I found all my books within half an hour because I kept getting distracted. Then I looked for a robe shop. I walk in and standing on a stool is a ginger haired boy. Then a witch comes up to me.

"Hogwarts dear? Go and stand next to that boy." She says pointing at the ginger haired boy I noticed when I was walking in. I give him a smile which he returns.

"I'm Fred. Fred Weasley." He says

"I'm Melissa. Melissa Sanchez." I responded. An older boy comes in and walks up to us.

"Still not done Freddie?" He asks. Then he notices me and smirks.

"Well I can see that you got distracted. Hi. I'm Charlie. This thing's older brother. And you are?" I smile but don't say a word. The witch comes over and says to me,

"You are done dear. Have fun at school." I smile and nod and after giving the correct money, nod my head on saying goodbye to the brothers. As I leave the store, I accidentally bump into - who I am going to assume is - a fellow first year. He glares at me.

"Watch where you are going, Mudblood." He sneers at me. I have zero clue what"Mudblood" means but judging by his expression, it is an insult. I frown.

"Oh no. Did I make the Mudblood upset? Are you going to cry Mudblood? Am I going to get to see Mudblood tears?" He finishes his taunts and then I hear the one thing I will hear a lot.

"Oi! Flint! Leave her alone!" I turn to see that boy Fred and his brother but judging by the fact that Fred is closer, I am thinking he is the one who told that boy - Flint - to leave me alone. Flint rolls his eyes but walks away. Fred and Charlie approach me. Charlie picks up my stuff while Fred checks on me.

"Hey. Are you okay?" Fred asks me concern lacing his tone and his brown eyes.

"I think so. I am slightly upset but mostly confused. What does that word mean? And why would he say it?" I ask, looking slightly up at Fred. Fred frowns and before he can answer my questions, his brother speaks up.

"As I am sure that answer will spark more questions, we have to go find Mum and Dad Fred. You two can talk at Hogwarts." I smile and nod my head.

"Alright then see you at Hogwarts Fred."

"Yeah see you at Hogwarts Melissa." I watch the two brothers walk off and realise that if my dad was still alive, he would be here helping me find everything. I continue to shop. By 4:30pm I have everything except an animal. The first thing I see is an ice cream parlour. I go into it and get a rocky road blizzard. I sit down to eat some of it before walking around a little more. Then in comes Fred and Charlie along with a group of gingers - who I am assuming are their family -. I check my watch and see that I still have to buy an animal and meet Prof. McGonagall at the bank. I go to the pet store and buy a beautiful owl who looks incredibly smart. I walk up to the worker.

"I want the bronze owl please and thank-you." The worker smiles and got the owl, a cage, and some owl pellets and treats for her. I hand her the correct amount of money. I leave the shop with my beautiful owl - who I named Athena - and walk to the bank. Two minutes later Prof. McGonagall appears and brings me home. Two weeks later it is finally September 1st. I woke up to my mother screaming at me.

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP!" I got up and dressed. She drops me off at King's Cross Station. Now how to get on the train...