Chapter 1 - I was sitting with my friends Ginny and Hermione in Ginny's room, petting Hermione's ginger cat, Crookshanks. He purred as I scratched his fuzzy head. We were excitedly talking about going to the quidditch world cup, and debating which team would win. Hi. I'm Gwendolyn Potter. And for the past few years, I have been living in the world of witches and wizards. My brother, Harry, is what's called a halfblood. Half magic, half normal. His Mum was muggle-born, his Dad was pureblood. Harry isn't really my brother, of course, I'm adopted, but he's as real a brother as I could ever have. Ginny and Hermione are two of the closest friends I've got. They go to Hogwarts with me. Hogwarts is a school for witches and wizards. Me and Hemione are going into our fourth year there, and Ginny's going into her third. We were at Ginny's house, by the way. And I was so glad to be there, away from my horrible Aunt and Uncle. Abusive idiots. I couldn't wait to get away from them. I often wished Petunia and Vernon had never adopted me, but then I wondered, if they hadn't, where would I be? See, my parents abandoned me when I was four. I haven't had a single thought about them since, but recently, I've been wondering. Who are they, where are they? Why did they abandon me? What made them make that choice? I wanted to know. I couldn't stop thinking. This was the year I would find it out. I knew it.
