Chapter 1 I woke up to the sound of birds and the warm summer air. My name is Ellie Potter. I live with my Aunt, Uncle, Cousin and Brother. This was all because when I was 24 days old my parents d!ed. I got out of my bed. I sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. My brother, Harry slept in a bedroom on the second floor. I pushed on the door to the cupboard. It didn't budge. I knew from that moment that my cousin Dudley had locked it from the outside. "Open the door!" I yelled. Moments later I heard the click of the door's lock. I pushed open the door and saw the face of a very unpleased woman looking down at me. It was Aunt Petunia. "Elizabeth!" she yelled. "Do you know how disrespectful it is to be yelling at us?" I waited for a moment staring up at her very angry face. "But the door was locked I couldn't get out." I tried to say. My words were cut off by my Aunts complaints. "Don't talk back to me Elizabeth!" she yelled. "I thought yelling was disrespectful." I muttered. Aunt Petunia turned around and I thought I was done for. "Well? Get out of that cupboard so you can hurry up and cook my breakfast." she snapped. I walked out of the cupboard and into the kitchen. Dudley's birthday was over a month ago and he was still receiving presents even though Harry's birthday was in a few days. I've never gotten a birthday present in my entire life. Suddenly a loud outburst came from the kitchen table. Uncle Vernon had taken away a letter Harry had gotten. The next day the same thing happened. And the day after that! More and more letters kept coming and Uncle Vernon had always taken them away. Until one day a whole surge of letters came out of the chimney! That was they day Uncle Vernon announced, "We're leaving!" End of Chapter
