Chapter 1
Chapter 1
All around me was chaos. If you had told me seven years ago, hell even seven hours ago that I would be battling Death-Eaters during my last year at Hogwarts, well I would have run the other way and hid. Don't get me wrong I was still terrified but when I saw his face, fighting for our freedom was the only option. My name is Elsa, Elsa Borden, or at least that is the name that the orphanage gave me. My long black curly hair had natural silver streaks in it. It wasn't grey hairs it was thick silver-blonde streaks. My eyes were bright silver as well; I was short for my age but my body developed faster than other girls. The boys in the orphanage tried to get me alone and see how far they could go before someone heard me scream. All my life I was beaten for being different, made fun of for being a freak then I turn eleven, everything changed. I was a witch! At first, I had laughed it off as a joke but then Professor McGonagall showed up at the orphanage and showed me. I was so happy but it was short-lived.
First-year at Hogwarts was amazing, the houses are Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin, they were supposed to be our family at school that is what McGonagall told us. After getting sorted into Ravenclaw, I learned that McGonagall was wrong. Our houses were not a family. A troll somehow found its way into our school on Halloween. Our Headmaster was Albus Dumbledore, it was said that he is the strongest wizard around. Our Defense Against the Dark Arts(DADA) teacher professor Quirell was a scared little man, who disappeared at the end of the year. Our Potions Professor was Snape, he hates everyone, who isn't a Slytherin. McGonagall was our Transfiguration teacher. Then there was our Charms Professor Flitwick, Poppy Pomfrey, Professor Binns a ghost who should not be a teacher, Filch the groundskeeper who hated kids, Hagrid a half-giant who was the games keeper and Madam Hooch, she taught us to fly on brooms. Then there were the ghosts and Peeves, who is a poltergeist that likes to prank everyone. The ghosts besides Professor Binns were Nearly headless Nick, the Bloody Baron, the Fat Fryer, The Grey Lady, and Moaning Myrtle, When I came back from my first year of Hogwarts, the orphanage told me I was no longer welcome there. I was an eleven year ago child alone in London. I learned fast to protect myself. I didn't make friends, just kept my head down and learned all that Hogwarts could teach me.
Second-year I met him, well them. The Twins, the Weasley Twins to be exact. They were the pranksters in our school and I tried my hardest to stay out of their sight. They smirked as they told me to avoid my common room for the day, I listened. They decided that I was a friend so I was safe... from them. The students in my house hated me, with a passion. The library was my safe haven, Madam Pince had given me permission to visit every part of the library, including the restricted section. Our new Professor Lockhart was a complete boob, utterly worthless. I couldn't understand why people liked him or believed him. Harry Potter spoke to snakes, a parseltongue they called him, everyone thought he was the heir of Slytherin. A dark Wizard, which was utterly stupid, his mother and best friend was a muggle-born. I had read about Harry and met him. He looked like he just wanted to be left alone. I was terrified when the attacks started because I didn't know if I was a muggle-born or not, I hid in my room until the news that the monster had been destroyed. As I got off the train, the Twins waved by and I disappeared down an empty alleyway to find a place to sleep.
Third-year a mass murderer, or at least they said he was but the Twins said he was innocent, was on the loose and looking for Harry Potter. Third-year was pretty normal, just me, the library and the Twins when they were up to no good. Our school was host to the Dementors, dark floating beings that took away happiness and could suck out your soul, they were looking for Black but kept attacking Potter. I did meet Oliver Wood that year, he was so nice and charming, we started dating. I cared for him deeply but it was his last year and I didn't want him to know the truth about me. So at the end of the year, I made some lame excuse and broke up with him. Our new DADA teacher Professor Lupin was the best we have ever had and apparently the best we were ever going to have but he had to quit when Professor Snape outed him as a werewolf. Stupid people and their ignorant fears.
Fourth-year was... Magical. Sounds cheesy, I know but the Twi-Wizard Tournament. It was Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory but then a fourth name can out... Guess who? Yep, Harry Potter. Everyone hated him for cheating, why didn't they see that he didn't do it. He hated his fame, wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Someone wanted him hurt or worse dead. Turns out it was V... Voldemort. The dark wizard was supposed to be dead. Harry held a dead Cedric telling us that he was back but no one wanted to believe him. They were scared. Our new DADA was an ex-Auror, some kind of Magic police. Professor Moody, everyone called him Mad-eye because one of his eyes was a magic glass eye but he left at the end of the year too. That summer was hard; I was terrified to be a fourteen homeless girl but I knew Harry had it worse. The Prophet made him and Dumbledore out to be liars. To be crazy. Like Harry hadn't watched someone he cared for die right before his eyes. Everyone believed the Prophet, well not me.
Fifth-year... what can I say. Two words. Dolores Umbridge. That evil little pink toad! She worked for the Ministry, telling us that Potter was wrong. She was being Defense Against the Dark Arts professor but she wouldn't teach us. Her dentations were torture, literally. I ran into the Twins after one, she used something called a blood quill, which is illegal. It causes whatever you write to carve itself into your hand. That is the year the Twins left. Just up and left but not with causing chaos on the way out. It was amazing. I tried not to admit it but I missed them. Harry Potter was teaching us defense in secret until Cho ratted us out. Of course, she had no control in the matter but she betrayed us nonetheless. We distracted the teachers as Harry, Hermione Granger, Ron, and Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom disappeared into the air to save someone. That summer everyone knew that Harry told the truth. Lord Voldemort had returned.
The sixth year was gloom and doom. Everyone was terrified. The Death-eaters were attacking muggles, muggle-born, blood-traitors, and anyone who was in their way. Our old potions professor Snape became our DADA teacher, he was still horrible. Don't know why he was a teacher. Our new Potions teacher was actually the old potions professor Slughorn. At the end of the year, everything changed. Hogwarts, the safest place in the magical world was attacked by Death-eaters. Dumbledore was murdered and Snape was the new Headmaster. The war had taken my safe haven and turned it into a nightmare that I was scared to return to. All summer I thought about what would happen but it never came close to the truth.
The seventh-year started as a nightmare but thankfully Harry Potter, Hermione, and Ron were not here. We tried to stay strong as the year went on, taking the punishments we earned from the Carrows when we didn't join in torturing the younger years. Snape our headmaster was a death eater, Harry Potter told us he wasn't to be trusted and he was right, now Death eaters ruled our school. Finally, the day came when rumors of Potter's return to Hogwarts, we were called to the main hall to stand before the Carrows and Snape as he told us we would be punished if we knew where Potter was or what his plan was and didn't say anything. No one moved until we heard steps then gasps, we turned and saw him. Harry Potter looked furious and Snape was his target. The door opened and in walked Hermione, the Weasleys, Lupin, and some people I didn't know but if The Twins trusted them so did I. McGonagall attacked Snape, he flung the spells away from him killing the Carrow and disappearing out the window.
Harry asked us for time, McGonagall told us to protect ourselves. The war was now at our doorstep as Filch lead the Slytherins to the dungeons when they tried to hand Potter to Voldemort. We weren't going to let that happen. So we spread out around the castle and waited for Voldemort to break through the shield around us. I saw the Twins, they smiled at me and I gasped. One had lost an ear, George. He shook his head and smiled, I nodded and headed off toward the front of the school. The shield broke and curses began to fly. I got hit but kept fighting as they forced us back. They had Dementor, Trolls, giants, werewolves, and spiders on their side. We were outnumbered but we would not give up. We were all in the main hall again, fighting for our lives because the enemy didn't seem to mind that we were teenagers. I was hit with a torture curse and fell to the ground as the death eater stood over me laughing.
"Well, what do we have here. Curly black hair, silver eyes. This must be the lost daughter of Sirius Black, dear wife." The man stated as he looked down at me. "Come meet your niece, Bella."
I heard her high pitch giggle and tensed up as Bellatrix came into sight. "Hello, dear niece. I am sorry to say your father couldn't be here, I killed him two years ago." My heart broke at her words but I kept my face emotionless. "He was so lost when he thought that you were dead. I guess Lucius stole you away before we blew up your mother's house. Oh well, Malfoy will pay for his betrayal after I kill you as well." She raised her wand and I took my shot.
I waved my wand and suddenly I was across the room beside Remus. Bellatrix scream and tried to attack me but Remus stepped between us and distracted her while I took out her husband. I saw Tonks, Remus' wife fall and he cried out. I turned as Bellatrix cursed him and swung out without my magic, causing a flash of light to explode from my body knocking everyone around me to the ground. I looked at Remus and everything went black as I passed out.