Hello! Okay so to those who haven't read this story yet... TADA! My first fanfiction! Full of laughter and whatnot.

EDIT; 1/29/2012

Right, so I'm back and now there shouldn't as many grammar mistakes as before. I know I said I wouldn't edit this story again, but I lied. I'm writing this story, not just for the fun of it but to improve my writing skills and I think this has helped a lot. So that's why I keep editing it. I really do hope this will be the last time because we're getting close to the end of the first book. (Happy Dance!) So anyways, thank you guys for being so patient with me, and I really hope you enjoy my story because as cheesy as this sounds, it really does make my day to hear that you guys enjoyed my story...

REVISED: 11/7/2013

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any movie or song I make reference to... and I make A LOT... so in fact they should pay me I mean I'm advertising there stuff right? Well I guess our deal is they don't ask me to pay so I won't ask them... works out well that way. ;P

Wizards and Witches and Stones oh my!

Prologue

It was a beautiful spring afternoon. The warm sunlight was shining down on the recently rained on town. Men and women were bustling about getting a few things from the little local grocery store or tending to their gardens while the ground was still moist. The park in the middle of the town was filled with children and their parents, laughing and smiling.

It was just another day, in another seemingly average town, but by no means was this town average.

In fact, this town was quite the opposite, because this was a town full of witches and wizards. Of course they had their fair share of muggles (non-magical people), but for the most part, it was just people with magic. They carried wands, had moving pictures, chess sets that talked and yes, they even rode brooms.

This town was usually a rather cheery and peaceful place, but before the day was through, this peaceful and cheery town would become a scarred town.

In order for you, my dear readers, to understand, though, we must pause and have a small history lesson.

You see, for eleven or so years a war had been waging in the shadows, causing great damage and devastating loss.

Then one night, the war came to an abrupt and somewhat confusing end. The man, who started this mass devastation, Lord Voldemort or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to those afraid of him, attacked the small home of the Potter family. No one was quite sure what happened that night, (well, except for maybe Dumbledore, but since he's not sharing...) but somehow, one little boy stopped a man thought to be unstoppable. And even now, seven months later, people were still celebrating.

Despite what the populace would like to think though, the war was not quite over yet. Voldemort had many followers and those followers did not take losing their leader easily. Thus Aurors were still hunting down those followers that called themselves Death Eaters. It was not unusual for a small group of Death Eaters to attack a mostly wizarding village like this one.

This brings us back to the town we were talking about earlier.

Two year old Riley Langley and her mother Eliza were enjoying a lovely day at the park playing on the swings and running around. They decided, after a few games of tag, to get some ice cream from the vendor on the corner. It was as they were enjoying there extra chocolate ice cream, that Eliza heard it.

Now, Eliza herself, being a former Order of the Phoenix member, had been in many duels and had seen many battles. Thus, it was understandable why she immediately recognized the screams of fear and flashes of green light coming from the park they had just left.

Death Eaters were attacking.

Eliza quickly gathered up Riley and their things, hoping to get away before the Death Eaters saw them. Maybe then he could get a message to the Aurors and get Riley to safety. Unfortunately, plans never seem to work the way you want them to and before Eliza knew it, they were surrounded.

Eliza knew she had no chance of surviving this fight, there were just too many, but Riley still had a chance. It was a dangerous plan, but the only one she could think of at that moment.

See, Riley was born a natural animangus, meaning she had been able to turn into a fox since birth. Of course, she couldn't fully control it yet, and it took a lot of energy out of her. The last time Riley had accidentally changed while having a fit, she slept for a whole day and a half after changing back.

Eliza had been told by a healer, that the change put to much stress on the little girl and sucked her magical core dry, which could lead to death. It was dangerous, but it was Eliza's last hope at getting Riley out of there safely.

So, whispering into her ear, Eliza told Riley to try really, really hard to turn into a fox and run as fast as she could to their home, a few blocks away.

Riley, not really knowing what was going on, did as her mother told her. She turned into a tiny red fox and ran home as fast as her little legs could carry her, only to collapse from exhaustion when she got there. It wasn't for another two days, when she awoke, that she was told she would never again get to see her mother.

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Two years later, most Death Eaters had been caught. Though there were still quite a few that had weaseled there way out of jail, or had not been caught at all.

Isaac Langley was a good man. He was always rather quite and shy but underneath that he had always ached for an adventure. That was why he decided to work for the Department of Mysteries after he left school.

He had just started to make a name for himself among his coworkers, when he was placed on a project with Nicholas Flamel. That project caught the attention of a couple of greedy "Ex-Death Eaters", who came to Isaac with a not-so-friendly request to hand it over. He, of course, refused.

So, on November 10th of 1984, Aurors showed up at the home of one Isaac Langley and his step daughter, Riley Langley, to find the Dark Mark over their house. Inside they found Isaac Langley dead and five year old Riley staring at the body in shock.

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The traumatized Riley then went to live with her godfather, Remus Lupin. Soon after that, a law was passed that made it impossible for a werewolf, like Remus, to take care of a child. So Riley was once again moved, this time to live with a distant cousin.

And it is just a few years later that this tale really begins...

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Chapter One; Introductions and Stuck up Boys

Riley Langley was sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast and humming Eat It by Weird Al under her breath. She wasn't quite sure how she got the song in her head, but for some odd reason, it had been repeating over and over since she'd woken up. It didn't help that she couldn't remember all the words either.

Riley was startled out of her thoughts by an irritated pecking noise at the window. Don't ask her how she could tell it was irritated, because she wouldn't be able to tell you. It must be just one of those sixth sense things, She mused to herself as she jumped to her feet and opened the window wide.

She paused for a moment to enjoy the smell of the woods after it rained. Then turned and took the letter from the owl that had started to hoot in annoyance. After being relieved of the letter, it immediately took off right back out the window.

"Fine!" Riley yelled after it, "Leave! But you could have had toast!"

After sticking her tongue out at the retreating form in the sky, she looked at the thick envelope in her hands and gasped. On the front of the envelope, addressed in emerald-green ink was:

Ms. R. Langley,

Cottage in the woods,

Wood Dalling

Riley smiled huge and opened it quickly, her hands shaking with excitement. She had been waiting for this letter for years. She pulled the letter out and read:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Miss Langley,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1st. We await your owl by no later than July 31st.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

Riley looked down the list of books and equipment, her excitement growing with every word. She looked up when her Aunt Andromeda ("I'm actually your second cousin, Riley." "Well, whatever, who actually pays attention to that stuff anyway?") walked into the room carrying a basket of laundry to be washed.

"What have you got there?" She asked Riley, seeing the big grin on her face.

"I finally got my Hogwarts letter!" Riley squealed, jumping up and down excitedly.

Andromeda laughed at her niece's excitement, as she walked into the small laundry room next to the kitchen, Riley on her heels.

"Aunt Andy, can we go to Diagon Alley today? Please?" Riley asked giving her aunt her best puppy-dog face.

Andromeda smiled warmly, "How about we have Dora come over to celebrate tonight and we go tomorrow?"

Riley beamed, "All right! I'll send her a letter. I've got to send one to Uncle Mad-eye and Moony, too."

Riley was already halfway across the kitchen by the time she finished her sentence. Andromeda watched, as Riley disappeared up the stairs to her room, singing Eat It at the top of her lungs. (Getting half of the words wrong, mind you, since she still couldn't remember them all.)

Andromeda smiled. It seemed like just yesterday that Riley was eight years old, telling anyone who would listen, that she was going to become the greatest witch of all time and stop the evil ministry people from taking her Moony away from her. In the four years since Riley had come to live there, Andromeda and Ted Tonks had come to love her like their own and though Riley was almost afraid to say so, they knew she loved them as well.

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Riley was buzzing with excitement the rest of the day; she couldn't wait to go to Hogwarts. Ever since she was little, she would hear such amazing stories from everyone. Especially from Moony; she would swear up and down that it was his fault she was a prankster, and surprisingly (or not), some people believed her. She couldn't wait to have some amazing adventures of her own that she could tell her kids about one day.

When dinner time rolled around, Tonks showed up cheerful as ever. She was Andromeda and Ted's only daughter and had left Hogwarts just that past June. Now, she was studying under Alastor Moody (Riley's maternal uncle) to become an Auror. She was horribly clumsy, but what she lacked in stealth, she made up for in disguise. She was a metamorphmangus, meaning she could change the way she looked to almost anything she wanted.

She, like Riley, was also a big troublemaker. Together they got into lots of trouble, all the time. So it didn't come as much of a surprise when the two started a mass food fight with desert— much to the disapproval of Andromeda.

Later, as Riley and Tonks cleaned up the mess they made (Andromeda was scary). Riley listened to everyone talk about their days at Hogwarts and all the great times they had. The only thing that bugged her, was no matter how she asked it, no one would tell Riley how they were sorted into the different houses.

After a long night of talking and cleaning (Andromeda was proud to say she wouldn't have to worry about another food fight for a long time), Riley flopped on her bed and instantly fell asleep, dreaming of what was to come at Hogwarts.

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The next morning Riley got up early (crazier things have happened) and rushed to get ready. She was excited about going to Diagon Alley, having only been there a couple of times. She put on a pair of jeans, a Beatles t-shirt and pulled her ever wild and wavy hair up in a messy ponytail.

Since her step-dad and her uncle Ted were muggleborns, she grew up with both muggle and wizard things, but she always preferred jeans and t-shirts to robes. They were much more comfortable to her.

Riley rushed down the stairs and into the kitchen, running right into her chair. She picked up the chair, without the least bit of embarrassment, bowed to the laughing Andromeda and said with a straight face; "thank you, thank you, I do my best."

When they got to the Leaky Cauldron (she absolutely hated floo powder), Riley could hardly contain her excitement. No matter how many times she saw it, Riley couldn't help but gasp at how amazing Diagon Alley looked; People bustling about from shop to shop, sometimes stopping to say hello to a friend. So many things and colors to look at, you wish you had more than one set of eyes.

They spent the whole day shopping. Riley dragged her aunt into the joke shop and tried to buy everything she could get her hands on. Until Andromeda had to pick Riley up and throw her over her shoulder (in a very unladylike manner, which is unheard of for Andromeda) and take a pouting Riley outside to finish getting the stuff on the list.

After about an hour, they only had two more things to get; Riley's wand and her robes. Riley decided to get her robes first, since getting a wand could take ages. As they were headed towards Madam Malkins, Andromeda left to get a couple flowers for her garden and told Riley to wait at the robe shop for her.

Riley, not really caring one way or another, skipped off to the shop by herself. When she got there, she noticed there were already two boys getting fitted. The first boy had raven black hair that looked like it would never be tamed, startling green eyes and round glasses. He looked kind of lost; like he wasn't even sure he should be there.

The second boy had slicked back, pale blonde hair and steel gray eyes. He had an arrogant air about him that made Riley wary, but she decided it was only fair to get to know him before calling him arrogant.

Breaking from her thoughts, Riley walked over to Madam Malkins assistant who was beckoning her over to stand on a stool next to the black haired boy.

"Hello," Blondie said politely, "Hogwarts, too?"

"Yes."

"Yep."

Glasses and Riley said at the same time; Riley popping the P.

"My father's next door buying my books and mother's up the street looking at wands," said Blondie. He had a bored, drawling voice that grated on Riley's nerves, "Then I'm going to drag them off to look at racing brooms. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow."

Well, there's that arrogance. Riley thought with a grimace.

"Have either of you got your own brooms?" Blondie asked them.

"No," Glasses said before looking at Riley.

"No, my godfather always says that I'm enough of a klutz on the ground and he didn't even want to imagine me on a broom," Riley replied grinning at Glasses, who smiled back shyly.

"Oh," Blondie said with distaste on his face. He turned back to Glasses, "Play Quidditch at all?"

"No," Glasses said again looking slightly confused.

Must be a muggleborn, Riley thought sadly. Anyone who didn't know about one of the greatest games ever was very unlucky in Riley's opinion.

"I do," Blondie said not waiting for Riley's answer, "Father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree. Know what house you'll be in yet?"

"No," Glasses said looking lost. Riley felt bad and decided to help a bit.

"No one really knows what house they'll be in till we get there. I've thought about it a lot and I'm still not sure. I mean I don't think I would ever be placed in Ravenclaw; I've never been one for studying. Moony says I'm loyal enough for Hufflepuff; but I don't really fancy being a bumble bee. My parents and Moony were Gryffindors, so I might end up there as well. Who knows?" Riley shrugged.

Blondie looked at her with even more disgust, but still said to Glasses;

"I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been."

Riley snorted catching the attention of both boys. It was a well known fact that Gryffindors and Slytherins hated each other and for all her thoughts on what house she would be in, she grew up with the Gryffindor prejudice.

"Figures you would, all the right makings: spoiled, douchey, and acts like you've got a stick shoved so far up your ar – ouch!" she was cut off by the assistant poking her with a needle. She couldn't help it; Moony always said she was missing the filter between her mind and her mouth.

Glasses was chuckling and Blondie was glaring.

"I say, look at that man!" Blondie exclaimed suddenly, nodding toward the front window. Riley looked up and saw a giant of a man grinning at Glasses and pointing at two large ice creams. Riley had to give it to the kid; he sure knew how to change a subject.

"That's Hagrid," Glasses seemed pleased he knew something Blondie did not, "He works at Hogwarts."

"Oh," said Blondie, "I've heard of him. He's a sort of servant, isn't he?"

"He's the gamekeeper," Riley corrected. Tonks had told her about the kindly man who had a love for animals that could rival Riley's.

"Yes, exactly. I heard he's sort of savage- lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed."

"I think he's brilliant," Glasses said coldly.

"Do you?" Blondie sneered, "Why is he with you? Where are your parents?"

"They're dead," Glasses replied shortly.

"Not like it's any of your business anyway," Riley snapped. The boy was starting to really annoy her. Luckily, before Riley could throw a stink pellet at him, (oh, yes. She would've gotten away with it, too. Many skills are gained when your godfather is a master prankster) the assistant finished with her and Madam Malkin finished with Glasses. They both hopped off the footstools.

"Well, I'll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose," said Blondie to Glasses while sneering slightly in Riley's direction.

They walked out the door; chatting about the shops they had been to, when the giant gamekeeper came over and introduced himself as Rubeus Hagrid.

Riley smiled at him and stuck out her hand, "I'm Riley Langley, nice to properly meet you."

They shook hands, or well, Riley shook his hand, while Hagrid shook her arm.

Then she turned to Harry and held out her hand again.

"Sorry, but I don't think I ever learned your name."

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter," he replied shaking her hand, hoping she didn't react like the people in the Leaky Cauldron did. He watched as she blinked once. Twice. Three times, then broke into a wide smile.

"Are you really? Oh that's so cool! You're the first celebrity I've ever met. Man, Tonks is going to be so jealous," She talked so fast Harry had a hard time understanding her. Then suddenly, she froze, her face splitting into the biggest grin Harry had ever seen. Then she started jumping around and yelling, "YES! I win the bet! Ha-haa! Two weeks free of chores for me! Yes!"

Harry and Hagrid just watched her with varying amounts of amusement and confusion. Harry was starting to wonder if all wizards were crazy, or if he was just unlucky (or maybe lucky) enough to keep finding the ones that were.

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Well, there it is. The updated Chapter one.

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