Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Chapter 1

"Haven't I told you both to do something with those damned owls!" Uncle Vernon yelled at Harry and ne,

"What do you expect?" Harry asked.

"They never get to fly!" I told him.

"I don't care about the bloody owls!" he yelled. "Just shut them up!"

I walked over to Hoot (Author's Note: I changed the name of Emily's owl - it was originally named Jack) and Harry went over to Hedwig. We both gave the owls treats in their cages to keep them quite while we went down for breakfast.

When we arrived in the kitchen, breakfast was already made and our aunt, uncle, and cousin all sat around the table. When we sat down, I grabbed some bacon to eat.

Today was our birthday, we were turning twelve, not that I actually expected them to remember.

"I want more bacon now!" Dudley said as he watched me eat.

"Pass the pan over Harry," Aunt Petunia said as my brother took a piece.

"Give it, Potter!" Dudley said when Harry didn't immediately pass the food.

"You forgot the magic word," Harry mumbled.

Then everything went silent, but only for a moment. The Dursleys gasped when they finally realized what he had said.

"WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT USING THE 'M' WORD IN THIS HOUSE!" Uncle Vernon roared.

"But I meant please-" Harry explained.

"DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT IN THIS HOUSEHOLD!"

All summer long the Dursleys have been treating us like this. I guess that I somewhat deserve it because of the many empty threats that I have made to Dudley. Whenever he tries to take something from me, I always start saying things like 'Hocus Pocus' and he goes running for cover.

But, that wasn't the only reason that they have been treating us like this. They know that we have just come back from our first year of Hogwarts, or what they call - 'training for freaks.' I couldn't wait to go back to Hogwarts. After all, that is where Harry and I belonged. All summer we have been looking forward to the first of September just to return to the castle.

I grabbed a piece of toast and spread some butter on it, thinking about the year before. It was hard to believe that just one year ago, Hagrid burst into the shack that we were hiding in and told us that we were wizards and witches.

"Today is an important day," Uncle Vernon smiled.

I dropped my toast and Harry and I looked at each other, shock on each of our faces. Did he really remember?

"Maybe the biggest day of my career!" he went on.

Of course. He had been talking about this for the longest time now. Apparently a man and his wife were coming over to sell some drills to Uncle Vernon's company.

"Let's go over the plan," he said. "Dudley, you'll greet the guests; ask for their coats. Petunia, you'll be in the lounge, welcoming them to our home. Harry and Emily, where will you two be?"

"In our room," Harry said.

"Pretending that we're not here," I finished.

"Exactly!" he said happily.

Once the plan was retold, all of us left the table. For the remainder of the day, we were to stay out of Aunt Petunia's way while she cleaned up. We stayed in our room most of the time, wishing we were elsewhere. Not a single card came from our friends that day. In fact, we hadn't gotten a letter the entire summer.

"Happy birthday, Harry," I smiled as I handed him a card that I made for him.

"Happy birthday," he smiled as he handed me a hand made card.

Every year for as long as I could remember, we had always done this. No one ever remembered our birthday, so we would always come up with something to give the other - normally it was a hand-made card. Last year we couldn't make cards because of Uncle Vernon's determination to keep us away from magic.

I opened up my card and I read it to myself. On the front of the card, it said in big letters, 'Happy Birthday Emily!' and on the inside it said 'I hope you have a magical birthday!' Beside the picture was a photograph of Harry and me standing in front of Hogwarts.

As the day went on, we both decided to go outside. Well, not tom mention that Aunt Petunia wanted us out of the house.

"I know what today is," Dudley said coming up to us.

"Congratulations," I said sarcastically. "You've finally learned the days of the week!"

"Just when we thought there was no hope!" Harry muttered.

"It's your birthday today," he said. "Noticed that you didn't get anything from your friends at that freak school."

We both glared at him, but something else caught my eye. In a bush nearby, I saw two green eyes. Harry looked over at me as if to ask if I saw it too.

"What are you two doing?" Dudley said looking at the bush.

"Trying to figure out the best spell to use if I wanted to set this bush on fire..." Harry lied.

"You're not allowed to, Dad won't allow it!"

"Jiggery pokery," I started, acting like I was performing a spell.

"Hocus pocus!" Harry played along.

"MUM!" our cousin yelled. "THEY'RE DOING YOU-KNOW-WHAT!"

He ran into the house again while Harry and I laughed at how gullible he was. When Aunt Petunia heard that we had been messing with Dudley, knowing that we weren't really doing magic, she made us do some work around the house.

Once we were finished, the Masons were due to be there any minute and everything was set up. The only thing in the way was us.

"Hurry up!" Uncle Vernon rushed us. "They'll be here any minute!"

We had to practically shovel food into our mouth just to appease our uncle. They wanted us to eat before the guests arrived to make sure they wouldn't have to show our faces.

When we finished eating, we had to run up the stairs because the Masons had just arrived.

"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Mason," I heard Dudley say. "May I take your coats?"

I didn't hear anything else from them when I got to my room room though.

"What is-" Harry said quietly as I entered the room.

Then I saw what he was talking about. Sitting on top of Harry's bed was a small, big green-eyed creature. That must have been what we saw in the bush earlier that day...

"Um...Hello..." Harry said to the creature.

"Hi," I said to it.

"Harry Potter and Emily Potter!" it said in a high pitched voice. "I've been waiting so long to speak to you!"

Thanks for reading, I know it wasn't that much, but I've had a lot to do recently. Tell me what you think so far and any suggestions that you have! PLEASE REVIEW!