Invisible

Invisible

Prologue

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I suppress the urge to giggle. My best friend Ginny, who's sitting across from me, is staring at Harry Potter again.

It's commonly known that Ginny has been very taken with Harry since her first year. I feel sorry for her, I really do, because she's always seen by people as 'the youngest Weasley,' which is not fair. She's smart, bright, and pretty, but of course Potter doesn't see that. Nope, he's just off staring at that Cho Chang. Too blind to see what's in front of him. Now he looks up and sees Ginny staring at him. And he smiles, just smiles. It makes me sick that he toys with her heart so much. He’s just pratically embarrassed poor Ginny to death.

Who am I? Well, I'm invisible for one thing. My name is Ella Mayer. I transferred from a little school near Salem, USA , during Ginny's second year. When I came here I just sat down at the Gryffindor table the day after the sorting; everyone was too caught up in the news then to notice me. But Ginny did--she's a lot like me, except ignored by most. Not really invisible, everyone knew who she was. She was one of the Weasleys. But she was ignored, she’s not her own person.

I've learned a lot from Ginny. People don't realize how much she is like Bill and George. She loves Quidditch, though she'd never play it since her family would have a fit. She comes up with great pranks and is extremely funny. She doesn't get top marks, but that's only because Ginny doesn't spend all her time in the library like I do.

She's blushing dramatically now. Colin thinks she's cute when she does that, but he made me promise never to tell her.

She looks depressed--and I know why. Because of Potter. The thing is, now we're entering our fourth year and the Dark Lord is back to power, I wonder what will happen to us all. Will we lose faith in one another and forget that we are friends? Or will we defy the odds and battle this together?

Already the school is divided. Some Slytherin seventh years were taken away by the Ministry two days ago; seems they were torturing a Muggle-Born, third year witch during the last Hogsmeade trip. One of the shocking things is that I was up the street at Honey Dukes, I had no idea what was going on.

Three weeks ago a Ravenclaw sixth year was tried for the torture of a Muggle-born outside the school, very close to Hogsmeade. She's in Azkaban now.

Even some Hufflepuffs are Death Eaters, one or two Gryffindors, too. We have are suspicions of who exactly, but the only way for them to be confirmed is when an innocent person gets hurt.

People are scared, no use in hiding that fact. The depression is already starting to gulp the castle. Even Fred and George Weasley haven't been as wild as usual. Which means the common room is quieter. Which then allows more suspicion when someone walks in with some new ‘Defense Against the Dark Arts’ books.

I haven't changed though, I knew inside it was coming. Besides, my point of view doesn't matter.

I'm invisible, remember?