1 1. First Step

[Congradulations you have been granted a second chance at life. As you are probably aware, you have unfortunately died and have been given the option to be reborn. You will not remember but you have already accepted your second chance at life and you are about to wake up in your new body. Have fun experimenting with yourself and a helpfull tip is to try and say system.]

Day 1

When I woke up I was very confused and very tired. My body was extremely sluggish and I struggled to even keep my eyes open. I realised that I have been reborn but I didn't know where or when I was at the moment. I didn't feel the warmth of a mother holding me against her chest or the feeling of laying on a soft bed. No instead the ground beneath me felt rough and prickly and it appears that I was in some sort of cell as there were metal bars all around me.

The next thing I noticed was that I wasn't alone in the cell as it also hosted giant snow owls. The things were huge! They were larger then me by a lot. 'Who'd throw a newborn baby in a cell with giant owls!? I'm pretty sure that I am in some sort of fantasy world because Owls are nowhere near as big as they are here compared to my last life.'

That thought was quikly cut off as I noticed a giant staring at me from across the room. A normal person would typically scream and run away if they saw a giant but not me. Nope I belong to a tier above normal as the first thing I did when I saw the giant was Faint.

Day 3

So my life is basically a giant joke. I woke up yesterday after fainting and I learned a few things about the world. The first being that I am no longer a human but instead a baby snow owl. Shocked wouId be an understatement of how I felt when I found out. I could no longer enjoy the feeling of having hands or more importantly thumbs. Do you know how annoying it is to try and pick something up when you don't have hands, Spoiler it's bloody infuriating!!!

The second thing I learned was that I was in a pet store called Eeylop's Owl Emporium, the same one from Harry Potter. So I came to the conclusion that I was either at a stepped up attraction at Universal Studios or that I was living in the real life magic world. And that question was answered when the third thing I noticed around me, people using real magic. It wasn't some B.S slight of hand trick or programmed machines that move to make things like say books fly into the book shelves. Nope all real 100% magic at work.

So I guess that someone will eventually buy me and I'll be delivering mail via air. Oh now that I think about it that would be fun, not the labor part of it but the part about flying in the air. I'd try to fly right now but currently my body is too small and I look like any other bird my age, and by that I mean ugly. I look like a midget sized dodo that has grey fluffy fur around it. Yeah fun fact Snow owls aren't white from the get go and being nearsighted sucks.

What do you mean by that you may ask? Well I'll tell you a few things I remebered about the Snow Owls. First of all Snow Owls have large corneas and pupils that allow in a lot of light allowing them to have good night vision and see things better from a large distance. In return they are nearsighted and have problems seeing things from upclose. To make up for this Owls have bristles at their beak that help them feel things around from up close. Snow Owls have facial discs around their eyes that reflect sound waves toward their hard to notice ear tufts. Snow owls can't move their eyes around like humans so instead they turn their head instead to redirect their vision. We have three eyelids and can fly silently.

That is pretty much all the knowledge I have on snow owls and thank god that I even had that much. It is really annoying that I have to turn my head to look at something that isn't straight infront of me but hey i'm still adjusting.

Day 4

Today I learned that the law of the jungle is fucking harsh. The other owls or should I say siblings all beat me up! Why would they do this you may ask? Well to make it simple I am abnormal and apparently it doesn't matter what creature you are, if you are diffrent than the rest you are either feared or hated. So somehow they sensed that I was different than them and they all started to beat me up.

So todays goal is to lay low and just to focus on grabbing grub when the owner feeds us. It's a warzone when mealtime comes around, but it's one I have to participate in if I want to grow big and strong.

Day 5

Yesterday I somehow suceeded in getting all three meals and today I have the same goal. Oh and apparently I'm a female snow owl as I am a bit larger than the other baby owls.

Day 6

Nothing to report I'm just going to eat all my meals again today.

Day 7

All meals were eaten.

Day 14

Yep I skipped a week for you because all I did was eat and hide from my family of bullies. I like to picture the other owls wearing little street clothes like they belong to their own little gangs. It's a cute picture that helps distract me from my severe boredom. Being locked in a small cage is boring, really boring and I hate it.

On a better note our bodies are a bit larger and I am finally growing real feathers. It might be due to magic or maybe that I belong to a special breed of snow owls that our growth is super fast. But hey the faster I grow the sooner someone will buy me and I'll finally have the freedom I dream of. Well not total freedom as I'll still be a messanger but atleast it's better than this cage.

Day 15

Alright so it seems that my dream of freedom came a bit early. To recap this mornings events, it all started when I went to eat breakfast. The store owner fed us like usual and I went up to grab one of the larger sized pieces of meat. My siblings didn't like that so they all ganged up on me and beat me up. I was left in the corner of the cage without any food to eat for the first time since my birth. I felt annoyed and well I think the world would be disgusted at the sight of my family eating happily while they just tossed me aside.

I wasn't the only one who felt like this though as at the time of those events a young Harry Potter saw the whole scene. From my guess this was when Hagrid took Harry around Diagon Alley to get his school supplies for Hogwarts. I couldn't really understand human language that well right now for whatever reason but I could tell that he was symphathysing with me. He pointed towards me and from reading his lips I could tell that he said "I choose that one".

Hagrid looked a bit shocked and asked if Harry was sure and Harry answered with a nod. The shop owner then proceeded to sell Harry all he needed to own an owl wich consisted of Owl treats to a nice looling cage. I was then taken from the larger cage and then placed into Harry's cage.

Whelp it lools like from now on my name is Hedwig.

Day 16

After Harry bought me yesterday he went around the rest of Diagon Alley and the events happened like scripted. He got his wand, you know Tom Riddle's twin wand and then left with Hagrid. Fun fact Hagrid left Harry at a decent hotel and it appears that we will be staying here until tommorow.

So right now Harry is trying to make sure that he has everything ready for tommorow. And watching him prepare everything made me realise that Harry wasn't a character from a book or movie but an actual person. He just looks so deppressed, so lonely, and incredibly fragile. It's honestly a miracle that the kid isn't a walking ball of fury and hatred from how he was treated.

Harry noticed my gaze and he got up from off of the ground and he came over and opened my cage. I slowly walked out of the cage and I stared at the boy waiting for whatever he was planning. Harry pulled out my lunch and he gave it to me. It was cut up snake and rat meat which he felt disgusted over as he was gagging when he pulled it out. I on the other hand ate it with glee, as being an owl overwrites the human thoughts of diagust when seeing the rat meat.

When I was done eating my lunch I noticed that Harry was on the floor once again fiddling with his suitcases. I jumped off of the dresser and performed a landing on Harry's head that would have been gotten me a performance score of two out of ten. Harry jumped when he felt the new weight on his head and he was surprised to find me comftorably sitting on his head when he looked into the mirror. Harry at first didn't like that I was on his head as he tried to shoo me off and tell me to get off. I didn't listen though as I was dead set on claiming his hair as my personal spot.

Harry gave up after a decent struggle, he didn't have it in him to put enough force to push me hard enough where I would end up hurt. So I stayed on his head all day and I only got off when it was dinner time and time to go to bed.

Day 17

After a quick breakfast Harry was all packed up and ready to leave. He spent a good ten minutes trying to convince me to get off of from on his head and into the cage but I refused. So he gave up and went to the trainstation to get on the Hogwarts express. I felt a wave of drowsiness overtake me and I fell asleep, and I really wish I hadn't as I didn't get to see Harry run through the wall.

"Wicked!"

I woke up to an annoying red head admiring Harry's scar. Ron looked like an annoying brat, and he acted like it too.

"Is your entire family made up of wizards?"

"Yes, except for my mom's second cousin. He's an accountant, we never talk about him."

"You must know loads of magic already then." Said Harry a bit jealous.

"I heard you went to live with Muggles," said Ron. "What are they like?"

"Horrible -well, not all of them. My aunt and uncle and cousin are, though. Wish I'd had three wizard brothers."

"Five," said Ron. For some reason, he was looking gloomy.

"I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I've got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left -- Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy's a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they're really funny. Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first. You never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I've got Bill's old robes, Charlie's old wand, and Percy's old rat."

Ron reached inside his jacket and pulled out a fat gray rat, which was asleep.

"His name's Scabbers and he's useless, he hardly ever wakes up. Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn't aff -- I mean, I got Scabbers instead."

Ron's ears went pink. He seemed to think he'd said too much, because he went back to staring out of the window.

'I could seriously care less about the boys inferiority complex. He's barking up the wrong tree if he wants pity from Harry. Atleast Ron gets presents, atleast Ron has a family. Harry doesn't have that luxary, and the fame you get jealous over came with the price of Harry never being able to meet his parents again.' I didn't want to listen to anymore crap so I went to sleep.

A lot of time must have past as when I woke up I felt pretty well rested. Coincidently I also woke up exactly whem three new boys entered the compatment.

"I heard that Harry Potter was in this compartment. Is it true?"Said the blond boy.

"Hi Harry, my name's Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. Pleasure to meet you."

Ron gave a slight cough, which might have been hiding a snigget. Draco Malfoy looked at him.

"Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford."

He turned back to Harry. "You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there."

He held out his hand to shake Harry's, but Harry didn't take it.

"I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks," he said coolly.

Draco Malfoy didn't go red, but a pink tinge appeared in his pale cheeks.

"I'd be careful if I were you, Potter," he said slowly. "Unless you're a bit politer you'll go the same way as your parents. They didn't know what was good for them, either. You hang around with riffraff like the Weasleys and that Hagrid, and it'll rub off on you. Who knows maybe something unfortunate will also happen to that ugly little bird on your head as well."

Both Harry and Ron stood up.

"Say that again," Ron said, his face as red as his hair.

"Oh, you're going to fight us, are you?" Malfoy sneered.

"Unless you get out now," said Harry.

"But we don't feet like leaving, do we, boys? We've eaten all our food and you still seem to have some."

Goyle reached toward the chocolate frogs and Ron let out an angry yell.

Before the fat boy could grab the treats I jumped off of Harry's head and landed on the treat. I grabbed the chocolate with my claw and I expertly dodged Goyle's hand. I hopped up back onto Harry's head as I admired the boys shocked faces. I then took a bit from the chocolate frog and chewed it up with my beak and mixed it around in my mouth.

I then looked down at Draco and spit the liquid chocolate in his face. Ron lost it as he laughed his ass off, while Draco tried to wipe the chocolate off of his face.

"You little bastard! Lets go, it's beneath me to fight against the blood traitor and scar boy. And you better watch out for your stupid bird as i'll make sure it dissapears."

The three boys left, however, they knocked down an assortment of chocolate frogs onto the floor on there way out.

"Can't believe that guy," said Harry.

"I know his family," said Ron. "They were some of the first to come back to our side after You-Know-Who disappeared. Said they'd been bewitched. My dad doesn't believe it. He says Malfoy's father didn't need an excuse to go over to the Dark Side."

The door opened and Hermione entered.

"Why does it look like there was a fight going on in here?"

'Oh cool I missed her earlier as I was asleep.' Ron then proceeded to tell her about the ecounter they had with the three future Slytherins.

"How could such a cute baby like her ever do such a thing?" Hermione said.

Ron was about to correct her when suddenley we heard a girl scream from the distance. "LOOK! ITS HOGWARTS!"

They had arrived.