Tanya Barros was always an interesting woman, from the moment she was born and prior to her conception, her life was extraordinary. Her mother was a reserved pureblood, Sabriel Selwyn of the sacred twenty eight wizard and witches of her world. But she too had a secret of her own, as did the rest of her family, one her own daughter never knew.

At a young age, Sabriel left the wizarding world to spite her mother. She left to the muggle world, a true experience for a pureblood especially of one so prejudice. There she met a muggle, conceived his child out of wedlock and was shunned by her own House. Sabriel was desperate, and a fool. She left her daughter with the muggle father, never to see them again in exchange to return to her home and marry a suitable man.

Tanya's father however was a sweet man and loved his daughter, despite Sabriel abandoning them. He worked tirelessly but all was worth it if he saw those emerald eyes gleaming up at him in admiration. He knew she was special, just like her mother. And he was in a whole mess of trouble if he was going to raise her, but Abraham Barros wouldn't have it any other way. Tanya was his everything and he would not let anybody else distract him again like Sabriel, or so he thought.

At two years old, Tanya sat on her dad's lap. Her black hair pulled up in a messy bun, since her father knew nothing more than a bun and ponytail. As a single father, he was trying and doing his best to learn how to raise a daughter. This was as good as it was going to get. Tanya's infamous green eyes kept looking around, a child her age mesmerized by her surroundings but Tanya was no typical child. Since she was young, she bared powers more advanced than witches and wizards her age. It was the beginning of her ever growing power and the signs of who she really was.

She then spotted a woman walking and focused the fuzzy feeling in her fingertips she normally got towards the woman. The woman found herself tripping. Tanya giggled making her dad check what she was doing, when he found nothing amiss he went back to eating his sandwich. Tanya ignoring the chicken he had gotten for her, for the effects of her tingling fingers were always a game to her. Tanya then spotted a woman she liked the look of, a beautiful woman. Yet she could feel the same power from this woman. She then slipped off her dad's lap and waddled over to her.

"Come here." Abraham called, leaving their lunch in a hurry to chase his toddler. Abraham was still learning the basics of fatherhood, and Tanya was a handful being a witch and all. He still had much to learn, as a father and a clueless muggle.

Tanya's father ran over to her but halted upon seeing the woman. The two locking eyes, a spark almost visible between them. His black ones glued to her lovely brown ones, her wavy strawberry blonde hair shined in the sunlight and her smile radiated up at him. This was the start of a new life for the both of them, Tanya's father meeting her step mother, Fidelia Luna. She was her true mother.

All while her dad was distracted, Tanya stole his sandwich.

Tanya jumped up and down looked down at her new baby sister. Elia Barros was her sister's name, and she was the one thing she looked forward to most since the day she found out Fidelia was pregnant. However, a new life was born when one was taken. Abraham was barely keeping it together, holding himself for the sake of his daughters now.

Tanya tried holding her sister with her three year old arms but her father refused for fear she'd drop her. He was already shaken from the events of Elia's birth. Tanya glared, her frustration seething which caused her magic lift the baby out of Abraham's arms and into her own. Tanya smiled satisfied with herself and sat down with her baby sister in her arms.

"Hi El, I'm Tanya." Her little voice babbled, "I'm your big sister. I love you."

Tanya smiled down at the baby that just stared at her before smiling as well. Her sister's first smile. Abraham hadn't the heart to rip her away yet, nor tell Tanya that Fidelia died so Elia could live.

When Tanya was of age, she received her Hogwarts letter. It was at that moment that she soon found herself at the station. Tanya gulped as she looked at the Hogwarts Express. El holding her hand as they approached when leaving platform 9 and 3/4, their father close behind.

"Good luck T, I'll see you soon." Elia smiled at her sister in farewell. Tanya had always looked after her baby sister, and it wouldn't be long till she joined Tanya at Hogwarts. They embraced but Elia began to blush slightly as a tall older male with long fiery red hair passed them. Tanya hadn't noticed as she then hugged her father and grandmother Elena goodbye.

"I'll see you guys soon, I'll write to you." Tanya entered the train before finding an empty cart and setting down her luggage. When the train started moving, she pulled out her most recent book, Creation of Advanced Spells and Potions. On her way there, she studied it vigorously as she was about to enter a whole new world. As a half blood raised with muggles, Tanya was to learn the world she was meant to be in.

Not many students spoke to her on the way there, Tanya was reserved and kept to herself. Some children creeped away from her and some looked on in curiosity. Her eyes being the most distinguishable, the famous deep green almost black colored eyes of her family.

Hogwarts was as magical as she could ever think of, the tales her step mother and grandmother told her of this school held no semblance. Tanya couldn't wait to discover many of its secrets as well as her own.

Tanya smiled as she sat on the stool in the Great Hall when she was called up, the Sorting hat didn't even get near her before it exclaimed.

"SLYTHERIN!"

Tanya grinned and ran to the cheering table of silver and green. With a quick spell, she changed her clothes to the appropriate Slytherin robes. That got some questions from the older students and a glare from her head of house. Tanya would have never expected that through the school year she'd argue with Severus Snape and duel most of her upperclassman.

In Charms, Tanya lifted the feather with her fingers, the magic was more draining but she forgot her wand back in her dorm. It was only her first year and the Slytherin was already forgetting her vital tool to magic. She let the feather fall before the teacher could see her. The other students saw though, causing some whispers about her wandless magic.

She was stopped on her way to Transfigurations by an older Gryffindor.

"I heard you can do wandless magic," He said cockingly, "If you think you're so tough then fight me you bitch."

Tanya silently thanked her patience and that she had run off to her dorm quickly to retrieve her wand before Transfiguration. But before she could hex him, a large male with fiery red hair stepped between them. The boy looked familiar, Tanya remembering the same hair on her way to the Hogwarts Express. However he was obviously younger than the other male she saw. He had freckles sprawled across his face and Tanya noticed a dragon magazine tucked in his hand. He also wore Gryffindor robes.

"If you wanna start a fight then don't do it with a little girl." The male said, "If you think you're so skilled, pick on someone on your own level. Don't waste her time."

He then turned and escorted T to her next class. Tanya would later discover this was Charlie Weasley, along with his six other siblings with the same ginger hair. He was older and he became her first friend from Gryffindor, the rival House. Tanya didn't mind him, nor his talk of dragons.

In her next class, Tanya was in awe at Professor McGonagall. McGonagall was even impressed at her ability with magic. After class, Tanya went to her Professor.

"Hi Professor, I was wondering if I could take private lessons with you." Tanya looked up hopefully. Minerva looked at the green of her house then chided herself for even thinking of the girl's house.

"Of course dear, I'll make an appointment with you. Wait for my owl."

T smiled widely and ran out of the room. Minerva sighed and went to speak with Albus. She was sure this would be an interesting couple of years.

By the time her sister Elia got to the school, Tanya had gained a reputation of someone you shouldn't piss off. One of the reasons people feared Slytherin, she embodied every trait full heartedly. None of the other teachers ever caught her so they thought Snape was being to harsh on her or that the students were lying.

Tanya felt her smile waver as her sister was sorted into Hufflepuff. She quickly ran to her sister. None of the other students said anything. The first years didn't know better and the seventh years were to scared to. It was her fourth year at Hogwarts by then, and only Elia's first. After dinner, Tanya was summoned to Dumbledore's office.

"Hello sir, what's up?" Tanya raised an eyebrow. Dumbledore smiled and offered her a lemon drop.

"My dear, I've noticed a lot of the students here find you unapproachable, though I wouldn't know why." There was a twinkle to his eyes that said he knew exactly why but continued. "In order to help our school and another, I would like you to talk to someone. Here is the first letter, please add onto it." Dumbledore handed Tanya the letter before sending her off.

Tanya made her way to her room with a note from Dumbledore for Snape. Tanya knocked on his door and calmly waited for his annoyed voice.

"Ms. Barros, why are you here?" Snape glared down at the small female who just smiled back up at him. She held up a letter before skipping off. When she got to her bed, she pulled out her pen to add onto the letter.

Hello student,

You have been chosen to be a pen-pal with one Tanya Barros. She has not been informed of your name so you may have a more natural greeting:

Yo, you can call me T. I'm from Hogwarts. I'm in Slytherin. I don't have very many friends here. Would you like talk with me?

Dumbledore arranged for her to begin a pen pal relationship, Tanya was familiar with it as she recalled Bill Weasley having a pen pal of his own before graduating. However his was from Brazil, she was curious of who would be receiving her letter.

The next morning Tanya sent the letter off and went to breakfast, sitting with her sister once again. She found her sister talking to a boy with black hair, she walked behind him before saying calmly.

"Little sis, how are you doing? Who's your friend?" Tanya looked at the boy with a soft glare. He shuttered slightly but didn't move, then she noticed a redhead glued to his side. Another Weasley, she was sure. The redhead refused to look at her however. Tanya knew she'd have to keep an eye on those Gryffindors, she had a distrust for some of them. Even if her little sister didn't.

A little while later, a member of her own house had to pay a price. He and others would understand the lengths Tanya would go to protect her sister. The white blonde male was laughing, two goons behind him.

"Look at this filthy little mudblood, thinking she can come down to our Dungeons without consequence." His two goons laughed while a pug faced girl clung to his arm. He raised his wand at El but found himself in a full body bind immediately.

Tanya sighed as she sat with her sister by the Great Lake.

"I know you want to see the good in everyone but if anyone lifts their wand at you again, I need you to defend yourself. Not that I can't, I just might end up killing them."

Elia nodded in understanding, her expression was sad after their encounter with Draco Malfoy and his friends teasing her.

"Today you almost killed that boy… why was he calling me a mudblood?" Elia's small voice asked.

Tanya growled silencing her sister with a hand up.

"Never say that word, it's a curse word basically. It means dirty blood, to people like you. Just because you come from a muggle family. Tell me if anyone calls you by that again and I'll ask them to stop, as nicely as I can."

Elia knew better but that didn't stop Tanya from finding out herself.

Tanya stood over her cauldron before side stepping to the cauldron next to her. Two different potions going at the same time. Snape walked past but quickly backed up and looked at Tanya oddly.

"Ms. Barros, what do you think you are doing?" Snape didn't yell but T could hear the rage in his voice.

"I was bored with the potion so I decided to make an advanced one." Tanya raised an eyebrow, she silently challenged her Professor.

"You had no permission."

"Shouldn't you be more supportive?"

"If you do it correctly, I'll think about it"

"Will you let me do it again if I do?"

"No, i will not."

"Will I lose house points?" Tanya now spoke more softly, a slow smile creeping onto her face. Snape frowned but sighed.

"You will not, Tanya." His voice was soft and defeated as he walked away.

Students started and began to whisper, the most prevalent one was.

'They sound like a couple.'

'I think my parents had a fight kinda like this once.'

'Did she just win?'