Melody Potter has just turned 4 and she has been living with her auntie and uncle for 2 and a half years after her parents were killed by Lord Voldemort. One day Melody's uncle beat her up and then he locked her in the cupboard under the stairs, were Melody made a wish to go somewhere were she can fit in and she fell asleep, when she woke up she found herself in a forest by herself, were she thought her uncle had gotten rid of her. Later on when Maurice the orangutan is collecting some fruit, he hears a noise and when he goes to check it out he finds Melody crying cause she's scared and in pain. He takes her back to the apes colony to get her healed, but when the apes are healing her, they find out it was humans who hurt and that she doesn't know her name, that she thinks her name is either 'Freak' or 'Girl', Caesar decides to let her stay. After Maurice adopts Melody, he names her Hope.