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Minerva continued to check her pocket watch as people passed her quickly from both sides. Albus lightly chuckled at the panicked look on her face.
"I don't think that I've ever seen you look so nervous before." He commented. She sighed heavily as she glanced down into the small buggy in front of her.
"I just don't want her to wake up." She mumbled with a slight shake in her voice. Albus smirked.
"That was one of the most powerful sleeping spells that I've got, she won't be waking up for hours." He assured her.
"I hope that you're right."
Minerva glanced down at the sleeping toddler in the buggy. She had barely turned four years old and already people were considering her to be a hero. Nobody would have ever assumed that a girl so small could be a hero to millions of people, but she couldn't change what had just happened.
"Are you sure that we should be doing this?" She asked. Albus quickly nodded.
"I have no doubts, this is the best way to keep Evangeline safe."
Evangeline Cecilia, or Evie as her parents called her, was the eldest child for Lily and James Potter and older sister of Harry. She was born on September 26th when Lily and James were only in their sixth year at Hogwarts. A hidden child from the beginning, Evie was used to taking the back seat. She was almost the spitting image of her mother with her fiery red hair and glowing green eyes. Usually it was rare to see such a pretty child with such striking features, but now Minerva feared that they would be her downfall.
"And the Offenbach family has agreed to everything?" Albus slowly shook his head at the panic that he heard in her voice.
"You must calm down Minerva, worrying will do us no good."
"What if she is discovered?" She asked nervously. "We cannot afford to lose her, she is a vital part to saving millions of people!" She exclaimed in a low whisper. Albus slowly nodded.
"I am well aware of that." He muttered. "But you must remember that You-Know-Who has been weakened along with his followers. If there was to be a retaliation, it would take years. There is plenty of time to secure a safe place for Evangeline to hide." Minerva quickly shushed him.
"Don't say her name too loudly, we don't know who could be listening." Her eyes darted about the German train station while Albus lightly chuckled.
"We're amongst people that can barely put together an English sentence, I doubt that anybody will be able to understand what we're saying." Minerva sighed, looking around the train station.
"I just wish that the Offenbach family would get here…I do not feel safe with all these people around."
"Train stations usually are filled with people." Albus said in a matter of fact voice. Minerva glared over at Albus as she rocked the buggy back and forth to keep Evie asleep.
"How can you be so calm about what just happened?" She asked in a low whisper. "I'm trying to keep Evie safe and you just can't help but crack jokes."
"I wouldn't necessarily call these jokes…just quick, witty remarks." Minerva rolled her eyes.
"You told them to be here at ten, right?"
"Of course, their train is probably just running late." Minerva let out a heavy sigh, once again checking her pocket watch.
"They should know that they should be on time…this is an extremely dangerous situation." Albus glanced down at the little girl sleeping in the buggy. Her hair was frizzed beyond possible help and there were stains of charcoal down the front of her shirt and her pants. There were splinters stuck in her fingers from crawling around on the floor and mismatched shoes on her feet. They had been in such a rush to get her out of the house, there was no concern about her appearance or her current hygiene. She had been so confused while Albus was putting the sleeping spell on her, he almost felt sorry for putting her into such a deep slumber. She had been sobbing, desperately begging for her mother or father. She even asked for Harry and asked if he was all right. She then fell asleep in Minerva's arms and was put into the buggy that she sat in now.
Minerva suddenly grabbed Albus's arm, giving it a hard and excited shake.
"Look Albus, here they come!" She exclaimed. He looked up and saw a bustling family of three rushing through the train station with their faces red and their steps fast. A tall man greeted them, holding a hat to his head. He eagerly shook Albus's hand as his wife straightened out their tousled daughter.
"We're so sorry that we're late." He said, fixing his hat as quickly as possible. Minerva raised an eyebrow as she was quickly surprised by a perfect British accent.
"It's all right, we're just glad that you're here." Albus assured him. Minerva quickly shook the man's hand, holding on tightly to the buggy handle.
"It's wonderful to meet you." The man said. "My name is Jonah, this is my wife Maria and my daughter Heidi." Minerva nodded to them all before looking back up at the tall man.
"I'm sorry, I was under the impression that you were German."
"We are, but by heritage only. We moved from Oxford down here only three years ago." Minerva slowly nodded.
"I see…well, we're just happy that you were able to take Evangeline at such short notice."
"Oh we're happy to welcome Evangeline into our home." Maria quickly spoke up. "When Albus contacted us, we couldn't say no, after everything that happened." She crouched down and got a better look at the sleeping Evangeline. "My goodness, she's absolutely so beautiful." She whispered. Heidi leaned over her mother's shoulder.
"She's so tiny." She whispered.
"She's only four years old darling." She told her and quickly forced her to stand up straight. "Should we be concerned about…what she's going to say when she wakes up in a new home with strange people?"
"There's no need to worry about that…I've already taken care of it." Albus quickly said. Minerva glanced over at him, but didn't say a word.
"What have you done to her?" Jonah asked.
"When I put her under the sleeping spell, I gave her a memory draught as well…she won't remember a thing. It will be like she was always your daughter and like she always lived in Germany." Minerva furrowed her brow together, but didn't get the chance to say anything. The buggy handle was quickly handed over to Jonah and Maria and they quickly wheeled Evie away. She felt her throat tighten as she watched them walk away, but quickly forgot about it as Albus put a hand on her shoulder.
"You gave her a memory draught as well?" She asked in a low whisper. "When were you planning on telling me that you gave her a memory draught?"
"I thought that it would be best that you didn't know about it." She pursed her lips together.
"Albus, how could you do such a thing?" She asked harshly.
"It seemed like the thing to do." He said, shrugging his shoulders as they began walking towards the phone booth from where they had originally come from.
"How is this going to work when she's older and she has her mission to accomplish? What are we going to do then?" Albus sighed, the joking expression slowly slipping from his face.
"I knew that it would be best for her adjustment to living with the Sauer family if she thought that she was their's to begin with, but I never said that I made her forget." Minerva sighed as the two of them walked together.
"Albus…this isn't going to help her when she's older."
"She will remember every night until she's seventeen…the night that she turns seventeen, she will remember everything and she will know to come to me if she has questions."
"If?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. "I'm sure that she will have some questions when she remembers everything." Albus opened the phone booth door for Minerva with a little smile.
"I promise…I have done what I think is best." He said calmly. Minerva crossed her arms as the door was shut.
"Well…we'll just have to wait a few years to see if you're right."