Yes, yes, I know. Why am I doing a new story? I have two already. It's those d### muses, I tell you! They won't leave me alone!
Same deal (will probably have SLASH, etc.). May not be updated regularly, as I have a LOT to do this summer.
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Prologue: Uneasy Premonitions
"Are you sure that this is a good idea, Albus? We know nothing about these children, and Hogwarts has never taken transfer students before. For all we know, they could be Voldemort's spies!"
Professor McGonagall was anxious, and as usual, she was expressing her anxiety to her superior and friend, Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Her current source of stress was the subject of several recently orphaned students coming from abroad to live with their closest relatives. The new guardians of these children had contacted the school to arrange for a transfer, the idea being that it would be cheaper to send them to school in the country rather than overseas, and that a change of scenery might be good for the children.
"My dear Minerva, it would go against everything that Hogwarts stands for to refuse these children on grounds of idle suspicion. We do not know which side they are on. They may not even know about the war, they are coming from quite far away, after all. From all accounts, they are excellent students, hardworking and talented, a rare combination. They could be powerful allies."
"They could also be powerful enemies, Albus! To take on new students now, when war is most certainly coming...even if they are perfectly ordinary students, they will be put directly into the line of fire. Would their parents or guardians want that?"
"Where else will they go? Their guardians are right; a change will be extremely helpful to them right now. Any other decent schools are across an ocean, at least. And they will want to know why they can't simply come here. To them, Voldemort will be only rumor, a story told to frighten children. We do not have a real reason to tell them no." Dumbledore paused, and continued gently. "I will write to Remus, Sirius, and Severus. The children will come here; they do not have another choice."
"If you must, Albus." The good professor could not, however, forget a vague feeling of unease that had lingered ever since she first heard the news.
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