Chapter 1- Finding the Truth

Hermione was sat in the tapestry room in number 12 Grimmauld Place contemplating about how her life had changed and who she got her magical abilities from. It was impossible, or so she thought, for someone to never be related to wizards and witches yet still be one herself. She started to look at the tapestry and noticed something odd- Bellatrix Black was shown to have had a child called Cynthia Bella Black with her deceased husband Rodolphus Lestrange, being curious as she is she thought about looking for traces of this mystery child when she returned to Hogwarts after Christmas.

Thinking back to her earlier thoughts she started to think about her ancestry and decided a visit to Dumbledore was in order to try and see if there was a way to find her family tree while at Hogwarts after her return in three days.

Back at Hogwarts Hermione felt safe, it was like her second home where all her friends were, yes she missed her family but she still had her 'family' of friends from the DA. After the feast she decided to message Dumbledore asking to talk to him, later that night she got a reply-

Miss Granger

I have received your message and believe that a suitable time for the visit would be tomorrow at 8pm, you can let me know how your classes went,

Professor Dumbledore,

P.S I rather like chocolate frogs at the minute.

That night Hermione hardly slept and couldn't focus all of the next day, earning her some peculiar looks from the other students and some of the professors too. She ate her tea quickly and began to think about what she would say to Dumbledore.

At 8pm on the dot she arrived in Dumbledore's office, "Good evening Miss Granger, please take a seat," she listened to Dumbledore and sat down, he continued, "now, what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" She thought for a moment and the replied,

"During the holidays I started thinking about my family and wanted to know if there was a way that I could find my family tree to see if I am related to any witches or wizards that I could have got my magical ability from." Dumbledore nodded his head in understanding and replied,

"I wondered when this day would come; I took the liberty of preparing a potion that with some of your blood can tell you about your family." Quickly agreeing to this she pricked her finger and added it to the potion, which Dumbledore dropped onto a quill which immediately started writing. A few minutes later it was finished and Dumbledore looked at realised this was the child he sent to muggles 16 years ago. Hermione snatched the paper off him and looked at it in disbelief.

Name- Cynthia Bella Black

Age- 16

Birthday- 19 September

Mother- Bellatrix Black

Father- Rodolphus Lestrange (deceased)

Maternal Grandparent- Cygnus Black III (deceased) Druella Rosier

Aunts- Andromeda Black, Narcissa Black

Uncles- Rabastan Lestrange, Ted Tonks, Lucius Malfoy

Cousins-Nymphadora Tonks, Draco Malfoy

Other Family Members- Sirius Black, Regulus Black (deceased)

She took one look at the paper and ran out of Dumbledore's office crying. Dumbledore sent her a note telling her what he couldn't and sent it to her via Dobby the house elf.

Hermione,

I am sorry to have to tell you this but I had to take you from your mother and father after they were arrested 15 years ago and I had to leave you with some muggles on the orders of the ministry. I placed glamour charms on you so you look nothing like the real you, I hope you understand why I had to do this and I understand if you hate me for it,

Albus Dumbledore

After Dobby found her in the library she was enraged and decided to learn about her family in the hope of joining her mother one day to get revenge on Dumbledore for what he did to her all those years ago. She was no longer the mudblood know-it-all, she was going to prove just what she could really do.

Author's Note

This is my first Harry Potter fanfic but updates will be slow due to the large amounts of work I have to do at the minute so I apologize in advance.