The-Girl-Who-Went-To-Durmstrang
Summary: When Igor Karkaroff was walking around muggle London for no reason, he came across a child on the front doorstep at Number 4 Privet Drive. The child was the Athena Potter. He decided to take the child in as his own. For thirteen years, he has been homeschooling her, until she decided that she wanted to learn at Durmstrang at age fourteen. She goes as the only girl, makes friends and possible crushes, maybe love. Viktor/Fem!Harry. Evil Ron, Molly, and Dumbledore! Good!Malfoys. Other characters are good too!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, just this plot for the fanfic.
Chapter One: My Daughter
Third POV
Walking through the dimly lit streets of Privet Drive, a man in white robes and a fuzzy hat looked around in disgust at the state of how mundane it looked.
This man was different. To others, he may look and sound like a regular Bulgarian. He is Bulgarian, but he was a wizard. This man was Igor Karkaroff.
He didn't know why he wanted to walk around muggle London. He just felt like he had to find someone or something.
He was walking calmly down the sidewalk when he saw a black shape laying at the doorstep of house number four. He walked up to the shape and was surprised at what he saw. It was a baby, a girl, who looked to be around a year old. What was she doing out here? Igor thought to himself. He looked around to see if anyone was nearby. There wasn't.
Igor looked back to the child and saw a letter a top the blanket that was wrapped around her. Curious, he picked it up and opened it. Reading the letter, he found this to be the Girl-Who-Lived, Athena Potter. Her parents, James and Lily Potter were killed by the Dark Lord, but she somehow survived the killing curse which hit him, making Voldemort disappear.
He looked at the bottom of the letter and saw that Dumbledore signed it. Blasted fool, leaving the most legendary soon-to-be witch in muggle London. He looked back at the girl and saw a lightning shaped scar on her forehead.
She stirred in the blanket and opened her eyes. When she looked to Igor, he couldn't help but notice how beautiful her eyes were. They were a bright green. She smiled at the sight of Igor, she wiggled her arms out of the blanket and reached out to him. Igor picked up the child and looked to her. She giggled and played with his big fingers.
He smiled at the child and let her have her fun. He looked to the house and used his magic to see what was so important about the residers. What he saw shocked him, they were the worst sort of muggles ever to exist. Their child was just as bad.
I will not let Athena live in such a household. Igor thought. I will take her in as my own. My Athena, my daughter. And with that, Igor apparated with Athena to the Karkaroff manor.
~~Time Skip to Nine Years Later~~
It felt like forever since Igor adopted Athena. Now she is Athena Potter-Karkaroff. Ten years old and a beautiful child. Her green eyes shined bright like emeralds, her hair grew to mid-back and was jet black. She was an energetic child, she loved quidditch, and reading. She can read books fit for a twelve year old.
Igor decided to homeschool her until she wanted to go to Durmstrang where he was high master. He was proud at how smart she is. When he taught her some spells with her using his old wand, she picked it up easily. He even taught her Bulgarian, she can now speak it fluently, it's so good people often mistake her for an actual full-blooded Bulgarian.
He loved Athena like she was his own. He was upset that he could not give Athena a mother, but Athena was okay with only having her papa. She loved her father.
Now all he had to do, when she was all grown up, was make sure she didn't get hurt. Physically and mentally.
He went to Gringotts to ask the goblins about her scar. They found that it was a horcrux put into the scar by the Dark Lord. Igor asked them to take it off. They gladly did and used that one to locate the others, destroying them all. Voldemort was no more, but Athena was still known as the Girl-Who-Lived.
~~Time Skip to Three Years Later~~
Athena was now twelve years old and as smart as a fifth year. When she turned eleven, her papa took her to Ollivanders for her very own wand. Her wand was a twelve inch blackthorn wood, with thestral and dragon heartstring core. The look of the wand was beautiful. It was a silver color with green vines and leaves starting at the wand handle and ending at the middle of the wand.
She made sure that her education was always kept in check for when she goes to school. She dreamed of going to Durmstrang and being with her father at school. But she also dreamed of being on a quidditch team, she loved quidditch. Her favorite position was chaser. She was really good at dodging when she practiced.
When she played on her own, she would charm bludgers to move on their own and she would dodge as if she were actually playing.
Her papa was proud of her love of quidditch. And he told her is she wanted to play quidditch, then he would support her in any way possible.
~~Time Skip to Two Years Later~~
Athena's POV
Hi my name is Athena Potter-Karkaroff. I am fifteen years old and a witch. My papa is Igor Karkaroff, head master of Durmstrang Institute. When I was a year old, papa found me left on a muggle family's doorstep. He learned that they were the worst sort of them and that they hated us witches and wizards.
Papa told me about who my real parents were, that I was the Girl-Who-Lived, and how my old scar was a horcrux and how papa and the gringotts goblins got it out of me then destroyed any of Voldemort's horcruxes. So Voldemort is dead. Yay, I don't have to deal with him.
For fourteen years, papa homeschooled me until I declared that I wanted to go to Durmstrang. I have been dreaming of going there just like papa did. I know I will be the only girl, but there is a first for everything, right?
So… Right now I am walking through the manor to get to papa's study where he always is at this time of day. It is June 12th, so school starts in two months. After some thinking while I was drawing in my room, I finally decided that I want to go to Durmstrang now.
I finally get to an oak door that led to papa's study. I knock a couple times and wait till I hear papa tell me to enter. He says so and I open the door.
"Papa?" I say closing the door behind me.
"Yes, dear." He says, his Bulgarian accent thick in his voice.
"While in my room, I thought for quite a while about it. And I've finally decided to go to Durmstrang now." I said. He looked to me with a small smile, his yellow teeth showing, but it never bothered me.
"I am so happy that you finally decided, my child. Over the years you have made me so proud of being your father. Tomorrow we will go to Diagon Alley and get everything you need for school. I love you, Athena." He said pulling me in for a hug, which I gladly accepted.
"I love you too, papa." I said. After that I left papa to his work. I walked to our family library and looked around.
I found the book for the Tales of Beedle the Bard. As a child I would read this book every night when I had nightmares of the night my biological parents were killed.
All I remembered was a red headed woman named Lily and a black haired man named James, my parents. How Lily and James gave up their lives to save me. Flashes of green light, the killing curse. Then Dumbledork taking me to muggle London.
I was glad papa adopted me when I was a baby. If he hadn't, I never would have had an amazing father and I wouldn't have known I was a witch or a walking horcrux. I love my papa.
I sit on a couch in the library and read Beedle the Bard. I laughed at few times during the stories. I finished the book after twenty minutes, cover to cover. Then I found a book that caught my eye, the Legend of the Deathly Hallows.
I read the story and was amazed at how three items could cause such horrible deaths to three brothers. But the legend is a fine one indeed.
I just read any book that interests me in the library before leaving and going to my room to get some rest for tomorrow.
~~The Next Day~~
The next morning, I wake up bright and early. I was excited to finally get my school books at Diagon Alley, maybe even Knockturn Alley.
I hopped out of bed and went to my wardrobe. I pulled out a white corset that had red designs on it, it fit to my curves perfectly but loosely as well. Over that I wore a black corset with red laces. For pants, I wore velvet ones that fit just right, my boots were knee high and black velvet with black laces. I wore a jacket that was black velvet with red hemmings along it. (A/N: If you have seen the movie Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman, then imagine Anna's clothing in the movie.) I let my hair fall in loose black curls. I put my wand in my right sleeve where my holster is.
Satisfied, I exited my room and made my way down to the dining room for breakfast. Papa was already there sitting in his usual seat which was one end of the table, munching on pancakes, sausages, bacon, and toast.
"Good morning, papa." He smiled at my arrival and I kissed his cheek.
"Good morning, Athena. Excited to go shopping I see." He said. I nodded frantically and he chuckled at my enthusiasm.
We ate breakfast and got ready to apparate to Diagon Alley. I put my red velvet colored cloak over my shoulder and pinned it together with my clip shaped like a snitch, I pulled the hood over my head. Papa held his arm out, and I took it. The weird feeling of moving through a tube, pulling be by my naval. I had gotten used to it a while ago, but it still feels weird.
With a loud crack, we finally made it to Diagon and landed on our feet. Standing close to papa. First we went to Gringotts to get some money for shopping. We walked around until we got to Borgin & Burkes, since papa was high master he knew exactly what books I needed for classes.
Soon we have all my books, my cauldron, my new owl, Luna. She is all white with black and blue flecks on her feather. On her forehead is a dark grey crescent moon, hence the Luna. She landed on my shoulder when I entered the shop.
We now are at Madam Malkin's. Papa holds the door for me and I step in. The shop owner sees us and smiles.
"Monsieur Karkaroff, and who is this may I ask?" She asked.
"Madame this is my daughter Athena Potter-Karkaroff." He said putting a hand on my shoulder. The shop owner looked shocked, either by the fact that Igor Karkaroff, the high master of Durmstrang Institute, has a daughter, ot the fact that I am the legendary Girl-Who-Lived. But she quickly recovers and smiles.
"It is lovely to meet you Miss Potter-Karkaroff." She said shaking my hand.
"Like wise Madam Malkin." I said smiling back at her.
"Now, what is it that you need here?" She asked.
"Uniforms for school." Papa said.
"Which school, may I ask?" Madam Malkin said.
"Durmstrang. My daughter wants to be the first female student to step foot in the Institute. It should be the same colors and top half of the boys uniform. But the bottom will be a skirt." Papa said.
"Of course, monsieur. Miss Potter-Karkaroff, if you will please stand on the box, I will take your measurements for your uniforms." I did as instructed and waited patiently as Madam Malkin took my measurements.
The uniform was as papa asked. The uniform was chocolate brown, the top half long sleeved and a little loose; the bottom was a skirt that ended an inch above my knees. Malkin gave me a pair of black high-heeled combat boots that were an inch or two below my knees. I got a pair of black stockings with vine designs on the to go under my skirt and in my boots. I also got the fur hat and coat as well as a dark brown belt to go around my waist; even black dragonhide gloves.
After we got my uniforms, the other clothing, and even extra uniforms, papa paid Madam Malkin and we left the store. Then we went home, I brought all the boxes to my room and put them in my school trunk for now.
I saw how late it was already and undressed from my tunic, pants, corset, and jacket. Then changed into a black floor length silk nightgown. I slipped under the covers of my bed and fell into a peaceful sleep.