A/N I had this posted on an old account but I no longer use it so I deleted it and now it's here! Yay! Oh and a little heads up, no one is dead except for Dumbledore and Voldemort…
"Severus, are you telling me that—" McGonagall's voice wavered.
"Yes," the headmaster drawled. "I'm sure of it, the Dark Lord told me himself."
"Then we must find this girl!" she cried.
"I already have," Snape told her. "Before the Dark Lord sent her to America she was living in the Malfoy Manor and kept in touch with Draco all this time. She was easily found and is there now, she will be attending Hogwarts at the start of the year with the rest of the students, so as to keep an eye on her."
"How much magic does she know?" McGonagall asked.
"More than you and I combined," Snape answered dryly. "But her power is uncontrollable, especially when her emotions go unchecked and she is very dangerous."
"Do the Malfoys know of this?" McGonagall asked warily.
"Of course they do," Snape confirmed. "They have since she was a baby, she is oddly calmed by Draco. That is why he was instated at such a young age, the Dark Lord wanted him close to control her. But he ended up sending her to America, to keep her a secret and away from the war."
"And what of the Order? Are they aware of her existence?" the head of Gryffindor wrung her hands.
"Not yet. I am now her official guardian," Snape ignored McGonagall's shocked expression. "And I will inform the Order after the start of the year, I do not want anyone informing Potter and his friends. This school year will be difficult enough as it is."
"Very well, it is your decision to make."
"Yes, and she will be here any moment." McGonagall's mouth opened to reply but a knock sounded on the door.
"Severus?" a hesitant voice called.
"Come in, Adelinde," he stood from the Headmaster's desk. A girl opened the door, Draco standing behind her. She had long, soft brown curls, tan skin and piercing green eyes, and she was almost as tall as Draco. She was gently pushed inside the room by a hand on the small of her back.
"You must be Professor McGonagall," Adelinde said, the professor nodded.
"Hello," she said to Adelinde then to Draco, "Mr. Malfoy," with a slight incline of her head.
"Professors," Draco greeted both of them.
"Adelinde, as you know you will be attending Hogwarts this year, and you must take extra caution," Snape told her. "It is a rather stupid procedure but we must sort you into a house, and I figured you would rather do that now than with the first years."
"Of course, thank you," she sat in a chair across the desk from him and Draco moved to stand silently behind her. Snape took the sorting hat off the shelf behind him and handed it to McGonagall who placed it on her head.
Adelinde didn't so much as flinch when she felt the hat contract around her head and probed through her brain. "Ah, I see who you are," the hat rasped out. "I should inform you that despite your past, you have the brave heart of the Gryffindor. But the cunning, resourcefulness, and determination of Slytherin outweigh that. You are a powerful witch, I could sense that even before the Headmaster pulled me off the shelf, but you know not yet how to harness it all. This year will be good for you, a year spent in SLYTHERIN!"
Adelinde remained still, she wasn't shocked, she knew she would be in Slytherin. She also knew her excitement at getting to spend the year with Draco could break the mirror, so she kept it contained. "As expected," Snape drawled as McGonagall took the hat off her head.
"Can we leave now?" Adelinde asked, she was unnerved by the head of Gryffindor's piercing gaze.
"Yes, Draco take her back to the Manor, I will check up on you both later tonight" Snape sat and dismissed them both. Adelinde nodded and rose, Draco held the door open for her and both Professors watched them go.
"And I thought all our problems were solved," McGonagall sighed.
Snape raised his eyebrows derisively, "Minerva, this is a school, problems will never be solved."
Meanwhile, Draco pulled out his wand and the side long apparated back to the Malfoy Manor. They landed in his room. "I'm in Slytherin!" Adelinde squealed.
Draco sent her an amused glance. "Of course you are."
"But, I mean, it's official now!" She sprawled out over his bed while he leaned against the bedpost.
"Yes, but it's not going to be fun." Draco soured her good mood. "You're going to suffer being the new girl, and not just any new girl, the new girl with Draco Malfoy, former death eater." He spat the last part out. He never said it out loud, but he despised the mark on his arm and everything it stood for.
"I don't care," she sat up and pulled him down to sit next to her. "They can say whatever they want, I won't be listening." He graced her with a small smile.
"You should wash up, supper is going to be served soon." Adelinde huffed and slid off the bed, she was always more open when she was with familiar faces.
"Fine, I'll see you in a little while." She walked out the door and Draco rolled up his left sleeve. His fist clenched. He didn't want to go back to that hellhole of a school, but for Adelinde's sake, he had to.
Soooo, I tried to make it pretty obvious without actually saying it… I hope you got it ;) Well pretty pretty please review, whether you like it or not, HELP ME TO IMPROVE!