The Dumbledore Family, for the longest time, had a fame that little to no families in the little village of Godric's Hollow had ever dreamt to have. It also didn't mean it was good fame, or that anyone even came close of dreaming to have it.
With barely any money on their name, they lived in a little rented house by the end of the village, away from everyone else. Mostly they were called strange, and children were advised to stay away from the Dumbledore residence. Kendra and Percival, however, were great people, and before they had their children, the few families that dared to come any close actually found them extremely pleasing and even became close friends. Three of those few families were the Flamels, the Doges, and the Bagshots, and they all had great fun together.
Then, Kendra and Percival's children were born, and their lives changed very slightly. Since they were so poor, they had to hold on as much as they could to pay for their children's studies and necessities. Their first little boy was Albus, a gentle child. He never gave them any work, even as a baby. He took longer to speak than the others, but he was very smart, always finding a way or another to reach the cookie jar from the highest shelf.
The second to be born was Aberforth. He was a little devil child, but one Percival and Kendra loved beyond everything. He was loud, he cried a lot, but he also laughed more than Albus, and he was always happy and content, no matter what. He loved running around, and he and Albus became close friends quickly, with only three years of difference between them.
The third and last baby they had was Ariana. Their little princess. One year younger than Abe, she was a mix of Albus and Aberforth. She cried a lot but was one to stay more silent in social gatherings. She also seemed to get overwhelmed very easily, but she was kind and sweet to those that were patient, and she loved arts, causing way too many painted walls for Kendra to care.
And just like that, with three children and a loving couple, the Dumbledore grew together, doing all they could, suffering during winter sometimes, but always making it through. And it was a blessing that neither Kendra nor Percival ever wanted to change.
They had their little house, their little business, and they couldn't be happier.
Until the dreadful accident.
No one knew exactly what happened. Specially because Ariana never said anything about it afterwards. But it costed heavy in the family. Ariana had to go to constant therapy, take pills, and be kept away from the outside world. After one year without no justice, Percival went out to do it with his own hands. A huge mistake, he found out later, when he was arrested for the rest of his life, leaving Kendra and their three children alone without him.
At the time he was arrested, Ariana was seven. Aberforth was eight and Albus was eleven. It took a while for the family to recover, specially Ariana, who deeply blamed herself for her father's prison, despite of him assuring it had been his own choice. Kendra also fell into a horrible sickness that seemed to last forever, and both Albus and Aberforth had to begin working whenever they weren't in school to help their mother.
In the early 2000s, their way of life was destroyed, and Kendra and Ariana became recluse, while Albus and Aberforth were known as the sons of the crazy village man.
The Dumbledore family had a horrible fame in the town, but they had nowhere else to go. Their family lived across seas and they had said they never wanted to hear from Kendra or Percival again. The Flamels and Doges had left the village, and the only one left from the Bagshot family was the old historian, an elderly lady that was very kind but couldn't truly help them with anything other than watching over Ariana and Kendra whenever she could.
And during all their teenage years, Albus and Aberforth had to live with the fact that their lives would never be normal again.
The years passed, and eventually, it came the age for Albus to choose what university he would apply to. The problem was that all schools he wanted to attend were out of Godric's surroundings, and he couldn't leave. So he applied for a little neighbourhood university, while Aberforth ended his high school years and Ariana finished her home-lessons.
But in that same year, a few days prior to the results to arrive, Kendra fell deeply sick, and did not resist.
She died a week before Albus was supposed to enter university, and his duties called.
He gave up on the university despite Aberforth and Ariana's pleads for him to keep going, and decided to work two jobs to be able to handle everything while they finished their school years.
Their lives had been hard until that point, but Albus was determined of making Ariana and Aberforth's lives better than they could imagine. Even if it meant working himself to exhaustion every day.
He would give them a dignifying life.
And slowly, the Dumbledore reputation went from crazy family to tragic family and then to dedicated family.
And now 20 years old, Albus was going to make it all work.
Aberforth would go to university to become the successful business man he always wanted to be.
Ariana would be treated in a special institute and finally be able to get out of their house and live her life as she wanted.
And he… he would make his family happy again.
