(A/N I own nothing from Harry Potter, other then Sellesta and Erich. Hope you enjoy it all the same. R&R)
Dumbledore left little Harry on the step to Privet drive and apparated to a small house not far from where James and Lily had once lived. The lights of the house were all off except the entry and living room ones. He didn't sense anything wrong in the area and went to the door and knocked. He heard footsteps to the door and a young woman opened the door. He smiled at her, his smile was sad though. She gave him a strained smile of her own and he wondered at the twist of fate that she never got to study at hogwarts.
"Hello Sellesta. Are you ready?" She nodded and sighed. "I am ready, Albus. Thank you for this help." He nodded. "I still don't understand why you must leave England. You know your family will be there for you and protect you against him." She nodded and then looked away and he got the impression she was keeping something from him. She turned and walked into the living room and he followed, shutting the door behind her. He stopped at the door way to her living room and watched her pick up a picture of her wedding day. She was still technically a newly wed, her wedding only 6 months earlier. She stared at the image of Lily clutching her arm with one hand and Harry, only a few months old, resting in her other arm, asleep. Her arm was linked through that of her husband, looking dashing in his tux and sighed as he leaned down to kiss his brides cheek in the picture. Next to her husband was James. Laughing at his friends and the camera. What happy times.
She turned back to look at Dumbledore. "I am pregnant Albus. I just found out two days ago. He doesn't know and he must never know. That is why I am going away. You are the only one to know and I hope to keep it that way." She walked to him as he sighed "I will send you an owl on occassion to let you know how I am doing. Of course you will be informed when my child is born. Please keep my secret." Albus nodded and turned to the window as a car beeped. "I will do as you wish, good luck, my dear." She smiled to him and grabbed a bag with each hand and he grabbed her remaining bag and helped her out to the cab. She put her bags in the trunk and turned to him "thank you for arranging this Albus, I am greatful." He nodded, gave her a fatherly kiss on the cheek and helped her into the cab and watched as the taillights faded. "Good luck Sellesta Black"....
He got a letter by owl a month and a half later. It stated that she was settled in her new home in New Mexico and that her pregnancy was proceeding fine. She thanked him for his help in her departure. It was signed Melissa Blacke.
He sent a return owl with newspaper clippings of Sirius's trial and sentence. He did not hear from her again till he received a birth announcement and letter that stated her son Erich Mathew Blacke had been borne.
As time went on, their letters turned into communications once a year at christmas. He would receive school pictures, muggle variety, of a boy who grew to look like his father more every year. When Erich turned 11 he got a letter stating that Erich was going to attend the wizarding school in northern new mexico. He smiled at the thought that she allowed her son to continue on in the ways of his ancestors, for his father was not the only wizard in the family, she was in fact the only squib in 17 generations of wizards and witches in her family tree.
Harry's third year at Hogwarts had just coming to an end. He knew that Buckbeak and Sirius were on their way to a safe location. He watched out the window as Professor Lupin climbed into the carraige and wondered at the wisdom of his suggestion that Remus visit in southern New Mexico for awhile.
Dumbledore left little Harry on the step to Privet drive and apparated to a small house not far from where James and Lily had once lived. The lights of the house were all off except the entry and living room ones. He didn't sense anything wrong in the area and went to the door and knocked. He heard footsteps to the door and a young woman opened the door. He smiled at her, his smile was sad though. She gave him a strained smile of her own and he wondered at the twist of fate that she never got to study at hogwarts.
"Hello Sellesta. Are you ready?" She nodded and sighed. "I am ready, Albus. Thank you for this help." He nodded. "I still don't understand why you must leave England. You know your family will be there for you and protect you against him." She nodded and then looked away and he got the impression she was keeping something from him. She turned and walked into the living room and he followed, shutting the door behind her. He stopped at the door way to her living room and watched her pick up a picture of her wedding day. She was still technically a newly wed, her wedding only 6 months earlier. She stared at the image of Lily clutching her arm with one hand and Harry, only a few months old, resting in her other arm, asleep. Her arm was linked through that of her husband, looking dashing in his tux and sighed as he leaned down to kiss his brides cheek in the picture. Next to her husband was James. Laughing at his friends and the camera. What happy times.
She turned back to look at Dumbledore. "I am pregnant Albus. I just found out two days ago. He doesn't know and he must never know. That is why I am going away. You are the only one to know and I hope to keep it that way." She walked to him as he sighed "I will send you an owl on occassion to let you know how I am doing. Of course you will be informed when my child is born. Please keep my secret." Albus nodded and turned to the window as a car beeped. "I will do as you wish, good luck, my dear." She smiled to him and grabbed a bag with each hand and he grabbed her remaining bag and helped her out to the cab. She put her bags in the trunk and turned to him "thank you for arranging this Albus, I am greatful." He nodded, gave her a fatherly kiss on the cheek and helped her into the cab and watched as the taillights faded. "Good luck Sellesta Black"....
He got a letter by owl a month and a half later. It stated that she was settled in her new home in New Mexico and that her pregnancy was proceeding fine. She thanked him for his help in her departure. It was signed Melissa Blacke.
He sent a return owl with newspaper clippings of Sirius's trial and sentence. He did not hear from her again till he received a birth announcement and letter that stated her son Erich Mathew Blacke had been borne.
As time went on, their letters turned into communications once a year at christmas. He would receive school pictures, muggle variety, of a boy who grew to look like his father more every year. When Erich turned 11 he got a letter stating that Erich was going to attend the wizarding school in northern new mexico. He smiled at the thought that she allowed her son to continue on in the ways of his ancestors, for his father was not the only wizard in the family, she was in fact the only squib in 17 generations of wizards and witches in her family tree.
Harry's third year at Hogwarts had just coming to an end. He knew that Buckbeak and Sirius were on their way to a safe location. He watched out the window as Professor Lupin climbed into the carraige and wondered at the wisdom of his suggestion that Remus visit in southern New Mexico for awhile.