"Albus, are you not worried about the safety of the students if she is here?" Severus asked.
"Severus, you and I both know that Dolohov hasn't been heard from for many years." Dumbledore retorted.
"And that could change!" Severus argued, "We don't know how much he has been involved in her upbringing, she could be dangerous, what if she hurts another child?" The child in question was Victoria Dolohov, who was set to join Hogwarts this fall. She was the daughter of notorious Deatheater Antonin Dolohov, no one had known that he had had a child until Snape had brought it to Dumbledore's attention that she would be nearing schooling age.
"We cannot judge this young lady for the sins of her father Severus, just as I have not judged you." Dumbledore paused, "Trust me." Snape sighed and nodded before stalking off.
In fall of that year...
Fred and George were excited to start school. Charlie, their favourite brother, was there and he had told them amazing stories about how awesome it was there. Molly was emotional when sending them off, but she always was, the brothers were just filled with excitement. They were some of the last ones to board the train and not very many spots were available, eventually the twins settled on a cabin with a lone girl in it. She had brown hair that was so dark it was nearly black and dark blue eyes.
They entered and sat down across from her, "Hi," George started.
"I'm Fred,"
"I'm George."
They earned a slight laugh from the girl, "Nice to meet you, I'm Victoria."
"Hi Victoria." They said at the same time, smiling widely. When she laughed again the brothers knew that they were going to be great friends.
Later at the sorting ceremony...
"Fred Weasley!" Professor McGonagall called.
"Good luck." Victoria told him, Fred, George and Victoria had quickly become friends on the train ride here, which they spent chatting about how much fun it was going to be here.
"Griffindor!" The sorting hat called, everyone applauded.
"George Weasley!" Was then called.
"Griffindor!" The sorting hat said again, and once again applause.
Victoria was nervous, she wanted to be in the same house as her new friends, but she was not oblivious to her past.
Finally it was her turn, "Victoria Dolohov!" McGonagall called, and all eyes fell to her. Dumbledore leaned forwards in his seat slightly and Snape watched with interest.
"Hmm..." The sorting hat mumbled, but everyone could hear, as they had all gone silent when they heard the last name of a man who had killed hundreds. "Griffindor!" It shouted finally.
There was muted applause as the Sytherin's were angry about not having her in their house, and the Griffindor's weren't sure if they should be happy that she was in their house either.
Victoria walked towards the Griffindor table, with not one person making eye contact, until two redheaded boys started calling, "Tori, Tori!" and beckoning her over to sit with them. She smiled and sat beside them and her insecurities quickly fell away, and that was when she decided that Fred and George were her best friends.
Sometime in October...
It was becoming quickly apparent that Victoria was good at magic, very good. She was extremely advanced in defense against the dark arts, charms and transfiguration. She was also powerful, her charms were strong, and they lasted. However she did struggle in a few other subjects, such as care of magical creatures and flying lessons.
Now, Victoria already knew how to fly, it's just that she hated it and refused to fly more than 2 meters off the ground. A little known fact about Victoria was that she was terrified of heights. Fred and George tried to help her get over her fears in numerous ways, but none of them worked and eventually they gave up.
"It's okay you guys, really. I know how to fly, I just don't like to." Victoria said to Fred and George, going inside from yet another unsuccessful broomstick lesson.
"If you say so..." Fred trailed off, still dissapointed that they couldn't help.
"Well cheer up, there's the Halloween feast tomorrow." Victoria pointed out, this quickly brought up their spirits.
Early December...
There was a certain buzz around the school that came with the winter season, and many of the first years were excited about going to see their families that they hadn't seen in a while, all but one, that was.
Victoria was sitting in the common room reading when Fred and George walked in with big grins on their faces, Victoria looked up from her book and said, "Oh no, what have the two of you done now?"
"Well," George started.
"We were thinking,"
"Would you like to,"
"Come to our house over Christmas holidays?"
Victoria just stared at them for a moment to see if they were serious, once she confirmed they were she said, "I don't know..."
"Why not?"
"Mum said it was okay and everything."
"Your parents really said it was okay?" Victoria asked tentatively.
"Yeah." They said, nodding at the same time.
"I, well..." She thought about it for a moment, "Alright."
Fred and George grinned and highfived, "This is going to be awesome!" They both said.