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This is not a full crossover but some people will get powers from Marvel and DC comics. This is also a female Harry story if you do not like it then don't read anymore of the story. I will just laugh and report those that flame or hassle me about Harry being a girl. With that said please read on and try to leave me a nice review.
Over the next few days all the paper could talk about was how The-Boy-Who-Lived was missing. Both Draco and Neville had asked why I did not tell them who I really was. I answered them by telling them just how I had come into my aunt's care. Aunt Marge had found the letter that had been left with me and Aunt Petunia still kept a diary so the rant about freaks on her doorstep where anyone could see was also found. She had let me read both before starting school and it was shocking to say the least.
"Our head of house is an ass-hat," I said as I sat down at the table Neville and I had claimed to do homework.
"Tell me about it; he hates me too for some reason. But to him you should be just some muggleborn that got missorted," he told me.
"It is because I am a Potter. Oh I got some news from home today," I said as Draco sat down.
"So did I," he told us with a smile. I waved him to go on as his seemed more important than mine.
"My sister will be joining us next week," he said with a smile. Neville gave him an odd look.
"That is great. My uncle found more of my family," I told them.
"Oh; are how are we related to them?" Neville asked. They had learned that family meant a lot to me as I claimed the Weasleys at school and all but the one in our year agreed with me. Their mother had sent me a howler to keep away from her children as they were not dark. Draco had advised me to send one back to her but I smiled before sending a letter off to Lord Black. He would handle it the best way. It was a week later I got a letter of apology from the woman's husband.
"One is my mother's half-brother; same mother different father. And the others come from Dorea and Charlus Potter's branch," I told them with a smile.
"There must be more or you would not be smiling like you are," Draco said.
"You remember how I told you both Charlus and Fleamont named their sons James?" They nodded at this. "Well Dorea and Charlus's James married a nice witch named Lillian they have one son and two daughters. Their son's name is Harold and their daughters' names are Rosie and Posy," I said.
"So if and when they are found people are going to think that Dumbledore lied to them," Draco said.
"But we know that he did," Neville said.
"True but it is a family secret. This will be public. Plus they met at my parents' wedding," I told them.
"So before she was a Potter she was an Evans. Are you sure that line is not magical?" Draco asked.
"English purebloods do not think so," I told him.
"Is it rude to ask how your mother has a half-brother?" Neville asked. I sighed before telling them how my grandmother had been raped at a young age. How her mother had told her the baby had died before giving the boy up.
"Have you met him?" Neville asked once I was finished.
"Not yet. I will at the Yule break," I said. I went on to tell them how he had been overseas for some time as he joined the Navy after finishing up Hogwarts. I than had to explain just what the Navy was and why he would join it.
The following morning Draco's sister Epsilon was sorted; Draco thought she would join us and had told Parkinson to move over. So we were shocked when she ended up in Hufflepuff. "Thank Merlin we don't have to put up with another squib," Parkinson said. I felt both boys stiffen up at her words. I glared at her before smacking her.
"Mind your tone when you speak about my kin," I hissed out while Draco told her about the same only less nicely.
"How dare you! You're nothing but a mudblood that needs to be shown her place," she said as she pulled her wand.
"I would be careful if I were you Parkinson," Draco said. I could see his wand in hand and a quick glance let me know Neville was backing us up too.
"What is going on here?" our head of house asked.
"She stuck me!" Parkinson said, I just smiled at her.
"And you insulted the heir of an ancient and noble house," I told her with a smile.
"Longbottom is not ancient or noble," snapped one of our older house mates.
"I was not speaking of him nor was I speaking of Epsilon," I said.
"A mudblood like you cannot be from an ancient and noble house," Greengrass said as Snape took points from me. I cared very little for the point system and would not go to a detention he assigned me as I did not earn them. Aunt Marge had made me read the rule book before heading off so it was easy to get them overturned.
"I do not know why everyone thinks I am a mudblood. It is just a silly thing to do," I said as we were ordered to eat and get to our classes. Snape made sure to tell me to mind my betters before returning to the head table.
"You heard our head of house Potter, mind your betters," Parkinson said with a smirk. I just glared at her before getting up and heading for my first class of the day. I had been getting grief from others in my house which was another reason I disliked my head of house as he did nothing to stop them. But from the gossip I had overheard the Gryffindors had worse from him.
"Don't let them get to you," Neville said as he came up to walk with me. He had it just as hard as me.
"Oh they don't bother me that much. I know they are being stupid and idiotic children. It is when adults act the same that worries me. Draco said his father told him the Ministry is in an uproar over the whole Boy-Who-Lived thing. That is why Dumbledore is gone from the castle most of them time," I said, holding out the paper to him. The headline said Sirius Black was to be questioned today. It would be an open court and would also be broadcast over the wireless.
"Think they will let us out of class to listen in?" Neville asked.
"They would have a riot on their hands if they didn't," I said as I stopped outside the potions classroom. Today was a double lesson so that meant brewing. I needed to remove my contacts and put on the goggles. Professor Snape had taken points the first time I wore them and ordered me to remove them. He did not believe the note I had saying I needed them until Draco told him it was true. That had only made Snape sneer at me but he allowed me to use them but also ordered me to see the nurse for proper glasses. Only she agreed that what I used was all in working order and she sent a note off to him saying as much.
"I still think you had something to do with Harry being missing. Merlin knows why you waited this long to buy that death eater out," Weasley said as he shoved passed us into the room. I rolled my eyes at him. When Harry Potter had not shown nor been called he had yelled out it was my fault. It earned him a few more detentions and had others talking.
I sighed as Draco sat down at the table in front of Neville and Nott joined him soon after. I glared at him when he asked what Snape would give me a detention for today. Draco told him to shut it as Snape came into the room.
I looked at the clock then back to our potion it was a light purple and very runny.
"Neville I think we might have gotten this one right," I said.
"Scary," he said just as something landed in the middle of the potion. I blinked as my potion turned a harsh orange color. When it start smoking blue and red fumes Draco and Nott turned to look at what was going on.
"How did you two do that?" Nott asked.
"It was just like yours till someone tossed something in it," I said, just as it started sparking. I could hear Snape telling us what dunderheads we were from his spot next to Granger and Finnegan. I glanced at him then back to our potion in time for it to blow up.
I blinked a few times as I woke up. I was trying to remember what had happened. But the only thing I could remember was fighting with Parkinson at breakfast. Did she curse me? No, even our head of house would not let that happen in front of others.
"Don't try to sit up just yet dear," the nurse said as she held out a goblet. I drank it slowly. It was nice cold water that helped my dry throat.
"What happened?" I asked my voice cracking as I spoke.
"Your potion exploded all over you and few others. They are here too. Some were here for breathing in the smoke but I let them go already," she told me. I turned to look around me and without sitting up I could see Nott to the left of me and Draco to the right. I frowned as both had adults with them. Where was Remus? He should have been here along with Aunt Marge. I was about to ask how Draco was when his mother spotted me awake.
"Hello dear," she said softly as she moved over next to me.
"How is Draco? Is Neville alright? What about Nott?" I asked.
"Draco just went back to sleep, Mr. Longbottom has yet to wake up, the same for Mr. Nott," she told me. I hummed at that.
"Do you know why my guardians are not here?" I asked.
"Your head of house is in class and the Headmaster would not allow your aunt to come because she is a muggle," the Nurse said.
"Why would Snape be here?" I asked, really confused while my head was starting to hurt.
"He is your magical guardian," the Nurse told me. Draco's mother frowned at that.
"No he is not! Remus Lupin is; and Aunt Marge is a squib please floo them. Do they even know what happened?" I asked. I could tell I was crying.
"You mean to say you have yet to notify Miss Potter's magical guardians?" I heard Lady Malfoy say as my world went black once more. I came to, only there was a lot more yelling and I knew those that were yelling. My Aunt was yelling at my head of house and the headmaster and I smiled at it. I opened my eyes when I felt someone running their hand though my hair.
"Hey there kiddo we are trying to find out what happened," Remus said.
"I am not sure, it is really fuzzy and the last I remember is fighting with Parkinson in the great hall this morning," I said.
"Nott said you told him someone tossed something in your potion," he told me. I blinked a few times trying to remember what happened.
"That is right. Neville and I had finally got a potion right, well right enough that Snape would take it, when someone tossed a bundle of spider legs; no it was a spider, in the potion. It wasn't long after that it exploded. Why did you not come like the others?" I asked.
"Your head of house felt I did not have the right to know you had been hurt. And the Headmaster did not wish your aunt to know as he thought her a muggle. That man even sent the Aurors after me claiming I did not have the right to be near you or any children. They got there about the same time Lady Malfoy flooed the house," he told me as Aunt Marge came over to me. She was quick to hug me and cover my face with kisses while asking how I was doing. I told her I was sore before asking how the others were doing.
I was quickly told that Neville had woken but was sleeping once more and that in the morning, Draco, Neville, Nott and myself would be sent to St. Mungo's. Lord Malfoy also said the board would be looking into how the accident had happened as more than one person had seen Ronald Weasley toss something in the potion Neville and I had been working on. I was quick to tell them it was a spider as I knew that if there were any side effects they would need to know what potion we had been brewing and what had gone into it. It seems they would also be looking into other things in the school, mostly how the heads of houses treated their students.
We spent a week in the hospital cleansing the potion residue from our systems. We returned to a changed school. All the heads of house had been replaced with people who had been hired on just to hold that job. In fact there were two people for each house, a man and woman, so that the girls would have a woman to ask questions if need be. And if the rumours were to be believed, McGonagall had been removed as the deputy headmistress for failure to do her job. Our former head of house had yet to return and it looked like he would not be returning at all. So I was very surprised when he returned two weeks after we did.
I watched as Snape glared out at the students. "Wonder why he is here?" I asked.
"I do not know and I know father would have told me if he knew that man was coming back. So that means he and the other Governors do not know," Draco said.
"I am so telling Gran about this," Neville said as he tossed his napkin on his plate. He said nothing as he stood but the headmaster called to him and almost everyone in the hall looked at him.
"Mr. Longbottom please return to your seat. I have some announcements to make before dismissing the meal," the Headmaster said. Neville looked at the floor then glared at the man.
"If the announcement has to do with that man I do not wish to hear it," he said before leaving. I looked at Draco and we both nodded. We were quick to join him and to my shock so did most of our house. I could not help but think back to the meeting with the Governors over what happened in that potion class.
Weasley had gotten off lightly; he was on probation for the rest of the year for his actions but if he got in anymore trouble he would be sent home. But I had overheard him laughing about it saying that Dumbledore would not allow that to happen. That when they found The-Boy-Who-Lived he was going to be his best friend and make sure he did not go dark.
"So how many points do you think we just lost?" Theodore asked. After getting out of the hospital he had told us we could call him by his given name.
"I really don't care about the point system it hasn't been fair for a long time," I told them as we reached the owlery only to find Filch the caretaker there.
"It's closed. The Headmaster says no one is to send out any owls," he said. I looked at him before stunning him.
"Dobby," Draco called out. His elf was quick to pop in and I winced at how wounded he was.
"Tell father he and the other Governors need to come to the school now. Dumbledore has brought Snape back and tried to prevent us from sending owls out. We have stunned the squib and will be waiting on the governors in the front hall. Take him with you Dobby," Draco said. The elf nodded before vanishing taking Fitch with him.
"How is that man still here?" Neville asked as he wrote his gran.
"They overlooked him, he is to most just a squib," I said with a sorry note. I hated how people treated my aunt. She did not have enough magic to be considered a witch but had more than most squibs. Draco just placed his hand on my arm while Neville said it was going to be okay. Most of his family had thought him a squib and tried all sort of ways to force magic out of him. They almost killed him though I only knew about the few times he shared about.
"You guys best head for the front doors. I will pass the word on to our housemates about what happened," Theodore said as he left us alone. We did not speak as we made our way down to the front doors. I sighed as I turned around to walk backwards. I was trying to figure something out to say to them. We really had not talked about what had happened in the potion class. The healer in charge had made sure we all knew there could still be side effects. All the students were being looked at for potion damage and word was some students had lost the ability to have children. That had seemed just another rumor but a harsh whisper I had heard made me think it was very true. We all knew if anything were to come up it would be permanent.
I yelped when I stumbled and I was quick to place a hand on the wall to steady myself.
"How are you doing that?" Draco asked. I looked at him then down at the floor only there was no floor below me. I was sticking to the wall with a hand and one foot. I gulped before scurrying back to the landing with them. It took a few pulls to get my hand free and by the time that had happened I was shaking.
"Please don't tell," I said.
"You know we won't, you heard what they said. If anything odd happened they wanted to study us. Like we were rats," Draco said with his fist clenched.
The Governors were not pleased that Snape had been brought back to the school but could not remove him as Dumbledore had hired him personally. So the man wasn't a member of the school staff but still had the protection of Dumbledore. Lord Malfoy told us softly to pass the word around that we could and should defend our persons from Snape. I knew the twins would be pleased to learn this tidbit of news.
Before long it was clear orders had been given to the school elves about Snape. Flint came back from visiting the kitchen with word that Snape had his own elf in the school and it was being shunned by the other elves. We left driving Snape out to the older students as we all wanted to figure out my powers and see if anyone else from the class had gotten some yet as well.
Finding out I could stick to walls was just a start. I realized later I could walk up walls when I was in danger. It was more useful than sticking to walls as far too many people have tried to hex me.
"Draco I have a few questions for you," I said as I came down to the common room.
"It is too early for questions," he said. I just glared at him.
"They are more for your father, can Dobby take him a note for me?" I asked.
"Dobby be happy to take it for Missy Potter," Dobby said as he popped into the room next to us.
"Thank you Dobby," I told him, as I handed him the letter and the box. He smiled at me before popping away.
"That was odd, he shouldn't have come to you saying his name," Neville said.
"Mother sent me a note about that telling me it might happen. He used to belong to her family but after they passed on someone sold their elves," Draco told me.
"Father released him back to your family when he learned he was still bonded to you," he told me.
"What do I need to do to thank him? And is there a way to call my other elves to me?" I asked.
"I do not know but I'll ask my mother, she will know. And what was in the box?" he asked.
"A rat; Weasley's rat to be precise. I found that beast trying to chew its way into my trunk. And seeing as first years are only allowed a cat, a toad or an owl unless they have permission from the Board of Governors, the Headmaster and their Head of house, I do not think Weasley did that. His brother might have but not the one in our year," I said as I took a seat. I looked at Neville who had gone quiet while we talked as well as paler than Draco on a healthy day.
"What is the matter?" I asked. In answer he just pointed to Draco's hand. I blinked at it before I realized it was on fire. My quick and very over powered water spell had Draco sputtering and the upper years running over to see what was going on as I had put out the fire we were sitting next to.
"What was that for!" Draco demanded as he wiped water out of his eyes.
"You were on fire," Neville said.
"What? No I wasn't! Was I?" he asked.
"I wouldn't have doused you with water otherwise," I told him and he thanked me before going up to dry off and change clothing.
"Good thinking Potter, now do something about the mess you made," an upper year said with a glare.
"Can I get an elf to help me please?" I asked. I wasn't surprised when three popped in. They looked around and smiled. A few snaps later the water was gone and we had a fire going along with a cup of hot cocoa.
"How did you get the elf to do that?" the same upper year demanded.
"I was nice to them when I went to the kitchen and I try to make a mess in my room for them to clean weekly," I told him. He just smiled at that. "Oh and just a word of advice - if you were mean to them in the past I would apologise and make a very big mess for them to clean up if you want the elves' help," I told him just as Draco came back down.
"Do I want to know?" he asked as he came over.
"Best not to ask I am still shocked at what she can get an elf to do," Neville said as he sipped his cocoa.
"So what part of the castle are we going to explore today?" I asked as we headed out of the common room.
"I want to try and find a shorter way to the Astronomy tower," Draco said. I nodded at that but when we passed the room we had been using to test my new found powers out I pulled him in while Neville was shoving him. "What is going on?" Draco demanded once the door was sealed.
"You were on fire in the common room," I told him.
"I know and you did a great job putting me out," he said then mumbled that he'd better not get sick from getting so wet.
"No, she means your hand was on fire, just your hand," Neville said, earning a look from Draco.
"You're joking," Draco said. I just gave him a look before walking up the wall.
"If I can do this who is to say you two didn't get a gift," I told them.
"She is right and I think I have been using mine without knowing and do you think Theodore was affected too?" Neville asked.
"Not something we could just go ask him and what do you mean about yours?" I asked. I watched as he pulled a seed out. Before I could ask him what he was doing it started to grow.
"That is not magic," Draco said before starting to take off his outer robes then his shirt, telling us they were not fire proof. By the time lunch came around all he could do was smoke some. It was days before he was able to catch on fire once more and when he did it wasn't just his hand but his whole body. By the time Halloween had come around I thought we had a good hold on our powers, though Draco had to have most of his clothing charmed not to catch on fire.
We tried to find out if Theodore had gotten powers too but had no luck. The only thing to really happen was the fight Weasley started with his older twin brothers. He wanted his rat back and had demanded they return it at dinner one night. Their heads of house had hurried over and made them all leave the room.
"Wait, you sent his rat off weeks ago," Neville said.
"I know and I still haven't heard from your father Draco, about my questions. I was hoping he could help me," I said.
"You never told us with what," Draco told me with a frown. "Maybe he was working on it," he said looking past me. I turned to see his father coming across the great hall.
"Lucius what can I do for you?" the headmaster asked.
"You can call me by my title Headmaster, but I am not here to see you I am here to collect Miss Potter, Mr. Longbottom and my children. They will be returning on Monday," Draco's dad said, before telling us to go pack our other school books.
"I am afraid I cannot allow you to take the other two with you," the headmaster said as we were getting out of our seats.
"You cannot stop me; I have a signed letter from both their guardians to bring them home and all of their teachers have agreed so long as they have their homework that is due on Monday and Tuesday. That is why I am having them collect the rest of their school books. Go on children," he said. I know I was hurrying before anything else could be said. Draco's father was waiting on us at the castle doors with a frown on his face and Draco said that something else must have been said after we left for him to look that way. Once we were outside the school gates Lord Malfoy held out a fist sized ring and asked us to take hold. Before I could ask what it was he said 'take me home county rose'. I felt a hook in my belly and my world spun. It was then I knew I had found my most disliked way of travel.
"What the heck was that?" I yelled once we landed. My answer was, 'a portkey'. I told them never again and both Draco and Neville laughed at me. Epsilon frowned at them before asking if I was alright.
"I got your letter; I would have answered your questions sooner but had a small problem with the rat you sent," Lord Malfoy told us.
"Father please tell me that rat did not get loose in our home!" Draco said. I knew he disliked rats, he had told me the only good rat was a dead one.
"No the rat did not get loose. It was not a rat at all. He was an animagus. Do you remember that meeting we had before the school year with Lord Black?" he asked. Draco and I nodded and I was a little shocked when Neville nodded as well.
"He met with Gran and myself later that day so I know a little too," Neville said.
"I had thought so; it was one of the reasons your Grandmother allowed me to bring you to our home. Another was none of us want any of you in the castle when the papers come out tomorrow," he said.
"Lucius I told you to bring them right in," Lady Malfoy said as she came in to the room. "Harriet dear why are you on the floor?" she asked, holding out a hand. I had not realized I was still sitting where I had landed. She gave both her children a hug before moving on to Neville then myself.
"I want to let them get their legs back. Harriet looked quite sick dear," Lord Malfoy said.
"I will never willingly take one of those again," I hissed as I stood up. We were led to a room that held the others waiting for us.
"So that rat was the one who gave my parents up," I said when I spotted my godfather. Uncle Remus groaned at what I said.
"No more puns for you today," my aunt said as she gave my godfather more cocoa to drink. I just smiled at that before taking a seat.
"Do you know what the paper will say? I do not want people to find out who I really am," I said, as I took a sip of the tea I had been given. Draco's mum said it would settle my stomach.
"Can I have a cup too Mummy?" Epsilon asked. Lady Malfoy smiled and poured her a cup of tea too. I smiled into my cup as it did in fact quickly settle my stomach.
"Your parents thought of that. I had the papers in a safety deposit box and I sent Moony to collect them this morning. As of today you are your own twin and the goblins are more than willing to fake Harry Potter's death, for a fee of course. I took care of that too. I am not sure what they are going to do but they held an odd love for your mother for some reason," he told me. I just smiled after he said that; I knew why as the goblins just loved Dudley and me for the same reason.
"You know why don't you?" Uncle Remus asked.
"Yes and like my mother I cannot tell you," I said.
"Mr. Longbottom you may floo home when you wish as your grandmother needs to speak to you about a family matter," Lord Malfoy said. Neville frowned before saying he would speak to us later. I could tell he was worried and I knew why. He had told us about his parents and I had gone with him to visit them while in the hospital.
"What will we be doing this weekend?" I asked as I sat my cup down. I was told that we would do what we did ever year, while taking time to get to know my godfather only we would be doing so from the Malfoy home.
"What do you do?" Draco asked.
"I go and visit my parents and tell them about my life from the last time I went. We try and go a least six times a year," I told him. He apologised for asking but I told him it was alright before asking him to come along.
"I would be honored to," he said and we spent the rest of the day going over the plan my parents had made if worse came to worst.
"There is one thing I do not understand. Dumbledore placed you with your family so he had to have known," Lady Malfoy said.
"You know that I am a squib, correct? As was my late brother. When our mother found out she kicked us both out of the family. Our father took us in when we found him. Mother had never told him about us and it was only luck our family elf gave me some of her old papers with his contact information on it," my aunt said.
"So you have two names," Lord Malfoy said. I could tell Draco was confused.
"My mother could not disown us for being squibs as she was not head of the family. The former head had placed her on probation for having children out of wedlock so we could still use the magic family name we had at birth. To the magical world I am Marge Prewett bastard squib daughter of Muriel but in the muggle world I am just Marge Dursley and there are a lot of Dursleys. When Dumbledore came around looking for the Boy-Who-Lived; not that he told me that, I poured on the fan girl act he gets from time to time. He then looked in on Dudley and Harriet, said both were powerful magically before going on about his business," she finished up.
"But you don't go to Hogwarts," Draco said looking at my cousin.
"I go to Durmstrang," Dudley told them.
"I did not think they would take someone of your blood status, meaning no offence to you or your family young sir," Lord Malfoy said.
"They normally do not but I am the son of two squibs with a count of 223 and I can speak to snakes," Dudley told them.
"You can speak to snakes!" the Malfoys said at once.
"It is no big deal," I told them. Draco looked at me before glaring.
"That is how you get around; I knew you were taking some sort of short cut," he said. I smiled at him.
"Yup. That along with the fact I have my mother's map;" I told him.
"Lily made a map too?" my godfather said.
"Yup, from what I have been told it is better than the one you four made," I said.
"How is that possible? I thought your mother was a muggle-born," Lord Malfoy said.
"She was in a way, from what little we have been able to find with both magic and normal records. My great grandmother was raped. That came from my grandfather. It was only when my mother did the family tree potion project in her last year she learned about the family secret. From what her diary said her father told her but asked her to keep it from my aunt," I said.
"Would you be willing to tell us who it was and do you know if you have any more family?" Lord Malfoy asked.
"They are all dead, it was a man named Marvolo Gaunt. He had two other children Morfin and Merope. Morfin died while in Azkaban. Merope died shortly after giving birth to her son Tom. Tom died the night he killed my mother. It was old family magic that killed Lord Voldemort," I said with a snort.
"You snort at his name; you might be related but if he comes back your blood ties won't save you," Draco said. I could tell he was mad.
"Draco, son, he won't be coming back. We found out a way stop him. That is another reason we wanted you home this weekend. Just in case there is one of his jars in the school. The wards could go down and there would be a backlash when they come back up," Lord Malfoy said.
"No, the wards will go down and when they return it will be to what they should be. Things have been added to and taken away over the years and they are a mess," Uncle Remus said.
"How do you know that Moony?" my godfather asked.
"When Dumbledore would go off on ICW or Harry hunting I would ask McGonagall if I could have use of the school's library for a project I was working on. But I was really looking at the wards. They are a mess; it is a wonder no one has been killed yet by something that came from the forest," he said as Neville came back in with his Gran all tied up.
"Mr. Longbottom what is the meaning of this!" demanded Lord Malfoy.
"That is not my Gran," he growled out. Aurors were called in after that. It did not take long to learn the Dowager Lady Longbottom was being held in the basement of her own home. Once she was freed and cleared by the healers Lady Malfoy basically ordered her to move into the guest wing of the Malfoy home. The following morning was very odd to say the least. I could tell Neville's Gran did not want to be here but they had no place to go as their home needed a full ward overhaul. And due to what happened yesterday we had held off going to visit my parents' graves.
"Neville how did you know that was not me?" she asked once we had all finished eating.
"Your hat Gran, Algie wasn't wearing your hat. He said we were going someplace but you did not put on your hat," Neville said. She smiled at him.
"Lady Malfoy, thank you for allowing us to stay until our wards can be redone," Dowager Lady Longbottom said.
"Think nothing of it, we are family after all," Lady Malfoy said.
"Yes it is clear that we are family. I do have some questions. One being why is Black here? The second, why is Neville out of Hogwarts?" Dowager Lady Longbottom asked.
"I am innocent and was released. The story will be in today's paper and we thought you allowed him to come home. But it must have been Algie that allowed him to leave the school," my godfather said, just as owls came in with the papers.
"Mother where is Father it is not like him to miss meals?" Draco asked.
"There was an emergency at Hogwarts last night. Miss Potter, did you give permission for anyone else to call your elf?" Lady Malfoy asked as she took the papers and mail from the owls.
"I told my friend Justin to call Dobby if there was an emergency and he needed to contact his family for some reason and an owl would not be fast enough," I said as she handed me my mail. I thanked her before sitting it beside my plate.
"Two of his sisters are allergic to birds so when I found out back when we went to the same primary school, he would send any owls to my aunt and she would take them to his house and send their replies back," I told her.
"That would explain why Dobby showed up last night. It seems a troll got into the school last night. I am not sure if anyone was hurt but Dobby came with a letter from your friend telling us about the troll. Lucius left late last night to call a meeting of the school Governors and see what just happened at the school," Lady Malfoy said just as her husband came in.
"Was anyone hurt?" Dowager Lady Longbottom asked.
"One student; she was sent to Saint Mungo's. She will make it but will not be able to return to finish out the year. Dumbledore is on suspension. That man sent students back to their houses with a troll on the loose. The heads of house listened to him when they should have seen to their houses first," Lord Malfoy said as he sat down.
"What house was attacked?" I asked.
"None, the student was not with her house. We are not sure why or what happened but we will be interviewing her housemates and those she had classes with later today," Lord Malfoy said with a yawn.
"Go get some sleep husband, we will be out of the house most of the day," Lady Malfoy said. Lord Malfoy yawned again before leaving the room.
It was the day before we were to return to school when we learned what happened. Hermione Granger had been hurt by the troll when it had come across her in a bathroom. And due to how badly she was hurt she would not be able to return to school until next year. From what Lord Malfoy told us her healing was so slow due to the fact she did not get the needed treatment at once. Madam Pomphrey had been dismissed from her job as she should have flooed the hospital no matter what the Headmaster had told her. She was a nurse and not a fully trained healer.
We knew there would be a meeting soon to see about removing Dumbledore as Headmaster. With all the mistakes he made concerning the school as well as the injustice done to my godfather, people would see him as he truly was. A lot of people were still calling for his head over the boy-who-lived. We would be placing the seeds for what happened to him when we returned. We also had been told the governors had been split on how to punish Ronald Weasley as he had a small role in what happened to the Granger girl.
"So why did you guys leave school over the weekend? And what do you think about the Black issue?" Greengrass asked as we took a seat at the house table.
"I went to visit my parents' graves and I am not allowed to speak about the Black issue as you call it just yet," I said.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Lord Black has forbidden anyone of the Black family to speak of it," I said.
"But I overheard the Weasleys speaking about it," Parkinson said.
"The woman who married into the Weasley family was disowned so they are not held by the Black family magic like Draco, Epsilon, Neville and I are," I said.
"But you claim to be related to those blood traitors," Theodore said.
"I am by marriage. You know their Aunt Muriel?" Most nodded, they knew of her. "Well my mother's elder sister married her only son." I said.
"But she doesn't have any children," Davis said.
"She has; she had twins but both were squibs so she gave them to their father to raise," I told them.
"Our families would have heard of that," Flint said, while another said the woman wasn't even married.
"True to both points, but our family tree clearly showed their names when my father added my mother's family," I said.
"And what family would that be mudblood?" Parkinson asked.
"Miss Parkinson your father will be hearing from me on how you have been treating a member of my family," was said behind us. She paled as she looked at Lord Black and then back to me.
"Children I am afraid we must remove you from the school once more," he said.
"I must protest you cannot keep removing my students without reason!" Dumbledore said.
"If I have my way you will not be Headmaster after this week and we have reason. They will need to attend a family funeral," Lord Black said.
"My condolences. May I ask who passed on?" Dumbledore asked.
"You may but I do not have to answer. Go pack children," Lord Black said. I shared a look with Draco and Neville before hurrying off to do as told.
"Do you know what is going on?" Epsilon asked as she met us at the door.
"I have an idea but thought we would be here longer before we were removed once more," I said. They looked at me before nodding. They understood why we were leaving now. When the paper came the following morning I was not shocked when the headline read BOY-WHO-LIVED DEAD. The accompanying story was very well written and to the point. They even had quotes from the fake wills and everything.
"I am very happy they got us out of school. Any idea why it got out so fast?" I asked.
"Your account manager said it would be better to get everything over quickly," Lord Black said as he sat down at the table. "And your parents had this planned out long ago. All he had to do was put the plan in motion and to do it you had to be in Hogwarts with a Harry Potter elsewhere," he told us as his food appeared in front of him.