Chapter 10:
I walked away from Harry and the Minister reluctantly. I felt uneasy leaving Harry alone, but I pushed the feeling down and followed Dumbledore.
He closed the door behind him and gestured to one of the seats. I took it, sinking slightly in the squishy chair.
"I'm sure you'd like an explanation to what happened earlier." Dumbledore started, sitting across from him. I did not respond, staring at him with a look of slight impatience.
"It is a long story. A few years ago, I wiped your memory. Let me finish." He said, raising a hand. I had been about to protest, but stopped.
"It was for your own safety until your defense mechanism kicked in."
"I… I don't understand."
"You were a muggle, or at least, you were in your head. You truly are Regulus Black's daughter, and you were raised by Sirius Black."
"What happened to my father?"
"I'm afraid that that is a story for another time. What I can tell you, though, is that you were brought into this world for a special reason. You were born specifically to protect the one from the prophecy."
I felt my eyes widen.
"Really?"
He nodded.
"From here on out, you will know when Harry is in danger, as well as Neville Longbottom."
"Longbottom? What does he have to do with anything?"
"It's is a long story, but he was just as likely to be the boy from the prophecy as Harry."
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out, so I just nodded.
"There is more to this story, of course, but I'm afraid that I must keep that from you for just a bit longer." He said, his voice grave. I just nodded.
He dismissed her, and I went to go see Harry.
"Kira, what the heck is going on? You just come barreling into me in the middle of my street! What is wrong with you? It was like you were being chased by Sirius Black or something!" Harry shouted, even though he didn't seem angry.
I froze. In my mind's eye, I saw pictures flash. A smiling man… a shaggy dog… a green light… a flying hippogriff… a werewolf?
"Kira!"
"What? Sorry. Um… I don't know. I just panicked I guess." Though he didn't say it, I knew Dumbledore didn't want Harry knowing. "Come on. Let's get something to eat."
I sat back down next to Harry. I had left to change into my uniform, since the train was near the school. We had gotten a compartment with a poorly-dressed man, who seemed to be our new professor. All of the sudden, the lights flickered before shutting off completely.
"What-t… What was that?" Ron stuttered, shivering. It seemed as though the entire compartment had dropped twenty degrees. The door slid open.
I drew my wand and pointed it at the offender.
"Don't shoot!" A panicked voice said.
"Neville?"
"And Ginny."
"Your sitting on me Ginny."
"Oh, sorry Ron."
"Did you guys feel that?"
"It feels like-"
"Shut up!" A new voice said, alerting us that the professor had awoken.
The door slid open once again, but this time no human entered.
If it was possible, it seemed to get colder. I shivered. A cloaked figure floated into the compartment. I felt dread fill me, before a blinding pain in her head stopped her from concentrating. I felt myself fall to the floor in a heap. Was that someone calling my name?
It didn't matter, though. I was cold… so cold…
I saw a man, messy black hair and almond eyes talking with another man, whose hair was longer and his eyes grey.
"Why would Regulus help us?"
"He must have had a change of heart."
"I don't know. I think he's up to something."
"Calm down, Sirius. It's too late now."
A sigh.
"I know, I know. The girl's to be born in a week."
"She'll be just about Harry's age!"
"Ah, so Lily finally agreed to the name?"
"Yah. At least, if it's a boy. If it's a girl she wants to call it Hope. Like I'd ever call a daughter of mine Hope. I want to name it something more adventurous, but so far all my ideas have been shot down."
A laugh.
"Yah. Unfortunately, Regulus gets to pick the name of the girl. I made him promise to make it short."
"A Black with a short name? I find that hard to believe."
"He'll probably name it something just as weird."
"Yah, I-"
The voices cut faded away, as did the men.
So Cold…
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