Those of you who are new, here is the link to my page on Facebook:

/pages/Im-a-Skyscraper/492670064106734#!/pages/Im- a-Skyscraper/492670064106734

Please 'like' it and visit when you can because things change quickly!

Chapter 36

Last Time:

"It's true. I am Jasmine's descendant." Alex finally realizes.

"Yes, now run through that door." McGonagall points at a door, that Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Neville and Ron are running through. Following the others, McGonagall keeps shielding them before going through herself.

Through the door, everyone watches Voldemort and Dumbledore battle. Before anyone could react, Bellatrix, who is running to a fireplace, sends a stunning spell at the teenagers. She sends three more as the first one hits Alex in the chest. The other three are about to hit Alex but McGonagall takes it before she could shield them.

Landing on the ground with a thud, Alex lets out a scream.

"MOM!" Alex screams kneeling down. Luna runs over to Alex and just as she is about to reach her, Lucius appears with a smirk behind Alex.

"ALEX! Look out!" Luna shouts sending a stunner of her own. Alex ducks as the stunner hits Lucius, causing him to fly back into the stonewall. Falling unconscious, Luna comforts Alex, as she is ready to deflect any spell that might be fired.

Now:

Walking to her mother's bed on the fourth floor of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, Alex sits down letting her tears fall.

It has been a week since the battle at the Ministry of Magic, and Alex has been staying at the hospital with McGonagall since.

"Ally, why don't you go back to school?" McGonagall asks her daughter softly, "I am doing well. I will be back in two days."

"I know, but I don't want to leave you." Alex gives McGonagall a weak smile as McGonagall wipes her tears away.

"Ally, Albus is back, Umbridge is gone. No one will hurt you even. Maybe Malfoy but we both know that lover boy will deal with him."

Blushing at McGonagall mentioning Harry, Alex covers her face with her hands, earning chuckles from her mother.

"And from what you told me on what that pink hag said to you, they are untrue. I love you, Alex. You have been my daughter since you were five." McGonagall gently takes Alex's hands away from her face, and makes their eyes connect, "Umbridge is just a heartless pink hag that will die not knowing what it is like to be a mother of a great daughter like you."

"I love you, mom." Alex smiles giving McGonagall a hug.

"I love you too."

~H&A~

Alex stands in the waiting room looking for the one person who will be taking her and McGonagall home. As the doors open, the one person walks over with a wheelchair, Dumbledore.

"Ready to go home?" Dumbledore asks Alex walking over to her.

"Yes, I hate hospitals." The two of them heads over to the elevator and to the fourth floor.

When they reach McGonagall's room, Dumbledore and Alex both help her into her wheelchair, before Alex happily pushes her out. Dumbledore watches with a smile as his wife and her daughter banter back and forth playfully. Dumbledore does consider Alex like a daughter to him, but legally, she isn't. He knows for a fact, Alex is still scared of guys older than her, but has been able to slowly get passed that to a point.

As they arrive to Hogwarts, Dumbledore charms the wheelchair to fly up the stairs to neither Alex, nor Dumbledore has to struggle with it. Pushing McGonagall into the castle, Dumbledore opens the doors for Alex.

"Home sweet home." McGonagall breathes happily.

"No more disgusting food!" Alex cheers earning laughs from both adults.

Dumbledore flicks his wand and as Alex pushes McGonagall in, the whole school are on there feet cheering.

McGonagall looks over her shoulder at Dumbledore to see him smiling and he winks at her. Chuckling, McGonagall shakes her head and looks up at her daughter to see her smirking.

"It's your party, mom. You are a fighter. Dad and I planned it." Alex explains.

Alex freezing as she goes back and realizes what she said.

"I… uhhh…" Alex turns to Dumbledore, who is walking over to her.

"Legally, you are not my daughter. But why need a piece of paper tell us what our hearts say? I look at you like a daughter, Alex. You, Minerva and I are a family." Dumbledore laces his hand through McGonagall's and wraps his left arm around Alex's shoulders, both smiling.

As the cheering continues, Dumbledore, McGonagall and Alex watch on, happy that they are just what Alex has always wished for since she was five, a family.

Please review. Half-Blood Prince is next. : D