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Chapter 1: Welcome back
The Hogwarts Express train compartments were full of eager and excited students. Draco Malfoy sighed as he pushed passed the younger years to get into his compartment.
"Bloody first years." He huffed as he sat down and tried to remove the winkles from his uniform shirt, a dark skinned boy that sat in the bench across from him laughed into his book. Draco glared lightly at him.
"We were first years once Malfoy." Draco rolled his eyes, nodding his head.
"They're still horrendously annoying Blaise." The boy nodded, not taking his eyes off of his book.
"What do you think it will be like?" Draco stared out the window before turning to face Blaise. He shrugged.
"I'm not sure, most of our year moved out of England after the war. Pansy, you and I are going to be the only 8th year Slytherins, it's been a year Blaise. The castle is fixed but nothing will be the same." Blaise nodded.
"Yeah but at least everyone knows that you didn't kill Dumbledore so we shouldn't have too many problems this year at least with the older students." Before Draco could reply the compartment opened to show a girl with long waist length blonde hair with pink tips. The girl smiled apologetically as she ran a hand through her hair.
"Do you mind? Everywhere else is full." She said leaning against the door pointing at the bench. Both boys shook their heads and Blaise moved over to Draco's bench to give her a free seat.
"Thank you." She said softly as she took a seat and smoothed out her dress.
"No problem." Blaise responded.
"Is it always this… crazy?" Both boys shrugged their shoulders nodding.
"I'm Blaise Zabini, and this is Draco Malfoy." Blaise introduced the two of them
"Oh! I'm being terribly rude. I'm Amelia Dumbledore, but you can just call me May." She said smiling. Both boys shared a look of surprise.
"Dumbledore? I didn't know he had any younger family members" Draco said quietly. Blaise cleared his throat and changed the subject, knowing that Dumbledore was a difficult subject for Draco.
"So this is your first year to the castle." She nodded her head smiling.
"Yeah, I just came back from Italy, and I thought I would stop by and visit." The girl explained. Draco raised an eyebrow.
"Visit who?" Her eyes widened. Before she bit her lip gently.
"My grandmother." She said softly before she changed the subject. "So what houses do you two belong to?"
"Blaise and I are Slytherins." Draco said, May nodded her head. "Do you think you'll get sorted into a house?" May shrugged her shoulders after a moment's thought.
"I'm not sure. I could, it's up to my grandmother." The boys nodded their heads in understanding. A women pushing a trolley opened the compartment door.
"Anything from the trolley dears?" The women asked, Blaise nodded ordering three liquorish wands and two boxes of every flavored beans. Just as he sat down a boy with unruly brown hair and glasses walked up to the lady and asked for a pumpkin patty, four chocolate frogs, a box of every flavored beans, and five liquorish wands. As he waited for his snacks he nodded his head at the two boys.
"Malfoy, Zabini." He said. Both boys nodded their head back at him.
"Potter" Draco said, Harry looked over and noticed May. He smiled at her before introducing himself.
"Hello nice to meet you, I'm Harry Potter." Malfoy and Zabini both rolled their eyes.
"I'm Amelia. It's nice to meet you as well." Harry nodded before he grabbed his snacks and walked back to his compartment, the women and the trolley followed after him. May could hear the women asking if anyone wanted anything off the trolley until she walked out of hearing range.
"Mark the day Malfoy, the first girl to not go googly eyed after meeting Potter" Blaise said as she chewed on his liquorish wand. May looked at him confused.
"I don't understand." May said as she lifted the candy wand to her lips.
"You just met the-boy-who-lived, and didn't even bat an eyelash. I would say that is a first." Blaise said
"The boy who what?" May asked confused before she held up her hand. "Never mind I don't want to know." She said smiling.
Soon the train stopped and the students began to pile off onto the platform. The first years stared up at Hagrid in amazement and fear before they, the second and third years, followed him to the boats. The fourth years and up went to the carriages to be taken to the castle. May followed Draco and Blaise into a carriage and smiled when she saw Harry walk past her with two tall muscular handsome boys, one with red hair and the other with brown, an attractive slender curly brown haired girl and a tall slender red headed girl. Harry smiled at her before getting to his own carriage with his group of friends.
"Granger's looking good this year." Blaise muttered to Draco who lightly shoved him. May looked at the two in confusion before shrugging. The Great Hall was filled with students laughing and eating, when the first years walked in and began their sorting. Once the last student was done McGonagall stood up at the podium to start her speech.
"Welcome all to Hogwarts. We have some new faces and some old." McGonagall said as she smiled down at all the students. "The castle has been rebuilt to its former glory. I would like to inform you that even though the war is over, Defense Against the Dark Arts will still be taught here at Hogwarts by Professor Snape." The students began to mutter amongst themselves only to quiet down when McGonagall cast a look across the hall. "Now Mr. Filch has asked me to remind everyone that the Dark Forest is forbidden for students under sixth year and all Weasley products are prohibited. I know that everybody here has lost loved ones from the war, so let's all have a moment of silence for all of those that were lost to us." The hall was silent for a few moments as everyone lowered their heads before McGonagall once more started speaking.
"In the order of the school's Head boy and girl, before his passing Dumbledore decided to go with two students at the top of their class, who are 8th years this year. Miss Hermione Granger and Mr. Draco Malfoy." The two stood up as the hall clapped for them, McGonagall smiled at the two before they sat down. "But since Miss Granger and Mr. Malfoy are 8th years the staff has decided to place them in the position of High Head Boy and Girl while Miss Ginny Weasley and Mr. Blaise Zabini will be the Head Boy and Girl." McGonagall informed the students, Ginny stood up when Hermione shook her out of her stupor before she and Blaise sat back down. Snape walked up to her and whispered something in her ear before she continued talking
"Professor Snape has brought it to my attention that the Slytherin table has a stow-away." She said as she glanced over at the Slytherin table and beckoned May forward. May stood up and walked over to McGonagall. The Hall was once more filled with murmurs asking who the girl was.
May walked up to McGonagall, who winked at her. May smiled nodding softly before sitting down on the chair and waited for the sorting hat to be placed on her head. The hat was placed on her head and the Hall went silent in anticipation.
"What is your name girl?" The hat asked in his gravely rough voice. May bit her lip before she whispered her name. "Amelia Dumbledore, you said?" The hat's voice boomed across the hall, the students once again began mumbling amongst themselves. May nodded gently with the hat still on her head.
"Well Miss Dumbledore, I'm sure that Gryffindor would be very happy to have you but I'm afraid that I'm going to put you in Slytherin." The hat boomed. The Great Hall was filled with whispers at the new addition to Slytherin shocked to see that it was a member of the Dumbledore family.
"Was that really necessary? I'm only here to visit" May asked once she stood up from the chair and turned to face McGonagall, who only shrugged her shoulders while trying to hid her smile. May sighed and rolled her eyes.
"All right I've had my fun." McGonagall said smiling, it was strange for all the students to see the usually strict Transfiguration Professor, and now Headmistress, smile and joke.
"Everyone I would like to introduce Amelia Dumbledore, my granddaughter." McGonagall said as she placed a hand on May's shoulder. From her place next to her grandmother she could see Draco choking on his drink, while many of the other students stared up at the two shocked.
"Oh Miss Weasley, and Granger may I have a word with you." McGonagall said as she motioned the two girls over to her. May smirked and walked back over to the Slytherin table and sat in between Draco and Blaise. The two looked at her shocked while she took delicate sips of her soup.
"McGonagall is your grandmother?" Blaise asked shocked while Draco stared at her from the other side. May nodded.
"Yes and Dumbledore is my grandfather. So what?" Draco once again started choking on his water. May rolled her eyes and took the cup away from him.
"Honestly Draco, if you can't drink properly don't drink at all." May said before she began eating again. Soon Hermione and Ginny walked over to the Slytherin table and up to May.
"So it seems that Professor McGonagall would like you to stay with Ginny and I in the Head's dormitory." Hermione said, May nodded her head in understand. "It seems like we're all roommates now." She said. Draco and Blaise looked up at her.
"It seems that way. Hello Granger." Draco said smirking up at her.
"Malfoy." Hermione said before she turned her attention on Blaise. "Zabini." He nodded at her.
"Granger. Weasley" Blaise said smirking at Ginny who smirked right back.
"Zabini." Ginny replied. May sat in between the two boys before she sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Honestly are you four always this articulate?" She said raising an eyebrow as she stared up at the two girls who looked at her shocked, seeming to remember that she was there.
"Sorry. I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ginny Weasley." Hermione said holding out her hand. May smiled before taking it and then taking Ginny's hand
"Amelia Dumbledore. It's nice to meet you both." She said. The two girls smiled at her.
"After dinner we're all supposed to meet with McGonagall so she can show us to the dormitory." Hermione said before they both walked off back to the Gryffindor table.
"They seem nice." May said as she began eating her dessert. The boys both nodded their heads.
"They are, but don't be fooled they have right mean tempers those two. Granger is an ace with her wand, she can hex you faster than you can say Hogwarts and Weasley is a fierce little thing, she throws a mean bat bogey hex." Blaise told her. May nodded her head as she took a bite of her pudding. She stared over at the two girls only to catch the eye of Harry. He smiled at her and only broke eye contact when the red headed boy next to him knocked his shoulder with his.
"Who are those boys sitting next to them?" she asked.
"Well you met Potter earlier. The ginger is Ron Weasley, Ginny's older brother. The tall sort of timid looking one is Neville Longbottom, the dark skinned boy is Thomas, Dean I think his first name is and the short one I can't remember his name." Draco said while he ate his dessert.
"Seamus Finnigan, the Irish one." Draco snapped his fingers when Blaise supplied his name.
"That's right Finnigan." Blaise rolled his eyes before he wiped his mouth with his napkin and pushed his plate away.
"Should we go see McGonagall now?" Blaise said as he stood up from the table, Draco and May followed him. May waved Hermione and Ginny over before they went up to see McGonagall.
McGonagall led the small group up several flights of stairs, past the Gryffindor towers and up to a portrait of a mermaid sitting on rock combing out her hair, much like the stained glass window in the Prefects bathroom.
'Password' the mermaid asked as she looked at the group.
"Unity" McGonagall said and pushed the portrait door open. The group stared at the room in awe.
"It's beautiful" Hermione whispered. The others nodded their heads in agreement. The common room was large and homey, the arch ways were tall and Greek like and the walls were painted a light tan color. There was a large book case on the far wall filled to the brim with book and a large fire place in which there was a fire roaring, the furniture was made of black leather and looked extremely comfortable. Next to the bookcase there was a spiral staircase that led upstairs.
"Now your rooms are upstairs. Girls your room is on the left and boys on right. Have a good night, Amelia come here for a moment." McGonagall said as she walked over to the door once more.
"Yes Grandmother."
"Tomorrow I would like for you to accompany me and help with my classes the first half of the day, then you will go to classes with the rest of the students." May nodded her head at her grandmother.
"I'm glad you're well, you're parents were very worried, they hadn't heard from you in months." McGonagall said smiling down at her granddaughter before she gave her shoulder a squeeze and walked out of the door.
"So what now?" Blaise asked once she left. The others shrugged.
"Well I'm going to get ready for bed. Are you coming Amelia?" Hermione asked as she and Ginny walked towards the stairs. May shook her head and walked over to the bookcase. Hermione nodded her head and walked upstairs with Ginny. "Goodnight boys!" they called down before they shut the door.
"So much for getting over your crush on Granger, Malfoy." Blaise said snickering before he sat down in one of the chairs. Draco glared and smacked him lighting across the back of his head.
"Honestly Malfoy, you're becoming more and more like Snape every day." Blaise said as he rubbed the back of his head. Draco smirked and threw himself down on the couch stretching out across it.
"Professor Snape?" May asked from in front of the bookcase as she fingered the spines.
"Yeah he's my godfather." Draco said as he sat up to make room for her on the couch.
"Small world. He's mine as well." May said as she curled up on the couch with a book and began reading. Draco looked at her lightly shocked.
"He's your godfather as well?" Draco asked. May nodded her head keeping her eyes on her book.
"My mother is very fond of uncle Severus, so when I was born she asked him to be my godfather, though I suspect that he was asked to be your godfather first." May informed him.
"He told me that he had a goddaughter, but I didn't know it was Dumbledore's grandchild." Draco said as he looked at her.
"So what's the story with Dumbledore and McGonagall? They never hinted that they were romantic in any way." Blaise asked. Both boys leaned towards her to hear the story.
"Yeah what is the story?" Ginny said as she and Hermione walked back down stairs. May sighed before she closed her book.
"I don't think I should go around telling family secrets." May said.
"It's alright Amelia, I don't mind." A voice said, the group startled and looked up at the portrait above the fireplace.
"Grandfather!" "Professor Dumbledore!" rang around the common room as he stared down at them kindly. Hermione recognized the sparkle in his eye, and smiled at him
"Are you sure grandfather?" May asked, Dumbledore nodded. May began her story
"Well from what my mother told me, when grandmother was younger, she ran out on her wedding. Her father had picked a man that she just couldn't see herself spending the rest of her life with. So she ran, and that's when she met grandfather. Well grandfather took an instant liking to her, I mean she had to have been a right mess. Wedding dress all over the place." May said giggling lightly.
"Well grandfather led her into his house and got her to calm down and she explained that she had run out on an arranged marriage, Grandfather was already well known at that point for defeating that wizard fellow." She said turning to look up at her grandfather's portrait.
"Gellert Grindelwald." Dumbledore's picture supplied. May nodded her thanks.
"Well, grandfather he was very sympathetic for grandmother, and while he had taken a liking to her he um…" May broke off not sure how to continue with this part of the story as she looked up the portrait for help
"I didn't trust in my own judgment in relationships at that point in my life." Dumbledore supplied.
"Right because he had been, um…" Draco leaned towards her slightly
"I had been in love with Grindelwald. So I couldn't offer her anything other than a place to stay and friendship. Though after a while I grew very much attached to her, and her to me and so we had our daughter." Dumbledore finished. May sat quietly playing with the spine of her book while the others stared up at the picture in shock.
"Wait, so you're telling me that Dumbledore was…" Draco trailed off his sentence and looked up at the picture to see Dumbledore smiling down at him.
"Minerva and I were very fond of each other and having a child was the only way for her to get out of her marriage. So that's what we did, she stayed with me and then began teaching at Hogwarts with me." May nodded her head.
"That's pretty much the whole story." May said blushing when he talked about the two of them doing that. Hermione and Ginny shared a look of shock.
"Wow." Blaise said as they all sat in silence for a moment before May stood up from the couch.
"Well I'm going to take a bath." May said as she walked quickly up the stairs and shut the bedroom door.
"Well this has been an interesting night but I'm going to bed." Ginny said as she stood up and stretched before walked over to the staircase waiting for Hermione, who got up a second later and walked up the stairs behind Ginny, she only paused for a moment to look back at Malfoy before she walked into the bedroom and shut the door.
"Maybe this year won't be so boring after all" Blaise said as he and Draco walked up the stairs into their room.
"Guess we'll just have to see what will happen tomorrow." Draco said as she laid down on his bed before they both fell asleep.