hi there I know it has been a while so here is

Chapter 3 betrayal and friend

Hogwarts

Minerva McGonagall the deputy headmistress was looking at the letters of the next generation of first years when one of the owls swooped up in front of her. Normally this wouldn't happen but when there were complications that had to be discussed then the owls would deliver the letter directly to her.

She opened the envelope and looked at the name of the one that send her the letter.

Alianna Marine Potter

She was surprised to find a letter from her goddaughter. After all Albus had assured that once the letter would arrive her relatives would explain its contents. After she had read the letter she was way beyond furious at a certain headmaster.

So she stood up leaving all the letters currently waiting un her desk and made her way outside. As she walked through the corridors she came across Peeves who was trying to prank the new DADA professor she banished him into the wall as she was in no mood dealing with the departed prankster.

Once outside she made her way past the ward and apparted to the park in Little Whinging. As she appeared in an abandoned alley she asked the quickest route to the park. Many people were staring at her considering her odd state of dress. She ignored all the stares as she was on a mission to save her cub, and you never get between a lioness and her cub.

As she walked into the park she couldn't help but admire the peaceful scenery, however that was short lived as she saw a girl with red hair sitting between the branched of a tree.

As she stood under the tree she looked up. "Young girl may I ask you name?" she asked.

"Depends whose asking." She stated cheerfully.

"My name is professor Minerva McGonagall." She responded smiling at the girls cheek.

"The same one from the letter?" she asked waiting for a confirmation. Seeing the slight nod she jumped out of the tree and landed on the ground next to the deputy headmistress nearly giving the old woman a heart attack.

McGonagall clutched her heart with her hand as she turned to the child wo jumped from 10 ft. high and landed next to her. "Young lady would you mind warning the next time you do that." She almost wheezed.

"Okay." She cheerfully exclaimed. "So are you here to talk to me about Ho-." She said only to be cut off by McGonagall. "You know it's rude to interrupt people when they are talking." She pouted.

"I'm very sorry young miss but we can't talk here in the open. You see we magical folk don't want our secret out in the open, do you understand." Seeing the girl nod she continued "Now may I invite you to over for tea at my house in Scotland."

Anna considered the invitation. "I don't see how we're going to get to Scotland without traveling the whole day, so if we leave now we would be arriving late at night. A little bit too late for tea time I thing. However I accept the offer."

McGonagall smirked at her answer and laid her hand on the shoulder of the little girl. With a loud crack they apparated to her cottage in the northern part of Scotland.

As the duo popped up into the cottage several hundred miles away. Anna felt very nauseous she would have emptied her stomach of any content had she eaten previous night, however her uncle had thrown her out before dinner.

"What. Was. That." She said while shaking her head to try and get rid of the fuzziness.

"That was apparition. It's a mode of transport we wizards and witches use to get from one place or another." She explained while walking to the kitchen to prepare some tea.

As Anna looked around the house she could see numerous books about 'transfiguration'. She also saw some pictures of a man and a woman who looked like a younger McGonagall. As she looked further she saw some pictures of a man with messy black hair with glasses and a woman with red hair a few shades lighter than her own dancing in front of what looked like a fountain, both had incredible smiles on their faces. Next was a picture of the same couple with a baby in-between them. As both held the baby up while posing for the photo. Another picture showed professor McGonagall with the same baby. She went to pick the photo with the parents and the child up, but at that moment came professor McGonagall back carrying a tray with two teacups and some biscuits.

"You knew my parents." she stated more than that she asked.

"Yes. Your parents were once my students. But they stood out amongst the others and I've grown close to them over the year. Your mother was one of the smartest students I had, while your father and his friends caused so much mischief, I'm surprised I hadn't pulled out all my hair considering how frustrating it was."

"Why didn't you." Anna asked putting the photo back and taking a seat on the couch next to McGonagall.

"The reason for that is your mother. Your father had been infatuated with her from the moment he saw her, but she really hated his guts. But as time went on your mother gave him one chance. After that he sort of matured he still acted a little childish but your mother managed to tame the beast inside him." She said while looking back at the past.

Anna looked sadly at her cup while she placed at on her lap after taking a sip. "My relatives said that my parents were alcoholics who died in a car crash. They told that's the reason I got this scar." She sobbed while she traced the crescent scar around her left eye.

McGonagall was furious. How could someone do that to their own blood-. She dropped her cup and it shattered to a million pieces on the floor staining it with the tea she had yet to drink. Memories came flashing through her mind as she remembered a certain Halloween night and one of the most difficult nights of her life.

Anna looked at the professor to see if she was okay but she seemed to be in some kind of trance. Once she snapped out of it she got off the couch and kneeled in front of her while looking her straight in the eyes resting her hand on the young girls Shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry." She said while shaking her head.

"What for?" Anna asked slightly confused at the one eighty that the professor toke.

"Your parents were murdered by a dark wizard that called himself v-v-v-v-Voldemort. He was after you and you parents and I do not know why. But after he murdered them he couldn't murder you and he met his end that night, many think it is because you defeated him. So after your parents murder I was sent to check on you mother's sister. But Albus Dumbledore one of the people I trusted the most had you brought there. He said that he had put up protections that would repel anyone who'd wish to harm you, he said that the protection would only work because Petunia is your last remaining blood relative. But that night he cast a spell on me that made me forget that you were never related to those muggles." She said with a broken voice because how was she going to tell this to a mere ten-year-old.

"Anna your parents adopted you. You were brought before your parents, I know because I was there that night, and they instantly fell in love with you. They made a man named Sirius Black your godfather, if anything were to happen to you parents he would take care of you. But that man landed in prison after he helped the man that killed your to them. Your parents also made me your godmother the night of your adoption, your godfather wouldn't be able to take care of you than the task would fall on me. I'm so sorry I couldn't break the spell on me sooner. I know now how you have suffered there and my only regret is that I couldn't remember it sooner." She finished with tears in her eyes while looking at the girl in front of her who had also began to cry.

They sat there in the same position for a minute when Anna shot at her godmother and hugging her as he life depended on it while sobbing: "You have nothing to be sorry about. Now I finally have somebody that cares about me."

The two hugged each other while crying their eyes out over recent discoveries. Professor McGonagall felt relieved that her precious goddaughter didn't blame her for coming up short. She offered for her to stay at her house for as long as she wants. She agreed and the two ate lunch and dinner together while talking about all sorts of stuff of the wizarding world with much explaining from McGonagall.

Time skip a few days later

Anna had settled in nice in the Scottish residence of the deputy headmistress. They had converted one of the guest rooms to a room for Anna to live. They had spent their day mostly talking about common knowledge to wizards and some stuff of interest like the subjects taught at Hogwarts. After showing her Animagus form Anna had simply begged the transfiguration professor to no end to help her with her Animagus form. Anna also tried to read every book she could get her hands on. She had also taken to call McGonagall grandma Minnie.

On the tenth day of her stay they went to Diagon Alley. As deputy headmistress she was tasked with bringing a new mundane born witch up to speed in Diagon with helping get her supplies. So they had made plans to go together on a little shopping trip.

As professor McGonagall knocked on the door it was opened by a girl about a head shorter than Anna (I made Anna physically well-developed because that would pair rather nicely with her heritage) with chocolate brown eyes, bushy brown hair a shade lighter and she had also slightly larger front teeth.

"Hermione Granger? I am professor McGonagall and this is my goddaughter Anna Potter. She will be attending Hogwarts in the same year as you." She stated. Hermione called for her parents and together the group side along apparated to the Leaky Cauldron. As they went first to Gringotts to get muggle currency for exchanged for wizarding money.

McGonagall had already went with Anna to Gringotts earlier to sort out any legal business like McGonagall officially becoming her both non-magical and magical guardian. They had also discovered that Dumbledore had been stealing from her trust vault and had been trying to get into the family vault which she couldn't access until she was an official adult or emancipated. They had discovered that the stolen money went directly to two locations. One was to a muggle bank account owned by the Dursley, they had received a total amount of 1.000 galleons a month. The other went directly to a vault owned by professor Dumbledore. He had stated as Anna's magical guardian that these transactions were for the care of Anna. After McGonagall heard this she was furious. After she had calmed down they talked to the Potter account manager, they had decided on transferring all the stolen money back to the trust vault. Everything that could not be returned was charged from the perpetrators, with in Interest (got to love the goblin greed).

They first left for Madame Malkins to get some robes fitted. McGonagall left the group waiting for the robes to be fitted while she bought two sets of every potion equipment and ingredient. After the robes were fitted the quintet headed to Flourish and Bolts much to the delight of the young girls as they were both going wild on trying to get every book that they found interesting. The girl bonded over their shared love of books and learning magic. They agreed that if they came in the same house they would never buy the same books that were not required for Hogwarts so they could share and would never have to buy the same book twice. As they paid their books Anna found a particular book that she would know Hermione would love. She took the last two and paid for her books. As they exited the shop Anna turned towards Hermione.

"Hey Hermione." She said.

"Yeah?" she asked.

Anna held out the a copy of 'Hogwarts A History' out the bushy haired girl.

"Consider this a 'welcome to the wizarding world' gift." She said while handing the copy to the girl.

Hermione's eyes go wide as she accepted the book. She shot at Anna and thanked the girl over a million times.

Anna patted the girls head as she returned the hug "You don't have thank me. That's where friends are for."

"Do you mean that?" Hermione asked not believing she had made her first friend ever.

"Of course. Why wouldn't I want to be your friend, you're nice, you share my passion for books and your actually the first girl the same age as me who would want to hang out with me."

This made Hermione cry as she clung only harder at her new made friend.

pfffft that was harder than I thought I guessed this would be a lot less work but I got to admit this is fun and I now have more respect than that I already had for my fellow writers.

I know you all would like me to write that she got a heritage test done, but McGonagall didn't want Anna to pursue what she thought was a lost cause

I am sorry for the little credit I give to the goblins but if I write to much about that it is gonna comeback in the story later and I don't want to many legal sh*t

All I want to say to you is that Anna's parents discover her about a half year after she has met batman

*throws a smoke bomb* *flies away*

next coming is first year