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Hi!

Slams head against a few walls. Okay, I do have an explanation for not adding on in months. Many months. My co-author Maria and have stopped writing this story together, so this is the last section with her wonderful writing style in it. From now on, you'll only see me. I hope you still enjoy our story!

Book 4 kinda dumped all of our theories, but still, enjoy!

Went to post this and had to go through all of that dumb chaptering crap. What a waste!


Disclaimer- Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling. The Girl belongs to Maria. Astrid (The older one) belongs to Siti Marie(me!)

As all that was going on, another being with killing intentions crept toward the Forbidden forest.

I should have let that blasted centaur live a while longer, he thought as he thrashed his way through the weeds. Finally he saw a leaf dwelling nearby. That has to be it! Lucius Malfoy crept closer.

" Where could that foolish girl be?" Bane said aloud as he saw her pallet empty late that night.

Malfoy ran in, wand pointed at the centaur in the dwelling.

"Where is my daughter? I know she is here!" Malfoy shouted.

"There is no girl here." Bane answered.

"Ah, then who were you talking to? An imaginary friend!?" Malfoy accused.

But Bane held his ground. "There is no girl here! Go away and look for her somewhere else. No sane person wants to be here after dark that doesn't know it here. Go away, human man. The stars don't want you here." he declared.

" The stars don't command me! Now hand her over or you will wish you did!" Malfoy threatened.

But Bane would not give in.

" I know she is here somewhere in this blasted forest. And I will find her." he said . Malfoy shot a low power curse at Bane. "Now will you tell me?"

Bane just shook his head.

Malfoy fired again, more powerful this time. "Now! Tell me!"

"No! Leave my home!" Bane kicked out weakly at Malfoy and scored a glancing blow at his leg.

"I will be back." Malfoy said as he limped out of the dwelling.



***

The Girl walked into her home and thought that she hadn't been missed, but was proved wrong when she saw Bane trying to bandage his body.

"Where might I ask were you? Not that it would have been good for you to have been here, but you also should not have been gone in the first place. " Bane scolded before noticing her shredded hand. "Oh, come over here. I thought you would not do what the stars said you would. I thought you had more seance than that. Obviously I was wrong." She just turned and left the dwelling again.

Oh so wrong. The stars will only know where this will lead. I sure don't.

***

Harry was in for a rude awakening, someone slapping him on the face. He almost screamed as he realized who the person sitting on his bed was.

Just in time she placed a hand over his mouth, "Come with me," she said simply and her sapphire eyes captivated him so that he had to obey. The girl grabbed his hand and pulled him into the darkness, out of the Boys Dormitories. He thought he heard voices in the Girls and pulled in that direction but the grip of the girl just became firmer around his hand. Harry didn't notice as another figure creeped after them.

He felt like a little baby being pulled by his mother while he really wanted to go to the candy shop, then again he didn't know how that felt.

The girl obviously knew what she was doing and within seconds they were out Hogwarts and proceeded into the Forbidden Forrest. Harry winced as they entered the forest, it was completely dark, except for the moon casting a serene glow over the forest, giving it an eerie look. His heart started beating fast. Toughen up, a voice in his head said, you've been in here before. Then another dubious voice sounded, Well this time I have no wand and a girl who I don't even know the name of is taking me deeper and deeper into the forest.

"Where are we going?" Harry managed to ask. No response

***

Hermione led Ginny to the infirmary. She was crying, and had every right to. Hermione hadn't told Ginny what was written on her neck, Ginny had enough problems at the moment.

They entered the infirmary, Madam Pomfrey was in her room at the back.

" Madam Pomfrey! Ginny got attacked!" Hermione shouted.

A sleepy eyed Madam Pomfrey ran in, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She glanced at Ginny and the prepared her wand for work. Then she did a double take. "Ginny!"

She ran over. A quick wave of the wand and the message was gone, but the cut was still there. Madam Pomfrey nodded at Hermione, the message wouldn't be told to Ginny, at least not right now anyway...

Hermione knew there was nothing more she could do. Ginny would spend the rest of the night in the infirmary.

So, Harry was right. She thought as she went down the hallway. She does exist.

Suddenly, something caught her eye.

Harry? But who was with him. Oh my god. She is with him. Without a second thought, she took out her wand and rubbed it against her hand. Then she began to follow the two people to the Forbidden Forest. To.....to what?

***

Draco dug in his things, where is it? I know I brought it!

He thought again on how he'd gotten the picture of his mother. He'd never known her, and the picture was all he had. He'd found it in his fathers room when he was little, he'd asked his father who it was and he'd simply said. "That is your mother. She's dead."

He'd figured that his father hadn't wanted to remember her. Sometimes he wondered who would be attracted to his father. Surely not the beautiful woman in the picture. He dug in his trunk with renewed determination, as if the picture would hold the answers to all his questions.

He wondered why he was so determined to find the picture all of a sudden, he hadn't even looked at it in months. Why now? He didn't have an answer to his own thoughts.

Suddenly he found it, tangled in his socks. He picked it up like it would vanish in his hands. She was so pretty...

Suddenly, he knew.

His mother looked so much like the girl he'd seen, how many times now? Twice?

He mentally replaced her grown up figure with that of the girl he'd seen. A perfect match, but, if the girl was related to his mother, that meant, well, that meant she was related to him. But how?


Draco got up. He'd ask Dumbledore, and if that old man tried anything to distract him, he swore he would kill him!

He watched the walls go by as he walked down the halls of the dungeon. Where was Dumbledore's office anyway? He found himself in the Great Hall. He stopped and looked around. He'd never even heard of where Dumbledore's office might be.

Suddenly he crashed into someone, he fell backwards and was getting an insult ready when he realized who it was.

"Professor Dumbledore?" Draco asked, amazed.

"Ah. Just who I was looking for. You have some questions to ask me, do you not?" Dumbledore questioned.

Draco nodded dumbly, clutching the picture frame in his hand.

Dumbledore led him to an empty classroom where the old professor turned around and said," Mr. Malfoy. You have questions about your family."

"Yeah. I've been seeing this girl around, she's not a student, and she looks just like a picture of my mother. It is weird and I want to know who she is!" Draco half asked, half demanded.

Dumbledore reached into a pocket and brought out a picture much like Draco's. "Is this your mother?"

Draco nodded. Why does he have a picture of my mom?

"To be straight Draco. This is my sister. She was over twenty years younger than me, and we did not get along very well. She married your father." Dumbledore stated in a calm, even voice that called for no argument.

My mom was Dumbledore's sister, but, then that would make me Dumbledore's... no way...

Dumbledore grinned. "I see you have figured it out...nephew." Then he frowned. Draco knew what he was thinking. What nephew of mine would be a Slytherin.

"And who was the girl?" Draco asked, dismissing the thought from his mind.

"You saw a girl? One that looks like your mother you said? Well call me totally crazy, but Draco Dumbledore Malfoy, I think that was your twin sister." Dumbledore announced, grinning from ear to ear.

***

The two walked together, side by side. Gryfinndor next to Slytherin. History in the making. And as they walked, they talked. Neither paid much attention to where they were going. So, not one or the other noticed that they were headed in a strange direction, towards the Forbidden Forest.

Dumbledore looked up. Draco, we are going to see an old friend of mine. I have a hunch that tells me that your sister might be there.

Huh? With who? Draco was stupefied.

The centaur Bane.

***

Lucius Malfoy crept slowly towards the earthen dwelling where She lived. That centaur would not catch him unprepared this time. As he walked towards the dwelling, he heard voices. More than there should be. He watched as two more people came out of the bush.

Malfoy hissed. Dumbledore. And the boy behind him, Draco! But how...

No time for that. He must get them all. All. No risks. No witnesses.

Anyway, what father would kill his own son? This one would.

Lucius Malfoy yelled, "Expellimarus!"

Wands flew. He counted. One. Two. Three. There should be more.

***

Oh no! My wand is still in Hogwarts. I can't do alot without it, Harry thought. Harry dove for Hermione's wand with that energy that only Seekers have. But there was more than one Seeker there.

***

"Father! What are you doing? Why didn't you tell me I have a sister? An uncle?" Draco demanded.

Draco felt his whole life falling in on him. Everything he'd ever believed in was falling apart. Draco dove for his wand with newfound energy. A mother he may have once had, but this man was not his father.

***

Dumbledore simply called his wand to him, and looked at Malfoy through his glasses. His eyes narrowed. "Malfoy." he hissed.

"Why is my son here?" Malfoy demanded.

"He is my blood too, we were getting to know each other and we came to look for Draco's twin sister." Dumbledore answered.

***

Malfoy knew he could not stand up to Dumbledore without a major fight. He hesitated, wondering if his curse would be thrown back into his face, Dark Magic or not.

It was not long, but it was long enough Draco to grab his wand and point them in his direction. Harry handed Hermione hers.

But the fight was not to be now. " Later we will be alone. I will get my revenge for my sister then. But not now." and with that he performed an en-mass Appartion, The Girl included.

He let out a howl that would be heard for miles around. But many would wonder, what happened to that animal? Most, would never know.

In anger, he apparated away to only Voldemort knew where.

***

The Girl looked around. She knew what happened,she'd been transported. But, why would he bother? Who was she to him?

" Alright, I want an explanation of what just happened. Now." She demanded.

All the explanations came running out. After an hour, her head was spinning. She also knew now that she had not killed Ginny, and to her surprise she was glad. The girl hadn't needed to die. That would not have made Harry love her.

"May I talk to Ginny? I promise I won't hurt her." She asked.

Dumbledore hesitated. "Well, I guess so. But you must understand that I want to be there too, come on now, lets all go up to Gryfinndor Tower, for that's where you will spend the night my dear." happily she walked besides her uncle.

"What should I call you?" She asked.

"Well, I think you should call me Professor Dumbledore when with others, but otherwise, call me Uncle Albus." Dumbledore replied.

***

Nobody noticed Draco, still standing in the Great Hall. After a while, he turned and walked slowly down to the dungeon common room of Slytherin. To what he knew would be a sleepless night.

***

The Girl now walked down hallways that she had only looked at from behind closed windows, and she felt content, like she belonged here. She mustn't let things like that distract her from her goal though, she needed to convince Ginny that she wasn't going to try to hurt her again.

***

Ginny was sitting in the common room when suddenly there were a whole ton more people in there, and even more oddly, the headmaster was among them! Then she noticed who else was in the group...

Ginny stared wide eyed at The Girl.

It was her. It had to be. Unconsciously her hand traveled up to her neck and touched the spot where only hours ago there had been a gaping wound.

"I'm so sorry." The Girl said sadly, like her whole life depended on what she was saying, and that she didn't expect to keep her life very long, she burst out crying..

Ginny's heart broke. But she didn't let herself show it. Not yet.

"Why?" Ginny asked.

"I was jealous. You have a treasure, you have him. Me? I'm just a deranged centaur girl. I fell in love with the first person I really met, I'm so sorry." The Girl replied sadly, slowly.

Suddenly Ginny couldn't be mad anymore, she walked over and hugged The Girl. "We'll be friends from now on. I'm sorry too." she paused," What's your name?"

"I don't have one." The Girl replied, confused. "Do I need one?"

"If you don't mind, I have a suggestion. How about Astrid? It was your mothers name." Dumbledore suggested.

"Astrid. I like it!!" Astrid replied. She smiled, and all wondered if Astrid had ever done that before.

***

Time passed, and before anyone knew it, it was late, early actually, and only part of Dumbledore's story had been told. Ron had wandered in wondering where everyone was, and they'd had to start over.

"So Astrid, are you going to go to Hogwarts now?" Ron asked.

Astrid glanced questioningly at Dumbledore and he spoke up." I'm prepared to be Astrid's guardian, we all know we can't give her to Lucius. You can try on the sorting hat tomorrow, and we'll see where you belong.