A/N- I know no one has reviewed my story yet. It can't suck that bad can it? Well, if you read it, pretty please review! I'm begging!!!! I know these chapters are short, I hate writing them like this, cuz I hate reading short chapters. I promise that chapter 4 will be long!

Chapter 2- The Truth

"Really, why didn't you tell me, are you a witch, what's it like to do magic? Questions flooded Alyssa's mind, however, her mouth didn't move as fast as her brain.

"Slow down honey," Alyssa's mother said, "one question at a time!"

"Are you a witch?"

"That's a rather complicated question hon, though you have a right to know. My mother was a witch, but my father was a muggle," she paused, and seeing the blank look on her daughter's face, added, "A muggle is what the wizarding community call those who have no magical ability." She took a breath then continued.

"I was able to perform simple spells, but I did not have enough magical blood to become a full witch. I am an odd case. Usually, people with mixed heritage come out to be either full muggle or full witch or wizard."

Alyssa looked thoughtful. What would that make her? ¾ magical? She laughed at herself, and then remembered what she was doing. "So, why didn't you tell me Dad was a wizard?"

"I was afraid. Your father worked in the Ministry of Magic. Those were bad times. For the past decade or so, the magical community was under attack by the greatest Dark wizard of all time, Voldemort. Your father was an Auror, a Dark wizard catcher. It was a dangerous job. You didn't know who was on your side, who in league with the Dark Lord, and if you found a Dark Wizard, you couldn't be sure if they were acting of their own free will or if…" her voice trailed off, and Alyssa saw the terror in her mother's eyes grow. She regained composure and continued.

"You see, there are spells which can allow someone to be controlled, and when magic doesn't work, there's good old- fashioned blackmail. Well, one night your father was questioning someone who he thought was acting under the Imperius Curse, the control one. He had almost broken the spell when another Dark wizard Apparated, appeared suddenly, and…"

At this point Alyssa's mother burst into tears. Alyssa went to comfort her, but her mother told her to go upstairs to her room, and that she would be fine. Alyssa obeyed, and soon was lying in her bed, thinking of all the things she had learned. Soon, fatigue swept over her, and she drifted into a troubled sleep.

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