~ Home for the Summer~

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Hidden Life of Adrianna Daniels



The gateway of entrance to the secret tunnel and the dungeon still had access for getting back to the parts of Hogwarts that they knew. It had been an unforgettable day, but there were lists of them since year one.

Ron remained in the hospital wing until the spell was to wear off, another forty-eight hours according to Madame Promfrey.



" Harry" Adrianna asked on the way back to their bedroom. She had fallen behind when the others stopped. She had been through so much that day alone, and Harry knew she didn't deserve one second of it. She was still shocked up about it, " um, would it be alright if I, talked to you alone, just for a moment".

Harry looked over at Hermione, " sure" he handed Ella to Hermione, and they continued walking. Harry went back to Adrianna. " I'm all yours" he sat on the ground.

Adrianna kneeled in front of him, taking a deep breath, " I want to apologize for what happened".

It wasn't her fault, she had no part. She was eight, she couldn't have done anything remotely close to this with a single hand.

" I don't blame you at all".

She looked away, " are you going to send me to Azkaban?".

" Of course not, they don't send kids to Azkaban prison, not those who didn't do anything".

" I helped my father get into Hogwarts".

Harry sighed, " your father is very powerful, he would have found a way, with or without your help".

Tears dwelled the little girls brown eyes, " it was me, everything that happened was my wrong doing, telling Olivia all those things about you, and writing that letter, and taking Dumbledore's wand".

Harry still wanted to know how Ella had a decoy of the wand, " you were under a bad influence".

" I hate my father!" she yelled. He rested a hand on top of hers, letting her continue, " we've been hiding in many different places since before I was born, I could never have friends, and I wasn't too fond of Olivia".

" What about your mother?".

Adrianna's lip trembled, " he killed her" she whispered, " years ago, in front of me, like he did with you. She wanted to leave, with my sister and I, even when he refused, she tried to get away".

Harry felt as though he knew the girl like he knew himself, like they were going through the same things in life. Just at different times, her being a few years behind.

Though, he doesn't remember actually seeing his parents being murdered, she does. " I'm so sorry Adrianna" he leaned forward to embrace her. Her cries became harder on his shoulder.

" I only got into Hogwarts so early, because Headmaster Weasley thought I was cute".

He let out a small laugh, " you did nothing wrong, but, you saved a lot of lives today. You should be very proud of yourself".

Adrianna pulled back, staring at the lights reflection on Harry's glasses, ignoring the gratitude she should have had. " Are they going to come back?".

In the past, Harry's encounters ended with Voldemort's destruction rather than him (A/N: Haven't finished Book 4 yet, don't know for sure). For reasons unknown at the time, he always came back. But the curse Harry had use, it had the chance of being unreliable.

" I don't want him to" she added.

He knew better than to lie, she had been exposed to enough horror as it was. " I don't know, but, in the event that he does, he won't find you. You can stay with me until we find a safe place. Somewhere where Lord Voldemort" she didn't like him being referred to as her father, " cannot find you".

Adrianna shrugged, " you just don't know with him".



Adrianna fell fast asleep next to Ella in her bedroom. Harry tucked the sheets around Ella, the first time he saw her face to face with her since earlier. It was odd adjusting to the scar.

" You scared me earlier, but I am so happy that you're alright".

She smiled, " it was nothing".

Harry broke out laughing, " well, you did a very brave thing".

" You always do brave things, and without a pretty wand".

The thought made Harry's nose twitch, " that's right" he muttered, " Ella, how did you get the wand?".

Ella reached under the comforter, clutching her hand when bringing it out again. Resting on her palm, was a tiny gold hourglass threaded through a gold chain. He recognized the object as the same device Hermione used to be in two places at once when they were in third year. Ella used it to go back and retrieve the wand after Voldemort did.

" Where did you get this?" he asked, knowing Hermione gave it back at the end of the third term.

" Uncle Dumbledore left it on my nightstand".



" How did our four-year-old daughter manage to get such a wand without knowing?" Hermione automatically demanded to know upon Harry's entrance into their room.

He smiled, collapsing on the other side of the bed, explaining what he was told, he added, " she must have your intelligence".



Hermione grinned, slouching down to his level, resting her head on his shoulder. " They asleep?".

" Like babies, speaking of which" he placed a hand on her lower stomach.



She hadn't stopped smirking, " Lord Voldemort tells no lies".



Harry sat up, " in that case, there's something we need to fix".

Hermione scooted to the edge when Harry got off. He searched under the board by the window and came back, gently pulling her to stand. " I have to do this right". He got down on one knee, she thought her heart had stopped.

" Hermione Granger, will you marry me?" he presented the ring, a new one.

She stuck the tip if her tongue between her teeth like a little girl, " I haven't had a change in heart".







A/N: Just so you all know, this isn't the end. Thank you for the reviews, please keep it up!