The love of a child

Chapter twenty six – The day in the life of Harry Potter

Harry had left the twins in Remus and Draco's care, trusting that they would be fully protected by the magic surrounding Hogwarts and he had spent the day going through paper and files in the headmasters study.

The most interesting was on a girl who had been in his year before transferring to another school; Dumbledore had kept a close eye on her although he had never heard of her and had no recollection of this girl. It seemed that Albus had had his fair share of secrets hidden away. Harry had even asked Minerva if she had known why she was so special but she had no idea either.

The documents that he had found contained details of her past life, the fact that there was no way her father could ever know that she was still alive. Such things as those confused Harry to a greater extent.

He even floo called the school she had attended and found out where she was now registered as living now. He was however a little hesitant about flooing her as he did not know the woman. He could not just barge into her life and demand to know why she had been such a focus of Dumbledore's attention, not that she would even know.

Instead he decided to contact the ministry and get hold of her birth certificate, now the ones that muggles have it can be written that any one the mother says is there father, on wizarding ones however it was magically recorded so he knew he would get a truthful answer.

What he didn't expect was the response that he got. How come Dumbledore had never mentioned the fact that Voldermort had a child, one that he had taken from him and caused him to become a monster, now Harry had just cause for interrupting this woman's life. He saw Albus' point of view on the matter but he knew that he would be devastated if his children were taken from him just because he was the boy-who-lived. That was what Dumbledore had don to Voldermort, in a way he had created all these problems and it was up to him to try and fix the mistakes his predecessor had made.

He told Remus, Sirius and Draco that he was going out on Order business and should be back within a couple of hours. He said goodbye to his girls before walking down to the apparition point and apperating to a secluded spot near where he had been told that she was living.

He felt his stomach clench with nerves as he rang the doorbell, he had no idea what he was going to say to her. He didn't have much time to ponder this as the door opened not to a woman but to what looked to be a six year old girl with blonde hair.

"Is your mummy in?" Harry asked.

"Yes, who are you?"

"My names Harry Potter."

"Mummy, Harry Potter is at the door." The girl shouted as she ran up the stairs to Harry assumed fetch her mother.

Harry heard a woman telling her daughter not to tell such silly lies before she came face to face with him. "Hey, I have to talk to you about something, may I come in?" Still speechless she stepped aside allowing him entrance to her home. "This is a nice place." Harry commented as she led him through to a sitting room and offered him a seat which he gratefully took.

"So what brings Harry potter to my doorstep?" She asked slightly worried about it.

"It's nothing bad, I don't think, you have a beautiful daughter by the way and I should know having three myself." There was a pause before Harry continued. "You may remember going to Hogwarts for two years, we weren't exactly friends but we shared a few classes…Albus Dumbledore recently passed away an while looking through some of his files I found a number on you."

"Should I be worried about why?"

"Well that depends, he knew who your real father is, in fact he was the one who took you from him."

"Oh…I always knew but I suppose I just thought they were dead by the dark Lords hand."

"Well that's the point, he is your father, or the man he used to be was, before he became Voldermort he was a student at Hogwarts called Tom Riddle, it was your disappearance and your mothers death that drove him over the edge let's say."

"Are you saying that I could be in danger?"

"Well I'm not sure whether or not he knows that you're alive or not, it is possible of course but I see no reason that he would physically hurt you, especially if his lose drove him to the monster that he became." She didn't know what to say so Harry decided to offer her the protection of Hogwarts. "As I am in charge of the Order I can offer you refuge at the castle if you feel at all unsafe."

"Unsafe? Your telling me that I could possibly be the daughter of you-know-who."

"It's not just possible, I checked with the ministry but they all think Tom Riddle is dead, they see no connection between him and Voldermort."

"Then it's possible that there isn't any…" However she never got to finish her sentence as Harry interrupted her.

"Look, I had to destroy the memory of Tom Riddle when I was twelve, he admitted to me that he was Voldermort, I know this is a shock and I'm going o leave you to figure this out but I'm at Hogwarts if you ever need me, I desire to keep the headmasters promise in that no one will ever be turned away from the castle."

"Why are you doing this?" She asked before Harry had a chance to leave. "I mean there has to be a reason."

"I'm married to the most wonderful man, the same man who is the father of all three of my children, Voldermort has him, he turned him evil, believe me when I say that I want my husband back and I want Voldermort dead for good, he has plagued my existence for too long now." Harry answered somewhat sadly before leaving the house without once looking back.

Ok so kill me if you hate it but I have to say I love it and I'm enjoying writing it if we're honest. Please review. Love you all xxx.