The five students stepped into the Headmistress's office, following her. They all wondered whom she was talking about that would quickly recognize whether or not the locket was no longer a Horcrux. The Headmistress turned and took a curtain off of a portrait in the back of the room. It revealed a portrait of the late Dumbledore.
"Albus, Harry's here," Professor McGonnagal told the portrait. She ushered Harry up to the portrait, as well as Andie who was holding the locket.
"Ah, Harry, I see that you met Andie," Dumbledore said to Harry, and Andie seemed completely perplexed.
"Um, excuse me do I know you?" Andie asked, thinking it awkward that she was talking to a two-dimensional figure.
"No, no, of course not," Dumbledore said. "I'm sorry I'm friends with your parents, I knew that you were coming to Hogwarts this year, and what you hold in your hand was formally known as Horcrux, and if Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Harry do not mind, I'd like to speak to Andie alone."
This time Harry was the one who looked perplexed, he got his first chance to talk to Dumbledore after his death, and he had so many questions for his mentor. He grudgingly walked out of the room and back to the common room with his friends. Andie met Harry's eyes as the door closed behind him. Andie turned to face the unfamiliar man in the portrait.
"What did you need to talk to me about?" Andie asked.
"What do you think he needs to say to Andie?" Ginny asked as they climbed down the staircase.
"I really have no clue, but I have a History of the Algern potion due Monday and I don't want to get a failing grade on it," Hermione said and she ran to the library to do research.
"Yes, I found it, but what does it mean?" Andie asked the portrait.
"Minerva, open the book and hand her the ring," Dumbledore ordered. Minerva did so. She handed her the mysterious ring that Dumbledore destroyed the past year. Andie played with the ring in her hand. She had seen the ring before, but where was the question? A jolt ran through Andie's body, she saw a man being killed, and the house he was in being destroyed, a ring being taken from his finger. Her body became limp and she hit the ground.
"Will she be okay?" Harry asked Madame Pomfrey, the school nurse. Harry was the first one there, he waited for his friends to show up, he had seen Andie being carried into the hospital wing as he was walking down the hall. He ran in and was told that his other friends would be informed as well.
"I gave her all of the medicine I can for this ailment, but she has not awoken. It may just take time. You're not used to being the one who has to wait for someone to wake up are you?" Madame Pompfrey said as she went tidying up the room. "Remember only three visitors allowed."
"Harry, we came as soon as we heard, is she okay?" Hermione said as she and Ron came running in.
"I don't know," Harry said.
"Well do you know how it happened?" Ron asked.
"No, I don't" Harry said as the Headmistress walked into the room. "What happened?"
"I'm not at liberty to say exactly, you'll have to ask her," The headmistress pointed to an awoken Andie.
"Andie," the trio spoke in unison.
"What happened?" Andie asked them.
"You fainted, that's all we know," Harry explained.
"I have to go," Andie got up and ran out of the room to the Headmistress's office. She needed to know what happened, and only the strange man in the portrait could answer that question. "Spill,"
"Excuse me?" the portrait asked, obviously not familiar with the term.
It came from Andie in rapid spitfire. "Why did I see that? Why did I faint? What does the thing in the locket have to do with me? Why can't I tell my friends my real name?"
