For the first time since All-Hallows eve, 1981, Albus Dumbledore lost the twinkle in his eyes. On that night, five years ago, Albus did the thing he regretted most. He let two of his most loyal supporters get killed by the maniac that went by the name Voldemort. Their child had gone on to defeat Tom Riddle. This is the point in time were Albus did something he never thought he would do.

He dabbled in dark magic.

Albus spent months before The Night studying this particular branch of dark magic. The night before all-hallows eve, he set the blood wards. The entire time he was setting them up, he could feel the cold sludge of dark magic running through his body. It felt like he was being frozen to death from the inside out. When the wards activated, it was like a rush of pure joy rushing through him. He set up the wards so that anyone who tried to pass through with intent to harm Hera would be thrown to a park a few miles away. It would be inconvenient for Hera to get killed. she was needed to save the sheep of the wizarding world from the Dark Lord Voldemort.

When Hera was placed on the doorstep of the Dursley's house, Dumbledore decided against any protection spells. He wanted to make sure that the savior of the wizarding world was tough enough to withstand the pressure of being the savior. If she somehow was not strong enough to fight Voldemort, Dumbledore would be looked at as the one responsible for ruining this 'poor girl's' childhood.

That could not be allowed.

When people asked where the Girl-Who-lived was living, Dumbledore would just answer,

"somewhere safe"

This cryptic answer would be his ruin five years later when the wiring instrument sitting in a place of honor on the far left side of his desk abruptly stopped whirring. The sensor connected to the blood wards had either stopped working, or Hera potter had been gone for more than a month from the Dursley household. Hoping that against all odds his device had broke, Albus called his most trusted soldier to his office.

When Minerva McGonagall walked into the office of the man she trusted most in the world, the first thing she did was look into baby blue eyes and panic. Within moments of the missing twinkle being seen, there were three more people in the office, all former members of the order.

A vigilante group created to stop Voldemort. Many of the people lost in the Blood War had been fighting with the order. There were fewer and fewer members that would still arrive at the monthly meetings that Albus held, but he was sure that if a second blood war started, they would all come back to him.

Within the hour, Albus had sent out a group with two of his most accomplished soldiers to #4 Private Drive. Thirty minutes later, they returned. When Minerva gave him the news, he took one deep breath in, and his eyes hardened. Wherever the Girl-Who-Lived was, he would find her and teach her. If she knew enough wandless magic, she would be able to protect herself from being kidnapped.

Albus made his way to Dumbledore cottage in Godric's Hollow and pressed on the phoenix mark on his right collarbone. The marks on all of the Order members would heat up the smallest amount, letting them know that they were wanted.

When all of the expected attendees arrived, thirty minutes had passed. Albus was a tad disappointed that it took that long, but began to speak despite that,

"We have found that Hera Potter is missing," there were a few gasps, "I know this is grave," he paused, letting his grandfather persona wash over the crowd, "We will find her! I have faith that everyone who has decided to join us now will join us on the search for the Girl-Who-Lived," there were a few mutters from the crowd, but most of the people in attendance knew that this was a vital quest. If they did not find the girl-who-lived, the people would lose hope.

It never occurred to Albus that the people had already lost hope.

~~The Heirlings~~

There was a week before school started and Albus was both confused and frustrated. No-one could find Hera Potter. The order had people out searching for months, and all they could find was a short trail of magic that ran into the woods. It quickly faded out.

They had tried the best tracking spells they knew, and after living through a war, there were some pretty good ones there. When those did not work, they tried the best tracking spells money could buy. Letting the goblins try and find their missing hero. when nothing turned up, Albus began to truly fear.

Countless scenarios were flashing through his mind. He had known how Hera was likely to be treated. He had, after all, taught Lily Evans. She had come back to Hogwarts each year, often crying, because of her sister. What if the sister had killed Hera and had dragged the body through the forest? What if Hera had gotten possessed by the soul fragment in her scar and Voldemort was alive again?

With nothing else to do but panic, Dumbledore decided to speak with the Dursley's and see if they knew what had happened. Albus probably should have done this at the start of the search, but the way wizarding logic worked was always different.

He made it to the house in question, blending in seamlessly with the muggles in a neon pink suit jacket and some gorgeous lime green pants. The shoes with bells he had found might not have been quite as normal, but in his opinion, every outfit needed a little bit of oddity.

When he knocked on the door, a woman with a sharp ace and thinning hair answered. There was a moment where she looked at him in shock before grabbing his arm and pulling him inside. The slammed the door closed and hissed,

"Why are you here," her nose wrinkled in distaste, "I thought you were only coming back when the freak had to attend that stupid school," Albus sighed, and pushed into her mind.

It was disorganized, as most muggle minds were. Albus pushed around, not going too far into her mind, skimming the surface of most of the recent thoughts. When he found a memory surrounded by guilt he hastily yanked on it, not wanting to possibly lose the only information he had. As he watched through the memory, Albus became quite disappointed. How could have the precious girl that Hera had been turned into a monster that destroyed someone else's property?

He retreated from Petunia's mind and smiled down at her,

"Don't worry dear, if you show me where Hera is, I will make sure she gets punished for destroying your," he paused for a moment," house and your plates. I did not realize she was such a burden on you," once more he paused looking down on the woman, when she did not say anything against the burden comment, he continued, "and I am willing to pay you in return for your discomfort," The woman looked up at him, and when she accepted the pay, he left.

It was incredibly troubling to Albus that the sweet little toddler he knew had turned into a vicious child that broke windows and glass plates when she did not get her way. He would need to speak to the order about this, and make a plan on how to fake the Longbottom boy as the savior, the-boy-who-lived.

He could claim that death eaters left a fake wand and cloak in Godric's Hollow and that tom was actually defeated by, what was his name, Noah..? Albus sat there, in his throne plotting ways he could force all the responsibility onto 'Noah Longbottom' so that no-one knew that the savior of the wizarding world was both a female and a troublemaker.

~~The Heirlings~~

We drove up to a lake house our friends own and I have been writing outside in the sun and I am feeling my creative juices flowing more than ever before. It is wonderful up here. We are building a swim dock and so my father is busy all day and not bothering me. It is wonderful.

I am about to start on the next chapter (at this point only chapter one is posted) and this is the plot point for it

Ch 5 - Sprout is the one chosen to go to 4 private drive. When she finds that Hera was abused, she goes crazy. She gets so mad that the entirety of wizarding Britain blows up and everyone there dies an instant death.

Sorry about the late update, There were some issues with registering me for school, so that happend. I also had some trouble getting my computer working. Everything is chill now, so there should be no more issues.

If you guys have any questions, feel free to PM me, I should answer within the day. I hope you enjoyed, please comment any suggestions or thoughts you had about this chapter.

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