Placing all of her stuff down on the bed, Layken let her cat out of it's carrier. Snape had booked two rooms in the Leaky Cauldron for the night before she went to school tomorrow.
"What to call you." Layken said, petting the cat.
After a few minutes, Layken knew she had picked the perfect name.
"How do you like Opal?" She said, laughing as the cat nuzzled her hand with her nose. "I'm definitely calling you Opal."
Layken lay on the bed absentmindedly petting the purring cat. A knock came at the door and Opal raised her head.
"Come in." Layken said.
"Are you coming for dinner?" Snape asked, stepping into the room.
"Yeah, sorry." Layken said as she hurriedly placed Opal into her carrier and shut the door.
"It's okay, take your time." Snape said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Layken flinched away from his touch, shocked, Snape took a step back.
"Sorry Sir, I'm just a bit jumpy today." Layken said.
"Don't worry about it." Snape said as he and Layken left the room, heading downstairs.
Once they had gotten their plates, talk turned to Layken going to Hogwarts.
"Professor Dumbledore wants you to go to Hogwarts under an alias, Leah Burns, a muggle-born." Snape said.
"He wants me to do what?!" Layken spluttered.
"Exactly what I just said, he doesn't want you to be you." Snape said.
"Well I'm not doing it, I refuse to be anyone I'm not and it's his fault I'm in this mess in the first place so who does he think he is." Layken said, folding her arms.
"He thinks he's the best professor Hogwarts has ever had." Snape said.
"In my opinion, he's a very big headed man." He whispered and Layken giggled.
"I have something else to tell you. It might come as a bit of a shock." Snape said.
"I've been shocked more than once today, I'm sure once more won't hurt." Layken said.
"You're not the only Potter child." Snape said.
"I-I've got siblings?" Layken asked.
"Yes. Two brothers. You're a triplet." Snape said.
"What are their names?" Layken asked.
"Harry and Sebastian." He said.
"Where did they grow up?" She asked. She could feel her emotions trying to get the better of her but she had always grown up hiding them so this was an easy task.
"They grew up with a wizarding family called the Weasleys." Snape said.
"S-So you're telling me that I have brothers that grew up knowing all about this and knowing what had happened to our parents, thinking I was dead and I grew up in an orphanage for eleven years thanks to Dumbledore." Layken said, trying to take it all in.
"Yes." Snape said, unable to look at her.
"And he thinks he has the right to still try and hide this." Layken said, surprising Snape at how calm she was.
"I really don't know what to say to you, I'm outraged too." Snape said.
"Oh no Sir, I'm not outraged, just shocked that Dumbledore still thinks he can get away with the fact that he dumped me in an orphanage and told everyone I was dead." Layken said.
"He's going to get the shock of his life when you call him out at the sorting." Snape said.
"I hope so." Layken said.
After another hour had passed and Layken had eaten more than her body weight in food, she bid Snape goodnight and headed for her room, eager to pack her things and go to bed. Getting to her room, she let Opal out of her carrier and gave her a pet as she lay down to sleep at the top of the bed. Opening her new trunk, Layken began to sort all of her stuff and pack it neatly in her case. Earlier in the day, Snape had placed an Undetectable Extension Charm on the trunk and it was fairly coming in handy. She packed her uniform into her bag for on the train and changed into her pajamas. Climbing into bed, Layken cuddled into Opal and fell into a dreamless sleep.