Brie sat in the middle of the forest, she was casting enchantments and charms and when she had done all that she could, she set up the tent.

Brie pulled out the envelope and hooked it under her nail and flipped it open, a arrangement of papers fell out. Birth certificates, a bank key, a letter, one addressed to her and the other to Albus Dumbledore.

Brie bit her lip before opening the letter addressed to her.

Dear Brie, if you are reading this, something dreadful has happened and you've had to flee from our home. And in that case, I must get you to safety, otherwise I will never rest in peace. I don't have the time for a tearful goodbye. I love you Brie, I want you safe. Stay safe. And Hogwarts will be the safety I seek for you. Your birth certificate and the spell to get outside the protective barrier of Hogwarts is somewhere in the assortment of papers I have put in this envelope. You must get to Hogwarts, Draco has been removed to my request. Bellatrix should've sorted it all out this morning, don't get me wrong, Bellatrix is not on your side, no one is. They will hunt you down, pumpkin. You must run, and run and run. Hogwarts will be safety to you.

When you get outside the protective barrier, you must throw something at the barrier so they believe they are under attack, and Rubeus Hagrid will bring you to Albus. Then you will explain our story.

And the letter addressed to him, you shall hand it to him. Do not read it in the mean time, he must read it, the letter is for his eyes only.

You must depart in the morning, at night Voldemort is at his strongest.

Do not say his name, never, unless you are at Hogwarts, Voldemort is putting a enchantment on his name so when you say it – he knows where you are and and it breaks all protective spells you've set.

I love you Brie. Please don't ever forget that.

Love,

Your Mum.

Christy Riddle.

Brie wiped the tears that were coming out of her eyes and climbed into her tent and hugged her legs to herself.

Her father had always told her to stay away from Hogwarts, no one would like her there, they would all pick on her and throw things at her. She was taught that everyone in the world was a bully, and no one would like her and always look at her cross-eyed. She'd never blend in.

Those were the days.

Brie had packed everything in her room with a whip of her wand, and she had gone to her mother's room and grabbed a couple things there also, like money.

Brie held up the bank key then, her mother had had this planned for years, she could feel it. Her Mother had known Voldemort was going to kill her off one day. And she knew on that day, Brie would be next, so she had to run. How her Mum got this all under her nose, Brie was stumped.

Brie sighed and didn't feel like contemplating the mystery, she unwrapped her purple sleeping bag and cuddled into it.

She glanced up at the hood of the tent, and she felt tears sliding down her face.

She'd never felt more alone in the world then she had at that moment.

Morning came, and Brie packed up her things neatly in her purple suitcase with a variety of multi-colored skulls on the suitcase. She gripped the suitcase to herself and held up a mirror and brushed mascara on her eye lashes and eyeliner around the rim of her eye. She put on sparkly black eye shadow and brushed her tangled blonde hair.

She looked.. mysterious. She looked like she was hiding something.

Brie smiled to herself, the smile was worn and being held up by the edges, the smile quickly fell.

Smiles ment nothing anymore without her mother. Brie put the mirror back in her suitcase and she muttered the spell her mother had written out.

She felt a rush and then, nothing, she was now sitting on the floor and she knew she had little time before Voldemort would come for her.

Brie flung her mirror at the barrier and a loud electric shock rang out. Brie could feel her father's fury, and there was no doubt that Harry Potter could also feel it.

Brie waited for a few minutes and she felt her heart racing. Voldemort undoubtly had dementors racing out to get her.

Then she saw them, they were swooping down and Brie knew it was over. She held up her wand and screamed the words.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" A bright white light appeared and then a silver wolf flew into the air and banished the death eaters. Brie grinted her teeth as the memory came back hard. It was her and Mum, they were laughing and playing wizard chess and flinging cheetos at each other. Brie had just overtook the queen in her mother's game.

And then just like that, the memory was gone and the patronus disappeared, Brie saw there were no more dementors and shakily put her wand back in her pocket.

"Hey! You!" Rubeus Hagrid said, coming up, "What was that all about?"

Brie walked over to Hagrid with her suitcase, "I need to speak to Albus Dumbledore immediately, it's urgent."

"Obviously if yer being attacked by death eaters! Come on, this way." Hagrid said, and he walked and Brie followed him, her heart racing.

"Where you from?" Hagrid asked.

"It's a very very long story. And unfortunately it doesn't have a very good ending." Brie honestly said.

Hagrid only grunted and Brie saw Hogwarts for the first time.

It was a large ancient looking castle with intersections and students walking in and out of buildings, rushing to their next classes. They were either talking about a essay they had to do for Snape, or a potion they had to learn.

Brie was in awe as Hagrid led her across the grounds, and then Brie felt something like a punch in the gut. And her eyes glazed over.

"What do you mean she's escaped?" Voldemort roared, "How could no one notice a teenage girl leaving?"

"My lord, we believe she was prepared." Bellatrix said, standing up, "Her room is packed and her Mum's room has also been packed."

"We must find her!" Voldemort shouted.

"We can't." Lucius Malfoy said, "She's gone, my lord. She has gone to Hogwarts, she is now untouchable as long as she is there."

Voldemort was shaking, his anger was fierce, "FIND HER!"

Brie glanced over at Hagrid, but he hadn't even noticed that she had just been trapped in a memory. Brie kept walking until she noticed a certain trio, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley.. and of course Harry Potter. Brie was the closest to Harry Potter then Voldemort ever had been. She could easily raise her wand and scream 'avada kedarva' and then she would go back home and get avada kedarva'd herself.

Harry stared at her, his stare was right on her, there was no denying it. He reached up, and rubbed his hand against his scar. He was feeling Voldemort's fury, and he knew exactly who it was at.

They walked into the castle and they were met with a women in a witches hat and green robes.

"Professor Mcgonagall." Hagrid said, "Nice to see ye, it is, but I must take this one to Dumbledore immediately."

"Why is this girl not in her classes?" Professor Mcgonagall asked, "I trust that your not allowing her to miss her classes."

"She's not enrolled here, ye see." Hagrid said, "I found her outside the barrier being attacked by dementors."

"Dementors? What would they want with her? She is, after all, just a teenager." Professor Mcgonagall said, "It also makes no sense as to why she isn't enrolled here, she is far past the age of 11 but not enough so that she's graduated.."

Hagrid shrugged, "Don't ask me these questions, I'm about as clueless as ye are. So I better get her to Dumbledore."

"I'll take her bags and put her in one of the guest chambers for now." Professor Mcgonagall said.

Brie handed the Professor her bags and bid her goodbye.

Brie continued to follow Hagrid down winding corridors until they arrived and he mumbled a few words and the portrait swung open and Brie entered.

Albus Dumbledore glanced up from his papers through his spectacles.

"It couldn't be." That was all he said. He stood up and walked over to Brie.

Brie lifted up her shirt and grabbed his letter out of the waistband of her black ruffled skirt and handed it to him, "I was supposed to give this to you."

Dumbledore and Hagrid shared a look and Hagrid left the room.

"Sit, sit." Dumbledore said, and waved his wand and a chair appeared, Brie sank into the chair.

Dumbledore's eyes glided across the note, and Brie saw her mother's handwriting, causing her stomach to lurch.

There was silence for a few moments before Dumbledore set the letter down.

"So you've escaped, Brie." Dumbledore said, staring at her with those blue eyes.

"Yes." She rasped, "H-He killed her." Brie looked down and saw tears fly into her lap.

"I'm very sorry for your loss." Dumbledore said, folding his hands at his desk, "Your mother was a lovely person."

Brie nodded, "What becomes of me now?" She asked.

"We enroll you in Hogwarts of course. You'll go to classes and be remotely normal and we'll keep your identity a secret. The staff will know of course but no worries about that. And then in a couple years when you graduate, we see where you go from there." Dumbledore said, "That's what your Mum wants. She wants to pursue as normal as a life as a wizard can. I'll have Hagrid take you to your vault tomorrow and you'll get your wizard supplies from diagon alley. But you already have your wand, so no worries about that."

Brie nodded, "But what about the issue of Harry Potter?"

"I wasn't aware he'd be a issue." Dumbledore said, leaning back in his chair.

"He'll know." Brie said, "When I saw him earlier today, his scar hurt, I didn't know whether it was from me or my father's anger."

"It was your father." Dumbledore said, "No doubt about it."

Brie glanced down and wiped tears off her face, "If you don't mind, I've had a long day.. I just need some..rest."

Dumbledore flicked his wand and the door flew open, "Go ahead, I understand completely. You won't have difficulties finding your guest room, I suppose?"

"Nope." Brie said, and she walked out of the office into the Hogwarts hallways.

She was choking up, walking down these hallways, feeling her feet pad against the worn stone. Brie couldn't help but glance over her shoulder every now and then, expecting Lucius and Bellatrix on her tail. But no one was in pursuit of her, just a trio of eyes on her.

Next Chapter:

Brie finds herself lost while searching for the guest chambers and two Weasley's decide to help out the stressed blonde.