Chapter 4.

Pain And Agony

STILL GOING TO COLLEGE SO I GUESS THE STATUS OF THE HARRY POTTER OWNERSHIP REMAINS STILL.

Alana sat beneath the window in her bedroom after dinner. She had locked the door and performed the spell Sirius had taught her and then proceeded to light up a cigarette. While she breathed the blue smoke in, her free hand was running through the picture..

She thought of her life and imagined scenarios where she was happy. Maybe her mother had been in love with someone else and had been forced to marry her father, maybe Armand Dupond wasn't really her father but some ogre disguised as a human who kept her mother under an evil spell and a prince was supposed to rescue her but never found her. Maybe her father was still looking for her. She smiled at the power of her imagination, but then came back to reality, her mother was dead, her father was in fact an ogre, but was still her father.

Someone knocked her door which caused her to throw her cigarete out the window and hide her pack, lighter and the picture under the cushion.

She waved her wand to undo the spell of the door and allowed Sirius to come in.

"Dessert is ready, Mrs. Weasley wants you to come down, and Professor Dumbledore is here"

"Sure, let's go"

"I didn't get a chance to ask how your class with Snivelus was"

"Fine" She lied, not wanting to tell him about what had happened "Although he said I won't be needing more lessons from him"

"Really?" He looked puzzled, maybe the little prank him and Alastor had pulled on Snape hadn't work as much as Dumbledore wanted to believe.

"Yes, he says that I'm actually advanced for my year, so that I should focus on my other subjects"

"Well, that's good, no more time in Snape's house of horror then"

"Yeah…"She didn't really know what to say, although the potion's master hadn't been the nicest, she did not care to criticize him. "Wait! I forgot something, is Remus still here?" Sirius nodded and she run to her bag and got the Wolfsbane potion she had prepared that afternoon. They walked downstairs and into the kitchen to find all the grownups sitting there. She walked towards Remus, who was sitting beside Tonks and handed him the potion. He gave her an odd look.

"What is it?"

She looked at him and then at Snape who was sitting on the opposite side of the table holding a glass of whisky.

"The girl has proven to be quite good at potion making" He replied. "She was actually able to brew a very good Wolfsbane potion, which will relieve me from my duties"

Alana looked at him, puzzled; was that a compliment or a mere statement?

An awkward silence was broken by Dumbledore,

"So, I trust the lessons went well"

Alana smiled at him and was about to answer when she was cut out,

"Yes, she's reached the level of her classmates and then some; she won't need my help during the rest of the summer"

"So, no more teaching?"

"I don't see the point; she could use the time to work on the rest of her skills"

Dumbledore seemed disappointed.

ALANA'S POV

I really don't get why Dumbledore and Mrs. Weasley have those sad looks, shouldn't they be happy I don't need extra potion lessons? Maybe they just don't want me around; I can be some of a pain in the arse sometimes; father always said my presence tended to annoy him, but then again something as little as a fly could rub him the wrong way.

"Alana, there's something I wish to talk to you about"

I looked at the old man sitting in front of me; he gave me a warm look and proceeded to talk.

"Armand Dupond has come in contact with me" His sole name makes me shiver with fear, disgust and pain; I can still remember the last beating.

"This news, I fear, have no easy way of being told" He took a pause and it made me anxious, was he going to send me back to that monster?

"Well then just tell me what it is"

"The thing is my dear, I always suspected that your mother and he kept a secret, they married so quickly and unexpectedly…"

"Stop rambling and tell me!" I hate it when people can't seem to make a point.

"Armand has confirmed my suspicions"

"Which are…?" I swear he's doing it on purpose.

"He's not your father" The world stopped spinning at those words. He's not my father, we are not related.

"What?"

"Yes, I believe you were borne out a little affair of your mother"

"And he says I'm not his kid"

"Armand has given me the results of a blood test taken a little bit before your mother's death"

"That's when the beating got worse" The second those words came out of my mouth I wanted to swallow them right back as they all stared at me.

"He hit you?" Sirius stood up from his chair. I didn't know what to say, I freaked out. And then I felt Mrs. Weasley's tight grip around me.

"It's Ok sweet heart, he won't do it again" I tried to look away to prevent myself from bursting into tears and when I turned my head right I caught Snape's eye. He seemed shocked, annoyed, and his eyes were watery.

Remus went on and on about the laws my father, sorry, Dupond, had broken, the time he should spend in Azkaban, while I could hear Sirius rumble about the beating he wanted to give the man. Dumbledore tried to calm everyone.

Once I managed to break free from Mrs. Weasley's embrace I tried to speak without breaking into tears because of the news I had just received and the memories that kept coming back to my mind.

"So does this mean I don't have to see him ever again?"

"Yes my girl, he has agreed to give your guardianship to me, as he has no knowledge of who your real father might be"

"And you?" I asked, and he just looked straight to me "Do you know?" The second I was going to get an answer an owl came into the house and dropped a letter on Dumbledore's lap.

"I'm afraid I must leave, Alana, will speak more of this tomorrow" And with that I was being escorted to my room by Mrs. Weasley.

END OF POV

After Alana left Arthur Weasley got up to close the door and after doing so he spoke,

"That was a close one right Severus?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about Weasley"

"I'm sorry all, but I have to get going, Minerva says that Peeves is causing a mess in the school and the Blood Baron is nowhere to be found" With that he left the kitchen and headed out of the house.

Snape got up from his chair and prepared to leave,

"You should talk to her, she's going to find out eventually" Remus said to him softly.

"As usual, you are not making any sense"

"So you are still going to live in denial"

"I admit that this news has come as a shock, Dupond confirming he's not her father but…"

"Oh come one Severus! I saw your face when she confessed he used to beat her up, you wanted to beat the living crap out of him the same as we all did" Snape did not answer to Tonks and headed for the door.

"Always a coward right? Never going to face the truth" Moody began.

"Well, what do you expect out of a snake? It's only natural for him to crawl back to its hole"

"It won't work this time" With that the Slytherin left the house.

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