Chapter 6.

Don't yell at me!

OOH! Btw I'm a feminist, yeah yeah, joke away if you must but I decided to Mary-sue my oc up and put a few details here and there why? Well because I think women empowerment is a very important issue and… well 'cause I can.

Alana woke up that morning still thinking of what had happened the previous night. If Armand Dupond wasn't her father then who was it? She knew Dumbledore withheld information from her but why? She wasn't going to allow him to leave after dinner without some answers, clear answers.

She decided to get dress and come down and help Mrs. Weasley with lunch given she had slept right through breakfast. She got up and put on a black t-shirt written with purple lettering. "Feminist and Proud"

"This ought to shake things up" She chose a pair of grey leggings and purple converse's to match it, disregarding her denim skirt. "Gotta be comfortable for my DADA lessons"

She let her curls run free across her back down to her waist while she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Mrs. Weasley appreciated her offer but said it was better if she just set the table.

In the middle of placing dishes and forks Professor Dumbledore apparated into the house and asked for a private word with her. In silence they climbed back the stairs to her room and she sat down in her bed while he made a couch appear out of thin air.

"So…what is it you wanted to talk to me about?"

He looked at her through his half-moon shaped glasses "I think you know, but I fear I cannot give you all the answers you're looking for my child"

"Then tell me what you know"

"I'll tell you what I have learned from your mother"

He explained to her that during her fifth year Briseida had become close to a few former Slytherins, much to his dislike. He did not know how or where she had befriended them. Her mother did not care to share much of that part of her life with him or anyone else for that matter. All he knew is that over the summer she would leave for days and then come back.

"She swore to me she wasn't joining Voldemort, and I believed her" Then, all of the sudden she announced she was marrying Dupond and seven and a half months later Alana had been born.

"When the war ended she persuaded me to help them get out of the country, u she didn't want Armand to end up in prison, fearing the Ministry would take you away from her or that Death Eaters would come to get you two, out of revenge. I was afraid too; after all she was my granddaughter. I pulled a few strings and you were out of the country. Armand promised me he would take care of you two, and stay away from any funny business. Of course that didn't last much, as soon as the word got out that Voldemort was back he reunited with his "friends", so naturally I had to get you out of there" Alana tried to make as much sense of the story as she could.

"So she never told you if she was dating someone, besides him?"

"My dear, I didn't even know she was close to Dupond until they came to me and told me they were getting married"

"So no idea whom my father might be?"

"I'm afraid I am not the right person to answer that"

"So you know"

"I beg your pardon"

"You didn't say, no I don't know, or no I can't answer, don't try to play your word games with me Professor"

"I would prefer if you called me Albus, at least outside of school, it's hard I know but we are family"

"You know? How the hell would you know what is hard for me? You don't even know me! Don't think for a second that just because you're my guardian it gives you any right to boss me around or that it gives us some kind of connection, because it DOESN'T"

"Alana calm down, I did not mean to upset you"

"Don't tell me to calm down! You come here and hide information from me, information that I should know, that is about ME, about my life!"

"I think I'll leave you to calm down"

"Oh just get out!" She slammed the door on his face and locked it. Her back turned towards it she began to cry, leaning against the gate and slowly coming down to her knees, hiding her face between them.

"How did it go?" Sirius asked. The members of the order were gathered around the table, while the young ones had been sent out to the other room.

"Alana is a little mad, but she'll come around I trust"

"A little mad? She was screaming bloody murder at you, we all heard" Alastor seemed somewhat upset. "You can't let her treat you like that, grandkid or not, she still has to respect you"

"Yes I know, and I believe she does, but her anger does not allow her to see clearly for the moment" In that second a male figure came through the back door, having just apparated into the garden.

"Watch it with my roses Snape"

"Calm down Black, they're dead anyway"

Sirius was about to snap right at him when Remus caught him up.

"She's upset you know, she wants the truth and I don't think we'll be able to hide it from her much longer"

"There will be no need for that" Albus explained to them what Severus had written to him that night. "I'm sorry I didn't answer to you right away Severus but I think our options are pretty clear. You'll have to do as you're told"

"WHAT?" It seemed they had all been put under the Imperious curse as their faces and words were the same.

"There's no option, Voldemort knows I wouldn't prevent you from bonding with her, so we must keep appearances"

"What about her? Why do we have to drag her into this mess?"

"Ohhh… the little snake has feelings, look Sirius he cares about his daughter, just when you think you know a person, they surprise you" Alastor laughed.

"Enough!" Dumbledore's voice was loud and clear.

"You must do your best efforts to protect her Severus" Snape was astonished; this was not what he had hoped for.

"So what? I go up there and tell her we will continue with her potion lessons, make her like me, tell her the truth and then what? You know very well I'm not made for this kind of things Albus"

"It beats the alternative my boy"
"But…"

"NO! You all shut up and listen to me!" Molly stood up from her chair and looked as if she had caught the twins stealing a toilet, yet again. "The poor kid has been through enough as it is! We agreed our children wouldn't become a weapon in this war"

"Thank you Molly..."

"I'm not done Severus so shush it!" His eyes opened widely and Mr. Weasley signed him to shut up if he knew what was good for him. "Never the less, she DOES deserve to know the truth, not now, she's not ready, but soon. And I do not see the downside to her spending some time with her father, getting to know you and when the time comes we'll figure out how to get her out of the middle, but in the meantime there's nothing else to do, unless you want her dead, because that's what You-Know-Who will do if he doesn't get his way or at least think he's getting it. So unless anybody has something to say…"She paused to take a breath and continued "Then it's settled, this is the way we'll proceed"

Everybody was silent as a grave. Snape seemed puzzled

"So this means…"

"Yes Severus, this means you'll keep teaching her potions, be nice to her and then tell her the truth. Now, go upstairs and tell her lunch is ready and figure out a schedule to come and take her for her lessons" He did not move.

"MOVE IT!" He got up from his chair, unsure still about everything and pretending to look mad.

He knocked on her door and as he got no reply he came inside the room. There he found Alana lying on the floor beneath the window, her eyes shut looking as she wasn't breathing.

Cliffy? LOL

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