Chapter 11
You Don't Know Squad.
Still not owning a thing.
Big thanks to Adele whose song "Set Fire To The Rain" inspired this.
She paced her room, anxious, her supplies and clothes all packed in the new trunk Dumbledore had bought for her.
"A.M.D"
She couldn't care less about carrying Dupond's last name, but there was no choice. Taking her mother's was out of the question, it would raise too many questions as to why Dumbledore's great granddaughter was just joining Hogwarts. Her real father was a question mark bigger than as to why dogs bark at the moon and walking with no last name seemed to be rather inconvenient.
She eyed the clock on her night stand, 2.30 am. She should have been asleep hours ago but she couldn't manage to stay still.
The sound of her door been open made her turn around with her brand new wand in hand.
"I saw your light on and thought maybe you were still up"
"Come in Harry"
"I can't sleep either" The Boy Who Lived sit in her bed as she did the same on the frame of the window. "I´ve been meaning to talk to you about something"
She looked at him, puzzled.
"It gets better you know?"
"No, I honestly don't"
"I know how annoying it is when everybody seems to know more about your life than you do. When I turned eleven I was thrown so much information I almost felt dizzy, but I understood it was all done in my best interest"
"It's not the same thing. We are not the same"
"I know that. But we've been through very similar things, the death of you mother and my parents…" Her eyes watered.
"My aunt and uncle were really mean to me"
"Did they ever beat you up until oblivion?"
"No but…"
"But what? They screamed? Say mean things?"
"Yeah, well it was abusive…"
"I'm not saying it wasn't, I'm saying is not the same thing"
"For what it's worth I thought it might help you…"
"What? Hearing how your life sucked and now is full of roses and bunnies?"
"It's not full of roses! DO you know how hard it is? Not having a family?"
"I do actually. But you do have a family, Sirius. He really cares about you"
"And Professor Dumbledore cares about you…"
"I know"
"But you're still mean to him"
"I know. But it drives me crazy to know that he's hiding things from me"
"Maybe he's doing it for your own good"
"I don't buy that"
"Thought you wouldn't" She chuckled a little. "Look, the thing is that I know how it feels when you think you're all alone in the world and when you've gone through things like you and I have and I wanted you to know that I'm here if you ever want to talk about it"
"Thanks, that's nice of you"
He smiled and wished her good night.
Lying in bed she pondered about the recent events.
Dupond's claws were never going to come close to her again. She had people who were nice to her and maybe even care a little. She was finally going to go to Hogwarts, just like her mother, and finally, finally she owned a wand of her own and couldn't wait to see the things she could do with it.
Morning caught her in a light sleep when Mrs. Weasley woke her up for breakfast. She would be leaving for King's Cross after.
Seating on the table with the rest of the Weasleys, Hermione, Harry and the Order made her realize between laughter that things were in fact looking up. She eyed Harry and granted him an honest smile. He was right after all.
I know this is short but I'll have the next chapter in a little bit. I've had the idea of Alana and Harry sharing a little talk for a while now. But don't worry it won't go anywhere beyond that.
R&R