The Christmas holidays had started, Hermione was home spending it with her parents, and Harry, Ron and Arianna were spending the holiday at Hogwarts.

Arianna had spent her holidays mostly reading, owling Hermione, and trying to find information about Nicholas Flamel, but with no luck, and having no idea on how to get into the restricted section of the library.

She woke up the next morning, on Christmas morning alone in her dormitory. All the other girls had gone home for Christmas. Rubbing her eyes sleepily, she sat up in her four poster bed. She gasped as she saw a pile of gifts sitting at the end of her bed. She hadn't really ever gotten gifts before. Mr. and Mrs. Winters would never had gotten her a gift, she sometimes got a small treat from Mrs. Hutchenson, the teacher she would often meet when she went into town, when she was still with the Winters.

Cautiously reaching to one gift she read the tag, seeing that it had her name on it, she took a breath and slowly began to tear the paper off. Inside was a knitted sweater with the letter A stitched into it, and a note attached.

Happy Christmas Arianna!

I hope you like it and that it keeps you warm. Enjoy the rest of your first year at Hogwarts!

Hoping to see you soon,

Mrs. Weasley.

Arianna smiled and put on the sweater. She reached over to continue opening her gifts. She had gotten an assortment of candies from Ron, a new muggle book from Hermione, and a new quill from Harry. She was about to get out of her bed and get ready for the day when she saw an envelope sitting on her bed. Opening it, she found a note.

Dear Miss Winters,

Happy Christmas, come to my office toady after breakfast.

Professor McGonagall

Suddenly Arianna was worried. What if the Professor knew that she was trying to find information about Nicholas Flamel, and about what Fluffy was guarding. 'But then again, maybe she doesn't, and maybe I could ask her if I could go into the restricted section.' she thought, trying to muster the courage to actually do that.

After getting ready for the day she headed down to the common room to go through the portrait hole, and down to the Great Hall for breakfast. As she came into the common room she saw Harry and Ron entering it as well.

"Happy Christmas Arianna" Harry said as he saw her.

"Happy Christmas!" She replied, "Thank you both for my gifts, I love them! I'm sorry I didn't get you anything." She said

"It's alright!"Harry said

"We understand!" Ron said the two boys flashing her a smile.

"Harry! Tell her what you got!" Ron said excitedly and Arianna looked at him curiosity in her eyes.

Harry looked around before telling her, "I got an invisibility cloak." Arianna's was shocked! She had read about them, but she never thought she would actually be able to see one, then it came to her!

"Harry! We could use your cloak to get into the restricted section in the library! If you don't mind of course."

"That's a really good idea!" Harry said and the three made their way to the Great Hall.

"Hey! Arianna!" Elizabeth, a third year student came running up to her.

"Hello!" She greeted as the third year stopped running.

"So I finally remembered to talk to Professor Flitwick and he said that you could join the choir if you want to." She said, a huge smile on her face.

"A voice like that would really help us to sound better!" She added seeing Arianna looking unsure.

"Well um I guess I'll think about it." she said.

"Fab! When you decide you can let Professor Flitwick or myself know!" Elizabeth said and then going off to enjoy her food.

"I didn't know you could sing!" Ron commented after Elizabeth had gone.

"Me either!" Arianna exclaimed and then dug into her breakfast.

After telling the boys she would meet up with them later, Arianna set off towards Professor McGonagall's office. Once she arrived she knocked on the door and nervously waited for it to open.

Minerva looked up to the door of her office as she heard a soft knock. Smiling she stood and answered the door.

"Good morning Miss Winters, come in." She said moving aside for her to enter. She motioned for her to sit down in the chair across from her desk. Minerva chuckled as she saw the nervous look on Arianna's face.

"You look guilty of something." She told her, Arianna's head shot up to look at her shock on her face.

"Am I in trouble?" She asked quietly.

"Have you done something wrong?" Minerva asked curious as to why Arianna would think she was in trouble.

Arianna thought for a moment, 'technically, reading in the library wasn't against the rules,' she thought, "no." She answered aloud.

"Then no, you aren't in trouble. I asked you here, because I have a gift for you." Minerva said, she couldn't help the smile that came to her lips as she saw Arianna's face. Minerva rose and went to the other side of her office and lifted the gift and put it onto her desk in front of Arianna.

Arianna was absolutely gobsmacked at the large gift sitting in front of her. Minerva chuckled and urged her to lift the cover off of it. Arianna's gobsmacked expression only grew when she lifted the cover. There on Minerva's desk was a cage and in the cage was a beautiful Barn Owl.

"This is for me?" Arianna asked not believing it!

"Yes! I noticed you had been owling Miss Granger as of late, using owl, I thought you might like one of your own." Minerva commented.

"I couldn't possibly accept this!" Arianna said still looking at the owl in shock.

"Oh I insist, and besides you are going to need to it keep in touch with your friends over the summer." Minerva said, trying not to mention anything about Arianna being her daughter.

"Thank you so much!" Arianna said surprising Minerva with a hug.

"You're welcome. Now go on! I expect Mr's Potter and Weasley are waiting for you." Minerva said and Arianna thanked her again before leaving with her new owl.

"She gave you an owl!?" Ron nearly screeched, his eyes wide, "Bloody hell, first she gives Harry a broom stick, and now you an owl! I wish she liked me as much as she likes you two!"

Ignoring the last statement Arianna continued, "Yes but, I don't really know why she gave it to me, I mean she said that it was so I wouldn't have to use Harry's owl anymore, but I feel like that wasn't the whole reason." Arianna said looking at her owl.

"Have you named it yet?" Harry asked after a moment of silence.

"Yes, I've decided to name her Moon." Arianna said looking at Moon.

"Why'd you name her that?" Ron asked, obviously thinking it wasn't a very good name.

"Because her face reminds me of the moon." Arianna said matter of factly, Ron laughed and Arianna jokingly smacked him.

Later that night, Arianna waited in the common room for Harry to come back from the restricted section. She had decided that she couldn't go. She didn't want to get caught and disappoint Professor McGonagall, especially after she had given Arianna such a beautiful gift.

Suddenly the portrait hole opened, but it seemed as if no one came through. Then Harry appeared holding a cloak in his hand.

'Is that your invisibility cloak?!" Arianna asked, having not seen it yet. Harry nodded, he seemed excited about something.

"What is it?" Arianna asked seeing him practically bursting with excitement!

"My parents! I saw them!" Seeing Arianna's quizzical look he continued, "yes I know they're dead, but I saw them! In this mirror in an empty class room! Let me go get Ron and then I will show you!" He said running up to his dormitory.

Coming back down with Ron, he threw the invisibility cloak over the three of them and led them to the room with the mirror.

"There, those are my parents do you seem them?" He asked pulling Ron up to the mirror.

"I only see us Harry."

"Look in properly, stand there." Harry said and moved away from the mirror, when Ron's face lit up Harry smiled.

"There, you see them don't you, that-"

"I see me! Only I'm Head Boy! And I'm holding the Quiditch Cup! And bloody hell! I'm Quiditch captain too! I look good! Do you think this mirror tells the future!?" He asked, and Harry's face sunk.

"How can it, my parents are dead." He said.

"What do you see Arianna?" Ron asked trying to change the subject, Ron moved out of the way and Arianna came forward and stood in front of the mirror. She looked confused at the mirror, not sure what what she saw meant.

"Well, what is it?" Harry asked.

"I-I don't really know." She answered. After they had finished looking into the mirror, the three went back up to the Gryffindor common room and up to bed. But Arianna couldn't sleep. She couldn't but try to decipher what she saw in the mirror.

The Headmaster was sitting at his desk going through some paper work when there was a knock at his door.

"Enter." he called not looking up from his papers. Only when the visitor was standing in front of his desk did he look up.

"Ah, Severus. What can I do for you this evening." He asked with a smile.

"The potion you asked me to brew is finished." Severus said, Albus's smile faded as we waited for Severus to continue.

"It seems that Miss Winters is indeed your daughter. Or should I saw Miss Dumbledore? Congratulations." He said. Albus let out a breath. Minerva was right. It was their daughter, they had her back.

"Thank you Severus, please excuse me, I must inform Minerva." He said his smile returning, Severus nodded as happy for them as he could be.

Minerva was sitting on her couch, staring at the fire, her mind wondering. She looked to the door as it opened and smiled as Albus came through it.

"I thought you had work to do?" She asked standing from the couch.

"I do, but I need to tell you something, it couldn't wait until morning." he said, suddenly Minerva became worried. What could he possible have to tell her that was so important? She sat back down and looked at him as he bent down in front of her.

"Minerva," He said his eyes twinkling, and smiling, "I asked Severus to brew an identity potion, to make sure that Miss Winters was our daughter, I wanted to be certain, because if it wasn't her, I don't know if I would be able to take it if it wasn't really her." Albus begun, Minerva's heart began to race, her jaw dropped a little, she wasn't sure that she wanted to hear what the results were, but needing to know at the same time.

"Severus just came to me with the results. And it's her, Minerva, it's our Arianna!" He said with a smile, tears coming to his eyes, Minerva brought her hands up to her mouth, tears already falling down her cheeks, a huge smile on her face. She hugged Albus, not wanting to let go, all the sadness of losing their child had seemingly disappeared.

A few nights later, Arianna crept out of bed and out of the common room, back to the room with the mirror. She sat in front of it trying to make sense of it. Why was she seeing them? They stood in the mirror, looking happily down at her confused face. Sighing she went to stand.

"Back again Arianna?" A voice said suddenly behind her, making her sit back down, turning she saw it was Professor Dumbledore.

"I'm sorry Professor Dumbledore, I know I'm out past curfew, I'm so-" The words began to spill from her mouth trying to come up with something to tell the Headmaster, but he held up a hand stopping her dead in her tracks.

"It is alright my dear. I understand why you would come out to see this mirror. I trust by now you know what it does?" He asked and Arianna looked at the ground and shook her head.

"I don't understand it at all Professor, I don't understand what it means." She told him, and he nodded his head.

"This is the Mirror of Erised. It shows the deepest desires of our hearts." He explained, Arianna only becoming more confused.

"Look into the mirror. what do you see?" He asked seeing her bewildered expression. Arianna turned around and looked into the mirror yet again, trying to decide whether or not she should tell the Professor who she actually sees, or if she should be vague about it.

Choosing the latter she spoke, "I see two people, two very kind people, a man and a woman." She said hoping he wouldn't make her go into detail.

"Perhaps your parents? You who have known you real parents, could see them in this mirror if they are what your heart deeply desires." He said knowing exactly what she saw in the mirror.

"It is what I want most in the world, my parents," She told him continuing to look in the mirror still a bit confused but then suddenly her mind made a great connection, "But Professor, that would mean tha-" She began and turned around, but no one was there, the Professor had simply vanished.

"That would mean that you and Professor McGonagall are my parents." She finished to no one.

Hey everyone! Thank you to my lovely reviewers, it means a lot, love the reviews and the suggestions and such! Here is the next chapter! Again already working on the next one! :) Sorry this is fairly short, I'll try to make the next chapters longer, enjoy! :)