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Chapter 3

Last time:

"What's going on?" Alex asks, already knowing since she was listening. She also knows that Ron, Hermione and Harry aren't her true friends if they lie to her.

"Discussing our Defence Against the Dark Arts homework" Harry answers. Alex nods, feeling hurt but hides it.

"Ok. Well, I'm going to go up to bed" Alex mumbles and runs upstairs.

"I think we just hurt her" Hermione whispers to them.

"She'll get over it. She's only ten" Ron answers and pulls out his potions homework. Hermione feels a pang of guilt rush through her, but she doesn't know how to fix it.

Now:

Alex is sitting on her bed, trying really hard to hide her tears. She pulls out the notes she and Harry wrote to each other when they were doing summer school. She stands up with the notes and sits at the window, looking at the stars.

"Why can't I be born at the same time as everyone else?" Alex whispers to herself, finally letting her tears fall. Alex doesn't hear the door open and close. She doesn't even hear the footsteps that are coming to her, "why can't anyone accept that even though I am younger, doesn't mean I don't have feelings or want to be friends. Why do I have to be the headmaster's daughter" Alex pulls her knees to her chin, wrap her arms around them and buries her face into them. She starts to sob dropping the notes. She is hurt, so hurt that she doesn't know if she can heal after that attack to her heart. Alex still doesn't hear the door open and close one last time.

Hermione runs down the stairs to the common room and smacks both Ron and Harry in the head.

"Oww!" the boys cried, "what was that for?" the chimed.

"For hurting Alex" Hermione snaps. Fred and George Weasley hears this and run over.

"What did you guys do?" Fred snaps at them.

"What did you do to Alex?" George asks angrily.

"What do you mean hurt?"

"Not physically I hope"

"Or mentally"

"What did you do?" Fred and George ask together one last time.

"So you care more about the stupid ten year old more than your own little brother? That's so nice" Ron snaps.

"BECAUSE ALEX HAS NO FRIENDS!" George snaps. Hermione, Ron, Harry, Fred and George hears a gasp from the stairs and turns to see Alex there, eyes pure red and tear stains down her cheeks. Fred runs over and hugs her tightly.

"George doesn't mean it like that Alex. Me and him are your friends, he was meaning besides us" Fred explains quickly. Alex nods and hugs Fred tightly.

"Is Charlie, Percy and Bill my friends?" Alex whispers scared.

"Yes. They love you Alex. Of course they are your friends" Alex nods as Fred pulls away and leads her to George. George hugs Alex tightly as Percy walks in. Percy smiles but then frowns when he sees Alex's tears and red eyes.

"What's wrong?" Percy runs over panicking, "you two" Percy points at Fred and George, "didn't hurt her did you?"

"No. Our little jerk of a brother hurt her" Fred snaps crossing his arms. Percy turns to Ron pissed off.

"What did you do?" Percy snaps. The other students in the common room, quickly runs up to their dorms knowing this will not be pretty.

"Who would want to be friends with a ten year old who will just get in the way and will not be as smart as you?" Ron snarls. Fred and George narrow their eyes along with Percy.

"If you must know Ronald, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie and I are friends with her! Do you know how hard it is to make friends when you live here your entire life? Or you are the headmaster's daughter and have only known the teachers? Just think Ronald, you never leave the castle, you only get along with the teachers that Dumbledore likes, only grown up with Hagrid, McGonagall and Snape to hang out with along with Dumbledore. Never getting to know kids your own age! Just shut your mouth and think before you talk" Percy hugs Alex tightly as she sobs, "shh Alex. Just breathe" Alex nods in Percy's chest and takes in shaky breaths. Fred and George joins in the hug, as Hermione shakes her head at Harry and Ron.

"I can't believe I am friends with you. Mostly when you hurt one of our friends that is younger by a few months" Hermione walks away from the group and goes up to bed. Harry and Ron sighs, knowing they messed up. Harry thinks back to the summer, wishing him and Alex will get along like that again, but that changed when Harry and Alex found out about their past and who they really are. Alex being the most powerful witch and Harry being the most powerful wizard.

As McGonagall walks into the Gryffindor common room at 11pm Saturday night, she sees a small girl sitting at the fire. McGonagall walks over and sees Alex asleep but with tears falling from her closed eyes.

"Everyone hates me" Alex whispers in her sleep, "Ron, Harry and Hermione aren't my friends. Mum hates me, dad hates me, Hagrid hates me, Snape hates me" McGonagall gasps and shakes Alex's arm gently.

"Alex, Alex. Wake up" McGonagall whispers. Alex slowly opens her red, puffy eyes and looks up at McGonagall who is at the back of the couch, "come sleep in my room, just like old times" Alex nods as McGonagall picks her up. The last time Alex slept in McGonagall's room was when she was 8 year old and Dumbledore was visiting the Weasley's.

~HP & WOWP~

Christmas Day has arrived and Ron and Harry are the only guys that have stayed behind in the Gryffindor house while Alex is the only girl. Alex, Ron and Harry haven't spoken at all and if one of them tried the others would ignore. Alex awoke Christmas morning at 6am. Dumbledore has gone to see Nicolas Flamel for the day, but invited Alex along. She declined and said she wants to be by herself. Alex walks down to the Christmas tree in the common room, and sees Ron and Harry talking.

"Just say sorry Ron. We both have to say sorry. Alex doesn't need this. She needs friends. Hermione and her are getting along again, now it's down to us" Harry tells Ron.

"I know. I feel bad for hurting her. I didn't mean a word I said" Ron whispers sadly. Alex walks over to them and sits in the lone arm chair. She curls her feet underneath her and sighs.

"Have you opened yours yet?" Alex asks them nervously.

"No" Ron answers, "we were waiting for you. We saw that yours was untouched so we decided to wait" Alex nods.

"What time did you wake up?"

"5:30"

"Nice" Ron nods and sighs.

"Alex, I'm sorry. I never meant a word. I was annoyed on how you knew everything we were asking and I was jealous that I didn't" Alex nods.

"It hurt though. When you said that no one would want to be friends with a ten year old"

"I know. I know two people who want to be friends with you" Alex hides a smile and plays along.

"Who?" Ron grins inwardly knowing Alex is playing along.

"Two guys named Ron Weasley and Harry Potter"

"Who are they?"

"Two Gryffindor students that are totally hot!" Alex laughs and rolls her eyes.

"I highly doubt they are hot. Not even cute. A puppy is cute!" Ron and Harry fakes shock and attacks Alex by tickling her. Alex squirms in her chair laughing. They have fixed their friendship again.

~HP & WOWP~

Alex's 11th birthday has arrived! For Christmas, Harry got candy, a red sweater/jumper that has an 'H' from Mrs. Weasley and pranks from Fred and George, and an invisibility cloak from an unknown person. From Hermione, Harry got books by Gilderoy Lockhart. As for Alex, she got him a broomstick, which is a keychain and a real broom. As for Ron he got a jumper that is green with an 'R' on it, candy, and the same books as Harry and the keychain, just like Harry. Finally, Alex's Christmas presents are: candy, books, pranks, purple jumper with an 'A' on it, a pair of black converse from Hagrid, a diamond necklace from McGonagall, crystal earrings from Snape and Dumbledore gave Alex an invisibility cloak with purple glittery stuff on it.

Alex woke up at 5am with the earrings and necklace on and slips on her new converse. She puts on her new jumper and runs downstairs. To her surprise, Ron and Harry are up and waiting.

"Why are you up?" Alex asks them.

"Give you these" Harry answers as he and Ron holds out 2 birthday presents.

"You didn't have too"

"We wanted to" Ron answers. Alex takes their gifts and goes to sit down at the fire. Ron and Harry sit down next to her and smiles as she opens Ron's present first. Inside is a Broom Stick Care Kit. Alex smiles and hugs Ron tightly.

"Thank you" Alex whispers.

"You can even decorate your very own broom stick too!"

"Sweet!" Alex starts to look at the box to look at the different designs she could do. After she finished looking at it, she starts to open Harry's. Inside is a gold charm bracelet. Alex gasps and covers her mouth, "how?" Alex looks at Harry. Harry shrugs his shoulders with a smile.

"That's my secret" Alex laughs and hugs him tightly.

"Thank you so much" Harry and Ron roll their eyes.

"It's our pleasure" Harry clips the charm bracelet on Alex's left wrist and yawns with Ron.

"We're going back to bed. See you in a few hours" Ron tells her and hugs her. Alex laughs and rolls her eyes.

"See ya in a few hours Harry. And thank you" Harry smiles and nods as Alex walks out of the common room and leaves the tower.

Alex walks down to Hagrid hut and smiles to herself. She is now eleven years old! Alex opens the door without knocking to see Hagrid smiling at her as he pets Fang at the fire place. Alex closes the door and runs to him. He picks her up and sets her on his lap.

"Having a good eleventh birthday yet?" Hagrid asks.

"Ya" Alex grins and shivers. Hagrid wraps part of his coat around her seeing that she forgot her coat.

"Why did you forget your coat?" Hagrid asks her.

"Too excited to see you" Alex answers honestly.

"Ahh. Ready to see your birthday present?" Alex nods excitedly and Hagrid picks her up. He keeps his coat wrapped tightly around her and walks into the forest with Fang at his side. As they get deep enough, Alex hears a voice.

"Is that you Hagrid?" the voice asks. Alex looks up to see a HUGE spider come out of a cave thing.

"Hey Aragog" Hagrid smiles as Alex looks at Aragog nervously, "this is Alex Dumbledore. Albus Dumbledore's daughter" Aragog nods in his own special way.

"The one that you have given me to, but you get some ownership of me too?" Aragog asks happily, which Alex is puzzled about.

"Yes"

"Hi Alex, nice to finally mean you"

"You too sir" Alex smiles shyly.

"She's so cute!" just then, Alex sees a ton of other spiders surround them. Alex whimpers scared.

"Hagrid" Alex whispers.

"What?" Hagrid sees the other spiders as Aragog laughs.

"These are my sons and daughters. They won't hurt you Alex, you own them too, as well as me" Hagrid puts Alex down on the ground, but watches closely. Alex holds her hand out to a spider and the spider rubs its' head against it. Alex smiles and pets it like a dog or cat.

"Hi" just then many spiders jumps on Alex playfully. They start to tickle her, causing her to laugh.

"They are playing with her Hagrid. They won't hurt her" Aragog crawls back into his cave and many of the spiders flee. The one that is tickling Alex flees as well as Alex sits up and Hagrid picks her back up.

"You like your present?" Hagrid asks her as he carries her to his hut.

"Yup!" Alex grins happily.

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