Chapter 6: Albus Dumbledore
"Dumbledore? Are you crazy!" exclaimed Ron. "He won't tell you if you are related. All he will say is that you shouldn't worry about it. Then he will tell you to go back to your classes."
"Ron, he might not say that. He might even tell us," Hermione pointed out.
"If we ask politely," Jane added.
"Well, of course, we will be polite," answered Hermione. "I mean he is the headmaster of this school, so we got to be polite." Soon the four of them had agreed to go ask Professor Dumbledore to tell them if Harry and Jane were related. On their way there, they started making up reasons why they missed their first class.
"How about we tell our professor that we got lost," suggested Jane.
"That won't work," said Hermione, "This is our second year here, and our professor won't believe us. They would expect us to know our way around the school by now. I mean that is not a bad excuse, for you, but for us three, it might not be."
"Right," Jane said. "Well, maybe I will use it, but I am not sure my teacher will understand."
"Which class do you have first?" asked Ron.
"I have potions class," Jane answered.
"Ooo. That must stink," he said.
"What do you mean by it stinks?" Jane asked.
"Well, the teacher that teaches the class is the head of Slytherin house," Harry answered.
"And what is his name?"
"Professor Snape is the teacher, am I not correct?" Hermione interjected.
"Yes, you are correct," Jane said.
"Good," she said without another word.
"She is always right, just to tell you," whispered Ron into Jane's ear. Jane stopped to think about what Ron said, but then a thought accrued to Jane. "Where can we find Professor Dumbledore and how are we going to get there?"
"Wait up guys!" Jane barked.
"What?" asked Harry.
"A thought just occurred to me. Where will we find Professor Dumbledore and how will we get there." The three stopped walking to think about this thought.
"Well, we can always go to Professor McGonagall and ask to speak to Professor Dumbledore," suggested Harry.
"We could, but what if she is teaching a class right now?" asked Hermione.
"We don't want to disturb the class."
"Well, I think it is a chance we will have to take," Ron said.
"I agree," agreed Jane. She looked at Harry and Hermione and soon they both nodded. The four of them started to walk again towards their destination. Soon they were standing in the hallway, waiting, thinking about what to do next.
"Alright, who is going to go in first?" asked Ron. Jane looked at Harry and Hermione. Then the three of them looked at Ron.
"What?" he asked. Suddenly, he got it. "Oh no, no, no. I am not going in first," he said firmly.
"Ron, you are the one who even brought it up," said Harry. Jane and Hermione nodded their heads in agreement.
"But, you and Jane are the ones who wanted to know if you are related in some way," Ron boasted. Harry looked at him with a stern look.
"He's right, you know," Hermione agreed.
"Oh, now you are on his side?" Harry questioned.
"No, I am not taking anybody's side. I'm just pointing out that he is correct also," she defended. The three of them just kept on arguing back and forth about who is going to go in first. The three of them never noticed Jane leave and walk into the classroom. A couple minutes later, Jane came back out and they were still arguing.
"No, you should go in first. You and Jane are the ones who want to find out if you two are related," snorted Ron.
"But, you also want to know too and you are the one who suggested the idea of someone going first so you should go first," Harry shot back at Ron. Hermione wasn't saying anything. All she was doing was watching the conversation between her two best friends.
"Okay, okay. You two have to stop fighting," interjected Jane.
"Jane, we aren't fighting. We're arguing," said Harry.
"It looks like you are fighting," Jane pointed out.
"But, we weren't," argued Ron. Jane sighed. There was a moment of silence. Ron broke the silence by asking, "So, is anybody going to go into the classroom first?"
"I think someone as already done that," Hermione answered. Ron's eyebrows went up.
"Really?" asked Harry.
"Yes. That person did go in while you two argued and argued about who is going in first," Hermione shot back at Ron and Harry. Ron moved his head and focused his eyes on the ground. Harry did the same.
"Harry?" asked Ron. Harry looked up. "I'm sorry for arguing with you. I should have just gone right in. I was the one who suggested it, so I should have gone."
"No Ron, I should have gone in first," Harry said sadly. "I am the one who wants know if Jane and I are related, so overall, I should have gone." There was another moment of silence and the four of them thought about what just happened.
"Come on. Let's go in," suggested Jane. "Professor McGonagall wants to talk to us."
"Wait, you are the one that went in?" questioned Ron.
"Yes, I am the one that went in," confirmed Jane.
"Wow and I didn't even notice that you were gone," he chuckled. Once they went in, Professor McGonagall looked up from her reading. She was wearing her Hogwarts uniform, black and emerald green robes with another one of her brooches.
"Finally, you decide to come in," she commented. Harry and Ron look at each other and then back at the professor. She looked at them and instantly knew that she shouldn't say anymore.
"Well, now that you are here, we should get down to business," she addressed. "Okay, now Jane told me that she and you, Harry, want to find out if you two are related?" Jane and Harry both nodded in agreement.
"Actually, professor. All four of us want to know," added Hermione. Professor McGonagall nodded in acknowledgment. There was a moment of silence as the four of them waited to hear from the professor. Professor McGonagall looked at the four students in front of her. Harry, Jane, Hermione, and Ron were both waiting patiently, to hear from her. She sighed.
"Alright," Professor McGonagall said at last. She got up from her desk and started to walk out of the classroom. The four students just watched her walk out of the room, when she turned around and said, "Follow me." Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Jane all followed the professor through the hallways and up a couple flights of stairs. Finally, they came to a statue of a griffin with its wings up like it was trying to hug someone. Professor McGonagall stopped and motioned for them to go in. At first, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Jane hesitated, but then Jane walked in. Hermione followed and then Harry and Ron.
"Sherbet lemon," was all Professor McGonagall said. Suddenly, the statue started to move. It moved in a clockwise direction while going up. Then it stopped suddenly. Before them, was a door. Jane walked up to it and knocked. They heard a voice from inside that sounded like, "Come in." Jane then opened the door. Inside was a room or more like an office with tons of books all around. There were on the many bookshelves going around the room. There were two staircases going up towards the middle of the room. Jane was so fascinated by all of the books that were around her that she had the urge to pick one up to see what it held. On the far left of Jane, there were a couple moving pictures like she had seen while going to her dormitory. Then a table stood a few feet from the pictures with some things Jane had never seen before. She presumed that these things were the headmaster's items. There were a couple steps leading up to the desk, but what caught Jane's attention was the bird sitting on a stand next to the desk. It was fiery red with a bit of orange on its belly and head. It looked so beautiful and peaceful sitting there. It wasn't even scared of them when they walked in.
"It's she beautiful?" asked a voice from behind Jane. She turned around to find Professor Dumbledore coming down one of the staircases.
"She is beautiful," agreed Jane. Jane looked at the beautiful bird in front of her trying to figure out what kind of bird she was. "What kind of bird is she?" Jane found herself saying.
"She is a Phoenix," the professor answered.
"Wow," was all Jane said.
"Phoenixes have amazing healing powers and when it is time for them to die, they burn into ashes and then get reborn from the ashes," Professor Dumbledore explained.
"Wow. That is amazing," Jane exclaimed. She looked at the phoenix a little bit more and then went to where Harry, Ron, and Hermione were standing. There was a moment of silence as the four of them thought of what to say next.
"Professor McGonagall told me you wanted to ask me something," Professor Dumbledore said.
"Yes, we have something to ask you," Jane confirmed. "We want to ask you if you could tell us if Harry and I are related in some way," she asked with a little uncertainty in her voice. She looked at the headmaster. There was no expression on his face, or at least that is what Jane saw because she couldn't read his facial expression. The headmaster looked down at the four students waiting to hear an answer. Finally, he walked to his desk and sat down. The four students followed.
"What made you have this idea?" he asked. Jane looked at Hermione and her new two friends or at least she thought that they were friends. For all she knows, Harry might be her big brother or, even twin brother. Soon Jane had spilled out the whole story of how she met Harry and how weird it was because Harry reminded her of her parents. Harry also told the headmaster that he concurred with Jane about everything. There was silence as the headmaster absorbed the entire story.
"You might want to sit down," Professor Dumbledore said as he grabbed his wand and drew a straight line in front of him. Suddenly, there were four chairs that had magically appeared out of nowhere. They sat down in the comfortable chairs in front of his desk. They were like armchairs made but made of wood. Once Jane got comfortable in the chair, she focused all of her attention on the headmaster.
"Alright. I guess, first and foremost, if you want to know, then here is your answer. Jane," the headmaster said with a look at Jane. "Harry," he said with a look at Harry. "You two are brother and sister."
AN: I don't own Harry Potter. The only characters I own are Jane, Sarah, and any other characters that I made up. (Last edited 3/7/17)