Disclaimer: I forgot to put it in the beginning of the last chapter. I don't own Harry Potter.
AN: This chapter leads us into the year before Harry starts school. After this there will only be two more time jumps and then the story will slow down in third year. There is a reason that I skipped over the first two years but they will have flashbacks to those years.
Chapter 2
It was June 17, 1989 and this was the last week that Adhara, Amelia, and Aria had school. Once the bell rang, the girls and their friends were running around Santa Monica going on rides and eating junk food.
Around six o'clock, the girls made their way home and yelled for their mom. "Mom! We're home." Adhara yelled.
"Addie, don't yell. I'm out on the porch." Chloe said.
The three girls ran outside and squealed when they saw all of the people waiting for them. All of their cousins and aunts and uncles along with several teachers from Hogwarts along with Hagrid and Moody.
"What are all of you doing here?" Adhara asked happily.
"We came for your graduation. And to give you this." Albus Dumbledore presented his great-great niece with her Hogwarts letter with a twinkle in his eye.
"Oh my God! Mom can you believe it!"
"Don't shout, sweetie." She said with a weak smile but if someone truly knew her they would know that she was upset. "Addie, Mia, Ari why don't you take your cousins down to the boardwalk?"
"O.k." Mia said. She then whispered to her cousins, "That's code for 'we want to talk in private so get out of here'." This caused all of her cousins to laugh and for the adults to smile.
Once the children were gone, Albus looked at his great-niece waiting for her to speak first. "I don't think Ari, Mia and Addie should go to Hogwarts."
"What?!"
"How can you say that?"
"It's their birthright!"
"They belong there!"
"Where else would they go!"
"I think everyone should calm down and listen to Chloe's explanation." Remus said.
"I'm afraid."
"Of what?"
"What if they find out about Sirius or even worse what if they find out their connection to Voldemort. The three of them have already shown the capability to talk to snakes along with other abilities along with their elemental abilities that come from my grandmother's family. What if they are corrupted or something happens to them. Let's not forget that eighty percent of death eaters' descendents attend Hogwarts and more will continue to do so. From what I understand, Malfoy's son will be in the same grade as Mia."
"But they will bear the last name Dumbledore, they will be protected from those death eater brats." Moody said.
"Either way, they will be eclipsed by either the Riddle name, the Black name or the Dumbledore name. I don't want that type of pressure on their shoulders, and I know Sirius wouldn't either."
"Who cares what he wants." Chloe's cousin, Samuel said.
"I care because despite what happened, nothing was more important to Sirius than our girls and I don't appreciate you insinuating that he didn't."
"Calm yourself, Chloe." Albus said coming to sit in front of her. "I understand your concerns and I have had them too, but I promise you that I will do all that I can to protect the three of them. In fact I'll prove it to you."
"How?"
"I'll make the unbreakable vow."
This caused everyone to gasp.
"I can't ask you to do that."
"You didn't ask, I offered. There is a difference between the two. Now we need someone to perform it. Aberforth, will you do it?"
The older man nodded still stunned but he did a good job hiding it. He expected something like this to be coming from his brother but to hear him actually say it, it terrified him.
The two grasped hands and Aberforth began the spell. "Do you, Albus Dumbledore, swear to protect Adhara and Amelia and Aria from all those that could threaten or harm them?"
"I swear."
"Do you swear to never reveal their true identity to them when it comes to their father, Sirius Black, and grandfather, Tom Riddle?"
"I swear."
"Do you swear to stop any form of evil from corrupting them?"
"I swear."
Three lines circled around the two of their hands and then faded away signaling the end of the vow. "You didn't have to do that."
"I wanted to."
"Thank you. I feel better knowing that my girls will have you on their side now."
"They always had me on their side. I will protect them with my dying breath."
A week before school started, the family went to London to buy Adhara's schoolbooks and to take in the sights. The girls have not been in London for several years. While in Flourish and Blotts to buy her books, Adhara was having a difficult time reaching the top shelf for a book about potions so she used her telekinesis to have the book float down into her arms. "Woah. How did you do that?" Adhara quickly turned around and saw a boy with red hair standing there looking at her with his mouth hanging open in amazement.
"Umm... I just did." Addie said feeling uncomfortable.
"I've never met a witch our age that could do that on command. That is amazing did your parents teach you that?"
"Umm no."
"Well you had to have learned it from somewhere."
"Maybe I'm just that good." She said with a smile.
"Oooh. Cocky. I like you. My name's George Weasley."
"I'm Addie Dumbledore."
"Dumbledore? Well that explains it, you're related to Albus Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard there ever was."
"Umm, yeah I guess." she said blushing. Addie wasn't one that liked to be labeled.
"Are you a first year?"
"Yeah. You?"
"No Second. My twin and I are entering our second year. I guess I'll see you there."
"Yeah. See you there."
Addie watched George walk away and join a big group of red-heads and she smiled at the sight. "Addie, there you are. Mom has been looking for you. She wants to know if you want a cat or an owl?"
"I think I want a cat. There are plenty of owls I can use at Hogwarts to send letters back home."
"I still can't believe that you're leaving. What am I going to do without you?" Mia said.
"Hey don't worry. I'll be home for Christmas and I'll tell you all about it and I'll send you stuff and in two years, you'll be there too."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Come on, I promise that I will spend the rest of our trip with you."
"O.k." Then the girls looked at each other before they started racing to the Magical Menagerie.
A week later, it was finally September 1st and even though she was excited, Addie was also very nervous. As they reached the platform, Addie suddenly stopped. "Addie, what's wrong?" Chloe asked.
"I don't know, I just feel really sick."
"Come on, baby sit down. Remus, Kingsley, can you take Addie's things and Mia and Ari onto the platform?"
"Sure. Come on you two." Kingsley took the young girls' hands and walked through the portal to the platform while Remus drove Addie's trolley that contained her backpack, trunk, and cage that contained her new tabby cat, Chester.
"O.k. tell me what's on your mind?" Chloe asked.
"Mom, I'm scared. What if no one likes me, what if I'm treated differently from everyone else because of Uncle Albus? What if I fail all of my classes?"
"Sweetie, calm down. You're going to be great and you are going to make the truest friends when you are there. Alright?"
"O.k." They continued to walk to the platform. "Mom, how do you know that it will be alright though?"
"Because I'm mom and I know you and the type of person you are and you know about my gift. Now come on before you are late."
After saying goodbye and promising to write, Addie found a compartment and sat down and began petting her cat, Chester. Just then the door opened to reveal a boy with red hair who looked a lot like George but Addie could tell that it wasn't him. "Hey, do you mind if my brother and I sit here?"
"Not at all." She said with a smile. Fred smiled and sat down. "Does your brother happen to be George Weasley?"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"I met him a week ago in Diagon Alley. He made me laugh."
"Yeah that's Georgie. I'm shocked that you didn't think I was him. Usually people can't tell us apart."
"Well George is a bit smaller than you and I took into consideration that you didn't recognize me and George told me that he had a twin so I had to guess that you're his."
"Very astute. I'm Fred Weasley."
"Addie Dumbledore."
"Dumbledore? Like Professor Albus Dumbledore?"
"Yeah. He's my great-great uncle. I just call him Uncle Albus."
"That is so cool. What's it like being related to him?"
"Well he's pretty crazy, in a good way. And he tells some of the best jokes."
"Really? I never would have pegged him as the type." George said.
"Oh trust me, he is. So what's your family like?" She asked them.
Fred and George smiled and then started telling her all about their family. "Bill graduated last year, Charlie's in his seventh year."
"Percy's in fourth. Ron will start next year."
"Ginny will start the year after that."
"Woah, that's a big family. I wish my family was that big. But my sister Mia will start the same year as your brother, Ron. I think you guys will like her. She's pretty big into pranks and tricks. But not as much as my younger sister, Aria. She'll start school two years after Mia."
"Sounds like our kinda girls." Fred said with a smile.
They continued to talk until they reached Hogwarts. They walked over to Hagrid and Fred and George were shocked when they saw the half-giant. "Hey, Hagrid!" Addie brightly.
"Hullo, Addie. Good to see you. Now, down to the boats. F'rst years, this way to the boats. C'mon, f'rst years."
"This is where we leave you Ms. Dumbledore. Hope to see you in Gryffindor." George said.
When they walked in, Professor McGonagall was waiting for them. "Welcome to Hogwarts. The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common room. The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honour. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours. The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarted yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting. I will return when we are ready for you. Please wait quietly." While they waited for Professor McGonagall to return, the four new friends talked quietly amongst themselves. When she came back, she said, "Come along, the sorting ceremony is about to begin."
She led them down towards the heads' table and they saw a stool with a worn-out hat sitting on it. Professor McGonagall opened up the scroll she was holding and lifted the hat off the stool. "When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. "Andrews, Evan."
Evan sat down on the stool and Professor McGonagall put the hat on his head. The hat took a moment before yelling out, "Ravenclaw!"
And the trend continued in this fashion until the professor said, "Dumbledore, Adhara." The hall was usually silent in between each sorting but this time, the silence was deafening. Everyone was scrutinizing her and it was very unnerving; the only thing that calmed her down was her Uncle Albus' kind smile to reassure her along with his signature wink.
She sat on the stool and the hat fell over her eyes. "Ahhh. A Dumbledore, but that's not your real last name is it. But, I see that you have almost no memories of your father. You are also in the dark about half of your mother's lineage. Three fourths of your family tree is hidden from you but I can tell you that with the exception of you father, majority of your family was in Slytherin and like them you will do great things. Slytherin is where you should be."
"But, what about my Uncle Albus, he is one of the greatest wizards that has ever lived and he was in Gryffindor?"
"Excellent point. You should be in Slytherin, but you are just like your mother and Uncle Remus, unrelentingly kind. So be it, Gryffindor!" Addie smiled and jumped off the stool, handed the hat back to Professor McGonagall and ran to the Gryffindor table where her cousins were waiting for her. She looked back at the heads' table and her uncle gave her a wink and raised his goblet.
The Sorting continued and along with Addie, several others were sorted into Gryffindor. That night, Katie, Addie, Leanne, and Eloise stayed up and talked to get to know one another.
For the next year, Addie became close friends to all of her housemates especially George Weasley. Fred, George, and Lee would include her with their pranks. At the end of her first year, George and Addie worked on a prank on their own. They set off a color bomb in the great hall. They ran to the Astronomy tower and continued to laugh. "Did you see their faces!? Did you see them?" George said with glee while they continued to laugh.
Then things got a little quiet and the two of them continued to look at each other. Then, tentatively, the two kissed. They pulled away and then repeated the kiss. "Umm, that was..."
"Yeah." Addie said.
"So what does this mean?" George asked.
"George, now is not the best time time to talk about this."
"Then when is?"
"I don't know, but we'll talk." She said before running away.
For the rest of the week, Addie avoided George but he kept trying to corner her to get an answer out of her. On the train, George looked at their compartment and didn't see any of the girls. "Where are the girls? Where's Addie?"
"I think they have their own compartment?" Lee said.
"What?" George said angrily before going to look for them. Fred and Lee looked at each other before jumping up and following their friend.
"Georgie, should you do this. I mean I get that you want Addie to tell you what is going to happen between the two of you but I don't think this is the time."
"It's been a week, Fred. She needs to tell me what she thinks. One way or another."
"George, I'm not arguing with you about that, but I think you should take a step back here. I know that you have been in love with her since you first met, but what if she doesn't feel the same way?"
"Then at least I'll know and I can stop feeling like an idiot. Now get out of my way." He went to the girls' compartment and found Addie staring out the window with Angelina, Alicia, Katie, and Eloise, and Leanne chatting amongst themselves. The six of them looked up when George burst in with Fred and Lee behind him. "Ladies. Addie, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Ummm, George I don't think that is such a good idea." Addie said.
"Addie, please. I just want to talk." Addie looked at her friends for support especially Katie who was her best friend
"Addie, maybe you should. You two need to talk." Katie said.
With a sigh, Addie nodded and said, "I hate when you are right, Kat." Addie got up and looked at George. "Let's go talk."
They walked over to the compartment that the boys had recently occupied and sat down. "What do you want to talk about, George?"
"What do I want?! I want the conversation that you have been avoiding we talk about. I want to talk about us."
"There is no us, George."
"Only because you are too afraid. I like you, Addie. I have liked you since the day we first met in that bookstore. I want to give whatever this is a try."
"I'm sorry, George but I can't. I have to go."
She got up and quickly tried to walk away, but George grabbed her hand to stop her. She looked at him again and quickly said, "I'm sorry". She then walked away back to her compartment and was quiet for the rest of the trip home.