I Know Your Secret

An Unconditional Secret of Family outside of Blood

"Miss. Potter...?" McGonagall asked as she was talking with Moody in the infirmary when Hope charged in with her bodyguards following and placed a small child on the nearest bed, stroking her sweaty and bloodied blonde hair while Pomfrey quickly charged over with her wand out with McGonagall trailing after her.

"Skin splitting hex...!" Hope answered the unasked question, so Pomfrey got straight onto repairing the damage with her wand and potions.

"Who did this to the child?" McGonagall demanded in a rage.

"This is Ariana Dumbledore," she replied and the two women gasped. "She's the old man's sister, and he did this to her over one hundred years ago. He was in a fight with his brother and Gellert when they were all kids, and she had been a casualty. Albus instead of letting her die; he froze her before his curse could do its worse. I didn't know about her, but Gellert is being very cooperative with the Canadian officials of the ICW, so I knew what to do to counter the curse, just in case. If he could use a curse like that once; he could do it again and again on anyone who got in his way if angry enough."

Ariana had fallen asleep after having drunk many different potions and having some healing charms placed on her.

"She should be okay after a good long rest," the mediwitch said. "Miss. Potter...? What are we going to do with her? We can't let Albus try to take her, and why do my scans say she is fourteen?"

"Unicorn blood in the ice..."

"I see," she replied. "This was the result of killing a pure creature to save a pure creatures' life."

"Dumbledore shall not have her!" Hope said coldly. "Professor McGonagall, could you please prepare her for her adoption with the correct papers. If we do this quick I can adopt her long before Albus Dumbledore has a clue what is going on."

"And how exactly do you...?" she trailed off. "She has two brothers, and the other might be willing to sign her over to you."

Hope nodded as she turned to her bodyguards. "Find Aberforth Dumbledore and bring him to my office in within one hour!" she commanded and for the first time they saluted and turned, leaving the infirmary and their protection detail for the other girl, and because they realised they respected Kairi Hope Potter more than they respected anyone else.

"I'll be in my office!" she continued to McGonagall and Pomfrey before exiting after her bodyguards.

Professor McGonagall realised she was witnessing history in the making, and that the world she knew was crumbling for something new, and without Albus Dumbledore around to trick her into believing it was wrong; she was excited. She gave Pomfrey a nod, bid Moody a farewell, and headed off to get the papers for Hope sorted out knowing who to contact.

Hope had cleaned up, and put on a new uniform before she returned to her office, sitting behind her desk while Hermione and Luna had been joined by some others as they helped tear the previous heads from the wall, taking off the plaster and leaving bare stone as they hung some of the greatest witches and wizards ever in their stead while they continued screaming and demanding, even though some of the paintings had been destroyed while others were harder to break.

There was a knock on the door a moment later where McGonagall entered, followed by Asuka and Kallen, dragging Aberforth Dumbledore into the office before dropping him before Hope's desk, to the floor. It was not exactly how she expected him delivered, but good enough. He looked up relieved it was her before standing and brushing himself off. He didn't look as surprised as he should have that they had found the founders paintings and set them free as he was smarter and stronger than he let on.