❛ASTERIA EDWARDS was your average, typical eleven-year-old child stuck in a pandemic with her mother Isabella Diggory until she found out where she truly came from.. and where she truly belonged...❜
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Asteria Edwards was distraught.
She sat on the chair in Dumbledore's office, with Harry and Sophie trying to calm her down since the things in the office were trembling as if there was an earthquake happening.
The potion was not calming her down..
Ria couldn't stop the violent shaking of her hands, or the twitching of her fingers, nor could she stop thinking about her mother.
"There were four of them.." answered Kingsley Shacklebolt. "All four, masked. But we managed to track them down." He placed a file down on the table. "Evan Rosier, Amycus Carrow and Alecto Carrow are some we know of.. The fourth one.. we don't really know. Might be a new recruit. Might be the Carrow child.."
Dumbledore briefly glanced at her, before looking back at Kingsley. "They were clever with this attack." He said. "Isabella couldn't attack.. nor could she escape."
"Cowards." Minerva grunted, angry but worried. "Isabella could've taken on all of them if they would've attacked any other way. She has anti-apparition spells around her house. So they knocked down the house.. trapped her first.."
"What about the Manors? No signs?" asked Dumbledore.
Sophie fetched Ria a glass of water. "Here, Ria."
Ria shook her head, wiping her sweaty hands on her skirt. "No.. No, I'm good." She answered, trying to gulp the lump of fear down her sand-dry throat as she listened to the conversation.
"Ria.. You know how Ray is.. She will be fine." Harry tried comforting her, despite being scared himself.
"Yeah— Yeah, of course, she will be!" Ria exclaimed.
"All of the Manors, yes. There is no sign of Isabella." Shacklebolt answered.
"Where else could she be, then?!" asked Asteria, her voice quivering.
Sophie gripped her shoulders, gently trying to comfort her. "Ria, it's okay. It'll be alright."
Ria let out an exasperated sigh, looking up at the ceiling for a brief moment before looking back at them. "I'm trying.." She whispered.
"Some place secure.." muttered Minerva. "Maybe.. she is at the place You-Know-Who is hiding.." she muttered to Dumbledore and Kingsley.
"Might be.." Shacklebolt answered, genuinely in thought.
"But.. how could she get attacked, sir?" asked Harry, addressing Dumbledore. "As far as I remember, she always had shields and protective enchantments around her house, not just anti-apparition spells."
Dumbledore didn't answer. He continued pacing and ignoring his question. And Harry felt a tinge of annoyance.
"She had just moved back to her house." Kingsley answered on his behalf. "Maybe she hadn't put back all the enchantments yet." Harry nodded.
