Chapter 3
Concentrate. Thank God I'm so much better at shielding my thoughts now. In the beginning I had to keep thinking about 'the walls' or else they would break. And if I can attend Hogwarts, I would have to keep my shields on the whole time. We walk through a big room with books and a phoenix. Wow, it's beautiful! Flaming red and so graceful. I stop without thinking and stare at her/him.
'That's Fawks, my lovely pet.'
I swallow and look up at Dumbledore. He smiles at me. He has a long white beard and twinkle eyes. He seems very nice.
'Let's sit, my dear.' He says gently and guides me to his desk. I sit down in front of him and that nasty guy leaves. Normally I like to sink down in a char, the lazy way, but now I have to keep a cool, hard facade.
'What brings you here at this hour of the day?' He asks with curiosity, but also with a hint of suspicion. He stares into my eyes and I can practically feel him trying to break my walls down. I breath in through my nose and give him a little, neat smile.
'Sir, I'm here because I want to attend Hogwarts.' I say neutral.
He keeps eying me and folds his hands on the desk.
'Mmmh.. Wasn't it a better plan to let your parents write me a letter, perhaps?' Man, he's getting suspiciousness.
'I doubt if that guy can even write letters.' I mutter under my breath without thinking. Dumbledore heard that and laughs. I grin at him.
'I mean, I walked away from 'home'. You see, sir, I live with a certain Greyback and he wouldn't let me attend to Hogwarts. So I've chosen for myself and left. A few hours ago.' You could clearly hear the ' in 'home'.
Dumbledore touches is beard and seems to be thinking about the information I gave him.
'You could have written me a letter so I could send someone to pick you up. You must have been travelling for hours.'
I nod. Stupid.
'And you have no familymember where you can go to, miss...?'
'Lestrange. Pruedence Proasis Lestrange.' I finish for him with pride clearly in my voice. I can see in his eyes that he's surprised. Perhaps he didn't know that Bellatrix had a daughter? An awesome daughter like. Haha laughing in my head.
'And how old are you, miss Lestrange?'
'I'm 15 now.'
'So that would make you a fourth year student.'
I roll with my eyes. Dude I know that.
'That means you're a minor and you have to stay with at least one adult. Well, I know a couple of your familymembers... Perhaps you can stay at the Black house?'
I act like I'm astonished. Hehe, price my acting skills.
'You want me to live with a murderer?' I ask in a fake surprised voice. Ofcourse I know that he's innocent, Greyback tells me everything.
'No no, dear. Sirius Black is innocent.' He simply says with a kind smile. Maybe he isn't suspicious, or he's just as a good actor like me...
'Can't I stay with the Malfoys? I know them.'
'I think Sirius is the best choice for you.' He says with a voice that means 'end of discussion'. I growl in my head. I want to stay with Draco, damn it!
I slowly nod with a cold look in my eyes.
'Excuse me for a minute, I need to write a letter to Sirus.'
