Cindy Potter: Book One (Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter 10

"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself." - Hermione Granger

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We left Diagon Alley and headed back to the Leaky Cauldron. Hagrid appeared to be very hungry as he devoured the soup. Harry and I, on the other hand had very little appetites. We both remained silent, as if daring the other to speak first.

"He killed our parents didn't he? This one who gave us these." Harry pointed to his scar. Hagrid glanced at Harry and pushed his bowl to the side.

He sighed. "First thing you've gotta know, not all wizards are good. Some of them go bad. A few years ago there was this wizard that went as bad as you can go, and his name was V-. His name was V-."

"Maybe if you wrote it down?" Harry suggested.

"No, I can't spell it." Hagrid deadpanned. "Alright. Voldemort."

"Voldemort?" I asked rather loudly. Hagrid shushed me frantically and glanced around.

"It was dark times, dark times." He paused. "Voldemort had just begun to gather some followers. Bought them over to the Dark Side. Your parents were the best people I knew. And You-know-who wanted to recruit them. Your parents fought against him but no one survived when he decided to kill'em." He stared at us. "No one, except you two.

"H-He tried to kill us?" Harry stuttered.

Hagrid nodded grimly. "But I'll tell you one more thing. After he killed your parents he did something to Cindy. No one knows what. He then tried ter kill you two but he failed. Something about you two stumped him that night. That why yer famous. That's why everybody knows your names. You two are the twins who lived."

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After Hagrid ate, he took Harry back to the Dursleys and me back to father's. I was confused and angry. I ran upstairs and slammed the door. Moments later father appeared looking annoyed. "What is it now?"

I turned to face him. "Tell me what happened to my parents." He looked at me confused. "Didn't your Aunt and Uncle say a car accident?"

I fumed. "Oh really? Then who was Voldemort? A French restaurant?"

He shushed me. "You know." He finally said. I glared silently. He sighed. "It's true." He paused. "Your parents were murdered by the Dark Lord."

I frowned. "Why do you call him the Dark Lord?" He studied my expression.

"I used to work for him." My eyes widened and I stepped backwards. "I used to. Before-before he killed your parents. I'm not proud of it."

"You helped him?" He nodded. I exploded. "I bet you were involved in my parents death! You want me and my brother dead! You-"

"I would never." He deadpanned. I glared. "I made a mistake and I realize that. Now I am doing everything I can to protect you."

"He's not dead?" I mouthed in horror.

He nodded grimly. "Barely alive, but not dead." He sighed. "I'm about to tell you something but I hope you'll allow me to explain." I remained silent. "Do your recall when I used to take you to a place? You always complained that you were scared."

I searched my memories. I remembered when father took me to a forest where many men gathered debating on something. I nodded.

"Those men were his supporters." My eyes widened.

"Why did you take me there?"

"Dumbledore-you know him?" I nodded. "-asked me to, I trust him. I really don't know why."

I let all the information sink in. Questions floated around my head. Why us? What did You-know-who do to me before trying to kill us? Why kill two babies? Why did this Dumbledore person want me to see his followers?

Father put his hands on my shoulders snapping me out of my thoughts. "I realize this is a lot of information to soak in. And I know you have many questions I can't answer. Perhaps I was mistaken to keep this from you until now. But I want you to know something. I did make a mistake in your parents' death, but I tried everything in my power to fix it. Even though it won't change anything, I'm sorry."

I nodded. Father turned and left the room. I wiped a tear from my eye. Was my whole life a lie?

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I know this is short, but I'm really busy. I really hope I can update during my vacation. So, why d'you think Dumbledore would let Cindy to go with Snape when she might be killed? I can't answer that now but I'd love to hear your ideas.

Like always:) I'd love to hear ur thoughts. Vote if u like:)

- lily