The Heart of Durmstrang

Chapter 8: The man in Black

Adeline slowly made her way threw the hogwarts halls, doing what her mothers Portrait had recommended to her just a few nights ago and kept at it after she had Owled Lupin. She ran her hand across the stone wall that was in clear view of the court yard. She imagined that her mother had done this the countless of times that she had walked threw for the countless years that she was here. "Alone, i see" said a voice from behind Adeline. Adeline quickly turned around in fright to see, the man from before when she was with Viktor. "Severus" she said quickly out of fright. She didn't really know the mans last name to call him that.. she only knew the name that her father had spat and the mention of his name that her mother had said. "You have the right to call me professor Snape" he snapped at Adeline look at the 19 year old who was almost just the same hight. "Well sir, you are actually the person I am looking" she stated crossing her arms. "Why would you be looking for a old man like me" snape said coldly giving a glair. "My mother told me to look for you" She responded putting her hands by her side slowly. "Exactly who are you" he questioned. "Adeline vile Karkaroff" Adeline  watching the the man that stood in front of her, rub his temple. "Did you say Vile was your middle name" he questioned think on how weird it was to give a child such a middle name.
"I did say that sir" she responded.
"Why did you ask if my middle name was vile" she also questioned snape.
"Vile, was a code.. for a old friend's secret" he stated trying to place everything together.
"Who exactly is your mother"
"Andora Grim" she said softly.
The mans black eyes looked into her light blue eyes as his widen. He remembered that eye color from some where, it was from his exact friend . "I haven't seen Andora, since she graduated from hogwarts and got Married shortly after" He stated slowly turning away from Adeline. "And your father... is Igor"
"That's correct sir... but I'm not here to hear about my father..i'm here to hear about my mother" She exclaimed with plead in her eyes. She was always tired of hearing about her death Eater of a father..She wanted to hear stories about her mother who died 11 years ago when she was just 8. "Sorry to hear what happened to your-" he started to say before he was cut off by Adelines 11 year old brother who ran from a corridor behind the hogwarts professor. "Addy! There you are!" Said Ivan in between catching his breath. "Ivan! Aren't you supposed to be in classes" she asked her brother, who was in his school robes. "I don't Adeline, why are you talking to this man in black" he questioned crossing his arms giving a Stern look and trying his best not to move his hair that had slowly fell into his eyes. "Well Miss.Adeline, you if you would like. You could meet me over some tea to talk about your situation tonight" said the Snape before he had took off to the place he was heading. "What was that about" Ivan questioned looking to the side of his sister. "Ivan you messed it up... i wad trying to get information about Our mother" she said with a sigh.
Ivan got sadden over the fact what he had "ruined" it. He never knew his mother, she had died due to complications giving birth to him when Adeline was just 8 years old. "Im sorry addy.. but what does that man have to do with our mum" he questioned putting his hands in his red DurmStrang robe pockets. "He was one of mums school friends when she went to school here" Adeline stated to her brother, who had so many questions about their mother but she had so little to Answers to give him. "If you don't mind Ivan.. im going to go look for Viktor" said Adeline shaking her head at her little brother who she dearly loved but at the same time was the pain in her ass. "Are you going to tell him about the man you just talked to" he questioned turned to his sister as she started to walk away. "Why does it matter Ivan" she responded before disappearing leaving her brother to stand in the court yard as the clouds rolled in.
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"So the man that we ran to the first night here happened to be your mothers school friend" questioned Viktor flipping threw the qidditch section of the daily Proffit. "I guess so, " she stated tapping her fingers on the table. "Ivan called him the man in black"
Viktor sat down the paper and gave a chuckle. "He really called him that"
"He did Viktor, which is a bit rude" she stated looking over at Viktor who broke into laughter. "Ivan being rude... I guess you haven't looked at your father lately" Viktor cautiously stated. Viktor normally watch what he said around the Karkaroff's even if he was close to Adeline. Igor Karkaroff helped him get to where he is now in his life. "You do have a point..." she stated thinking about the things her father had did while being headmaster. "I try to avoid him as much as I can" she added. "You do a very good job at it you know" Viktor stated as there was many times addy had hid over at the krums just to avoid her father after he had returned from Azkaban. "Do you ever just want to find your self Viktor" she asked, hoping her childhood friend would have an answer. "Well Adeline, i think i am pretty satisfied with how my life is"
"Must be nice" she stated to viktor.. "I just want to find out who I'll be.. I don't want to live under my father's shadow"