Chapter 63: Back Home

                                    

                                          
Remus had brought Allie back to Grimmauld Place before returning to Hogwarts. Allie looked around sadly, remembering Sirius. She started crying and Remus hugged her. She might as well let it all out while she wasn't at Hogwarts and around all of her friends.
                          
    "Allie, Sirius died for us. For all of us. We will all remember him as the first of us to die in this battle that we have been fighting." Remus said.
                          
    "But he...he promised me...he'd be okay...that'd he'd stay safe and away from...Voldemort..." Allie sobbed. "We can't always keep our promises. That's why it's better not to make some of them."
                          
    "That awful Bellatrix woman. That's Draco's aunt. Do you think he would be mad if I killed her?"
                          
    Remus chuckled. "I don't know, Allie. But let's not have you becoming a murderer. Unless it's Voldemort. Then that's fine." Allie laughed and wiped away her tears. "Voldemort said he wasn't going to kill me. I wish I could say the same to him."
                          
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    Remus Apparated Allie into Hogwarts. They popped up in the Slytherin common room. Remus had to back away to prevent himself being knocked over by Draco. "Are you okay, love?" he asked, hugging her. "I'm fine. Your father is not." Allie said.
                          
    "What?" he asked. There were tears in his eyes. "Draco, they caught him. The Aurors. He's a Death Eater and he attacked me and everyone else."
                          
    "He attacked you?" he asked.
                          
    "Yes he did. About three times in one night." Allie answered.
                          
    Remus hugged her one last time then Apparated away. Then Allie sat down on the couch beside Draco and explained everything.
                          
    "So let me get this straight, you and Voldemort had a nice little chat and you only yelled at him when he touched your necklace?" Draco asked in shock. "Kinda, I guess. He told me to keep my nose out of other peoples' business. I told him that he didn't even have a nose and he still had trouble with that." Allie said proudly. Draco laughed.
                          
    "I should probably go and tell Snape I'm back. He's probably pacing around in his office right now." Allie said. Draco nodded and she stood up and walked out of the common room. When she got to Snape's office, she only knocked one time and the door burst open. He hugged her instantly. "Are you okay? Did those Death Eaters hurt you? Did Voldemort do anything?" he asked in a rush. "I'll tell you when I can breath." she grunted. He let her go and they went into the office and sat down. Allie told him everything and he didn't seem too surprised at any of it.
                          
    "Voldemort won't do anything to you because you have some of his blood. He probably thinks that you are the next heir of Slytherin after him."
                          
    "If that was true, I would've been able to open the chamber and control the Basilisk." Allie said. "Voldemort is definitely the definition of Slytherin. Not because he's bad. He's cunning and determined. Very determined."
                          
    Snape smiled proudly "That is very true, Allie." 
                          
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    Allie felt bad for saying goodbye to Harry. He had been through so much and now he had to go through the pain of the Dursleys. She was going to stay at Hogwarts for the summer. She wanted to be there so she could work on a potion she had been wanting to work on. They were about to leave when Draco motioned for Allie to sit down by him on the couch in the Slytherin common room.
                          
    "There's only one way to make you feel better now." he said. From beside the couch, he pulled out a guitar. Allie's eyes widened. "Do you know how to play?" she asked. "Taught myself over the last year or so. I'll play. We both sing." Allie nodded.