I Belong

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" Uncle Ted , what are you doing here ?", Athena asked when she  walked into the living room , finding her Uncle Ted sitting there  with her Uncle Harry and Aunt Sue .

" I came to take you home ,Rusty ," he said ," But your Uncle don't want you to go back . How are you ,My Dear ?".

Athena smiled at her Uncle Ted . She'd missed him so much since she'd been sent here from Hogwarts when her Uncle Harry had been in the hospital .

" I'm good , Uncle ," she said ," How's Aunty Andy ? ."

" She misses you , Darling . You have your O.W.L exams coming up . You should be at Hogwarts for that . "

Athena nodded . She knew that , but her Uncle Harry's being stubborn as always .

" Can't I go there and finish up and then come back ?."

" No. You are not going anywhere ," her Uncle Harry stated flatly .

" But ,Uncle _"

" No buts , Athena . Your home is here . You belong here ."

Athena sighed. She don't know what to say to that . No matter what she says , her Uncle will just have something else to say .

" It is for her education ,Harry . She won't be able to get a job or go on to her next exams without her O.W.L's ," her Uncle Ted argued .

" She doesn't need to get a job in your world . Here's a lot of jobs in La Push if you just search for them . She'll be alright . She's fine here . She's not going anywhere ."

Athena wanted to scream and shout and whatever until she's blue  , but she kept quiet and thought of a plan . She can always just run away like she had from the UK .

"Rusty , get your things ,Darling . We're leaving. "

For a moment she stared at her Uncle Ted dumbfounded . Was he really going to go against her Uncle Harry ?.

" I'm her legal Guardian ," Uncle Harry stated fiercely .

" And I'm the one who raised her . Look , she has to learn control . Hogwarts is where she'll learn it . I shall bring her back after her exams . You have my word , Harry . Ilvermorny won't take her until next year , you know that . Will you really stand in the way of a Witch learning what she must ?. Don't you know what Voldemort wants with her ?. If she can't protect herself and if the war is lost , then what will she do ?. Voldemort marked her as his bride . Just like the prophesy stated . He will come for her if the light side loses . At least let her learn how to protect herself then."

He ignored the gasp that Sue uttered and the way Harry paled .

He ignored Seth and Leah , who'd silently come into the living room and heard everything .

Athena was just as pale as her Uncle Harry . She knew Uncle Ted know about Voldemort , but he don't know that she knows .

" His bride? Oh Gosh , that's horrible ," Sue said ," Why didn't anyone tell us ?".

Athena looked at her Uncle Ted . He looked positively ashamed of keeping this information from Athena's American family .

" I shouldn't have said that. Merlin ,Ted , Andy's going to kill you  ," he chastised himself ," Rusty, Darling , just get your things and let us be off ."

She didn't argue . She was even happy to get away and she didn't feel guilty about it one bit .
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Athena studied hard for the exams with Ginny Weasley , who was happy that she was back at Hogwarts for the rest of the school year .