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"What's going on? Why did you have us pull you out of school?" Her mother asked confused.
Althea had taken her friends advice and sent a letter to her mother saying they needed to talk about something important. She wasn't sure what to say to her parents so she told them everything. About the dreams, her visions, what the Marauders and their friends had put her through, how she was struggling to do anything without having a panic attack, the way Dumbledore had been looking at her constantly and the vision that she had about the man and the plan he clearly had for her.
The room was silent as her parents digested the information. Kazz and Jace sat on either side of her, holding her hands to give her some comfort. She didn't know if her parents would believe her or how they would treat her after knowing what she had been through.
"I'm going to kill that man." Her father exploded as he shot up in his seat, "How dare he touch my daughter? Im going to kill him. he so much as lays a finger on her, he's a dead man. She's a child and he wants to use her in his way? Over my dead body." Her father felt like he had failed his little girl. How did he not know she was suffering and going through so much? Dumbledore had another thing coming if he thought he was going to get his daughter, his baby girl.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Her mother asked softly, trying not to cry. Her baby was suffering and she had no clue. That was about to change. No one was going to hurt her baby.
Althea shook her head she took her mothers hands, "It's not your fault. I was scared, I'm still scared. I don't know what he wants with me or what I did to end up on his radar. I have these visions and I have no idea where they came from. It had nothing to do with you guys and everything to do with me. I'm scared and I don't know what to do."
Her mother sighed, "I think I can help with that." The twins and Kazz looked at her mother confused before she continued, "Your grandmother was a Seer. We didn't say anything because we didn't think her powers would get passed one since me nor any of my siblings had gotten it. You haven't seen her since she was a kid and we don't really talk about her much because she disappeared and we didn't want you to have questions that you couldn't answer. I'm so sorry." She had always adored her mother but she had disappeared when her children were so young and she didn't know what to tell them.
"You don't think Dumbledore had something to do with your mother's disappearance?" Her father had asked.
"Why would he have something to do with nan's disappearance?" Jace asked confused.
Their mothers eyes widened in shock, "It would make sense. Your nan was friends with Grindelwald, she never believe he was a bad person. She trusted him and knew the truth about him but he was captured before he would prove his innocence, by Dumbledore. Grindelwald said that your nan knew the truth, she could see the future. Dumbledore must have been threatened by what she would reveal that she had to go into hiding. Oh my god, he wanted to kill my mother for her powers and what she knew and now he wants to use you and your powers. He wants you because you're a Seer. Why didn't I see this?" The children took a moment the process the information as their father comforted their mother.
"He wants me because of what I can see?" Althea was having a hard time wrapping her head around all the information her mother had essentially just dumped on her. It made sense though. Why Dumbledore would be after her, why she was seeing what she was seeing and why she constantly felt the need to look over her shoulder because she thought someone was watching her.
Her father nodded, "It would make sense. You clearly have tremendous power if he's threatened by a child. He forced your grandmother into hiding because of what she knew. Now, he wants to use you because of what you can see. You're not going back to Hogwarts, none of you are." He was not about to let his children, including Kazz that he saw as a son, anywhere near that crazy, deranged old man.
Althea shook her head, "No, we have to go back to Hogwarts."
"You can't. What if he hurts you?" Her mother disagreed.
"He wants something from me for a reason. I can't leave knowing he could hurt someone else. Whose to say that he won't go after Pandora for her Seer abilities? I can't let him hurt anyone else. Yes I'm scared but he's clearly not going to stop until he has what he wants. He's the reason nan is still in hiding. I can't just run away." Althea spoke firmly. She was not about to let Dumbledore hurt anyone else.
Jace stood up and looked at his sister angry, "You cannot be serious? He's a dangerous man, clearly he knows what he's doing and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. I'm not going to let you get hurt. You're not going to be a pawn in his game."
"That's exactly why she needs to do this. Althea is right. Too many people have already suffered because of this man, your grandmother included. I don't want her to get involved either but she is our best bet of taking down Dumbledore once and for all. He's got too much power and too many people on his side, including people in the Ministry. If we want to take him down, Althea is our best bet." Kazz explained. He hated knowing he was putting his girlfriend in danger but too many people had already gotten hurt and he knew she wouldn't stand down if they all asked.
