Shades of Grey

Prologue

"Minerva I love you, you know I do but we can't keep this child" said Albus looking down into his arms. A small baby was yawning widely; she opened her dark brown eyes and looked up at her fathers face,

"Albus, please you give up so much for the good of the world, we have kept out marriage a secret, please don't give her up, she's our child…"

"Exactly" said Albus handing the baby back to Minerva "If we allow this child to be known, everything we have worked for will be for nothing. Everyone will know about us"

"Maybe it's time we told them Albus?"

"Minerva we can't, if everyone knew you would be in more danger, we all would, she would be kidnapped, and she will most likely become one of the most powerful witches of her age!"

"Please Albus, don't do this, it's not fair, if you do this I will never forgive you"

"Minerva, please, I love you but we can not keep this child!"

"I mean it Albus if you send her away I will never forgive you!"

"Then that is something that I must learn to live with, she must grow up away from magic, it's too dangerous"

"You are going to send our only child into the Muggle world!" Minerva screamed her eyes filled with tears, the girl began to squirm in her arms, Minerva shushed her gently and placed her in the cot before turning back to Albus.

"She will be safe there, until she is ready, until she comes to Hogwarts"

"And what then Albus! You will tell her who she is!" she cried knowing full well that Albus would never tell his daughter.

"We will send her away, until she is ready" Albus replied turning his back on his love, and his daughter.

A/N I know it's a short prologue, but I really needed to set up the story. This is a fairly cannon fic, Dumbledore is dead and this is a flashback. Please review! The next chapter will be in the present and will feature our favourite Gryffindors!

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Laura

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