"I want to thank you all for coming today; I know that she would have loved to see so many people wanting to wish her a last goodbye". The speaker was Nelly's mother, who had requested that some of he students and teachers be let out of the school in order to attend the funeral. Mrs White, for that was Nelly's last name, was a stout witch with jet black hair that in a certain light looked the same purple as an aubergine. Her robes were completely black, much like the majority of the mourners, but she wore a yellow rose to symbolise that house that both she and her daughter had been honoured to be apart of.

"And now Professor Dumbledore, headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, would like to say a few words on her behalf".

"Thank you, Lydia. Miss White was a very humble student at Hogwarts; although she had quarrels with some students she was very well learned and considered a good friend to Hufflepuff house and beyond. What happened to her was a great injustice and she died fighting until the last second. There are a lot of rumours that the students of Hufflepuff house never amount to anything and yet on night Miss White demonstrated not only the determination of Hufflepuff, but also the knowledge and wit of Ravenclaw, the cunning and ambition of Slytherin, and of course the courage an chivalry of Gryffindor. I have made it my duty to place charms on the school so that no one will ever be able to Dissaparate out of it again, and it goes without saying that Nymphadora's memory will always be most deservedly preserved at Hogwarts".

As Professor Dumbledore left the podium to respected and controlled applause, Andromeda couldn't help thinking that there was something strange about his speech.

"I think it's inappropriate to say she demonstrated a likeness to Slytherin, after how she died it just doesn't seem right".

"But she did" Ted assured her; "You of all people know that there's some good in Slytherin".

"I suppose. Did Dumbledore say her name was Nymphadora?"

"He did. She always hated the name, that's why she got everyone to call her Nelly; I don't think she told many people about it, it is a strange name after all".

"I think it's beautiful"

"Sounds better if you abbreviate it to 'Dora though"

"Like 'Dromeda?" she smiled.

"You know I love your name, 'Dromeda" and he too smiled, "Why does it bother you anyway?"

"It doesn't bother me. But it's like Dumbledore said, she deserves to have her memory preserved and not just at Hogwarts".

"And how are you going to do that?"

"Promise you'll love me forever and you'll find out soon enough".

"Forever, then". After they had said goodbye to Nelly, for regardless of the real name they had grown to love she would still always be known as that, they took hold of each other's hands and walked away from the tombstone, knowing and hoping that one day their protector might come back to them in a different form.

End.