Chapter 1

The train sounded loudly as it set off from platform 9 and 3/4. It had been a little over three months since we had defeated Voldemort and I was coming back with my friends for my fifth year at Hogwarts. Fred and George had started their joke shop at the end of last year and it was already very popular. Fred had been busy the whole holiday so I didn't get to see him much and I really miss him.

I was in a compartment with Harry, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Draco and Hermione. Ron had gone off to another compartment with Daphne Greengrass. I was staring out the window quietly. The others were too busy being couples to talk to me. As pleased as I was that they were all so happy together, seeing them kiss and laugh with each other just made me miss Fred more.

Arrh, I can't take it anymore! I got to my feet and no one so much as looked up as I left the compartment. I walked down the train looking for somewhere to sit. I eventually stumbled across an empty compartment near the back of the train. I laid down on the seat and closed my eyes to try and sleep.

I don't know how long I had been asleep but I woke up to find a little first year poking his head inside my compartment. I rubbed my eyes a little and sat up. "Hello!" The little boy said excitedly as he moved into the compartment. He was soon followed by two others. "Hi." I said with a polite smile. I was kind of used to this by now.

"You're Joanne Rogers and me and my friends just really wanted to meet you." He said happily before taking a seat and letting rip a stream of questions. It was nothing out of the ordinary really; 'what's it like in the future?', 'How did you survive the killing curse?' and other things like 'Did you really fight You-Know-Who and win before Harry killed him?'. It happens all the time. I tried to be as patient as possible while I answered all their questions.

Eventually they left and I changed into my robes just before the train started slowing down. There were whispers as I stepped off the train. How did Harry deal with this for so long. At least it is easier on him now because we all get this instead of just him. He is still the most admired but we all have our own fans, it was so annoying.

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The first month or so of classes were nothing special. Even with Snape teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts it was so easy. We were all so advanced in our studies that I had no trouble in any of my classes. It was so boring. I spent a lot of my time tutoring other students in our year or below.

I had sent Fred a letter a few weeks ago but he still hadn't replied yet. I guess he was busy.

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I finally got a letter from Fred on the tenth of October. I opened it at the breakfast table while the others read their letters from their families.

Dear Annie,

I'm sorry that I replied so late but we were trying to invent a new product. You know how it is. I miss you too but I have to go now, George just blew up a potion.

Have fun at Hogwarts,

Fred.

P.S. George says hi.

I frowned. This is all I get after months of no communication. Two sentences! That's it! I understand he's busy but can't he make time. Did he forget about me or something? He hadn't even sent me a birthday card when I turned fifteen in september. I scrunched the letter up into a ball and stuffed it in my pocket. At least there was a Hogsmeade weekend on Halloween. Maybe I could apparate from there and visit him. But Halloween is still twenty one days away.

Maybe I could just visit him on Sunday. I can apparate from Hogwarts after all. It wouldn't be too hard to pop in for a visit. My friends won't even notice I'm gone. I glanced over to see them chatting happily amongst themselves. It's Monday so I'll have to wait a while but I think I'll do it.

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Finally Sunday rolled around. I had been waiting patiently (sort of) the whole week and I finally had a free day. I couldn't do it on Saturday because I had a tutoring session with three second years but I had nothing booked on Sunday.

After breakfast I found an empty classroom and apparated to right in front of the joke shop. I smiled as I thought about how happy Fred would be to see me. I walked through the doors and grinned at the different colours that covered the entire shop. It just screamed Fred and George. "Hello?" I called. Fred came down a spiral stair case carrying a big box. He set it down at the bottom of the staircase before turning around to see me.

"Annie? What are you doing here?" He said. That's not exactly the welcome I wanted.

"I came to visit." I told him. He came over and gave me a quick peck on the lips before pulling back.

"It's just, I didn't expect you. Now isn't really a good time okay sweetie?" He said before turning and picking up the box again.

"Oh." I said. I guess he just didn't want to see me. "I'll just go then."

"I'll come and see you on your birthday soon." He said with a smile.

"My birthday was last month." I told him with a frown.

"Oh." He sighed. I stood there awkwardly for a second before just turning and leaving.

"Well bye." I said over my shoulder as I left.

I apparated back to Hogwarts and collapsed onto my bed. Well that just went fantastic. Maybe he's just happier without me.

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I got another letter from Fred at dinner on Wednesday the nineteenth. It was just a bad apology for what happened on Sunday. Again the letter was no more that a few sentences. Is it that hard to sit down and write a heart felt, detailed letter? I don't understand. We used to get along so great.

I changed into my pajamas and got into bed. My wand was in my arm holster as normal because I feel better having it near me just incase. My head hit the pillow and I went to sleep.

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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! What on earth is that? BEEP BEEP BEEP! They don't have alarm clocks at Hogwarts. BEEP BEEP! I reached my hand out from under the cover and felt around on my bedside table. BEEP BEEP BEE- It stopped as I found the button. Maybe Hermione put it there. She was saying that I needed to get up on time.

I sighed, threw of my covers and sat up. I immediately slapped my hand over my mouth to keep from screaming. I was no longer at Hogwarts. Instead I was in my bedroom. My future bedroom! What the hell is going on?! I got out of bed and looked around. It was all exactly how it was when I left.

Did I dream that whole thing?! Did I actually never go to Hogwarts? Was it actually all a massive fantasy? But it seemed so real! There was pain and love and real emotions. How could I just dream all of that?

I looked down at my arm and saw my wand holster still attached with my wand in it. I lifted my shirt up slightly to look at the long scar on my side from the giant chess game. It was still there. But why am I suddenly home?

Then it hit me. It's October twentieth and I am fifteen. I have caught up to the age I was when I left. What did I use to do it the mornings? I walked over to my cupboard and pulled out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. "Joanne are you up yet? Breakfast is ready." I heard my mum call from the kitchen. What do I do?!

"I'm just getting dressed...mum." I called back hesitantly. I quickly changed and brushed my hair before slipping on a pair of boots. I kept my wand on me just in case. What am I going to do at school? I haven't studied any muggle subjects in five years!

I walked into the kitchen to see my mum dishing out my younger brothers bacon and eggs. She looked up when I walked in. "Honey, why is your hair strait?" She asked. My eyes widened as my hand flew to my hair. I couldn't exactly tell her I used a spell to make it this way before my third year at Hogwarts.

"I borrowed my friends hair straightener?" I said but it came out as more of a question.

"It looks great." She said before going back to her cooking. Few!

I walked over to the sink and got myself a glass of water as a guy who looked around eighteen walked in. The glass slipped through my fingers and shattered on the floor getting glass and water everywhere. "S-Sam?" I stuttered.

"Joanne, you got water everywhere." My mum groaned as I stood frozen in place.

"What's the matter with you, Joey?" Sam asked. That finally snapped me out of the shock.

"N-Nothing!" I stuttered as I bent down to help my mum clean up the mess I had made. I was so distracted that I didn't even notice I had cut myself on the glass until my mum started making a big deal about it.

"It's fine, I've had much worse." I insisted.

"What? When?" My mum exclaimed. Crap!

"I have to go now." I said quickly as I grabbed a paper towel and my school bag before rushing out the door.

I held the paper towel against the cut on my palm as I made my way to the bus stop. I wandlessly healed it as I walked. Why is Sam alive? I pulled my phone out of my bag and started searching on the internet for the article about the dog attack. Eventually I found it. Sort of. Instead of the original headline it was now 'MAN SAVES TWO CHILDREN FROM VICIOUS DOG'. The article described how the dog had bit into my leg but then went on to say how a stranger had pulled it off. The man had left before my parents got a chance to talk to him but witnesses said that he had read hair, blue eyes and looked to be in his twenties. Could it be? Fred?

I put my phone away as I reached the bus stop. My friend Sarah was waiting there. I hadn't seen her in so long. "Hey Annie." She said. "Have you started on the science project yet?"

"Uh, no." I said.

"That's a relief, I thought I'd be the only one." She sighed before asking about my hair. I just told her I straitened it.

The bus arrived and we got on and met up with our three other friends, Dan, Sophie and Jonny. I muttered a quick 'hi' as I took a seat next to Sophie. This all felt so unreal. I was actually back in my time! Sam is alive! I just can't believe it. I'm going to muggle high school... I hope it's not as bad as I remember.

"Annie?" Dan said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"What?" I asked dumbly.

"I asked why you had a bloody paper towel in your hand." He said.

"Oh! Uh..." I muttered. Sophie pulled the paper towel away to reveal a bloody but completely unscathed hand. "It's paint! I got red paint on my hand and I was trying to wipe it off with the paper towel." I was quite pleased with my good answer.

"What were you doing with red paint?" Sophie asked curiously. Um...What do I say?!

"It was- I was painting my...book! No, I was painting my book shelf." I answered slowly. They exchanged questioning looks but let the matter drop. WHat is wrong with me today?! I used to be good at lying!

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I managed to go unnoticed it science, english and art. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky in maths. You see, before I left I was great at maths and my teacher usually picked on me to answer questions. However, after not so much as looking at a math problem for five years, I made a complete fool of myself trying to remember how to do trigonometry.

My teacher got increasingly mad at me because, as she kept saying, I could do it perfectly yesterday. I had told her I was just having a bad day and she let me off. I'm going to have a hard time revising well...everything tonight.

Finally I had PE last period. All my friends were in this class so it was going to be hard to keep pretending to know what was going on. After walking into the gym I found out we were playing dodge ball today. I remember being terrible at this game however, after all the spell dodging I had been doing, I expect I am better now.

We got into teams and began the game. This was so much easier than I remember it being. I dodged everything with ease and even got some people out myself. My team won in the end but my friends quickly came up to me to find out why I was suddenly so good. I just told them it was luck.

After I changed out of my PE gear I said bye to my friends and found a bathroom. I texted my mum telling her I would be late before apparating into the ministry of magic. I had figured that was the best place to start finding answers. I was also sure that at least one of my old wizard friends must work there.

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There it is ^! The first chapter of the sequel to 'inside the story'. Unfortunately I won't be updating agin for a while because I want to finish my other story 'Oh crap! I hear music' first.

I hope you like it so far!

P.S. If you have any ideas for the plot please PM my because right now I have no ideas for a new bad guy and I don't want to right a whole story purely about relationship dramas, that would be so boring!