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The rain poured down against the car window. Her head lay upon it as if trying to suck all the moisture through it. She let out a deep sigh. It fogged up the window and made a heart shape. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO HOGWARTS! SHE WANTED TO STAY IN CATHEARTS, HER WITCHCRAFT SCHOOL IN AMERICA!

Ana was in her fifth year. She wore her waist-length hair in a tight bun on the top of her head. "The Diary of Anne Frank", a popular muggle book, was lying loosely on her lap opened somewhere in the middle, her gray-striped cat, Abby, lay on her trunk next to her. Kings Cross was in sight finally. Ana spoke as they approached the main entrance.

"Mother, remind me again why I have to come," said Ana in an exasperated voice.

"Well dear, Dumbledore was kind enough to invite you here for the year, and they need a new Potions teacher. You know Severus has been after the Defense Against the Dark Arts job for ages."

"Why couldn't slimy Severus just have stayed in the Potions department and have Dumbledore get a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher? Then I could stay in New York with my friends. It's so unfair!"

"I do believe someone is being a little selfish. Severus Snape is a great man and I think he deserves that job. And Dumbledore is kind enough to allow you to stay and school at Hogwarts. You should have a little more respect for what he has done for you."

"Can we just go?" asked Ana, still in the backseat.

"Let's go!" said her mother excitedly. She hopped out of the car into the pouring rain, grabbed her things from the backseat and ran for cover. Ana followed her mothers lead a little less enthusiastically. Abby had hidden inside Ana's robes. Her heavy dress became drenched. She pulled Abby out of her robe as soon as they were into the train station. The cat lay peacefully on top of the cart of things. Ana's owl, Raine, hooted blissfully. Ana's glasses had fogged up since they had entered the lobby. She wiped them off. She walked over to where her mother was waiting.

"Let's get this over with!" moaned Ana as they started towards platforms 9 and 10. Ana saw a few other people walking towards there too. She watched them carefully. Her mother and she approached the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 they had to run through. They saw a boy with jet black hair and glasses, an older boy with red hair looking very serious, twins with red hair, a tall boy about Ana's age with red hair, a girl with frizzy hair, a younger girl with red hair and a woman, presumably their mother, walking that way also. Ana's mother approached the other mother.

"Molly?" asked Ana's mother.

"Dana?" asked the other mother after looking at her.

"It's so nice to see you!" said Ana's mother, Dana.

"I haven't seen you since we graduated Hogwarts back in-" started Molly.

"Don't say it aloud. I have people believing I'm still 37," whispered Dana.

"Really? People believe I'm somewhere between 45 and 55," said Molly with a sigh. "Well really, how have you been?"

"Wonderful. This is my daughter Ana," asked Dana. "I married Clark Amour. I'm the new Potions teacher at Hogwarts!"

"So are you saying Snape is gone?" interrupted one of the twins.

"This will be the best seventh year EVER!" shouted the other twin giving the first a high five.

"No, he's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher," said the serious looking boy.

"How would you know?" asked the first twin.

"Mr. Martin told me at work. He thinks that-"

"-It is great that Severus finally has the job he wants," started the first twin.

"And that maybe he'll be less trouble than he usually is!" finished the other. Everyone chuckled except the serious boy.

"Fred, George, get off his case!" said Molly.

"Com' on mom, it's true," said George.

"We better get a move on if we are going to get there on time!" said the frizzy haired girl. She ran through the barrier. The jet-black haired boy ran through, then the serious boy. The red haired girl ran through followed by the tall, young boy. The twins ran in followed by Molly, then Ana, then Dana.