Annabeth Smith was a quiet Hufflepuff to all who saw her. She was a muggleborn who was bullied by Slytherins. She was known to hang around Rubeus Hagrid, a Gyffindor a year above her, as well as Minerva McGonagall, a prefect three years older than her from the same house as Rubeus. She was unable keep a plant alive, and despite her house's kindness and acceptance of her faults, members of the Ravenclaw house had no problem with teasing her. Many of them were kind and let it go, as she was gifted in all her other classes, though some were bitter for her coming first in Potions above them.
The one thing no one would have expected from the young girl was her friendship with Tom Riddle, a Slytherin two years above her. The relationship between them was never fully understood by anyone aside from the two of them.
No one expected the young sixth year to be behind her disappearance. She went missing three days before Christmas in the beginning of her fourth year, she left early in the morning and was seen in the library for the majority of the day. The morning of the 23rd one of her roommates, Pomona Sprout–who was her known tutor for Herbology–reported her disappearance to their friend Minnie who was Head Girl in her seventh year.
The disappearance had been the most tragic thing to happen at the school since Myrtle, a Ravenclaw muggleborn, was killed during Annabeth's second year. Hufflepuff was once again united no matter what year they were in, and many tears were shed before the end of the year.
Before long, of course, with the rise of the Dark Lord she was long forgotten. The pain of her disappearance remained with a few, but even they grew on to bigger and better things.