Hey everyone this is my first story! This story introduces a new character into the fold of Harry Potter after the war. I have kept Fred and Severus alive and know that they will sometimes seem very AU. Sorry if that upsets you. This story will be rated M for later chapters. I am excited to start the story and I know my character may seem a little flat in the first couple of chapters but believe me she will build more to her as we go on.
"Anna get up!" My best friend Jo called shaking me. We had stayed up late the night prior talking about boys, makeup, and clothes. We didn't do this often but when we did the next day was never my favorite. I turned over and looked at my perfect best friend. I looked at my clock which read 8 and cursed. It was a Saturday why was she waking me up so early. "This came in for you just now." She said holding a letter out to me. I took the letter from her sitting up and looking at the front. In elegant handwriting it said my name but I didn't know the handwriting. Quickly I opened the envelope to find a letter.
Annaleigh,
My name is Lily Potter. There is a great deal I need to tell you but I don't know where to start. I guess I will just say it I am your birth mother.
After reading that line I dropped the letter slightly with a look of pure shock on my face I am sure.
"Anna what?" Jo asked and I shook my head picking the letter back up to finish.
I do hope that you have already been told you are adopted and this is not just some complete shock to you. See if you are reading this letter then I know two more have been sent out to your father and brother just like it and the war is over and the light won. Though the light won I am no longer living or I would have come for you myself. I guess I should tell you how this came to be.
Right out of school I married my school love James Potter and within months we had conceived your brother Harry. What happened to him I will explain a little later. A few months after your brother was born I ran into a old friend that I had hardly judged based on one mistake that he made and while it was a huge mistake I may have let him go too soon. On this day I learned that not only was he not as evil as I believed but he was actually doing so much good for the light. We talked the whole day away in the main head quarters of the order at the time. I don't know how to explain it but one thing led to another and we had a night together. We didn't use a contraception charm as we thought that since I just had Harry I couldn't get pregnant. When I went home that night I immediately told James what had happened and miraculously he forgave me immediately. I could tell he was upset but I knew that he was there for me. Two months later we found out I was pregnant with you. Our joy at having another baby overshadowed the fact that you were not James child. We lived peacefully till I was about 8 months pregnant with you and that's when we found out that Harry was being targeted by Voldemort. James and I both knew it unsafe for both of you and when you were born a month later I sent you to a friend of ours in France. It was so hard for us to let you go but Dumbledore talked some sense into us. We had to protect both of you and we had a better chance of that by sending you and hiding Harry. It was our plan to go back for you as soon as possible but if we didn't it meant that we didn't make it and this is coming to you as soon as Voldemort has been defeated. Anna I would like nothing more then for you to find your brother Harry Potter and your father. I guess I should tell you his name. His name is Severus Snape.
Annaleigh please know James and I loved you immensely and your father had no knowledge of your birth. His position in the war would have made that dangerous for you.
Your mother
Lily Potter
Once I finished reading the letter I handed it to Jo. I knew I was adopted my parents had always been honest to me up until their death in the war. Jo finished reading the letter and stared at me.
"You're the chosen ones sister." She said and I just nodded my head still in shock over everything that had happened. "Are you going to go find them?" She asked and I just looked at her. Was I going to find my father and brother I had never known? By now they would have received their letters from this Lily woman also. I nodded my head to Jo. I would go find them and see what else waited my family was all dead now so I had to do something. "School starts in a week what will you do about that?"
"Ill be back by then and if not I will figure it out then." I told her climbing out of my bed and heading to the wardrobe. I pulled out an outfit that would travel well and started pulling out more clothes to pack. I pulled out my bag and enchanted it to fit everything I was running around and putting in it. Once satisfied I packed everything I started to get dressed for the day. I was just about finished when another owl flew into my window. I took the letter and opened it seeing my name on the front.
Annaleigh,
My name is Professor Severus Snape. I have just received a letter from a departed friend that I must say came as a shock. A Mr. Harry Potter received a letter of the same kind. As we would love to discuss the matter with you we would be honored if you would join us for lunch at noon in my quarters at Hogwarts. Please respond so we know of your choice.
Professor
Severus Snape
I read his letter and smiled looking at the clock. It was ten now. I handed it to Jo and she in turned smiled it would be easier then I thought. Quickly I wrote a response that I would be there and finished getting ready. I looked in the mirror and smiled. I was wearing a pair of dark wash skinny jeans, a coral tank top, and a loose tan silk blouse over that. I paired it with tan high heels and gold jewelry. My onyx hair was down to my waist with slight waves to it and I had put natural make up on with just a touch of brown eyeliner to highlight my emerald eyes. In the mirror my Jo walked up and smiled. She was a good six inches taller then me at her six feet tall and she was super model skinny unlike me I had curves. Curves I was proud of I liked to think I looked like Bettie Paige or Marilyn Monroe. I was pale as snow in contrast to my hair and I had a small button nose and full lips.
"You should get going Anna." She said pointing to the clock that read 11 now. I grabbed my bag and smiled. I knew you couldn't apparate into a school I apparated to the closest town to the school. Once there I walked the path I had mapped out at home I got to the gates of Hogwarts to see two people standing there arguing.
