I do not own Harry Potter or any of the character contained therein. I only own Anabeth

Many thanks to my beta lionesseyes13. Who is a far more talented writer than I am.

"Molly, will you take her in?"

"I dunno. Albus, doesn't she have family?"

"Molly, she has no one. Voldmort had them killed the same day she was kidnapped. She doesn't even know," Albus replied. "Please, Molly, if you don't take her I'll have to send her back with Severus-"

"Snape?" she stormed, "You'd give her to Severus Snape?"

"Who else?" Albus arched an inquiring eyebrow in her direction. "I'll take her," Molly asserted " I can't expect Snape to raise a child."

Less than a month later, Molly Weasley was meeting with Albus again.

"What's wrong, Molly?"

"She has….unusual magic." Molly faltered

"What do you mean?" Albus pressed

"Now Anabeth doesn't talk much, but every time she speaks things happen. George pulled her hair, and she screamed. All his hair fell out."

"Hum." As he contemplated this, Albus steepled his fingers

"All His hair fell out!" Molly repeated in a shriek. Molly took a deep breath. "I can't keep her. She has to go somewhere to learn to use -ability"

"If I promise to find her a school will you keep her until I can get her enrolled?"

"Yes, I will, seeing as she has nobody," conceded Molly

A few weeks later, he reported back that Anabeth had a school to go to, but she wouldn't be able to attend until she was five. Molly agreed Anabeth could stay until then

At around this time, Molly decided to enroll all her children in sign languages classes. As she had hoped, Anabeth gradually stopped speaking as she learned to communicate non-verbally. Even though Anabeth didn't express herself aloud, she and the twins became inseparable More than once, Molly would go to wake George and Fred, the twins, and find Anabeth sleeping between them. Although she found this very adorable, she tried to teach them this was not acceptable behavior.

Later when, Albus came to collect Anabeth He took her to Saint John's School for Exceptional Witches and Wizards. It was there that she discovered for certain that her magic was channeled through her and it was in this institution that she mastered the art of remaining silent."

At nine years old, she received a letter from Hogwarts. When she received it, she dashed off to Headmistress Catherine with the note clenched so tightly in her fist that her knuckles were as pale as alabaster.

As the excitable girl charged into her office, the headmistress glanced up from her paperwork and realized that the lass had grown. At just over five feet, Anabeth stood taller than most of the other students, and she was still shooting ever upwards. She had wavy raven black hair that fell just above her waist. Her eyes were slightly difficult to describe, for the color and shade changed due to her mood and the intensity of her mood. On the rare occasions she used her magical abilities her eyes turned a deep shade of violet. When she was excited as she was now, they were chocolate brown

"So you have been accepted? I can't say I'm not surprised," she replied grinned not with your unusual magic. Well, we will have to take you to Diagon Alley (to buy supplies. I wonder how you'll pay. I don't suppose you have a Gringott's account?"

Anabeth shrugged, and, using sign language, asked the headmistress "I've been here so long. Who has been paying my tuition?"

"Good question, Beth," answered headmistress. "Go to your room and I'll send for you when it's decided."

Sulking, Anabeth trudged back to her room bursting into her bedroom with her pout still entrenched on her features, she growled, "I hate it when people call me Beth.

Suddenly, her desk was engulfed by fire.

"Sorry," she mumbled. Extinguishing it with the word. Blast it. She had forgotten what could result when she opened her big mouth. If only it weren't so easy to do so, she reflected morosely.