Yep, chapters a day late. I had food poisoning so i was a bit unable to post.
To clear something up real quick, Abigail is not Anna's real name, it was her original name when i started thr story, but i chnaged it. I must have missed one though, if you didn't notice then ignore this, but if youdid, then sorry about that.
Anyway here's chapter 2
Disclaimer: I own none of the Harry Potter characters, they belong to JK Rowling.
'Why is it so damn bright?' Anna groaned. She rubbed her eyes and stretched. When she finally opened her eyes she had a moment of panic before she remembered what was going on.
She was stuck in 1945 with a very annoyed Tom Riddle.
Just perfect.
"Get out of bed, Chapman. We have class in an hour." A shrill voice rang through the silent air, interrupting her thoughts. Anna wanted to tell the girl to piss off, and that she had plenty of time. She held her tongue and instead got up and started getting ready.
Anna put on her uniform, ran her fingers through her messy brown hair, and collected her bag. As she looked around her dorm, all the other girls were still carefully doing their makeup. Rolling her eyes, Anna ventured out into the common room, humming as she made her way to the Great hall.
'Make the best of a bad situation.' She thought to herself as she seated herself away from the other Sytherins. Anna had to admit that this was a very, very bad situation but she wanted to look on the bright side. She would get to finish her schooling, and it would be nice to just be a bit normal before she had to go back home, where everybody was gone.
Greif struck Anna, and she could feel her bottom lip quivering. She gritted her teeth, and focused on blinking and cutting her apple. She refused to feel sorry for herself, and she refused to let Voldemort get the best of her.
She would keep her head down, and not make any waves. This meant she would have to suck up to Riddle a bit and make sure he wasn't suspicious of her.
The idea made Anna a bit nauseated and she put down her apple, suddenly not feeling so hungry.
"Ah, Miss Chapman. Nice to see you this morning." Riddle voice broke through her thoughts and Anna found herself facing the handsome, but loathsome boy. How could someone so perfect looking and sounding be so evil and horrible on the inside?
"To you as well Mr. Riddle." Anna forced out, plastering a smile on her face. He nodded and turned away from her, focusing on gathering his own breakfast. Anna cleared her throat and took a deep breath as he turned and looked at her, an eyebrow raised.
"I- I wanted to apologize… for last night" She finished lamely, wincing as Riddle slightly narrowed his eyes. Anna took a deep breath and willed herself to go on, despite the churning in her stomach.
"I was terribly tired from my journey and injuries and I'm afraid I was appallingly rude to you. Inexcusably and Unjustifiably so. I do hope you find it in your heart to forgive me." Anna simpered, silently wanting to barf at how ridiculous she sounded.
Riddle eyes narrowed and he gave her a calculating look. "Why did you flinch when I cast the heating charm on you?" He asked her, to anyone else his tone would have sounded curious or even friendly, but she heard the accusing tone buried deep down. He was suspicious.
"Well, I thought it would be obvious." Anna replied, looking at him. Perhaps if she played the dumb victim type, he would just brush her off. He raised an eyebrow, willing her to continue.
"My parents were just murdered and I almost killed by dark wizards who not only tried to kill me, but tortured me. I apologize if I offended you, but I can't help it that I flinched. It was just an automatic reaction, it had nothing to do with you." Anna assured him. Instantly his eyes widened and he gave her a smile.
"Of course Miss Chapman, how ignorant of me to forget. Of course I accept your humble apology, though I assure you, it wasn't needed." He replied and his charm was suddenly back in place. Anna was very satisfied with herself.
"I would be happy to show you around. I know how confusing the castle can be to newcomers." He told her. Anna instantly wanted to decline, but remembered that she wasn't supposed to know how to get around.
It wouldn't be smart to decline his seemingly polite offer, especially because he had already been suspicious of her. So Anna had smiled and agreed. They talked about classes and favorite subjects and Anna forced herself to forget that she was talking to Lord Voldemort, the monster who would kill her friends. Her family.
"Hey Anna!" A cheery voice greeted her. Anna turned around and smiled at Benjamin, who was taking a seat to her right. She missed the flash of annoyance that flew on Riddle's face before it went back to his blank slate.
"Hello Garrick," Riddle said, a polite smile coated on his face. Benjamin, completely ignorant on who Riddle really was, just flashed him a huge smile.
"Good morning Riddle. I see you're also eager to get to know this little mystery." Benjamin joked. Anna shifted uncomfortably at the silence that followed.
"So what's our first class?" Anna asked Benjamin.
"Potions. With those arses from Gryffindor's." He muttered, glaring irritably at the Gryffindor table, where some Lions were glaring back. Anna tried to cover her shock at the hostility in his tone, but it must have shone through.
"Now, now Benjamin," Riddle interjected. "We mustn't give our new student the wrong idea about our school. And we must not place our own biases onto her. And more importantly, you should use such language in front of a lady like Miss Chapman. It is unbecoming." Riddle scolded and immediately Benjamin straightened up a bit.
Anna wanted to laugh but managed to keep her lips shut.
"Of course, you're completely right Riddle. I do apologize, I didn't mean any harm. Of course you can make your own assumptions about the lions." Benjamin said to her, winking a bit when Riddle turned back towards his meal.
"Just don't walk too close, they tend to bite," He whispered, and Anna stifled a giggle into her teacup.
"Well perhaps we should get to class?" Anna suggested. Both boys rose and looked at each other.
"Are you escorting her Riddle?" Benjamin asked.
"Yes, I was going to show her the way so she wouldn't get lost." Riddle responded.
"You can join us, we're all going to the same place." Anna proposed to Benjamin, a bit uncomfortable with the silent battle that seemed to be going on between the two.
"Of course. In fact Mr. Garrick should probably escort you. I have to check on Malfoy and make sure he did the prefects round table." Riddle suddenly said. He gave them each a polite smile before excusing himself.
"Great guy." Benjamin commented.
"Hmm…. Yes. Everyone seems to be quite taken with him." Anna observed as they headed towards the dungeons.
"How do you mean?" Benjamin asked, proving once again how ignorant he was when it came to Riddle.
"Well… the girls especially. And everyone seems to respect him, almost as they would a professor. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it was just something I noticed." She finished lamely.
"Oh that's what you're talking about. Yes the girls around here love Tom. I do feel bad for whatever girl he decides to date. She'd have to deal with the rest of the Anna in the school." Benjamin remarked.
"You seem quite fond of him, are you two friends?" Abigail asked.
"Not really. I just really respect how he conducts himself and the pride he has with everything he does. Trust me, a few days around him and you'll understand. Everyone loves Tom Riddle. Even the arses over at Gryffindor." Benjamin said.
"He seems a bit dark." She muttered, mostly to herself.
"Oh yeah, he's a very private person so that's normal. He's really serious and strict too, so I can see how you would get that vibe from him." Benjamin looked at her and felt a bit self-conscious under his stare.
"What? Do I have an apple peel in my teeth?" Anna asked, half joking.
"No, nothing like that… It's just that you're the first girl I've seen here that isn't head over heels for Riddle. Like you seem completely unaffected." Benjamin commented.
"He's not my type, besides I focus more on the inside of people, not the outside. And he just seems a bit too grim and stuck up for me." Anna shrugged.
Before Benjamin could reply Anna stepped into the potion's classroom and took a seat. Benjamin sat next to her. The continued to discuss potions and some of their favorites to brew.
"How in the world do you like brewing potions so much?" Benjamin asked her, as Anna listed off her favorites.
"The hat almost put me in Ravenclaw," Anna lied quickly. Wasn't exactly a lie, since she had been in Ravenclaw once… or she would be in like 50 years.
Time travel was much too exhausting to think about.
"There's our new student!" Slughorn bellowed out as he stepped away from his desk, where he had been eating a strange yellow fruit it had looked like. Pineapple. Slughorn continued to beam at her until he was in front of her and Benjamin's desk.
"Well from the grades Albus gave us from your homeschooling, I'm sure you'll do excellent, my dear." Slughorn exclaimed jollily. From then he started the lesson, and explained to us how we would be making a draught of the living death.
"Who can tell me what a draught of the living death is?" Slughorn asked. Anna hesitantly raised her hand, not really expecting to be called on.
"Wonderful! Miss Clary?" Slughorn looked at her expectantly.
"Well sir, the draught causes whoever drinks the potion to fall into a deep, death-like slumber. The main ingredients are Water, Powdered root of asphodel, Infusion of Wormwood , Valerian root , a Sopophorous Bean, and a Sloth brain. When the potion is complete it should turn a pale lilac color then turn clear." Anna finished off, and was suddenly all too aware of the lingering silence.
"Wonderful, just fantastic!" Slughorn bellowed, and continued to list off other tiny facts before he sent the class off to prepare the potions. Anna started heating the caldron while Benjamin gathered the supplies. They worked quietly and quickly.
Anna helped Benjamin cut the Sloth brain and the Valerian root. They decided it would be better if she stirred, since Benjamin had a habit of getting off count. He then almost added the wrong measurement of the powdered root of asphodel.
As much as Anna liked Benjamin's company, she did not like picking up slack from other people, and certainly didn't enjoy doing a potion almost completely on her own. But the way Benjamin apologized and the way his ears and tip of his nose lit up in embarrassment made her chuckle.
Potion making had always given Anna a sense of peace. In way she was happy doing the potion with a bit of help from Benjamin; she always did work better alone. Anna was a bit of a control freak.
Abigail hummed a bit as she bottled her finished potion and set it neatly on the desk. The sat back and sighed, glad to have a bit of a break.
"I really am sorry," Benjamin muttered, as Slughorn started to check potions. Despite the setbacks, and the fact that Anna had to do everything, she was happy the way the potion turned out. It was clear and it was pretty much perfect.
"It's fine, really." Anna assured him.
"I'm shit at potions, and even more so now…" he muttered, though Anna didn't think she was supposed to hear the last part. She didn't really feel like analyzing why he said it and was saved by Slughorn.
"Ah, a fine potion indeed!" Slughorn hummed in approval. He dropped the leaf in the cauldron and it immediately turned black. "Almost completely perfect. My, My Miss Chapman. You certainly are as extraordinary as Dumbledore said you were. You could even give Tom a run for his money."
"Oh sir, please. I'm sure my skills do not match Mr. Riddles. He seems extremely competent." Anna commented lightly. Slughorn seemed to see her in a bit of a new light and happily looked between Tom and her before waddling away.
Tom however, looked less that pleased.
Anna shook it off. She wasn't there to please him, and she certainly wasn't going to dumb herself down to make him feel better, He would just have to deal with the fact that someone, and a girl no less, was just as good as he was.
'Maybe even better' Anna giggled to herself.
Slughorn dismissed the class, and assigned a three foot long essay that was due tomorrow. Benjamin gripped on for a moment before walking her to Defense against the dark arts.
The day went normally, and Anna could feel herself starting to relax. She had missed this. She missed just being a normal student, and leaning. She was so tired of being afraid all the time, always ready for battle.
The last class she had for the day was Ancient Runes. Benjamin quickly showed her where the classroom was and then ran off, obviously late for divination. She shuddered to think of being in that awful class again. Third year had been enough. Thank god Dumbledore had been able to get her out of it.
Anna walked into the classroom and took a seat by herself. She pulled out her notebook, and waited for class to begin. She absent mindedly doodling in her notebook, just drawing lines. When she looked down she was shocked to see what she had drawn. It was a tree, or more specific a dead tree.
This wouldn't have been so shocking if she actually knew how to draw. But she was horrible at drawing, and the only tree she could draw was a stick figure one. And she hadn't even been looking at the paper; she had been looking at the board.
"Nice tree," a voice commented in her ear. Anna let out a small yelp and jumped, clutching her chest. She looked to her right to see Riddle smirking at her. She let out a shaky breath and straightened up, refusing to show any weakness to him.
"Thanks." She muttered. Anna closed her notebook, suddenly feeling quite sick.
"It must be nice to go class with other people," Riddle said conversationally. Anna almost asked him what he was going on about before she remembered that was supposed to have been homeschooled.
"Yes. It's very different, but I like it." She exclaimed, avoiding Riddle's eyes. It made her nervous to look into his eyes while she blatantly lied. She couldn't help the tugging feeling that made her feel like he knew she was lying. Like he knew it was all a coax.
He looked as though he was going to question her again, but luckily the professor walked in. Anna gave him a polite smile before turning back to her notes. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her heart, which felt like it was going to explode out of her chest. She had never been good at lying to people.
"Welcome to Ancient Runes children. I expect you all to take this class seriously and be warned, there is no room for slackers here. If you get left behind you might as well just drop this class." Professor Ainsworth explained. Anna diverted her eyes, noting how different Ainsworth was from the warm professor Babbling.
Professor Ainsworth passed out the test and Anna quickly got to work on it. She was surprised at how easily she was able to translate the ruins. Usually she as one of the last ones done.
'I guess those lessons from Hermione had paid off," she said to herself as she finished the last question. Anna looked around to see who else at finished. She noted that Riddle had handed his in but it didn't seem as though anyone else was done. In fact most of the other student's faces were scrunched up in confusion or frustration.
'Oh no, if they all don't understand this then I defiantly got them all wrong.' Anna groaned to herself. Taking one last regretful look at her test she stood up and gave it to the professor. Professor Ainsworth looked surprised but at least she took her test.
Anna sat back down in her seat, ignoring the interested look Riddle was giving her. As Anna looked around the rest of the classroom, she could see people giving each other uneasy looks.
"As most of you have gathered by now, this was actually a test of runes we are going to be learning this year. I hadn't anticipated anyone would get them all right, but we seem to have two students who did. The only two students who actually ended up turning the test in to be exact." Professor Ainsworth said, looking directly where Tom and Anna were sitting.
"Congratulations Tom and Anna, you have both Farley exceeded my expectations. I'll be giving you both a separate assignment to work on together for the school year." Professor Ainsworth said to them, before looking at the clock. "Class is dismissed."
"Professor, do we have to work on the project together? Because-" Anna tried to protest but Professor Ainsworth held her hand up to silence her.
"Yes. I have made my decision. Dumbledore was very right about you Miss Chapman you have been schooled well. You and Tom both should be able to handle this assignment. Now you are excused." Chapman said, dismissing her.
Anna bowed her head in defeat and quickly grabbed her bag, exiting the classroom.
'Just perfect. Keep your head low and avoid Tom Riddle. That was all you had to do Anna. Great job, really.' She chastised herself.
"Why don't you want to work on the project together?" Tom asked, coming out of nowhere. Anna swiftly turned around and cursed him for sneaking up on her again.
"I'm not used to working on thing with other people." She replied stiffly.
"You'll have to get used to that now that you're in real school sweetheart." Riddle snickered. Anna's blood boiled at how easily he joked with her. The fact that he was mocking made her want to punch him.
"Don't dare call me that!" Anna snarled at him. He stopped dead and Anna continued on, furious at how he addressed her and also that she was letting herself be affected by him. He grabbed her arm and roughly pulled her back to face him.
"Excuse you!" Anna gasped, as she slapped his hand away. He grabbed her arm, and forced her to look at him.
"That's twice you've snapped at me. It seems as though you have taken an immediate dislike to me. Or that's how it seems." Riddle said, his hand was tightening threateningly around her arm.
"It seems that I have offended you twice. Perhaps you are much too sensitive Mr. Riddle. If you don't like how I speak to you, then don't speak to me. I refuse to coddle your narcissistic personality." Anna snapped at him.
"I would be very careful how you speak to me, miss Chapman." Tom Riddle growled at her. Anna opened her mouth to retort but stopped as his eyes flashed red. She suddenly was reminded that she was not engaging in an argument with just any patronizing, narcissistic, asshole, but with Tom Riddle, AKA Lord Voldemort.
"If you would be so kind to unhand me, Mr. Riddle." Anna asked quietly. When he let go she took a couple steps back and looked once more to him.
"You're right of course. I overstepped. I apologize. I do hope this doesn't affect our work relationship." Anna said stiffly.
"Of course not. I would never let such petty words affect our relationship." Tom replied lightly. "Please let me escort you to dinner."
"Well I don't see why not." She reasoned, more to herself. They walked quietly down the halls and to the great hall. As they walked in, Anna realized with a sinking feeling that Benjamin was absent.
"It seems as though your friend is absent. Let me introduce you to some of my friends." Riddle told her, as he pulled her to his usual spot. There was a space saved, where she assumed was where he sat.
"I don't want to impose, I'm sure I could find a seat over there." Anna reasoned, trying to keep the panic out of her voice. Anna was tempted to try and pull away from him, but she didn't want to start another argument, that could turn very deadly, very fast for her.
"It's no problem; it would do them good to meet someone with such intelligence such as you." Tom smiled. Anna coughed lightly to suppress her gasp of surprise. His mood swings were starting to unease her, and again she wished she could pull away from him and run.
"Move over." Riddle ordered to the boy sitting next to his spot. The boy looked up, obviously surprised but quickly did as he was instructed. Riddle sat Anna down and then sat next to her.
"Anna, this is Cadmus Avery, Antonin Dolohov, Bastien Lestrange, Theodore Mulciber, Thomas Nott, Alphard Black, and last but never least Abraxus Malfoy." Tom introduced her.
"It's a pleasure Anna," Alphard was the first to break the slight silence. Anna nodded at him and easily fell into the boy's conversation while she quietly ate her meal. Eating with Tom's death eater was strange because they weren't how she expected them.
They didn't act like the future death eaters did, they weren't stiff and controlled around Tom, and instead they all seemed relaxed and had a very charismatic air to them. They joked with each other and acted as normal students would. It was very peculiar to witness.
She even found herself laughing along with one of Alphard's jokes. She was surprised to find herself at ease, and even snuck a few glances at Tom. He was very elegant in nature and it was no different when he ate. He seemed at ease in his own mind, and only conversed with Cadmus at one point during the meal over potions.
It was pleasant surprisingly.
"So Anna, where were you from originally?" Abraxus asked her. Anna stiffened at the question, but easily placed a smile of ease on her face.
"France. I grew up in the country side with my parents. Though if you want to be specific I was born in England. My father had us move to France when I was 6." Anna exclaimed. She didn't like the suspicious way Abraxus was looking at her.
"That explains why you don't have much of a French accent." Abraxus muttered, though he didn't sound very convinced of that fact.
"I wasn't allowed out of the house much. We lived far away from civilization. My father went into town when we needed things. So I still have my English accent." Anna replied.
"Je suppose que vous êtes à l'aise en français." Antonin said to her, and Anna silently thanked her mother for making her learn French due to their "Family Roots". She had been wondering when someone was going to test her French.
"Bien sûr. Je ne suis pas une peste inculte. Mon père a pris soin de moi verset en français." Ann replied to him, chuckling a bit.
"Learning French must have been difficult since you weren't surrounded with the language." Abraxus said, interrupting.
"Hard, but not impossible. Tedious to be frank." Anna shrugged. She wished Abraxus would shut up and stop trying to poke hole in her story. The boy was starting to grate on her nerves.
"It would have been much easier if you had been exposed to people around though, why didn't you parents do that?" Abraxus pressed.
"Frankly it isn't any of your business why my parents wouldn't let me go outside and I don't understand your increased interest in the subject." Anna glared at him.
"Why wouldn't you want to talk about it? Unless you had something to hide." Abraxus pushed. Anna tried to stay calm, but the panic and anger was rising in her throat.
"Abraxus! It is obvious that her parents are a sore subject for Miss Chapman. I would advise that you do not press her further. We don't want to give Miss Chapman the impression that we're rude. Let it be." Tom advised threateningly; there was a hidden warning underlying in his tone that made Abraxus stiffen in what could only be fear.
The easy going nature and charismatic feel to the table left suddenly, and all Anna could feel was the cold, hard fear the was radiating not only off Abraxus but the rest of the boys. It made her want shrink away so Tom couldn't see her.
"Of course Tom," Abraxus choked out, and his elegant, royal features were suddenly small with terror. It made Anna want to apologize for bringing such wrath down on him.
"I do apologize Anna, if I made you uncomfortable. I was not meaning to be rude. Please forgive me." Abraxus pleaded. Anna was suddenly amazed at how this man, Tom Riddle, had made such an elegant and pompous man wither to his core with terror and fright with just one sentence and look.
It was amazing and terrifying all at the same time.
"It's quite all right Abraxus." Anna leveled, trying to keep her voice steady.
"I do hope this won't ruin your image of me." Abraxus commented. Anna would have laughed at that, because her view of all of them was already so biased. He couldn't do anything to worsen her view of him. Though she hadn't expected Abraxus to be so suspicious of her, she wasn't surprised at how unpleasant he was. He was Draco Malfoy's grandfather.
"Of course not. I wouldn't let such petty words affect my view on anything. You have nothing to worry about." Anna cast a look at Tom and from the tightening of his hand on his fork, he had noticed her snide remark towards him.
"Anna!" she turned towards where her name was called and smiled when she realized it was Benjamin, walking towards her. She was slightly relived at his interruption, as the tense silence was becoming almost unbearable.
"Benjamin, there you are." Anna stood up, to greet him. ""Wherever did you wander off to?"
"I do apologize. The divination teacher kept because she saw 'great danger' in my near future." Benjamin said with a roll of his eyes. "Riddle and others." He nodded at them, and obviously enjoyed his little joke. Though the others didn't seem to. They looked to Riddle, as to see what they should do.
"I hope you don't mind Benjamin that I stole away your new friend. I was just introducing her to some other characters." Riddle exclaimed.
"I have no doubt Riddle. I do hope you wouldn't mind if I stole her back." Benjamin asked. Anna couldn't help but notice this was the second time they were acting like she was a possession to steal away.
"If I could interrupt. Nobody is going to be 'stealing me away'. I am going to the library, of my own accord. You're welcome to join me when you get your head out of your arse." Anna sniffed before grabbing her bag and storming out of the great hall.
As she walked towards the library, Anna almost couldn't believe her own boldness. And she liked Benjamin so she couldn't believe she had snapped at him like that. It must have been the overwhelming feeling of everything that was going on.
Anna settled down to a table and was relieved that the library was almost completely empty. She covered her face with her hands and sunk down into the table. She'd been there one day and she'd already messed up everything. She had yelled at her only friend, she had to work with Tom Riddle on a project, and she had made him mad… twice.
She was the worst possible person for this. If it had been Hermione or even Harry they would have been sorted into Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, and they would have been far away from Tom Riddle. But no she had to be sorted into Sytherin. And if that wasn't bad enough she had every class with him.
There was something that was bugging Anna though, about this whole situation. Nothing added up. Voldemort had not only known who she was, but he wanted her. That made sense now because he must have remembered her. But what was she going to do that was so bad that Voldemort wanted her dead, 50 years in the future?
Time travel must have messed with her brain, because she even though she had always been intelligent, she had never been as good at Ancient Runes as Hermione had been And she usually wouldn't have been able to ace that pre-test. She didn't know how she knew the answers, she just had.
And then there was the tree. Anna was shit at drawing, and she couldn't shake the feeling that the tree meant more than it appeared. She thought she had felt something that felt like magic coming off the drawing, but she was sure she imagined it. No one else had noticed, and neither had Tom. If it had been Tom, then he defiantly would have noticed, and asked about it.
"Hey there." She was startled by Benjamin's voice and instantly looked up from her hands. As she looked at him, he didn't seem upset about her outburst in the great hall.
"So my friend Victoria informed me that the way Tom and I were talking might have upset you, and I'm sorry." Benjamin apologized. Anna looked at him in shock. She hadn't expected him to actually apologize to her.
"It's…well no it's not that fine. But I forgive you. I shouldn't have snapped at you though." Anna reasoned.
"Oh yes you should have. It was pretty badass, and you should have seen Riddle's face. It was worth it." Benjamin laughed. Anna couldn't help but laugh as well.
"So did you just come here to apologize or are you here to study as well?" Anna asked.
"Study? It's the first day back Anna. Nah, I'm gonna go back to the common room." Benjamin replied. Anna was a bit disappointed, but she needed privacy anyway.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow." Anna told him.
"Are you sure you don't want to head back with me?" Benjamin asked her.
"I'm good. Trust me, I'll be fine." Anna assured him
Oh trust me, I have no doubts about that. I'll see you tomorrow." He winked jokingly before grabbing his bag and leaving the library. Ann watched him leave and when he was completely gone she ventured deeper into the library and tried to find any books on time travel.
She considered sneaking into the restricted section and looking, but decided it wasn't worth the risk just yet. Anna decided that she could even ask Dumbledore for permission, because he was the only one who knew, but she still wanted to wait until it was the last option.
She flipped through the first pages of the books, trying to gather if there was anything inside that would help her. She checked out a couple of books, and easily charmed them to be smaller so they'd fit in her bag. It was best to research in her dorm, so no one could sneak up on her. She didn't like the suspicious nature of these Hogwarts students.
As Anna walked out of the library and back towards her dorms, so she could avoid being out after curfew. She swiftly walked down the hallways and feel back when she knocked into something, or someone.
"Hey, Watch where you're going," Anna growled as she picked herself up. She groaned internally when she realized she had bumped into Riddle. Just perfect.
"I apologize Miss Chapman, though you probably shouldn't run around corners, you have no idea what could be on the other side." Riddle exclaimed casually.
"I suppose you're right. Now if you'll excuse me," Anna exempted, trying to get around him. But he seemed keen on questioning her again.
"That was quite the display in the great hall," He commented.
"I didn't like how you both we're talking about me. I barley know you both, no one could 'steal me away'. You both should learn some manners, and I decided no one better than the girl you were talking about." Abigail replied. The slight raise of his eyebrow made him ridiculously attractive, and it made her anger deepen.
"An unlike you, Benjamin came to me and formally apologized." Anna told him.
"How did you know I wasn't about to apologize?" He asked her.
"Just a hunch. Now if you'd excuse me." She said, and tried to get around him again, though he blocked her once more.
"What's your hurry?" Tom asked her.
"Curfew." She replied, as if it was completely obvious. And it should have been. He was the head boy, so he should have known.
"Of course. I'd hate to keep you." He exclaimed, finally letting her pass. "Goodnight Anna."
"Goodnight Tom," She muttered before scampering off. Luckily the common room was empty; Anna didn't think she'd be able to face anyone right now.
