Chapter 2

Anna

The sights of Hogwarts were truly awesome. Anna hated that she had missed out on it for so many years. When she arrived Professor Dumbledore greeted her apart from everyone else. He asked if she would like to be sorted now since she wasn't a 1st year. They still had not arrived because they had travelled by boat instead of the magical carriages. Anna agreed to it and while everyone else settled down to their tables and chatted, Anna went up on the platform in front of the teachers and sat on the stool. Professor Dumbledore placed the odd looking hat on her head.

"Hum….interesting," the hat began, "Bravery and courage, yes I see those. And your parents were from the house of Godric Gryffindor. Hhhuuummm. Kindness and a willingness to help others are also there, so could it be Hufflepuff? But no, wisdom beyond measure is something you treasure, so it shall be Ravenclaw!" the hat announced the last loudly in his gruff, booming voice.

A loud cheer went up from somewhere. A lot of the students had been watching, but Anna was paying it no mind. She was too busy concentrating on what the hat had said. The hat was wrong; her parents had been a Hufflepuff and a Gryffindor, not both Gryffindors. Anna got down and headed for the Ravenclaw table, taking a seat near a girl with light blond hair, so light it was almost white.

Suddenly two hands were on her shoulders, "Way to go, Anna," Fred grinned down at her, sitting beside her, "Ravenclaw is good, of course Gryffindor is better."

"At least you didn't go to Slytherin," George sat down by Fred.

"That hat is very strange," Anna said, still thinking about what it had said about her parents.

"You're telling us," they both said together, laughing, "But it is tradition," George finished.

"UHHmm, hum..," the girl beside Anna cleared her throat.

"Oh Anna, we would like to introduce you to a fellow Ravenclaw. Anna, this is Luna Lovegood," George said looking over at the blond girl, "Luna, this is Annabelle Blackburn, but you can call her Anna," Fred finished the introductions. Luna seemed really nice, even though she wore some strange radish looking earrings and some kind of bottlecap necklace. To Anna she looked like what a fairy might look like in human form.

"It is very nice to meet you, Anna," Luna said in a whisper soft, almost musical voice.

"It's nice to meet you too, Luna," Anna smiled. She knew she and Luna could be good friends.

"Take good care of Anna for us," Fred said as they got up from the Ravenclaw table, "we will see you two later," they both said together, as they headed back to the Gryffindor table.

Anna watched as the 1st years were sorted. She could not help the anger she felt that she had missed out on this years ago. She still couldn't understand why her parents had held her back from Hogwarts. She knew she had been somewhat sickly as a small child and she still had it every once and a while now, but still, Anna was sure that there were others here at Hogwarts who suffered some illness or another. Either way, she couldn't help some feelings of resentment.

Anna scanned the hall, looking around and then her eyes meet the ice blue eyes of the first boy she had meet on the train, Draco Malfoy. He had been looking at her, but he quickly turned away. The name Malfoy seemed very familiar to her, but she couldn't place it. So he was a Slytherin. She was still learning about the house here, but she remembered what Fred and George had said on the train about Slytherin house. She glanced back over at Draco Malfoy, hoping that the twins were wrong. Surely they couldn't be that bad.

Draco

Draco had been watching for Anna since they had arrived at Hogwarts. He couldn't get her out of his thoughts. She was so different from all the other girls he had known. He finally saw her come in with Dumbledore. She was being sorted, and when the hat announced that she would be a Ravenclaw, a cheer went up from their table. Well at least she didn't go to those damn Gryffindors, he thought. But then she sat by that wacky Lovegood girl and to make matters worse, the stupid Weasley twins sat by her and started up a conversation. Great, Potters friends were already getting their hooks into her.

Draco watched as she smiled at the Weasley's and then the Lovegood girl. Anna had a beautiful smile. Already half the boys at Hogwarts were eyeballing her. It was then that she turned suddenly, looking right at him. But Draco turned away. There was no telling what lies the Weasley twins had told her about Slytherin, or him.

Anna

Anna had a hard time sleeping that night. She had never spent a single night away from home or around so many people, so she tossed and turned half the night. When sleep finally claimed her she began to dream. It was one of the same old dreams she had since she was small. There was a full moon, which always terrified her, and while she was crying she could hear her mother crying, holding her in her arms. Anna couldn't be more than 2 years old in the mother was running through the foggy night, crying out someone's name she did not know. All Anna knew was that the way her mother cried out broke her heart and she would wake up with tears in her eyes. It was always the same, this particular dream. There were other dreams also, but they were always different. But this one never changed.

Anna tried to go back to sleep but it was no good. She was up and ready for classes before anyone else was awake. Anna went down to breakfast and a little later Luna joined her in the great hall.

"Good morning Anna," Luna said softly, "did you get enough sleep last night?" Luna asked this as if she knew Anna had not. Luna's bed was in the same dorm room after all.

"Actually, no," Anna replied.

"I know, you tossed and turned all night," Luna said, making Anna look at her strangely.

"I'm sorry if I kept you up," Anna replied.

"No, it's me. I don't sleep well myself," Luna sighed.

"Well, I had a dream last night. It's one of the same dreams I've had since I was little, but I haven't had it in a while. It just doesn't make any since to me, and it's very strange," Anna said, thinking about her dream.

"Maybe you need to talk to one of the teachers about it, maybe they can help."

"No," Anna brushed it off, "it's just a silly dream. There is probably nothing to it." But deep down Anna wasn't so sure.

Classes were going alright for Anna so far, except for Professor Umbridges Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Anna could not stand the woman and she was sure she wasn't alone. The short, toad like thing tried to act like she was everyone's friend but Anna and most of the other students could see through that. And Anna agreed with Harry. Her own mother had told her enough about the dark lord and what was going on in the wizarding world for her to know that the dark lord was not dead. Her mum had already been teaching her defensive spells and the way Umbridge taught the class was laughable. It would not do them any good if they were facing a dark wizard.

Anna was sitting towards the back that day when someone sat beside her. She had been attending Hogwarts for a few weeks now, and though she had seen Draco in her classes he had always been with his own group of Slytherin friends. Anna looked over at him with a small smile.

"Hello, Draco Malfoy," she smiled at him.

"So you remembered my name," he said a little cocky, "I'm surprised with all the other guys who've been making fools of themselves over you, trying to get your attention," he sneered a little.

The smile fell from Anna's lips. She really had been glad to see him at first. She had been hoping to get a chance to talk to him again personally. She did not know why but she seemed to be drawn to him, looking for him whenever she entered her classes. Sure, he was handsome with his slim athletic build and silky pale blond hair, and the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen, but there was more to him that she couldn't put a finger on. But his attitude now was really annoying and it put her off.

"Are you jealous, Draco?" she didn't know where that came from and she was shocked she had asked it.

"Jealous, please," Draco laughed meanly, "I could have any girl I wanted here at Hogwarts, why should I be jealous about you?"

Anna couldn't help feeling hurt wash over her when he said that, but she didn't let it show. It shouldn't bother her, after all, she didn't know him well enough that it should upset her.

"Yeah, you probably could. All except for this girl," Anna hissed in her soft, sweet voice, "there is an empty seat right over there. Feel free to move over there anytime you would like," she finished angry.

"No," Draco said, no sneer in his voice this time. He loved seeing her angry, her green eyes shining and it was cute hearing her prim voice rise with anger. "I think I will stay right where I am."

Anna turned her back to him and looked ahead trying to ignore him.

Anna's next class was potions with Professor Snape. Snape kept looking at her strangely, like she was a weird creature he was studying. Anna had gotten there early because as soon as her last class was over she had practically ran out the door to avoid Draco. Well, it did no good because as soon as he came in he took up the seat across from her which was still empty.

"Do you have to sit there?" Anna said primly, keeping her tone down so no one overheard her.

"Yes, I believe I do," Draco grinned, knowing he was making her uncomfortable.

"Fine," Anna huffed, her green eyes shooting fire at his laughing blue ones. Anna could see he delighted in making her uncomfortable, so she would have to try and ignore him.

A fellow Ravenclaw named Michael had sat beside her. Anna had meet him her first night there in their common room. Professor Snape went around the tables placing them in pairs. Anna was paired with Michael. Draco was paired with a fellow Slytherin, Pansy Parkinson, who had sat by him.

Anna was excellent at potions to Snape's surprise. She and Michael had earned the top marks in the class from Snape and Snape even looked over at Draco and Pansy and said, "You two could learn a lot from Miss Blackburn on the correct way to combine your potions."

Anna looked over at them. Draco didn't look very happy, but the hateful look that Pansy shot her was chilling. Anna hated that Snape hed said that, she had not wanted that.

Class was ending and she was leaving when Snape asked to speak to her. He waited until all the students had cleared the door. He was busy with something on his desk and he finally looked up and spoke. "Where did you learn to do potions so well, Miss Blackburn?"

"My mum worked with me at home sir. She is a healer," Anna wondered why he was questioning her.

"And who is your mother?" he looked up, his dark eyes boring into her.

"Meredith Blackburn, sir. She used to be Meredith Knollwood. She was a Gryffindor. My father is Kendall Blackburn, a Hufflepuff."

Snape looked at her closely, "I see," he said in that long drawn out voice that sounded as if he were bored with the entire conversation, "you may go on to your next class," he finished, looking back down at whatever he was working on.

Anna thought he was strange, but thought no more about it as she ran to her Divination class, not wanting to be late. When she arrived everyone was already seated and she looked for an empty cushion around one of the circular tables. And the only one available was right next to Draco Malfoy. It couldn't be an accident and she knew he had done it on purpose. She walked over not looking at him, and quickly sat down.

"Thanks for showing me up in potions today," he hissed quietly.

"You know you are something else," she hissed out, not looking at him, "the only empty cushion in this place and it had to be by you. And I am sorry about potions, that was not something I wanted to happen."

"I know," he whispered near her ear since class was starting.

Anna tried to ignore him but she couldn't stop the little thrill of pleasure that ran through her when he'd whispered near her ear. She could still feel his soft breath on her earlobe.

Professor Trelonney, the Divination teacher, was having them read each other's tea leaves, and since Draco sat beside her she had to swap cups with him. Anna got out her book to help her read the cup he had just handed her. When she did she was shocked with what she had found.

"According to this you will be faced with many trials and tough choices that will affect your future, but there is a dark shadow hanging over you," she looked up at Draco, her concern evident.

"Oh Anna, please. Don't tell me you believe this nonsense," he replied blowing it off with a laugh. Draco was pleased that she was concerned, whether he would admit it or not.

"I didn't say I did. I'm just telling you what I see." Anna didn't blame him for his reaction, she would probably react the same.

Draco studied her tea cup closely and then looked up at her from the text book, "Your past is filled with mystery and fog. It will soon be lifted and truths by the light of the moon will become known."

Anna looked up at him, her eyes like saucers. She couldn't stop thinking about her strange dream last night. She remembered the fog in that dream, lit only by the light of the full moon. And then there was the sorting hat that had made the mistake of calling both her parents Gryffindors and Professor Snape's questioning her about her parents.

"Are you okay?" this time Draco was concerned, "You don't look well."

Anna quickly snapped out of it, "Yeah, I'm fine. I think you are right, it is a load of nonsense," she brushed it off. But deep in her there were questions. What was this that was going on with her right now and why did she feel that things weren't right?