Chapter 1
[Anna's POV]
It was almost midnight and I was sitting in the living room curled up in a comfy wingchair, under a light blanket reading Sense and Sensibility. Usually I'm not into those kind of books but sometimes they help me relax. The flames from the fire place radiated warmth while I could hear the rain and the wind outside. I was glad that I didn't have to go out.
Since I left Hogwarts with Severus Snape, we were living in Spinner's End together. We had an apothecary and it was a very successful business. I was an unofficial apprentice of Severus and I also took healing classes, so I would be more competent in brewing healing potions. Snape renovated the house with my help so it was much friendlier than before. It wasn't big, with a living room, kitchen, two bathrooms, two bedrooms, the shop and the adjoining lab and a small office. We also had a small green house behind the house.
Our relationship with Severus was amazing. He was still the sarcastic bastard with a dry humour but he loved me and he showed it on his own way every day. A few months ago we decided that we will have children. Since then nothing happened. We went to St Mungo's and also Muggle doctors. They said that everything is ok with us, we just have to patient. The child will come in his or her own terms. We weren't happy but we couldn't do anything about it.
Since I knew that I was definitely not pregnant, I drank some wine while I was reading my book. I was alone at home because Severus travelled to Romania to gather some herbs. Of course we could have ordered them in Diagon Alley but Snape was too stubborn. He wanted premium ingredients so he decided to gather them himself. It was Saturday night and I was glad that the apothecary will be closed the next day. Being in the shop and brewing potions alone was very exhausting.
I put down my book on the floor and wanted to head to bed when I felt slight waves of energy. The wards. Snape put some very clever wards around the house. They could show if a visitor was a dark wizard or a harmless person. There were still some Death Eaters on the run and we know that they would take revenge on Severus if they would be able to. This is why I took self-defence lessons from Severus, they could be useful if I would be alone.
I stood up from the wingchair and grabbed my wand from the table. I crept silently to the front door deciding what to do when a spell popped in my mind. It was Snape's invention and basically it was a magical peephole: it made the front door invisible but only from the inside so I could see the visitor but they couldn't see me.
I took a deep breath and casted the spell. The next second seemed eternity to me. When I saw the visitor I couldn't believe my eyes. I almost started hyperventilating, I felt my face flush and anger flowing through my veins. I clicked on the light (I just loved Muggle electricity) and opened the door and shouted at the person before me:
"What the hell are you doing here?"
Unlike Human Studies, this story won't be fully in Anna's POV, there will be chapters or parts of chapters in third person. I hope you won't mind :)
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