"I'm a what?!" I said in a dead voice.
"A witch." He said smiling down at me.
"Like Mrs. Weasley?" I asked. When he nodded I grinned. I was a witch! How cool is that!
"Wait, How can I be a witch? Don't I have to have a stick, wand thingy like you have to do magic?" I said worried I was some type of freak.
"Well dear , many witches and wizards can perform wandless magic unintentionally." He said in a matter of fact voice. I blushed feeling silly. Of course that can happen! Get your head together you silly girl!
"Why don't you come get some breakfast and well talk after you're done?" Mrs. Weasley came up and put an arm around me as she ushered me through all the wary eyes staring at me.
I sat down and Mrs. Weasley set a plate of food in front of me. I immediately started eating, shoveling food in.
"Ron she eats like you." A bushy hair girl said with a disgusted look on her face.
"Hey!" A young red hair boy I assumed I be Ron said insulted.
I blushed as bright as my hair and slowed down my eating.
"Hermione!" Mrs. Weasley said sternly.
The 'Hermione' girl blushed and mumbled an apology. I didn't think she meant to say that all out loud. I nodded at her as I continued to eat. I glanced at a boy sitting next to the Ron guy. I blushed again when he caught me staring at him. What made it even worse was when he openly stared at me. I felt my face seemingly on fire from all the stares. I looked down hoping to hide myself in my hair as I finished. I went to put my plate in the sink but Mrs. Weasley stopped me ,looking toward The old man.
"Well it seem you are looking for some answers?" The old man asked from across from me. I nodded drinking the rest of my juice.
"Now Arthur has spoken with me about what happened and also that you lost your memory?" He asked as I nodded again.
"Ok , well first thing, I believe some introductions are in order."he said in a happy tone. " I am Albus Dumbledore, Head Master of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy." I smiled at the prospect of going to a school for magic!
"Of course you already know Arthur and Molly, these are their children," he said turning to motion to each of them. "This is Bill and his fiancé Fleur. Over by the cuboard is Charlie, next to him are Ron and his friends Hermione Granger and Harry Potter. Next to Harry is Ginny, she's the youngest and over by the door are Fred and George."
As he said each person they smiled and said Hello except for the twins, they smirked and winked at me, making me blush for the thousandth time. Mr. Dumbledore smiled at the twins with a mischievous glint in his eyes. He then turned to the adults sitting at the table.
"This is Nymphadora Tonks," Dumbledore paused watching said girls hair go from Pink to red.
"Woah..can you teach me how to do that?" I asked excitedly.
She turned to me, her hair slowly changing back to pink. "You can call me Dora, there are spells I can teach you to change it but I don't use them, I'm a metamorphagus."
"A meta-what-agus?" I asked confused.
Everyone began to chuckle. I blushed slightly as Dora spoke again, "I was born being able to change myself sorta, I'll tell you more about it later." She said with a wink.
"To continue, beside Tonks is Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody, Kingsley Shaklebolt, Minerva McGonnagal, Severus Snape and Rubeus Hagrid."
As I looked at the adults sitting around me I suddenly felt very intimidated. I looked at to see him having a silent conversation with the dark haired man he said was Severus Snape.
I grabbed my forehead as I felt a sudden pressure in my head. Images flashed in my head, no idea who was in them, why I was seeing them or anything. Just as quickly as the feeling came it vanished. I looked up feeling very tired suddenly. The faces around me all held curious stares.
"It appears, this girl has suffered from a very strong memory charm." Mr. Snape said in a bored tone. What the hell is a memory charm? I searched my mind trying to think of something. Trying to find something to see what he was talking about. Nothing...absolutely nothing. This was beyond frustrating.
"Mr. Dumbledore, what's he talking about?" I asked in a small voice.
"It seems someone has tampered with you mind." He said sadly.
"Tam-tampered with my memories?" I asked nervously. How can someone do this?
"Did you happen to find out her name, she doesn't even know it." Mr. Dumbledore asked Mr. Snape ignoring my question.
At this Mr. Snapes face had gotten paler. How that was possible I didn't know. "Her name is.." He whispered shock clearly on his face staring at Mr. Dumbledore.
"What..what is my name?! I said insistently. Hoping it would spark something.
"Her game is Annalise, Annalise Lestrange." He said in a worried tone.
Gasps and mutters filled the room as the man with the crazy eye stood and pointed his wand at me. I shrieked in fear and curled into a ball on my chair.
"Please! Please don't hurt me!" I wailed.
"Alastor, she's just a child!" Mrs. Weasley yelled coming up to me wrapping her arms around me protectively. I jumped at her touch but didn't push her away.
"How do we know we can trust what she says? How do we know she wasn't sent here by you know who to get to Harry eh?" The burly man yelled in anger and suspicion.
"Alastor, I do not doubt Severus' ligellimens efficiency. If he says that she has had her memory erased then I trust that." Mr. Dumbledore said in a calm tone.
I looked at all the faces around me as they watched the scene unfold.
"Alastor, lower your wand, she's afraid of them." Mr. Weasley said from behind my seat.
"Scared of a wand?!" He said haughtily.
His tone really was making me angry. I pulled out of Mrs. Weasley's grasp and stood up. I had no idea where this bravery had come from but I wasn't about to stop it.
"Yes! I'm scared of wands! Those stupid light sticks! I have spent the last day or so running for my life because of those! My first encounter with a wand was when someone was trying to kill me! I have no idea who I am, how I got here, why I'm here or anything! I have no clue why you freaked out because of my name. I don't even know what a 'you know who' is or what it does. All my memories are completely gone! And you have the gall to stand there and accuse me of something!" I yelled my chest heaving in anger. The room began to tremble. I locked eyes with Alastor and I heard thunder in the distance.
'Calm Down!' The soft voice said to me again.
My eyes scanned the room. No one had spoke, no one had said a word. It was the same voice I heard in the forest. This is insane! I turned without another thought and walked outside. I stood in the middle of the yard looking at the scenery around me. A feeling of heaviness swept over me. Frustration overflowed till I couldn't take it.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" I let out a shrill scream as everyone ran outside wands all out.
I didn't even bother to turn around. I felt a presence behind me and saw the girl named Hermione softly put her hand on my shoulder.
"I hate this!" I said turning around to face her and everyone else, "I just want to remember. I want to know why I am what I am. I want my memories back! This is maddening! I don't understand why someone would do this to me! I don't know anything about myself! My favorite book, my favorite color, my favorite joke or song. Nothing!" I finished in a whisper tears flowing like a river down my cheeks. I fell to my knees sobbing. Hermione knelt down next to me softly rubbing my back.
"I just want to remember." I said in a weak whisper looking at her.
"Then we'll help you." She said to me. A small smile on her face.
"Really?" I asked her, this girl, these people that I didn't know, who thought me an outsider, were willing to help me? She grabbed my hand and pulled me to stand.
"We all will." A voice I didn't recognize spoke. I looked and saw the boy named Harry walking up to me. He was the one who spoke. I glanced around at everyone as most of them nodded.
Maybe Light stick people weren't so bad after all. I looked at Alastor again.. Well some of them.
Ok so here it is! What you think!? I know this wasn't much of anything, just a filler basically but I promise you it was necessary! Let me know what you think in the reviews! Next chapter should come soon! Did I mention reviews are my life line!? Lol
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