Disclaimer: the plot and the character Anika is mine, the rest is JK Rowling's.
Chapter 4: Sorting Surprise!
As the train arrived at the Hogsmeade station, Draco and Hermione stood on opposite doors and helped the first years and the new student to where Hagrid was. Anika knew what was going to happen, Draco had told her about the short ride on the lake on his letter back when he was in first year. It was one of the things that fascinated Anika to go to Hogwarts when she was of age too, well, that, the ceiling and a certain someone who went to school there too.
Draco fell into step with Anika as she followed the others to where Hagrid was.
"Had fun?" Draco hissed at her
"Well, I didn't see you come looking for me after I boarded" she hissed back
"Well, you weren't looking for me either so I guess that means you didn't care on bit!" He said with an accusing stare
"I did! But I couldn't find you!" She said annoyed that he was accusing her without knowing the details.
They had reached Hagrid by now. We'll talk later he whispered and squeezed Anika's hand before turning away. He was pissed but he couldn't do anything right now, not with the mudblood around anyway.
Anika felt a bit self-conscious as she entered the Great Hall with the other first years. Not only was she older than them she was even taller too! She felt eyes on her as she walked the length of the Hall until they reached the place where Prof. McGonagall was holding a filthy old hat and the list of names of the people who are to be sorted. She looked on at the sea of faces looking for her brother when she spotted a red-head and a brunette beaming up at her, she smiled back at them then turned back to the Sorting.
Before McGonagall started calling names however, Prof. Dumbledore stood up to announce something.
"Dear students, I am pleased to announce that we have a new face joining us today, she had just transferred from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and a 6th year. As she is knew she will be sorted together with our first years. That's all" she nodded at McGonagall to proceed and as first year after first year was called Anika then realized that she was the only one left!
"Malfoy, Anika!" Prof. McGonagall shouted and the Great Hall seemed to pause for a while, Anika felt really uncomfortable now, she felt every pair of eyes following her every move. But what she couldn't bear to look at the shocked faces of both Ron Weasley and Harry Potter.
"Slytherin!" the Sorting hat shouted and the table on her farthest left cheered. She slowly walked over to where her brother was who was smiling at her and hugged her as she neared the table. A buzz suddenly erupted from every table, Dumbledore stood up and the buzzing stopped.
"Welcome! Welcome to another year of Hogwarts! Now, I assume that our old students are getting tired of this by now but as Mr. Filch don't forget to remind me each year, the Forbidden Forest is as by the name of it forbidden. I hope all of you both old and new students have an interesting and happy year ahead of you! Now, tuck in!" food filled the table as Dumbledore said the last words.
"A Slytherin?!? We associated with a Slytherin? And a Malfoy at that!" Ron exploded turning a bit red shooting daggers at Anika's turned back
"She lied to us? I can't believe her! I can't believe us! Ugh!" Ron continued
"Stop it Ronald!" Hermione hissed at him
"What?! Are you defending her?" he accused her
"Well, if you must know Ronald, I wasn't the one drooling over her when she entered our compartment earlier!" Hermione retorted she knew something was a bit too familiar with the girl when she entered their compartment earlier, she just couldn't put her hand on it; that is until after Malfoy came barging in.
"That was before I knew she was a Malfoy!" he said defensively
"Well, we all didn't so stop your fussing and give the girl a break!" Hermione said a matter of factly to Ron. She was shocked that a girl that kind and friendly would be a Malfoy. She liked Anika and giving her the benefit of the doubt won't hurt, but she wasn't trying to out-rule the fact that she could be pretending too.
"Harry, mate, knock some sense into her will you?" he said flabbergasted at Hermione's calmness. When
Harry didn't answer; he was still in shock actually. They both looked at him; their eyes met and instinctively looked over at the Slytherin table and met 2 gray orbs looking at them. Anika smiled and pleaded that they could read the message in her eyes, she saw Hermione smile faintly at her but the two boys looked at her as if she had sprouted another head! She knew this would happen and with that she lowered her head and turned away.
The first week of school was a blur for Anika. She attended her classes with ease and enjoyment; she had never felt happier even when she was doing school work. Her happiness would've been complete if only he would look at her, talk to her, let her explain. She had been trying her best to talk to Harry, Hermione and Ron for the past few days but to no avail. Every time she tried to come up to them they would be gone before she could even face them. After trying a few more times she gave up, it was no use anyway. Draco told her that giving-up was not the Malfoy way, but she knew it was a lost cause. With a sigh, she bowed her head defeated.
Rumors had started to spread like wild fire the day after the sorting. Some of them were kind of true actually but some she couldn't help but laugh at. There were ones who said she shared a compartment with the Golden Trio, which was true. Another was that she snogged both Ron and Harry so they would let her stay at their compartment, which was funny but the last and most hilarious thing was that she was Draco Malfoy's wife! Haha! Just because Draco had never left her side once he's got the free time doesn't mean they were together and besides, haven't they noticed that they both have platinum blonde hair and grey eyes?
Draco had been the best ever since she moved to Hogwarts; he had been supportive and available whenever Anika needed someone to talk to. A little over-protective yes, but hey, he was acting like a big brother would act; especially after he heard that Anika was one of the most sought after girl in school this year, he could just see her walking by a corridor and every boy's tongue would be wagging with lust after her. He shook his head as the image formed in his mind that made him shudder. He had to admit he'd been excited ever since the last head boy and girl was able to convince Dumbledore last year to permit the dress codes; Now, he was regretting the fact that the headmaster had given the school the freedom to dress however they want every weekend. He cursed Anika and her bloody little sexy outfits every weekend; it just screamed "hard-on" to every guy in school! This frustrated Draco even more, because now he had to look after her even more during the weekends. He knew Anika, he trusted her, who he didn't trust were the guys following her everywhere!