Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the Characters.
A/N: I just realized I messed up the timing of everything. Annika was four when she was taken not five. I keep forgetting that she's younger than Harry. Because they are less than a year apart I keep wanting to think she is the same age as him.
ANNIKA'S P.O.V.
It had been two weeks since Annika's retreat into herself. By now she had told everyone the horrors of her past and about the dream that caused her to retreat. Dumbldore had been right. It did make the voices go away. She was now sitting in her bedroom getting her things packed for Hogwarts. She was going to the Burrow for dinner and staying the night over there. Then going with the others to King's Cross. Remus wanted to take her but Harry couldn't see the point of Remus wasting the time and energy when they were all going to the same place. It made sense in Annika's head as well. Plus, she knew Remus would be overprotective and what not.
She was folding all her clothes and laying them neatly in her trunk and thinking about the time she had spent with George. They had gone out twice since he made her dinner. The first was a picnic on a beautiful beach, just the two of them. The second was a spur of the moment thing just the night before. Remus and herself, once again, had dinner with the Weasley, after which the boys asked their girlfriends if they wanted to go for ice cream. They apparated to Fred and George's flat then went to Florean's shop from there. They had ice cream, talked and laughed for a couple hours, then went home.
She couldn't believe how comfortable and safe she felt with George. She was even okay with him touching her. In fact, she felt even safer when he had his arms around her. She felt as long as she had him, no one could hurt her ever again. She had no idea how wrong she was?
A knock on the door brought her out of her thoughts.
"Come in." she said.
Remus opened the door and poked his head in.
"Almost ready, then?" he asked. "We should be leaving soon."
"I'm all finished packing. I just need to get dressed." she answered.
"Okay. I'll meet you downstairs." he said. "Do you want me to take your trunk down?"
"Please." she said.
He stepped into the room and pulled the trunk out. Annika got up off the floor, put on a pair of blue jean shorts that came down to midthigh with a yellow halter top. She was now completely comfortable showing her scars around the Weasleys so she didn't mind that she had already packed the cream. She brushed her hair and put it in a ponytail. Then went to meet Remus downstairs.
"Ready, then?" he asked when she got down there.
"Yup." she answered with a smile.
Remus flooed first with her trunk then she followed. When she arrived there was the usual greeting of hugs all around and a kiss on the forehead from George.
"George," Mrs. Weasley said after the greetings were finished. "Why don't you take her trunk up to Ginny's room. The girls can have a slumber party tonight. "
"Why don't we just put her mine and Fred's room?" George asked.
"Because I don't want her to be alone, in case she has more dreams." Mrs. Weasley answered. "And I don't want to give you the chance to do anything."
"I wouldn't anyway." George protested.
"Just take it to Ginny's room."
George dragged the trunk up the stairs and Mrs. Weasley went to finish dinner.
"Hey Annika, you wanna play a game of Wizard Chess?" Ron asked after a minute of silence.
"Sure." Annika replied.
Ron took of upstairs to get the board and some chessman. He had taught her how to play about a week ago and she was pretty good. Annika liked to think that he liked to play with her because she was actually a challenging opponent. He returned, a few minutes later, a board and two sets of chessmen.
A half hour later...
"Chackmate." Annika said excitedly as she became the first person to beat Ron in years.
"It's ready!" Mrs. Weasley yelled from the kitchen and everyone heade to the garden.
Ron stared at the board in shock for a moment until Hermione yelled,
"Coming Ronald!"
He appeared in the garden a second later. The topic of conversation through the whole meal was Ron's defeat. Annika was worried he would be angry with her but he took it all pretty well. He even joked that he'd earn his title back later.
Annika had almost finished her meal when Fred and George stood up. She had a feeling she knew what they were going to say and smiled.
"Fred and I have a surprise for all of you." George stated.
"We've finally decided..." Fred began.
"To follow our mother's adivce..." Georges cut in.
"For once. We have spent the last three months begging and pleading..." Fred said.
"With everyone from Dumbledore..."
"To the school governors..."
"And they decided..."
"To allow us to..."
"Go back to Hogwarts, redo our seventh year, and take our N.E.W.T's" They finshed together.
A moment of shocked silence met the announcement then Mrs. Weasley jumped up and pulled the twins into a bone breaking hug.
"I'm so proud of the two of you!" she said and Annika could tell she was crying.
The others at that table had smiles of excitement on their faces. Annika watched the scene in front of her and for a split second resented them. Then the feeling was gone as Mrs. Weasley released the twins and went in to get dessert. They ate dessert talking about how exciting the twins return was going to be. Apparently, there was never a dull moment when the two of them were there.
Annika spent the rest of the night hearing about their shenanigans at Hogwarts. They told her about their fantastic exit and how they embarrassed Umbridge before they left. Before she knew it, Mrs. Weasley was saying that they should get to bed.
She got up from her spot next to George to say goodbye to Remus.
"Thank you for everything, Uncle Remus." she said and embraced him.
"Don't worry about it. I loved having you around." Remus said. "I want you to be careful. You packed your potions, right?"
"Yes." Annika replied. "I'll be fine. I promise."
"Okay. Write as often as you like. And if you decide you want to come back, let me now and I'll arrange it with Dumbledore." Remus said.
"Okay." She said and hugged him one more time.
He kissed the top of her head and said,
"I love you."
"I love you, too" she said.
She wanted to cry as she watched him floo back to his place but felt two hands on her shoulder. She looked around and there was Harryon one side with Goerge on the other and she felt better.
"We should go to." Fred said after a minute.
"Right." said George and Annika turned to face him. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Annika nodded and the two kissed. They went to full out snogging until Mrs. Weasley cleared her throat. They broke apart and Fred and George apparated back to their flat. Mrs. Weasley ushered everyone else upstairs. Harry and Ron wited until they were sure Mrs. Weasley was nowhere around to say goodnight to Hermione and Ginny.
Once the girls were in their room and changing, Ginny spoke,
"Hey Anni, aren't you excited that George is going back with us?"
"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" Annika asked not sure if she should be offended.
"You just didn't seem very happy about it at dinner, is all." Ginny said.
"That's because it wasn't news to me." Annika answered. "George told me on our first date."
"He told you before he told the family." Ginny was outraged.
"Relax, Gin. It was an accident." Annika said. "We were talking about me being afraid to go to Hogwarts and he said not to worry because we'd be there to protect me. I asked him what we meant and he told me they were going back."
"Okay." Ginny answered.
"We really should get to bed guys." Hermione stated.
Ginny climbed into her bed and Hermione conjured a couple of mattress out of nowhere for herself and Annika. Annika drank one of her vials, laid down on the mattress and was asleep in seconds.
The next morning was filled with last minute packing, everyone trying to get some breakfast before they left. People were bumping into eachother on the stairs. Fred and George arrived at nine and Annika found herself very distracted by George's presence. Eventually, they all piled into the ministry cars that were waiting for them and were off to Kings Cross. Annika fell asleep just as they got on the motorway. The next thing she remembered was George shaking her awake.
"Sweetie, we're here." he said.
Her eyes fluttered open and she looked around.
"Where are we?" she asked groggily. "What happened?"
"We're at the station." George answered. "You fell asleep."
"I fell asleep. Did I shake or scream or anything?" she asked. " 'Cuz I don't remember dreaming."
"You were peaceful as ever." George answered as they all piled out of the car.
Once all of their trunks were securely on the trolleys, the headed to platform nine and three quarters. They group went through the barrier two at a time. Annika went with George and was perfectly fine running towrd a solid wall. When she came out, she was amazed by what she saw. The beautiful scarlet steam engine and all the people saying goodbye to their families. She was excited to finally be going on this journey, she just wish she could've done it from the beginning.
They said their goodbyes and boarded the train. Once they found an empty compartment, Ron and Hermione had to go and meet with the Prefects and find out who the new head boy and girl were. Harry, Ginny, Fred, George, and Annika entered the compertment.
Annika sat on the right side near the door, with George next to her and Fred next to him. Harry and Ginny were on the other side sitting next to eachother. Harry had his arm around Ginny's shoulder and she was snuggled into his. George and Annika were holding hands. They spent most of the time chatting about random things, mostly quidditch. There were a few time when the conversation hit the Malfoys or Voldemort but once they realized it was there, they changed the subject. For Annika's sake. She really appreciated it.
An hour later, Ron and Hermione came back, looking like someone had told them to eat hippogriff dung. They plopped down opposite Annika and George with there arms crossed.
"What happened?" Ginny inquired. "Didn't you make head girl?"
"I did." said Hermione.
"But if that's what you wanted then why do you look so angry?" Annika asked.
"Guess who's head boy?" Ron said looking to Harry.
"Not Malfoy." Harry shook his head.
"Yup." Hermione said with a sarcastic smile.
The conversation went on but Annika didn't hear any of it. The minute Harry said he name, Annika saw Malfoy walking towards their compartment. She froze and realeased George's hand. This wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to leave her alone. She prayed he would just walk by. She watched him walk toward the compartment and wanted to warn the others but couldn't move her mouth. She couldn't even register the others trying to get her attention. Then he was in the doorway and three of his friends whom she recognized as Death Eaters, Crabbe, Goyle, and Zabini, were in the compartment.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Potter, the mudblood, the Weasels and my favorite little toy." he said and Annika tensed as he reached his had out to touch her hair.
George reached out his hand and slapped Malfoy's away. Malfoy pointed his wand at Annika's chest and she noticed her friends reacgh for theirs. Malfoy's friends already had theirs out and pointed at her friends.
"Keep your hands off of her." George said.
"Relax, Weasley." Malfoy said. "I don't want to hurt her. I just wanna talk."
"She doesn't want to talk to you!" Harry said.
Annika kept her eyes trained on the floor.
"Why don't we ask her, what she wants, Potter?" Malfoy said.
Annika felt him grab a fistful of her hair and yank her head back so she could look in his eyes. Annika felt the tears stinging but remember the threat that came along with crying and fought them back.
"Now, listen well." he said. " 'Cuz this is a warning. The Dark Lord is not pleased that he lost his toy. Niether is my father. And neither am I. And none of us are happy about you getting our only spy thrown in Azkaban. So enjoy your freedom while you can, because I can garuntee it won't last long."
He brought his lips crashing down onto hers with a bruising force. She heard a bunch of scuffling and some grunts but didn't see anything. SHe was more focused on forcing him to quit. Finally, he pulled away. Annika looked up to see her friends standing with their wands pointed at Zabini, Crabbe, and Goyle. The three had their wands pointed at her and nobody was moving.
Malfoy smirked down at her, released her and signaled for his friends to leave. The four of them left and Annika curled into George's shoulder and broke down. He stroked her hair and whispered,
"Don't worry. I swear, he won't hurt you as long as we're here. We won't let him."
Annika continued to cry until they reached Hogwarts. The sorting and Dumbledore's annoucements passed like a blur. She refused to eat because everytime she looked at Malfoy she wanted to throw up. He purposely positioned himself so she would have no choice but to look at him.
Finally, dinner was over and they were able to go to the common room. Hermione showed Annika to her private room. She kissed George goodnight.
"It's gonna be okay. I promise." he told her. "I want you to take your potion tonight. Just in case."
Annika nodded, they kissed one last time and she entered her room.
There was a beautiful foour poster bed in the center. A cherry oak dresser with a matching wardrobe in opposite corners. A chestnut desk with a chair on the otherside. Annika, not in the mood to unpack, put on her night clothes, took her potion and fell asleep instantly.
A/N: I know you're thinking, they wouldn't stand there and let Malfoy do that to her but if her life was in danger by them doing something, of course, they'd hesitate. I hope this one turned out better than my last chapter. Thank you to my loyal readers. Please review. I need feedback.