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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I had to go to a funeral. I was soo depressed, even though I went because my friend needed me there for her. But it still was so sad, I just spent the week burying myself in my school work, report cards are coming up! (laughs nervously) Anywho REVIEW! Hope u like the long chappie, I think you guys deserve it!

Oh yea sorry for Spell/Gramm errors my bro has been bugging me to get off for the whole few hours I've been on!

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CHAPTER 11: Healing Scars

Anna sighed as she collapsed into her assigned seat in Transfiguration. She had to sit by Hermione if she needed help, so she didn't really have a choice.

" Anna!" Hermione greeted warmly and giving her a hug. " It's great to see you."

" You too." Anna said softly, behind Hermione's bushy hair. Anna allowed herself to smile into Hermione's hair before regaining her stiff posture. She then akwardly patted Hermione on the back as she drew away quickly.

" You need to take out your scheduale so we can compare classes." Hermione said taking out a bit of parchment. Anna followed her as she took hers out of her bookbag.

" You need to partner with Harry for Defense Against the Dark Arts." Hermione stated studying thier schedules.

" WHAT?" Anna asked, he was the last person she wanted to see. " WHY?"

" You have DADA when I have Arithmacy, see?" She asked showing Anna the scheduales.

" Why him?" Anna asked glaring at Harry's back infront of her.

" He has the same grade as me, and alot more experiance than me." Hermione stated logically, Anna groaned and put her head in her hands.

" Atleast you have Mr. Lupin this year." Hermione said trying to cheer her up. Anna nodded although didn't remember him bieng anounced at dinner.

' Then again I don't remember anything from dinner, with that annoying first year talking in my ear.' Anna thought to herself as a dark look passed over her face at the memory.

" Alright settle down!" Mcgonagall started. " We have alot of work to do this year, wich means alot of homework..."

Three classes later, it was time for lunch as Anna took her place at the end of the Gryffindor table. She pulled out her homework to get a head start and to avoid unwanted company. Anna swiftly glanced at the unwanted company, to find him sitting at the Ravenclaw table. She quickly looked down as Harry instantly made eye contact with her.

" Is this seat taken?" A deep voice beside her asked, Anna looked up to see Dean standing there with a hopeful expression.

" Sure." She said moving her bookbag. No matter how much she tried not to care, Anna couldn't help but say yes. She still had a soft spot for all of her old friends.

" What that?" Dean asked eyeing her essay.

"Transfiguration." Anna replied in a frustrated groan.

" Well, what are you working on?" He asked grabbing her parchment. Anna turned a light pink and mumbled something under her breath.

" What? I couldn't hear you." Dean said.

" I have to transfigure an animal into a goblet." Anna explained in one breath. " Look I know you must of learned this in, like, second year or something. Since I started late Professor McG-"

" It's alright Anna." Dean cut in, stopping her.

" Nothing to be embarassed about." He said with a smile.

" Oh yeah? What's more embarrasing than a sixth year doing second year homework?" She snapped.

" What Ron did the first time he tried it!" Dean exclaimed smiling.

Anna eyed the trio across at the Ravenclaw table, specifically Harry. Although she quickly looked back towards Dean as she saw the angry look on his face. Thinking that he was mad at her, although she was only half right.

" What did he do?" Anna asked shaking the image out of her head.

" Well, Ron broke his wand a few days before and tried to fix it with tape." He started, Anna already had a smile on her face.

" And?" She pressed on as he paused, taking a sip of her juice.

" He tried to turn a rat into a goblet. Although when he tried it, it transformed into a furry cup with a moving rat tail sticking out of it!"

Trying to drink and laugh didn't really work out for Anna. She snorted in her cup and started choking on the juice that was already half down her throat. She sputtered and coughed as Dean patted her back.

" I'm sorry!" Dean said, now rubbing her back. " All you alright?"

Once Anna was able to breathe normally again she laughed merrily. It was the first time she laughed since she got there. Dean felt a warm feeling in his chest that he was the one to cause her luagh and smiles. Anna wiped the tears from her eyes and rubbed her sore ribs, she leaned on his arm as her ribs shot up in pain.

" What's wrong?" He asked putting one hand around her shoulder and the other on her back to support her.

" Nothing, just a sore rib." She replied, she then turned to him with a smile. " It was worth the laugh though."

They shared another laugh as they gathered thier things and headed towards Defense Against the Dark Arts together. All the while Anna felt a headed glare on her back. Although it wasn't who she thought it was as Cho watched her leave, Harry was to busy glaring at somebody else.

Once Anna and Dean made thier way to the classroom Anna said goodby to Dean and made her way over to Harry. Only to see him standing by his seat with his arms folded, not looking very happy. She rolled her eyes and took her seat waiting for Harry to join her. When he just stood there defensivley Anna became annoyed very quickly.

" Well, are you going to sit down or stand for the rest of the class?" She hissed.

" I don't know, maybe I should ask Dean." He mocked in a girlish voice.

" Oh that's nice, is this how you treat your friends? 'Cause it would explain how you treated me!" She replied snidely.

" Oh please, Anna. I saw you two at lunch!" He replied.

" Well maybe you should pay less attention to me and more to your current girlfriend! Maybe even show her the respect that you failed to show me!" She hissed. Harry opened his mouth to retort when Anna cut in.

" Besides if you were paying so much attention to me, you would've known that me and Dean are just friends. He's the only one that's made an effort to talk to me." She explained turning in her seat. Harry just mumbled something and grumpily plopped down into his chair. Ron and Hermione watched from the entrance as Ron groaned.

" Great Hermione! You just had to pair those two up, when you know that you could just use your time turner!" He whispered pointing to a gold chain around her neck.

" I thought it would be a great idea, you know, they have to work it out sometime." Hermione mumbled.

" No, you meddled!" Ron replied knowingly.

" They can't argue forever." She snapped, mad at the fact Ron had proven her wrong.

" Oh, yes they can!" Started Ron, " How long did it take to stop arguring until we realized our feelings."

A worried look crossed Hermione's face as she didn't bother to reply. Suddenly the bell rang and she turned to leave for her class that happened to be on the other side of Hogwarts.

" Hermione, your late." Ron exclaimed, giving her a push away from the doorway.

" No I won't." She smiled as she gave her necklace a small tug. Ron sent her one last smile as he made his way to his seat, only to find Harry and Anna bickering again.

" I did try to talk to you." Harry whispered as Anna ignored him, by pretending to scan her notes. Harry knew that he had to tell her the truth, how much he missed her. Maybe then she would listen to him, or atleast even look at him.

" Anna," He took a breath, the seriousness in his voice caught Anna's attention.

" What?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

" I, I think that, uh, I mean," Harry stumbled, as Anna waited silently. " When you were gone, I-"

Although he cut off as Professor Lupin came down the stiars, looking as tired as ever. Although a smiled passed his face as he saw Harry and Anna, with other familiar faces. Although he sensed some of the other students nervousness, now all of them knew he was a werewolf.

" Ah, sorry for my tardiness." He apologised, " I tend to sleep like an old dog." Laughter rippled through the classroom as the heavy atmosphere lifted quite a bit.

" Now, we have alot to catch up on. I've heard your past DADA teachers since I left, and thier methods were, ah, intereasting." He explained politely as he whipped out his wand.

" This year we will be focusing on attack and defense spells, as well as dueling." He started, the humor in his voice gone in an instant.

" There are dark wizards, who are growing stronger and smarter everyday. You need to prepare yourself, least you should meet one." He said as he gave Anna brief glance, all the while the class focused thier eyes upon Harry and Anna.

" Now, in dueling there are certain positions one needs to assume." He started, " Would anyone like to voulenteer?" He asked.

A crowd of hands went up in the air, as the topic caught the class' intereast. Although everyone was surprised to see Anna firmly plant her hand in the air. They all thought she wouldn't participate for a while after what she went through. Although it was the exact opposite of what Anna wanted to prove, she wanted to let people to know she was strong.

" Anna, would you mind?" Lupin asked softly.

Anna whipped out her wand and joined Lupin infront of the classroom. With a wave of his wand the front transformed into a platform as the students gathered from a safe distance. Lupin explained the correct defensive position, as Anna instantly molded her body into the familiar position.

" Allright class, Anna and I are going to perform a duel, I will do everything I can to defeat her." He explained, Lupin chuckled at the students shocked expressions. They thought it hardly fair that a student had to go up agianst a teacher!

" Don't worry about your classmate." He laughed, " never underestimate the ability of a determined young women." He said seriously although Anna saw his eyes dance in laughter.

" EXPELLIARMUS!" He screamed as a pink light spiraled towards her.

Anna decided to show off a bit, and did a back flip to easily dodge the curse. Anna smirked to see her peers looking at her in awe, especially Harry. She sent a particular nasty hex his way wich he easily blocked with a simple 'protego'. After a half an hour of blocking and hexing, Anna made a mistake as her wand flew into Lupin's hand. He gave her a smile, although it soon evaporated as Anna cracked her knuckles with a smirk.

' Oh, this is going to be fun!' She thought to herself as she advanced towards Lupin.

An hour later, between dodging fists and kicks, spells and flips, Anna slipped up as Lupin sent her flying across the room. The impact was so hard that the class and Lupin gathered around her to make she was alright. Anna got up slowly as she rubbed her head and put a hand on her sore back.

" Never cracked my back that way before." She joked to wipe the worried faces off of her classmate's faces.

" Well, I want you to go to the Hospital Wing anyways." Lupin said relieved she wasn't hurt badly. Dean instantly appeared at her side and voulenteered to accompany her. Although didn't make a good impression when he accidently gripped her arm a little to hard.

" I think Harry should, he already is familiar with this topic." He said in a polite voice as he transfigured the class room back to normal.

Harry gingerly grasped her hand, although slightly smiled as no complaint came from her. As soon as they left the class bombarded Lupin with questions at how Anna could possibly know all of that. Although Lupin smiled and suggested that they ask her themselves.

" My heavens, back here so soon?" Madam Pomfrey asked as she spotted Anna being escorted into the room.

" She had a demonstration duel with Professor Lupin." Harry spoke up.

" I'm going to have to give that man a good talking to on the saftey of his students." She huffed as she made her way over to Anna.

" I voulenteered." Anna admitted as she prepared herself for a lecture. Although became surprised as Mdam Pomfrey just muttered something about careless Snapes.

" Concealio." She muttered as a spell glittered down her body as scars appeared down her body. Harry couldn't advert his eyes, as he fell into a silent shock. He also noticed a deep scar on her forehead and a healing scar under her right eye.

Madam pomfrey attended to her back and gave her another jar of healing balm for her scars. Anna gulped down her daily dose of potions as the concealment charm was placed back on her. Harry silently took her arms as they walked in silence.

" The scars," Harry started.

" From Voldemort." Anna answered sharply, Harry nodded his head in understanding.

" Why can't Madam Pomfrey heal them?" He asked softly.

" Voldemort used a cutting curse with a twist, they can only heal the muggle way." She answered in a monotone voice. On the inside she honestly had no clue why she was telling him this when she was so mad him. Harry nodded softly as he looked at her with care and conern.

" Look, I don't want us to be enemies." He blurted out, being overcome with sadness.

" Me either." Anna admitted.

" I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you or make you so sad." He admitted, Anna stopped and searched his eyes. She saw the honesty in them and nodded her head as she let out a small, 'alright.'

" Friends?" Harry asked happily.

" Friends." Anna agreed, although was caught off guard when he pulled her into a hug. Harry felt a warm feeling as she hugged him back, a feeling that he missed. He caught the familiar smell of strawberries and cream from her hair as he tightened his embrace for a moment.

Anna cleared her throat and gently pulled away, although only to find her face inches from his. For a split second Harry saw that familiar sparkle, although it left as soon as it came. They continued thier path back to the class in a peaceful silence, with a hint of longing.

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