Hi guys, I'm trying my hardest to update but its difficult. I'm a very lazy person. I also finished this chapter then, me being an idiot forgot to save it and so I had to rewrite it. Did you enjoy the last chapter? Did I do an okay job on it? Well here's what I got for you, enjoy!

I sat there against the door for what seemed like a long time. Might have only been ten minutes. It didn't really matter to me. My parents... gone, my sister... better off dead at this point. Teddy had given up at the door obviously getting the hint I wanted to be alone but I wasn't sure he had left yet.

My head hurt. My throat was sore. My eyes burned and face felt stiff. I sniffled to keep my nose from leaking as well. Merry Christmas. I thought over and over again. I could just picture Dolumuritz laughing at me and my sorrow. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

"Ana," I heard from just outside the door. "Please come out. You know we can help, me and Harry."

"No." I strained to reply. It was evident in my voice I had been crying. "Why don't you go back downstairs and enjoy your Christmas?"

"What do you need Ana? Anything at all."

I wanted my parents back. I wanted Isabelle to be okay. I wanted to feel safe again, like I was sending those letters to be helpful, but Teddy couldn't fix my mistakes. "A hug." I replied quietly. I stood up and walked away from the door. My body felt stiff and sore.

The door opened slowly and Teddy walked in. He walked over to me and gave me a strong hug. I didn't hug back for a while. Just stood there, unaffected by it. I did give in however wrapping my arms around his waist. It was comforting but the gesture reminded me of my sister. She loved to hug people. She would hug me almost every day when I got home from school. The thought made more tears spill from my eyes and I lifted my chin up and rested it on Teddy's shoulder to keep it as dry as possible.

"I know it doesn't seem like it but we can help. Me and Harry, we understand what you are going through."... but they didn't. They would never understand. They had lost there families before they could remember. Before they could grow attached. But I couldn't say that out loud. So I just nodded, hoping he could feel it on his shoulder.

"Teddy? What do you think will happen to me? Will I have to live with one of my aunts or uncles? Will they let me go to Hogwarts? What if I never see you guys again? What if-"

"Don't worry." Teddy interrupted me. "Hold on." He said then walked off. I sat down on my matrass and waited for him.

I heard murmuring downstairs and then Teddy's footsteps as he bounded up the steps. He leaped into the room like something was on his tail then sat down beside me. He took a second to catch his breath then started, " You know, Molly and Arthur have been pretty lonely since all their kids left."

I stopped him right there. "You can't honestly be suggesting-"

"It makes perfect sense Ana. You would be a lot closer to Hogwarts. You could still visit your family if you wanted to. And they really like you."

"I have only been here for a week."

"So? They practically adopted Harry after meeting him twice. They already sent a letter to Professor McGonagal, and if she agrees with the plan, she will help contact your family. Then we can get the rights to adopt you."

"You make it sound so easy." I replied then dropped my head into my hands.

I didn't tell anyone what had happened. Teddy had already told Wilbur and Emily and they tried to cheer me up as best they could. Two months went by and nobody seemed to notice. My teachers knew and would every once an a while ask how I was doing, but other than that, I was alone. It got better after a while, like I could breathe again, but the weight on my chest was still there. It didn't lift, until a day very close to the end of the year.

"Okay class," Professor Pine began, "As you all know exams are quickly approaching-" The entire class groaned. "-and part of the physical exam is to defeat a boggart. I have brought one here to practice on. So I want everyone to get in a line behind me, and as soon as it is your turn to try and best it. Since we have already completed the section I assume we all know what to do. Now everyone get behind me and I will demonstrate." Everyone was pretty reluctant, except Wilbur who waltzed up and got into line looking excited.

As soon as everyone was in line, he began. Out of the drawer jumped a snake, and Professor Pine dealt with it easily. Wilbur's boggart created a box around him. I wasn't sure if he had claustrophobia or if being excluded frightened him, but he defeat it almost as quickly as Professor Pine. Teddy's was lightening. Emily's was her dead body.

I got up there and realized I had no idea what mine was. I wasn't prepared at all for what I saw.

crack!

Out stepped Molly Weasley. She had a slight look of disgust and confusion on her face. And she spoke with a condescending tone. "Why would we want to take care of you?"

crack!

"Why do you have to be such a burden all of the time?" Teddy said rolling his eyes.

crack!

Emily and Wilbur appeared. "Why would we want to be friends with you? You're-" but I had had enough.

"RIDDIKULUS!" I shouted with so much force the boggart disappeared into a tiny explosion. The room was silent, and then Professor Pine started clapping.

"I should have expected that, coming from you. Your spell was so powerful, that the boggart died basically. I was expecting it to happen after everyone got at least one turn. Probably should have put you at the end of the line, huh?"

I looked down, not of embarrassment, but to keep others from seeing the tears that threatened to fall.

"Ana?" I looked up. The Professor seemed to dislike what he was about to say next. "I know you know the lesson, you can take the rest of the class off."

I nodded then walked to my bag as the class started to complain. "That's not fair!" I heard. "Everyone else had to face there fears. Why is hers worse than ours?"

"Ana!" Emily grabbed my arm as I walked out. "I hope you know, we would never say that about you. You are an amazing friend."

"Ya." Teddy said. "And Molly and Arthur are your family now. They would never abandon or reject you. They have almost got the rights to be your adoptive parents."

"Oh and thanks for blowing us up." Wilbur added. For the first time since my parents died, I laughed. I gave them one last sincere smile, then left. And I smiled through the tears. It still hurt like a bullet to the chest, but I finally knew why. And I knew that time would fix this bullet wound.