The three waited for a week and on the seventh day were brought a letter informing them Aniu was going to stay. Much of the convincing had come from the twins. Aniu did not use her magic unless it was in defense or asked of her by a teacher or for her own benefit. Whatever spells were flung at her she did not try to deflect them. Aniu defended those still smaller and weaker then the ones who picked on them.

Aniu had a lonely life in the Slytherin house. she dealt with the daily tricks and teasing. But they seemed to roll from her skin. Poppy worried about her more then ever having seen the child in her ward twice for being knocked on the head to hard. Salizar Slytherin while her could not leave his own Portrait heard it from ghost around the school.

He thought it was a stupid thing to do. To not fight back entirely. It was like giving up. He told her this one-day after she returned from her stay in the hospital. He told her that she was a failiar fore giving up. That she was not a brave girl but a cowardly brat. This angered the girl making her stomp off to the next Quidditch game wearing Bright yellow for the
Hufflepuff house and cheered them on loudly.

When the snakes thought they would jinx her she used her magic to deflect it. The twins smiled when they witnessed her being herself again.

"Come on Or we'll miss the post, again." Leon said pulling his brother along with him. Aniu smiled at them. The post was dropped in for most. Regent came down and put the package in front of the werewolf. It was rather large and Regent looked a great deal tired from carrying it. He perched himself on Aniu's shoulder and stayed there.

Inside the package was an empty book. The cover was good black leather. "Here this fell out of it." Noel passed her a piece of paper.

This diary is yours and yours alone. To write whatever you wish in it. To write what you feel when you feel it. To tell secrets to that we will never know. It is yours and use it well. See you at Christmas.

Aniu looked at the book. She had a free period next. "I'm going to go. See you after my last class." she left them. Regent sat on her shoulder nuzzling her head. Aniu went out into an empty courtyard and sat under the tree and began to write.

Tuesday, November 7

My name is Aniu Esmarelda Snape. I'm the adopted daughter of Severus Snape, a renowned potions master and teacher. He and two others, Remus J. Lupin and Sirius O. Black, raised me. I'm twelve years of age and a second year in Slytherin. I don't like my house, but that's another story.

I'm a werewolf. Which makes me a half -blood. Have been for as long as I can remember. It's part of the reason why I have Severus as my papa. I was found in a basement during a raid and was taken in. They raised me, loved me and taught me. They saved me from what would most likely be death or loneliness. Either way you look at it my existence would have had no purpose. Remus is a werewolf himself and has been one since he was but seven years old.

He helped me during the full moon. They showed me the joys of a family. What a Christmas, birthday, Halloween and new year were. It wasn't until they took me away from that place did I know what snow was. Before I felt sunlight on my skin. I hadn't known anything about the outside world. I knew I had a name and it was Aniu. But I did not know of grass or flowers. I lived of rats, insects and whatever scrapes I could be given.

At the age of eight I came into my elemental magic. I'm a powerful witch for my age. I know magic very well and use it to the best of my ability. It does not take much of me. My elemental magic fuals my natural magic. I was sent to Romania with my Uncle Charlie to learn from a man he worked with. It also came with the job of working in the nursery with dragons. That was where I made my first friend.

Upon one of the times I had returned home for the moon I found my family in an attic cleaning it out. There I found four swords, after a few days papa agreed to teach me in the ways of swordsmanship. I know the knight's code. In a way I live by it without using a blade. Being a witch I use magic. As I said before I was sorted into the house Of Slytherin. Named for one of the founders of the school I go to. Hogwarts, where witches and wizards are trained. The four houses Named for Salizar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff.

I dislike my house with a passion. It is a house for the cunning and powerful. I was placed there for cunning but among all my power. My magic is strong and exceeds those of my year and some others as well. I'm not a Slytherin. Salizar himself (well his portrait) told me this. He tells me I'm more of a Gryffindor. While my two friends a pair of twins named Leon and Noel are in Hufflepuff. We met on the train and said to stay friends to not let the house judge us and we've stuck to it.

I defend the weak. My own house is full of so called pure blood bullies. They push younger students from other houses around because they think they are the best. That muggle borns are filthy and half bloods are blood traitors. I don't think my papa, Uncle Moony (Remus) and Uncle Padfoot (Sirius) would mind if I married a muggle as long as he could accept me for who and what I am and I was happy with him. I doubt I'll ever marry. No man what's a beast for a wife.

It really doesn't matter to me. I'm very happy with my freedom. Not being tied down I will go wherever I please. Sini, a water dragon I cared for in Romania, and I will travel. Fly free and high in the sky with nothing to stop us from doing so. Being a werewolf is hard in the wizarding word. Muggles don't notice that werewolves live with them. They do not know why Remus takes off time each month for three days. They don't bother to ask. Where as in my world you are shunned and looked down upon.

People will think of you as a wild, mindless and violent beast. Wolfsbane helps I can keep a human mind during the mind. It keeps me from attacking my papa. But I have to take a break form it till I'm done growing at sixteen. When I grow there is too little in the potion to keep Sage (the wolf) under control. we slip between the two minds. If I have to much then I vomit the extra back up. It wears on Sage and myself. we wait or the day to take it without consequence.

I'll end this entry here for I have to see my owl Regent back to the owl house and get to my next class.

Aniu closed the diary and took Regent to the owl house before heading to herbiology taught by Professor Longbottom.