Anna's POV:
It had been a week since I woke up in the infirmary once more.
Madam Noelle told me that it was lack of nourishment and exhaustion, to which she quickly ordered me to stay in there to rest until the next afternoon.
I was sitting in the chair in my room, reading a book of defensive spells far more advanced than the ones that were being taught here.
I felt my brow furrow as I put the book down and picked up the book in the Dark Arts, my eyes landed on a spell, one that said was so dangerous, the killing spell wouldn't be needed, the victim would be in a coma-like state, though that's not the dangerous part. The spell causes the victim to age rapidly, meaning that if the victim was hit he or she would die exactly three days later, there was no way of undoing the spell.
"Whatcha' you reading there, Soph?" Bella asked me, as she walked in, dropping her bag on her bed as she walked by.
"Nothing much. Just some light reading." I answered, closing both books, and putting them in the bedside table drawer.
"So, are you going to tell me what happened with Tom the other night...or what?" She asked me, throwing herself on the couch, head first.
"Nothing happened. I just realized he doesn't want to be with me. He-he has different priorities at the moment." I said, willing the tears that begun to form in my eyes, willing them not to fall.
"Right... and I'm an acromantula." She retorted, snorting and rolling her eyes at me.
I sighed, shaking my head at her antics, before I reached over and grabbed her hand, to show her what happened that night after they all left.
She gasped, her jaw falling open. "I didn't know you could do that." She gasped, blinking again dazed.
"I can do a lot of things, many of which I would like to stay hidden. Not of this word to anyone about this." I said, staring her down.
She quickly nodded, "That still doesn't explain why you and Tom aren't talking. You are making us all feel like we're the children whose parents are separated, having constantly to pick sides. Tom doesn't like that either. He looks irritated whenever that happens." She said, mumbling that last part, not low enough that I missed It though.
"That's not my fault, and you know it. He likes to push my buttons." I mumbled, sitting down on the bed.
'Jerkwad, always knows what buttons to push...' I think, rolling my eyes in exasperation.
"You know Denial isn't just a river in Egypt?" She said sarcastically, cackling at myannoyed expression.
"... and you know 'I told you so' has a brother? His name is 'shut the hell up'." I quipped back.
Quickly throwing a pillow at her, and rolling my eyes at her as it hit her in the face, making her cackling stop immediately as she rolled off the couch, shocked.
"Let's go, or we'll be late for dinner." She grumbled, getting off the floor scowling at the pillow as if it hit her of its own accord.
I sat there on the bed laughing my head off as she continued to glare at the pillow on the floor. She shook her head at me, before taking my hand and dragging me to the Great Hall.
She wasn't the only one worried about me not eating. Though it is my own fault.
In the last week, I skipped lunch and breakfast preferring to stay in the library reading on herbology, and other subjects just in case, I needed to retouch or remember something.
She pulled me to where Cissy and Dromeda were sitting, waiting for our arrival. Lucius and Rod were there too. I smiled at them, sitting down in between Bellatrix and Billy Avery.
"So, did you hear that this year they are holding a masquerade ball, instead of the normal Halloween ball they hold every year?" Dromeda asked us, as the food appeared.
I shook my head in response, grabbing one of the chicken pot pies and sliding it onto my plate.
"Annie, are you planning on going?" Cissy asked me, smirking.
I set my fork down slowly before looking up at her. "I don't know, I really don't feel like going. I mean, don't we have to have an escort for that type of thing?" I asked, munching on a piece of chicken from the pie.
She nodded in response, chewing on her piece of chicken.
Cissy looked to the side and smirked as she looked back at me. "Why doesn't Billy take you?" She asked, innocently; causing me to choke on a piece of chicken, and look up at her incredulously.
I heard a loud crash from the right end of the table; quickly realizing why Narcissa said that.
I turned towards the loud crash and realized that Tom was glaring at Narcissa, I knew him well enough to know he had his wand under the table and was pointing at Cissy, so I flicked my wrist and watched the spell rebound off the shield I set on her. Hitting a Hufflepuff first year in the back.
'Jealous, possessive arsehole.' I thought towards him,
'Only for you, doll.' He thought back smirkingat me in response, and then turned to talk to Dolohov.
"Remember that I want to talk to you later in my room." I said, trying to swallow the golf ball sized knot that formed in my throat
I finished my food, and excused myself, walking briskly to the Slytherin dormitories.
I could feel the stares on me as I walked towards my room.
When I reached my room, I quickly removed my cloak, kicked my shoes off and proceeded to go into the bathroom for a bath. I then proceeded to begin filling the tub with water, and poured in some lilac and jasmine bath oils, needing to relax.
I lost track of time as I slowly submerged myself into the hot water until it became lukewarm. I had just slipped on my night blue night dress on when I heard three knocks on the door in the room.
Bellatrix opened the door with Cissy and Dromeda behind her. I flicked my wrist locking it and putting an impenetrable charm on the door and a silencing spell around the room.
"How are you feeling?" Cissy asked as she sat next to me on the couch.
"Just peachy." I replied dryly, trying to smile at her but grimacing instead.
"When are you two going to stop acting so childish, and go talk like the adults you almost are?" Dromeda asked, sitting down on the chair across from me.
"Andromeda, please, let it go. I can't let this go, it's too ...much, right now...too fresh...H-he lied to me... he betrayed me." I said, biting my lower lip to keep myself from whimpering.
"No, Sophia, you listen. You have every right to be hurt. Honestly, how would you girls feel if the Tonks boy had done something like this? What about Lucius?" Bellatrix said, scowling at them, while patting my back in comfort.
"Probably the same way you are feeling right now." Cissy said, Dromeda nodding in agreement.
"Well, I know Tom feels sorry, and trust me when I say that is saying something. He has never shown an inkling of guilt, or remorse for anyone, Sophie, that's saying something." Dromeda said, kneeling in front of me.
For the next two weeks, I continued to avoid everything, except in classes or when I had to partner up with someone to brew a potion or dueling, somehow, I almost always ended up with Tom as my partner.
I was in potions working with Evangeline Monteiro on the potion Felix Felicis known as 'liquid luck'.
"Is it true that you went out with Sirius Black?" She asked cautiously.
"I did," I replied offhandedly, stirring the potion.
" I-is it true that he's only looking for one thing?" She asked.
"It depends." I said, smirking at her. " Are you interested? " I asked.
She nodded her head once, blushing.
"He's nice, enough. Just be careful." I cautioned.
I had just added the tincture of thyme and stirred, when a loud blast came from the back of the class.
I ignored what was happening around us and stirred the brew with my wand while chanting the word 'Felixempra' under my breath. Sitting back and watchingas it began to splash merrily on its own.
Slughorn rushed to see what had happened, it turned out Alice and Frank had put too much of one of the ingredients causing it to over brew, which ended up exploding all over the last two rows.
"Oh dear," Professor Slughorn said, tutting as he took in the damage.
Evangeline and I started snickering when we noticed that it wasn't them that added the extra ingredient it had been Dolohov and Sirius Black.
"Class dismissed." The professor said, a scowl on his leathery face as he took in the mess around the room.
We were on our way to Divination when Billy Avery stopped me, by pulling me aside. I took in a sharp breath and looked at him with an eyebrow raised.
"My Lady, I was wondering if you would allow me the honor of going to the ball with me come this Saturday." He said,
I almost laughed at him, but felt bad for him, realizing Tom was probably near, listening in to the conversation. "I'm not sure I will be going, but thank you, for asking and taking me into consideration. You should ask Lacy, she's in our potions class and I am pretty sure she likes you." I said, smiling as I walked into Divination.
"What was that all about? Riddle looks as if he has a wand stuck up his rear. Serves him right, bloody git." Bella whispered, giggling as the professor set the spheres in the middle of the stand on our table.
"Today I want to see what you all see. Whether it is a drawing the face or shape you see, or a prophecy you hear. You draw it, or write it this shall be your final grade until after Christmas break." She said.
Bellatrix, Cissy and I shared a look before each one of us leaned in to look into the glass sphere. I could already feel as my brain clouded, my eyes lost sight of the moment as the future began to show.
I began to feel as if I was spinning, suddenly I began to hear a feminine voice speak.
Children of the dark and the light
Shall be born in two years' time,
He who strives to get power shall fall.
Great danger is coming, heed thy warning.
I blinked twice before I snapped back into the present; feeling as if my insides began to churn wildly. I felt head begin to spin, my body began to quake, I could feel sweat forming on the back of my neck and on top of my brow.
"Sophie." Bellatrix called me, worried. Her voice suddenly becoming distorted.
I snatched her hand into my own, showing her the prophecy quickly before I was being pulled into unconsciousness.
Attempting to fight to stay conscious enough to see as someone ran towards me as I began to fall back onto the floor.