Dear my fellow readers, I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long. I was at the hospital, but I'm doing better now. Here's the Chapter you've all been waiting for, Chapter 13. Enjoy.

Chapter 13
Books, Rivals and Quidditch

May 8th, 1990
Far End of the Library - Secluded Corner Behind the Shelves

A certain curly haired witch and her fluffy black kitten-like feline were pouring over some very large tombs for Charms, Transfiguration and Potions classes. Anna looked at one page in her Transfiguration tomb with a very confused expression, her bright ocean blue eyes changing to a very dark almost black green hue. Footsteps made her aware of someone approaching until those footsteps stopped somewhere a few shelves behind her. The footsteps started up once again, getting closer and closer until suddenly a chair scrapped out from beside her and she found herself looking into Clover's sunset framed eyes; Anna's eyes returned to their bright ocean blue hue at the sight of her as she smiled.

"I figured it'd be you," Anna smiled. "What's—ummm C? What's wrong?" she asked as she watched the tears well up in her best friends sunset eyes.

"A-Annie, I-I think I like someone," the auburn haired witch stammered.

"But that's a good thing, isn't it?" Anna asked as she turned fully to face her friend, the homework and tombs beside her forgotten immediately. Clover's feelings mattered more than her essay, besides she could just get Minnie to give her more time, if she asked for it.

Clover shook her head violently, her clip almost falling out in the process. "He has a girlfriend and he's not in Hufflepuff, Annie." the witch explained with tears in her eyes.

"What House is he in then, C?" the curly haired witch asked as her eyes flashed yellow with concern, they didn't shift yellow a lot, but they did it often enough that the Lot knew what it meant when it showed; it meant concern.

Clover swallowed the lump in her throat as she whispered. "Slytherin." Annie didn't gasp or even look surprised, she simply smiled at Clover and ushered her to tell more. "His name's Justin. You were at a table with him in Potions back in April. Rosier?"

"Oh!" Anna exclaimed, earning a very sharp "Shhhhh!" from Madam Pince; Anna gave the woman an apologetic look before she returned to her conversation with Clover. "Justin Rosier, you say? He's quite fit that one." Clover snorted a laugh and nodded in agreement. "He's quite nice, but if he's got another witch than be patient a tad, they'll break up soon. Just don't go after him the moment they break up, wait a while. Run into him here and there and make small talk. Works wonders in my opinion. Worked on Georgie." Clover giggled, then gave Anna a knowing smirk. "Oh C! Not in that way!" The auburn haired witch bursted into laughter which earned yet another very sharp "Shhhhh!" from Madam Pince.

The two girls gave her an apologetic look before they grabbed their things and left the library. Spirit jumped upon Anna's shoulders and fell asleep as she always did. The pair walked out of the library as they continued their discussion on the certain Slytherin boy.

May 20th, 1990
Hufflepuff Common Room

Clover had made Anna swear on her magic not to tell the rest of the Lot in fear of their reaction towards her crush on Justin Rosier, who's father was a big supporter of You-Know-Who; Anna had called him by his real name—having read about the devil in one of her Defence Against the Dark Arts books—Clover had shivered and asked politely for Anna not to say his name. Anna had laughed and shook her head in a joking manner, she then poked Clover on the nose. "You're incorrigible," she teased and Clover sneezed suddenly.

The girls then bursted into a fit of laughter, Clover sneeze had been so small and cute, the auburn haired witch had gasped afterwards and stared at Anna in horror. Anna couldn't have contained her giggle no matter how hard she had tried, she had started to giggle and Clover had then joined in the witches laughed until both girls had tears streaming down their cheeks and they were holding their sides.

The portrait hole opened suddenly; Mia, Irys, Holly, and Weaver appeared giggling about something Anna couldn't make out, the portrait hole closed behind them and they joined the pair in front of the cozy fire that had been magically dimmed so that they didn't boil to death.

Suddenly the portrait hole opened once again to reveal; James, Thomas, Cedric, Peter, Al, and Amos whom all joined the girls automatically without even looking at them. Jamie and Al sat on either side of Anna and the curly haired witch as per usual plopped her head in Al's lap; she reached for his hand and placed it on her head, he threaded his fingers through her hair. Amos sat next to Holly, her head fell on his shoulder; a new thing they had picked up on doing, Amos layed his head on the top of her dark red hair.

Thomas no longer sat awkwardly next to Clover, but Clover layed her head in his lap, Thomas didn't seem to mind, he took out her clip and played with her hair. Irys and Mia sat next to Peter—they were debating over who would give them more homework, McGonagall; where Anna gave them a warning glare like she always did to anyone who dare badmouth Minnie; or Snape—Weaver sat next to Cedric where the pair talked heatedly about the House Cup Finals.

The Lot settled on the subject of Quidditch, the Finals were next week; Hufflepuff vs. Gryffindor. Hufflepuff haven't won the House Cup in 5 years. The Puffs were feeling lucky; with Tonks as the Captain and best Chaser Hufflepuff has ever had, they were bound to hold off enough goals to win; and Emma Stone as their Seeker they were bound to win. If anyone was more excited then Professor Sprout it was Weaver, she was obsessed with Quidditch and you had to hand it to her; she really was Pomona Sprout's daughter at heart; Holly loved Quidditch too, just not playing it.

Anna reached into her top and pulled out the citrine necklace Jamie had given her for Christmas, she fidgeted with it when she sensed danger. Al and Jamie took immediate notice of her action; Jamie helped her sit upright and he hugged her.

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Flashback
January 1st, 1990
Hufflepuff Common Room - Boys Dormitory

James had been nervous, he kept fidgeting with his Hufflepuff tie or his sleeve. It had been her idea of course, without a shadow of a doubt in that time he had agreed without hesitation. It was time to tell the rest of the Lot about his furry little problem. Anna's eyes shifted to their light violet hue when she wanted to sooth someone; it calmed the wolf inside James instantaneously. She smiled sadly at him and gently took his hand, the pair sat on the bed facing the rest of the Lot.

"Alright love," Anna told him soothingly, James was suddenly very glad she was there. "You can tell them. Remember you lot, you all swore upon your magic to keep an open mind when Jamie confesses."

Irys was the first to speak up, she turned to James. "I'm keeping an open mind no matter what you confess Jamie. I'm on your side, no matter what."

Jamie smiled at her thankful for her own confession, it made him feel way more confident about what he had to tell them. "W-well Annie already knows, s-she found out by book and saw all the signs. Right Annie?" he turned to the curly haired witch who was still clutching his hand in support; the curly haired witch smiled at him sadly and nodded.

"It's quite sad really," she curly haired witch told the Lot. "Alright you lot, let Jamie speak." James seemed to suddenly panic; he turned and looked at her, she looked at him and whispered consoling words in his ear. His liquid gold eyes slowly returned to their natural pale green hue, there was no way that the Lot had missed the shift.

Suddenly Jamie took three steadying breathes before he looked at each member of the Lot in their turn, he ended with Anna, his eyes flashed liquid gold once more. "I'm a werewolf." he said loud enough for the room to hear, his eyes never leaving hers. After a while, the pair looked around the room to find looks of relief and sadness, but none of horror or pity; they both silently thanked Merlin for that.

Al was the first to speak up after that, he wore a smile. "You nearly gave me a heart attack mate, I thought you were going to confess about flooding the girls lavatories."

James immediately turned red as Irys and Mia turned on the werewolf with the shared gasp. "That was you!?"

James couldn't contain his smile of triumph, he rubbed the back of his head with his free hand, his other still absentmindedly in Annas. "Yea. . . sorry about that girls, I thought the Ravenclaws and Slytherins were in there." James suddenly felt eyes burning into the side of his head, he turned and found Anna glaring at him.

"I was in there too." she stated through gritted teeth.

The wolf inside him gave a yip of victory in riling up the curly haired witch. "Sorry love," he chuckled as he shrugged his shoulders. She playfully punched his shoulder and laughed.

"You do realize, you will get it back right?" Irys teased.

James, Al, Cedric, Amos, Thomas and Peter looked at her at the same time. "Yup." they chorused together.

Flashback ends

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May 25th, 1990
Hogwarts Grounds - Quidditch Pitch

"HUFFLEPUFF SCORES THE FIRST GOAL OF THE FINALS!" shouted the announcer over the screams of the Hufflepuff stands. "Scored by Hufflepuff Chaser number 3, Mya Stein!"

The Hufflepuff stands started chanting her name. "Mya! Mya! Mya!" a long dark brown haired witch soared on a Cleansweep 1700, she did a loop-de-loop mid-air and the Hufflepuffs went wild; she blew kisses towards the crowd of Hufflepuffs.

Anna, Mia, James, Weaver, Holly, Amos, Al and Cedric all gave each other a look of "oh please" as they rolled their eyes. Pete, Irys, Clover and Tommy had been caught out of bed the night before and were banned from the last match by Minnie. Anna had tried her best to persuade her, but Minnie didn't give, no matter how hard Anna's eyes shifted to the sweetest puppy eyes ever. Minnie had gave a little, but she had still refused to let the four attend the match. When everyone had started making their way towards the Pitch, the four had made the rest of the Lot swear that they'd say who won. Al, Cedric and Weaver had absolutely jumped with joy and practically shouted "Absobloodylootely!"

Suddenly James leaned in towards Anna and whispered something in her ear that made her eyes shift violet and her cheeks burn red, she playfully slapped his chest and he laughed. He pointed to the Gryffindor stands, Anna looked through her binoculars to find the Weasley Twins watching them instead of the match. She silently giggled at them, waved and then redirected their attention to the match where Hufflepuff had just blocked a goal from Gryffindor. She looked at them through her binoculars again to find the Twins arguing over who got the binoculars next; Anna rolled her eyes with a giggle before she returned her attention to the match, she found it hard to concentrate on the match in that moment, looking around with her binoculars she watched the head of bright pink hair, that was Tonks, soar around Gryffindors with the Quaffle heading towards the Gryffindor goal post.

The crowd immediately went silent when she threw the Quaffle, suddenly everything was like someone had slowed everything down . . . the Keeper went for the save . . . missed . . . the Quaffle went in and everything went to normal speed again when the Hufflepuff crowd went wild.

It was suddenly like a tiny drop of sun had zoomed past Anna and the Lot, both Seekers suddenly dived, the Snitch had been seen! As the Seekers chased the Snitch; the game itself continued. Gryffindor scored two goals; Hufflepuff ten, which left Hufflepuff in the lead by 500 points to 100.

There was suddenly cheering from down below and everyone raced to the edge of the stands to find Emma holding the Snitch up high, she war-whooped and the crowd went wild.

They hadn't needed to say it when the announcer shouted "HUFFLEPUFF WINS BY 650 POINTS!" The Hufflepuff stands erupted with victory shouts and war-whoops of joy. Weaver and Holly were jumping up and down laughing with joy. Cedric, Al and Amos all high fived whilst jumping in the air. Anna was clapping and jumping up and down with joy until someone picked her up from behind and swung her around, she laughed; her laugh was like freshly spilt pennies, as clear as day and contagious.

"James Jesse Summers!" she squealed. "Put me down." she added with another laugh. Jamie laughed, put her down, turned her around and hugged her, kissing her forehead.

She looked into his liquid gold eyes that slowly shifted back to green, she moved a messy strand of brown hair from his face and kissed his cheek. She smiled at him, her eyes flashed a beautiful violet hue, they remained that way for the rest of the night.

{~}

Hufflepuff Common Room

After dinner the Lot returned to the Kitchens to find a celebration going on in the Common Room. The Common Room had been bewitched with Silencing Charms, Confetti Bangs from Zonko's Joke Shop—courtesy of Anna—, Floating Candles from Professor Sprout—before she turned a blind eye to the party, much to her hesitation—, and strong Protection Charms for the night.

Someone had even snuck in some Butterbeer for the younger students; Firewhiskey for the older. The Lot had absolutely refused to touch the Butterbeer on account of what had happened on Halloween—without Butterbeer or "Butterbeer or Dare", the Lot enjoyed the party—.

The noise had become too much for Jamie, so Annie brought him to his Dorm—the noise getting to her too—; they shared Chocolate Frogs, traded cards, laughed, talked, and launched a few Fire Bangers out the Dorm window to watch.

As the various fireworks exploded, they filled the sky with sunset orange, sky blue, golden yellow, bright green; the night sky became a canvas of beautiful colours. Anna's eyes flashed ocean blue, her curly mane of blackberry curls even lightened out a tad; to a more plum colour then blackberry. James chuckled to himself as he watched her stare out the window. Suddenly the last Fire Banger shot into the sky and Anna gasped and ran to Jamie, quickly pulling him to the window as the last Fire Banger exploded into a sea of colours.

She stared at the sky gobsmacked, James chuckled to himself; he could kiss her and she wouldn't even notice. As more lights flashed in the sky, Anna's eyes continued to change colours, her eyes matching the sky exactly. Jamie knew he was staring at her, but he couldn't help it. The night might've still been young, but couldn't restrain himself when he kissed her. She gasped on his lips, then realized what was happening and much to the werewolf inside him surprise; she kissed him back almost automatically.

Suddenly they heard someone coming, the pair parted as the Dormitory door opened to reveal Amos, Holly, Weaver, Clover, Al, Thomas, Peter, Irys, Mia, and Cedric; the rest of the Lot all pilled in laughing. Al and Mia plopped on Al's bed, Irys and Peter on Peter's, Amos and Holly on Amos', Tommy and Weaver on Tommy's, Clover and Cedric plopped their butts on the floor laughing. Anna was about to speak, but Jamie beat her to her question. "What'd we miss?"

Mia was the first to finish laughing, she sat up and looked at the pair; each in their turn, the pair tried their best to look innocent. "Someone invited the Weasley Twins . . . well one of them at least cause Helga opened up for him and let him in. He was looking for you, Annie; said he had something for you."

Anna was once again about to reply, when Jamie cut her off once again. "Who gave him the password? Did you ask him that?"

This time Amos spoke up. "Of course we did mate, we're laughing cause apparently he got the password from a Slytherin." Anna almost snapped at that point, her mane sparked and her violet eyes for the night became a deep menacing plum that gave the rest of the Lot shivers. Anna suddenly stormed out of the room muttering under her breath, they only caught a few words here and there. "Bloody . . . son of a wizard . . . fucking Rosier."

The door slammed behind her and the Lot exchanged looks, all of them silently debating whether or not to follow her; they chose not to follow her. Following her when she was like that would lead to a huge argument, like the one they all had after Halloween, the girls left the Dormitory after a while bidding the boys goodnight. The boys fell asleep almost instantaneously, but James tossed and turned, it was well passed midnight when he realized he wouldn't be falling asleep anytime soon, the day after the new moon was that night. James was used to not sleeping the night of and after the new moon, he quietly got out of bed, grabbed his wand and tiptoed to the door, where he slowly opened it and slipped out. He walked down the stairs to go and sit by the fire, much to his surprise he found a certain black haired witch sitting there too. Her hair was split in the middle and came down in two braids.

"Hey Weave," he whispered as he sat beside her. "What are you doing up so late?" She looked at him and he almost gasped, she had tears running down her cheeks. He quickly sat beside her, his arms wrapped automatically around her and she buried her face into the crook of his neck and fully broke, she sobbed into his neck. "What's wrong love?" he finally asked after she calmed down a little.

She gave a sniff and looked at him, her emerald green eyes shining with tears. "I-i," she stammered. "I just got rejected." she finally whispered.

Jamie was surprised, Weaver Hibiscus Sprout? Rejected? "By who?" he asked.

"By one of the Twins," she admitted.

"Which one?" he asked, he knew she was talking about the Weasley Twins, whom else would she be talking about?

"Fred Weasley." she said, her emerald eyes glazed over again and she sniffed.

James hugged her tightly. "Don't worry love, we'll get the Lot—"

"No!" she cut him off. "No one must know about this, I trust you and Annie; just you two. Please, don't get the rest involved."

"Don't get the rest of who, involved in what?" A voice said from behind them, James looked up to find Annie rubbing her eyes in her childish cat-like way.

"It's alright Weave, it's just Annie." he soothed the ebony haired witch. "Come sit love, the three of us need to talk." Annie joined the pair and Weave told her everything, by the time she was done it was nearly 4 o'clock in the morning on Annie's watch. Annie was in a dangerous mood.

"Ok Weave, tell me one more time," Anna asked, her ocean blue eyes; ice cold. "How did the conversation start."

"Okay, well . . ." Weave started, finally she sighed and retold what had happened when Fred had rejected her. "I was wandering the corridors when I saw two people ahead of me, they had some sort of map with them because one minute they were a few feet in front of me and the next they were gone through some sort of secret passage. So I followed them and when I came to the clearing; I found myself inside Honeyduke's cellar and I could hear the Twins up in the shop—"

Anna cut in. "So wait, you went through the One-Eyed Witches Hump?"

Weave nodded, then gave Anna a suspicious look. "How did you know where it was?"

Anna giggled. "Cause over March break, Fred brought me there. When I said I'd behave, you should've known I'd get into mischief one way or another."

James rolled his green eyes and laughed. Weave spoke up. "And did he have some sort of map with him?"

Anna nodded. "Yea, the Marauder's Map. He and George nicked it from Filch's office. They've been using it to get around the castle all year."

"Annie, why didn't you ever tell us this?" Jamie asked.

Anna laughed. "Cause it wasn't important until now."

Dear Readers,
One final Note, I'll try to update as soon as I can.

Love,
~ T. T. Zoldy