Chapter 2: Past Lives
2 months later
Across the Atlantic Ocean there was a woman awaking to the passing planes that flew above her bedroom. She looked out the window knowing that today was going to be like any other day of her new life.
Annabelle Figg was a Professor at a Muggle university in Colorado. She moved here from England sixteen years ago. Ever since that day she left, she had been known as "Anna" but others knew her by a different name.
Anna got dressed and drove to work in her 1999 Volzwagon Beetle. Ever since she had woken up this morning, it felt as if someone was watching her every move. Every so often, she would look to the sky and yet she saw nothing. Memories of her past haunted her, and yet she told herself that she was just being paranoid.
Anna went to her office that was located in the math and science building and sat down. She closed all of her blinds and locked the door, and then she pulled up her sleeve and saw the mark pulsating. She was terribly frightened because the mark had not appeared on her skin since the day she fled. She had tried for sixteen years to escape the pain, and escape the horror, that life was like when Voldermort was in power. Anna looked to the clock and saw that it was time to go to her chemistry class. She pushed down her sleeve, and walked out the door with her briefcase.
Anna taught Chemistry at the University because she was most qualified for the position. Her previous experiences in her "past" life with substances and experimenting had provided her with a good background. She had been teaching for some years now, and found Chemistry to be closely related to Potions.
Anna felt the mark burn every morning for the next week and her fears of her past life haunting her were becoming more real. Anna had sworn that she saw a green phoenix following her all day. Everywhere she looked, she saw the people in robes that she use to be a part of. It was funny that she had not really noticed them as much in sixteen years, as she had this past week. It was now evening time and Anna had spotted the green phoenix again. She became very scared and she drove to her house as quickly as possible. She locked all the doors, and sat in the living room telling herself that she was just being paranoid.
"Hello, Ms. Figg, you are an extremely hard person to find. Do you know that?" A man dressed in black pants and a white tee shirt spoke out, who was now standing in her living room looking at her.
"Snape! What the bloody hell are you doing here?" Anna spoke harshly as she started to back away from him.
"Listen, Figg I have come to take you back to Hogwarts whether you like it or not!" Snape hissed.
"I am not going anywhere, especially with you!" She yelled back.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, a pureblood like you living like a Muggle!" Snape said as he sat on one of her chairs.
"Jesus, Snape, were you even there, did you see Voldermort try to kill me!" She yelled.
"Look, you or I did not choose the life we have, we were destined for it, and you can not runaway from your destiny, as much as you try." Snape said.
"Well I have done a pretty damm good job so far!" Anna said.
"Look, Dumbledore can not fight Voldermort alone. You are the last Phoenix that is not at Hogwarts." Snape said.
"I am not a Phoenix any more!" Anna yelled.
"Oh yes you are, we live by the light!" Snape hissed as he took out his wand being fed up with her defensiveness, and pointed it at her.
"Where is your stuff?" Snape asked, referring to her wand and robes. He still pointed his wand at her.
"It's…it's in the attic." She said wearily.
"Accio trunk!" Snape shouted as the trunk came flying down from the attic.
"Look you can come with me on your own will or you can come under my will." Snape hissed.
"You wouldn't dare!" She hissed.
"Watch me!" Snape threatened.
"Accio wand!" Anna yelled as the wand came flying into her hand.
"Pertrificus Totallus!" Snape muttered before she could even think of a curse to put on him. Anna fell to the ground and Snape raised her over his shoulder. He then grabbed the trunk in his hands and disapperated with a "pop."
They arrived a moment later in Hogsmeade. Snape continued to carry her and her trunk to the Hogwarts grounds.
"Severus! What on earth are you doing?" Minivera said worried.
"Ah hush up, Ms. Figg was not that willing to come back with me so I took it into my own liberty." Snape said.
"Dumbledore will not approve of this!" She hissed.
"All Dumbledore said was to bring her back, so I did. Enough said." Snape said as he walked up the stairs to the Faculty wing.
Snape opened the door to an empty room and laid her down in the bed. Knowing that she would wake soon, Snape put her trunk down, took out the crystal from his pocket and placed it on her dresser.
"You are Annabelle Figg, Order of the Phoenix!" Snape said and closed the door.
2 months later
Across the Atlantic Ocean there was a woman awaking to the passing planes that flew above her bedroom. She looked out the window knowing that today was going to be like any other day of her new life.
Annabelle Figg was a Professor at a Muggle university in Colorado. She moved here from England sixteen years ago. Ever since that day she left, she had been known as "Anna" but others knew her by a different name.
Anna got dressed and drove to work in her 1999 Volzwagon Beetle. Ever since she had woken up this morning, it felt as if someone was watching her every move. Every so often, she would look to the sky and yet she saw nothing. Memories of her past haunted her, and yet she told herself that she was just being paranoid.
Anna went to her office that was located in the math and science building and sat down. She closed all of her blinds and locked the door, and then she pulled up her sleeve and saw the mark pulsating. She was terribly frightened because the mark had not appeared on her skin since the day she fled. She had tried for sixteen years to escape the pain, and escape the horror, that life was like when Voldermort was in power. Anna looked to the clock and saw that it was time to go to her chemistry class. She pushed down her sleeve, and walked out the door with her briefcase.
Anna taught Chemistry at the University because she was most qualified for the position. Her previous experiences in her "past" life with substances and experimenting had provided her with a good background. She had been teaching for some years now, and found Chemistry to be closely related to Potions.
Anna felt the mark burn every morning for the next week and her fears of her past life haunting her were becoming more real. Anna had sworn that she saw a green phoenix following her all day. Everywhere she looked, she saw the people in robes that she use to be a part of. It was funny that she had not really noticed them as much in sixteen years, as she had this past week. It was now evening time and Anna had spotted the green phoenix again. She became very scared and she drove to her house as quickly as possible. She locked all the doors, and sat in the living room telling herself that she was just being paranoid.
"Hello, Ms. Figg, you are an extremely hard person to find. Do you know that?" A man dressed in black pants and a white tee shirt spoke out, who was now standing in her living room looking at her.
"Snape! What the bloody hell are you doing here?" Anna spoke harshly as she started to back away from him.
"Listen, Figg I have come to take you back to Hogwarts whether you like it or not!" Snape hissed.
"I am not going anywhere, especially with you!" She yelled back.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, a pureblood like you living like a Muggle!" Snape said as he sat on one of her chairs.
"Jesus, Snape, were you even there, did you see Voldermort try to kill me!" She yelled.
"Look, you or I did not choose the life we have, we were destined for it, and you can not runaway from your destiny, as much as you try." Snape said.
"Well I have done a pretty damm good job so far!" Anna said.
"Look, Dumbledore can not fight Voldermort alone. You are the last Phoenix that is not at Hogwarts." Snape said.
"I am not a Phoenix any more!" Anna yelled.
"Oh yes you are, we live by the light!" Snape hissed as he took out his wand being fed up with her defensiveness, and pointed it at her.
"Where is your stuff?" Snape asked, referring to her wand and robes. He still pointed his wand at her.
"It's…it's in the attic." She said wearily.
"Accio trunk!" Snape shouted as the trunk came flying down from the attic.
"Look you can come with me on your own will or you can come under my will." Snape hissed.
"You wouldn't dare!" She hissed.
"Watch me!" Snape threatened.
"Accio wand!" Anna yelled as the wand came flying into her hand.
"Pertrificus Totallus!" Snape muttered before she could even think of a curse to put on him. Anna fell to the ground and Snape raised her over his shoulder. He then grabbed the trunk in his hands and disapperated with a "pop."
They arrived a moment later in Hogsmeade. Snape continued to carry her and her trunk to the Hogwarts grounds.
"Severus! What on earth are you doing?" Minivera said worried.
"Ah hush up, Ms. Figg was not that willing to come back with me so I took it into my own liberty." Snape said.
"Dumbledore will not approve of this!" She hissed.
"All Dumbledore said was to bring her back, so I did. Enough said." Snape said as he walked up the stairs to the Faculty wing.
Snape opened the door to an empty room and laid her down in the bed. Knowing that she would wake soon, Snape put her trunk down, took out the crystal from his pocket and placed it on her dresser.
"You are Annabelle Figg, Order of the Phoenix!" Snape said and closed the door.
