They followed Remus to the drawing room, and upon entering they found a teenage boy that looked no older than them. He was around six foot with a muscular build. He was wearing a heavy black trench coat, even though it was blazing hot outside. He smiled and nodded to them all.
"Everyone, this is Eden Moseley. Eden, this is everyone," Remus said, and introduced all of them to the boy Eden. "Eden is the newest member of the Order."
"I see," Anna said, eyeing him suspiciously. Shaking it off, she turned to Remus. "I think I'll go study for my O.W.L.'s." She turned and left the room, with the rest still standing there with Eden and Remus. Remus raised an eyebrow, and then sighed.
"Well at least she hasn't taken after her father," she said, then led Eden out of the room.
"Studying, yeah right," said Fred, as he sat down in one of the chairs and took a bite of an apple off the table. "More like devising a plan to get rid of that chap. I should go help her."
"Get rid of Eden? Why would she do that?" asked Hermione, as she too took a seat.
"Because he's been assigned to be her guardian," answered George. The rest took seats as well.
"Guardian?" Harry asked.
"You know when people were assigned to follow you last year, Harry? Well, it's like that, only one person gets to, and they go with you everywhere. Anneliese has gone through about three in the past month."
"I guess she's more like her father than Remus thinks," Ron said.
"I don't know why he thinks that," said Hermione. ""It's obvious she's just like Sirius. I've known her for a day and I've already figured that out."
"I just think Remus is trying to get himself to believe she's not." Fred said.
"What's so wrong with that?" Harry asked. "Sirius was a good man!"
"Yes, he was a good man," said Hermione. "But he acted rash and was uncareful of a lot of things."
"I don't see how you can call Anna 'rash' and 'uncareful'. I haven't seen any evidence of that," Harry said.
"Well you haven't been paying very close attention then, have you?" Hermione said.
"Oh, he's been paying attention, alright," Fred said, grinning. "To her back ----"
"Fred!" Mrs. Weasley said, sternly as she entered the room. "Don't you dare finish that sentence!"
"Yes, mum," he said, and the Weasley children burst into silent laughter, but were unsuccessful in hiding their laughter from Mrs. Weasley.
"Laugh while you can, children," she said, and continued. "Lunch is ready in the dining room." She left the room.
They all left the drawing room and went to the dining room. As they entered they could tell that the Order had just had a meeting. They members that hadn't left immediately, but had stayed to talk, were now filing out through the door. Tallest of them all, and still talking, was Dumbledore. As they approached the table he looked at them, smiled his warm, blue-eye- twinkling smile, said his goodbyes, and departed.
Bill, Edan, and Remus were discussing something, while Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were as well. Anna sat in the very last seat, with pieces of parchment scattered in her space. She hadn't touched her sandwich. As they approached her she attempted to collect all the pieces of parchment in her arms, but resulted in knocking over her ink bottle.
While she cleaned the mess up with a rag, Fred grabbed a piece of parchment out of Anna's arms. She tried to snatch it back, but he held it out of her reach and read it loud enough for the ones closest to them to hear.
"'Plans to get rid of Moseley! Badger him,' come now, Anneliese, you can do better than that! Why don't you lock him in a dungeon and don't let him out for a few days?" He continued reading down the list "'Ignore him', oh believe me, that never works. 'Lead him to the Forbidden Forest and conveniently 'forget' about him.' "Fred thought for a minute. "This is pretty impressive! You'll have him gone in no time!"
Anna ripped it out of his hand and put it into her pile. She raised her wand, said the vanishing spell, and the pile disappeared. She wiped the rest of the ink up and threw the rag on the floor under the table. Her hands had many dark scarlet stains from the ink. She looked bitter.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Hermione asked Anna, who was staring unblinkingly into empty space.
"Not hungry," Anna said shortly.
"Come on, you have to eat something," Hermione said to her.
"I don't feel like eating," she said, with a faraway look in her eye.
"Whatever you say," Hermione said uneasily, and continued eating her lunch.
Anna sat there most of the day, doing nothing but staring at nothing in particular with her chin resting on her hand. She looked deep in thought, and would not answer to anyone. Remus finally sat down by her and talked to her quietly, so no one else could hear.
"You want to know what's up with me?" Anna said finally, after many minutes of talking with Remus. "I'll tell you 'what's up' with me! You for some reason, think that I need a bodyguard with me 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You've given me four in the last month. Four! My father just died, and finally when I'm happy, you send out for a replacement guardian!" She was now on her feet, yelling at Remus. He stood up.
"You want to know why I hire guardians for you?" His voice was steadily rising in anger. "I hire you guardians because I don't want you to have the same fate your father did! You and Harry are the last living relatives of my best friends! I only want the best for you!"
"Then why don't you get him a bodyguard? Why not get "the famous Harry Potter" someone to watch his every move?"
"Because you now are in more danger than Harry!" There was silence. They and everyone around them were stunned, staring with bated breath. Anna was the first to speak.
"But, but, who – what – how?" she stuttered. "Voldemort's after him, how am I in more danger?"
"It's a long story, and even if I could tell you I wouldn't. I've already told you more than I was supposed to have." Anna ran up the stairs, and Remus sighed.
