Chapter Two – Realizing
A/N: Short Authors note, PLEASE READ THIS NOTE! Thanks to the people who read the first chapter, Go you! Oh, and this chapter is going on while chapter one is, like it's a sort of meanwhile thing, so while Anna's laying on her bed at the start of the first chapter, this is what the other person is doing at the same time.
Remus Lupin, approximately 300 Kilometers away from where Anna was, braced himself for the Order meeting that was about to start in a few minutes. Guests from the Order of the Phoenix started to pile in the spacious room, sitting in their seats and waiting for the signal, the arrival of their leader, their chief of the Order, Albus Dumbledore.
He was situated next to Nymphadora Tonks and Severus Snape, Tonks was okay, and he was learning to trust Snape, even if he didn't like Remus back. He thought of himself as a pretty decent man, Remus did, he was nice to anyone who was on his good side, but anyone who had experienced his bad side had basically never saw or heard of him again, So Snape was lucky Remus had never yelled at him.
Albus Dumbledore made his way though the room, to the top of the long kitchen table in the Nobel House of Black, the house where they held their meetings every week but this was the second one this week, obviously top secret important news had come in, about the new plans with the ministry of magic, who were still fully in the dark about the Order, and what Voldemort was doing at that moment.
Ever since Remus Lupin's good friend and fellow marauder, Sirius Black had died in the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange, Sirius's death eater cousin, in the fight in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic, the Order had been improved with more members and more harder work, better security and much more meetings. Remus still remembered in the department of mysteries, how Harry Potter had been lead down there believing that Sirius was being tortured, Sirius, Remus and a few more Order members went down there to stop Voldemort and his henchmen, the death-eaters, from getting the Prophecy made on Harry Potter which would give Voldemort the way to defeat Harry Potter and the Order once and for all. Which would lead to the Ministry of Magic's defeat and Voldemort would basically rule the world.
Remus's heart ached just thinking about that night, Poor Harry had been suffering a bad depression ever since that day when Sirius died. Remus lost a best friend like a brother, but Harry had lost a friend, a godfather, and now had another hole in his heart. It had been played with when Voldemort killed his parents when he was one, Lily and James, Remus's other best friends, it was all stinking Pettigrew's fault. Peter Pettigrew, the traitor. He never spoke his name, not since last year. None of this would have happened if they had never met Pettigrew, everyone would have been so happy.
It pained him to think about it, and he was choking back tears, he almost lost the fight but Dumbledore's voice awoke him from his fears. He was happy once again, for the saviour of many, Albus Dumbledore. "Remus? Remus are you with us?" His kind voice asked, Remus jumped slightly in shock but nodded in reply, Dumbledore's blue eyes held concern but still had that twinkling faith that always made Remus smile.
"As I was saying, Welcome to another Order meeting," He said in another tone, the talking stopped as Dumbledore continued, "Today, we are called here again because there is some new news on Lord Voldemort's newest hideaway," Everyone was silent, "And we have reason to believe that he is holding children captive."
As Dumbledore spoke these words, Remus was in a sense of Déjà vu. Voldemort holding children captive? Then in his mind, a small face formed, of a girl, she had pale skin, long straight eyebrows, emerald eyes, and long straight black hair with a small smile. Who was she? Then he remembered, he almost fell off his chair as he stood up.
"Oh bloody hell!" He moaned, every pair of eyes was on him, "How could I forget about Anna!?" He remembered the little girl he had tutored when he was caught captive by Voldemort, no one knew where she was but him. How could he have forgotten about her? He gave her his diary, the small girl once again filled his mind, the big shirt he had given her five years ago, the small smiles she would have on her face when he visited her, when he held her in his arms when she cried, when he taught her to read and write. A few curious glances were shot his way. He knew he would have to go through the pain of telling everyone again about Anna Michelle.
"Anna Michelle was only Five when I was caught captive by Voldemort, I was sent there to tutor her, She had been caught when she was one by her caring mother, Merriweather Michelle," Even Albus looked surprised as Remus continued, "Her mother was-was murdered on the spot, she had no choice but to give up her child after she was dead, they took Anna away and locked her up, ever so often, people would come to care for her," he was on the verge of tears, "God, Albus, the girl was only five when they-they started to torture her and leave her alone in that cabin, until they could find a suitable tutor, I decided to take the job, it was either that or die."
Remus went on telling everyone about Anna Michelle, "She was a gorgeous kid, but a weird one, since she had never seen daylight, she was convinced that night was her only friend, for the first few times I came, she ran away from me, hiding in a corner of her room. But soon she had grown accustom to my visits, and began to trust me, I taught her how to read, write, pray, all of it, I stayed with her ever since she was eleven, she was like the daughter I never had, I gave her my diary, one of which I put the key to the basement in the cabin too, but I don't think she ever read it, she didn't know my name, because I never told her, I wasn't suppose to, then, when they thought she was old enough on her own, a death-eater modified my memory, only of Anna, it was pushed out of my mind until someone talked about her again. And now, now I remember her… I remember it all."
Albus Dumbledore couldn't believe what he was hearing, Remus Lupin confessing memories he only just remembered, was this true? He trusted Remus and knew he wouldn't lie to them so he went with a soft approach, due to how distressed the man before him was. "Do you know where she is?" Remus nodded and replied in a hoarse voice.
"If she's still there, maybe she escaped, or maybe they killed her." He watched the other man gulp and try to stop the tears Dumbledore knew was coming. But Remus was strong and covered up the sign of them. Dumbledore remembered Merriweather Michelle, she didn't go to Hogwarts, but to Durmstrang, he didn't know she had a daughter though, even though he knew it would hurt Remus to question him, he had to.
"What did she look like? Explain how she acted as well, and maybe what you think Voldemort did to her." Dumbledore asked, keeping his voice cool and trying not to sound rude, "In detail if you can." Remus nodded and sighed.
"She was very attractive, attractive in the strange way, I don't know why I thought that since she was only a small child, but she was pale, very pale," Dumbledore nodded, Just like her mother, he thought, Remus also knew Merriweather Michelle, which made it even harder for him to explain Anna. "She had long black hair, unbelievably straight, she didn't talk much but most of the times she was really depressed, I could only cheer her up a little, She didn't have marks visually on her face, but on her body, it showed where they whipped her and where the curses were placed the most, she trusted me enough to show me the marks, and explain what the curses felt like, More to her appearance, it wasn't the hair that shocked me, it was how perfect her eyebrows looked, long and straight, her cheekbones were high and her nose was small, she was nothing like her mother though. But there was one thing that seemed so familiar to me."
Dumbledore nodded, "And what was that Remus?"
"Her eyes, dark jade green, weren't her mothers maybe her fathers, but they were knowledgeable they told you all you needed to know, and as if sometimes she wasn't herself." Dumbledore nodded and smiled to Remus. Remus looked up and caught his eyes, they locked into position as everyone was packing away and getting ready to leave, "What now Albus?"
"Severus, Nymphadora, Mundungus, Alastor and Remus, Please remain behind, also Molly, could you get Team B down here," Dumbledore looked at the group of people who had to stay behind, Molly Weasley nodded and went to floo to Order of the Phoenix Team B, a special organization where Reserve order members who did the day and nightly shifts on various key places, and helped the main order, Team A when they needed help, if an ambush caught order members from Team A, Team B would rush in to save as many as possible.
Molly came back after a few minutes, with news, "Team B have been called out to headquarters Albus, their just getting equipped and ready to move." Albus nodded to her and she smiled at him back, she put a hand on Remus's shoulder, "It's alright Remus, we'll get her back." Remus gave her a small smile and nodded. "Is that all you want from me Albus?" Dumbledore nodded and Molly walked out the door and to her room they shared while their kids and Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were off school, all of them were at the Nobel house of black at that moment, another part of the plan to keep Harry and his peers safe from Voldemort's harm. It looked like another was going to join the group soon enough, Harry Potter had a big heart and would most likely accept Anna in their group.
The question was now, Would Anna keep her sanity? For a person who had never seen daylight, it would be a shock for the child to meet a lot of new people, especially now that she was sixteen, he hoped she was a strong girl, and didn't doubt that she is.
Albus sat down once again and gestured the others to do so as well, he smiled as Team B Set A came in, consisting of five highly trained aurors and took their own seats. Everyone watched him expectantly, it wasn't until Severus Snape spoke in his drawling dangerous tone. "What now Headmaster?"
Albus smiled, "Now Severus, Remus and the rest of you, We are going to rescue Anna Michelle."
Whilst this was going on, up in the second room to the right, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley sat down on beanbags in the boys room. Talking about what they heard. They had used Fred and Georges now improved extendable ears to listen in on the Order's business, they had heard how distressed Remus Lupin, now once again the new defence against the dark arts teacher, tell the order about a girl named Anna Michelle.
"Who do you think she is?" Ron asked, Hermione Granger rolled her eyes and kissed him on the cheek, Ron and Hermione had been dating ever since Sirius's death, they realized that they'd need to be as strong as they could to keep Harry from breaking down again.
"It's obvious Ron, Don't you listen?" Hermione said, twirling her long brown hair with her fingers, "Professor Lupin said that she had been caught by Voldemort and has never seen daylight."
Ron looked at her shocked, "How did you know all that?" Ginny and Hermione rolled their eyes and smiled, Harry smiled sadly as well, something he hadn't done in a while.
"Some of us actually listen Ron." Ginny said, smiling wider, Ron stuck his tongue out at his younger sister, and Ginny gave him the finger, she had changed a lot in a few years, now about to start fifth year, she had grown more mature and had dated more guys than Ron and Harry had done with girls. Ron still was a trouble maker, now like his brothers, even though he was sixth year prefect with Hermione again.
"For god sakes Ron, don't you listen at all, Remus even described what she looked like!" Harry said angrily, staring out the window, he knew what Anna Michelle must feel like, never knowing either of your parents and being locked in a hellhole, but she had it way more bad than him, he never thought anyone could have it badder than him… but Anna… for some reason, unlike everyone else, he understood her and pitied her even if she didn't want pity, like he didn't for his godfather's death. He was starting to accept it now, for once.
Team B Set A and the group of Albus Dumbledore's Team A members arrived in the forest which surrounded where Anna's cabin supposedly was, Remus Lupin prayed that she was still there that no one had touched her. He then realized how much he wanted to hold her again, for her to live a normal life. He loved her like a daughter, and he thought she loved him like a father, but would she accept him now that he had to leave her before.
There it was, he thought after an hour of leading the team through the forest, his accurate werewolf hearing and finding worked even when he was in his human form, he had never wrote in his diary about his transformations, and thus, never told Anna.
A million emotions were running through him as he approached the house silently, it was even smaller than he remembered, if he could think clearly, he registered that the man who delivered food to her, Avery his name was, had done it earlier that day. He could almost sense her fear as he knocked once on the door, two of the Team B members were talking as he knocked, he thought he heard something, but no one was there. He hoped, he prayed that Anna was alive.
Another knock, Albus touched his shoulder and then smiled, raised his wand and whispered, "Knockus!" With a tone of pressure. The door fell of it's hinges and they were about to walk in when Remus stopped them.
"Let me go first." Albus nodded and Remus moved into the room.
A/N: Another Evil Cliffhanger, this chapter was sort of boring I know, but I had to explain who the people at the door was in another point of view, it also tells you that the trio and Ginny have a basic knowledge of Anna. The next chapter will hopefully be longer, but if it is shorter, please don't flame I put as much time and effort into every chapter of this story. So please respect that. In the next chapter, Reunions are made, it might be a little teary. Sorry for the boring chappie, hopefully you'll forgive me. But please tell me how you feel, it will only take another few seconds by clicking the review button, I like to know that people read this. Thanks! C'ya.