Chapter 3

It was nearing the evening and Anneliese had done nothing all day except sit outside with Tabitha. She didn't mind too much, there were plenty of gorgeous guys strolling around. Each once keeping a steady look at her as they passed. She'd wink at them and then give that beautiful smile she had. They all smiled back and then wound up falling because they tripped over something. She was such a tease and she loved it.

She did it once more and after the guy fell over, she started laughing. Tabitha looked up from the book she was so intently reading and rolled her eyes. Anneliese noticed and stopped laughing. "What?"

"You," she said.

"Me?" she questioned.

"Yeah you. What sort of satisfaction do you get in doing that? Does it just make you feel better about you and your looks? Or do you just do it because you like making those guys feel like idiots?"

"Hmm..." Anneliese thought on it. "both. It serves them right for not paying attention where they're going. I mean, I know I'm hot but…"

"Ugh." Tabitha interrupted her. She turned back to her book. "I don't want to hear you talk about yourself again."

Anneliese laughed again. She turned her head around back to the ongoing people when she saw a girl she knew. "ERIN!" she called out.

Erin heard her name being called out and looked to see Anneliese standing up and waving to her. Erin rushed over to her and gave her a hug. "Anneliese! It's so great to see you! How's your summer so far?"

"It's not too bad. This is about the only eventful thing I've done so far besides visiting the

grandparents in France. How about you?"

"A lot better. I think I've finally gotten over the move."

"Lucky you," Anneliese responded.

"Oh yeah that's right. You moved to London now, correct?"

Anneliese nodded. "Yeah, my father just packed up our stuff and we left. I miss it…"

Erin gave her another hug. "Don't worry about it hun! You're not the only one who's been

through that situation. It'll get better.

"Thanks Erin. I really hope so."

"What school did they enroll you in?"

"Hogwarts."

"Oh really? That's great. You should make friends in no time. Do you know what house you're

in yet?"

"Yeah, I'm in Slytherin. I had to go there with my mother and father at the end of June

to get sorted since they don't sort transfers with the other ones."

"Slytherin? Oh, now that's awesome. You really will love that house. It's the best one there.

Just tell them you know me and you'll make plenty of friends," she laughed "But be careful of

Draco Malfoy. He's the House prefect and resident ladies man."

As soon as Erin said Malfoy, Anneliese remembered what her father told her about the Malfoy family. He said that they were a dominant Wizarding family and they came from a long line of DE's as well as themselves. Her father was determined to form a strong alliance with Mr. Malfoy and when he found out that the Malfoys were coming to the World Cup, he immediately got tickets.

She tuned back into her conversation with Erin and laughed. "Thanks for the warning. I'll make sure to watch myself."

Erin grinned. "Well, it was great seeing you, Anneliese. Have a great time here and hopefully I'll see you around before Saturday!"

Anneliese nodded. "Yeah, same for you. See you around."

Erin waved and walked away.

Anneliese walked back to her seat just as her mother came back.

Mrs. Kraylons gave both of her daughters a kiss on the cheek. "Hello darlings. I'm going to go start dinner. Your father won't be joining us tonight; he'll be...um, dining with members of the Ministry tonight."

Dining with members of the Ministry? Anneliese thought to herself. I thought he hated the Ministry. Even though she wanted to know the answer to the question, she knew very well not to bring it up in front of her mother. Her parents didn't like answering too many questions lately. Something was going on, she didn't know what yet but she was bound to find out, one way or another. "Alright mother." Her mother disappeared into the tent.

Anneliese watched her as she disappeared. Her mother seemed so distraught lately, not her usual self.

Tabitha stood up next to her sister and put her arm around Anneliese's hip. "You okay, Anna?"

She looked down to her younger sister and smiled. "Yeah, I'm just worried about mother. That's all."

"Yeah, so am I. She and dad have been acting odd lately, something's up."

Anneliese gave her sister a half hug. "It'll be okay, Tab. I'm sure its nothing." But in the back of her mind, she knew that wasn't true.