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Annie
Chapter 12
Christmas lunch was better than any Christmas she had had at the orphanage. The food was absolutely delicious and the crackers were better than expected. Even the teachers were more relaxed than normal. The only thing that dampened Annie's spirits was Celia, who kept shooting threatening looks at her. Annie was glad when the meal was over.
"Fancy going for a walk outside?" asked Tom, who was desperate to ruin the blankets of untouched snow that covered the grounds.
"Sure, but I'm going to get wrapped up."
"I'm coming too, I'm not going to freeze myself to death."
"So what's it like living in an orphanage?" asked Tom as they wandered around the lake.
"It's ok, a bit like having one big family, but I'd much rather stay here."
"But you are."
"I'll have to go back in the summer though, and I don't want to. Being here is like being home, it's like I've never known anywhere else. It just feels right."
Annie felt something hard and wet hit her in the back of the head.
"Hey, what do you think you are doing?" she cried as she turned around to face the culprit.
"The question is," sneered Celia, backing Annie up against a wall, "what do you think you are doing?"
"I don't understand..."
"Well perhaps I'll make you understand. Hold him," Celia screamed at the other two Slytherins with her, and they instantly held Tom back, to stop him from getting any teachers. "You, little orphan Annie, have really pissed me off. Thinking you're such a big shot, top in almost all of our lessons. Running to teachers just because you can't cope with a few insults." Annie widened her eyes in disbelief, and stared at Tom over Celia's shoulder. Celia followed her gaze and gave an evil grin.
"Don't be so stupid, I saw you stay behind after the Quidditch match and I decided to stay too. It's nice to know you like us so much. And for that, I'm going to show you want happens in the real world to sneaky, dirty, orphan mudbloods like you." And with that, Celia aimed for Annie's head, causing Annie to throw her head back to dodge the flying hand, but in the process, whacking her head against the stone wall. Her vision became blurred, but before she could worry about that, Celia had punched her in the stomach. By this time, Tom had managed to break free from the other two first years, but before he could do anything, Celia just walked away, with her friends running behind. He stared as Annie burst into tears and bolted straight for the main entrance of the castle. He dashed after her, only to see her run in what he supposed was the direction of Gryffindor Tower.
AN: evil....Mwahaha