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Lena: aaaarrrggghhhhh so many questions and yet I can't answer them yet because I havent written those chapters yet. Mwahaha.

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Annie

Chapter 16

Once Poppy had made sure that Annie was left in the capable hands of Minerva, she quickly made her way to the headmaster's office. She knocked gingerly on the door, wringing her hands in a nervous frenzy. It wasn't every day you walked into the Headmasters office and started questioning a student's history. She entered having heard the usual 'come in' and nervously walked up to the headmaster's desk, feeling like a student herself.

"Ah Poppy what can I do for?" Albus asked.

Poppy sat down in front of the desk. 'It's about Annie."

"What about her exactly?"

"About what you said about her being Minerva's niece." Poppy took a deep breath. "I think you may be right." Poppy expected Albus to be shocked, or at least curious as to why she thought so, but instead he just smiled. "It's just," she continued, "the way they looked at me just now, was, identical almost." She sighed. "Just like they used to be."

"I knew someone would see it eventually," Albus commented.

"But what do we do? Annie obviously doesn't remember anything. What could have happened to her?" Poppy asked almost tearfully. Albus patted her hand.

"We'll find a way." He thought for a moment. "Do you remember the Memorious spell?"

"The spell that retrieves memories?"

"Yes."

"You're suggesting we use that on her?" Poppy gasped. "But it's not the most, shall we say, comfortable spell to use."

"Have you any other ideas?"

Poppy shook her head.

"Mind you, Minerva must find out nothing about this."

"But why? If Annie is her niece, surely she would want to know?"

"As you said to me a few days ago Poppy, Minerva doesn't need to be reminded of this, or of Annie, and if it turned out that Annie was not her niece, then it would shatter her even more. We can't get her hopes up."

"So what do we tell Annie?"

"We'll have to tell her. In the end it will be up to her, but I've heard on the grapevine that she is extremely curious as to why she can't remember the first half of her life. Even if she isn't Anni McGonagall, at least she would know what happened all those years ago."

Poppy had to agree with Albus on that. "When should we do it? Annie won't remember straight away. It takes a certain object, or person, or incident for someone to remember."

"Then as soon as possible Poppy. She's waited long enough."

Woo hoo. Havent started the next chappie yet but don't worry its on its way.