Ok my second story! And don't worry; Change Of Life will be updated soon. Just as soon as I get my creative butt working on chap 7 and I will soon. Hopefully, but i doubt that i will kick in...
But ok enjoy the new story and do not think on the title b/c it will be eventually explained. I hope. I don't even know...sad really….
Ok we all know how the disclaimer works, so yah I don't own HP blah but I own Lady Rache, and her family and I don't own any name from the Sevenwaters Trilogy (Which is an awesome book series. I suggest u read them)
Ok peopleThis is normal speech
This is a vision
This is a thought
This is raven speech
This is the weird voice
This is Parsaltongue SsSsAs for the songs on last chapter:
They were (In the order they were "Played")
K.T.Tunstall- Silent Sea
Skye Sweetnam- Tangled Up In Me
K.T.Tunstall- Black Horse & A Cherry Tree
Lost Prophets- Rooftops
Chapter 20: Ready For This Harry?
" Please…. anyone…help." Anne cried out from the floor of Severus's study, her head feeling like it was being split in half.
Anne was falling in-between consciousness and dream world, but she was still able to hear the door open and hurried footsteps.
" Anne, came you hear me?" Severus called to her.
She nodded, sending waves of pain rocketing through her head.
" What's wrong?" her father asked, cradling her head in his lap.
" I… I don't know… head feels like it's being split…" Anne gasped out.
" Anne, did you drink any blood wine at Jake's?" Finbar's voice called to her.
" Yes… why?" Anne responded, looking up at him through blurred pale pink eyes.
" You shouldn't have had any. Younglings can die from that. They even get ill in their sixteenth year. You can only safely drink it after your turned. Jake didn't know this because he was an only child, but I assumed you knew, Conor." Finbar said, looking from Anne to Conor, who shook his head.
Finbar looked up Severus while picking Anne up.
" You need to retrieve two bottles of each of the following: Pain Reducer, Fever Reducer, Dreamless Sleep and Restful Sleep. We may be in for a long night, so hurry!" He moved to Anne's room and placed her under the covers.
" Fin, what wrong with me?" Anne asked weakly.
" Blood poisoning, owl." He responded, brushing stray hairs from her eyes.
Severus walked back in with the potions and at once, Finbar grabbed one of each and poured them down her throat.
Anne's vision blurred even more and her eyes drooped.
" Go sleep little one. You should feel better in the morning." Finbar said, kissing her forehead.
" Night, Fin." Anne answered, already sleeping.
Anne woke to a bed full of lumps. She lifted her head up to an amazing sight. There were three figures lying next to her, making it even tougher for her to move around. Finbar was sleeping on her left, facing her back. Conor was on her right, facing her front, an arm draped over her waist. The third figure was Jamie, sleeping at the foot of the bed, draped over her, Finbar and Conor's feet. But there was another figure by the bed and was in a chair and was barely awake.
" You look the most uncomfortable, dad." Anne said to Severus.
His head shot up and he smirked at her.
" Well, when your stuck in a chair for twelve hours, you tend to be uncomfortable." He responded, grinning as he glared at the three sleeping figures.
Anne grinned back and pulled her arms out from under the blankets.
Somehow, Anne wormed her way outof the bed without waking any of the others and curled up in Severus's lap.
" You feeling any better, Anne?" He asked, pulling her into a hug.
"Yah dad. A lot better." Anne whispered.
" Good, now come on. I'll order breakfast." He kissed her cheek and stood up, gently placing her on the floor.
He walked out and Anne followed, smirking as she took another look at her bed.
" Hey dad, what's with the sleeping trio and joining me in my own little 'coma'?" Anne asked, sitting down at the table while Severus called for a house elf.
" You were running an extremely high fever and it took two of them to hold you down, one to hold open your mouth and one to pour the potions down you throat, because you wouldn't stop trashing about. That wiped everyone's already tired energy and so they ended up falling asleep with you." He explained, setting the plate of pancakes, French toast, waffles, scrambled eggs and sausage on the table.
" I would say that we are eating for an army, but with Jamie alone we will be lucky to get any food. So I will gorge myself on pancakes and then when they come in, I am keeping my fingers away from them." Anne laughed as she filled her plate up.
As if on cue, all three of them came bustling in, worried looks disappearing as soon as they saw Anne at the table.
" Morning sleepy heads. Breakfast is ready." Anne said, shoving a mouthful of pancakes in and ignoring the look that Severus was giving her.
" Feeling better, munchkin?" Jamie asked, grabbing the plate of French toast.
Anne glared, but nodded and felt arms encircle her.
She swallowed and looked up to see two blue eyes staring down at her.
" Morning, Conor." She said, sitting up a little straighter to plant a kiss on him.
" Morning." He answered, kissing her back.
He sat down and she stood up.
" I got school today, so I am gonna go get ready. See you four later." Anne said, kissing everyone's cheek. She stopped by Severus.
" Thanks dad." She said, hugging him.
She ran out of the kitchen and into her room, closing the door behind her. She grabbed a mix cd and threw it in her radio (which had been charmed so that although it was a muggle radio, it could play no matter how much magic there was around it.) and pushed play.
"What would you say, if this blemished face,
This blemished face with a crooked nose
Had a chance to say whatever he wanted
from his blemished world of the unknown?
Would you give a fuck if all that you heard
were nouns and verbs like shallow heartache?
The sound of victory blowing up your world, world
Fake faces everywhere I see,
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me,
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Fake faces everywhere I see,
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me,
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Oh, I heard a sick sad voice (Oh),
It was honesty, I turned to her and said,
We need to be medicated;
And you're the prescription,
For a forced out vision
If you're with me, send the critics to hell
with the sound of our voices
Fake faces everywhere I see,
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me,
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Fake faces everywhere I see,
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
where I don't belong
All you better-thans that fed us shit,
Will be knocked on the floor,
So don't you place your bets just yet
All you treasure sleepers feed on shit,
You'll be knocked on the floor,
So don't you place...
Fake faces everywhere I see,
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me,
Don't tell me where I don't belong
Fake faces everywhere I see,
Fake people looking back at me
Sit down, don't tell me
where I don't belong"
She was singing along as she was putting on her makeup.
"Bubble gum brainiac
Baby girl, ultra brat
Angst Schmangst
No thanks
Hope my record doesn't tank
Sailor moon, Rainbow Bright
Anime, Avril lite
Pro tools all the way
Hey,hey,hey,hey
Don't try to label me hypocrite
Cause I will do what I want to
Some will say that I'm counterfeit
But I will be who I want to
Candy floss, antipop
Star search, lollipop
Manufactured skate punk
Wanna be, never was
Nerd, geek, super freak
I'm a movie of the week
Daddy's girl, teacher's pet
Yeah,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah!
Don't try to label me hypocrite
Cause I will do what I want to
Some will say that I'm counterfeit
But I will be who I want to
ahhhhhahah a
ahhhhhahah a
ahhhhhahah a
Don't try to label me hypocrite
Don't try to label me hypocrite
I will do what I want to
I will do what I want to
I will do what I want to
I will do what I want to
Don't try to label me hypocrite
Cause I will do what I want to
Some will say that I'm counterfeit
But I will be who I want to
Some will look at me and vomit
But I will look how I want to
Some will hear me and not get it
But I will say what I want to
Don't try to label me hypocrite
Don't try to label me hypocrite
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to
But I will be who I want to"
The track changed as Anne was putting in her many earrings.
"I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads
Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear"
The next few weeks went by so fast that Anne and Harry could hardly believe it.
" Anne, lets run by the plan one more time before tomorrow. I can't believe that it's the last day of school already." Harry said while they were sitting down by the lake with Conor, Finbar, Jamie, Jason, Drak, Fred & George and Ginny.
Anne rolled her eyes and sat up from Conor's lap.
" Ok, but this is the last time. After you leave with Uncle Vernon tomorrow, Jason is going to tale you and then he is going to signal us when you get home. Then, I am going to give Jake the go ahead to cause a disturbance that would draw the Ministry worker away so that Jamie, Drak, Tucker and I can come and get you. Then, we are going to remove you indefinitely from the Dursley's. Then, you came home with me and there is a big welcome party." Anne finished and laid back down with Conor.
" Right. Got it." Harry said, leaning against the tree.
" Harry, just remember to block your mind." Anne said, winding the stem of the dandelion around her fingers.
" Yah, yah Anne, I know." Harry said, sitting up and glaring at her.
She smirked at him and threw the dandelion at him.
" The old coot never shuts up." Anne groaned as Dumbledore stood before the school with his last day feast.
He praised the students on being so brave even though it was a perilous school year. He gave praises to Harry, Ron, and Anne for their help in getting Ginny back safely from the Chamber of Secrets. The students clapped and Anne was half tempted to flip the old man off. He finally finished and the students were released from dinner and went back to their towers to pack. Anne was heading back down to her and her father's quarters and had her things packed. She was just looking forward to a night with her dad, but when she got there, she saw that Severus had set up a small party fro her. He gave her books and other gifts and said that he expected letters.
" Why wouldn't I write to you? You are going to come over one of these days. Aunt Meagan wants to meet you very much." Anne said, tearing the plastic wrappings of the cd he gave her.
" I was thinking you would forget me, what with a whole new life with Harry." He said, giving her an amazed look.
" Yah, you would think." Anne said, looking up to see his face. " What?"
" I couldn't even get that plastic of with magic. How did you get it off?"
Anne chuckled.
" Yes. The wrappings in CD cases can be super evil. But they can't stop me. I get them every time." Anne said, walking over to the stereo ((yes, even Severus has one now)) and popped it, skipping to track three.
"One! Two! Three!
To every broken heart in here
Love was once a part, but now it's disappeared
She told me that it's all part of the choices that you make
Even when you think you're right
You have to give to take
But there's still tomorrow
Forget the sorrow
And I can be on the last train home
Watch it pass the day
As it fades away
No more time to care
No more time, today
But we sing
If we're going nowhere
Yeah we sing
If it's not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason
To ever fall in love
I wonder if you're listening
Picking up on the signals
Sent back from within
Sometimes it feels like I don't really know what's going on
Time and time again it seems like everything is wrong in here
But there's still tomorrow
Forget the sorrow
And I can be on the last train home
Watch it pass the day
As it fades away
No more time to care
No more time, today
But we sing
If we're going nowhere
Yeah we sing
If it's not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason
To ever fall in love
But we sing if we're going nowhere
Yeah we sing if it's not enough
And we sing
Sing without a reason to ever fall in love
But we sing
If we're going no where
Yeah we sing
If it's not enough
And we sing
Sing with out a reason to never fall in love
To never fall in love again"
She was standing on top the Astronomy Tower, gazing at the stars before she took a deep breath and feel into herself.
' "DRACO!" A voice called out.
" What?"
" Are you coming or what? We were expected awhile ago!" Said the redhead in the doorway.
" Yes, Gin, I am coming. Why are you dragging me?"
" Because I am part of Anne's wedding part and it would look bad if I am late." Ginny said, stopping and facing him.
" Your beautiful when you're angry." Draco said, pulling her into a hug.
" Sweet, but were late." Ginny kissed him and apparated out of the manor.
Draco chuckled and apparated after her…'
Anne came back and was grinning.
" Well, at least he is happy in the future." Anne whispered, lying on her back, the moon's rays enveloping her as she silently began to sing.
" For someone so young and naive
Hard to know what to believe
Still I thought I tried for a while
Turning round and giving up is not my style
On my own on my own way
Bottled up is where my fears go, my fears go
I will never show my fear
They'll tear me up until my tears show, my tears show
Smoke and mirrors
You must try hard, don't give in
Keep it up and you win
Don't let them know they get to you
Put on a brave face and you'll get through
On your own, on your own way
Bottled up is where your fears go, your fears go
You will never show your fear
They'll tear you up until your tears show, your tears show
Smoke and mirrors
This journey of ours never ends
We will always pretend
Fighting not to let them win
And they're falling into our illusion
On our own on our own way
Bottled up is where out fears go, our fears go
We will never show our fear
They'll tear us up until our tears show, our tears show
Smoke and mirrors
Its about smoke and mirrors"
" Anne, you never cease to amaze me." Draco's voice came from behind her.
" And, why is that, Draco?" Anne asked, sitting up so that she was facing him.
" You can be crying and smiling and singing at the same time. You are some multi-tasker." He said, sitting down next to her.
" Well, my dear friend, when you're a leader, you gotta know how to multi-task." Anne grinned as he did and looked back up at the stars.
" That makes sense. Can I ask you a favor?"
" What?" Anne asked, looking over at him.
" If I need to talk, can I come to your place?"
" I don't know. Can you handle over four-hundred Vampiric elves?" Anne asked.
" I think I could." He said, smirking at her.
" Well then, if ever you need to talk, just floo over. Just say ' Rowan Kingdom Forest'." Anne said, standing up.
" Nice name, Anne."
" Hey, I blame the oldies that named it 2,000 years ago." Anne laughed as she left the roof. She could hear Draco laughing behind her.
Anne had seen her family off the evening before evening and was now waiting for Harry by the entrance hall after breakfast, trunks shrunk and now in her poket. She had been waiting for ten minutes when a shadow over took her.
" Harry, it's about time!" Anne said, turning around.
Only, it wasn't Harry standing there.
" Ron." Anne said, stiffening.
" Snape." He responded.
He was quiet and made no move to talk.
" What do want, Ron?"
" Thank you."
" What?" Anne exclaimed.
" For saving Ginny. I heard what you did, so thank you." He said, not looking at her.
" Your welcome. She is my friend. I protect my friends like family." Anne said, sitting on the railing.
" Like Malfoy?"
" Yes, like Draco, Ron. He treats me like I am person. Not my dad's last name. He is not who you think it is." Anne said, walking away.
She got halfway into the archway that leads to the path to the gates when she stopped. Draco was leaning against the inside wall.
" Hey." He said, pushing off the wall.
" Hey, yourself."
" You headed to the carriages?" He asked.
Anne nodded.
" Want company?"
" Sure." Anne said, walking toward an empty carriage and got in, Draco behind her.
Halfway from Hogwarts, Anne came into Harry's compartment.
" Hey! Was wondering where you were." Harry said, looking up.
" Yah, sorry. I was with some friends." Anne said, sitting down next him. She was grinning at the last couple hours.
((Flashback))
Anne was sitting next to Draco talking with him when the others joined him.
" Draco, what is she doing here?" Pansy asked, sitting down.
" I am hanging out for a bit. Got a problem? I don't care." Anne said, glaring at her.
The others came in and the conversations were on everything, until Draco spoke up and everyone quieted down.
" Now, you all know how Anne is Harry's sister, but the main point here is that she is Professor Snape's daughter. With this known, three Gryffindors attacked her a few months ago. I am saying now that I feel it is our duty to protect her when she cant help herself, which is rare, but it always help to have back up." Draco said, leaning back against the seat.
It seemed that no one disagreed, so that matter was closed, and the talk turned to every subject they could think of.
After a while, Anne stood up and made for the door.
" Thanks for the fun guys, but I want to see my other friends." Anne said, opening the door and walking out.
She was three feet from the door when someone called her back. She turned and saw Pansy there, closing the door.
" What, Pansy?" Anne asked.
" Stay away from Draco, Anne. He is mine and I don't need you bugging him." She said, glaring at her.
Anne chuckled and gazed right back.
" Pansy, I am engaged. You don't need to worry about me." Anne said, turning around and headed for Harry's compartment.
((End Flashback))
" Anne, why you grinning?" Ginny asked, looking up from the game of exploding snap she was playing with Neville.
" Nothing Gin. Just a thought crossing my mind." Anne said, looking out the window.
" Your eyes were gray. What were thinking about?" Harry asked, handing her a chocolate frog.
" Aren't we the nosey big brother? It'snothing Harry." Anne turned back to the window and stared at the darkening sky.
' Looks like Rain.' Anne thought.
" Hey, Anne, what happened to Sorcha? I haven't seen her in forever." Ginny asked.
" She went home after the first attacks. She doesn't like snakes. I felt she was safer at home, so that is where she is." Anne responded, not looking away from the window.
Anne began to hum lightly and soon began to sing lightly, somehow not letting anyone else hear.
"Over the sea and far away
she's waiting like an iceberg
waiting to change
but she's cold inside
she wants to be like the water
all the muscles tighten in her face
buries her soul in one embrace
they're one and the same
just like water
the fire fades away
most of everyday
is full of tired excuses
but it's to hard to say
i wish it were simple
but we give up easily
you're close enough to see that
you're the other side of the world to me
on comes the panic light
holding on with fingers and feelings alike
but the time has come
to move along
the fire fades away
can you help me
can you let me go
and can you still love me
when you can't see me anymore
the fire fades away"
They were on the platform and Harry was glaring at the gateway with unease. Anne walked up next to him.
" Ready for this, Harry?" Anne asked, grabbing his hand.
" As ready as I will ever be." He responded.
Anne turned and nodded to Jason, who at once disappeared.
" Then lets go and face the bull in the face." Anne said, pulling him forward.
" Keep your trunks shrunk. You wont be long enough to unpack." Anne whispered as they walked through the gateway.
((A/N: And survey says: CHAPTER 20! Yah that was so good, don't yah think? And what about the lovely vision with Draco and Ginny? Hehe I love cliffhangers so much))