Chapter 6 – Secrets Unlocked


"Ally will tell you the rules and stuff I have to go and sort out the first years." Lily said leaving Anna alone in the room where there were 3 beds, she sat down on the nearest one and looked around; this was going to be her home for the next 2 years, finally somewhere to settle down.

"Excuse me that's where I sleep," said a rude voice from the doorway.

"Sorry, I didn't know," Anna said looking up at Alison. "You don't have to bite my head off about it."

"That's always where I have slept, that has always been my bed." Alison said unnecessarily. Anna stood up and went to the bed furthest away from Alison and sat down, muttering in French under her breath about: how was she supposed to know?

"What did you just say to me?" Alison said accusingly.

"Nothing,"

"What were you saying to me under your breath?"

"Nothing you need to know."

"I don't like it when people talk about me behind my back."

"It wasn't behind your back you were facing me," Anna said grinning slightly.

"Look Anna," Alison said in a suddenly sweet voice that didn't fool Anna for a second, "I know you want my boyfriend, but he would never go for you in a million years, and so don't even try." Anna was suddenly confused. Why did the conversation always come back to her boyfriend didn't she have her own life?

"I… what are you talking about?"

"Just remember don't touch him." At this point Lily walked in.

"How are you getting on Anna, has Ally told you the rules yet?"

"No we were just getting to that," Anna said raising her eyebrows at Alison.

"Ok well, Ally Lupin wants to say goodnight, I'll tell Anna the rules." With that Alison walked out. Lily sat down on her bed and proceeded to explain the rules to Anna.

"What were you talking to Ally about before?" Lily asked, Anna hesitated wonder whether she should tell Lily but before she could say anything lily said again. "Did she have a go at you and tell her to keep away from Lupin?"

"Yeah she did," Anna replied glad Lily had brought it up.

"Oh don't worry about that she has gone a bit funny this summer, she keeps telling everyone who even speaks to Lupin to lay off him."

"Sounds like she has a guilty conscious to me," Anna said.

"What do you mean?" "Well if someone suddenly become very overprotective it's usually a sign of something they have done," Anna said remembering how it was in the other schools she went to, the one thing about not having friends was that you paid more attention to everyone else. You noticed what they were doing and with who.

"You mean Ally's cheated on Lupin," Lily said eyes wide in shock.

"I don't know if she has or hasn't I am just saying."

"You know we could always find out," Lily said an evil glint in her eye.

"This must be the side of you that isn't like Jason then?" Anna said grinning.

"They told you about that?" Lily said smiling. Anna nodded then a girl with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes walked in.

"Anna this is Nicky Wood. Nicky this is Anna, she just transferred from Durmstrang," Lily introduced the two and then left.

Harry sat behind his desk waiting, he thought they would be here by now; they had wanted to know so much at dinner. Finally the door opened and in came, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.

"Sorry we're late," said Ron and didn't seem to want to give an explanation as to why they were late.

"Where's that Sean bloke," said Harry not looking at Ginny.

"He said he didn't want to intrude," Ginny replied and Harry looked at her. She was a lot more grown up than he remembered but she still had that evil mischievous glint in her eyes, and if anything more beautiful than last time he saw her.

"Now Harry tell us everything, you are going to have to eventually," Hermione said. Harry sighed and then said.

"I have been living in America ever since I left," Harry said, he knew this was not what they wanted to hear as he had already told them, but they, he argued, hadn't asked the right questions.

"Harry we know that. Why did you leave?" Ron asked.

"I had to, it's not over, you know," he said leaving Hermione, Ron and Ginny with wide eyes and mouths hanging open.

"W- What … do you mean not over?" Ginny asked.

"I mean Voldemort's not dead," Harry explained.

"Yes he is we saw him die, you killed him Harry."

"No I didn't. He killed me and I sent the curse at him but because I died before it hit him it didn't work properly, only I can kill him, but I got sent back to finish it but not then I had to wait I had to have help next time."

"You had help that time," Ron said.

"Yes but I needed different help," Harry said, he didn't want to elaborate further.

"What different help could you get?" Hermione asked.

"Just different I can't explain it now," Harry said with a slight coldness in his voice that the others noticed and new not to push him any further. The rest of the night they stayed up talking it was only when Ginny said, "Harry, Sean and I want to invite you to our wedding next month, it's on Halloween," that Harry decided it was time they had better go to bed. He went to sleep that night and felt a sense of loss he had not felt since Katie. He didn't know why he felt like this, he thought it must have been because everyone had someone Ron and Hermione had each other, Harry thought Ginny would always be there single and carefree. He was wrong. He had his daughter though that's all he needed. Yet as he thought this and reasoned with himself the feeling did not go away.