Chapter 29 – Self Control is Hard to Come By

Soon the news spread around the school that Harry and Ginny were getting married. Everyone seemed to be talking about them. Anna and Lupin grew closer and closer, there were days when Anna felt she was on the verge of telling Lupin she was Harry's daughter, then she thought back what to Harry had said to her, 'if Ginny loves me she will understand why I had to keep it a secret.'

The winter turned into spring and before they knew it the school exams were looming. Easter came as did the last Quidditch match, Gryffindor won the match and Anna had been considered a hero. Anna, Lupin, Remus, James, Sirius, Nicky and Katlyn, who was sitting her OWL's, were often found in the library studying. Katlyn had become part of their group since Alison and Mary had disowned her.

One evening Anna and Lupin were walking back from the library hand in hand. Anna was feeling uneasy, she felt as though someone was watching them. She shrugged it of blaming it on the pressure of exams. All of a sudden there was a voice from behind them. Anna whipped around and pulled out her wand as Lupin fell down beside her. Anna found herself faced with Alison, Mary and a group of girls Anna didn't know by name. She lowered her wand and rolled her eyes.

"What?" she asked.

"I want my boyfriend back, so if you don't give him over now I and the girls here will show you what power is," Alison said. Anna was fighting to keep her temper down.

"Give him back? Are you serious? He's a person not an object for you to use at your pleasure!" She was almost shouting now she took a deep breath and said more calmly. "Look you're the one who lost him, it was your own fault. Don't you think he deserves to be happy?"

"He will be happy with me," she said.

"He is free to make up his own mind ask him yourself who he wants and then get over yourself."

"No I don't need to ask him. My friends will back me up, they are more powerful than you can ever imagine. There parents are in high places, they have parents, unlike some people." Anna felt her temper rising.

"Vous n'a pas d'idée que mon père est." You have no idea who my father is. She muttered. Alison looked murderous. Anna thought this girl was verging on insane.

"Speak in English you stupid, parentless bi—" she was cut off as Anna hit her with a silencing charm.

"I will speak how I like. You will forget about Lupin. You lost him, move on and don't ever mess with me or my friends again. Or you will really find out what I am like ok? Don't push me," Anna said as she came up close to Alison who was mouthing furiously at her. Alison glared at her. Anna took the silencing charm off her and turned around to walk away.

Anna kept her guard up and was glad she did when she heard Alison curse her but she dodged the spell and turned around and shot a spell at her. Anna then had all the other girls throwing jinxes, hexes and charms at her. Anna dodged each one and shot her own number of spells at them, now Anna had lost her patience. She crouched behind a suit of armor and raised her wand just over the shoulder of the armor. She aimed her wand at Alison in the middle and at the same time raised her left hand. She breathed in deep closed her eyes. She felt tingling in her feet which raised up through her legs, in her stomach and then in her heart. It felt like she would explode, then the sensation spread to her arms and head and then finally to her hands. She swayed slightly but knew she wouldn't fall over as she felt rooted to the ground. The tingling had grown to full out throbbing and was now concentrated in her hands. She shouted Stupefy, and the power of the spell pushed her back slightly. She opened her eyes and looked at the scene before her.

Everyone was lying on the ground unconscious. Oh Merlin what had she done. Anna was scared now, Alison had pushed her too far, she was in trouble now. Anna was standing in the middle of a corridor full of bodies. She went over to Lupin and took the jinx off him. He got up, and looked around.

"What--?" he started but Anna cut him off.

"Go back to the common room I will be there in a minute," she said and she realized she was still light headed and now out of breath. She looked around and tried to think what to do. She heard voices at the other end of the hall and she took off toward the common room at a run. She didn't stop until she reached the Portrait and said the password and hurried through. She went to her room and realized that Alison shared a room with her. She went back down to the common room and saw Lupin and Remus, Lupin had obviously just told him what had happened. Anna went over to them.

"What the hell happened?" Lupin asked. Anna looked around and her eyes lingered on the door. She was scared.

"Can we go to your dormitory?" she asked. He nodded and they went up. Anna sat on his bed, tears forming in her eyes. He came and sat next to her putting his arms around her.

"I did it, she made me do it," Anna said crying on his shoulder. "I can't go back to my room Merlin knows what she will say."

"It's ok… shh… shh… you can stay here, with me," he said and Anna looked at him. "Not like that, I will sleep on the floor if you want." Anna shook her head.

"You can sleep in the bed." He nodded and she laid down feeling exhausted as soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep.