Chapter 30 – Unknown Traditions

The next day Anna woke up in Lupin's arms. It was a Saturday so she didn't have classes to go to. When the others in the room woke up they all went down to breakfast. She didn't see anyone on the way and when they came to the corridor she had been in the night before she there was no sign that anything had happened.

Anna was eating with her head down, when Dumbledore approached her.

"Ms. Fischer, please come with me," Anna looked at Lupin who squeezed her hand and she got up. Dumbledore lead her to his office. When they had entered he indicated for her to sit down. Which she did nervously. "I will be right back." He said and left the room. Anna looked around at the portraits who were eyeing her curiously. She put her head in her hands. What had happened she told herself she would never do that again. She shouldn't use wandless magic in front of people. She had only done it once before and at Durmstrang. Dumbledore came back accompanied by her father.

"Now Anna," Dumbledore said sitting down opposite her and Harry say on a chair next to Anna he conjured up. "What happened last night with Ms. Ryan and Ms. Knightly?"

"They attacked me so I defended myself against them." She said hoping he wouldn't make her elaborate.

"I see and when did you realize you could do that amount of magic with your hand?" Anna sat shocked, how did he know?

"Um… since I went to Durmstrang," she said.

"I know you want to keep this a secret and no one really knows what happened so we are going to let the students make up their own minds. However I will have to give you a weeks worth of detention, with Professor Weasley." He said.

"Which one sir?" Anna asked.

"Oh sorry, Mr. Weasley," he said. "I feel Hermione will try to read too much into you if you are left alone with her and Ginny has other things to be planning if I am not mistaken." He said glancing at Harry a twinkle in his eye. "You may go Anna and please try not to do that again."

"That's it?" She asked surprised that there was nothing more he wanted to say to her.

"You want to have more punishment?"

"No of course not," she said quickly.

"You know not to do that again and not to tell anyone, and I believe that no punishment will be more effective than the one you are going to have to live with." He said as she went to the door leaving Harry and Dumbledore alone to talk. Harry watched his daughter leave and sighed, she was becoming powerful.

"Harry I need you to tell me, who was her mother?" Dumbledore asked, gazing at Harry over his half moon spectacles.

"Her name was Katie Andrews, I met her in Australia, and she was a member of the aborigines. She had been shunned by her tribe when she was about 12 because she possessed magical powers."

"Ah I see." He said and when he didn't elaborate further Harry asked.

"What does this mean?"

"When a wizard or witch is born into a tribe like that they take the magic's they believe in, the dances and herbs and such, while the child is in the womb and enhance the powers of the child, Katie's powers. So because you meet her, you the only wizard to have defeat Voldemort twice, you married her and had a child, that child, Anna, is more powerful than anyone could imagine I believe you share a bond that with her and she knows how you are feeling, this all has to do with your wife's tribe. Most westerners do not believe that what the aborigines do works but those are generally the people who don't believe in magic either," Dumbledore paused in thought.

"Why does Anna have this much power?"

"Most of the time it doesn't matter how powerful the parents are, look at the Longbottoms, no offence to Neville who has proved himself most sufficiently, but his parents were undoubtedly better at Defense than him. Anyway since Katie was from the aborigines both yours and her power got passed on into Anna. When women are with child they use their herbs and rituals to make sure the baby is healthy, due to this and the fact that Katie was a witch she passed her powers and yours on to your daughter, therefore enhancing them. However, I believe Anna feels tremendous guilt when using her powers but she doesn't know why. This will be something she has to some to terms with gradually."

Harry sat listening to his ex headmaster and friend. He had no idea how powerful his daughter was. He knew his wife was something special but he had no idea.

"Do you think she should know?" Harry asked.

"I think she will know when she is ready to," Dumbledore replied.

Anna went to her first detention on the Monday. She knocked on the door of Professor Weasleys office. He called for her to come in and she did closing the door behind her. The room consisted of posters of the Chudly Cannons Quidditch team, pictures of his family and friends from his school days. Her father was in the middle on photo with his arms around Ron and Hermione grinning. He looked about 17 and it was summer Anna supposed it was taken just before Harry left.

"Ms. Fischer today you will be polishing the school brooms," he said smiling at her in an apologetic way. So Anna took out all the broom and started polishing them whilst talking to Ron about Quidditch, he was impressed with her performance in all the matches. They got on to the subject of Sean and Ginny's wedding when Anna decided to ask.

"What do you think about Professor Potter and your sister getting married?"

"I am happy for them. I mean it only took Ginny 20 years to finally get Harry Potter," he said laughing.

"What do you mean?" Anna asked as she had never heard her father talk about Ginny in any other way than being his friend. Ron then told her about Ginny's crush on Harry.