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CHAPTER 7: The letter
Anna woke up and got ready for her classes, she was still concentrating on her tie when a black owl swoops through the window with a letter in it's beak and lands on her bed. She reached up and tore it open. It read:
Dear Miss Snape,
Your father speaks very highly of you. I would like the pleasure of meeting you, please come to the Black Lake around 9:40 pm.
Thankyou
"ANNA! GET YOUR BUM DOWN HERE THERE'S ONLY 20 MINUTES LEFT OF BREAKFAST!" Hearing Hermione scream was not a pleasent experiance, so Anna fixed her tie and put the letter in her robe pocket.
"Jeesh, could ya chill for a sec.?" Anna asked, the trio looked at eachother confused.
"Chill?" Ron asked. Anna just rolled her eyes and swung her arms around Ron and Hermione.
"Chill. You know, like, relax, take a chill pill." Anna explained, the trio nodded uncertaintly.
"Riiiiight." Said Hermione in mock understanding. Anna just laughed, stepped behind behind Ron and Hermione and took thier arms and linked them into one anothers.
"Lead the way breakfast buddies!" Anna said in a dramatic tone. Hermione glared at her and blushed at the same time. Ron seemed to be the same shade of his hair.
"Where's your breakfast buddy?" She asked hotly, mad at the fact that Anna forced her to link arms with Ron of all people.
Anna looked to Harry and curtsied, " Would you mind bieng my breakfast mate?" She asked in a fake british accent.
Harry laughed and replied, "of course, kind lady." with a mock bow, Anna linked arms with Harry and motioned for Ron and Hermione to go.
Hermione and Ron came through the Great Hall doors and quickly let go of one another. Anna quickly intervined.
" OH no you don't!" She said as she roughly grabbed a hold of them and forced them together, wich was very difficult seeing as they were both atleast an inch taller than her.
"Breakfast buddies, are also breakfast royalty and must wave to thier subjects while making thier way to the royal Gryffindor table!" Anna finished dramatically.
Ron looked confused, but Hermione looked outraged. "If your so good at it you do it, go on!" She said.
Anna replied, " If I have to do it then you have to, and you have to play the part!"
Hermione shook her hand thinking she'd never really go through with it, Hermione obviously didn't really know Anna, she never backs down from a challenge.
Anna grabbed Harry's arm and linked them together, " what are you doing?" Whispered Harry.
"You want your friends to be happy right?" She whispered back, " yes, but how does this have anything to do with thier happiness?" Questioned Harry.
"Oh don't be stupid Harry look at them." She said indicating to his very quiet and blushing friends.
Harry nodded his head, "okay I see your point, but how is this going to help them?"
"Just work with me!" She whispered in his ear. He nodded.
Anna and Harry strutted down the isle with thier heads held high, and waving at staring kids. "Hello all, your queen is here!" Anna shouted merrily.
As they made thier way to thier seat, Anna notice a girl who resembled Ron glaring at her as if trying to blow her up with her mind.
Anna focused on Hermione and Ron still at the entrance with thier mouths agape. Anna giggled and motioned them to hurry up. Hermione hesitantly linked arms with Ron and they started down the isle. The farther down they went the more comfortable they got and soon they were waving and laughing.
Anna noticed Hermione seemed to have a tighter grip on Ron then before, and she's pretty sure she wasn't as close to him.
Anna smiled as they joined her and Harry and they all made thier 'royal of the but on the bench' as Anna called it. The boys moved to sit on the other side of the table, as Harry left Anna's arm she felt as though she was let down. She just shook her head and sat next to Hermione.
"Somebody seemed to enjoy themselves." Anna whispered, Hermione laughed and rolled her eyes.
Anna tugged on her sleeve, "Hey who's that girl who's trying to behead me with heat vision?" Hermione looked confused and Anna pointed at her with her finger from under the table.
Hermione looked in the direction and saw her, "oh, that's Ginny Weasley, Ron's little sister. " Hermione said happily.
"I'll introduce you!" She happened to miss Anna doing the whole waving no sign with her hands!
"Hey Ginny!" Hermione called, Anna just banged her head on the table.
"Ya Hermione?" Asked Ginny, "There's someone I want you to meet!" She turned to Anna to see her head on the table.
"Err, Anna, what are you doing?" Hermione asked.
Anna sat up and brushed her hair out of her face, "oh, you know, just making sure the table's solid." She said laughing nervously. Ginny just looked at Hermione with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh, Ginny this is Anna, Anna this is Ginny. " Anna shook her hand and smiled, Ginny just looked at her skeptically. 'Don't you look at me like that' Anna thought, but decided to be nice.
Anna didn't feel too welcomed so said, "uh, hey, I'm Anna, Snape's daughter."
Ginny's expression turned into a fake smile, "I'm Ginny Weasley, Harry's girlfriend." She said rather forcefully.
Anna didn't really know why, but at the word girlfriend she wanted to jump across the table and pimp slap her. Although she was Snape's daughter and kept her face emotionless.
She just smiled and shrugged her shoulders, then turned her attention back to her food. Anna could practically see Ginny with that stupid smirk on her face, with her back to her. Anna couldn't take it anymore and got out of her seat.
"Where are you going?" Asked Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at her confusingly. Ginny just glared and grabbed Harry's hand for attention.
Anna rolled her eyes and said, "uh I go-got to go, I forgot to uh, read something. I'll be back." She mumbled. She then stormed to the girls bathroom.
"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" She mumbled while after each word kick the wall. ' I don't even like him!' She thought to herself. ' Not his beautifull emerald eyes, or the way he runs his hands through his hair when he's nervous, or that lopsided smile.'
She slid down the bathroom wall, and banged her head against it. " I do like him." She whispered miserably.
"Like who?" Asked a whiney voice. She looked to her right to see a ghost floating over the stall. Anna yelped in surprise.
"What the-" Anna started, "Oh yes, stare and mock ugly Moaning Mrytle!" She cut in.
She wailed and dove into the toliet. 'I'm really started to get annoyed with all these girly mood swings.' Anna thought to herself and made her way to her dormitory. She didn't feel like going to class, Anna wasn't really one for rules.
Hermione was worried about Anna, class was starting in ten minutes. "You guys, do you think we should go get Anna?" Asked Hermione.
"I'm sure she's fine Hermione, she'll probably meet you in class." Cut in Ginny, she kissed Harry's cheeck, "besides Harry has to walk me to class."
" You don't think anything's wrong, she seemed kind of upset when she left." Hermione insisted.
" Maybe one of us should go check on her." Said Ron.
Harry nodded and stood up, " I'm the fastest and I know the short-cuts, I'll go."
Ginny rolled her eyes, and said " look, she's a Snape, of course she's going to make a scene." She finished with a sneer.
"Ginny!" The trio exclaimed.
" She's not like that!" Harry said forcefully.
Ginny just stomped her foot and jutted out her bottom lip, like a child throwing a fit. " You promised me you walk me to class!" She said in a whiney voice.
Hermione looked at her watch , "I suppose Ginny's right, she'll meet us in class." She sighed defeatedly.
Ginny bounced up and down, grabbed Harry by the hand and skipped off to her classroom. 'I hope she right.' Thought Hermione.
Hermione and Ron waited by the transfiguration door to meet up with Harry. He came just before the bell rang, he apologised and said Ginny insisted on a goodbye kiss. Ron didn't seem to happy about this, but they were looking for Anna. They didn't see her but class began and they went through thier classes without her.
Snape watched as the students piled out the door, that was his last Gryffindor class and he didn't see Anna there. He should talk to Dumbledore, with her there, it was going to take a miracle to get the two of them out of this mess.
Hermione made her way up the dormitory to see Anna asleep in her bed. She crept back down stairs and told the boys to wait while she got Anna down there.
"Anna! Wake up!" Hermione said as she gently shook Anna. Anna just mumbled and truned on her side.
"Anna!" Hermione tried again, still nothing. She walked over on the other side of the bed and screamed in her ear, "ANNA! YOU GET UP NOW!"
Anna instantly shot up and said, "but why is the rum gone?" She yelled sleepily.
She blinked a few times to see Hermione staring at her with a confused look on her face. UHG! she replied as she buried herself in her pillow.
" Come on get dressed the boys are waiting for downstairs. You have some explaining to do." Anna just slid out of bed and put some socks on, she fell asleep on her bed with her robes on and was to tired to care what she looked like at the moment.
Anna followed Hermione downstairs and plunked herself on the couch between Harry and Hermione. She was so tired she rested her head on Hermione's shoulder when she pushed Anna away she ended up leaning on Harry's shoulder. 'Mmmhmm! He smells nice.' Anna thought. All of the sudden someone clapped thier hands in her ear and she shot up.
"Okay I'm awake!" She said with her hands up in surrender. Hermione nodded her head and started on the questions.
"Why weren't you in class today?" She asked her hands on her hip. Anna shrugged and said she didn't feel like going, all the while avoiding Harry's gaze.
" You're going to get caught!" Hermione said in her knowing tone. Anna just smirked.
"There's no way I'm getting caught! I got it all figured out!" She smiled sneakily.
"Oh really, how is that?" Asked Hermione skeptically.
" I'll just say I pulled a hamstring in my right thigh, wich I know what feels like becuase of dance class, tell them it hurt to much to walk. I didn't know a spell to get me to the hospital wing! So I went upstairs to rest it and I accidently fell asleep, but my hamstring felt better after an ice pack, and I'm all good now." She said in what seemed to be a sincere apologetic tone.
The trio gaped, " You are your father's daughter." Ron blurted, the trio started laughing but Anna didn't get it. She just rolled her eyes and moved to go upstairs when she felt an hand on her right shoulder.
She saw the hand belong to Harry and he put wieght on her shoulder and sat her back down. " Look, uh, we were really worried about you. So next time could you warn us?"
Anna smiled and nodded. She felt something crinckly in her robe when she took it out she found out it was just the letter she found earlier.
"What's that?" Asked Hermione, " oh, this?" Anna asked holding up the crumpled letter.
Hermione shook her head. "It's just a letter I got earlier from this wierd black owl. I don't know who it's from either."
"Can I see it?" Hermione asked. Anna nodded and handed it to her, Hermione scanned the letter and a look of confusion spread across her face.
She then passed it to Ron, he scanned it, then passed it on to Harry. After Harry read it he handed her back the letter and said, " I don't want you going. I don't think it's safe."
"What? Why!" Anna asked. Hermione stepped in, "Your father doesn't have many nice aquaintences."
Anna shook her head, " What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She asked getting angry.
"It means that he doesn't know many good people!" Said Ron bluntly. She stood up and turned around, when she started to leave she felt someone turn her around until she was staring into two emerald eys.
"We just don't want you to get hurt." Harry said gently.
Anna sighed and nodded. "Alright, I won't go." The trio sighed relieved. Just then Ginny decided to make her entrance, and when she saw how close Anna and Harry were she got very angry.
"Harry!" She called with a fake smile, she raced up to him. "What are you doing?" She asked looking between him and Anna.
"Oh I was just talking to Anna." He replied.
Ginny put her arms around his neck, "Oh how sweet, your helping the new girl." She giggled.
" New girl? Oh hell no!" She said getting ready to fight.
Just then she did something that would hurt worse than any punch. Ginny took Harry by the coller and kissed him hard and long on the lips. Hermione and Ron looked away.
Anna must have been staring for about twenty seconds when she gathered her senses and went upstairs. She threw herself on her bed. Trying to hold back tears, she took out the letter, it said 9:40, she looked at her clock, 9:20. She looked down to see tears smudging the ink.
Anna threw on her cloack and tied her shoes. She's going weather Harry likes it or not. ' We just don't want you to get hurt.' she said in her head mocking him, ' sure he doesn't'. She put the note back in her pocket and snuck downstairs.
When she was halfway down the stairs she turned back and thought maybe this wasn't a great idea. She then saw the couple making out or 'snogging' on the couch, and that just gave her more determination. She easily sneaked by the distracted couple and left out the door.
What she didn't realize, was that she missed her pocket and the note landed on the floor next to her bed, and someone reading in a far off corner just happen to get a glimpse of a black figure going out the common room door.
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NO! ANNA! DON'T GO! STUPID GINNY HAD TO RUIN EVERYTHING! Well now you know who she likes coughHARRYcough, the question is does he like her back! And what's waiting for Anna at the Black Lake? Only 1 way to find out! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!