Ginny, Hermione, Anya, Harry and Ron stood outside of the joke shop that Fred and George had bought with the money Harry had given them from his winnings from the Twiwizard Tournament. The bricks were purple and window treatments were orange giving the building a bright and cheery appearance compared the rest of the alley which was now dark and gloomy. Anya walked in first and the rest followed, weaving their way through the crowd of students and parents. She waved to Fred who winked at her and she blushed before turning to walk in another direction but ran into Cormac McLaggen almost knocking him down.

"I'm sorry, so sorry…I wasn't…and then you…it's crowded, there's like a million people in here…I'm sorry" she stammered, avoiding eye contact before rushing off as her face turned five different shades of red.

She chanced a glance back up the were Fred had been standing and saw him chuckling as George grinned and she groaned. She'd had a crush on Fred during her fourth year at Hogwarts and had talked him into being her first kiss. She had persuaded him to teach her how to kiss under the pretense that she had a date with a boy and didn't want to look like a total wanker because she had never had a proper snog. With a pout of her full red lips he'd conceded and had given her, her first kiss and it had been amazing. Of course she'd had to come up with an excuse as to why she never had her date. He had walked into the common room one night to find her in tears as she spun her story about how he had stood her up.

Unbeknownst to her, Fred had known she had made the story up but knew she was too embarrassed to say anything. That would surprise everyone he supposed if anyone found out. It would have been the perfect opportunity for him to have a good laugh and a good joke but he didn't take it. He had considered someone else's feelings and let everyone, to this day, believe that he still thought her "date" had stood her up.

It wasn't that she was an unattractive girl because she wasn't, she was insanely gorgeous. She had long caramel curls that snaked down her back with bright green eyes that reminded him of sparkling emeralds. She had beige skin with plump, full lips and high cheek bones. She was slender yet curvy with full breasts and round hips. It had nothing do to with her being unattractive, but everything to do with her being his little brother's best friend as to why he had never acted on her little crush for him. He supposed he was happy that her crush on him had happened because now they had become fairly close friends and she had introduced him to his current girlfriend, Kate. Then again every now and then he'd catch himself staring at the girl who was far too attractive to be his little brothers anything and regret never acting on any feeling he ever had for her.

He caught her looking at him with a curious gaze and he smiled at her before waving at her from his spot on the stairs and she returned it before trying to find Hermione and Ginny in the crowded joke shop.

"Yeah, they really do work" they heard George and Fred say from behind them as they stood near the love potions.

"Although from what we hear"

"You don't need any help dear Ginny"

"What does that mean?" Ginny asked as she set her potion down and Anya leaned her hip against the display.

"Are you not currently dating Dean Thomas?" the two asked together as Harry listened from his spot by the Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder.

"That's none of your business" Ginny said before she walked off to find Dean.

The four left the shop a few minutes later and walked through the nearly destroyed Diagon Alley before stopping in the destroyed Olivanders.

"Harry is it just me or do Draco and mummy look like two people who really don't want to be followed?" Ron asked as he looked out the blown window before the three left with Anya reluctantly following behind them. As they made their way through Knockturn Alley they passed by Fenrir Greyback's Azkaban poster and chills went up all their spines. Anya watched as Draco stopped outside Borgin and Burkes before stepping inside behind his mother before following Harry to the building adjacent to the shop. As Anya climbed the building to the rooftop she found herself wishing she'd worn different pants, ones that weren't so tight. She climbed up beside Ron, gripping the roof so she wouldn't slide down to the stone path below as she jammed her boots down on a misplaced shingle to anchor herself.

The group watched as Draco inspected the tall dark cabinet in front of him, running his pale hand along the frame and Anya shivered next to Ron.

"It's chilly" she said as she avoided eye contact. "Get a grip Anya" she thought to herself.

Narcissa stepped forward and lopped her arm through Draco's before placing a gentle kiss on his pale cheek. The four teens startled when the large back of Fenrir appeared in the window and they scrambled to slide down out of sight. Anya had trouble sliding down from where she'd anchored her feet against the misplaced shingle and had to slide her body side ways with her head resting against Ron's side so not to be seen. Fenrir snarled before turning back, the curtains closing harshly behind him as Anya's foot slid out front the shingle and she went sliding down the roof top. She gripped the edge of the building before dropping down the Alley way and falling back on her bottom.

"You alright?" Hermione asked as she held a hand out for her to take.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks?" she said as she took it and stood.

"What's that?" Hermione finally asked, pointing to exposed necklace of a silver pendant outlined in diamonds. Her beige hand flew to it before tucking it back into her sweater.

"Nothing" she said before she took off down the Alley behind the boys.