The Ice Queen [s.b.]

↠in a different time, 1.21

October 31st.

"Happy Halloween!" a voice yells above Anna.

She rubs her eyes and the smiling face of Andromeda Black appears in front of her.

"Morning, Andy," she says sardonically. "Thanks for letting me sleep in."

Andromeda's smile doesn't waver. "Lee's got a boyfriend! Lee's got a boyfriend! Lee's got a boyfriend!"

"Shut up!" she groans, slamming a pillow over her ears. "It's too early for this shit."

"Sirius is waiting outside," Andy sings.

Anna shoots up. "What?!"

"Haha! Got you up!" Andy jeers.

Anna glares, "So he's not?"

"No. No, he is," Andy says casually. "You should probably get up, huh?"

November 30th.

"Happy anniversary!" Sirius sings as he plops down next to his girlfriend during breakfast. "You ready for Hogsmeade today?"

"Of course!" she replies and kisses his cheek. "And happy anniversary to you as well."

"I have the best stuff planned. Lily is going to be yelling at James the whole day because of a prank he pulled on Snivellus-"

"-Severus, Sirius. Don't be mean-" Anna interjects.

"-For a prank he pulled on Severus, Peter's being weird again, and Remus is tutoring Marlene all day, so we have the day to ourselves!" Sirius continues happily.

Anna claps her hands. "This is going to be so fun! So I know we promised not to, but I got you a gift."

Sirius lets out a breath of relief. "Me, too. Phew, I thought you'd be mad."

"Yay!" Anna cheers. She pulls out a small pen. He pulls out a small box. They exchange.

"A pen?" Sirius inquires.

"Click it!" Anna says in excitement.

He does and stars appear on the table.

"Whoa!" he exclaims.

"I know, right?! It maps the stars you'll see that night! Or in this case, tonight."

"I love it! Open yours, open yours, open yours!" Sirius cheers.

She does. It's a necklace in the shape of Canis Major, the constellation housing the star Sirius.

She leaps forward and hugs him.

"I love it," she whispers in his ear.

"I'm glad," he wheezes. "Need... breathe..."

She pulls away. "Sorry," she says, tucking a strand of hair shyly behind her ear.

Just then, a throat clears behind them.

They turn around to see a young boy with red hair and a girl with bushy brown hair.

"Can we help you?" Sirius prompts after a minute of staring.

"Yes!" the girl exclaims.

"With...?" Anna asks slowly.

The girl shakes her head. "Right. I'm Hermione. That's Ron."

"Are you a Weasley?" Sirius asks abruptly.

The boy looks slightly queasy as he says, "Yeah. How'd you know?"

Anna laughs slightly as she answers, "In Lucius' words, 'red hair and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley'."