HOGWARTS EXPRESS - AISLE - DUSK
[A blood-red sun shimmers through the windows, staining the interior a deep scarlet. Students read, play cards.
In one compartment, Crabbe and Goyle slumber sloppily. As Anna enters, the accordion doors to the next car squall open and a pair of twin girls emerge. She watches them when a voice causes her to turn back. As the accordion doors slowly close, she spies Cassie sitting with Theo and a Blair Zabini.]
Lucius and Narcissa check over Cassie and Theo to see if they are okay.
[Anna studies Malfoy when a boy pushes through the accordion doors. As they begin to close, slowly, Anna reaches into her pocket and removes the orange and black lump Fred gave her in Diagon Alley. She eyes Malfoy, eyes the closing door and pitches the lump into the air. It soars through the narrowing crease of the doors and -- just as Malfoy glances her way -- just as it reaches the apex of its flight -- POOF! -- explodes softly, raining dark powder.]
HOGWARTS EXPRESS - AISLE COMPARTMENT–DUSK
[Chaos. Panicked voices. Then, like a thinning mist, the darkness eerily recedes, the red light of dusk returns and Malfoy is revealed, standing in the doorway of the car. As she looks on warily, students return to their seats. Across the way, Crabbe & Goyle continue to slumber.]
Cassie: What just happened? Theo? Blair?
"Come on! You could do better." Said James.
"I think she wanted Cassie to notice her." Said Barty.
Theo: (tense himself) Don’t know. [Just then, a small bag teeters. then tumbles from a luggage rack. Malfoy wheels, eyes the bag.]
Blair: Relax. The lights went out is all. Come, Cassie. We’ll be at Hogwarts before you know it. [She pats the seat. Cassie eyes the bag, slings it back onto the luggage rack and plops down.]
STATION - DUSK/EVENING
[The Hogwarts Express steams into the station.]
HOGWARTS EXPRESS - AISLE - DUSK/EVENING
[Rose and Neville step into the crowded aisle.]
Rose: (sights) Where the bloody hell is Anna?
COMPARTMENT - DUSK/EVENING
[As Blair and Theo make to exit, Cassie takes down the small bag, grips the handle thoughtfully.]
Cassie: You two go on. I want to check
something. [Cassie slides shut the door. Lets the blinds down. A beat.]
Cassie: Didn’t mummy ever tell you it’s
bad manners to eavesdrop, Potter?
"How did she know?" Asked Lily.
"She knew Anna has cloak." Answered Remus.
[Anna takes the cloak off.]
Anna: No. She was too busy dying.
"Ouch." Said amused Lily.
[Cassie smiles at her and hugs her.]
Cassie: I missed you.
Anna: I missed you more. [Anna kisses her, they hit the wall and kiss turns into make out.]
"Ew. Ew. Ew. I don't want to see it." Said Sirius. James glared at Cassiopeia, while Lucius glared at Anna.
Cassie: Since when you wear muggle, leather jackets?
Anna: It was Sirius's.
Cassie: Oh.
Sirius smiles at Anna.
Anna: I saw you and Nott at Borgin and Burke.
Cassie: He is Malfoy! [Anna nodded.]
Anna: It looked like initiation.
"I like her. She didn't walk around the bush." Said Evan.
[Cassie turns her head away. Anna turns her head to look into her eyes.]
Anna: I am not judging you. I just want to know. Are you a death eater?
Cassie: You knew it. Before we started. You knew it would happen.
Anna: I did. Can i see? [Cassie looks conflicted.]
Anna: Please? [Cassie shows it. Anna trails her hands over it, than looks up at Cassiopeia.]
Anna: I'm sorry.
Cassie: For what?
Anna: Because you have to got through this. [Cassie hugs Anna and hides her head into her neck. Anna runs her hand though Cassie's hair.]
Anna: It's gonna be okay. It will be okay. We are gonna be okay.
Regulus smile at them. So does others.
"They are such a good couple." Said Barty. Evan nodded.
HOGWARTS CASTLE - FRONT STEPS - NIGHT
[The castle glitters. Anna approaches. Just then Professor Flitwick rushes forth clutching a long roll of parchment bearing all students’ names.]
Flitwick: About time! I’ve been looking all over for you. Name.
Anna: Professor Flitwick, you’ve known me for five years.
Flitwick: No exceptions, Potter. [Anna sees shadows drift eerily, like ghosts.]
Anna: Who are those people?
Flitwick: Aurors. For security.
"Like they will do something." Scoffed James.
"It will still be my daughter's job to do." Scoffed Lily.
Malfoy: (O.S.) It’s a not a cane, you cretin. It’s a walking stick. [Anna turns. Cassie stands amidst a mountain of trunks and owl cages, watching Filch pass a long security detector over a walking stick.]
Filch: And what exactly would you be
wanting with a walking stick?
Snape: It was her father’s.
"What does he mean was?!" Asked Narcissa.
[Snape separates from the shadows. Cassie eyes him warily, then snatches the stick from Filch.]
Cassie: Is my father’s. He’s not dead.
Lucius smiles at Cassie.
[Snape watches Malfoy carefully wrap the stick in felt, lay it back inside her trunk.]
Snape: It’s alright, Mr. Filch. I can vouch for Ms. Malfoy. [Cassie eyes Snape warily again, then begins to slouch off, catches Anna looking and Anna winks. Cassie turns around and leaves with Snape.]
GREAT HALL - NIGHT
[Rose cranes her neck, looking for Anna. Rose and Neville see Anna approaching. In the light of the hall, Anna is wearing Sirius's jacket over the uniform.]
Rose: (as she arrives) Where’ve you been, Anna?
Anna: What have I missed?
Neville: (shrugging) Sorting Hat urged us all to be brave and strong in these troubled times -- easy for it to say -- it’s a hat, isn’t it?
"Sorting Hat doesn't give warnings." Said confused Remus.
Rose: First Years seemed to enjoy it, though. Wankers. Filch give you the wand outside? [Anna nods.]
Rose: Isn't wearing leather jackets against the school code?
Anna: When have i ever followed rules? [Rose nodded.]
Sirius smiles at her.
[Just then, the light in the Hall begins to gently dim and all eyes turn to Dumbledore, standing at the top of the Hall, ashen hand raised to the enchanted ceiling, where clouds respond to his gestures and shroud a gleaming full moon.]
Neville: What’s happened to his hand?
Dumbledore: The very best of evenings to you! First off, please join me in
welcoming the newest member of our
staff, Horace Slughorn. [Mild applause ensues. Anna claps perfunctorily, her
eyes drifting to the entrance of the Hall as a pair of Aurors station themselves just outside.]
Dumbledore: Professor Slughorn, I’m happy to say, has agreed to resume his old post of Potions master. Meanwhile the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts will be assumed by Professor Snape.
"Snape?!" Said Remus.
"Can't they have one good teacher after Moony?" Said Sirius.
"Well.. let's hope DADA position curse is true." Said James.
[This is greeted by stunned silence. Dumbledore frowns, then attempts to generate something by clapping his hands once. A few Slytherins join in and some dim-witted First Years.]
Dumbledore: Now, as you know, each and every one of you was searched upon your arrival tonight. You have a right to know why. Once there was a young man who, like you, sat in this very Hall. Walked this castle’s corridors. Slept beneath its roof. He seemed, to all the world, a student like any other. His name? Tom Riddle. [The Hall goes utterly silent.]
Dumbledore: Today, of course, the world knows him by another name. Which is why, as I stand looking out upon you all tonight, I am reminded of a sobering fact. Each day, every hour, this very minute perhaps, dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle. But in the end, their greatest weapon remains... you.
"Like they are your weapons?!" Said James.
[Rose, Neville and Anna eye Cassie, slouched low, lazily levitating a fork with her wand, as if Dumbledore were unworthy of attention.]
Dumbledore: Just something to keep in mind. Now, off to bed. Pip pip!
Rose: (as they rise) That was cheerful.
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Fanfic[Book 6] The story follows Anna's sixth year at Hogwarts as she receives a mysterious textbook, overcomes obstacles with her girlfriend, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to Lord Voldemort's downfall.
