Anna Potter and the Half-blood prince

Chapter 5

HUFFLEPUFF COMMON ROOM-NIGHT
[Rose, Anna and Neville walk in together. There is loud music, open alcohol bar, drunk teenagers dancing and making out. Then Anna notices Cassie who is laughing with Theo and Blair and holding a glass. Cassie feels her gaze and looks at her and smiles. Suddenly, Anna is crushed in a hug. She looks down... It's Ada.]
Ada: I haven't seen you for so long.
"She is finally having fun." Smiled Lily.
Anna: Yeah, it had been long time. How are you?
Ada: Good. Hello, Rose! Neville!
Rose&Neville: Hello!
Anna: (to Ada) So anything new? [Rose grabs Neville's hand.]
Rose: Come on! Let's dance! [Drags Neville. Anna smiles at them.]
Ada: They are such a cute couple.
Anna: (proudly) I made it happen. About the couples... Your hufflepuff boy is looking at you.
Ada: Alex isn't my boy! [Anna smirks.]
Anna: Then how did you know i mean him? I haven't said his name. [Ada goes red.]
People chuckle at Ada.
"Aww. Cute." Cood Lily.
Ada: Shut up! [Hits Anna's arm. Anna laughs.]
[Later, drunk Cassie gets on the table, grabs microphone and starts singing Bishop Briggs's "River", while making intense eye contact with also drunk Anna and dancing seductively.]
"Noooo!" Said horrified Lucius and Regulus.
Cassie: Like a river
Like a river sh-
Like a river
Like a river sh-
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river
How do you fall in love?
Harder than a bullet could hit you
How do we fall apart?
Faster than a hairpin trigger
Don't you say, don't you say it, don't say
Don't you say it, one breath and it'll just break it
So shut your mouth and run me like a river
Shut your mouth
Baby, stand and deliver
Holy hands, will they make me a sinner
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river.
[Blair cheers for Cassie and is videoing her performance. Theo glares and goes to get Cassie off the table. Blair stops him.]
Blair: Don't you dare!
"Don't stop him!" Yelled Lucius at Blair.
Theo: And let my sister dance like.. like..
Blair: Like a what? Like someone who is having fun?
Theo: Look at all those lusfull looks! She is not...
Lucius and Regulus glare at everyone.
Blair: (glaring) For once after that day, she is smiling, you aren't ruining it! I mean it, Theo! [Theo sights and glares at everyone who is looking at Cassie.]
"She can have fun other way!" Said glaring Lucius.
Cassie: Choke this love till the veins start to shiver
One last breath till the tears start to wither
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river
Tales of an endless heart
Cursed is the fool who's willing
Can't change the way we are
One kiss away from killing
Don't you say, don't you say it
Don't say, don't you say it
One breath it'll just break it
So shut your mouth and run me like a river
Shut your mouth
Baby, stand and deliver
Holy hands, will they make me a sinner
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river
[Anna looks at Cassie lustfully and mesmerised.]
Rose: (amused) You are droolling!
Anna: Yes. It's a great idea. [Not taking eyes of Cassie.]
Barty laughs at her, Evan chuckles. Protective Marauders glared at Cassie, Lucius and Regulus glared at Anna.
[Rose looks at Neville confused.]
Rose: Anna, are you listening?
Anna: Yes. You are right. [Rose and Neville exchange amused look. Rose shakes Anna.]
Rose: Anna! [Anna looks startled.]
Anna: Did you say something?
"No! My innocent girl." Cried James.
Rose: (amused) I didn't think you were the type to lose your sanity for a girl.
Anna: Neither did i.
Canna biggest shippers (Lily, Barty and Narcissa) smile at her.
Cassie: Choke this love till the veins start to shiver
One last breath till the tears start to wither
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river
Like a river
Like a river
Like a river
Like a river
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river
Hey! Ooh oh oh
Hey! Ooh oh oh
Like a river!
Hey! Ooh oh oh
Ooh oh oh
Like a river!
Shut your mouth
Baby, stand and deliver
Holy hands, will they make me a sinner
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river
Choke this love till the veins start to shiver
One last breath till the tears start to wither
Like a river
Like a river
Shut your mouth and run me like a river.
[People cheer for Cassie. Cassie sends Anna wink and goes back to Blair and Theo. Anna gets up from her sit and smirks.]
Anna: She wants to play? I will show her how it's played!
"Show her little snake!" Cheered Barty for her. Regulus and Lucius turned their glare at him.
Neville: Where are you going?
[Anna takes microphone and starts singing Måneskın's "I wanna be your slave" (little changed for situation) and dancing sexually, while making eye contact with Cassie.]
Anna: I wanna be your slave
I wanna be your master
Marauders look horrified.
"She.. She is too little!" Cried Sirius.
Anna: I wanna make your heartbeat
Run like rollercoasters
I wanna be a good girl
I wanna be a gangster
'Cause you can be the beauty
And I could be the monster
I love you since this morning
Not just for aesthetic
I wanna touch your body
So fucking electric
Sirius and James start crying. Lily looked at James and Sirius amused, but still gave her daughter disapproving look.
Anna: I know you scared of me
You said that I'm too eccentric
I'm crying all my tears
And that’s fucking pathetic
I wanna make you hungry
Then I wanna feed you
I wanna paint your face
Like you’re my Mona Lisa
[People send surprised looks at Anna for singing this song. Cassie gulps nervously.]
James and Sirius siriusly cried.
Anna: I wanna be a champion
I wanna be a loser
I’ll even bе a clown
'Cause I just wanna amuse you
I wanna be your sеx toy
I wanna be your teacher
I wanna be your sin
I wanna be a preacher
[Smirking Blair whispers something to Cassie, Cassie goes red.]
Lucius and Regulus glare.
Anna: I wanna make you love me
Then I wanna leave you
'Cause baby I'm your David
And you’re my Goliath
Because I'm the devil
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a lawyer
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a killer
Who’s searching for redemption
I'm a motherfucking monster
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a bad girl
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a brunette girl
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a freak that
Is searching for redemption
I'm a motherfucking monster
Who’s searching for redemption
I wanna be your slave
I wanna be your master
I wanna make your heart beat
Run like rollercoasters
I wanna be a good girl
I wanna be a gangster
'Cause you can be the beauty
And I could be the monster
I wanna make you quiet
I wanna make you nervous
I wanna set you free
But I'm too fucking jealous
[Theo looks frustrated.]
Theo: Cassie, i swear i tried to ignore it, but if you don't stop fidgeting in the seat, i'll fucking kill you and then Potter.
Barty laughs. Marauders, Lucius and Regulus glare.
Cassie: (stummering) I- i- not- i- [Blair snickers at her and Cassie glares at her.]
Anna: I wanna pull your strings
Like you’re my telecaster
And if you want to use me
I could be your puppet
'Cause I'm the devil
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a lawyer
Who’s searching for redemption
And I'm a killer
Who’s searching for redemption
I'm a motherfucking monster
Who’s searching for redemption
I wanna be your slave
I wanna be your master. [People cheered for her. Anna winked at Cassie and went back to her seat.]
"She won." Chuckled Barty.
GRYFFINDOR GIRLS' DORM- DAY
[Rose is shaking Anna awake. Anna doesn't respond. Rose opens the curtains. Anna wakes up with groan.]
Anna: Close it!
Rose: We have lessons.
Anna: I don't care and stop shouting.
"Ooh... hungover." Winced Lily.
Rose: i amn't shouting and get up! We are late!
Anna: (Yells) Shut u--- [Anna groans in pain.]
Anna: Aaah. My head. It's exploding.
People look at her amused.
Rose: Here. [Rose gives Anna hungover potion. Anna drinks it, after few seconds, she stand up and looks at Rose with awe.]
Anna: Whoever came up with this, deserves to have monument built! [Rose lookes at her amused.]
Everyone agreed at Anna.
SLUGHORN’S CLASSROOM – MORNING
[Anna and Rose walks in.]
Slughorn: Anna m’girl! I was beginning to worry! And I see we’ve brought someone with us...
Rose: Rose Weasley, sir.
Anna: Sorry for being late, Sir. I was looking for my book, seems like i lost it.
"You should be more carefull with your things." Scolded Lily.
Slughorn: Not to worry. You can get what you need from the cupboard.
Anna: Thank you, Sir. [As Anna steps to the cupboard, Slughorn resumes, gesturing to the cauldrons bubbling before him.]
Slughorn: Now, as I was saying, I’ve prepared a few concoctions this morning. Any ideas what these might be? Yes, Miss Weasley?
Rose: That one there is Veritaserum. And that would be Polyjuice Potion. And that is Amortentia! The most powerful love potion in the world. It’s rumored to smell differently to each person, according to what attracts them. For example, I smell my mother's cooking and chocolate and orchards and plants. [Rose smiled at Neville. Blushing Neville smilled back.]
"They are so adorable." Said Lily. Remus agreed.
Slughorn: Now Amortentia doesn’t create actual love, of course. That’s impossible. But it does cause a powerful infatuation or obsession. For that reason, it is probably the most dangerous potion in this room.
[Slughorn turns, finds a sea of dreamy faces leaning into the vapors. Instantly, he clangs a cover onto the cauldron, bringing them round. As Rose blinks, she finds Dean still staring dreamily -- at her.]
Katie Bell: Sir, you haven’t told us what’s in that one.
Slughorn: Ah, yes... [Slughorn steps to a small black cauldrom. Begins to ladle a bit of golden liquid into a tiny vial.]
Slughorn: What you see before you, ladies and gentlemen, is a curious little potion known as Felix Felicis. But it is more commonly referred to as Liquid luck.
Everyone perks up.
[A buzz runs through the class. Even Cassie perks up.]
Slughorn: Desperately tricky to make. Disastrous should you get it wrong. But brewed correctly, as this has been, it has remarkable powers. One sip and you will find that all your endeavors succeed... at least until the effects wear off.
Katie Bell: But then why don’t people drink it all the time?
Slughorn: Because taken in excess it causes giddiness, recklessness and dangerous overconfidence.
"It can also be addicting." Said Lily.
Blair: Have you ever taken it, sir?
Slughorn: Twice. Once when I was twentyfour. Once when I was fiftyseven. Two tablespoons taken at breakfast. Two perfect days... [Slughorn eyes the vial dreamily, adrift. Finally he blinks.]
Slughorn: So. This is what I offer each of you today. One tiny vial of liquid luck... to the student who, in the hour that remains, manages to brew an acceptable Draught of Living Death, the recipe for which can be found on page ten of your textbook. [Excitement seizes the class. Slughorn smiles knowingly.]
Slughorn: You should know that in all the years of my previous tenure at Hogwarts, not once did a student brew a potion of sufficient quality to claim this prize. In any event -- good luck.
[Slughorn sets the vial upon his desk, where it shimmers in a shaft of sunlight. Anna opens her book. Frowns. The marhins of the page before her are black with the tight scribblings of a previous owner. The same creepy graffiti fills the next page as well, on and on throughout the book. Shaking her head, Anna runs her finger under the first printed instruction: “Cut up one Sopophorous bean.” Anna takes the silver dagger upon her desk, poises it over the bean when... Anna surveys the rest of the room: everyone is struggling to cut the resistant legume. She glances back to her book, considers the instruction again. As arrow has been drawn from the word “Cut” to the margin, where a modification has been written in the tight scrawl: “Crush with blade -- releases juice better.”]
"Smart." Said Regulus. Narcissa nodded. Both of them were good in potions.
[Anna considers the dagger in her hand, then places the flat of the blade against the bean and presses. Instantly, the protective parchment covering the desk runs red with juice.]
Rose: How did you do that?
Anna: Crush it. Don’t cut it.
Rose: No. The instructions specifically say to cut.
"Sometimes books are wrong." Said Barty.
Anna: No. Really --
Rose: Shh! [Anna shrugs, lifts the parchment and tips the juice into her cauldron. It hisses, then turns lilac. Anna grins. Camera begins slow dolly towards the vial of Felix Felicis and... montage begins. Students struggle. A cauldron overflows. Dean eyes Rose. Camera creeps toward vial. The sunlight shifts. Rose grows more and more frustrated. Her hair grows bushier in the steam rising from her cauldron... Anna stares at Cassie's fingers, while she cuts bean.]
Lucius and Regulus glare at Anna.
"Get your horny daughter away from Cassie!" Yelled Lucius.
"Wasn't your horny daughter that kept squeling in her seat?" Shot back James. They glared at each other.
[She seems to be in daze, Cassie feels stare and sees Anna looking at her and cuts herself, looks back at her hand and curses...]
Lucius kept glaring at Potters.
[Camera creeps closer to vial. Sunlight shifts again. Anna, cool as a cucumber, adds one last ingredient, steps back, done... Rose, hair like Medea now, glowers at her...]
"Her hair." Gasped horrified Black brothers, than looked at each other and turned away with scrowls.
[ The light shifts one last time. The vial glimmers like gold. Montage ends. Another angle. Slughorn wends his way amongst the cauldrons, nodding with sympathy at the fiascos before him. Then... he stops, staring in disbelief at the pearly sheen of one bubbling potion.]
Slughorn: Merlin’s Beard! But it’s perfect. So perfect I daresay one sip would kill us all! Your mother was a dab hand at potions, but this... My, my, what can’t you do, m’girl? Perhaps you will save us all in the end...
"She is new favourite." Said Remus.
[All eyes turn to Anna. His smile falters.]
Slughorn: Here you are then, as promised. One bottle of Felix Felicis. Use it well. [Slowly, Anna reaches out... takes the glittering vial.]
"With the life she has, she will need it." Said Sirius.