Wild Moonlight

Off To Hogwarts Ana's First Year

"Hurry up mum! We're going to be late!" Anastasia yelled to me from the top of the stairs. "The train will leave without us!"

"We've got time Anastasia!" I yelled out to her, but I hurried to get the last of my things together. I didn't blame her for rushing me since it was her first time on the Hogwarts Express and she didn't want to miss it. As soon as we were done packing I apparated us to an alleyway near Kings Cross. When we got a trolley and went to enter the platform. "This is probably the most fun part of riding the train."

"So what do I do?" She asked.

"Run straight at the wall." I told her. She looked at me like I was crazy. "Don't worry; you'll go straight through it."

"But-" Before she could say anything else a group of redheads came up. I noticed that two of the boys looked kind of like Gideon and Fabian Prewett right down to that mischievous look in their eyes.

"My dear, is that you Mariah Bane?" An older woman asked. It took me a minute, but I recognized her as the twins' older sister Molly. That's why the two looked like Gideon and Fabian, because they were Molly's kids.

"Molly Prewett?" I asked.

"I go by Molly Weasley now dear." She grinned. "And who might this be?"

"This is my daughter Anastasia Lily Bane." I introduced and Ana peeked out from behind me just for a moment to see Molly smiling down at her. "Ana, say hello to Miss Molly."

"Hi. I'm Anastasia, but you can call me Ana." She grinned. I could tell from that moment that she basically had Molly wrapped around her finger.

"Anyways, now that Molly is here, her boys can show you how to get through." I told Ana.

"Don't worry; it's Fred and George's first time too." Molly told her. I noticed that a little ginger girl was sitting on one of her older brother's trolleys. "Percy, you go first."

The boy Percy ran through the wall first followed by the boy with his sister on his trolley. Then the twins and Ana right behind them. Molly let me go in after, and then she came through holding her youngest boy's hand. Almost as soon as we were on the other side the little girl hopped off the boy's trolley and they went scampering off on their own. The little girl went up and held onto Molly's other hand tightly.

"Oh, this is Ginny and Ron. Ron will be starting Hogwarts in two years, and Ginny in three." Molly informed me. "My oldest Bill is off in Egypt, and then there's Charlie, Percy, Fred and George, Ron, then Ginny."

"All I've got is Ana." I told her. "We spent her whole life in America, I'm actually surprised that she even wanted to move here and attend Hogwarts."

"Why were you there?" She asked.

"I just wanted to try something new." I lied. "Well I must be going. Dumbledore asked me to be a professor this year so I gotta catch that train."

"Good luck dear; it was nice seeing you again." She smiled warmly and waved me off. I quickly found an empty compartment and sat down with a sigh. I knew it was wrong to lie to her. I mean I was a coward who ran away from the war at the first sign of danger, and in my absence almost all of my friends, including her brothers died. How could I tell her that I didn't have the guts to stick around because I was scared of the outcome of the war? That's not something you tell someone... ever! I was so lost in my own thoughts that I almost didn't notice the students enter the compartment I was sitting in... Almost.

"Do you mind if we sit here with you Miss?" One of the boys asked me. I noticed that he was Molly's son, the one that was Pushing Ginny on his trolley, Charlie, I think his name was.