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It was time, Anna thought as she left the shed she'd been holed up in these last few days. She finally felt she had enough energy to apparate home, well the closest thing to home she had left.
She didn't really have a plan of what to do once she got there, but at least she knew only Blacks could enter the house unless invited inside by the deed owner.
And with that in mind, Anna prayed she would land in the right place without splinching herself. Thinking back on the last time she had apparated all those years ago, she turned on the spot.
Landing in the hall of the house she winced at the wailing of Warburga Blacks portrait, thinking of the grey eyes that would forever hold her heart.
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Halloween 1981.
Anna ran to JAmes', she had a feeling, deep in her chest that something was wrong. She'd merely given Sirius a kiss goodbye before apparating just outside the protective boundaries and sprinting to ensure her family was safe.
She made it to the house just in time to see an explosion go off, screaming she ran to the house, blindly trying to blink back tears as she heard a cry. The cry of her godson and nephew, hope filling her as she ran for the stairs, only to trip, crashing to the floor. In that moment Anna felt her heart stop, and shortly after, break into a million pieces as she looked down, feeling the cold body of her twin brother beneath her. She screamed, she cried and sat there for god knows how long as she clawed at him asking for him to come back to her, pleading with death to take her instead. Anything to bring him back for a moment.
She didnt know how long she'd laid there before she heard voices, not being able to gather the energy or motivation to defend herself as she grasped James' hand in one of her own and her locket in the other. Anna had never known pain like this, never thought she'd have to, struggling to breathe as her heart felt like it had stopped beating.
She was numb, barely recognising when arms grabbed her, only protesting when they attempted to move her from her brothers body. She heard a grunt and a jolt in her back before falling into darkness.
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She awoke in a dark room, a man wearing a mask stood opposite her as he screamed to know the whereabouts of his master. But Anna couldn't talk, not that she knew anything, she was dead in all aspects but body, barely feeling the hits and attacks on her body that followed. Only reacting when James, Lily and Sirius' names were mentioned. The part of her heart that remained longed for Sirius, but this died soon after they told her he was also dead.
Anna Potter-Black was completely alone, nobody left to search for her. Marlene was dead, Alice could barely recognise her. From the sounds of it Voldemort had fallen, and therefore she strongly doubted her presence would be missed by anyone, her name forgotten or assumed a casualty in the celebrations she was sure were happening throughout the globe.
SO Anna Black waited, 15 years of taunting and torture before she found her escape.
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I am on a roll tonight guys.
WHOS EXCITED FOR THE REUNION? will post it later today but its 2am and i need sleep.
