The Other Uncle (a sequel)

The Substitute

AN: Sorry! I had a severe case of writers block when I was making this chapter. It's more of a filler than anything. The next one should be much more interesting.

The above pic is just one of the few I found that I think fits Anna. I'm not really clear on what the actress/model's name is. The pic isn't a perfect match by any means but it's really the best I good do for now.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

-The Next Morning-
Just because Severus was subbing for the Lupins as a favor to Anna, didn't mean he had to like it. Even though it was Anna who had asked, he didn't like feeling like he was helping the mutt. He was still cross about the Boggart incident. However, he had a plan to get the Granger girl to figure out Remus' secret.
The Slytherin could only hope that Anna wouldn't kill him for it.

-With Harry-
As if Harry wasn't worried enough about his aunt's Quidditch incident, she hadn't shown up for breakfast that morning.
He wondered if, perhaps, his aunt had been worse off than he thought.

The more he worried, the guiltier he felt.

He was angry at himself. Somehow, everything seemed to be HIS fault. All he could think is how if he wasn't so useless, people (mainly Anna) wouldn't have to risk their life to safe him while he stood there like a damsel in distress. Harry was determined. The next time a Dementor came across his path HE would handle it. He didn't care how hard the spell was to master. He needed to fight his fear.

Of course, he didn't say any of this out loud to his friends. He knew they would disagree and say it wasn't his fault. And maybe that was true about the Dementor thing. But it was his third year at Hogwarts in which someone was trying to kill him and he was starting to realize that things could only get worse from here.

He looked up from his breakfast and saw that his friends were looking at him, "What?" Hermione looked concerned, "Harry, you've barely touched your food. I know you are worried about Anna, but she's fine. Madam Pomfrey fixed her up. Remember?" "Then why isn't she here?"

Ron shrugged, "You saw how Professor Lupin acted around her on the train when she was sick. I bet he made her take a sick day. I wouldn't worry about it, mate. You know how Anna is. She's bloody invincible!" Harry sighed, "Yeah, you're probably right."

-Defense Against the Dark Arts-
Of course Harry had to be late to DADA the one day Professor Snape was the substitute. He had been pretty sure Uncle Remus (he would have to get used to calling him that) wouldn't be teaching, but he had hoped Anna would get a nicer substitute, like Hagrid.

After taking several points from Gryffindor, Snape went on to tell them they would be studying werewolves, even though they weren't supposed to learn about those until much later in the year. Hermione, of course, protested. She attempted to tell the Potions Master that they were actually supposed to be learning about Hinkypinks , but Snape was hearing none of it. He took off more points away from the house of bravery.

The class only got worse from there. Detentions were handed out, points were taken, and the dark haired openly expressed his hatred for Remus throughout the entire 'lesson.' Harry nearly lost it.

Though he had previously thought Remus was a bit peculiar and strange when they and first met, Harry was really starting to think of him as family. He wouldn't say the Professor was a parent to him, like Anna sort of was, he suspected that, with time, that could change. So, Harry didn't really appreciate Snape insulting Remus. Especially since the man wasn't half as good of a Professor as his uncle was.

To make it worse, Snape ended the class by assigning a two page essay, which drew a collective groan from the class. Ron seemed to agree as he ranted to his friends, "Can you believe that? We're supposed to write TWO whole pages on a subject we only just started! Is he mad? How are we supposed to describe how to recognize and kill a werewolf in detail if we haven't been taught?!"