Flint's sister

Chapter 7

Anna's POV

We were sat in the Great Hall the next morning eating our breakfast. The trio and I were helping ourselves to cereals and toast whilst Draco told Pansy Pugface Parkinson about how 'another minute and he would have lost his arm'. I scoff and roll my eyes.

"What's got your wand in a knot?" Harry asks before buttering his toast.
"Draco. Honestly, he has a scratch. I have a cut too for Merlin's sake. And it didn't help he put his fat head on it!" I tell him as Ron sniggers. I whack him over the head lightly with my Charms book.
"What is so funny?" I ask pretending to be annoyed.
"Nothing, jeez woman. You sound like my mum" he says rubbing his head where I hit him before taking my charms book.

"He's been sighted! He's been sighted!" Seamus say dashing into the Great Hall holding this morning's copy of The Daily Prophet.
"What? Who?" Hermione asks as we all get up and run over as everybody from our house in our year crowds around Seamus.
"Sirius Black of course" Seamus says as though it was obvious. I see the colour drain from Harry's face out of the corner of my eye. I rub his arm comfortingly and continue reading. "Dufftown? That isn't far from here" I comment.

"Well, you don't think S-Sirius Black would come here would you?" Neville asked us a nervous look passing over his face.
"You never know. Black did go to Hogwarts" I tell them, an uncomfortable silence descending over the group.

As we head into the classroom, I notice my Hufflepuff friend Molly Wood in the corner putting her bag on one of the desks that had been moved to the sides of the room out of the way.
"Hey Molly!" I say walking over to her.
"Anna! Hi! How are you?" she says turning to me.

Molly is a little taller than me and has dark brown hair with some chestnut brown highlights scraped into a ponytail with a pair of dark brown eyes. Her nose was covered in little freckles and she has bright white teeth with a big smile. She wears her uniform perfectly  with her yellow Hufflepuff tie. Molly is the younger sister of Oliver Wood, Gryffindor Quidditch captain. She is more artsy than him and isn't really into Quidditch.

"I'm not bad. What do you think Professor Lupin will be like?" I ask her, setting my bag next to hers.
"Well anything would be better than that idiot we had last year" she says before bursting into laughter. I giggled with her and we spoke for a few more minutes before Professor Lupin came in. We waved goodbye and she went to stand with Hannah Abbott. I walked over to Draco and Blaise. 

"Hey guys, sorry I ran off yesterday" I say as I give Blaise a side hug.
"It's all good. How is your stomach?" Draco asks draping his good arm over my shoulder.
"Its alright, would be better if you didn't decide to lay your fat head on my wound!" I say dramatically. They laugh at me as Professor Lupin walks down the steps from his office and grabs the attention of the class, even Draco.

"Alright class, can anybody guess what we are doing today?" he asks as the wardrobe begins rattling.
"Its a boggart sir. It takes on a persons worst fear. Because of its shapeshifting ability, nobody knows-" Hermione rattles off.
"-What its true form is. Correct Miss Granger. 10 points to Gryffindor" the professor said.
"When did she get here!" Ron exclaims loudly looking very perplexed. I let out a little giggle, missing what the professor says next.

"Now, everybody repeat after me. Riddikulus!" he says. 
"Riddikulus!" we say.
"This class is ridiculous" Draco mutters to us, Blaise chuckling at his joke, although Draco looked quite serious.
"Excellent. Now Neville, come up here" Professor Lupin says, beckoning him up. Trembling a little, Neville makes his way towards the front and listens as Professor Lupin whispers in his ear. He nods and begins preparing himself. 

"Now, when I let it out, you are going to make your worst fear hilarious. Make it funny. Picture it. Then say the incantation" he says before asking Neville if he was prepared. He nods quickly, hands shaking as he grips his wand and bites his lip. I feel a bit bad for him so I shout, 
"Go Neville!" whilst everybody looks at me and I laugh and blush bright red. He sends me a grateful smile and looks a little more confident.

"Now Neville, can you tell me what your worst fear is?" Professor Lupin asked him.
"Professor Snape..." he mumbles. The class bursts out laughing and Neville goes a deep red. "Now, now everybody. I agree Neville, Professor Snape is a very scary person. Now, remember what we talked about?" he asked. Neville nods and Professor Lupin opens the wardrobe. Professor Snape comes out of the wardrobe. All his mannerisms and his expressions were spot on.
"R-Riddikulus!" Neville says. Suddenly Snape's clothes turn into those of an old Grandma. The boggart becomes confused as the class begins to laugh.

"Okay everybody line up! Molly!" Professor Lupin says. She steps up and the boggart swiftly changes and becomes a lady laying on the floor with her eyes widen open in an eternal stare. I think the woman was perhaps her mother. 
"Riddikulus!" she shouts and the woman stands up an begins doing a weird laugh and is dressed as a cartoon character. We laugh and then its my turn. 

I step up and wait for the boggart to work out my worst fear. I can feel everybody staring at my, their eyes boring into the back of my head. Suddenly the boggart turns into my father. And I froze. I can't think. How do I make him funny?! He begins to walk towards me and I can feel my anxiety intensifying. I can't take it. I turn and sprint out of the classroom, oblivious to Professor Lupin's shouts. I can hear footsteps behind me but that only makes me run harder towards the black lake.