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Starry Eyed	By : Ledaswann Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 8476 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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To the people that have taken the time to leave reviews on my story a gigantic thank you! Persepolis, mrequecky, ero serinn and markspet thankyouuuuu. Sorry the last chapter is so late, short and sex-free! I have literally just handed in my dissertation so I have been exceptionally busy up until tonight.

I'm so glad that you have all been enjoying the story, I'm really enjoying writing it. Please let me know what you're enjoying and how I can improve, as this is my very first piece of fiction I would really appreciate knowing what i'm doing wrong and how to fix it!

Sorry but this will be yet another sex free chapter, just some thinking from Anna. But it'll get good soon ^_^

Anna woke groggily with the spring sunshine peeking through the curtains, she could hear birds outside the window, and realized that it must be a beautiful day outside. She rolled on to her back stretching out under the covers. Her muscles protested but she held the stretch for a few seconds, enjoying the ache. She swallowed and felt that her throat was far less painful. Her body still hurt but not in the same terrible way it did the previous night. That tea must have helped a lot.

Anna decided to stay in bed for as long as she could, she wanted to rest up as much as possible as she was certain that she would be put to work today, in the kitchens or similar. She lay for an hour or so dozing and day dreaming until she heard a familiar laugh faintly from outside. She sat up with a jerk, then a groan as her muscles burned in protest. She pulled the blankets off of the bed as she jumped up to the window. Peeking out of the curtains she noticed she was looking out from the second floor of the manor. She had to blink a few times in the sunlight to let her eyes adjust properly, but she could make out the figure of Claire walking up the immaculate lawn next to the statuesque for of the youngest Malfoy.

Anna's eyes widened. Claire looked beautiful, her hair had been curled and pinned up on her head and she wore black jhodpurs and the most luxurious deep green riding coat. She was gazing at Draco in a dreamy manner, his conversation was interspersed with her giggles. Anna watched in disbelief as the pair walked into the manor, Claire's laughter ringing like a bell.

Anna slowly sat down on the bed wrapping the blankets around herself. She couldn't believe how happy Claire had looked. It didn't make any sense. Draco clearly hadn't hurt her, if anything she looked healthier than before. Anna felt a pang of jealousy towards her friend, but pushed it aside. She should be ecstatic that Claire hadn't been punished too. Though of course Claire rarely did anything wrong. Anna felt another pang of guilt when she thought about where she had gone wrong with Malfoy...Master. Why couldn't she just behave? But had she really deserved those punishments? All she knew for certain was that she wouldn't be attempting to take Malfoy's wand again. That was a serious mistake.

Anna was staring at her toes poking from underneath the blanket when she heard humming coming from outside. She popped her head up and spied out to the garden again. The man that she had met in the servant's showers, Neville, was pushing a wheel barrow of soil across the large patio, he broke into a cheerful whistle and came to stop by one of the big flower beds halfway down the enormous lawn. He began shoveling the soil onto the flower bed. Anna watched him working in the sunshine, he was tall and lean with scruffy, unkempt hair but his arms were quite muscular. Anna wondered how long he had been working at the manor. She caught herself smiling, he seemed so nice when she had met him. A real gentleman. Anna watched him for ten minutes or so until her tummy rumbled loudly. She looked about the small room. Other than the bed there was a wardrobe and a small chest of drawers. She looked at the door and wondered whether it would be a good idea to leave the room. She padded over to the wardrobe and peeked inside, finding several very large woolen jumpers, the chest of drawers held nothing. Anna picked the biggest jumper from the old wardrobe, a white, scratchy thing that came down to her knees. She delicately opened the door, and stuck her head out into the hallway. Feeling satisfied that no one was around she tiptoed down the corridor and into the shower rooms. Before she dealt with her hunger she seriously needed a shower.

She could almost feel the filth on her skin. She used the loo and turned on the shower furthest away from the door. She gingerly removed the jumper and stood in front of the large mirror held on the wall. Her bruises were still dark and ugly, and the scabbed splits in her skin stung with each small movement she made, although the swelling had mostly gone down. She still had dried blood all over her legs and back. Her hair was matted and greasy. She stepped into the jets of the shower and began to rinse away the grime of the past few days.

After her shower she popped the enormous jumper back on and ventured along to the kitchens. Anna held a trembling hand up to the door handle and went inside, hoping to find an empty room. There were two chambermaids giggling over a cup of tea sat at the large table. Anna stopped in the doorway as she saw them. They both turned to see who had come in the door and stared for a second. Anna felt their eyes roam over her stopping in horror at her legs, on which her bruises were still very evident. One of them, an elfin featured blonde, let out a small gasp.

Anna pulled her sleeves over her hands and looked down so that her tangled, wet hair would cover her face. She walked over to the kettle which was warm and poured herself a cup of tea. She was turned away from the girls when one of them whispered something and they both giggled. When Anna span around to face them intending to intimidate them, make them know that she wasn't going to be made fun of, they stared at her blankly.

'What are you staring at?!' Anna cried.

The girls looked at each other and one of them giggled nervously.

'Nothing.' said the second maid.

'You don't even know who I am so don't fucking laugh at me!' Anna nearly shrieked.

The girls looked at her incredulously. 'Okay, then. Nice to meet you too' said the blonde girl.

They both stood up to leave and Anna watched them slink out of the kitchen. She sighed, red-faced. She had let her temper get the better of her again, and felt embarrassed to have shouted at complete strangers.

Anna had a quick look around the kitchen for food and spotted some sliced bread on the side, she found cheese sliced in a silver dish and took a couple of pieces. She took her food and tea and snuck back down the hallway to her room. Due to the limited amount of food they'd had in the muggle camp she always felt uncomfortable with having food that could potentially be taken from her and felt safer eating in the privacy of her room. After slowly chewing her way through the bread and cheese Anna felt full and incredibly satisfied. She laid her head down on the pillow again and dozed.

As usual with dreams, Anna did not notice when it started but became aware of the dream when it appeared to be half-way finished. She was sitting in her old school classroom, her legs swinging under the desk. Her old tatty pencil case was open in front of her and she proceeded to take each pencil out one by one and line them up in front of her. She was engrossed in the activity, obsessed with lining them up perfectly.

A black cane came down on to the desk with a crack and made her jump back in fright. She looked up shocked into the face of Malfoy, dressed in muggle clothing, his hair pulled back into a ponytail. He sneered at her in that inimitable Malfoy way and pointed his cane at her. She pulled her hands up in front of herself but looked down to see her school uniform gone. She put her hands over her breasts. Suddenly the classroom erupted with laughter and the previously anonymous students sat around her formed recognizable faces. She saw her mother and father, the children she had gone to primary school with, some of the women from the muggle camp and sat right in front of her were Lara and Claire, laughing the hardest, tears streaming down their faces. Anna sank low in her chair her hands fumbling to try and cover her nudity. She could see Malfoy calmly smirking at her from behind the laughing classmates.

She closed her eyes and found herself in a beautiful forest. A huge oak tree stood in front of her. She became aware that the other trees surrounding her were ablaze with green fire. The flames licked at her hair and singed the ends. She was terrified that the oak tree would catch alight too. She attempted to fan the flames back but they encroached ever quicker. The branches of her oak began to burn and the emerald flames moved down to the trunk. Anna watched helpless and devastated as the oak tree was engulfed in flames and slowly blackened and charred. She shook with sobs in her dream, the grief burning a hole inside her chest.

Anna couldn't really discern when the dream had become waking but her sobs echoed in the tiny space of the room and she could feel hot tears leaking down her cheek.

She curled into herself under the covers of the bed, wrapping her arms around her knees. She couldn't really understand why this dream had made her so upset, and it was slipping away from her memories despite her desperate attempts at recalling it properly. She peeked out from underneath the covers again and was shocked to see that the room had become dark, the spring sunshine from earlier had disappeared into night.

The door of the tiny room creaked open and Anna cowered beneath her blankets as Malfoy stepped inside. He sat down on the edge of the bed.

'Anna. You have slept for some time.'

She did not respond. She was concerned about the sobs still caught in her throat making her sound strange to him.

'You are crying.'

Anna sniffed self-consciously.

'Come to me.' he murmured.

Anna froze, this couldn't be good. She gently pushed the covers away from her face to look at him. She couldn't make out his expression in the darkness. He remained silent. Anna realized he was being patient with her. She also realized this patience would not last long.

Moving slowly as not to aggravate her injuries, she sat up to face him. Malfoy reached out and pulled her to him, laying her back onto his legs so that he could cradle her like a baby. He stroked her hair gently.

Anna felt her tears returning as he delicately ran his fingers over her face.

'Shh' he whispered as she sobbed a few times. 'You are learning from this Anna. Sometimes it will be hard, but you must appreciate every gift that I give you.'

Anna nodded gravely.

Malfoy moved her back down to her pillow and lay down behind her, wrapping his arms around her chest. Anna realized she had not been embraced like this for years, since Matthew at the hiding place and gasped at the intimacy of what Malfoy was doing.

She drifted off to sleep again, and this time her dreams were a series of beautiful beaches, the turquoise waves lapping at white sands.
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