It had been a rather nice day and Anya had spent it exploring the grounds of Hogwarts. She never really spent much time outside, so she figured that now was as good a time as any. It was an especially nice time to be alone, seeing as her father had finally answered one of her letters to "
Home." Viktor had sent a one sentence response to a pile of letters that had been sent over the entirety of Anya's stay at Hogwarts. It had been four years since they saw eachother last (he was never home during the holiday) and this was the first letter he sent. One sentence.
Aнастасия,
Due to the fact that I am knee deep in parchment, you need to stop sending letters.
-ПапаIt was not like she had expected some sort of a heartfelt response, but she had at least hoped for something. Her mind had been so clouded that she did had not been paying attention to where she was walking. All of a sudden, the open space grew scarce and the darkness grew stronger. She figured that she had wandered into the forbidden forest. Great. The next thing this horrible day needed was her getting in trouble.
"Crunch" went the leaves. Someone was headed her way.
Anya's breath thickened as she tried to navigate her way out of the forest, but success was not the outcome. Next thing she knew, her body was colliding into some else's.