Mia Maestro

{ Meme }

Anita Flynn 

• Clerk at Flourish & Blotts
  
• 26 as of the declaration of the Second War (Technically Harry Potter’s 6^th year)  
  
• Slytherin Alumni
• Muggleborn

Anita was among the first flock of first years Severus ever dealt with, and was in essence the very reason why he implored Albus to permit him the position of Head of Slytherin. She displayed many signs of abuse that he could not comprehend the faculty not noticing, and often times she was belligerent when frightened, leading to unnecessary detention and further punishment for a (to Severus’ mind) completely understandable defense mechanism. 

He took her under his wing almost immediately, and through Anita’s growth and learning came to develop the persona he eventually holds by the time Draco Malfoy and other such Slytherins take to the house. A cruel task master in the classroom and a sympathetic and understanding ear without, the viciousness with which Severus defends his Slytherins was born, ultimately, from what Anita taught him.

Children should be able to trust the adults around them to protect them. No matter what. 

In Anita’s fourth year, Severus’ particular brand of justice reared it’s head and, like his unknown uncle Stephan, he found absolute pleasure in meting it out. Severus killed Anita’s father in cold blood through the use of a carefully stoppered and untraceable poison. The only one to suspect him was Anita herself, though she never spoke of it and to this day, remains staunch in the remark that her father’s drinking lead his liver to collapse, among other things.

Severus remained in touch with Anita throughout her life, and she made a habit of sending him coupons from the store for no other reason than her own amusement, knowing well how surely he could get whenever something bright and colorful popped in front of him. (She may, even, have designed a few herself just for an excuse to send him things in neons.) 

Shortly before he was set to kill Albus, Severus sent her a letter with a remark that France was quite lovely this time of year. Understanding the note for what it was, Anita left England with her little brother and did not return until after the Battle of Hogwarts.