Anthony's mother had chosen to put their family into hiding, as she had never felt the need before to hide the fact that she had married a muggle man. She was from a well-breed, pure-blooded French family and now, she was a blood-traitor. His mother had hid the family, all of them besides Anthony who refused and went back to school anyway, and they missed out on everything that happened. They heard through news papers and the like, but they didn't experience the war first hand, not like Anthony had.
Anthony would never claim to even begin to understand what Ioan had went through. He knew that their situations were different. While he was being tortured by classmates and professors, living in a room with however many other DA members, Ioan had been locked in a cell, all of his happiness sucked away by horrible Dementors. They had both had a hard time of it last year, different though.
"Don't let them scare you." He pressed another kiss to Ioan's cheek. "Don't let them win. If they see that you are scared, they win."
He smiled again. "Scarlet is coming to school this year. She is very excited. I was just going to buy something for her, a gift." Anthony was extremely proud of his little sister. He adored her and she had him wrapped around her little finger. Which was probably why he was going to spend his hard earned money on a gift that she didn't really need. Anthony spoiled that little girl.