Hey I know I said I would update but I was hoping for a few more reviews before I did...No worries though, a promise is a promise so here is your first chapter.
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'DO SOMETHING,' Hugo Granger-Weasley screamed at James. He was scared, terrified for his sister and it made him lose his usual cool.
'I don't know what to do. She's your sister,' James said quietly, his face pale and voice trembly. Lily noticed that her brother was close to panicking even though it didn't show and gently laid a hand on the small of his back comfortingly.
'I don't think we should touch her,' Albus Severus held on tightly to Hugo's arm to stop him leaping on his sister.
'My sister is having a fit on her bed,' Hugo's voice had dropped from the scream. Instead it was forced calm. He leaped on his sister, shook her viciously.
'Get off her,' James pulled him away sharply, 'do you want to hurt her?' After a pause he laid a hand softly on his cousin's shoulder, 'We won't help her by panicking.' James shared a look with his brother Severus.
'I agree. I think that we should call Madame Pomfrey,' his brother looked at the rest of the group, 'this is out of our hands. Something is really wrong. We can't keep ignoring it'
It was the second time this had happened. All five of them shared a hall of residence and had woken last October to find Rose thrashing at something unseen, crying out in fear. Together, they held her arms and legs to the bed so she could not hurt herself and tried frantically to wake her. When she finally woke up she had grabbed at James, who was the closest and sobbed heavily into his shoulder for a good five minutes. Afterwards, she'd suddenly stopped, took a deep breath and stopped crying altogether. Since then, the others had taken their cues from her and ignored that it had ever happened.
It was March today, three weeks before Easter and Rose had suddenly collapsed to the floor once again. Her eyes were open and saw things they couldn't. She did not flail her arms this time but held them rigidly to her sides as if they were tied there and every now and then her legs would twitch almost involuntarily. From her throat low keening cries sounded. Though James would never admit it to anyone but Lily, he was scared shitless.
Albus Severus, though his mind was flying all over the place and his heart felt like it was going to fall out of his butt, noticed gratefully that his hands and body were perfectly steady. Like his brother, he was always calm in a crisis, unlike his brother however, his calm wasn't forced. It was as if his mind saw the crises and all his emotions, took a step back, leaving him completely composed. Though Rose looked like she was about to start crying, Severus saw the heavy set of her jaw, the way her lips had tightened. That slight frown between her eyebrows and nose flaring slightly, all signs that Rose wasn't planning to give up so easily. Rose may have had her mother's brains but she had her father's dogged determination. Like a slap, Severus remembered, the time Rose had taught him how to swim. He had been terrified of water all his life and refused to get into the lake. In the end Rose had got so exasperated, she had grabbed him and thrown him into the water. Severus looked at the figure of Rose on the bed; she'd hate the fact that she looked so desperate. A sudden rush of love and affection gushed through him. Rose was closer to him than Lily, they were as close as twins, and he wasn't going to let her down now. All these thoughts had hit him in the space of a blink, the way things did and he took charge.
'Forget Madam Pomfrey, go get Sakina, she's less likely to tell on us,' he instructed Lily, who glanced at James for permission before running quickly away.
'We've got to do something, to make her more comfortable,' Severus told his brother, 'Don't you know anything. James took his wand out from the holder on his forearm and sat next to Rose mumbling spells. Rose's eyes suddenly became heavy, though they didn't shut and her body lost its rigidity.
Severus started to panic, 'What did you do,' he asked.
James straightened and gave Severus a dangerous look. Severus suddenly remembered that James was the one usually in charge and took a step back mentally. As if James sensed the change in him he answered, 'A Soothing Spell for any pain, a Calming Charm for panic and Drowsiness to help her relax and rest,' he looked at Hugo, 'Go get damp a flannel. She's burning up,' he commanded. Hugo hastened to the adjoining bathroom. James sat on Lily's bed once more the cool, collected, unapproachable older brother and leader.
Severus ignored him and sat next to Rose. Placing one hand on her neck where the pulse beat fast and another in her palm, covering her wrist he tried to imagine that he was radiating calm waves right into her. Stop being stupid he told himself. Instead Severus just dropped his head onto the pillow next to her and murmured into her ear, 'please wake up soon, Rose. You're really freaking me out. James is really pissing me off. Hugo's gone sort of sappy as well. If you don't get up soon, you know I'll have to tickle you awake?' Severus could almost hear Rose laugh in reply. He knew exactly what she would have said you'd have to catch me first. It's not as if you're the most amazing runner he'd reply. But at least I'm faster than you. You wish‼ And smarter…
Will Rose survive? Am I mean enough to kill her in the first chapter? Wait and see
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