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Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
In this chapter words in this font are flashbacks. The flashback is no one's POV. Just third person so it's NOT being seen through Aphrodite's eyes.
It was very early in the morning, and Aphrodite couldn't fall back asleep. Rachel and Remus were still sleeping away as Aphrodite cried her eyes out sitting at the kitchen table. It was only a week since the attack, and she still had that night playing over and over again in her head. She wished it never happened. And why to them? The big question Aphrodite kept asking herself was why. Rachel and Remus did not deserve what happened to their mother. And why did Hera plan all of this? Aphrodite made herself some coffee. She knew that was a bad idea if she wanted to fall back asleep, but she knew she couldn't.
No moon was shining in the sky as Diana Lupin was in a deep sleep at Twelve Lunar Drive. It was years since she felt this peaceful. Remus and Rachel were staying over at the Potters (along with Sirius and Peter), and Diana had a few days to herself. Aphrodite came over, and they had a girls' day out. They did some shopping and hung out in their favorite cafe. A perfect day.
Then, all of a sudden, Diana felt like she was being shaken by someone.
"Diana! Wake up!" whispered her best friend Aphrodite who was staying over. Her long brown hair was tied in a messy ponytail, and her brown eyes filled with worry. "Someone's in the house!"
"Wait, what?" Diana yawned. "Someone's here?"
"Shhh, be quiet! I hear footsteps," Aphrodite held her wand. "Take your wand."
Both women, still in their nightgowns and armed with their wands, walked down the long winding staircase to see who was there.
"Stupefy!" a stranger's voice yelled. The spell missed Diana and Aphrodite by inches. "I think I found them!" It was a woman's voice. It sounded a bit familiar to Diana, but no, it couldn't be.
Two big men with black robes, their faces covered, and a woman, also in black with her face covered, stood in front of them.
"What do you want?" Aphrodite asked. She knew who these horrible people were. There had been more murders lately by a group that call themselves, "Death Eaters."
One of the men pushed Aphrodite hard against the wall and tried to choke her. "Not her," the woman's voice said, "the other one." The other man pointed his wand at Diana.
"It's a shame you have to go this way, Diana," said the mysterious woman. "But it has to be done."
"Who are you?" Diana yelled as the man,grinning, looked at her up and down. "What the hell do you want?"
"I can't believe you don't remember me." She took off her mask. The mysterious woman was Hera.
"YOU!" yelled Aphrodite as she was trying to push off the man that was pushing against her. She was kicking him all over, but he came back stronger and got her in the nose.
"We thought--" Diana was about to say.
"I was never dead. Never missing. You were wrong." Hera was now smiling. "How's John, Diana? Your love?"
"I don't love him anymore!" Diana said, her tone very cold. "He left!"
"Of course. I know that. He happens to be with me now. He's really good at many things. But of course you'd know that, wouldn't you?" Hera grinned. "He loves me a lot more than he ever loved you. I give him what he wants--"
"STOP IT!" Diana yelled.
"You must be wondering where Romulus is? He never comes home. I know. He's with John and me, where he really belongs. We're so proud of him." Hera said. Diana knew Hera was telling the truth. Romulus was never home because he resented Diana (his aunt) and Remus. Diana knew the day would come when Romulus would run to John.
"You little-- !" Aphrodite was about to yell something very crude but was cut off.
"Well, can't stop and chat, Diana. I really should go. They'll finish you off. Bye, Diana. You were a great friend when we were young. I might see you around, Aphrodite, after what happens tonight. This might teach you a lesson to stay to your own." Hera smirked. She walked outside the door, leaving Diana and Aphrodite with two Death Eaters. Aphrodite was already being held back by one of them.
Diana started to run--
"CRUCIO!"
She screamed for what seemed like forever. The pain, it was horrible. She wondered if the pain Remus went though was as bad as this, or worse.
Diana fell onto the floor. She couldn't take it.
"CRUCIO!"
She screamed again, even though she thought she couldn't scream anymore.
"NO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? STOP IT AND LET ME GO!" Diana could hear Aphrodite screaming.
"QUIET!" the man holding her took off her nightgown. "CRUCIO!"
It kept going like that for what seemed like forever. By the time it happened, Diana's nightgown was off, and Aphrodite was knocked out. Diana had very little strength left. Both of their wands were destroyed. They tried but failed.
"Avada Kedavra," a green light flashed and hit Diana.
The two men left right after the curse hit her, leaving Diana's lifeless body on the ground like a piece of forgotten garbage. It was only hours later Aphrodite woke up. She was still very weak and crawled over to Diana's body.
"Diana?" she said, but then she saw that Diana was gone. Blood covered her body. There was no life left in her eyes. "No, no, this can't be happening!" Tears were rolling down her big brown eyes. "NO!" Aphrodite found her nightgown on the other side of the room. She felt digusted with herself, that those men took advantage of her and Diana. She limped over to the fire to floo over to the Potters to tell Remus and Rachel the news. She knew it was early in the morning, but this couldn't wait.
Author's Note: I know short chapter, but I felt like this had to be added in someway. Orginally, this was going to be the beginning... the prologue, but I changed my mind. Next chapter is back to Remus and his problems. Review please!!
