After almost a week at Hogwarts, you would think I would maybe start to get used to the moving staircases, vanishing steps, and crazy twists and turns leading to different places in the castle. Well if you were thinking that, you were wrong. So that's why when I was walking up the stairs to History of Magic with Ginny and Gia and the staircase started to move, not just a soft steady push, but a terrifying earth shaking jolt, accelerating every second, I screamed an earsplitting scream and was knocked off my feet.
Tumbling down the stairs my eyes widened as a saw where I was headed. There was no floor underneath me. I was going to fall down down down to the depths below which I had no idea. Terror started to come over me as I was reaching the end of the staircase. I did what my only option was. I reached my arm out and attempted to grasp the last stair. My attempt failed and I free fell, for what felt like hours, until the screams and yells of not just Gia and Ginny, but my own too, cut off with a thud. I heard a crack and a few snaps, and then everything went black.
I woke up slowly, the earth spinning, the blackness fading into colorful blobs, the blobs sharpening into people, but still blurry and unrecognizable. Once I was awake, I felt hard stabbing pains. I had no idea what was going on, where I was, or what had happened in the past forever.
"Shhhh, Shhhh she's waking up," I heard someone whisper. Silence fell around me.
"What's going on?" I asked, groggily. Then pains continued.
"Bay sweetie, you're in the hospital wing," A voice from behind me answered.
"Who are all of you?" Nothing was making sense. These voices didn't sound familiar. Why would I be in the hospital wing? Maybe that explains the pains. I tried to look back into what had happened, but my memory was wiped. How old was I? What hospital wing? As far as I knew, there wasn't a hospital wing in my house, just my mum, dad, and my sister Charlie.
"I knew there would be some memory damage. Bay dear, can you tell me what you think happened?" It was still another blank face talking. I rubbed my eyes and the images I was seeing were clearer. I could see Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, and Charlie, but then there were 4 other faces I had never seen before.
"Well, I don't know what happened. I don't know where I am, who any of you are, except well, Fred, George, Charlie, Ron and Ginny, but I've known all of you practically all my life. Where's mum and dad Charlie? How old am I? Where am I?" The questions were just coming and I realized just how much I didn't know.
"Oh no. This is bad. She asked where mum and dad are. She's acting like she's 5." Charlie said to the others.
"Bay, I'm Madame Pomfrey. You're not 5. You're 11. You're at Hogwarts. Now I'm going to do a quick memory charm to get you remembering who you are and what's happened alright? It won't hurt. Just close your eyes," said the brown eyed adult in the room. What she was saying wasn't making sense, but I did as I was told anyway. I closed my eyes and after hearing her say a few words, I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I felt all my memories coming back. My parents were dead. I was at Hogwarts, and I was in Gryffindor with Ginny. That girl who I couldn't recognize before, that was Gia and she was my roommate. The other adult was Professor McGonagall. And the last girls face was Hermione Granger's.
"Bay, are you ok? I saw the whole thing happen. I tried to sprint to your staircase but I couldn't get there fast enough. Oh Bay you must of fallen 1000 meters. There wasn't a single staircase that caught you until you were almost in the deepest dungeons. It took us so long to find you, and we wouldn't have if Hermione didn't suggest we just jump and she'd use a charm to make us land softly. I'm just, I'm so sorry!" Charlie managed to get out.
"Charlie, calm down, I'm fine. Is that what really happened?" even though I remembered all my past, the last hours where still a little foggy.
"It was insane. You could have died! You broke almost are your bones, your spine was shattered, your head cracked open; if we'd of gotten there any later you could be dead. Madame Pomfrey fixed you all up though. It was terrifying to watch. I thought I'd lost you," Ginny said, crying hard.
My expression must have looked scared because then Madame Pomfrey said, "Alright let's let her get some rest. Bay you were out almost 7 hours. I'm going to keep you in here for a couple days alright?"
"That's fine, I guess," I mumbled worn out suddenly from all that had happened. She gave me a potion and I fell asleep almost instantly.
The next 3 days dragged on. It was boring being in the hospital wing. So when I finally got out, I didn't want to have to put up with a load of crap from Fred George and Charlie. But too bad. When you have three overprotective siblings, get used to it.
"Bay, let me carry you down the stairs," said George, his arms open.
"Um, I've been in a bed for 3 days, I think I'm capable of walking myself," I answered, annoyed. Normally I would have willingly taken a free ride, but I needed to stretch out my legs, so this time I wasn't budging.
"Oh you asked for it!" George said as he lunged in and threw me over his shoulder.
"Put me down!" I shouted. Flailing my arms and legs, I shouted at him as he walked on.
"Not this time, my little baby sister," He answered in a perfect impression of Percy. Oh he knew how to egg me on. He was humiliating me in front of all my classmates. As if the situation couldn't get any worse, Draco Malfoy, the devil himself walked by.
"Aww, little Baby Bay is having a temper tantrum?" Draco snickered. Good thing Charlie was there.
"Now Draco, what did I saw about making fun of my little sister?" Charlie said staring him down.
"Oh, sorry Charlie, sorry Bay, I take it back," Draco said, flustered.
"Yay! Drakey you apologized again! You really are learning!" Charlie cheered.
"Hey, George, can you let me down, pleaseeeeee?" I begged
"Never!' George shouted as he started to run with me to potions. Fred and Charlie followed up right behind. On the way down, we ran into who but the most hated of my teachers, Professor Snape. George stopped short, putting me down right away.
"Ah, what do we have here? Four trouble makers, running though the halls. Mr. Weasley's, detention, both of you. As for you Ms. Weasley and Charlie. Charlie, care to explain?" Snape said in his awful voice.
"I'm sorry professor, see, Bay was hurt so George was carrying her to she wouldn't get more hurt, please forgive us," Charlie pleaded.
"Well Charlie, you have done no wrong, off to class. As for you Ms. Bay what shall we do with you? I'd say detention with your brothers, and stay after class all week to clean up after everyone. I'll make sure not a single one of them puts anything away."
"But that's not fair! I wanted them to put me down!" I shouted, indignant.
"It's true, please don't punish her," George said.
"Hmmmm, let's think about that. No."
"BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR!" I practically screamed then stomped on his foot and took off sprinting, hardly getting 5 feet before Charlie grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"I will not tolerate sassing back students. Go to your head of house now. No cleaning up, but we'll have McGonagall decide what a suitable punishment is shall we?" Snape said with a bitter tone to his voice.
I was trembling with anger as I marched off with Fred, George, and Charlie to McGonagall's office. Outside her door, George whispered
"Good Luck. I'm sorry Bay." Before they walked off together. I slowly opened the door and saw McGonagall sitting at her desk.
"Oh Bay, what's wrong?"
"Here," I said bitterly, thrusting the piece of paper Snape gave to me at her. She quickly scanned over it.
"Bay. What happened?"
"Well, George didn't want me to walk down the stairs so I wouldn't get hurt, but I didn't want to be carried but he carried me anyways and then he ran with me down the stairs too potions and we ran into Snape and he yelled at us and I yelled back and then started to run but then Charlie grabbed me back and then Snape told me to come here," I rushed the words out of my mouth in one breathe.
"You're not in trouble. Just, be careful with Professor Snape. He loves Charlie, but he's not too fond of many other students. Now get to class," she said with no emotion. I hastily ran out of the room, relieved. Then the bell rang and my last class of the day was let out as I was in the hallway, so I happily walked back to the common room, happy I had so many great people in my life, who would be there for me always.
