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Chapter 9: Catastrophe!

10/31/22

OMG, OMG, OMG!!! I can barely write my hands are shaking so much…ahhhhh!

~Lily

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3:15 AM

'Ah, I can't think or sleep… earlier I could after…I don't even want to think about it. That's why I'm pacing. I really want to go scream my heart out at him, but that would probably bother a lot of people not to mention I'd probably get into a lot of trouble. Yesterday went from great to bad to totally and completely awful. I mean first Loran and Amber hate each other and now this! I fell like screaming or crying hysterically, but that also would bother quite a few people who are lucky enough to be able to sleep since it's…3:17 in the morning. Therefore, I am pacing and ranting this in my head, where's my invisibility cloak. I'm going for a walk.

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6:30 AM

'Where am I? Oh right…' I thought as all the memories of the previous night came back to me, I had gone to my rock around three o'clock and obviously fell asleep there. I should probably go back to the dormitory now; I bet I look like a mess.

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7:20 AM

"Finally you came down!" I exclaimed as Amber emerged from the girls' staircase (I was in the common room)

"Where were you?"

"What do you mean where was Lily? She's right there and she can't have been up that long? You didn't go anywhere did you?" Hugo asked as he and Anthony entered the common room from the guys' staircase.

"No, I didn't. Let's go," I replied dragging Amber towards the portrait hole.

"You know, I really don't think that's the greatest idea," Amber told me.

"Why not?" I asked impatiently.

"Do you really want to make a big scene in the Great Hall?"

"I don't care! Oh, fine," I added seeing the look on her face.

"Good, now you two stay here with her and I'll get everyone some toast," Amber ordered.

"What were you going to do?" Anthony asked.

"Nothing," I mumbled. "Oh, he is so lucky our schedules don't cross on Thursdays," I added in an undertone.

"Who?!?" Hugo and Anthony asked together.

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After last period (Care of Magical Creatures-Dangerous)

"It's so nice out!" Anthony stated.

"I know," I replied shortly.

"Are you still ticked off" He questioned.

"What do you think?"

"I'll take that as a yes," he replied. "Will you tell me why?"

"No."

"Fine," he replied sarcastically. "Oh, I almost forgot, I told Hugo I'd go down to the kitchens with him after class."

"Pigs," I muttered. "Go ahead, I'm going to stay out here."

"Alright…" Anthony called as he walked off toward the doors, a couple of seconds after Anthony went inside everyone came out to enjoy the unusually nice day. That was when I saw him.

"You!" I shouted.

"Me?" he asked.

"Yes you!"

"What's wrong?" he asked walking down the steps to where I was standing.

"How could you!?!"

"How could I what?"

"Cheat on me!" I screamed at Ben not even caring that we were getting a lot of stares, " and you dare try and deny it I saw you!"

"Lily, I…"

"You what?" I screamed half crying, "I saw you making out with that girl for like a minuet and Loran and Amber saw you before they came to get me so don't you dare deny anything!"

"There's no reason to flip out, gosh."

"No reason to flip out!?!" I asked incredulously.

"It was one little kiss…"

"Oh, sure, like I'd believe that, you had to have been making out with her for at least five minuets! Don't tell me that was just a spur of the moment thing or do you always just randomly make out with girls you barely know!"

"At least it's more than you've ever done!"

"Hey, Lils?"

"Not now Fred, I'm busy screaming at Ben. Oh big whoop I've never kissed anybody before, you're nearly two years older than me!"

"Two years two many…" Fred mumbled.

"Fred, go away before I hex you!"

"At least I'm not scared of kissing someone; at least I don't make up some lame excuse and the run. You should've seen this coming, you're so…"

"She's what? She's immature," Fred shouted. "You should have had the dignity to break up with her…"

"Fred, I told you to leave!" I screamed, it wasn't until then that I noticed that Fred look kinda upset and that his eyes were wet, but I was to mad to register that something was wrong. "And Ben, why don't you runoff with your stupid little girlfriend, 'cause we're over."

"Fine, I will, and just so you know she's ten times the girl you'll ever be."

"You know, I have a retort for that, but I'm not going to bother wasting it on you. Anyway I have a better idea. Petrificus totalus," I shouted and then ran back into the castle, tears still running town my face.

"Lily," Fred called, "Come this way."

"Why? Where are we going?" I asked whipping off my eyes.

"Just follow me." He ended up leading me to Hermione's office where I found not only Hermione but also Anthony, all of my cousins who are at Hogwarts, my brothers, and most surprisingly, my dad. Everyone in the office seemed upset.

"Dad, what's going on?" I asked.

"Um…well, I don't know how to say this but…" he couldn't finish the sentence, which was surprising because Dad always seemed so strong; he could handle anything, couldn't he?

James came over and wrapped his arms around me as Lucy said, "Lily, you're mum's been attacked."

"What do you mean?" I asked the tears starting up again.

Dad found his voice again and told me, "She's in St. Mungo's, there was in addition to normally used hexes and curses, some sort of curse or potion or something used against her that no one has been able to identify yet. She's in an unstable state and is in a coma…"

I couldn't help but to break into tears. I turned around and cried into James' shirt. And I thought yesterday was bad… Eventually people started leaving; it was pretty cramped with eleven of us in there. I fell asleep at some point; I really didn't sleep last night. I dreamt that Death Eaters the way my dad described them came into the Gryffindor common room, snuck past everyone, and took me, but then I woke up, finding myself in my bed. Even with the curtains closed I could tell it was light outside. There was also a note stuck to my bed that read:

Lily,

You have been excused from all classes today. There is food on your night stand if you're hungry. Your father is staying with Professor Longbottom in his quarters.

Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

I pulled open my curtains and saw that it was already 1:50. Wow, I slept for a long time! I ate some of the food that was sitting there…I was starving and then I got up to go take a shower and make my self look presentable, because on Friday we have last period break and I know Amber will be here as soon as Charms is over.

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After showering and such I grabbed the book I was reading, Little Women, and went down into the common room. My dad, brothers and Professor Longbottom were sitting there discussing something.

"Good Morning," I said.

"Lils, it's the afternoon," James corrected me.

"Hello, Professor Longbottom."

"It's alright Lily, we're not in a school setting you can just call me Neville."

"Okay. Do Alice and Loran know about it yet?" I questioned.

"Well Alice does, but it would be awkward for me to tell Loran."

"Oh, right. Do you have any idea what happened?" I asked Dad.

"Not really, I'm taking over her case though. All we know is that she put up a good fight and that the odds were not fair. No one else was there…"

"Not even Molly?" I asked.

"Not even Molly. Although, I think that's more good luck than bad. It is surprising that no one was anywhere near her office, normally there are lots of people around," Dad continued.

"It was obviously a very well planed attack," Neville stated.

"I just wish I knew more about what put her into the state she's in now…"

My dad and Neville continued talking, but I stopped listening and read.

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"Lily, why were you excused from class? Hugo told me you were, but he wouldn't say why, actually he didn't say like anything else all day no one really did, Hugo, Anthony, any of you cousins…oh, hello Mr. Potter," Amber rambled.

"Hello Amber."

"Come with me, where's Loran?"

"She had potions last period."

"Right, come on."

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"Lily, are you okay?" Alice asked coming up and hugging me.

"What are you doing here?" Loran asked rudely.

"Comforting Lily," she replied.

"Why?"

"Because…Alice can you tell them?"

"Ginny was attacked, we don't know who, or why, or what was used against her. She's now in St. Mungo's."

"Oh my gosh!" Amber cried hugging me.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine, she always is. Does my mum know?" Loran asked.

"Probably."

"You know, Alice and Loran look a lot alike," Amber pointed out

"I've noticed," Loran replied stiffly.

"That is really weird," Alice replied.

"Hey did you ever talk to Ben?" Loran questioned.

"Yeah...I broke up with him yesterday."

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Dinner

"Don't get mad or anything, like I understand why," Anthony started, "but it's really weird not having you and your cousins yelling at each other."

"It is different," I agreed

"The yelling can't be worse than Christmas, can it?" Alice asked.

"No definitely not," Hugo replied.

"Speaking of Christmas, can you come this year?" I asked Anthony.

"Yeah I think so."

"What'd we do today in Charms?" I asked; I wasn't worried about Astronomy and neither of them took Arithmacy.

"Just continued the summoning charm," Anthony replied.

"Good, nothing new."

"Good? That spell is so hard. I can't get it!" Hugo said.

"You need to really concentrate. Hi Dad."

"Hi, what are we discussing?" He asked.

"Hugo's inability to concentrate while attempting the summoning charm," Anthony replied.

"Ah, just imagine that you need your broom so you don't get attacked by a dragon and that your broom is no where near you," He advised Hugo. We all laughed knowing that those where the odd circumstances in which he perfected the summoning charm. And you know it felt really good to laugh and think of something else for a while.

"I'll try!"

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So what do you think about the twists I put on the story?? Sorry for any big Lily/Ben fans... Sorry this chapter was a little short... Please review it means a lot to me =-]