It's been a while, but that's due to the fact that I have exams (tomorrow, which i should be studying for. Emphasis on the word should)

Anyway.. so yeah, I've had so much homework.

Hopefully there will be more chapters soon.

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Aurora's POV

I woke up, every bone in my body aching. It was morning, I could see, from the light that shone in through the windows. Madam Pomfrey had just entered the large oak doors that were to my right. The hospital bed creaked as I shifted my body weight, and Madam Pomfrey's sharp eyes flicked to me. She smiled, and hurried over.

"Oh good, you're awake. Now, I wouldn't get up if I was you, for you had a pretty nasty collision yesterday. It's best that you remain in bed. You'll be good as new tomorrow though, despite the fact that your black eye suggests otherwise." I nodded, although instantly regretted the decision to. My head throbbed, and I took care to be very still. It was maybe an hour or so before the doors burst open again, and Rose, Remus and Albus came rushing through. Relief flooded their faces when they saw I was awake.

"Oh Aurora!" Rose's hands fluttered uncertainly before deciding that my hand looked okay. She patted it, and sat down in the chair beside my bed. The boys stood uncertainly.

"You're alright! Oh thank heavens. When I saw you lying there, I thought for certain you'd never wake up. Oh I couldn't sleep a wink last night" Rose was talking at a hundred kilometres per minute, not taking any notice of the uncertain boys, or the fact that Headmistress McGonagall had walked through the door, and was watching as Rose blurted out about finding the boys sitting outside the hospital wing. Thankfully, she didn't mention the newspaper. When Rose finally stopped for breath, the Headmistress coughed.

"Well, I'm glad to see you're doing okay, Miss. Lovegood. It appears that you are in capable hands. I wish I could stay and chat, but I'm afraid I have some other matters to attend to. Do get well soon." And she turned on her heel and left, leaving us stunned as we stood/sat/lay there, not sure what to say.

"Oh my" Rose looked pale. She looked dreadful, and it was blatantly obvious that she hadn't slept. There were dark purple bags underneath her eyes, her hair was mussed, her clothes askew, and her socks were odd. For Rose, this was extremely unusual, and my heart warmed at the fact that she had been worried about me, but then I was annoyed too. Poor Rose had put herself through so much stress for no reason whatsoever.

"Oh Rose, you silly old bat. You knew I was getting better, so you shouldn't have been so harsh on yourself. Really, I feel so bad. Although I do appreciate the fact that you were concerned about me" I smiled at her, and she smiled back. Remus coughed, and we all turned our attention towards him.

"Um, we have detention that we best be off to, sorry, but we'll come and see you afterwards, alright?" I nodded, and smiled as the two boys waved awkwardly and practically dragged Rose from my bedside. She kept looking back, as if checking to see if I was still there. I sighed, not looking forward to the day of silence and boredom that lay ahead. Someone had brought my school books and had placed them at my bedside table, with parchment, a quill and ink. At least, I thought to myself, picking up my potions book and turning to page 264, it'll be something to do.

A few hours later...

A shrill, high pitched scream woke me from my day dream. Startled I looked around, foolishly, half expecting to see if it was another patient in the wing. However, I was, as I had been that morning, alone. Testing my strength, I pulled off my covers, and tried walking. I stumbled, but other than that, and after a bit of practice, I was fine. I pulled on my dressing gown someone had left for me and my slippers which were beside my bed also, and hurried as fast as I could (limping) out of the wing. Madam Pomfrey was nowhere to be seen, so there were no protests to my leaving. I followed a crowd of students who seemed to be headed to the scene of the scream. I was shocked to see we ended up in front of the Gryffindor common room. Pushing my way through the crowd, I stumbled upon Rose, Remus and Albus, who had just come from the other direction.

"Aurora!" Rose hugged me, surprised, I presumed, to see me out of bed. I laughed, but got back to the business of finding out what happened. We pushed, elbowed, anything really, to get to our common room. Having finally made it, we spotted a pale Lilliana sitting in front of the fire, talking to a teacher, who moved away. We hurried over, concern in my stomach.

"Lilliana, what's happened, where's Sophie?" We couldn't spot our other roommate amongst the other Gryffindors, but we were surprised when a small sob escaped the girl's mouth at the mention of her friend's name.

"She's, she's, she's... dead!" Little Lilliana blurted, timid as a mouse, and so very out of character. Shocked, I collapsed down onto the couch.

"But how?" Rose sat beside me, while the boys stood there, their faces grave.

"She had gone to get her books, and she had told me to meet her in the common room because I had had to discuss my essay with Snape. I made it here, and waited for a little while, but fearing that she'd left me, I ventured up to our room. Then, then I saw her and she was on the floor, her eyes wide. The teachers say it was a killing curse. I just the girls words were cut off by her own sob. Rose put a comforting arm around her, but shot me a worried look and mouthed

"What do we do?" I shrugged, uncertain, and murmured hopefully reassuring things to Lilliana. The boys stood there, their eyes scanning the crowd, as if the murderer still lurked amongst the shadows.

"Well one thing's for certain, you're not going to be sleeping without some sort of guard outside your room." Remus nodded his agreement, seeming to agree.

"And what makes you think it was just our dorm room, and the people in it that they're after?" My tone was sharper then I'd meant it to be, but I was still in shock over the murder. However, this wasn't the time to be losing friends.

"I mean," I started, my tone more gentler than before, "you know, maybe ours was the first dorm they came across. Hey Lil," I turned my attention to the hunched girl, who looked up wearily, "was um, Sophie, a um..." I wasn't quite sure how to state it nicely. Lilliana caught on, and almost instantly she was no longer a weak and scared girl, but a strong and fierce woman.

"A mudblood? Yes, but why does that matter? You don't think they killed her because of it do you? I thought Voldemort and his beliefs had died with the man himself."

"It's just a theory, and there are still Deatheaters to carry on his beliefs, aren't there?" Lilliana paled, and I stopped talking about it.

"AURORA!" I turned around in shock as an angry Madam Pomfrey came storming through the crowd straight towards.

"Uh oh" I murmured a second before she reached me.

"So I come out from the medicine cabinet to find you're not there, and then someone informs me a Gryffindor girl has died! Do you know what went through my head? Next time you leave the hospital wing, make sure you tell me, is that understood?"

"Yes Madam Pomfrey, sorry Madam Pomfrey" I hung my head, my cheeks blazing as all eyes turned on me and snickers were hidden behind hands. My friends glared at everyone who thought it was funny, which quickly shut them up. When Madam Pomfrey had left, and everyone was milling about, not really paying attention to us four, we found a deserted corner, not wanting to leave the common room entirely. There were to be teachers patrolling the halls tonight, and we were instructed to, under no circumstances, leave the safe confines of our dorm walls. Our voices were hushed whispers, and we glanced around every 5 minutes for eavesdroppers.

"You know what, I think what everyone needs is some pranks" Remus whispered mischievously. I smiled, not quite back to full spirits, but still more cheerful, and nodded.

"Meet me, tomorrow, in the room of requirement. I assume you all know how to get there?" we nodded, excitement so evident you could practically touch it. "Good. Don't tell anyone of our plans, or else. Until tomorrow." He mock bowed, and he and Albus made their way to their room. Rose and I smiled, and practically danced our way to our room, waiting for the new day to come. Despite this, a morbid and unshakeable feeling lurked in the pit of my stomach, tickled the tip of my tongue, and danced along my fingertips. Things at Hogwarts were beginning to change, and it appeared no-one would be sleeping tonight. It didn't occur to me until much later in the week that I thought to ask Rose who had given me my books while I was in the hospital wing. Funny how such small things can seem so insignificant at the time.

Just what is Remus up to? keep reading to find out.