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A/N: This chapter is NOT dedicated to my friend Gloo1997/Leah/Terra (- written before the computer charger failure) because she did not help me with his chapter when I asked :( MEANIE! 3
This chapter is dedicated to you, who waited with me for this chapter. Amazing you are!
p.s. This chapter is mind fuck so BEWARE.
p.p.s. I had no beta.. :O
(What I am thinking as I start writing: Oh my Merlin, this will be hard...)
Chapter 25
Emmeline Vance, Marlene McKinnon and Lily Evans
Emmeline Vance.
I walk over to where Mary sits on one of the couches in the empty Common Room, we haven't talked since Christmas and I can truthfully say I'm kind of afraid to talk to her.
"Mary? Can I sit?" I ask and motion toward the seat next to her, she looks up from her book (Mary reading? That's a first).
"What do you want?" she snarls out and I take a step back.
"Uhm… talk?"
"I don't want to talk." she rolls her eyes.
"I'm sorry…?"
"Look Emmeline," she stands up and closes her book "We had a nice time, but let's face it, we're not much of friends, I maybe told you my secret but you did not tell me yours… It was nice when it lasted but it's over now… So there is no need for any "formalities." we're just not friends." she winks at me before pushing me aside and walking away, leaving me absolutely speechless behind.
- Hunting For Happiness -
I know what I need to do; I need to talk to Blaire Vandever. I mean after she saw me at the Library she must've guessed what was going on. I just hope to Godric she didn't tell anyone about it.
My luck is with me as I walk alone into the Great Hall, because at the Gryffindor table there she sits indeed talking with some of her friends.
I walk over to them and poke her shoulder "Uhm, Blaire? May I talk to you for a second?"
She looks up and at me and hesitates for a moment before she nods "Excuse me," she winks at her friends and then stands up and follows me out the Great Hall.
"So, I guess you know what I want to talk to you about –"
"About that I saw you at the Library." she cuts me off.
I nod "What you saw was nothing, it probably looked worse than it is"
"So you weren't hanging out with Slytherin's? Personally I have nothing against them but I know Remus and his friends – especially Sirius –"
"Did you tell him?"
"Not yet, I haven't gotten the chance yet -+"
"Don't."
Blaire's eyebrows raise "Why not? I don't want to keep secrets from my boyfriend-"
"I know. It's not a secret if you saw nothing. Just don't mention it, you don't know the whole story and neither does Remus and he'd just over react and tell Sirius and Marlene and the others and just; no."
Blaire sighs. "Okay, I won't tell him as long as this does not affect me or him-"
"It wont. Just forget it."
"Its already forgotten." Blaire says in a sigh as she turns around and walks away, leaving me a bit less stressed left staring after her. It feels like I'm staring after a lot of things today…
- Hunting For Happiness -
"Hogsmeade baby" Valerie smirks beside me "I cannot believe you actually agreed on coming with us to Hogsmeade!" She beams.
I'm a little bit surprised of myself of agreeing to go with Val, Des and Narcissa to such an open place but they promised to make sure no one that couldn't see me would see me, so I had agreed; I was here to have fun after all.
"So, what do you want to do?" asked Desiree and flopped her hair back.
I shrug, I really don't care. I just want to have fun… though there is something about this day, I have a feeling in my stomach, like something is going to happen, but of course that is just bullshit. "Honeydukes?" I offer and Desiree nods excited.
Marlene McKinnon
I look over at Sirius who is staring at me as we sit in the couch in the Common Room, doing nothing of course, or well he's watching me study. But studying equals nothing.
"What?" he asks.
"What what?" I laugh and lean back on the couch; he moves his legs from the cushion and sets them in my lap.
"You're looking at me."
"Right back at you." I smirk out and trail my fingers over his legs.
"What are you thinking? Other than dirty thoughts about me of course-"
I laugh and slap his leg. "I was wondering… are you going to Hgosmeade? I mean.. I can go with the girls if you're not going..? Or do you want to go with the boys because that's-"
"Shut up McKinnon."
I stick my tongue out at him and he laughs as he runs his hand through his shaggy hair.
"Is that you asking me to go to Hogsmeade with you Marlene?" he asks amused.
I blush. It's awful that he can make me blush. Ever since we started officially dating I've been feeling light headed and.. bubbly. And I Marlene McKinnon am not.. bubbly.
I sigh and he looks up. "What?" he asks and moves his legs from my lap so he can pull me towards him so my body is lying on top of his.
I rest my head on his chest. "You make me.. bubbly."
Sirius raises his eyebrows and brushes my hair from my face so he can see like half of it. "Bubbly?"
"You know… giggly..and … bubbly"
"You are not giggly and.. bubbly?" he laughs out.
I groan "I feel like it."
He laughs "Is this you saying we're like James puts it "lovey dovey"? Because believe me, Moony and Vandever are LOADS worse than we are." he smirks.
I laugh and raise my head up so I can look straight at him. "Well I know that, they are lovey dovey as can get." I laugh out.
He leans down to capture my lips and I kiss him back for a moment, loosing myself in his kiss – you've got to hand it to the boy, he knows how to work his tongue - until he groans and pulls away "So Hogsmeade?"
"Is this your way of asking me to Hogsmeade Sirius?" I mock him.
"Shut up McKinnon."
- Hunting For Happiness -
I wonder if I should take Sirius' hand as we walk down to Hogsmeade together. We had decided to spend an hour to ourselves as a couple (Its weird saying that) and then meet you up with the others for butterbeer at the Thee Broomsticks.
"So where do you want to go?" Sirius asks and his arms snake themselves under mine and around my waist.
I smile to myself as I shrug "What do you want to check out?"
A smirk spread over his face and I raise my eyebrows "Should I be scared?"
"Always be scared McKinnon always be scared." Sirius laughs out as he pulls me forwards.
- Hunting For Happiness -
Lily Evans
After the whole "Food fight thing" and Christmas, my mind has stopped obsessing over being annoyed towards Mary - thankfully.
I haven't talked to her about the bulimia yet, but I know I should. I will do it. Just when I get brave enough. The Gryffindor I am … Sigh.
Mary, Alice and I enter the Three Broomsticks together and find James and Peter already seated there waiting with butterbeers for us.
"The couples aren't here yet?" I ask as I sit down.
James shakes his head "You know Evans, I think it's time for us to follow in the footsteps of the others and be a couple-"
"No!" I shout out and grab my drink from his end of the table.
He sighs "I mean it Lily, one day you will realize you love me."
"You mean hate."
"It's a thin line between love and hate-"
"And I'm at hate."
"Enough!" Alice says laughing and pulls me back in my seat as James is about to retort "No more bickering." she winks at us and we both sigh.
James – Potter, why the heck am I always calling him James now? Brain bleech!
Potter looks out the window with a sigh "It's starting to look… weird isn't it?" he motions to it and I look out with my eyebrows raised, not understanding what he means. But as soon as I look outside I get it.
Hogsmeade is different than it was only few minutes ago when we were out walking there. It looks darker… more dangerous.
"Maybe its just the sun." Says Alice with a shrug.
"Maybe." agrees James.
"It's unusually dark.." Mary agrees "It's like there is something-" she doesn't get the chance to finish because suddenly there is a loud noise and the window breaks and the glass shatters over us all.
I hear screams and I see many colored lights, like lightning's flying everywhere but I can't move.
Something heavy is on top of me and also blocks most of my vision. "ALICE! MARY! PETER! JAMES!" I scream out, trying to get whatever is on top of me off, but nothing happens.
There is another bang.
Another scream that sounds too much like Mary fills my ears and then suddenly everything is dark.
Marlene McKinnon
Sirius pulls me out of the doors of the shop; the shop hadn't been what I had expected. I mean he was Sirius Black, I thought he'd pull me into a lingerie shop or something, but instead he had pulled me into a candy store that I had no idea was in Hogsmeade; I'm used to going to Honeydukes.
"It's cold isn't it?" Sirius asks and frowns beside me.
I nod; It is cold and not only is it cold but its dark and rather empty.
"We should find the others." I say and intertwine our fingers.
I freeze, I have no idea if he's ready to… hold hands. I am about to pull my hand back when I feel his hot fingers squeeze mine as we start walking.
I smile to myself as I leave my fingers intertwined with his.
I look around as we walk towards the Three Broomsticks. 9 black cloaked figures catch my eyes.
"Sirius, who are they?" I just get to finish the question when the black cloaked figures shoot their wands at the Three Broomsticks, causing the whole house to break together. Windows, doors, walls; all of it crumbles down before my eyes.
I do the only thing I can think of doing: I scream.
Sirius freezes beside me, one of the cloaked figures turns to us and with a laughter that could cut through iron. She points her wand at us and a curse comes flying at us.
Sirius pushes me down to the ground, making us both dodge the curse.
"What is happening?" I force up as he pulls be back from the ground and pushes me behind the broken down Three Broomsticks – or what is left of it anyway.
"That was Bella," he manages out between angry breaths.
"What?"
"Death Eaters and Bella my cousin."
"Oh my god, we have to go now Sirius!" I grab his hand but he yanks it back.
"You go. I have to do this- "
"Do what exactly?" I ask, growing angry my self now.
"Marlene that is my cousin Bellatrix-"
"You don't know-"
"I know her. I know her laughter-"
"You are NOT going after her! Are you MAD?"
"This is not your decision-"
"Sirius Black there is not a –" before I can finish I notice that we have been corned, three black clothed figures walk towards us so slowly but yet too quickly.
Sirius pulls up his wand but I stand frozen and stare at them.
The figures don't need to say their spells out loud, from their wands without warnings curses come flying at us, its like the world is spinning before my feet's and I have no idea what I can do.
Only being able to duck I do my best to stay away from the curses.
"BLACK! MCKINNON! GET YOUR SELVES INTO SAFTY!" McGonagall's voice comes screaming behind us as she shoots her own curses at the Death Eaters. Second's later the Death Eaters are gone.
"Disapparting cowards!" booms McGongall and hurries towards us. "Come with me, we're getting everyone back at the castle."
Sirius tries to fight McGongall off but she pulls us both towards a big black house and pushes us in. Inside I can see many of our class mates; the first one that catches my attention is Remus.
"Remus!" I cry out and run towards him "You are okay? Where are the others?"
"Marlene! Sirius!" he greets us "Are you okay? I…I.. I lost Blaire…"
"What?"
"We were just inside the Three Broomsticks when they curse was casted there and Blaire was- I don't know I can't find her." he managed out between worried sobs.
I had never seen a man cry before.
"I'm… I'm sorry…" I choked out, not knowing what to say all of this was just too much.
I looked around for Sirius, but he was nowhere to seen, suddenly the world was spinning or maybe I was spinning, was I moving?
"Marlene?" a voice said, I wasn't sure who and then darkness filled my vision.
A/N: Okay so this was mind fuck. I got a headache from writing this and almost snapped at my mom.. Woops? Anyways, this was so hard because my mums computer is sooooo freaking annoying and sucks so this took like double the time it should.. anyways.
What you have yet to know is what happened to Blaire and what happened to Lily and what happened to Marlene and what happened to Emmeline and of course our boys! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON! *is asking herself that same question*
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