Chapter 5: The Accident
"Alright is everyone ready?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Yes we're all ready," they all said. Mrs. Weasley shepherded them all out of the house to the 2 waiting Ministry cars. The drivers came out of the car and loaded their trunks into the cars. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Liana in one car and Mrs. Weasley, Fred, George, and Ginny in the other. On their way they briefed Liana on some of the students at Hogwarts.
"The only characters you'll have a problem with are Draco Malfoy, he's the son of a rich Death Eater, and Crabbe and Goyle, their parents are also Death Eaters, but they just follow Malfoy around they're all in Slytherin," Harry explained. "Tell her about the teachers Ron."
"Well, the only teacher you'll have a problem with is Snape, he favors Slytherins over all the rest and…" WHAM! Suddenly the wind got knocked out of all of them as the front seat pushed into them and they came to a stop on the country road they had taken. The car in front of them got rammed by another car so forcefully that they got rammed too.
"What happened? Is everyone alright?" Liana asked as she came to and felt searing pain on her right arm and noticed it was bleeding because a piece of glass had cut through on the outside of her arm. She was the only one conscience in the car. Harry and Ron were bleeding on their heads and Hermione was knocked out still. She checked their pulses and they were all still alive and breathing, but did not move them. The driver was bleeding on his head and was slumped over the wheel; it was still bleeding so she knew he was alive and rapped his head with her sweater to stop the bleeding. She started screaming for help as she pushed the door opened from the mangled car.
After she got out, she went to check on the other car. They were just as bad and everyone was knocked out. After she checked their pulses, they were all still alive except the driver who was dead. Then she checked the muggle driver in the other car, but he was dead as well. She then heard a series of "pop's" and all around her were mediwizards trying to get the car doors open to get to the injured.
"Come on dear," one said, "We need to get you to the hospital." When all of the injured and dead were put on stretchers, they all disappeared and reappeared inside a wizard hospital. There Liana's wound was healed and the others got treatment. The two drivers were sent down to the morgue and everyone else was resting.
Liana was in the waiting area while everyone else rested. She didn't want a bed because she didn't need one and finally Hermione woke up. She went to join Liana in the lounge. "What happened?" she asked after giving Liana a hug. "A muggle was drunk and crashed into the car in front of us. Both the drivers are dead and Fred is in a coma, but everyone else is fine, I hope."
"Fred's in a coma?" Hermione said in shock, "Why?"
"He was right beside the driver when it happened," said Liana, "I was the only one concience, but before I could get help mediwizards apparated and helped us all here in St. Mungus."
"Who else is awake?" asked Hermione. "Just you and me so far. Everyone else had cuts and concussions, but the doctors said they're all going to be ok. I wish Fred would wake up," said Liana.
"Excuse miss," said a doctor who just came down the hall, "Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley have just woken up. They would like to see you both."
"Thank you," said Liana and they went down the hall to see them. "Hey," said Harry and Ron as Liana and Hermione came in, "What happened?" asked Harry after they all hugged each other then Liana repeated what she told Hermione. "The muggle was drunk? I can't believe this and the muggle and both the drivers are dead. Why us? This doesn't make sense; it was early in the morning on a country back road and why didn't the drivers see it coming?"
"I have a theory," said Liana, " I think the muggle was drugged by Lord Voldemort," Hermione gave an involuntary shudder, "Then Lord Voldemort made the car invisible until it was too late. He might have thought Harry would be in the first car. It could have been a death eater on orders, but I think it was by Lord Voldemort. He wouldn't have cared if it killed anyone else even the muggle." Liana finished with a tinge of disgust in her voice.
"That is so sick," Ron commented, "I can't wait till we get to Hogwarts. At least there we'll all be safe and no more muggles will become victims." And they all agreed with them.
A lit knock on the door hushed them all. "Excuse me but you will all have to stay here overnight for further observation," said a doctor, " After that, you will be escorted to Hogwarts. Mr. Fred Weasley will be staying with us until he wakes up and you will all be informed of that."
"Oh, thank God!" came a cry behind the doctor. Mrs. Weasley came in just then and saw that they were ok. "Are they all ok doctor?" she asked as she came and hugged them all. "They will be all fine and everyone will be staying here overnight for further observation. I'm sorry to tell you Mrs. Weasley, but your son, Fred, is in a coma. We don't know when he will come out of it."
"Mrs. Weasley!" Cried Hermione as Mrs. Weasley fainted and was caught by the doctor. " I'm sorry," said Mrs. Weasley as she came to a second later. "Your husband has been informed and is on his way," said the doctor and he left. "I'll go see Fred," said Mrs. Weasley, "just knock on the door if you need anything."
" I'm going to go write to Dumbledore and Harry, you should write to Sirius," said Liana, "Do you mind if I use pig, Ron?" she asked. "No, go ahead," he said lazily, "I'm going to go to sleep."
"I'm going to see Ginny and George," Hermione said. "Wait," said Harry, "I'll come with you. I need to walk."
When they went to see Ginny and George, Hermione almost cried. Ginny had bruises all over her face; she had her arm in a sling. George had 2 cracked ribs and a concussion. "Why won't they use magic?" asked Harry. "They probably want to see if there is anything else wrong with them and they will probably use magic tomorrow before we leave."
Harry couldn't look at any of the Weasley's or Hermione and Liana in the eye on the way to school the day after the accident. It was his fault all of them had bruises and memories of the crash. It was his fault Fred was still in the hospital in a coma. He knew they could all be worse or dead because of him. In his heart though, even if he didn't want to admit it, he knew it was not his fault and that the Weasley's and Hermione had become sort of his family on their own accord, but he could not shake off the feeling of shame and guilt that was lain on him because of what had happened to Liana. She did not come on her own accord and she could have died. He knew that she was well aware of what it would be like protecting him, but he still felt guilty for it. He didn't want people getting hurt because of him.
