Warning- possibly slightly disturbing chapter, but I advise you do not skip it, as it is crucial.

My Thanks to another fan Fiction author (and she is a lot better than myself) Simone Magus for Madam Hooch's first name (Hana). I have made up Professor Sprout's name (Sara) myself, as I did with Professor Snape's middle name in one of the first chapters (Othello - look at his enitials).

The Worst Day of Our Lives



I went back into the Great Hall, and found Ed straight away. He assured me that he had nothing to do with it, and I believed him. To play a prank was one thing, but an act of Wanton destruction was another, and I believed him the instant he said that he had nothing to do with it.

I then cast my eyes to the Marauders. They had arrived late, but if they had been anything else then we would have worried. Remus was with a Ravenclaw girl called Hana Hooch, a great Quidditch player, and if my memory serves me right, she played Seeker. Peter was with a Hufflepuff girl called Sara Sprout, who I knew because she was occasionally in the Greenhouses when Lily and I went to Help Professor Sambora. Sirius, being his typical self, had some blonde bimbo on his arm, who's name was something like Ludina Bagman, who's brother played Quidditch for England, I believe. James was alone, and I felt quite sorry for him. He could have got a date very easily, but I take it he was not yet over Lily.

Lily. Where was she? Ed got up, after I agreed to let him have a dance with Hana hooch. I looked out over the dance floor, and she was making her way over to us, just a little ahead of Severus. She looked very pale, and her face was not the emanation of Happiness that it had been minutes ago. Severus went to get drinks, and as she staggered towards us, I stood up and had to grab her by the arm to support her.

"Lily, what's wrong?"

Her eyes rolled in her head, and her face showed she was all of a sudden in agony.

"Get me out of here, Ren." She moaned, and thankfully, we had been sitting on the side of the hall nearest the door. I managed to catch Ed's eye on our way out, but I couldn't see Severus.

Lily managed to get out into the hall, but then all her weight collapsed into my arms. I picked her up, and more or less as soon a she was in my arms she passed out. Ed managed to get out of the Hall just as I had turned to take her to the medical wing. Once I assured him I was capable of carrying her, I couldn't think what on earth to do.

"Look, this is serious, Ed. Go and find Sev, and the pair of you get up to the hospital wing as fast as you can."

He nodded and dashed back into the hall, and I off in the other direction. I think that I was talking to her as I ran, but I will never be sure. My mind was elsewhere. I had no clue what I was going to tell anyone. Madam Pomfrey, Severus, Dumbledore...all would have to know if something was very wrong.

I finally reached the Hospital wing, and not being able to open the door with Lily in my arms, I decided to almost kick it down in my desperation. Madam Pomfrey came to the door bawling about people being too impatient and not having any consideration, but as soon as she opened the door and saw Lily's face, she went whiter than the Bloody Baron.