Lily ran through the corridors. She wasn't crying anymore, but the tears
were still streaming down her cheeks. She couldn't believe it. People
stopped and stared, but Lily didn't care. It was as if she wasn't even in
their world anymore.
'Are you all right, Lily?' one girl stood in front of her to ask.
Lily stared at her, the tears flowing, with her mouth open. 'Leave me alone, I'm fine…'
She tried to push past, but the girl held onto her. 'Who are you!' screamed Lily. When she looked at the girl, suddenly, her mum was standing behind her.
She smiled and said, 'Would you like some tea, dear?'
'Mum…?' whispered Lily
The girl looked at her strangely. 'Um…is it to do with your mum? MY NAME'S CLARE,' she said loudly and slowly, as if Lily were stupid.
Lily looked at Clare and said nothing. Her mum had vanished. People had crowded round and Lily felt like an animal in a cage.
She looked at everyone and suddenly their faces had become a blur. Lily felt dizzy and clutched at her forehead.
'What's wrong?' asked Clare, holding onto Lily's arm to steady her. 'Are you sure you're ok?'
'No…' said Lily, and collapsed onto the floor.
* * *
Lily opened her eyes. Then she winced and closed them again. They hurt from crying.
They can't be dead…they can't be… she thought. The tears began flowing gently down from her eyes again, as everything came back to her
She slowly opened her eyes again.
'Lily?' a shaky voice murmured anxiously. Lily sat up slowly. She looked at the voice's owner. It was Terra. 'Lily?' she asked again.
'Hi Terra,' whispered Lily smiling wryly. Then she burst into tears and let Terra hold her comfortingly.
'God…I'm so sorry, Lily,' said Terra. 'Kymber told me.'
Lily sat up and looked at Terra. 'She told everyone?'
Terra shook her head. 'No. Only me. She knew we were best friends and all…when the lesson ended, everyone went, but she kept me behind and told me everything. Poppy's really worried about you as well.'
Lily attempted a smile, and gave up. She leaned against her bedpost. 'What am I going to do?' she whispered. All Terra could do was shake her head sympathetically.
Suddenly Lily could hear running footsteps and someone panting. The hospital wing doors flew open and someone came rushing in. It was James.
'Lily?' he asked stopping in his tracks. He had run all the way to the hospital wing, but now he was there, he didn't know what to say. 'Are…you ok? No…dumb question…' he looked awkward.
'James…' whispered Lily. James took that as an invite, and rushed up to the bed and hugged Lily hard.
Lily cried onto James' shoulder and Terra sneaked out.
'They're dead, James…dead…' sobbed Lily.
James didn't know what to say. He had never lost anyone before… Then James thought of something. It pained him to ask, but he wanted to know. 'Uh, Lils? How…how did they…go?' he asked awkwardly.
Lily shot back from his shoulder and stared into his eyes curiously. 'I…' then she stopped. 'I don't know.'
James looked at her strangely. 'You don't know?' he asked disbelievingly. Lily told him exactly how she had found out.
'…and then this big black dog with red eyes came out from behind the television…' Lily stopped suddenly. Dog. Dog, dog… DOG!!!! Lily's heart started pounding quickly and furiously. 'Oh my god…'
Lily shot out of bed before James could stop her, and ran out of the ward. 'LILY!' James shouted after her, but Lily said nothing. She kept running, sweat racing through her body. She didn't think. Only the same chant over and over again…dog, dog, dog, dog…
Lily finally got to the portrait hole. It asked her the password. Lily tried to think quickly. 'Um…I dunno… I don't know the password!' The painting said it couldn't let her in. 'BUT I'M LILY EVANS!' she screamed at it. 'I COME THROUGH YOU EVERY DAY! DON'T YOU RECOGNISE ME???'
Just then, James came panting round the corner. 'Hippogriff…' he breathed, panting heavily.
The portrait hole swung open and Lily scrambled in, with James close behind. Lily stepped into the common room. 'Lily!' said her friends rushing over. 'Are you all right? What happened?' Lily pushed past them in a flurry and raced towards the stairs and ran up them into her dormitory.
James hesitated, then followed into the forbidden GIRLS dormitory. He didn't care now. He was worried about Lily.
Lily fell to the floor and opened her chest of drawers. Inside was a picture book with her and her friends in it. As Lily stared at the picture, everything came back to her and tears rolled slowly down her cheeks (she had stopped crying before because she had wanted to get to her dormitory so much). She suddenly remembered feeling weird when she'd taken this picture. Usually people's eyes come out red when you take a picture, but this was supposed to be a magical camera. People's eyes didn't usually come out red. It was supposed to be perfect…
…But Sirius' had…
Lily stared at the photo, wishing and wishing it wouldn't be true. She stared at Sirius' eyes in disbelief. A dog…with red eyes…
And all the time, what she didn't realise was that James was standing behind her, understanding, with a shaking hand clutched to his heart…
A/N: sorry, I no this is kind of a short chappie, but I don't beleev in ritin short chapters becuz it looks better. U shood just stop wen u feel the time is rite (so, basically, 4get ALL of my other a/n s!) PLEEZ R&R!!! if ur stil confoozd, then don't worry, all will be explained later… A-HA-HA- HA-HA!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEWARE THE SMILING WAITER…FOR I AM SHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …………
'Are you all right, Lily?' one girl stood in front of her to ask.
Lily stared at her, the tears flowing, with her mouth open. 'Leave me alone, I'm fine…'
She tried to push past, but the girl held onto her. 'Who are you!' screamed Lily. When she looked at the girl, suddenly, her mum was standing behind her.
She smiled and said, 'Would you like some tea, dear?'
'Mum…?' whispered Lily
The girl looked at her strangely. 'Um…is it to do with your mum? MY NAME'S CLARE,' she said loudly and slowly, as if Lily were stupid.
Lily looked at Clare and said nothing. Her mum had vanished. People had crowded round and Lily felt like an animal in a cage.
She looked at everyone and suddenly their faces had become a blur. Lily felt dizzy and clutched at her forehead.
'What's wrong?' asked Clare, holding onto Lily's arm to steady her. 'Are you sure you're ok?'
'No…' said Lily, and collapsed onto the floor.
* * *
Lily opened her eyes. Then she winced and closed them again. They hurt from crying.
They can't be dead…they can't be… she thought. The tears began flowing gently down from her eyes again, as everything came back to her
She slowly opened her eyes again.
'Lily?' a shaky voice murmured anxiously. Lily sat up slowly. She looked at the voice's owner. It was Terra. 'Lily?' she asked again.
'Hi Terra,' whispered Lily smiling wryly. Then she burst into tears and let Terra hold her comfortingly.
'God…I'm so sorry, Lily,' said Terra. 'Kymber told me.'
Lily sat up and looked at Terra. 'She told everyone?'
Terra shook her head. 'No. Only me. She knew we were best friends and all…when the lesson ended, everyone went, but she kept me behind and told me everything. Poppy's really worried about you as well.'
Lily attempted a smile, and gave up. She leaned against her bedpost. 'What am I going to do?' she whispered. All Terra could do was shake her head sympathetically.
Suddenly Lily could hear running footsteps and someone panting. The hospital wing doors flew open and someone came rushing in. It was James.
'Lily?' he asked stopping in his tracks. He had run all the way to the hospital wing, but now he was there, he didn't know what to say. 'Are…you ok? No…dumb question…' he looked awkward.
'James…' whispered Lily. James took that as an invite, and rushed up to the bed and hugged Lily hard.
Lily cried onto James' shoulder and Terra sneaked out.
'They're dead, James…dead…' sobbed Lily.
James didn't know what to say. He had never lost anyone before… Then James thought of something. It pained him to ask, but he wanted to know. 'Uh, Lils? How…how did they…go?' he asked awkwardly.
Lily shot back from his shoulder and stared into his eyes curiously. 'I…' then she stopped. 'I don't know.'
James looked at her strangely. 'You don't know?' he asked disbelievingly. Lily told him exactly how she had found out.
'…and then this big black dog with red eyes came out from behind the television…' Lily stopped suddenly. Dog. Dog, dog… DOG!!!! Lily's heart started pounding quickly and furiously. 'Oh my god…'
Lily shot out of bed before James could stop her, and ran out of the ward. 'LILY!' James shouted after her, but Lily said nothing. She kept running, sweat racing through her body. She didn't think. Only the same chant over and over again…dog, dog, dog, dog…
Lily finally got to the portrait hole. It asked her the password. Lily tried to think quickly. 'Um…I dunno… I don't know the password!' The painting said it couldn't let her in. 'BUT I'M LILY EVANS!' she screamed at it. 'I COME THROUGH YOU EVERY DAY! DON'T YOU RECOGNISE ME???'
Just then, James came panting round the corner. 'Hippogriff…' he breathed, panting heavily.
The portrait hole swung open and Lily scrambled in, with James close behind. Lily stepped into the common room. 'Lily!' said her friends rushing over. 'Are you all right? What happened?' Lily pushed past them in a flurry and raced towards the stairs and ran up them into her dormitory.
James hesitated, then followed into the forbidden GIRLS dormitory. He didn't care now. He was worried about Lily.
Lily fell to the floor and opened her chest of drawers. Inside was a picture book with her and her friends in it. As Lily stared at the picture, everything came back to her and tears rolled slowly down her cheeks (she had stopped crying before because she had wanted to get to her dormitory so much). She suddenly remembered feeling weird when she'd taken this picture. Usually people's eyes come out red when you take a picture, but this was supposed to be a magical camera. People's eyes didn't usually come out red. It was supposed to be perfect…
…But Sirius' had…
Lily stared at the photo, wishing and wishing it wouldn't be true. She stared at Sirius' eyes in disbelief. A dog…with red eyes…
And all the time, what she didn't realise was that James was standing behind her, understanding, with a shaking hand clutched to his heart…
A/N: sorry, I no this is kind of a short chappie, but I don't beleev in ritin short chapters becuz it looks better. U shood just stop wen u feel the time is rite (so, basically, 4get ALL of my other a/n s!) PLEEZ R&R!!! if ur stil confoozd, then don't worry, all will be explained later… A-HA-HA- HA-HA!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEWARE THE SMILING WAITER…FOR I AM SHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …………