Changing Times
What can I say? This took me a month, and I promised that I'd hurry... The only excuse I have is that I am going through a writer's block, and that this fic is taking a very weird turn, so I have to totally change my schedule and times of occurences. Please hang on and be patient. It is the audience that makes the artist, remember that. :) Oh, and did I say that I went to France for a week, so I didn't have a chance to write anything there...?
Thank you, my faithful readers; I owe you many millions of dollars and yen for your kindness:
Katie = (x2) Thank you. I am glad to
have created your debut HP fic. Hope that you like it. And yeah,
the hourglass was pretty clear. :)
A-man = Well, no, no saving Harry... that's what's gonna
keep you coming. :)
Hermione Potter = Oh, hi. And thanks! ;)
Amy Potter = Ooh, you're asking a lot of questions Amy...
keep reading and you'll find out... (Bwahaha! *LoL*)
Linz = Well, with Harry dead, that's kind of a problem.
But don't worry... :)
AznGolDragonGod = (x2) Hey that's ok, I am grateful that
you have reviewed once, I'm not mad that you don't do it twice (though
I'm not that that you do it... ;) I know that Hogwarts doen't
fade in and out, but they once said that they had all sorts of
protection spells, namely to make it look like an old ruin and
make a spell so that muggles always get extremely busy when they
get too close. I just figured that since this is a long time ago,
they could have a different spell, like a big Invisibility Cloak
covering Hogwarts...
I hope you can all forgive me, and keep encouraging me to continue this fic. :)
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Chapter 15 = Gone, Missing, And Just Not There
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We stood there, not daring to move a muscle before we couldn't hear Filch's steps anymore. Then James turned to me and whispered, "*He*? Who is coming??? ...Why is everything so messed up all of a sudden? I mean, you're not born yet, William, or Ron, is not born yet, some weird guy is coming here..." He seemed so confused that I thought his head would explode soon if he didn't get some concrete answers.
"You know what James? Come with me and Ron to the meeting with Dumbledore tomorrow. And bring Lily. Then Dumbledore will explain to you... what you need to know. And we can find out who - *he* - is. How about that?"
"Uh.. ok?" he said, a little confused. Then, "I, uh, I think I better get back to my dorm now. Can you get back safely without the cloak?"
"Uh, sure," I answered. Then James left.
I was all alone.
I could not believe what I had just done! Inviting James and Lily was probably the most stupid thing to do if I wanted things back to normal...
Defeated by my own stupidity, I walked back to my dorm. I went quietly into my bed, to avoid waking up Lily, and went to sleep, while thinking about what would happen the day tomorrow.
I didn't even notice that the bed next to mine was untouched.
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Today was the day. I was going home. I could barely believe it; after everything I'd been through, I had almost forgot about the world I gave up to save Harry.
Despite my mixed feelings about the later events, I couldn't help but notice that something was wrong. It kind of felt like something was missing...
"God, Lily!"
Where was Lily??? I looked at her bed, and it didn't look like anyone had slept in it. I tried not to panic, although I can't guarantee I didn't hyperventilate, just a little. I hurried into the bathroom, but no Lily. I looked under the beds, and called her name several times, but still no answer. I finally took a deep breath and dared to stick my nose out of the window and look down. (Luckily) No sign of Lily there, either.
If I had been any other person than Hermione Granger, I would have panicked, and I would run to Dumbledore or Professor McGonagall straight away. But I figured that there probably was a logical explanation for it, so I just decided to go to breakfast, and see if she was already there.
I went down the stairs to the common room, very few people were there, most were down at breakfast. When I got down, every head turned to me. They all looked at me wide-eyed, and some of the girls started chuckling. Ron bounced down the stairs just as I was about to ask what was so funny. When he saw me, he burst out laughing.
"Herm, uh, you forgot something," he chuckled.
"What?" I said impatiently and put my hands on my hips - only that where I had expected my fingers to collide with the soft fabric of our school robes, I found them holding onto bare skin, and... cotton?
"Ron..." I said calmly. "Tell me I just didn't walk down here in my underwear."
By that time, the whole common room had burst out laughing. More people had come back from breakfast, and seemed to enjoy the scene quite a bit. As I ran up the stairs, I thanked the higher powers that I was going home later that same day.
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After changing into something a little more... something, I went back to Ron, who was still waiting for me. As we went to the portrait hole, I could hear some spread chuckles and small laughs, but I decided not to mind. When I got back, and all those people were older, they probably would find it as funny - hopefully.
We went down for breakfast, and I had completely forgot about the Lily situation until I was putting salt on my scrambled eggs, and Sirius patted me on the shoulder.
"Uh, Cho? Can I ask you a question?"
"Ch-? Oh, right. Sure. What?" I answered.
"Uh, were James in your and Lily's room last night?" he asked warily.
"No..." I said, starting to get concerned. "Why?"
"Well, James sometimes walks around... uh, in the common room. At night. Yeah. Uh, anyway, he did that last night, a he usually does, but... he never came back to our dorm."
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Hmmm... I'm not so sure I like the clothes-joke
that much. Just something to fill out my fic.
Well, I am going to try, and try, and try, until I have the next
chapter ready. Which WILL be ready sooner or later. Just hang on.
Writers' Blocks are always hard. :(
Please R&R, even though you are sick of waiting for the *damn final*!!! :)