A/N: Did you like the last chap? Sad yes....but this is the last chapter
(and possibly the longest, I'm not sure yet) of Part One! Excitement!
Tension! Fear!!!! Get reading and please review!Thanks! ^_~A little detail
I should tell you: THEY HAVE THEIR OWN APARTMENT! EXPLAINED LATER, BUT
ANYWAYS..The apartment thing is explained later in this chap. If this is
too long....please continue to read, its VERY good. My best yet. ^_^ thats
saying alot. LOL.
Chapter 12: The Last Goodbye
It was three days before the end of their 7th year of Hogwarts. They all eagerly wanted to join Dumbledore's new Order, the Order of the Phoenix, in the fight against Voldemort, but couldn't until they were out of school. They had taken most of their N.E.W.T.s, Lily being the only one feeling confident. They had a small break that afternoon, and rested underneath their favorite beech tree. Christy sighed. "I am quite certain I at least got an E in Defense Against the Dark Arts." she said. They all laid down and stretched out. Christy rested her head on Sirius's chest. Lindsey did the same to Lupin, Lily to James, and Kaitlin to Trent. "I can't believe its almost over." Lindsey said sadly, gazing at the castle that had been mostly their home for the past 6 and more than a half years. "Remember the last snowfall of the year, when we had that huge snowball fight?" said Kaitlin, grinning. The rest either grinned or laughed. "Yeah...that was so much fun..." Lily said, thinking back to that day......
It was the last snowfall of the year, and the Unknowns and the Marauders wanted to make the most of their last snowfall at Hogwarts. They went outside and built their forts. They had to build their forts by hand. Unbeknownst to the boys, Christy and Lindsey were busy putting Repelling Charms on themselves and Kaitlin and Lily behind the secrecy of the fort, and bewitching snowballs to target in on the boys and not stop until they either melted or made contact.
After the fort was built, Christy and Lindsey started pelting the bewitched snowballs. The boys, of course, did not play by the rules, and had bewitched their snowballs to not only target in on the girls, but to plummet down their clothing. But, thanks to the Repelling Charm, the snowball that came at Lindsey didn't get the chance to hurtle down her shirt. The girls abandoned the fort and ran full out at the boys, yelling, and leaped over their fort and tackled them, shoving snow in their faces and tickling them so they couldn't get to their wands nor speak an incantation.
Finally Sirius managed to grab his wand and said, "Finite Incatatum!" Christy stopped mericilessly tickling him, said, "Oh freak", leaped up and ran for it, screaming. The girls stared at her, and they found their charms being lifted, and joined Christy on the run. Christy yelped as Sirius grabbed her ankles and they plummeted to the ground.
"Ah-aaaagh!!!!" Sirius had opeend his mouth to exclaim triumph, but Christy shoved snow in his mouth. She put the Repelling Charm back on herself, lifted a huge amount of snow, and formed it into a ball (with her wand of course) and soon a 5 foot wide and 5 foot tall snowball hovered above her head.
The other 3 girls lead their persuers to underneath the ball, and Christy released it. It dropped onto the boys heads, but unexpectedly she and her friends got caught in the ball also, and cries of "Holy sheet that's cold!!!"
"Dang!! Cold cold cold!!!" rang through the air (A/N: Still can't cuss!!^_^) Lindsey screamed;Lupin had made a bewitched ball hurtle down Lindsey's shirt, and she had leaped on him and was tickling him.
"YOU WIL REGRET THAT!!!!" she screamed. The other boys leaped before the girls could think edgewise;Lily,Christy,and Kaitlin found themselves pinned to the ground by James,Sirius, and Trent. They screamed in laughter, and eventually the tickling wore off and the girls demanded apology kisses. Still pinned down, the boys gave them warming kisses, to which the girls responded by throwing them off and standing up, brushing the snow off of them. "Thank you. Apology accepted." Lily said.
Sirius laughed. "Yeah, that was fun." He pulled Christy closer to him. James smiled. "I wish you girls would've joined us more on our frolics with Moony over here." Lindsey shuddered. "After what happened that first time, no way." She stretched her arms over her head and stared at the sky. "Remember when McGonagall almost caught me and Remus doing our dare in her room at the beginning of this year?" she said with a small grin. "Yeah!" James said, being the one who administered the dare. They all grinned in reminscince.
"Awww guys....." Lindsey protested.
"No way Prongs!" Remus said.
"You HAVE to do it."
"But WHY!?!?!??!"
"Because it's a dare, Moony, now quit being a wimp and DO IT!!" The Marauders were having a somewhat difficult time convincing Remus and Lindsey to go do their dare, but, as they had said they would do whatever the dare was, the had to do it.
"Fine!" Lindsey said hotly. She seized Remus's hand and they all walked out of the common room. Luckily 7th years were allowed out till 9:30 and so they walked straight to the Transfiguration Department.
Lindsey was scared stiff. "What if we get caught?What if we get detention? Or worse...expelled!" Lindsey squealed.
"Shut up, they're not going to expel you for snogging on a desk in a suspicious looking position....they will probably give you Veritaserum at the worst case scenario and then we'd get detention for daring you to do it." Sirius said. "I've been in much worse situations." he added. Christy raised her eyebrows.
"You've never......?" she started. "No." he said firmly. Christy clung more tightly to his arm. Finally they reached Professor McGonagall's classroom, unfortunately close to her office as Lindsey noticed. The other 3 Unknowns and Marauders had huddled outside the classroom to watch. Lindsey and Remus started making out in the middle of the class room. They backed onto a table (the table nearest the door linking the classroom to the office, in fact). Remus was practically on top of Lindsey 'Oh Lord this is exciting!' Lindsey thought, despite herself.
She returned his kisses passionately, almost hungrily, and then she heard footsteps on the other side of the wall....Remus scrambled off of her, a difficult feat due to the fact they were practically in the middle of the table. They ran to the door just as Professor McGonagall stepped into the room. "I saw all of that, and if I find out your identities.....!" They didn't hear the rest; they were running too fast. They ran smack into the other three Unknowns and Marauders, who looked stunned. "Run!" Lindsey hissed, as they heard McGonagall coming to the classroom door. They sprinted as fast as they could to the end of the hallway. They had rounded the corner before McGonagall could see more than their robes whipping out of sight around the corner.
They all laughed. "Yeah...that was a fun experience." Lindsey said with a grin. James sighed. "Too bad this is our last few days here." he said.
"I really don't want to leave...but on the up side, we'll be able to visit it since we're gonna be working for Dumbledore!" Kaitlin said.
"The down side is one, we won't be living here, two, the reason we'll be coming to see him is because of You-Know-Who." Lily said darkly. They all scowled; none of them liked You-Know-Who. At all. And they were very eager to fight him.
Ironically enough, the second to last day of school happened to be a full moon. The boys knew that their girlfriends didn't know this, and they didn't want to make them anxious by telling them, and adding that to their list of worries this close to the end of school, so they didn't tell them. This turned out to be their most costly mistake of the school year.
"I'm bored. Let's go for a walk!" Lindsey said spontaneously.
"Ok!" said Christy, feeling bored, also.
"Yeah. There's nothin to do here." Lily added.
Kaitlin grinned. "I used to sneak out all the time at home. Walk around the neighborhood. Ha, me and Christy Silly Stringed this guys house once...heh, it was funny. We almost got caught but it was hysterical."
"Ok lets GO!" Christy said, always being the impatient one.
"Fine, fine, let me put my jacket on!" Lindsey said. Lindsey slipped on a blue jacket. "Why do you need a jacket, its June!" Christy said disbelievingly.
"Because I tend to get cold at night!" she countered. They all headed out of the common room and headed for the Entrance Hall, under the safety of Christy's Invisibility Cloak. Once outside, Christy pulled the cloak off of them, made the cloak pocket size with her wand, and pocketed it. They walked around the lake for a while, talking, almost laughing but not daring. Then they heard it.
It was a snarling sound. Christy stood stock still in fear. She felt Lily and Kaitlin stiffen in fright on either side of her. Lindsey stood behind the latter two, so she didn't know what was going on with her. Out of seemingly thin air, appeared a somewhat familiar werewolf. It was Remus. "Change!" They heard someone call. Christy immediately obeyed whoever it was. Soon she was a cat, and not a moment too late. Remus had lunged at her. She rolled out of the way.Then another terrifying, bone chilling noise was heard. A scream.
The three animals stared in stock still terror. Lily, Kaitlin, and Christy all wondered how she could be so stupid. Lindsey, always the impulsive one who didn't exactly use her brain under pressure, had fled into the forest instead of changed. The werewolf darted after her, followed closely by a huge black dog, cantering deer, and a new animal, a white wolf, but not a werewolf. Kaitlin realized it must be Trent, her boyfriend.
Lindsey did the first thing her instincts said: run. Fast. She fled into the woods, a snarling noise closely following her. Something grabbed her jacket, and she yanked free of it, tearing quickly into the woods. She darted every which way, hearing the werewolf close behind her. She cried, tears blinding her vision, hardly able to see a thing. Trees, everywhere, trees! She couldn't see anything, she couldn't hear a thing but snarling, crunching twigs, and her own sobs. Reality over took her, and suddenly she realized she could change into an animal; a sly fox, at that. She changed not a moment too soon. As her body completely finished the transformation, and she was completely fox, she felt a claw tear into her flesh. The last thing she saw was the snarling face of her boyfriend in his hideous werewolf form, and the night sky..........then darkness.
Christy, Lily, and Kaitlin cried together, sitting by the lake. They were still in their animal forms, a calico cat, white rabbit, and a somewhat small eagle. They huddled together, wondering what was happening in the woods. One of their best friends might be dead....they couldn't help but have memories of Lindsey flash through their minds.....
A young 11 year old Lindsey Dellinger stumbled wildly through the train, looking for someone, anyone, to sit with.
"'Ello!" she said cheerfully as she saw Christy sitting in a compartment by herself. She plopped down and immediately began chatting. They soon became best friends. "Ya know somethin',my daddy is an Unspeakable!" she said, wide eyed. Christy got wide eyed too.
"Wowie, so is MINE! How COOL!" They grinned at each other. That's when Kaitlin came in.
"Hello? Erm, there isn't anywhere else to sit....can I sit with you?" she had asked timidly.
"Yeah! I'm Lindsey Wray Dellinger, call me Lindsey!" Lindsey had chirped.
"I'm Christy Rogers." Christy had said.
"Coolie. I'm Kaitlin Hyatt. I'm a first year." Christy grinned.
"Wow, so are me an' Lindsey!" (Back then, they had really whacked out accents,lol) Kaitlin grinned.
"What had ya'll been sayin' about Unspeakables?" she asked.
"Oh, our dad's are Unspeakables." Lindsey said, nodding seriously. Kaitlin gasped.
"So is my mom!!!!" Christy and Lindsey stared.
"Wowie."
"Dude.....this is seriously freaky!"
"Wow! We're like destiend to be bestest friends or something cool like that!" Kaitlin nodded and they had a long discussion about the kind of things their parents did that they never knew about. Then, Lily made her big appearance.
"Excuse me? Uh, I just got....shown out of my compartment, can I please sit with you?" Everyone nodded and made room for the little red headed 1st year to sit. They continued with their discussion. Lily looked interesting. "Are you talking about Unspeakables? Wowie, my Great-Aunt was one, my parents never told me though because I'm Muggle born!" Everyone stared at her. Lily shifted uncomfortably. "Sorry...." she started, but Kaitlin cut her off.
"That is like, the freakiest crap I've ever heard. How abnormal is it that 4 people are going to just meet up and become like best friends and they all happen to have Unspeakable relatives? That is so weird!" Lily gasped. "Wow! I think we should have like a little group. We could be called the Unknowns since Unspeakable is taken by our relatives."
"Yeah, that's a cool idea!" Christy said.
......The memory ended. Christy wiped her watery cat eyes. Lily had another memory......
Still first year.....a group of excited first years that had just become best friends. Sitting in the last compartment, which was also the biggest besides the Head Boy/Head Girl one. Suddenly, a group of 4 rowdy boys burst into the room, laughing hysterically. The girls started and squealed, not expecting the sudden entrance."Who are YOU?" Lily demanded haughtily,her hands on her hips.
James Potter looked at her, stunned by her beauty. Lily was gorgeous. "We just set off a few Dungbombs and needed a cover." Sirius Black was still laughing his head off. 'His beautiful head...' Christy had thought.
"That was hysterical! Those stupid girls couldn't stop screaming like wounded birds!" a blondeish-brownish haired boy managed to choke out. A chubby little boy was gasping for breath. "Again, WHO ARE YOU?"Lily demanded forcefully. The boys sprang up and saluted her.
"James Potter, at your service," the boy with untidy brown hair, glasses, and a constant smile playing at his mouth said. The boy beside him with the long, dark, gorgeous hair grinned at them all.
"Sirius Black, best friend to commander James Potter." he said. The boy with blondeish brownish hair stood beside Sirius.
"Remus Lupin, chief explorer and detail maker."
The chubby little boy stood beside Remus, hardly able to choke out, "Peter Pettigrew, helper,assistant,tag along." (a/n: teehee...i had to do that) The girls all raised an eyebrow. "And we are the Marauders!" James said. "Now ladies, do us the honor of telling us your names." They smiled. "Ahem!" They cleared their throats at the same time. "I am Lily Evans, head creator and thinker." said Lily, stepping forward in front of James and courtesying. (a/n:is this correct? oh well.)
Lily stepped back into line and Christy stepped forward. "Christy Rogers, adventure seeker,planner, and creator," and courtesying like Lily...but in front of Sirius. Christy stepped back and Lindsey proceeded forward.
"Lindsey Dellinger, co-adventure seeker, planner, and creator," and courtesyed like her friends. In front of Remus (a/n:seeing a pattern here?). She, too, stepped back, and, like her friends, Kaitlin stepped forward.
"Kaitlin Hyatt, motivater and helper," and, courtesying, she stepped back. "We are the Unknowns!" said Christy. "Well, nice to meet you ladies, but we must be going," they said, smiling and nodding. "Goodbye." They exploded a few Dungbombs as they left. "We WILL get you back!" they had choked.
.....Lily's rabbit nose twitched sadly. She stared off into the forest. What was going on? Kaitlin was remembering the wonderful revenge.....
It had all been Lindsey's idea. The girls waited until the end of the first week. The were unnaturally kind to the Marauders, which unnerved them. Finally, they did it.
Breakfast. Lindsey held her wand under the table, concentrated hard on something her older sister Kelsey had taught her, and muttered something unaudible under her breath. Suddenly Remus had jumped up on the table and started singing "Bye, bye, bye" by N*Sync (yuck). Christy snorted, then remembered what Lindsey had told her. She did the same to Sirius, except the incantation was changed, and Sirius jumped up and did a funky dance to go with the song. They didn't stop till it was over. Everyone stared at the two for a moment. Then the Great Hall burst into uncontrolable laughter. Christy and Lindsey leaned on each other for support, their sides splitting.
"HEY! WHO DID THAT TO US?" Remus yelled. Christy and Lindsey banged their fists on the table and laughed harder. "It was you, wasn't it?!?" he said to them, which made them laugh harder (if that was possible). On the way to their first class that Friday, Lily placed a hex on James. Everytime a wall was directly in front of his face, he seemed to always run into it.
After about the 50th time of doing this, he finally yelled, "OK, WHO THE HECK IS DOING THIS CRAP?" Which, of course, made the Unknowns go into hysterical laughter. James turned to face them, but smacked into a nearby wall. "It was you loonies, wasn't it?" he asked, bewildered and looking dazed. The girls sniggered all the way down to their last class of the day, Potions.
Kaitiln got the final revenge by tying Peter's shoelaces and robe sleeves together, making it exceedingly difficult to write and making him trip every time he got up. When he finally got the chance to, he glared towards Kaitlin and the other Unknowns (particuarlly Kaitlin;she HAD put the curse on him). At dinner, the boys countered by magically making their shirts white and dumping cold water over them. "OK, OK!! WE'RE EVEN!" shrieked Lindsey.
....If eagles could smirk, Kaitiln would've been. Suddenly they heard a rustling in the bushes. They hid, feeling eager, scared, and anxious all at once. They saw a huge black dog carrying....no...it couldn't be....a bloody lump of.....white fur....Christy, Lily, and Kaitlin's hads started spinning. 'God, NO!' Christy thought.
The werewolf stayed in the forest. It knew it shouldn't come out. A huge black dog had somehow temporarily knocked it out. But he was up now. The moon was waning; he'd be normal again soon.
Sirius the dog, flanked by a big stag, and a white wolf (James and Trent) carried the bloody lump that was a once beautiful white fox. He looked sadly at the mangled body. 'She has to live....but with injuries like those...' He knew Moony would be suicidal when he found out.
Lindsey was only vaguely aware of the werewolf scratching her, biting her....but, eventually, in about 2 minutes that felt like 2 years, the werewolf was thrown from her. She passed out again. When she awoke, she didn't open her eyes. She knew she was being carried. She thought she would like to sleep again......
Sirius dropped the body in front of his girlfriend and her two best friends. He gazed at her with sad eyes, shook his head, and then looked at the mooon. The night would end soon. Christy nuzzled the body, snffed it, and let out a sad,mournful meow. The eagle cried out, and the rabbit...uh....the rabbit cried. (Hey, I don't know what noises rabbits make!)
Christy, Lily, and Kaitlin couldn't believe it. She was dead. Gone. Not living. Never again to see the sunlight. Never again to see her boyfriend. Never again to love, live, and fight Voldemort for once. They sat crying by her body for hours. Lily finally, carefully, transformed into her human self, and used her wand to make Lindsey's body human again. She almost wished she hadn't. Horrible, deep gashes covered her chest, arms, legs....face...throat...back...Her clothes were in shreds; she was plae and lifeless.She grabbed her body and sobbed. The other girls transformed and did the same, mourning the loss of their best friend. The boys transformed and stood behind their girlfriends, holding them and comforting them as best they could....soon the moon was gone. Remus came stumbling out of the forest.
"Uh, guys, what's going on?" he said, realizing everyone was seperate from him. He also realized that everyone's face was tear stained. And they were crying over a bloody lump. And his girlfriend was missing.And he was holding a vaguely familiar jacket that was torn."Oh...God NO!!!"He ran over to them, his worst fears confirmed as he turned the lifeless body over:He had lost control of himself on a full moon. He had murdered his girlfriend. His heart shattered; his body wracked with sobs. He cried bitterly. "How could I have done this?" he sobbed.
"It's not your fault Moony...." Sirius said lamely. He didn't exactly know how to handle this situation, since, technically, it was Moony's fault. But he didn't dare say that out loud. It was the break of day. Crying hysterically, almost unable to walk, the girls got to their feet. They couldn't bear to lift Lindsey, so the guys, not crying as much as the girls (except Remus) but still tearing up a little, carried the dead girl to the hospital wing.
"And..and that's wh-what happened Prof-professor." Remus said, between sobs. Professor Dumbledore looked down at him gravely. "I should expell you, Mister Lupin, but since its so close to the end of school, I decide against it. But this is serious. I am certain you didn't mean to do it. We shall tell them she drowned in the lake when she went for a midnight swim last night."
Remus's heart was breaking. Beyond breaking. He had murdered his girlfriend. Murdered. Sometimes murdering himself seemed to be the only way, but he would always not follow through, not sure why. The girls were a royal mess; their eyes were always red and puffy, they were constantly crying.
The last day of school was on them. The Greath Hall was unusually quiet. Lindsey's death had travelled over the school quickly. Remus and the girls looked pale and as if they hadn't slept in ages.They took a deep shuddering breath. Professor Dumbledore stood up. "As I am sure you all know, we lost a student to a drowning this week. I propose a toast, to Miss Lindsey Dellinger." Everyone stood a tilted their glasses. Even some of the Slytherins. "May I ask Miss Christy Rogers, Miss Lily Evans, Miss Kaitlin Hyatt, and Mister Remus Lupin to the front please?"
There was a great deal of whispering as the 4 of them made their way to the front. Christy presented her speech first.
"Lindsey. My best friend. Someone who was always there when I needed her. Helping me make mischief or helping me with homework, she was very helpful. I loved her. She was my sister. I pray that she is looking down on us, smiling and knowing how much we loved her." At this Christy dissolved into tears, and Lily stepped forward.
"Lindsey was a caring person. A loving person. Smart, too. Though she didn't always use her brain-" A memory of a girl running into the woods skirted through her mind, and tears welled up in her eyes, choking her voice. "-she was a very good person. I loved her. I will miss her." She started crying and stepped back with Christy.
"Me and Lindsey had our rough spots. But I loved her. She helped me in many a time of need. She always put others before herself. She was very loving and she will be dearly missed." Kaitlin put a hand over her eyes and stpped back with Christy and Lily.
Remus took a deep breath. "Lindsey. My girlfriend. Who I knew for over a year. Whom I loved for over a year. My best friend and my consience, my being and my other half. No one could ever replace her, and I loved her so much. I miss her sorely, but her soul is in a better place. Lindsey, if your listening...I didn't tell you often enough...but...I love you." He walked back to the girls and hugged them. The Great Hall clapped solemnly. They walked back to the table in tears.
On the train, the remaining Unknowns and the Marauders sat in the big non reserved compartment they had sat in about 6 years ago, when they had first met. They could almost see Lindsey's bright shining face lighting up the room. They cried silently; there were no more words to be spoken. Remus felt differently and said,"Please forgive me...it's all my fault."
"N-no it's n-not. D-don't say th-that." Christy choked.
"I'm sorry."
"N-no, d-d-don't be. Lindsey w-wouldn't want you to f-feel all, all, well..., she sniffled and continued,"con-confused. It's not your f-fault, and we-we don't bl-blame you. At all, R-remus." Lily said through her sobs.
"If you say so."
They reached their apartment. When they had turned 17, their parents had given them the choice of continuing to live with them or moving out. Everyone had decided to buy an apartment home. They lived in one room; it was all they could afford. But when they got there, the once spacious room felt tiny and enclosed without Lindsey bouncing around. Christy walked to the back of the apartment and turned left, towards the girl's room. She opened the door and stared at the two bunk beds, the nightstand, the huge closets,the computer, and the forgotten drawing books scattered on the bottom bunk opposite her. Tearing her eyes away, she went to her and Kaitlin's shared closet and unpacked her stuff. Her eyes began to water again. She walked back into the hallway, turned right, into the kitchen/living room. Carpet and tile seperated the two places. She sighed. She could hear Lily and Kaitlin in the rec room opposite her unpacking the Game Boys and games they had taken and placing them back silently. The four boys were in their room, unpacking. She made herself a snack and walked to the carpeted area, where there was a couch, big TV, and two arm chairs. She sat on the couch and turned on the TV. Everything was violent. She angrily turned the TV off. 'Stupid bastards can't think of anything good to show apparently' she thought as she walked towards the sliding doors and the balcony. She stared out of the fourth story balcony over the tree tops. Not having Lindsey around was depressing. What if she were to just fall off the balcony? 'Lindsey wouldn't want that.' she thought.
Lily came out and stood beside Christy. "This is really hard." she said.
"Yeah." Christy said. Lily put her arm around her, and they hugged each other.
"You know, Dumbledore is letting us sign on as Order members next week." she said, trying to make her feel a little better.
"Yeah, wonderful. Lindsey won't be there. It won't be the same." she said, wiping her eyes.
"Well, take your anger and sadness out on Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and we can have this down in a year. It doesn't seem like we only met in 1971, ya know...here is is 1977. We're 17 and 18. Life is ahead of us." Lily said.
"Too bad Lindsey isn't here to enjoy it with us."
A/N: HOW DID YOU LIKE IT?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!? Was it wonderful? Did it suck a monkey? PLEASE REVIEW! I'm so relieved I finally finished Part One. Hehe...Part Two coming soon, I hope. AREN'T YOU SO HAPPY!?!?!? =D Thank you to the loyal reviewers *cough cough SAM cough cough* lol. Well, bye bye for now...REVIEW! PART 2 COMIN SOON! Stay tuned!
Chapter 12: The Last Goodbye
It was three days before the end of their 7th year of Hogwarts. They all eagerly wanted to join Dumbledore's new Order, the Order of the Phoenix, in the fight against Voldemort, but couldn't until they were out of school. They had taken most of their N.E.W.T.s, Lily being the only one feeling confident. They had a small break that afternoon, and rested underneath their favorite beech tree. Christy sighed. "I am quite certain I at least got an E in Defense Against the Dark Arts." she said. They all laid down and stretched out. Christy rested her head on Sirius's chest. Lindsey did the same to Lupin, Lily to James, and Kaitlin to Trent. "I can't believe its almost over." Lindsey said sadly, gazing at the castle that had been mostly their home for the past 6 and more than a half years. "Remember the last snowfall of the year, when we had that huge snowball fight?" said Kaitlin, grinning. The rest either grinned or laughed. "Yeah...that was so much fun..." Lily said, thinking back to that day......
It was the last snowfall of the year, and the Unknowns and the Marauders wanted to make the most of their last snowfall at Hogwarts. They went outside and built their forts. They had to build their forts by hand. Unbeknownst to the boys, Christy and Lindsey were busy putting Repelling Charms on themselves and Kaitlin and Lily behind the secrecy of the fort, and bewitching snowballs to target in on the boys and not stop until they either melted or made contact.
After the fort was built, Christy and Lindsey started pelting the bewitched snowballs. The boys, of course, did not play by the rules, and had bewitched their snowballs to not only target in on the girls, but to plummet down their clothing. But, thanks to the Repelling Charm, the snowball that came at Lindsey didn't get the chance to hurtle down her shirt. The girls abandoned the fort and ran full out at the boys, yelling, and leaped over their fort and tackled them, shoving snow in their faces and tickling them so they couldn't get to their wands nor speak an incantation.
Finally Sirius managed to grab his wand and said, "Finite Incatatum!" Christy stopped mericilessly tickling him, said, "Oh freak", leaped up and ran for it, screaming. The girls stared at her, and they found their charms being lifted, and joined Christy on the run. Christy yelped as Sirius grabbed her ankles and they plummeted to the ground.
"Ah-aaaagh!!!!" Sirius had opeend his mouth to exclaim triumph, but Christy shoved snow in his mouth. She put the Repelling Charm back on herself, lifted a huge amount of snow, and formed it into a ball (with her wand of course) and soon a 5 foot wide and 5 foot tall snowball hovered above her head.
The other 3 girls lead their persuers to underneath the ball, and Christy released it. It dropped onto the boys heads, but unexpectedly she and her friends got caught in the ball also, and cries of "Holy sheet that's cold!!!"
"Dang!! Cold cold cold!!!" rang through the air (A/N: Still can't cuss!!^_^) Lindsey screamed;Lupin had made a bewitched ball hurtle down Lindsey's shirt, and she had leaped on him and was tickling him.
"YOU WIL REGRET THAT!!!!" she screamed. The other boys leaped before the girls could think edgewise;Lily,Christy,and Kaitlin found themselves pinned to the ground by James,Sirius, and Trent. They screamed in laughter, and eventually the tickling wore off and the girls demanded apology kisses. Still pinned down, the boys gave them warming kisses, to which the girls responded by throwing them off and standing up, brushing the snow off of them. "Thank you. Apology accepted." Lily said.
Sirius laughed. "Yeah, that was fun." He pulled Christy closer to him. James smiled. "I wish you girls would've joined us more on our frolics with Moony over here." Lindsey shuddered. "After what happened that first time, no way." She stretched her arms over her head and stared at the sky. "Remember when McGonagall almost caught me and Remus doing our dare in her room at the beginning of this year?" she said with a small grin. "Yeah!" James said, being the one who administered the dare. They all grinned in reminscince.
"Awww guys....." Lindsey protested.
"No way Prongs!" Remus said.
"You HAVE to do it."
"But WHY!?!?!??!"
"Because it's a dare, Moony, now quit being a wimp and DO IT!!" The Marauders were having a somewhat difficult time convincing Remus and Lindsey to go do their dare, but, as they had said they would do whatever the dare was, the had to do it.
"Fine!" Lindsey said hotly. She seized Remus's hand and they all walked out of the common room. Luckily 7th years were allowed out till 9:30 and so they walked straight to the Transfiguration Department.
Lindsey was scared stiff. "What if we get caught?What if we get detention? Or worse...expelled!" Lindsey squealed.
"Shut up, they're not going to expel you for snogging on a desk in a suspicious looking position....they will probably give you Veritaserum at the worst case scenario and then we'd get detention for daring you to do it." Sirius said. "I've been in much worse situations." he added. Christy raised her eyebrows.
"You've never......?" she started. "No." he said firmly. Christy clung more tightly to his arm. Finally they reached Professor McGonagall's classroom, unfortunately close to her office as Lindsey noticed. The other 3 Unknowns and Marauders had huddled outside the classroom to watch. Lindsey and Remus started making out in the middle of the class room. They backed onto a table (the table nearest the door linking the classroom to the office, in fact). Remus was practically on top of Lindsey 'Oh Lord this is exciting!' Lindsey thought, despite herself.
She returned his kisses passionately, almost hungrily, and then she heard footsteps on the other side of the wall....Remus scrambled off of her, a difficult feat due to the fact they were practically in the middle of the table. They ran to the door just as Professor McGonagall stepped into the room. "I saw all of that, and if I find out your identities.....!" They didn't hear the rest; they were running too fast. They ran smack into the other three Unknowns and Marauders, who looked stunned. "Run!" Lindsey hissed, as they heard McGonagall coming to the classroom door. They sprinted as fast as they could to the end of the hallway. They had rounded the corner before McGonagall could see more than their robes whipping out of sight around the corner.
They all laughed. "Yeah...that was a fun experience." Lindsey said with a grin. James sighed. "Too bad this is our last few days here." he said.
"I really don't want to leave...but on the up side, we'll be able to visit it since we're gonna be working for Dumbledore!" Kaitlin said.
"The down side is one, we won't be living here, two, the reason we'll be coming to see him is because of You-Know-Who." Lily said darkly. They all scowled; none of them liked You-Know-Who. At all. And they were very eager to fight him.
Ironically enough, the second to last day of school happened to be a full moon. The boys knew that their girlfriends didn't know this, and they didn't want to make them anxious by telling them, and adding that to their list of worries this close to the end of school, so they didn't tell them. This turned out to be their most costly mistake of the school year.
"I'm bored. Let's go for a walk!" Lindsey said spontaneously.
"Ok!" said Christy, feeling bored, also.
"Yeah. There's nothin to do here." Lily added.
Kaitlin grinned. "I used to sneak out all the time at home. Walk around the neighborhood. Ha, me and Christy Silly Stringed this guys house once...heh, it was funny. We almost got caught but it was hysterical."
"Ok lets GO!" Christy said, always being the impatient one.
"Fine, fine, let me put my jacket on!" Lindsey said. Lindsey slipped on a blue jacket. "Why do you need a jacket, its June!" Christy said disbelievingly.
"Because I tend to get cold at night!" she countered. They all headed out of the common room and headed for the Entrance Hall, under the safety of Christy's Invisibility Cloak. Once outside, Christy pulled the cloak off of them, made the cloak pocket size with her wand, and pocketed it. They walked around the lake for a while, talking, almost laughing but not daring. Then they heard it.
It was a snarling sound. Christy stood stock still in fear. She felt Lily and Kaitlin stiffen in fright on either side of her. Lindsey stood behind the latter two, so she didn't know what was going on with her. Out of seemingly thin air, appeared a somewhat familiar werewolf. It was Remus. "Change!" They heard someone call. Christy immediately obeyed whoever it was. Soon she was a cat, and not a moment too late. Remus had lunged at her. She rolled out of the way.Then another terrifying, bone chilling noise was heard. A scream.
The three animals stared in stock still terror. Lily, Kaitlin, and Christy all wondered how she could be so stupid. Lindsey, always the impulsive one who didn't exactly use her brain under pressure, had fled into the forest instead of changed. The werewolf darted after her, followed closely by a huge black dog, cantering deer, and a new animal, a white wolf, but not a werewolf. Kaitlin realized it must be Trent, her boyfriend.
Lindsey did the first thing her instincts said: run. Fast. She fled into the woods, a snarling noise closely following her. Something grabbed her jacket, and she yanked free of it, tearing quickly into the woods. She darted every which way, hearing the werewolf close behind her. She cried, tears blinding her vision, hardly able to see a thing. Trees, everywhere, trees! She couldn't see anything, she couldn't hear a thing but snarling, crunching twigs, and her own sobs. Reality over took her, and suddenly she realized she could change into an animal; a sly fox, at that. She changed not a moment too soon. As her body completely finished the transformation, and she was completely fox, she felt a claw tear into her flesh. The last thing she saw was the snarling face of her boyfriend in his hideous werewolf form, and the night sky..........then darkness.
Christy, Lily, and Kaitlin cried together, sitting by the lake. They were still in their animal forms, a calico cat, white rabbit, and a somewhat small eagle. They huddled together, wondering what was happening in the woods. One of their best friends might be dead....they couldn't help but have memories of Lindsey flash through their minds.....
A young 11 year old Lindsey Dellinger stumbled wildly through the train, looking for someone, anyone, to sit with.
"'Ello!" she said cheerfully as she saw Christy sitting in a compartment by herself. She plopped down and immediately began chatting. They soon became best friends. "Ya know somethin',my daddy is an Unspeakable!" she said, wide eyed. Christy got wide eyed too.
"Wowie, so is MINE! How COOL!" They grinned at each other. That's when Kaitlin came in.
"Hello? Erm, there isn't anywhere else to sit....can I sit with you?" she had asked timidly.
"Yeah! I'm Lindsey Wray Dellinger, call me Lindsey!" Lindsey had chirped.
"I'm Christy Rogers." Christy had said.
"Coolie. I'm Kaitlin Hyatt. I'm a first year." Christy grinned.
"Wow, so are me an' Lindsey!" (Back then, they had really whacked out accents,lol) Kaitlin grinned.
"What had ya'll been sayin' about Unspeakables?" she asked.
"Oh, our dad's are Unspeakables." Lindsey said, nodding seriously. Kaitlin gasped.
"So is my mom!!!!" Christy and Lindsey stared.
"Wowie."
"Dude.....this is seriously freaky!"
"Wow! We're like destiend to be bestest friends or something cool like that!" Kaitlin nodded and they had a long discussion about the kind of things their parents did that they never knew about. Then, Lily made her big appearance.
"Excuse me? Uh, I just got....shown out of my compartment, can I please sit with you?" Everyone nodded and made room for the little red headed 1st year to sit. They continued with their discussion. Lily looked interesting. "Are you talking about Unspeakables? Wowie, my Great-Aunt was one, my parents never told me though because I'm Muggle born!" Everyone stared at her. Lily shifted uncomfortably. "Sorry...." she started, but Kaitlin cut her off.
"That is like, the freakiest crap I've ever heard. How abnormal is it that 4 people are going to just meet up and become like best friends and they all happen to have Unspeakable relatives? That is so weird!" Lily gasped. "Wow! I think we should have like a little group. We could be called the Unknowns since Unspeakable is taken by our relatives."
"Yeah, that's a cool idea!" Christy said.
......The memory ended. Christy wiped her watery cat eyes. Lily had another memory......
Still first year.....a group of excited first years that had just become best friends. Sitting in the last compartment, which was also the biggest besides the Head Boy/Head Girl one. Suddenly, a group of 4 rowdy boys burst into the room, laughing hysterically. The girls started and squealed, not expecting the sudden entrance."Who are YOU?" Lily demanded haughtily,her hands on her hips.
James Potter looked at her, stunned by her beauty. Lily was gorgeous. "We just set off a few Dungbombs and needed a cover." Sirius Black was still laughing his head off. 'His beautiful head...' Christy had thought.
"That was hysterical! Those stupid girls couldn't stop screaming like wounded birds!" a blondeish-brownish haired boy managed to choke out. A chubby little boy was gasping for breath. "Again, WHO ARE YOU?"Lily demanded forcefully. The boys sprang up and saluted her.
"James Potter, at your service," the boy with untidy brown hair, glasses, and a constant smile playing at his mouth said. The boy beside him with the long, dark, gorgeous hair grinned at them all.
"Sirius Black, best friend to commander James Potter." he said. The boy with blondeish brownish hair stood beside Sirius.
"Remus Lupin, chief explorer and detail maker."
The chubby little boy stood beside Remus, hardly able to choke out, "Peter Pettigrew, helper,assistant,tag along." (a/n: teehee...i had to do that) The girls all raised an eyebrow. "And we are the Marauders!" James said. "Now ladies, do us the honor of telling us your names." They smiled. "Ahem!" They cleared their throats at the same time. "I am Lily Evans, head creator and thinker." said Lily, stepping forward in front of James and courtesying. (a/n:is this correct? oh well.)
Lily stepped back into line and Christy stepped forward. "Christy Rogers, adventure seeker,planner, and creator," and courtesying like Lily...but in front of Sirius. Christy stepped back and Lindsey proceeded forward.
"Lindsey Dellinger, co-adventure seeker, planner, and creator," and courtesyed like her friends. In front of Remus (a/n:seeing a pattern here?). She, too, stepped back, and, like her friends, Kaitlin stepped forward.
"Kaitlin Hyatt, motivater and helper," and, courtesying, she stepped back. "We are the Unknowns!" said Christy. "Well, nice to meet you ladies, but we must be going," they said, smiling and nodding. "Goodbye." They exploded a few Dungbombs as they left. "We WILL get you back!" they had choked.
.....Lily's rabbit nose twitched sadly. She stared off into the forest. What was going on? Kaitlin was remembering the wonderful revenge.....
It had all been Lindsey's idea. The girls waited until the end of the first week. The were unnaturally kind to the Marauders, which unnerved them. Finally, they did it.
Breakfast. Lindsey held her wand under the table, concentrated hard on something her older sister Kelsey had taught her, and muttered something unaudible under her breath. Suddenly Remus had jumped up on the table and started singing "Bye, bye, bye" by N*Sync (yuck). Christy snorted, then remembered what Lindsey had told her. She did the same to Sirius, except the incantation was changed, and Sirius jumped up and did a funky dance to go with the song. They didn't stop till it was over. Everyone stared at the two for a moment. Then the Great Hall burst into uncontrolable laughter. Christy and Lindsey leaned on each other for support, their sides splitting.
"HEY! WHO DID THAT TO US?" Remus yelled. Christy and Lindsey banged their fists on the table and laughed harder. "It was you, wasn't it?!?" he said to them, which made them laugh harder (if that was possible). On the way to their first class that Friday, Lily placed a hex on James. Everytime a wall was directly in front of his face, he seemed to always run into it.
After about the 50th time of doing this, he finally yelled, "OK, WHO THE HECK IS DOING THIS CRAP?" Which, of course, made the Unknowns go into hysterical laughter. James turned to face them, but smacked into a nearby wall. "It was you loonies, wasn't it?" he asked, bewildered and looking dazed. The girls sniggered all the way down to their last class of the day, Potions.
Kaitiln got the final revenge by tying Peter's shoelaces and robe sleeves together, making it exceedingly difficult to write and making him trip every time he got up. When he finally got the chance to, he glared towards Kaitlin and the other Unknowns (particuarlly Kaitlin;she HAD put the curse on him). At dinner, the boys countered by magically making their shirts white and dumping cold water over them. "OK, OK!! WE'RE EVEN!" shrieked Lindsey.
....If eagles could smirk, Kaitiln would've been. Suddenly they heard a rustling in the bushes. They hid, feeling eager, scared, and anxious all at once. They saw a huge black dog carrying....no...it couldn't be....a bloody lump of.....white fur....Christy, Lily, and Kaitlin's hads started spinning. 'God, NO!' Christy thought.
The werewolf stayed in the forest. It knew it shouldn't come out. A huge black dog had somehow temporarily knocked it out. But he was up now. The moon was waning; he'd be normal again soon.
Sirius the dog, flanked by a big stag, and a white wolf (James and Trent) carried the bloody lump that was a once beautiful white fox. He looked sadly at the mangled body. 'She has to live....but with injuries like those...' He knew Moony would be suicidal when he found out.
Lindsey was only vaguely aware of the werewolf scratching her, biting her....but, eventually, in about 2 minutes that felt like 2 years, the werewolf was thrown from her. She passed out again. When she awoke, she didn't open her eyes. She knew she was being carried. She thought she would like to sleep again......
Sirius dropped the body in front of his girlfriend and her two best friends. He gazed at her with sad eyes, shook his head, and then looked at the mooon. The night would end soon. Christy nuzzled the body, snffed it, and let out a sad,mournful meow. The eagle cried out, and the rabbit...uh....the rabbit cried. (Hey, I don't know what noises rabbits make!)
Christy, Lily, and Kaitlin couldn't believe it. She was dead. Gone. Not living. Never again to see the sunlight. Never again to see her boyfriend. Never again to love, live, and fight Voldemort for once. They sat crying by her body for hours. Lily finally, carefully, transformed into her human self, and used her wand to make Lindsey's body human again. She almost wished she hadn't. Horrible, deep gashes covered her chest, arms, legs....face...throat...back...Her clothes were in shreds; she was plae and lifeless.She grabbed her body and sobbed. The other girls transformed and did the same, mourning the loss of their best friend. The boys transformed and stood behind their girlfriends, holding them and comforting them as best they could....soon the moon was gone. Remus came stumbling out of the forest.
"Uh, guys, what's going on?" he said, realizing everyone was seperate from him. He also realized that everyone's face was tear stained. And they were crying over a bloody lump. And his girlfriend was missing.And he was holding a vaguely familiar jacket that was torn."Oh...God NO!!!"He ran over to them, his worst fears confirmed as he turned the lifeless body over:He had lost control of himself on a full moon. He had murdered his girlfriend. His heart shattered; his body wracked with sobs. He cried bitterly. "How could I have done this?" he sobbed.
"It's not your fault Moony...." Sirius said lamely. He didn't exactly know how to handle this situation, since, technically, it was Moony's fault. But he didn't dare say that out loud. It was the break of day. Crying hysterically, almost unable to walk, the girls got to their feet. They couldn't bear to lift Lindsey, so the guys, not crying as much as the girls (except Remus) but still tearing up a little, carried the dead girl to the hospital wing.
"And..and that's wh-what happened Prof-professor." Remus said, between sobs. Professor Dumbledore looked down at him gravely. "I should expell you, Mister Lupin, but since its so close to the end of school, I decide against it. But this is serious. I am certain you didn't mean to do it. We shall tell them she drowned in the lake when she went for a midnight swim last night."
Remus's heart was breaking. Beyond breaking. He had murdered his girlfriend. Murdered. Sometimes murdering himself seemed to be the only way, but he would always not follow through, not sure why. The girls were a royal mess; their eyes were always red and puffy, they were constantly crying.
The last day of school was on them. The Greath Hall was unusually quiet. Lindsey's death had travelled over the school quickly. Remus and the girls looked pale and as if they hadn't slept in ages.They took a deep shuddering breath. Professor Dumbledore stood up. "As I am sure you all know, we lost a student to a drowning this week. I propose a toast, to Miss Lindsey Dellinger." Everyone stood a tilted their glasses. Even some of the Slytherins. "May I ask Miss Christy Rogers, Miss Lily Evans, Miss Kaitlin Hyatt, and Mister Remus Lupin to the front please?"
There was a great deal of whispering as the 4 of them made their way to the front. Christy presented her speech first.
"Lindsey. My best friend. Someone who was always there when I needed her. Helping me make mischief or helping me with homework, she was very helpful. I loved her. She was my sister. I pray that she is looking down on us, smiling and knowing how much we loved her." At this Christy dissolved into tears, and Lily stepped forward.
"Lindsey was a caring person. A loving person. Smart, too. Though she didn't always use her brain-" A memory of a girl running into the woods skirted through her mind, and tears welled up in her eyes, choking her voice. "-she was a very good person. I loved her. I will miss her." She started crying and stepped back with Christy.
"Me and Lindsey had our rough spots. But I loved her. She helped me in many a time of need. She always put others before herself. She was very loving and she will be dearly missed." Kaitlin put a hand over her eyes and stpped back with Christy and Lily.
Remus took a deep breath. "Lindsey. My girlfriend. Who I knew for over a year. Whom I loved for over a year. My best friend and my consience, my being and my other half. No one could ever replace her, and I loved her so much. I miss her sorely, but her soul is in a better place. Lindsey, if your listening...I didn't tell you often enough...but...I love you." He walked back to the girls and hugged them. The Great Hall clapped solemnly. They walked back to the table in tears.
On the train, the remaining Unknowns and the Marauders sat in the big non reserved compartment they had sat in about 6 years ago, when they had first met. They could almost see Lindsey's bright shining face lighting up the room. They cried silently; there were no more words to be spoken. Remus felt differently and said,"Please forgive me...it's all my fault."
"N-no it's n-not. D-don't say th-that." Christy choked.
"I'm sorry."
"N-no, d-d-don't be. Lindsey w-wouldn't want you to f-feel all, all, well..., she sniffled and continued,"con-confused. It's not your f-fault, and we-we don't bl-blame you. At all, R-remus." Lily said through her sobs.
"If you say so."
They reached their apartment. When they had turned 17, their parents had given them the choice of continuing to live with them or moving out. Everyone had decided to buy an apartment home. They lived in one room; it was all they could afford. But when they got there, the once spacious room felt tiny and enclosed without Lindsey bouncing around. Christy walked to the back of the apartment and turned left, towards the girl's room. She opened the door and stared at the two bunk beds, the nightstand, the huge closets,the computer, and the forgotten drawing books scattered on the bottom bunk opposite her. Tearing her eyes away, she went to her and Kaitlin's shared closet and unpacked her stuff. Her eyes began to water again. She walked back into the hallway, turned right, into the kitchen/living room. Carpet and tile seperated the two places. She sighed. She could hear Lily and Kaitlin in the rec room opposite her unpacking the Game Boys and games they had taken and placing them back silently. The four boys were in their room, unpacking. She made herself a snack and walked to the carpeted area, where there was a couch, big TV, and two arm chairs. She sat on the couch and turned on the TV. Everything was violent. She angrily turned the TV off. 'Stupid bastards can't think of anything good to show apparently' she thought as she walked towards the sliding doors and the balcony. She stared out of the fourth story balcony over the tree tops. Not having Lindsey around was depressing. What if she were to just fall off the balcony? 'Lindsey wouldn't want that.' she thought.
Lily came out and stood beside Christy. "This is really hard." she said.
"Yeah." Christy said. Lily put her arm around her, and they hugged each other.
"You know, Dumbledore is letting us sign on as Order members next week." she said, trying to make her feel a little better.
"Yeah, wonderful. Lindsey won't be there. It won't be the same." she said, wiping her eyes.
"Well, take your anger and sadness out on Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and we can have this down in a year. It doesn't seem like we only met in 1971, ya know...here is is 1977. We're 17 and 18. Life is ahead of us." Lily said.
"Too bad Lindsey isn't here to enjoy it with us."
A/N: HOW DID YOU LIKE IT?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!? Was it wonderful? Did it suck a monkey? PLEASE REVIEW! I'm so relieved I finally finished Part One. Hehe...Part Two coming soon, I hope. AREN'T YOU SO HAPPY!?!?!? =D Thank you to the loyal reviewers *cough cough SAM cough cough* lol. Well, bye bye for now...REVIEW! PART 2 COMIN SOON! Stay tuned!