First Year With Westin

disclaimer: still the same

Alright, this skips a whole lot I know, but my teacher asked me to get to the point. So, if you need to know Westin and her best friends, Izza and Aaron, go to www.expage.com/izzaaron that'll tell you about them. This is where the story picks up.

Chapter 3: Welcome To Your Life, Without Them

I woke up exactly at six o'clock that morning. It was the day before Christmas break, December 19. I had one more midterm exam that day, Transfiguration. I groaned and sat up slowly, and I wiped the sleep away from my eyes. I crawled to the end of my bed, pulled the crimson curtains open and hopped out. I landed on my trunk and cursed, falling to the floor. I lay there for a few moments in pain; my toe was bleeding. I crawled to my nightstand and put on my glasses. I grabbed my wand off the table and used the spell Mum had taught me ta stop the bleeding. I hopped over to Izza's area and threw open her trunk. It crashed into the bed and Izza grunted and stirred. "No Mummy, I don't like bunny rabbits..." Izza mumbled in her sleep. I clamped my hand over my mouth to muffle my laughs and kept there kneeling perfectly still. When I was satisfied that Izza was asleep I dug through her trunk for a bandaid. Izza always kept things like that, Aunt Drasinda was always paranoid.

I rummaged through my trunk to find something comfortable for the exam. "Miss Weasley." My heart skipped a beat and I whipped around. Professor McGonnagal was standing in the doorway. "Oh, hi Professor," I said slowly. I hadn't done anything wrong, and McGonnagal only came to your dorm if you'd done something extremely bad. She had a grave expression on her face. I was sure I was expelled, but for what? "Follow me," she said walking out of the room. I hesitated, then followed her, all the while running through my mind everything I had done the past few weeks. Nothing very bad. I mean, yeah I had skipped Potions class with Izza and Aaron, but I'd already been tagged with detention for that. Plus, that wasn't something worth expelling someone over, was it? McGonnagal would've taken Izza too, and Aaron would be with her. I felt tears sting my eyes, I didn't want to be expelled. I didn't want to go home to my over strict mother, and my embarrassing father and little brother. I loved being away from my family. I loved being free.

McGonnagal led me to Dumbledore's office. I looked up at the statue of the phoenix and my heart froze. I was expelled for sure. I stepped onto the stairs with McGonnagal and held my breath. I didn't let it back out until she led me into Dumbledore's familiar office. As I walked in I knew something was going on. Remus and Uncle Harry were there. Uncle Harry looked as if he hadn't slept all night. Remus looked as though he had just gotten shocking news. I purposely kept my eyes on floor not to make eye contact, as McGonnagal ushered me into the chair across the desk from Dumbledore. I hesitated and looked up at him. "Westin," Dumbledore started, but broke off. He studied my face through his glasses, took a deep breath and continued. "You're parents and Gabriel are dead." I stared. This was someones idea of a funny joke. This didn't happen to real life people, this only happened to people in books, movies, and songs. It especially didn't happen to me.

"No they didn't," I said. My eyes stung with tears and my sight was becoming distorted from the tears filling my eyes. "Im sorry," said Dumbledore. As if that helped. I looked to Uncle Harry; he nodded. I looked to Remus, he would never lie to me; he also nodded. I let the tears slowly leak from my eyes. I jumped up and turned around. Remus went to grab me but I plowed right past him and out of the office. I heard hustling and bustling from the office and fled down the stairs, jumping the last 4. I flew through the halls to the Common Room, not caring who I tore down along the way. I stopped in the Common Room, panting. I don't remember what happened then, but Izza and Aaron told me I'd blacked out.

The next thing I remember is Izza, Aaron, and me walking toward the front door of my house that night. I ripped the tape sealing the door off, and unlocked the door with my key. I cautiously opened the door; the alarm was not on. I walked in the front door. "Wow, nice place you got here," said Aaron. Izza gasped and hit him. "Aaron!" she exclaimed. "Shut up." He was about to say something, but closed his mouth and gave her a look behind her back. I walked toward the family room. There was tape seling the door. My heart thudded, something is going on. "They were murdered," I suddenly said aloud. "What?" said Aaron and Izza at the same time. "Mum, Dad, and Gabriel were murdered," I said yet again loudly and beginning to panic. I slowly peeled the tape off of the door and grabbed the door knob. I closed my eyes and opened the door. Nothing happened, I opened them and flipped on the lights. What I saw made me scream. I slammed the door and turned around. "What is it?" I heard Izza, but couldn't answer her. I was going to be sick. I didn't know what to do. "Westin?" Aaron came over to me and waved his hand in front of my face. "They were murdered, Aaron, they were skinned alive."

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And that's chapter 3! It's not pleasant I know, so I spared you the nitty gritty details. REVIEW!