*Chapter 8*
The rest of the month flew by for the 6, and before they new it, it was Halloween. The suits of armor had been transfigured into skeletons, the walls had been charmed to look like caves, bats now flew around the halls, and when everyone woke up on Halloween morning it their beds had been changed from their house colors to black and orange. The day past pretty quickly for the students, they were all looking forward to the feast that night. In the late afternoon, after classes before dinner our six favorite students (well five really. but we wont mention that) could be found out by the lake, waiting for the dinner, talking about random nothings: papers that were due, funny happenings in class, the last prank they pulled. Or, they were, until two owls came and dropped letters in Lily, and Remus's laps, they were sitting next to each other leaning against a rock while the other four sat on various logs or rocks in a circle.
"The ministry? What could they want?" Remus murmured. The two looked at each other before slowly opening the letters. Lily's heart almost stopped when she read the words written:
Ms. Lily Evens,
We regret to inform you that on the morning of October 31. Gray
and Maria Evens were killed in a car crash, coming home form dinner
with what we understand were family friends. We are sorry for your
loses. You will contact your headmaster for new living arrangements.
Condolences,
Linda Nempin
Linda Nempin - ministry of magic
Lily's thought tightened, she felt like she couldn't breath, like the world had stopped turning. This couldn't be right. Her parents were not dead. She read the letter again. And choked back a sob as she realized she would have no more conversations over a hot drink with her mother. She would spend no more nights curled up on the couch reading a book while her father read the newspaper in his favorite chair. She felt warm arms wrap around her and she let the tears come. She remembered her mothers last words to her before she boarded the train to Hogwarts. 'you remember to find a boy so we can have some serious girl talk! You hear? I love you flower, have a great year.'. But remembering those last words only caused her to cry harder and she wrapped her arms around whoever was hugging her. When she had calmed down to the point were she wasn't sobbing anymore, but tears were still running down her cheeks, she looked up into James's concerned face, before burring her head in his chest again. Then turning her head to the side she realized that Remus had tears running down his cheeks too, not as much as her, but he was still crying, Ryan was hugging him and running her hand threw his hair sympathetically. She choked when she relied what the letter had said about family friends. "Oh god. the dinner was with your parents wasn't it." Remus looked up and simply nodded, before they both pulled away from James and Ryan respectively, and hugged each other fiercely, crying on one another's shoulders. They both looked up at one another and came to a silent agreement.
"You guys go to the feast, we need some time alone" Remus managed to choke out, before both he and Lily got up and started walking towards the castle, hand in hand, Lily's head resting on Remus shoulder. James watching the two walk towards the castle couldn't help but fell a tinge of jealousy that he quickly shot down reminding himself, this was not the time, and Remus was like a brother to Lily.
The two walked silently threw the halls of Hogwarts, just roaming, and thinking over happy memories with their parents. The only sound was slight sniffles from Lily, and their footsteps. Somehow the two ended up in the kitchens where they got a pot of hot chocolate, a huge bowl of marshmallows, and two gallons of chocolate ice cream. They slowly walked from the kitchen to the Lair, still basking in memories of happier times. When the got there they sat in front of the fire and stared at it for awhile, before Lily broke the silence.
"I remember, when I was five or six, our dads decided they wanted to take us to the batting cages. I remember being so excited because I had never been before. And I remember daddy teaching me. Standing behind me, helping me swing. And when I finally swung by myself, and hit a ball, I remember the smile on his face, and how he was so proud, he called me 'his little line driver'. I miss him Remus, and I'm never going to be able to go to the batting cages with him again, or read with him in the living room, or hear his voice." She was crying again by this point. Remus simply put his arm around her shoulder. Until she had calmed down again.
"Where are we going to go Remus? Your parents were my god parents, and mine were yours. What's going to happen to up?"
"I dunno lily, I just don't know." They sat there for the longest time, thinking not really talking except for a few odd comments. They ended up falling asleep in the lair, they had each moved onto a couch though.
When they woke up the next morning, they found on the table breakfast for the two of them and a note from their friends: 'Lils, and Rem - We brought you breakfast we figured you would be hungry. Shland excused you from classes today, we'll come see you after classes, we figure you will want more time alone. We love you guys. See you later. Love Ry, James, Sirius, and Pete P.S. Charlie says she love you to.' The two exchanged a smile over the note, they sat down and ate, then proceeded to spend the rest of the day lying on the two couches, thinking or reading random book lying around the room.
Around four, they heard the door swing open and Ryan came in and immediately hugged Lily, "It'll be ok Anna, you'll see, we'll get threw this together" Lily threw her a small smile and returned the hug, noticing the three boys were now talking quietly to Remus, who was trying to give them a small smile, but it didn't look like it was really working. The following week was spent with Lily and Remus mopping about not really interested in anything, the rest trying to cheer them up. One day at breakfast headmaster Dumbledore, informed them that their parents funerals would be taking place the following weekend, and they were to go home for the ceremonies, their friends were allowed to accompany them if they so wished. So that Friday, five teenager's boarded the Hogwarts express to be taken home for the funeral. Peter had decided not to come as his girlfriend's birthday was over the weekend, and he had not really known his two friends parents. Lily spent the ride staring out the window, while Remus spent it reading a book. Both were silent the whole time. Nobody noticed that Remus hadn't turned a page the whole time he was 'reading'. When the reached Lily's house, they had taken a cab, Lily and Remus went right to sleep, Lily on her bed, Remus on the couch in her room. The other three had stayed up a bit later, but they weren't to cheerful, their friends parents had been pretty close to all of them, and while their friends weren't very cheerful it was hard for them to be. Especially since it was two of their closest friends, and they had both gotten more than just one blow, but for really, loosing both their parents and god-parents at once.
i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i Ah... That was depressing to write... Well.. I'm sick.. I have a bad case of strep... Woo - freaken-hoo... Not to mention the power cord for my laptop broke... Yes.. Soooo exciting...anyways. at the moment. its taped together with scotch tape. probably not the smartest move. but its working. hopefully my laptop wont blow up. then.. id cry... Anyway... In case you didn't remember.. Anna is Ryan's special nickname for Lily, her middle name remember? ... Yeah.. Anyway.. Sorry for the depressing chapter... Ill try to write a more cheerful one.... But the next one is going to be the funeral... So yeah.. Wow this is a long note... oh by the way Shland is the assistant head or whatever its called.(what McGonagall is for Harry.) Ta ~ Rin
The rest of the month flew by for the 6, and before they new it, it was Halloween. The suits of armor had been transfigured into skeletons, the walls had been charmed to look like caves, bats now flew around the halls, and when everyone woke up on Halloween morning it their beds had been changed from their house colors to black and orange. The day past pretty quickly for the students, they were all looking forward to the feast that night. In the late afternoon, after classes before dinner our six favorite students (well five really. but we wont mention that) could be found out by the lake, waiting for the dinner, talking about random nothings: papers that were due, funny happenings in class, the last prank they pulled. Or, they were, until two owls came and dropped letters in Lily, and Remus's laps, they were sitting next to each other leaning against a rock while the other four sat on various logs or rocks in a circle.
"The ministry? What could they want?" Remus murmured. The two looked at each other before slowly opening the letters. Lily's heart almost stopped when she read the words written:
Ms. Lily Evens,
We regret to inform you that on the morning of October 31. Gray
and Maria Evens were killed in a car crash, coming home form dinner
with what we understand were family friends. We are sorry for your
loses. You will contact your headmaster for new living arrangements.
Condolences,
Linda Nempin
Linda Nempin - ministry of magic
Lily's thought tightened, she felt like she couldn't breath, like the world had stopped turning. This couldn't be right. Her parents were not dead. She read the letter again. And choked back a sob as she realized she would have no more conversations over a hot drink with her mother. She would spend no more nights curled up on the couch reading a book while her father read the newspaper in his favorite chair. She felt warm arms wrap around her and she let the tears come. She remembered her mothers last words to her before she boarded the train to Hogwarts. 'you remember to find a boy so we can have some serious girl talk! You hear? I love you flower, have a great year.'. But remembering those last words only caused her to cry harder and she wrapped her arms around whoever was hugging her. When she had calmed down to the point were she wasn't sobbing anymore, but tears were still running down her cheeks, she looked up into James's concerned face, before burring her head in his chest again. Then turning her head to the side she realized that Remus had tears running down his cheeks too, not as much as her, but he was still crying, Ryan was hugging him and running her hand threw his hair sympathetically. She choked when she relied what the letter had said about family friends. "Oh god. the dinner was with your parents wasn't it." Remus looked up and simply nodded, before they both pulled away from James and Ryan respectively, and hugged each other fiercely, crying on one another's shoulders. They both looked up at one another and came to a silent agreement.
"You guys go to the feast, we need some time alone" Remus managed to choke out, before both he and Lily got up and started walking towards the castle, hand in hand, Lily's head resting on Remus shoulder. James watching the two walk towards the castle couldn't help but fell a tinge of jealousy that he quickly shot down reminding himself, this was not the time, and Remus was like a brother to Lily.
The two walked silently threw the halls of Hogwarts, just roaming, and thinking over happy memories with their parents. The only sound was slight sniffles from Lily, and their footsteps. Somehow the two ended up in the kitchens where they got a pot of hot chocolate, a huge bowl of marshmallows, and two gallons of chocolate ice cream. They slowly walked from the kitchen to the Lair, still basking in memories of happier times. When the got there they sat in front of the fire and stared at it for awhile, before Lily broke the silence.
"I remember, when I was five or six, our dads decided they wanted to take us to the batting cages. I remember being so excited because I had never been before. And I remember daddy teaching me. Standing behind me, helping me swing. And when I finally swung by myself, and hit a ball, I remember the smile on his face, and how he was so proud, he called me 'his little line driver'. I miss him Remus, and I'm never going to be able to go to the batting cages with him again, or read with him in the living room, or hear his voice." She was crying again by this point. Remus simply put his arm around her shoulder. Until she had calmed down again.
"Where are we going to go Remus? Your parents were my god parents, and mine were yours. What's going to happen to up?"
"I dunno lily, I just don't know." They sat there for the longest time, thinking not really talking except for a few odd comments. They ended up falling asleep in the lair, they had each moved onto a couch though.
When they woke up the next morning, they found on the table breakfast for the two of them and a note from their friends: 'Lils, and Rem - We brought you breakfast we figured you would be hungry. Shland excused you from classes today, we'll come see you after classes, we figure you will want more time alone. We love you guys. See you later. Love Ry, James, Sirius, and Pete P.S. Charlie says she love you to.' The two exchanged a smile over the note, they sat down and ate, then proceeded to spend the rest of the day lying on the two couches, thinking or reading random book lying around the room.
Around four, they heard the door swing open and Ryan came in and immediately hugged Lily, "It'll be ok Anna, you'll see, we'll get threw this together" Lily threw her a small smile and returned the hug, noticing the three boys were now talking quietly to Remus, who was trying to give them a small smile, but it didn't look like it was really working. The following week was spent with Lily and Remus mopping about not really interested in anything, the rest trying to cheer them up. One day at breakfast headmaster Dumbledore, informed them that their parents funerals would be taking place the following weekend, and they were to go home for the ceremonies, their friends were allowed to accompany them if they so wished. So that Friday, five teenager's boarded the Hogwarts express to be taken home for the funeral. Peter had decided not to come as his girlfriend's birthday was over the weekend, and he had not really known his two friends parents. Lily spent the ride staring out the window, while Remus spent it reading a book. Both were silent the whole time. Nobody noticed that Remus hadn't turned a page the whole time he was 'reading'. When the reached Lily's house, they had taken a cab, Lily and Remus went right to sleep, Lily on her bed, Remus on the couch in her room. The other three had stayed up a bit later, but they weren't to cheerful, their friends parents had been pretty close to all of them, and while their friends weren't very cheerful it was hard for them to be. Especially since it was two of their closest friends, and they had both gotten more than just one blow, but for really, loosing both their parents and god-parents at once.
i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i Ah... That was depressing to write... Well.. I'm sick.. I have a bad case of strep... Woo - freaken-hoo... Not to mention the power cord for my laptop broke... Yes.. Soooo exciting...anyways. at the moment. its taped together with scotch tape. probably not the smartest move. but its working. hopefully my laptop wont blow up. then.. id cry... Anyway... In case you didn't remember.. Anna is Ryan's special nickname for Lily, her middle name remember? ... Yeah.. Anyway.. Sorry for the depressing chapter... Ill try to write a more cheerful one.... But the next one is going to be the funeral... So yeah.. Wow this is a long note... oh by the way Shland is the assistant head or whatever its called.(what McGonagall is for Harry.) Ta ~ Rin
