Sirius shakily stepped forward and squeezed a drop of his blood into the
cauldron. After a few minutes, Jay stood there, rubbing his eyes.
"What a weird dream" he commented. Rose burst into tears and hugged her son, while Emily's jaw had dropped. She stared at Jay as if she'd never seen him before in her life.
"Hey Ems, can I have a hug?" he asked her, spreading his arms out for a hug. Emily's lip trembled as she broke down into his arms. Jay hugged her, not really knowing why she was so upset. Sirius smiled and looked to Lupin, James and Snape. They were all looking relieved. Dumbledore nodded as he looked to Jay with twinkling eyes.
"Mr. Black, how are you feeling?" he questioned. Jay carried on hugging Emily as he answered.
"I feel fine. Why's everyone crying? Have I done something wrong?" he asked worriedly.
"He doesn't remember?" Lupin asked, looking startled.
"Obviously not" Snape commented.
"Strange. What's the last thing you remember Jay?" Rose questioned her son.
"Well, I remember . . . lots of screaming and yelling, then a flash of green light. That's it. The picture's kinda funny in my head" he replied, shaking his head in annoyance. Logan smiled as he watched Emily hugging Jay tightly. She was happy; he'd never seen her look so happy before. He grinned when he thought of Cherry and how they were finally getting back on track.
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Cherry cried as she collapsed onto the sofa. She'd just received news from Snape that Lucius Malfoy had murdered Jay. Her father had told her that he wouldn't harm them! Yet, she guessed that he was punishing her for lying to him about who the father of the baby was. Amanda sat beside her, looking extremely pale. She tried her best to comfort Cherry, but to no avail, she wouldn't calm down. Suddenly, Snape's head appeared in the fire.
"It's alright, Jay's alive again, we've resurrected him" He told her. Cherry's red puffy eyes widened.
"Really? He's alright?" Snape nodded and smiled slightly.
"You could tell Logan about the little one. The Dark Lord knows now and there's nothing he can do stop you from having it" Cherry smiled broadly for a minute, then it faded.
"I can't. I bet I'd still be putting them in danger" Snape shook his head.
"You wouldn't. Trust me. They're in The Three Broomsticks now. Why don't you go and see them? I think Logan's hoping to see you sometime soon" Cherry nodded and smiled, tears welled up in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Snape asked, looking concerned.
"I don't know. I think it's the hormones" she sniffed as she left the room crying her eyes out.
"That's what happens when you're pregnant" Amanda said, sounding amused.
"I'm glad I'm not a female then" Snape commented dryly as he disappeared from the fire. Amanda giggled as she waited for Cherry to appear. They were off The Three Broomsticks for a drink.
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Logan chuckled as he watched Emily and Jay laughing over a prank they'd pulled in school. He sighed as he wondered what Cherry was doing. He hadn't seen her in ages and hoped that she wasn't avoiding him. Although, if she was, he wouldn't have the slightest clue as to why. Suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Logan Lupin?" Logan's head snapped up as he stared into a female's eyes. He paled when he realized who it was. She had curly black hair that fell down to her shoulders and brown eyes.
"Jessica" he said, nodding curtly. Jessica's eyes lit up.
"You remember me?" she squealed, looking excited. Logan resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"Of course, how could I forget?" he told her, putting on a fake smile. Emily stared at the girl with narrowed eyes.
"You're Jessica Hart?" she questioned coldly. Jessica seemed to ignore the coldness in Emily's voice as she nodded.
"Yes, I'm her"
Lupin, Sally, Rose, Sirius, James and Lily looked to each other with raised eyebrows. They'd obviously never heard of this woman before. Logan cleared his throat as he shifted around uncomfortably.
"So, Logy, how have ya been?" Jessica asked in her sweetest voice. Logan felt like throwing up, he *hated* this girl!
"I'm fine, thank you" he replied politely "and please don't call me Logy, I get enough of that from my mother" Emily giggled as Logan grinned.
Jessica's smile faded slightly as she sat down next to him and shuffled close to him. Logan bit his lip as he gave eye signals to Emily to help him. Suddenly, the clearing of a throat could be heard. Everyone turned to see Cherry towering over Logan and Jessica with narrowed eyes and her arms crossed over her chest. She glared angrily at Jessica. Jessica glared back.
"Oh, Davies, what are *you* doing here?" she questioned, staring at Cherry as if she was something unpleasant.
"I'd appreciate it if you would get your hands off of my boyfriend" she hissed. Jessica blinked a few times, then burst out laughing.
"You-and-Logan, that's a good one!"
"Actually" Logan said quietly "Cherry is my girlfriend" Jessica's jaw dropped as she stood up and stared at Cherry nastily.
"What've you done this time, Davies? Given him a love potion?" Cherry's jaw dropped as she stared at Jessica in disbelief.
"What *are* you talking about?"
"Well, you two hated each other in school" Jessica stated "Why should he start liking you now?" Cherry rolled her eyes.
"It's called growing up, Hart, something that I know you'll never do" Jessica blushed bright red as she clenched her jaw.
"I don't believe you" she hissed "Logan would never fall for a slut like you!" Emily gasped, while Logan's eyes narrowed. Cherry stayed silent, but it was clear that she wanted to do something horrible to the female.
"Oh, is that so?" Cherry replied calmly "Then what makes you think that he'd fall for a whore like you? I mean, you're not much better than me, are you?" Jessica looked like she'd been slapped round the face. She narrowed her eyes dangerously at Cherry as her right eye twitched.
"You've given him some sort of love Potion, I know it!" she shrieked. Logan let out a cough that sounded suspiciously like a laugh.
"You, of all people, should remember that Cherry was absolutely rubbish at Potions!" he exclaimed. Cherry smiled slightly as she smirked.
"You're not one of those females that are obsessed with my brother, are you?" Emily asked innocently "I know quite a few" Jessica flushed as she looked at Emily with dislike. Logan looked amusedly to his sister as she winked at him. Jessica rounded on Cherry.
"I can't believe that Logan would fall for *you* Davies, you were worst enemies in school, nothing else has changed, I mean, you're still a slut now, you've even gotten yourself pregnant" she observed the red-head in front of her. Logan stared at Cherry with wide eyes as if realizing it himself.
"Do you even know who the father is or are you trying to contact all your old boyfriends to find out?" she questioned harshly. Everyone's jaw dropped at Jessica's bitchiness. Cherry's cheeks colored.
"For your information, I know perfectly well who the father is! And another thing, the only way you're gonna get Logan is in your own dreams" she snapped. Jessica growled as she slapped Cherry across the face.
"You bitch!" she screamed. Logan seemed to snap as he stood up and hurried over to Cherry to see if she was alright. Her hair was in front of her face, so he couldn't tell if she was okay or not. It was rather strange, he noticed, as he stopped in front of her. The Cherry he knew would immediately have pulled out her wand and hexed her, but Cherry had just stood there.
"Cherry?" Logan murmured as he moved her hair from her face so he could see her properly. What he saw made his heart stop. She was crying! Her bottom lip was trembling as tears streamed down her face.
"Oh god, she's turned on the waterworks, how sad" Jessica said in a mocking voice. Cherry seemed to snap as soon as she heard Jessica's voice. She whipped out her wand and pointed it right between her eyes.
"Say one more word and I swear you'll regret it!" The opening of a door and Cherry's name being called out made Cherry whirl around and catch a glimpse of Snape just as she felt all the wind being pummeled out of her. Jessica had hexed her in a blink of an eye.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Cherry heard Logan yell. She whimpered as she felt pain envelope her entire body. Snape knelt down next to her.
"I'm so sorry" he whispered "I didn't realize you were facing an old enemy. Are you alright? Can you move?" he asked. Cherry merely cried in response.
"I can't *believe* you just hexed a pregnant woman!" Emily shrieked. Cherry saw through her blurred eyes two outlines that looked like Emily and Jay facing Jessica. Logan had his wand aimed at her heart.
"Get out" he growled "Get out before I make you" Cherry gasped as she felt herself struggling to breathe.
"She's used dark magic" Snape murmured to himself "We need to get you to St. Mungo's quickly or you could lose the baby" Cherry's sobs grew louder as Snape muttered a spell. A stretcher appeared and he quickly hoisted her onto it.
"She needs to go to St. Mungo's and fast" he said, turning to the others "That Jessica girl used dark magic, if she doesn't get to the hospital in the next few hours, she'll lose the baby" Everyone nodded as Logan held onto Cherry's hand as they made their way to St. Mungo's.
"Well, we really know how to have dramas, don't we?" Sirius said weakly as he watched them leave.
"Oh gosh, Harry and Hermione are still at home alone, we've left them alone for hours!" Lily exclaimed. Jay grinned.
"Well, let's surprise them then" and with that said, they flooed to Godric's Hollow.
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"I agree we were totally drunk, right? So, we didn't mean it when we said that we liked each other more than friends" Hermione said. Harry nodded.
"Yeah, I drank quite a lot of Firewhiskey last night. I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings" he said worriedly. Hermione's eyes brightened.
"Are you kidding?! I can finally tell Ron that I like him! Thank god!" Harry's jaw dropped in surprise.
"You like Ron?" Hermione nodded as she giggled.
"Yeah, and I know for a fact that you like Ginny" Harry blushed bright red.
"I-do-NOT-like-Ginny!"
"You do Harry, so stop denying it" Hermione stated. Harry rolled his eyes.
"Well, don't tell her that I like her, she likes Dean Thomas" Hermione raised an eyebrow.
"Does she? I never knew. She would've told me and also, I know for a fact that she still likes *you*, she told me so last night! She told me that she loved how you kissed her and took her to the dance" Harry blushed crimson as he remembered Ginny's excitement when he'd asked her to the Valentine's Ball.
"See, you *do* like her!" Hermione said, looking triumphant. Harry tutted in annoyance.
"Shut up Hermione, you're annoying me"
"You're just in denial"
"Whatever"
"You like Ginny"
"No, I don't"
"You do!"
"I don't!"
"YOU LIKE GINNY, SO STOP DENYING IT!" She yelled "ADMIT IT TO YOURSELF! YOU- LIKE-GINNY!" Harry leapt back in surprise from Hermione's outburst.
"Alright, fine, I like Ginny! Happy now? I've said it!"
"Is there anything happening that I should know about?" Jay asked, poking his head around the door. Harry and Hermione both paled. They could tell by the look on his face that he'd heard every word.
"What a weird dream" he commented. Rose burst into tears and hugged her son, while Emily's jaw had dropped. She stared at Jay as if she'd never seen him before in her life.
"Hey Ems, can I have a hug?" he asked her, spreading his arms out for a hug. Emily's lip trembled as she broke down into his arms. Jay hugged her, not really knowing why she was so upset. Sirius smiled and looked to Lupin, James and Snape. They were all looking relieved. Dumbledore nodded as he looked to Jay with twinkling eyes.
"Mr. Black, how are you feeling?" he questioned. Jay carried on hugging Emily as he answered.
"I feel fine. Why's everyone crying? Have I done something wrong?" he asked worriedly.
"He doesn't remember?" Lupin asked, looking startled.
"Obviously not" Snape commented.
"Strange. What's the last thing you remember Jay?" Rose questioned her son.
"Well, I remember . . . lots of screaming and yelling, then a flash of green light. That's it. The picture's kinda funny in my head" he replied, shaking his head in annoyance. Logan smiled as he watched Emily hugging Jay tightly. She was happy; he'd never seen her look so happy before. He grinned when he thought of Cherry and how they were finally getting back on track.
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Cherry cried as she collapsed onto the sofa. She'd just received news from Snape that Lucius Malfoy had murdered Jay. Her father had told her that he wouldn't harm them! Yet, she guessed that he was punishing her for lying to him about who the father of the baby was. Amanda sat beside her, looking extremely pale. She tried her best to comfort Cherry, but to no avail, she wouldn't calm down. Suddenly, Snape's head appeared in the fire.
"It's alright, Jay's alive again, we've resurrected him" He told her. Cherry's red puffy eyes widened.
"Really? He's alright?" Snape nodded and smiled slightly.
"You could tell Logan about the little one. The Dark Lord knows now and there's nothing he can do stop you from having it" Cherry smiled broadly for a minute, then it faded.
"I can't. I bet I'd still be putting them in danger" Snape shook his head.
"You wouldn't. Trust me. They're in The Three Broomsticks now. Why don't you go and see them? I think Logan's hoping to see you sometime soon" Cherry nodded and smiled, tears welled up in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Snape asked, looking concerned.
"I don't know. I think it's the hormones" she sniffed as she left the room crying her eyes out.
"That's what happens when you're pregnant" Amanda said, sounding amused.
"I'm glad I'm not a female then" Snape commented dryly as he disappeared from the fire. Amanda giggled as she waited for Cherry to appear. They were off The Three Broomsticks for a drink.
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Logan chuckled as he watched Emily and Jay laughing over a prank they'd pulled in school. He sighed as he wondered what Cherry was doing. He hadn't seen her in ages and hoped that she wasn't avoiding him. Although, if she was, he wouldn't have the slightest clue as to why. Suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Logan Lupin?" Logan's head snapped up as he stared into a female's eyes. He paled when he realized who it was. She had curly black hair that fell down to her shoulders and brown eyes.
"Jessica" he said, nodding curtly. Jessica's eyes lit up.
"You remember me?" she squealed, looking excited. Logan resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"Of course, how could I forget?" he told her, putting on a fake smile. Emily stared at the girl with narrowed eyes.
"You're Jessica Hart?" she questioned coldly. Jessica seemed to ignore the coldness in Emily's voice as she nodded.
"Yes, I'm her"
Lupin, Sally, Rose, Sirius, James and Lily looked to each other with raised eyebrows. They'd obviously never heard of this woman before. Logan cleared his throat as he shifted around uncomfortably.
"So, Logy, how have ya been?" Jessica asked in her sweetest voice. Logan felt like throwing up, he *hated* this girl!
"I'm fine, thank you" he replied politely "and please don't call me Logy, I get enough of that from my mother" Emily giggled as Logan grinned.
Jessica's smile faded slightly as she sat down next to him and shuffled close to him. Logan bit his lip as he gave eye signals to Emily to help him. Suddenly, the clearing of a throat could be heard. Everyone turned to see Cherry towering over Logan and Jessica with narrowed eyes and her arms crossed over her chest. She glared angrily at Jessica. Jessica glared back.
"Oh, Davies, what are *you* doing here?" she questioned, staring at Cherry as if she was something unpleasant.
"I'd appreciate it if you would get your hands off of my boyfriend" she hissed. Jessica blinked a few times, then burst out laughing.
"You-and-Logan, that's a good one!"
"Actually" Logan said quietly "Cherry is my girlfriend" Jessica's jaw dropped as she stood up and stared at Cherry nastily.
"What've you done this time, Davies? Given him a love potion?" Cherry's jaw dropped as she stared at Jessica in disbelief.
"What *are* you talking about?"
"Well, you two hated each other in school" Jessica stated "Why should he start liking you now?" Cherry rolled her eyes.
"It's called growing up, Hart, something that I know you'll never do" Jessica blushed bright red as she clenched her jaw.
"I don't believe you" she hissed "Logan would never fall for a slut like you!" Emily gasped, while Logan's eyes narrowed. Cherry stayed silent, but it was clear that she wanted to do something horrible to the female.
"Oh, is that so?" Cherry replied calmly "Then what makes you think that he'd fall for a whore like you? I mean, you're not much better than me, are you?" Jessica looked like she'd been slapped round the face. She narrowed her eyes dangerously at Cherry as her right eye twitched.
"You've given him some sort of love Potion, I know it!" she shrieked. Logan let out a cough that sounded suspiciously like a laugh.
"You, of all people, should remember that Cherry was absolutely rubbish at Potions!" he exclaimed. Cherry smiled slightly as she smirked.
"You're not one of those females that are obsessed with my brother, are you?" Emily asked innocently "I know quite a few" Jessica flushed as she looked at Emily with dislike. Logan looked amusedly to his sister as she winked at him. Jessica rounded on Cherry.
"I can't believe that Logan would fall for *you* Davies, you were worst enemies in school, nothing else has changed, I mean, you're still a slut now, you've even gotten yourself pregnant" she observed the red-head in front of her. Logan stared at Cherry with wide eyes as if realizing it himself.
"Do you even know who the father is or are you trying to contact all your old boyfriends to find out?" she questioned harshly. Everyone's jaw dropped at Jessica's bitchiness. Cherry's cheeks colored.
"For your information, I know perfectly well who the father is! And another thing, the only way you're gonna get Logan is in your own dreams" she snapped. Jessica growled as she slapped Cherry across the face.
"You bitch!" she screamed. Logan seemed to snap as he stood up and hurried over to Cherry to see if she was alright. Her hair was in front of her face, so he couldn't tell if she was okay or not. It was rather strange, he noticed, as he stopped in front of her. The Cherry he knew would immediately have pulled out her wand and hexed her, but Cherry had just stood there.
"Cherry?" Logan murmured as he moved her hair from her face so he could see her properly. What he saw made his heart stop. She was crying! Her bottom lip was trembling as tears streamed down her face.
"Oh god, she's turned on the waterworks, how sad" Jessica said in a mocking voice. Cherry seemed to snap as soon as she heard Jessica's voice. She whipped out her wand and pointed it right between her eyes.
"Say one more word and I swear you'll regret it!" The opening of a door and Cherry's name being called out made Cherry whirl around and catch a glimpse of Snape just as she felt all the wind being pummeled out of her. Jessica had hexed her in a blink of an eye.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Cherry heard Logan yell. She whimpered as she felt pain envelope her entire body. Snape knelt down next to her.
"I'm so sorry" he whispered "I didn't realize you were facing an old enemy. Are you alright? Can you move?" he asked. Cherry merely cried in response.
"I can't *believe* you just hexed a pregnant woman!" Emily shrieked. Cherry saw through her blurred eyes two outlines that looked like Emily and Jay facing Jessica. Logan had his wand aimed at her heart.
"Get out" he growled "Get out before I make you" Cherry gasped as she felt herself struggling to breathe.
"She's used dark magic" Snape murmured to himself "We need to get you to St. Mungo's quickly or you could lose the baby" Cherry's sobs grew louder as Snape muttered a spell. A stretcher appeared and he quickly hoisted her onto it.
"She needs to go to St. Mungo's and fast" he said, turning to the others "That Jessica girl used dark magic, if she doesn't get to the hospital in the next few hours, she'll lose the baby" Everyone nodded as Logan held onto Cherry's hand as they made their way to St. Mungo's.
"Well, we really know how to have dramas, don't we?" Sirius said weakly as he watched them leave.
"Oh gosh, Harry and Hermione are still at home alone, we've left them alone for hours!" Lily exclaimed. Jay grinned.
"Well, let's surprise them then" and with that said, they flooed to Godric's Hollow.
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"I agree we were totally drunk, right? So, we didn't mean it when we said that we liked each other more than friends" Hermione said. Harry nodded.
"Yeah, I drank quite a lot of Firewhiskey last night. I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings" he said worriedly. Hermione's eyes brightened.
"Are you kidding?! I can finally tell Ron that I like him! Thank god!" Harry's jaw dropped in surprise.
"You like Ron?" Hermione nodded as she giggled.
"Yeah, and I know for a fact that you like Ginny" Harry blushed bright red.
"I-do-NOT-like-Ginny!"
"You do Harry, so stop denying it" Hermione stated. Harry rolled his eyes.
"Well, don't tell her that I like her, she likes Dean Thomas" Hermione raised an eyebrow.
"Does she? I never knew. She would've told me and also, I know for a fact that she still likes *you*, she told me so last night! She told me that she loved how you kissed her and took her to the dance" Harry blushed crimson as he remembered Ginny's excitement when he'd asked her to the Valentine's Ball.
"See, you *do* like her!" Hermione said, looking triumphant. Harry tutted in annoyance.
"Shut up Hermione, you're annoying me"
"You're just in denial"
"Whatever"
"You like Ginny"
"No, I don't"
"You do!"
"I don't!"
"YOU LIKE GINNY, SO STOP DENYING IT!" She yelled "ADMIT IT TO YOURSELF! YOU- LIKE-GINNY!" Harry leapt back in surprise from Hermione's outburst.
"Alright, fine, I like Ginny! Happy now? I've said it!"
"Is there anything happening that I should know about?" Jay asked, poking his head around the door. Harry and Hermione both paled. They could tell by the look on his face that he'd heard every word.
