Peter sat in his bed shivering. He didn't mean to do it. She had gotten in the way he didn't want to kill Jenny, he hadn't meant to. He had been told to kill Charles, not Jenny. He had heard Remus and James talking to Sirius about it the previous night and heard Sirius smash something. Oh god what was he going to do? Could he keep this a secret? He had to otherwise he knew that Lily and April weren't going to be the only ones after his blood. He hated Lily now, just looking at her made his blood boil. He hated those who were such good friends with mudbloods which made his heart break because James, one of his best friends was head over heels in love for a mudblood. Sirius let out another shudder as he remembered Jenny, he had made her worst fears come true, just a few days before she had secretly confided in Peter that she was terrified of getting killed while she was so young, she wanted to live to see a time of peace and Peter had agreed that he'd help her see the peaceful future. He had betrayed her.

Peter got out of his bed and glanced around the room. The other three beds still had their hangings closed around them. Peter picked up a quill and started to write out his report for his assigned mentor, Bellatrix Lestrange.

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The seventh year girl's dorm was silent save for the breathing of the four girls that stayed there and the occasional sob from April or Lily. It was nearly lunch and Lily just stared at her hangings. Not only was she feeling depressed and upset that Jenny was no longer…she didn't want to think about it. She felt depressed, upset, tired from lack of sleep and she had the most horrible feeling that Hamish's contraceptive spell had gone wrong because Lily had been feeling a small throbbing in her abdomen. There was a rustle of hangings and someone walked across the room. Lily's hangings moved and April sat on her bed and pulled the hangings around them.

"Could you sleep?" April asked. April didn't look good at all. Her eyes were red from crying and her usually immaculate blond hair was messed up.

"No." Lily said sitting up to make space for April. Lily knew she probably looked the same as April.

"I can't believe she's gone. She was always there, you know, and now she's not." April said, her eyes were brimming with tears again.

"I know." Lily said, "I feel so bad. Like it's my fault. James and I were outside and we should have heard something but instead we were so involved in ourselves and trying to figure out a way to-" Lily stopped, she felt so angry just thinking about it. If James and herself hadn't been so self absorbed they could have heard Jenny and Charles.

"You feel bad? I was outside as well." April said, "God, it's so stupid. Jenny wasn't even a muggle born, like all of Voldemort's other victims, she didn't deserve to die, neither did Charles. Why do the good people always die?" April asked. "I don't understand why it's the good people who always die. Why can't it be the evil people, the people who make our lives a misery and spoil everything good?" Lily pulled April into a sisterly embrace as April started crying again. Lily was close to tears herself. She was trying so hard to be strong for April and because she knew Jenny wouldn't want everyone crying over her.

"The important thing is to be here for Lee." Lily said, her voice was very shaky and sounded very uncertain. She felt April nod and Lily stroked April's hair. It was still quite surreal, Lily didn't think that she could accept Jenny's death.

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Lily snuck up the boys dormitory stairs and pushed open a door that had Seventh year written on it. She hadn't seen any of the boys downstairs and she just wanted to see James. Unfortunately boys weren't allowed in the girl's dormitories so Lily had been forced out of bed as soon as she had gotten April asleep. Lily herself felt absolutely knackered but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't sleep. She pushed open the door and looked at the room with four beds. One bed was empty and unmade, Peter's bed. Lily hadn't seen Peter a lot recently, he seemed to be keeping a lot to himself but Lily didn't particularly like him that much but then again she really didn't know him that well. She went to a bed that had James Potter written a trunk at the foot of the bed.

Lily tiptoed over to the bed and parted the hangings slightly and looked in. James was wide awake staring at the ceiling. He turned to see who had opened his hangings. He gave her a grim smile and Lily slipped through the hangings and slipped under the duvet to join James. He put his arms around her tightly and kissed her forehead.

"I was wondering when you'd come." James whispered so Lily could hardly hear him.

"I had to get April to sleep." Lily said, "She hasn't slept all night and she looks really bad" Lily's volume matched James. James took a deep breath and pressed his face into Lily's hair. Lily felt sleep taking over her tired body like a wave creeping its way slowly up her body. James stroked Lily's hair and then ran a thumb over her smooth cheek.

"You don't look like you've had much sleep. Just let go of your feelings and sleep." James whispered into her ear but Lily was already asleep before he finished the sentence. James sighed and watched Lily sleep, she was so beautiful asleep but she was still frowning very slightly like her troubles still hadn't left her while she was asleep.

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It was nearly dinner when April finally woke up. She wondered for a little why she was in Lily's bed but shrugged it off. She got out and started rummaging through her fairly big collection of books. She came to a white leather bound book with no name on it. She pulled it out, careful not to make all the books above it to fall. When she had succeeded she sat on her bed and pulled her hangings around her. She opened it and turned to the first page.

Photo album of April Marsden was scrawled in untidy writing on the front page followed by a photo of April when she was really young, maybe about eight. The young April was grinning broadly and waving madly. April flipped through a lot more pages to the middle of the book where the photos from Hogwarts started. The first photo she saw was one of Jenny, April and Lily all sitting on the sofa in the Common room laughing when they were first years. Jenny and April's hair was a lot shorter then it was now but Lily's was longer. Jenny looked at a few more photos containing the three of them or just two of them, in each photo they got older and older until they reached the one from the Christmas of sixth year when they had spent the holiday at Jenny's. April remembered each memory vividly, the three sixth years in the photo were red faced and slightly out of breath because they'd just been out having the biggest snowball fight against Lee and the oldest Chang as well as Lee's best friend. Jenny had always hated the photo because she felt it made her look fat. April, Lily and Jenny had promised they'd be best friends forever but that wasn't ever going to happen now. April sighed and closed the book before a tear fell down her cheek. Where was Lily?

As if on cue April heard someone call her name. April opened the hangings but there wasn't anyone outside her bed in the room. April got up and looked around confused, clutching the photo album in one hand.

"Lily?" April asked. From nowhere Lily appeared in front of April. Lily held a silvery cloak in her right hand. April jumped in surprise. Lily looked like she normally did but her face was slightly screwed in pain.

"April, will you come with me to see Professor Hamish?" Lily asked.

"Sure," April said, April looked at the cloak. "What's that?" she asked. Lily looked at the cloak in her hand.

"James' invisibility cloak, he's letting me borrow it for a while." Lily said. April nodded and Lily went up to her and pulled the cloak over the two of them.

"Why are we going to Hamish?" April asked.

"Because I think that a spell she put on me is going wrong." Lily said.

"What spell?" April asked, Lily frowned slightly,

"A Contraceptive spell." Lily said. They walked down the dormitory steps and through the common room and soon they were out in the hall without anyone seeing them. Lily got out a blank piece of parchment.

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good." Lily whispered tapping it with her wand. April thought that Lily was starting to go a bit mad when a map of Hogwarts appeared on the parchment. April stared amazed. There were small dots with people's names on them Lily scanned the page quickly.

"Mischief managed." She said. The page went blank. "No teachers, that's good." Lily rolled up the parchment and tucked it in the waistband of her jeans.

"What was that?" April asked.

"James' map, he's lent that to me as well. He thinks I should see Professor Hamish as well." Lily said. They started down for the dungeons where Professor Hamish's office was. They climbed down the steps carefully, trying to not let the invisibility cloak slip. It was weird travelling under it. They came to Hamish's office and Lily looked around before pulling the invisibility cloak off. Lily knocked on the door and soon it opened to show a slightly dishevelled looking Professor Hamish.

"Lily, April, what are you doing out of your common rooms?" Hamish asked.

"I need to talk to you about something." Lily said. Hamish nodded and let them in. Hamish's office was quite homey and cosy despite the fact that it was in the dungeons. There were many jars of strange substances, items and a desk in the corner lit by a floating lantern.

"How can I help you Lily?" Hamish asked. Lily frowned slightly, she didn't normally talk about things to do with sex and things with a teacher, she found it awkward talking about it to anyone except James, April and Jenny. Well now just James and April.

"You know that spell you put on me last night." Lily asked Hamish. Hamish sat at her desk and looked at Lily like she couldn't remember what spell. "The…um…contraceptive spell." Lily said.

"Ah, yes. Inhibitum Pregnatus." Hamish said.

"Yeah, I was wondering whether you'd done it right." Lily said. "Because I've been feeling a bit weird since you did it." April listened silently. Why hadn't she considered contraception?

"That is perfectly normal, it will feel like that the first few times because your body isn't used to it. After three or four times of using the spell you will not feel anything." Hamish said with a slight smile. Lily sighed, relieved. "You two don't look very good at all, have you had any sleep?" Hamish asked, "Sit down." Lily and April sat down in two chairs that Hamish had summoned up. April put her hands on her lap and realised she was still holding the photo album. Hamish flicked her wand and two large mugs of hot chocolate appeared on her desk.

"Thank you professor" Lily said taking one.

"I went to see Lee Chang earlier, she was dreadful. No sleep and a lot of crying. How are you two?" Hamish asked.

"Alright." Lily lied.

"Tired." April said.

"Well, I was going to come and see you if you hadn't seen me. Dumbledore thought I'd be a more sensitive teacher then the other teachers and asked me to tell you that Jenny's funeral is on Tuesday. Dumbledore would tell you himself but he is very busy." Hamish said. Lily and April nodded. Lily took a sip from the hot chocolate and instantly felt slightly better.

"How are we getting to-" April started but her voice faded as she looked at the cover of her photo album.

"Dumbledore has been given permission to make a portkey for Lee but you can go with her or apparate there." Hamish said. "April, please take this hot chocolate, it will help calm you." April nodded and put the photo album on the desk and picked up the hot chocolate. Hamish eyed the photo album curiously but looked back at the girls. "Do you mind if I?" Hamish pointed to the photo album. April shook her head and Hamish took the book and flicked through it. Hamish always liked looking at photos, she was always interested in the lives of her students, though she rather not get too close to them. Lily and April started whispering in very hushed whispers, April smiled slightly and Lily looked slightly happier then she had looked before.

"Well, it's nearly dinner, do you want to go to the great hall?" Hamish asked handing the book back.

"Um, I am feeling slightly hungry." Lily said quietly.

"You should have something to eat, it'll help." Hamish said. "I suggest you change first though." Lily and April looked at each other, April was still in her sleeping clothes but Lily was dressed casually. April got out her wand and flicked it at herself and she was soon in her school robes.

"This'll do." She muttered. Hamish nodded and led them to the great hall.