A/N: Here I am again!! I'm so happy I had the chance to put this up in between my busy schedule. My semester is finishing up and I've been busy with finals and midterms and then field hockey and our school musical, so I haven't really gotten a chance to go on my computer lately. So, be happy that you're seeing me updating now!! YAY! So, I hope that I'll get a chance to update sometime later in this week or next week, so keep looking for it!
Disclaimer: If you don't know what I'm about to say by now, then you're pathetic. Just see previous chapters!!
MEMORIES
CHAPTER 6: Hello's and Good-bye's
Written by Foxy
"Hey, Lily," Savannah cried bursting into Lily's room with a black, silky, thin-strapped cocktail dress on and a silver shawl wrapped around her shoulder.
"Wow, you look beautiful," Lily said, wearing a short, green and gold strapless dress that matched her eyes perfectly.
"So do you," Savannah replied. "Are you ready to go?"
"We still have time," Lily pointed out, making note of the clock on her bed-stand.
"I know, but James just called from his house and he's meeting us at the restaurant along with Sirius, Remus, and Peter and he said he had a surprise for us…and surprises are enough to make me hurry."
"Oooh, what is it?"
Savannah laughed. "I don't know. Hence the word 'surprise.'"
Lily laughed. "Yeah, yeah. I get it. Actually, I have a surprise as well, but before you ask me what it is I'm going to say until we get there."
"Awww, why not?"
"Because I say so," Lily said with a grin.
"Friends aren't supposed to keep secrets from each other!" Savannah whined playfully, batting her eyes at Lily angelically.
Lily swatted her on the nose with a teasing grin. "Yeah, well no one said that friends couldn't keep 'surprises' from each other!"
Savannah pouted and leaned against the bed-post. "I think it's one of those unwritten rules."
"And rules were meant to be broken, babe," Lily teased, running her brush through her hair gently.
Savannah sighed and hopped on to the bed joyfully. "I've been so antsy lately and I don't know why!" Savannah cried giddily, changing the subject unexpectedly.
Lily looked up from her vanity mirror and slightly turned to get a better look at Savannah. "Does the word 'Sirius' mean anything to you?"
Savannah bounced on the bed lightheartedly and looked up at the ceiling self-evidently and full of wonder and bewilderment, deep in thought about Lily's previous words. "Well…yeah, but it's never been like this before. He's just been that humorous, witty guy in my life who was always there to make me feel better about myself and about life. I never realized it until recently that he wasn't one of those regretted teenage relationships. He meant more to me than I thought. I just never realized it until now."
"And that explains why you're so giddy," Lily pointed out, staring intently on Savannah's confused fixation.
Savannah smiled and turned back to give Lily a long, hard, understanding stare. "Oh…well, I guess you're right."
"See? You just don't know things until they're told to you."
"Is that some sort of subtle way of telling me I'm clueless?"
Lily laughed, and grabbed her small black purse from the closet handle. "No…I'm just saying you're clueless when it comes to you and Sirius."
"Oh…but that's still an insult!!"
"Not necessarily. Because I'm the same way with James. I love him so much it kills me sometimes, but at times when I'm angry or frustrated or jealous, I ignore that and act as if he and I were never meant to be together."
"Awwww…"
"Shut up, Van," Lily smirked with a slight grin. "Come on. We're already late."
"For those guys that we're meant to be with, right?"
Lily threw back her head and laughed. "You're just going to throw that back in my face, aren't I?"
"Of course."
"Yeah, well you're clueless!"
"But so are you…and you admitted it, so you can't deny it!"
"I hate it when you're right."
"It's funny because I love it when I'm right!"
*~*~*~*~*
"Yeah, and when was the last time you had a date, Wormtail?" Remus teased Peter.
"Same goes for you!" James cried to Remus and they all laughed.
"Hey, I dated Vicky Steilberg for a while," Remus replied. "That was last year. Besides, it's not like you've had a lot of dates besides Lily! It's either you're going out with her or you're moping around because you're not dating her."
"I've been around," James responded stiffly.
"Oh, really?? And with who?" Sirius questioned.
James paused to think about it. "Er…."
"Exactly."
"Okay, fine, you caught me."
"Who was the last girl you dated besides Lily?" Peter questioned.
"Um…er…I guess Lareesa Muccolloch," he answered with a sigh.
Sirius burst into laughter. "That was three and a half years ago…for about two weeks!!"
"I know. It's not my fault that I've found the perfect woman."
Remus, Peter, and Sirius surprised James by smiling instead of gagging. "Is she going to stay your perfect woman?" Remus asked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, after she leaves for California. What's going to happen then?" he continued.
James sighed and started fiddling with his silverware. "Good question. I…I don't know what's going to happen. I mean, I-I didn't tell you or Peter this, but on our Anniversary, I was going to ask her to marry me. I-"
"What?" Peter gasped.
"Really??" Remus cried happily.
"Don't get your hopes up, though. It's not going to happen now." Remus and Peter opened their mouths to speak, but James stopped them. "I know you're going to ask me why, but it's for the best."
"I've heard that one before," Sirius muttered.
"What?" Peter asked with a confused look. Both Remus and James looked bewildered.
"Oh…did I say that out loud?" Sirius joked.
"Yeah, so now you have to tell me what you meant by it," James commented.
Sirius sighed. "I'm not trying to pressure you into going for it, because you already gave me reasons why not and they were good ones, but think back to graduation," Sirius explained. "Me and Savannah?"
"Oh," Peter simply said.
"Yeah, 'oh' is right. We broke up and it was for the best…or so we thought. We both didn't want to break up, but it happened and it kind of tore us apart again. And yes, we're going out now, but that's my point. We ended up realizing it never was for the best. We were both just stupid to try to do something harder than usual. And I know you're going to say that you can't move to California and she can't stay here, but being engaged doesn't mean you have to get married right away!" Sirius explained.
"It's true, James," Peter agreed.
Remus commented, "You're probably thinking that it would be too hard because you'll be living so far away from each other and the change would be too hard for both of you and things would become even more difficult, but that's life!!"
James sighed. "Yes, but this isn't your decision. It's mine…and it's…well, it's hard, for lack of a better word. I don't know what to do! I love Lily and I want to marry her…but at the same time, I don't. I…I just have to wait a few years until things get straightened out between the both of us."
They all three nodded, understanding what he was saying and not trying to disagree with what he had to say. "Okay, now either we can stay grumpy and annoyed the rest of the night or we could have fun and celebrate a wonderful last evening with Savannah…wherever she may be!" Sirius cried, picking up his champagne glass.
"Did I hear my name?" a voice said from behind Sirius as Savannah wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey, Vannie," he said, this time giving her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Sirius was just saying how much he wanted to murder you tonight," James said. "Oops, was I not supposed to tell?"
They all laughed and James turned to Lily. "Hey, sweetheart," he said grabbing her arm and kissing her on the cheek. "Wow…you look absolutely beautiful."
Lily smiled at him. "You don't look half-bad yourself," she replied with a grin and a wink as they chuckled.
"So I see you ordered some champagne without us?" Savannah accused, taking a seat across from Sirius and next to Lily, who took a seat next to James who was on the end, sitting next to Peter. On the other side of Sirius was Remus.
"Oh, there's plenty for you," Sirius said laughing.
"So is there a reason why there are two extra chairs at the end of this table?" Peter asked.
"Actually-" both James and Lily started. They laughed, and James signaled for Lily to continue.
"As I was saying, actually I have a surprise for all of you," Lily said with a grin.
Sirius and James laughed considering they knew that they had a surprise also. "Actually, so do I," James remarked, and all six of them laughed.
"I was-" Lily started, but she heard her name being beckoned from behind her.
"Lily!?" a woman's voice cried.
Lily turned around and jumped out of her seat. "KAITLYNNE!!!!!" Lily screeched, immediately jumping out of her seat to run over to her. "It's been so long!!!! I can't believe I haven't seen you for about four years!!!!"
Savannah, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all gasped and literally jumped out of their seats. "Ooooh, Kaitlynne!!! I can't believe it's you!" Savannah squeaked grabbing her into a huge hug with a huge smile plastered on her face.
"Hey, Baby Girl," Remus said giving her his nickname he used to call her by, giving her a kiss on the cheek and a hug and a squeeze.
"Hey, Sweetstuff," she said with a wink, calling him by his nickname.
"Kayti, Kayti, Kayti," Sirius said giving her a kiss on the cheek and a hug, like everyone else.
"Sirius, Sirius, Sirius. It's been way too long," Kaitlynne replied, giving him a hug back.
"Kaitlynne Trylin Young, how dare you change without letting me know," James accused, giving her a tight squeeze.
"And what about you? You look…taller," she said laughing.
"Gee, thanks. What a compliment," he said sarcastically as they all laughed.
"Hey, Kate," Peter said with a smile and a hug.
"Hey Pete. Wassup?" she said with a laugh, returning the hug.
"I've been keeping it real," he replied, and they all laughed.
"Wow, it feels good to have the seven of us back again," Remus said with a smile, pulling out a chair for Kaitlynne.
At that moment, Sirius and James turned to look at each other and burst into uncontrollable laughter, slapping the table, holding their sides, and whenever they tried to stop, they just started up again.
"Okay, so I'm guessing they haven't changed a bit," Kaitlynne said with a laugh.
"Was that supposed to be a surprise?" Savannah joked chuckling. "Could you ever see Sirius not being…well, not being Sirius-like?"
They all laughed as Lily said, "As…amusing as it is to see you two looking like fools, why are you two laughing so hard?"
Eventually, after they calmed down, James explained, "It's just that…well, as good as it is to see the seven of us again…I think my surprise will make us all feel a hundred times better than we are right now."
"Is that possible?" Remus asked with a huge grin stuck on his face.
Kaitlynne started to laugh as well. "I think I know what they're talking about," she said catching eye-contact with James, and he grinned at her, knowing that she probably knew about Allie.
Speaking of Allie… "Well, well, well. If it isn't the Marauders and the Honorary Marauders reunited once again," a voice said from behind James.
This time, Peter, Remus, Savannah, and Lily all gasped and literally jumped out of their seats. They knew that the whole restaurant was probably staring at them with confusion and suspicion, but at that moment they didn't care. "ALLIE!!!" both Savannah and Lily cried, suffocating her with a double hug.
They all called out her name and gave her a hug, just like with Kaitlynne, and after ten minutes of excitement, they finally calmed down and took a seat and got their glasses of champagne.
"I would like to propose a toast," James said from one end of the table raising his glass. They all raised their glasses and listened to him. "To us. The eight of us back together after four years of separation. The four Marauders and four Honorary Marauders reunited once again. I love you guys," he finished with a smile and a wink.
"To us!" they all cried, clinking their glasses.
Lily grinned wide, glancing around the table at all of her friends. It was so good to be a group again…but being with all of them there just reminded Lily about how soon she'd be gone from them all……
*~*~*~*~*
"Now Kaitlynne, I hear you're a photographer now," Remus said. "Is that true?"
"Actually, yes. The last couple of months I was working in Los Angeles in publishing, but there, I learned all about photography and it got me interested. So I applied to the London Ledger as a photographer and they gave me a beginning job. So I'll be in London now!" she explained gleefully.
"Ooh, where are you living?" Savannah asked.
Kaitlynne cringed. "Actually…nowhere at the moment. Well, actually I'm staying at a hotel in London for a little while. But I haven't had time to look, which wasn't a smart decision on my behalf. I'll have to find a place fast. Or even a temporary place," she described.
Both Sirius and Lily turned towards each other at the same time and immediately started laughing, as everyone else gave them a weird look.
"What's so funny?" Allie asked.
"I'm moving to California at the end of the month, actually," Lily explained to Allie and she turned towards Kaitlynne again. "Actually, I got a job in California at Random House for Wizardry, Kaitlynne. Anyway, Sirius needs a roommate temporarily."
"It would be so much fun rooming with you!" Sirius cried.
"A-hem!" Lily cried.
"Well, not as much fun as you, of course," he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Kaitlynne started laughing. "That's so great!!! This is working out perfectly, because my cousin is looking for a roommate, and you'd be perfect, Lily!"
Lily squealed with delight as she jumped out of her chair and ran to give Kaitlynne a hug. "This is so excellent!!!!! I'll go check it out next week!"
They all calmed down a bit and suddenly Lily asked, "Hey, Allie, what about you? What's going on in your life?"
"Well, I bet James told you, but I'm engaged now, and-"
"You're kidding!!" Savannah and Lily cried in unison.
"No one told us!" Remus cried.
Allie grinned. "Well, then what I'm about to say next is going to be a big surprise."
"What?" Lily asked anxiously.
"I'm engaged to Josh Matthews."
Peter, Remus, Savannah, and Lily all gasped in complete shock. "But you hate him!!" Savannah cried in confusion.
Allie laughed. "I did, yes, but my mother and his uncle got married last Spring, so we were often stuck hanging out with each other, and I guess one thing led to another and we started becoming friends…then a little more than friends…then a little more than that, and he proposed to me in January. We're getting married in October, and you're all invited. Actually…Kaitlynne's my maid of honor, but…Lily, Savannah, you guys will be my bridesmaids, won't you?"
They both squealed. "This will be so much fun!!!!" Savannah screeched.
*~*~*~*~*
Sunday night, two days after Savannah left and a day after Peter left, James and Lily were at the airport saying their good-byes, after James said good-bye to Sirius and Remus at the house.
"I don't want you to go," Lily whined to James, giving him another hug that evening.
"I don't want me to go either, sweetheart," he commented, kissing on her forehead.
Lily looked up into his eyes and tears started brimming in her eyes. Not just because James was leaving, but also because she knew she wouldn't have much chances to see James after that week and the weekend of her birthday. She knew that there wouldn't be much time to hang out with him over the summer, either. Just thinking about leaving him made the tears fall down her cheeks.
"Oh, honey, don't cry. Don't make this harder than it already is," James whined.
"I can't help it. I love you so much and now you're leaving!"
James couldn't help laughing. "Loving me isn't a crime, hon. We'll still be able to talk and write, and I'm definitely coming back for your birthday."
"You promise?" Lily asked.
"Of course I'll be there! Cross my heart and hope to die," James said.
"Nuh-uh. Don't hope to die," Lily said and they both grinned.
"Okay, cross my heart, and hope to live."
They both laughed. "Better, but I still don't want you to go now." James laughed.
"Lily, I have to. Unless you want me to get expelled, and I know you don't want that. I promise I'll be back and don't worry about going to California. It'll be fine," James said. "If you don't stop crying then I'll start crying and that won't be good. There are still a few weeks."
"I'm sorry. I really don't know why I'm crying. I've never done it before when you've left," Lily said.
"I know why," James whispered in her ear sincerely understanding her fear of leaving him for America. "And I think you know why." Lily looked up at him and at that moment she realized that she's got everything she's always wanted: someone to love. After Petunia turned on her when Lily was eleven and Petunia was sixteen and old enough to stop babying her little sister and realizing that Lily was now a freak, Lily turned towards her parents. After Lily left for Hogwarts, she depended on her friends. After graduation, Lily turned back towards her parents. After they died, Lily turned towards James. Unfortunately, four months later, they broke up and Lily had no one to sincerely love. And now, as she stood staring up at James, she realized that she's finally happy…and it scared her.
"THIS IS THE LAST BOARDING CALL FOR FLIGHT 245," came over the intercom.
"I really gotta go sweetie," James said.
"I know," she said with a sigh. "I love you." Lily kissed him once more and gave him a huge hug that lasted for so long and then he was off. She brought her hands to her face as the tears streamed down in her cheeks as she watched him turn around for one last good-bye wink and a wave and he walked through the runway.
A part of her wanted to run after him telling him that she was going to stay in England, and that she couldn't move to California just for James, who was the one thing that was certain in her life. But the other part, the stronger part and the self-motivated part, was telling her to stay put and that she was doing the right thing even though it didn't feel like it. Unfortunately…the second part always seems to win.
*~*~*~*~*
"Hi, I'm Lily Evans," Lily introduced herself to Andy two and a half weeks later, on May 4. "Um…you probably don't remember me, but-"
"Oh, my God," Andy said slowly, interrupting. "I…I can't believe it. Wow…uh…oh!! Come on in. Please, have a seat," he said in complete shock.
"So I'm guessing you do remember me then," Lily said with a grin on her face.
"Of course I do! You were the cute redhead at Kaitlynne's sixteenth birthday party that one summer I was staying at her house."
Lily laughed. "Yeah, that was me. I didn't expect you to remember me, actually. I…I just came here hoping I wouldn't make a fool of myself."
Andy laughed. "How could I not remember you? I remember staring at you the whole time you were there! You were absolutely gorgeous…and I see you haven't changed."
Lily blushed and covered her cheeks with the palms of her hands. "You obviously didn't see Savannah Turner at the party."
He threw back his head and laughed. "I remember her, also. She was a funny person, but not half as beautiful as you."
She blushed again. "Thanks."
"You were going out with some…Jamie guy? Or Jimmy? Something like that, weren't you? I remember that because I probably would have walked up to you and said something if you were attached to someone else at the party."
Lily laughed. "James Potter, yeah. And you still could've walked up to me."
Andy laughed. "I could tell he was the jealous type."
Lily laughed again. "Still is," she commented with a smirk.
Andy looked up at her surprised. "You're still friends with him?"
Lily smiled at the ground uncomfortably, not looking up at Andy. "Actually, I'm still dating him. Well…not still dating him, because we've been on-and-off for the past seven years, but this last year, we've been completely serious about each other," she explained, getting carried away. "But why am I telling you this? You don't care."
"Sure I do! We've got a lot of catching up to do! Almost eight years worth!"
Lily laughed. "Well, maybe we'll have more time to do it," Lily hinted.
"What do you mean?" he asked curiously.
"Well, I talked to Kaitlynne last night and she told me that you were looking for a roommate and I need a place to live and it needs to be quick…in about three weeks actually."
Andy clapped his hands together excitedly and smiled. "Well, Kaitlynne was right. I do need a roommate, and you'd be perfect. And the only offerings I've gotten so far were a drug addict, a jail breakaway, and a sadistic thirteen-year-old girl living out on the streets. So you coming here was obviously a miracle. If you don't mind me asking, though, why are you looking here? I mean, why are you moving to California?"
"Well, I'm going to be working with Random House for Wizardry starting May 26 here in Los Angeles and-"
"Kaitlynne worked there!"
"Yeah, I know. We've been talking a lot lately about it. It seems that she'll be moving in with my old roommate, Sirius," Lily said with a grin. "Anyway, I'm getting off-topic. She told me how wonderful it really was."
Andy smiled and patted her shoulder. "Random House is totally an excellent place to work. I worked in the Muggle Random House, about forty minutes from here, two years ago in the Arts and Liberal department for about half a year. But then I was offered the job of head professor at the University of Los Angeles in the Drama department, so now I'm the musical instructor and I also coach junior varsity football."
Lily grinned. "That sounds so great! Have you been working there since?"
"Yep. And I hope to be working there for much longer."
"Well, I hope you do, as well," Lily said with a smile, incredibly grateful that she had a place to live now. At least she could stop worrying about that.
"Okay, so we need to get things straight."
"What things?" she asked.
"Well, when will you be moving in here and do you have any hott friends that I don't know about?"
Lily threw back her head and laughed. "The end of May at sometime, and I think my grandmother is free," Lily teased.
Andy laughed. "I think we'll have plenty of fun living together."
"You and my grandmother?"
Andy laughed and winked at her. "Well, you'd be my second choice for a roommate."
*~*~*~*~*
RIIIIIIIIIING!!
Lily was sleeping on the couch two weeks later when she was interrupted by the telephone. "Ugh," she groaned, scrambling off of the couch and towards the kitchen phone.
On the fourth ring, she picked it up. "Hello?" she muttered.
"Lily??" a voice said from the other side.
"Uh…yeah," she said, not sure who was on the other line.
"It's Savannah!"
"Savannah!!" Lily squealed. "I haven't heard from you in so long!! But why are you calling me? Why didn't you owl me?"
"Because I couldn't wait to tell you!"
"What? What?"
"I'm coming home next Wednesday now instead of Saturday to celebrate your birthday!"
"REALLY!?" Lily screeched, jumping around with the cord wrapping around her body. "Oooooh, I can't wait!!!!"
"I know!! Our school is having some sort of festival concert type thing for the whole week, and I switched my concert hours with a few friends so that instead of working Monday and Friday, I could work Monday and Tuesday! So if I can, I'll either fly by broomstick depending on how much stuff I need to bring back or I'll catch an early flight on British Airways, or whatnot."
"This is so great! I can't wait, I can't wait!!!" Lily shrieked.
Savannah laughed out loud. "Is Si-Si there?"
"Actually, no, I'm sorry," Lily replied. "He'll be home soon though, if you just want to wait."
"Actually, I'm going to be late for class anyway, but tell Si-Si I say hi and I'll see him next Wednesday. Luv ya, hon!"
"I'll tell him and I luv ya too!" Lily cried before hanging up the phone. Already, she couldn't wait until her birthday. She just wish that James was coming home sooner as well so she could spend as much time as possible with him before leaving for California.
"I'm hooooooooome!" a voice called from the living room as the door slammed about five minutes later.
"Hey, Sirius!" Lily said gleefully, literally hopping into the living room.
"Wow, why are you so peppy?"
Lily laughed. "I have some news for you that will make you incredibly happy."
"Uh-oh. Please don't tell me you and James eloped," he joked.
Lily laughed. "No! But we were planning on eloping tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"
"You're not supposed to tell me!" he gasped. They both laughed.
"But I call best man!"
"When you elope you don't have a best man," Lily pointed out.
"Well, I'll be the nonexistent, invisible best man."
"How about just the invisible man?"
Sirius laughed. "I'll have to think about that after you tell me the great news you have."
"Savannah is coming home next Wednesday now."
He gasped. "REALLY!?" he squealed.
"You sound like a girl."
"No, I don't!" he insisted.
"Now, come here my little Sirius baby, and maybe we'll paint your nails or something. Change your hair a bit? Do your make-up? Style up your clothes a bit?" she said laughing. "Your choice."
"How about I just leave and pretend like I never walked in here?" he suggested, creeping back slowly.
Lily laughed. "Okay, make-up it is!" she chose, and they both laughed.
"Oh, my God!" he gasped, suddenly realizing something.
"Uh-oh, what?"
"I don't think I have anything to wear when she gets here!" he said in a girly, sarcastic voice.
*~*~*~*~*
"Lily, come down here!!!" Sirius cried urgently from the bottom of the stairs, the following Tuesday, May 18, four and a half days before her birthday.
"What is it? I'm about to take a shower!" she cried from her room.
"Trust me, this is much more important that your shower…though you could come down in your towel if you wanted to!"
"SIRIUS!" she cried, laughing.
"Or not! Whatever works for you!"
They both laughed, as Lily scurried down the stairs, jumping the last two. "What?"
"Come in here and look at the T.V.," he said, grabbing her hand.
"Sirius, I told you! Britney Spears' boobs are not real!"
Sirius laughed. "No, it's not that! Though, I swear to it, they are. But anyway, this is more serious than Britney Spears."
Lily leaned against the doorframe and looked on the television just as a news reporter was talking about a special report.
"For all of you just joining us here on Channel 406 News, unfortunately it has finally happened," the reporter began. "You-Know-Who, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, The Lord Voldemort has attacked again after ten years of disappearance and abandonment. But Lord Voldemort has not just attacked in one specific place like the last time in northern England. Lord Voldemort has not just killed a few innocent people like his last attack. Unfortunately, it's worse than before and there's nothing we can do to stop him except pray for our spectacular Aurors to do their job. The details up-to-date are simply that over the past two hours, he has been violently striking hundreds of wizardry schools, including mostly colleges, but some beginning schools, all over northern England, southern Germany, all of Luxembourg and Africa, Lebanon and Cambodia, parts of Australia, Canada, the northern states of America and Scandinavia and a few schools in western France and northern Spain. So far there have been four hundred and fifty-two…no fifty-three deaths and over a thousand injuries. Please, in a few moments a list of schools that have been hit by Lord Voldemort will run down your screen. Take a few moments and pray for all of those brave souls that have lived a fabulous life up to this point and pray for their families and their friends and pray for those who are injured. Pray that they only will get better in the days to come. And pray to those kind souls who were able to get away and run for help and for safety.
"Now to a more serious matter on this part, for all of the witches and wizards in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, America, parts of South America and parts of Canada, there is a lock-down occurring at the moment. To ensure everyone's safety, there will be no broom riding, no Floo Powder, no apparating, no phone-calling, no owling, no plane rides or any traveling at that matter, and NO MAGIC will be of use to any witch or wizard. There have been many restrictions already made and the Ministry is finishing up with the rest of the apparating confinements in the next few hours. The Ministry is emphasizing these restrictions enormously, and guards, Aurors, policemen, and Dementors have been spread throughout mostly England, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Africa to guarantee the safety of everyone in the magic world. Please, don't try to use any kind of magic because you will be imprisoned for even trying in the least bit. All sources of travel has been shut-down and you'll be hit with the Cruciatus Curse and sent to Azkaban for the time-being and a certain undecided sentence. This has been a warning to every witch and wizard out there and the Ministry refuses to let up on anyone!
It is uncertain to the extent of this lock-down, but the ministry guarantees that it will be no less than a week and no more than a month. We are sorry for any inconveniences that this may initiate, but it is for the better of the people and for you. Now, here is the list of schools that Lord Voldemort has already struck."
Disclaimer: Ooooooooh, cliff hanger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gasp What's going to happen next!?!? Who dies? Who lives? Who is in trouble? But mostly…how is it handled!? STAY TUNED…oh and review!
