"I think we should continue on our way, hopefully we can make it to a
wizard community or something." James said. They others murmured agreement.
They were all silent once again. And then I heard it. A noise from the
back, it was coming from the trunk. I had never checked the trunk to see if
it was clear. But no one could have gotten in there. No way! Lily and
Alyssa were closest to the back, they both got a little scared and climbed
over the seat to sit next to Remus and James, making it more cramped than
it was. Remus lifted Alyssa onto his lap while James checked the back. He
saw an arm fly out.
"Ah!" He said. The arm was struggling. He shakily pointed his wand at the moving arm.
"Come out with your hands up and don't make any sudden moves or I will blow your hand off." James said. I was wondering what the hell was going on. Sirius climbed into the cramped backseat to assist James since both girls were clinging onto Remus. Lily wasn't as scared as Alyssa but she was somewhat scared. She was trying to hide it because she was usually the levelheaded one.
Sirius and James saw half a body and then a whole body come out. A guy with brown hair and a big athletic build emerged from under the seat. I looked in the rearview mirror and recognized him immediately.
"Alex?!?!" I asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah, put your wands down." He said to the guys. James put his down but Sirius kept his up.
"Sirius put your wand down." I told him. Sirius got back into the front seat and James and Remus sat on either side of Alex. Lily and Alyssa were staring at him. Lily had a look of hate because he made her get scared and Alyssa was staring at him because she couldn't believe him. He was sitting there awkwardly.
"What the HELL were you doing in my car?" I asked him. He looked at me and smiled. It was that charming smile that I first lusted after.
"I was going to. play a joke." Alex said. Obviously he had to think. Remus had a hard look on his face.
"What kind of sick joke?" He asked. He was acting like an older brother. Alex looked at him and then he looked at me. The car was sort of slowing down. It was getting close to dying. We needed more gas. I looked around the windows, I couldn't be bothered with Alex right now, and I had other more pressing matters on my hands. Outside trees were zooming past us; it looked as if we were in a type of forest. But it had a main road through it. The started to slow down extremely. I pulled the car over to the side of the road. This was it. We had to walk the rest of the way.
"What? Why are you stopping?" Sirius asked.
"We ran out of gas, we walk the rest of the way." I told him. We all got out of the car. We grabbed a few things that we could carry and a few things that we would need. Some clothes, food, cash and out wands. Sirius, James and Remus carried the backpacks as we started to walk. Alex was walking next to me. I didn't want him to but he was keeping in step with me. His foot flew out tripping me. I fell forward and I landed on my hands. All the air was sucked out of me. I was having another vision.
We were walking down the street and then the Death Eaters apparate right in front of us.
I started to breathe again. Alex was propped up against a tree by Sirius strong arms.
"Don't you ever touch her again or I will kill you with no hesitation!" Sirius yelled in his face. Alex just kept cool. When Sirius finally relaxed his grip and turned to me, Alex looked at me amused.
"Looks like you have a boyfriend Ash." Alex said calmly.
"Go to Hell Alex." I stated. We needed to get off this road now.
"Come on guys, we need to get off this road, it's a main road, easy target." I said wiping my hands on my jeans. I was wearing Capri's and a small T-shirt. I wrapped my arms across my chest. We ventured into the woods. Great, this was just great. Sirius was staying close to Alex and me. I had to keep a keen eye on Alex. The trees were starting to get dense.
"Ashleigh, why are we going this far into the." But lily was cut off. James yelled her name and I turned around so fast that I got whiplash. Two death eaters were coming upon us fast. I grabbed my wand and aimed it at them. The kept coming with their wands raised at us. Sirius, Remus James and Me stood there ready to fight. The shot a jet of green light in our direction and I put my hands up to freeze it. And it froze in midair. Everyone stopped. Not even the uneven breath coming from Alex could be heard. I squinted my eyes and the light swerved and hit a tree. I started to throw spells at the death eaters. Everything I knew I threw at them. Sirius, Remus, and James were doing the same. By the end of it, the two death eaters were down and they weren't coming up anytime soon. We rushed to the aid of Lily. She was one of the smartest here and she was unconscious on the floor. Alyssa was holding her head in her lap.
"She's unconscious." I said stating the obvious. Alex came up toward us now. He was so chicken to do it before.
"Then we leave her behind." Alex said over my shoulder. I turned around so fast I got whiplash again. Ow.
"No we are not!" I yelled at him. Sirius trying to calm me down.
"We have to, otherwise she will slow us down." Alex said.
"Then she will slow us down, I am not leaving her behind. And that is that. Understand? You can leave or you can follow but you will not lead." I told him. He was glaring daggers at me but I would not relent.
"Sirius, give me your backpack, Remus hand yours to Alyssa and Alex take James'. I need you three to carry her. Try to make it fast, she isn't that heavy and we need to continue." I said taking charge. I was a leader at times and this was just a time. They were kind of scared of me I could feel it. It was because of my powers. I'll just have to explain to them later.
We walked for what seemed like hours before we saw a small village. A small village just on the outskirts of the forest that we had entered earlier. I was looking around for any indication of wizards or witches. Alex just stepped forward with no hesitation. He was going to enter the village. I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
"Hey! What are you doing!" He yelled at me. Alyssa, and the boys were coming upon us now.
"I'm trying to save all our asses!" I yelled back.
"What are you talking about?" He asked me.
"What if that's a muggle village?" I asked him. He stood there and thought for a minute. Then he nodded. He knew what I meant.
"What are we going to do then?" Remus asked. I looked at the village again. I didn't see any sign of it being wizard.
"I'll go alone and see. You guys stay and here and keep safe." I told them. I was walking out when a hand pulled me back in. It was Sirius' hand. I turned around to face him.
"What?" I asked him.
"I don't want you going alone." He said. He was looking into my eyes. I felt my knees getting weak.
"Someone has to go. And since I am accustomed to muggle tendencies, I think I should go. Besides, you need to stay here and be careful and keep Lily safe with the rest. I'll be right back." I told him. He hesitated but nodded nonetheless.
I walked out this time. I couldn't see what I looked like but when I looked down I was dirty, and my Capri's had little rips in them from the branches as we ran. My hair was a mess, but I still walked toward the small village. The first house which was on my left was a small blue cottage, it had a white picket fence and little mounds of dirt in the front yard, they weren't just any mounds though, they were gnome holes. This was a wizarding house. I knocked on the door and a lady with gray and white hair all over the place answered the door. She looked around wildly and then pulled me into the house. I got scared immediately. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at her.
"Put that away you foolish girl, before you put someone's eye out." She said walking away. I followed her. For some reason I felt under no threat what so ever. After she sat down on her couch and drank something out of a flask I began to relax more and find my voice.
"Um, I came to inquire an owl. My friends and I were attacked and we need to alert my father." I told her. She looked at me as if I was a small speck of nothing. She got up and whistled. An Owl came fluttering it. It was the most beautiful owl I had ever seen. It was a snowy white owl with piercing blue eyes. She made a gesture toward the owl. I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote a quick message sending it to London immediately. The owl left.
"Go and get your friends before they get hurt anymore and bring them back here." She said I was shooed out of her house. I ran to the edge of the forest and yelled for them. They peeked out and followed me to the house. The lady was in the same seat as before. She conjured up enough seats fro everyone. I sat far away from everyone else. I felt that if I got close to them then they would die. This was my entire fault; if they hadn't been with me then none of this would have happened. As I was going though all my thoughts of death and life and me and them, an upsurge of fire came from the fireplace. My dad stepped out of the flames.
"Sonya, is she ok? Where is she?" My dad asked with emergency and worry in his voice. The witch pointed to me and my dad ran to me. He pulled me into his arms and hugged me and then he pushed me back and looked me up and down. He was checking for injuries. My legs were scratched and some dried blood was on my knees. I had dirt on my clothes and skin. But I was still better off than Lily. During the entire reunion between my dad and I, I hadn't noticed that Dumbledore was here too. He was attending to Lily with the with called Sonya. I went over to them. Everyone was watching as Lily opened her eyes.
"Welcome back Miss Evans." Dumbledore said. Alyssa and James were hugging and smothering her. I didn't get close to her. I was no longer one of them I was different. They would hate me once they found out it was my fault that the Death Eaters attacked. I kept backing up until I bumped into my dad. I swung around and hugged him.
"Can we go home?" I asked him. He nodded.
"Dumbledore, I am going to take her home. Ok? Can you manage with them all?" My dad asked him. Dumbledore looked at me with his piercing eyes, I just turned away, and I didn't want to see the look in his eyes.
"Yes, I suppose that is the best thing." Dumbledore said. "Thank you Sonya." My dad said as we flooed to our house. I went first. I didn't want to be there one more second. When my dad came I was heading up the small staircase to my room. I just wanted sleep. It was very late. It was 3 in the morning.
"Ashleigh, I think we should talk." He said. I shook my head no and went to my room. I locked the door and went to sleep.
"Ah!" He said. The arm was struggling. He shakily pointed his wand at the moving arm.
"Come out with your hands up and don't make any sudden moves or I will blow your hand off." James said. I was wondering what the hell was going on. Sirius climbed into the cramped backseat to assist James since both girls were clinging onto Remus. Lily wasn't as scared as Alyssa but she was somewhat scared. She was trying to hide it because she was usually the levelheaded one.
Sirius and James saw half a body and then a whole body come out. A guy with brown hair and a big athletic build emerged from under the seat. I looked in the rearview mirror and recognized him immediately.
"Alex?!?!" I asked disbelievingly.
"Yeah, put your wands down." He said to the guys. James put his down but Sirius kept his up.
"Sirius put your wand down." I told him. Sirius got back into the front seat and James and Remus sat on either side of Alex. Lily and Alyssa were staring at him. Lily had a look of hate because he made her get scared and Alyssa was staring at him because she couldn't believe him. He was sitting there awkwardly.
"What the HELL were you doing in my car?" I asked him. He looked at me and smiled. It was that charming smile that I first lusted after.
"I was going to. play a joke." Alex said. Obviously he had to think. Remus had a hard look on his face.
"What kind of sick joke?" He asked. He was acting like an older brother. Alex looked at him and then he looked at me. The car was sort of slowing down. It was getting close to dying. We needed more gas. I looked around the windows, I couldn't be bothered with Alex right now, and I had other more pressing matters on my hands. Outside trees were zooming past us; it looked as if we were in a type of forest. But it had a main road through it. The started to slow down extremely. I pulled the car over to the side of the road. This was it. We had to walk the rest of the way.
"What? Why are you stopping?" Sirius asked.
"We ran out of gas, we walk the rest of the way." I told him. We all got out of the car. We grabbed a few things that we could carry and a few things that we would need. Some clothes, food, cash and out wands. Sirius, James and Remus carried the backpacks as we started to walk. Alex was walking next to me. I didn't want him to but he was keeping in step with me. His foot flew out tripping me. I fell forward and I landed on my hands. All the air was sucked out of me. I was having another vision.
We were walking down the street and then the Death Eaters apparate right in front of us.
I started to breathe again. Alex was propped up against a tree by Sirius strong arms.
"Don't you ever touch her again or I will kill you with no hesitation!" Sirius yelled in his face. Alex just kept cool. When Sirius finally relaxed his grip and turned to me, Alex looked at me amused.
"Looks like you have a boyfriend Ash." Alex said calmly.
"Go to Hell Alex." I stated. We needed to get off this road now.
"Come on guys, we need to get off this road, it's a main road, easy target." I said wiping my hands on my jeans. I was wearing Capri's and a small T-shirt. I wrapped my arms across my chest. We ventured into the woods. Great, this was just great. Sirius was staying close to Alex and me. I had to keep a keen eye on Alex. The trees were starting to get dense.
"Ashleigh, why are we going this far into the." But lily was cut off. James yelled her name and I turned around so fast that I got whiplash. Two death eaters were coming upon us fast. I grabbed my wand and aimed it at them. The kept coming with their wands raised at us. Sirius, Remus James and Me stood there ready to fight. The shot a jet of green light in our direction and I put my hands up to freeze it. And it froze in midair. Everyone stopped. Not even the uneven breath coming from Alex could be heard. I squinted my eyes and the light swerved and hit a tree. I started to throw spells at the death eaters. Everything I knew I threw at them. Sirius, Remus, and James were doing the same. By the end of it, the two death eaters were down and they weren't coming up anytime soon. We rushed to the aid of Lily. She was one of the smartest here and she was unconscious on the floor. Alyssa was holding her head in her lap.
"She's unconscious." I said stating the obvious. Alex came up toward us now. He was so chicken to do it before.
"Then we leave her behind." Alex said over my shoulder. I turned around so fast I got whiplash again. Ow.
"No we are not!" I yelled at him. Sirius trying to calm me down.
"We have to, otherwise she will slow us down." Alex said.
"Then she will slow us down, I am not leaving her behind. And that is that. Understand? You can leave or you can follow but you will not lead." I told him. He was glaring daggers at me but I would not relent.
"Sirius, give me your backpack, Remus hand yours to Alyssa and Alex take James'. I need you three to carry her. Try to make it fast, she isn't that heavy and we need to continue." I said taking charge. I was a leader at times and this was just a time. They were kind of scared of me I could feel it. It was because of my powers. I'll just have to explain to them later.
We walked for what seemed like hours before we saw a small village. A small village just on the outskirts of the forest that we had entered earlier. I was looking around for any indication of wizards or witches. Alex just stepped forward with no hesitation. He was going to enter the village. I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
"Hey! What are you doing!" He yelled at me. Alyssa, and the boys were coming upon us now.
"I'm trying to save all our asses!" I yelled back.
"What are you talking about?" He asked me.
"What if that's a muggle village?" I asked him. He stood there and thought for a minute. Then he nodded. He knew what I meant.
"What are we going to do then?" Remus asked. I looked at the village again. I didn't see any sign of it being wizard.
"I'll go alone and see. You guys stay and here and keep safe." I told them. I was walking out when a hand pulled me back in. It was Sirius' hand. I turned around to face him.
"What?" I asked him.
"I don't want you going alone." He said. He was looking into my eyes. I felt my knees getting weak.
"Someone has to go. And since I am accustomed to muggle tendencies, I think I should go. Besides, you need to stay here and be careful and keep Lily safe with the rest. I'll be right back." I told him. He hesitated but nodded nonetheless.
I walked out this time. I couldn't see what I looked like but when I looked down I was dirty, and my Capri's had little rips in them from the branches as we ran. My hair was a mess, but I still walked toward the small village. The first house which was on my left was a small blue cottage, it had a white picket fence and little mounds of dirt in the front yard, they weren't just any mounds though, they were gnome holes. This was a wizarding house. I knocked on the door and a lady with gray and white hair all over the place answered the door. She looked around wildly and then pulled me into the house. I got scared immediately. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at her.
"Put that away you foolish girl, before you put someone's eye out." She said walking away. I followed her. For some reason I felt under no threat what so ever. After she sat down on her couch and drank something out of a flask I began to relax more and find my voice.
"Um, I came to inquire an owl. My friends and I were attacked and we need to alert my father." I told her. She looked at me as if I was a small speck of nothing. She got up and whistled. An Owl came fluttering it. It was the most beautiful owl I had ever seen. It was a snowy white owl with piercing blue eyes. She made a gesture toward the owl. I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote a quick message sending it to London immediately. The owl left.
"Go and get your friends before they get hurt anymore and bring them back here." She said I was shooed out of her house. I ran to the edge of the forest and yelled for them. They peeked out and followed me to the house. The lady was in the same seat as before. She conjured up enough seats fro everyone. I sat far away from everyone else. I felt that if I got close to them then they would die. This was my entire fault; if they hadn't been with me then none of this would have happened. As I was going though all my thoughts of death and life and me and them, an upsurge of fire came from the fireplace. My dad stepped out of the flames.
"Sonya, is she ok? Where is she?" My dad asked with emergency and worry in his voice. The witch pointed to me and my dad ran to me. He pulled me into his arms and hugged me and then he pushed me back and looked me up and down. He was checking for injuries. My legs were scratched and some dried blood was on my knees. I had dirt on my clothes and skin. But I was still better off than Lily. During the entire reunion between my dad and I, I hadn't noticed that Dumbledore was here too. He was attending to Lily with the with called Sonya. I went over to them. Everyone was watching as Lily opened her eyes.
"Welcome back Miss Evans." Dumbledore said. Alyssa and James were hugging and smothering her. I didn't get close to her. I was no longer one of them I was different. They would hate me once they found out it was my fault that the Death Eaters attacked. I kept backing up until I bumped into my dad. I swung around and hugged him.
"Can we go home?" I asked him. He nodded.
"Dumbledore, I am going to take her home. Ok? Can you manage with them all?" My dad asked him. Dumbledore looked at me with his piercing eyes, I just turned away, and I didn't want to see the look in his eyes.
"Yes, I suppose that is the best thing." Dumbledore said. "Thank you Sonya." My dad said as we flooed to our house. I went first. I didn't want to be there one more second. When my dad came I was heading up the small staircase to my room. I just wanted sleep. It was very late. It was 3 in the morning.
"Ashleigh, I think we should talk." He said. I shook my head no and went to my room. I locked the door and went to sleep.