(A/N: I really can't say who I am cheering for for Faith because that would just give it away, but I will tell you this I am going to yank your brains around a bit on who shes going to end up with. I'm evil like that. )
(This chapter will be told mostly in flashbacks)
Chapter 34: Saint Mungos
The next hour happened in one big blur. Faith sat now in a chair staring at her hands which were tightly clasped together. With every blink a tiny flashback seemed to play in her mind.
Blink
Faith had hit the floor. When she woke up Lily, McGonagall, Sirius, Remus, Sarah, Peter, and James were all standing over her. Sirius and James helped Faith up to her feet. Faith stumbled and grabbed Sirius's shoulder for support. Faith looked ghostly pale and the letter was still clutched tightly in her hand. McGonagall tore it from her hands...
Blink
Faith was back looking at her hands. She turned them over and saw small paper cuts from where McGonagall had teared the letter from her hands.
Blink
McGonagall looked grave after reading the letter and motioned for Faith to follow her. Faith didn't move...partially because she wasn't thinking clearly and partially because she was certain she would fall faint again if she moved. Some how Faith managed to make it to Dumbeldore's office. Dumbeldore read the letter he looked sad he then turned around and reached for something off a shelf.
Blink
Faith stared at her hands but didn't really see them. She wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that stupid letter. She wouldn't be there if a lot of letters hadn't of come. Like the one telling Dumbeldore that her mother was now insane. Another would be from the Weasleys telling her that they had had a miscarriage (I just always pictured that for some reason). Letters were always filled with bad news, and know this one. This one telling her that her mother had been attacked once again and was dying.
Blink
Dumbeldore pulled a small glass triangle off a shelf. It had a gold engraving that said Saint Mungos. It was a portkey. Dumbeldore said he had a portkey in his office at all times for in cases of emergency. Faith numbly reached out a finger and placed her index on the port key. She wasn't sure who else had but she knew suddenly she was standing outside Saint Mungos. They walked slowly down a hall and were diverted by a crowd out into the courtyard. They made thier way across the courtyard, the smell of different flowers heavy in the air. Faith didn't even notice. She didn't notice that she was barely even walking on her own. She didn't notice that she had a hand grasping Lily's shoulder tightly or that Sirius's hand was around her waist, this was all to stop her from falling or fainting again. She was stumbling quite a lot though.
Blink
Faith stared at her surroundings. There were 3 chairs lining the wall that faced the door to her mothers room. In them sat Remus, Sirius and James. Along the opposite wall to the left of the door were Sarah, Faith and Lily. Faith's father was in the room at the moment. Faith thought about the letter...it hadn't been very descriptive...it only said that she had been attacked and she was dying. The door opened and Faith looked towards it. A healer walked out and told Faith she could go in. The healer explained to her that her father had apparated away he was so emotional. Faith only nodded. She looked down at the frail woman in the bed. She was pale and seemed to wince in pain. She was heavily bandaged up to her shoulders. Faith looked down at her mother and remebered all the things they use to do before she had ever been attacked.
Every day there were fresh warm cookies baked. Her mother would always put on music in that she called jazz. Faith had always liked the way it sounded. It would play soft and it was calmling and peaceful. She remebered sitting up on Christmas eve with her mother at christmas parties with the weasleys sipping hot chocolate. Faith would never visit any museums with her mother ever again. Of course Faith had lived with out these things for several of years but suddenly the realization had hit her hard. Faith stared at her mother and tears formed in her eyes but she didn't cry, her mother had always told her to be strong.
Softly Faith said
"bye mum." and kissed her on top of the forehead. At that moment Carrie took her last breath and died.
Faith walked slowly and numbly towards the door. She placed her hand on the doorknob and took one last look at her mother and then left the room. Instantly Faith was in an embrace with Lily. Faith at that moment openly wept and Lily smoothed out her hair trying to comfort her as Sarah stared at the ground in disbelief.
(A/n: Thats why I needed to know who you all thought were the better friends...well I have other reasons but I needed to know now for this chapter. Everyone said Lily and Faith were better friends so I used them. I found that listening to Michelles Branch Goodbye to you was best for this chapter. I hope you liked it. Tell me how sad it was on a scale from 1-10)
(On another note: I'm looking for a few good fanfics so if anyone has one they'd like to shout out go right on ahead. I haven't read a lot of fanfics so I don't really have favorite couples the ones I kinda like though are: Harry/Hermione (yes I know its never going to happen), Serverus/some chick, Ron/Hermione. Or just anything you can find send it to me.)