Hey! –pantpant- Sorry for not posting for ages! Got an E Math test today and I thought I did okay really... er anyway, I had to study for it anyway, so I couldn't post much! Curses! My life is crap! Okay, enjoy this and make it last!

Post 46

"Reine!"

When I heard someone shout out my name, my eyes darted desperately across the courtyard and rested upon a group of students... there was the marauders... and Lily with Nikki. It happened so fast. I remembered Sirius rushing towards me with his robes flying and bag thumping against his side; his books lay forgotten on the grass by the bed of daisies, picked up by Remus. Nikki was letting out a long, loud scream with her hands over her mouth, rooted to the spot. But Avery spared no hesitation.

My eyes widened in fright and shock as a large red streak burst out from his wand. I almost fell back in surprise. It all seemed to happen in slow motion.

Sirius was shouting. Nikki was still screaming. Lily was muttering illegibly. James was running towards Avery, who was fleeing. ("Come back you ogre!) And my mind seemed to have stopped functioning.

Before I could move, I saw the red streak, which had taken the shape of a dragon's head, snarl; its fiery jaws wide open. The next thing I knew, it had plunged through my midriff. I bent forwards in the impact as a burst of excruciating pain swept through me, and I couldn't breathe... I swayed on my feet for a second.

My knees buckled and the world started getting hazy. Desperately, I tried to breathe in, but it seemed stuck in my chest. I fell backwards, unable to support my weight and lay on the grass. I saw pairs of feet rushing towards me.

All I could feel was a burning pain at my stomach. As though a small gap that had opened, I felt oxygen enter my starving lungs. Stinging under my robes, I cringed trying hard to stand the pain.

I felt hands clasped around mine. I looked up and saw Sirius crouching next to me, his face strained with panic.

"Oh god," I heard him breathe. I raised my head trying to see how bad it was. A large red stain was already spreading against my white shirt. I whimpered in fright and pain and gave Sirius a terrified look.

He looked around wildly.

"Come back you stinking –obscenity deleted-!" I heard him shout ferociously to what I assumed to be Avery fleeing.

"Someone call Professor McGonagall, quick!" cried Lily. "And Professor Valentina too."

"Sirius..." I moaned, trying to catch his attention. The pain was unbearable and the cloth stuck to the wound, making it sting harder than ever. I let my head drop onto the grass once more and stared at the sunlight trying to pierce its way through the mist. Was it just me or was everything getting blurry?

Sirius kept muttering words under his breath I couldn't hear. I didn't think he knew what to do! He fumbled with his wand but didn't do anything yet.

"Bandages... right," he muttered finally.

He reached over and hesitated. After thinking for a while to himself, he untucked the shirt and pulled it up. My right hand jerked involuntarily as he did so, but wasn't strong enough to do anything. I cringed as he unstuck the cloth from the blood. I gripped his robes in pain as he pulled the material slowly.

"It's a graze," he said.

Breathing heavily, I raised my head and braced myself for the sight. There was a large red patch with scratches, bleeding, the size of my fist. It was as if I had scratched a particularly rough rock against it with force. I let out a small whimper as Sirius unstuck the rest of the shirt from the blood.

He raised his wand and muttered something, causing pearly white bands of cloth to burst out and wrap themselves neatly around my stomach. I grimaced in pain at the pressure but let out a relieved breath after it was done. By then, my eyes could hardly focus on Sirius' face.

My body was aching like it never ached before. My head was throbbing in pain, adding to the pain in my side. I struggled to stay conscious. Sirius was saying things to me... but I couldn't hear. I couldn't make out what he was saying. And when he tucked his arm under my neck and raised my head, the world went dark.