Chapter 13




"Harry doesn't know that you're still alive, does he? Have you found a way to wake Lily up?" Kelsey asked.

"I have searched through every book I've ever heard of and I know Dumbledore did some researching himself. And a few weeks ago we finally found a potion that can wake up people out of every kind of coma in a very old book. The only problem is that we can't get all the ingredients. Have a look" James walked over to the bookshelf and seized a very old, shabby looking book. He opened it in front of Kelsey and pointed out a text in a language Kelsey didn't recognize.

"This is Gaelic" James explained. "It took me 3 years until I was able to speak the language well enough to read all the old books out of the hospital library" James continued. "This text is about the Muscail Potion. When you do it right and give to the person during full moon, you can end any kind of unconsciousness or coma. The problem is that some of the ingredients are very hard to get. You need dried vampire blood, a moonbell root, bark from a holy oak and a scale of an Aquarius. Dumbledore has tried for weeks now to get all the ingredients from somewhere but he wasn't successful yet." James sighed.

Kelsey looked at the wizard in front of him. He looked truly devastated. His hands were shaking and he had tears in his eyes while he spoke. "Why have you never tried to contact Harry?" Kelsey asked.

"It would be too dangerous. When Voldemort's curse got reflected, it formed a bond between him and Harry. Harry can enter Voldemort's mind to some extend and vice versa. So we couldn't risk giving Harry that sort of information. When...if we shall ever be able to wake up Lilly and end Voldemort's existence, I hope Harry will understand." James replied.

"You must not ... under no circumstances .... tell Harry what you found out today! Am I understood?" James urged.

"Of course, I understand sir" Kelsey nodded. "Can I help you somehow? I want to help...I really like Harry.... we're in Gryffindor together.... he misses you all so much" Kelsey bursted out.

"I don't know if you can, we desperately need these ingredients." James said "but when not even Dumbledore was able to find them, I really don't know how you could help" James sighed and his head dropped. "I guess it's time for you to get back to your room son" James got up from the sofa and put the book back on the shelf. "You can come back any time but make sure nobody sees you when you go through the portrait"

"I will do everything I can to help you" Kelsey affirmed.

James led Kelsey back to the portrait and shouted "Perseus would you show our guest the way outside please?" then he hugged Kelsey tightly and said "It was so good to meet you. Please come back to meet Lilly" Kelsey smiled and followed the knight through t he curtain. All of a sudden everything went dark and he found himself on the cold hospital floor in front of Perseus' picture.

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Zara was sitting on her four-poster bed in the Ravenclaw girls' dorm, stroking a little piece of parchment with her fingers. She had read it about a hundred times already, trying to memorize everything. She was smiling wildly and her heart was making flips when she read it once more

Dear Zara
I was so glad that you came and visited me. I really like you and I hope I can get
to know you better when I'm back at Hogwarts. Nike told me a lot about you
and I can't wait to find out if this is all true.
Think about me
Always, Kelsey

Zara would have never expected, not in her wildest dreams, that somebody like Kelsey, so strong and smart and handsome, would be interested in her. She picked up the parchment, pressed it quickly against her cheek and slipped it into her journal. Stretching out on her bed, her mind full of interesting thoughts about Kelsey she drifted off to sleep.

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"When do you think they will let you out of here mate?" Harry asked looking expectantly at his fellow Gryffindor.

"I don't know for sure yet, but they kind of promised me they will let me go before Halloween"

"But this is still almost 2 weeks to go. Just as long as you don't miss the first Hogsmead weekend" Kayla sighed.

The petite girl had asked their Head of House this morning for permission to visit her brother in the hospital again. Fortunately the strict professor had no objections and so the whole group had decided to visit Kelsey after lunch. It was a Saturday after all and they hoped that the healer would let them stay a little longer this time. She just couldn't stand the fact that her brother would be alone all day bored to death with nobody to talk to, so she was trying her best to cheer him up today.

Her thoughts trailed back to what had happened earlier this morning. Just when she had come back from McGonagall's office with the permission for another visit, she recognized somebody following her. She glanced over her shoulder and what she saw made her stop in mid-step. She turned around and looked at the shy Ravenclaw girl.

"I overheard you during breakfast" Zara mumbled "Are you going to visit Kelsey today? AndcanIcomealong?" The girl blushed deeply.

Kayla tried not to laugh. She knew for quite a while that Zara had developed a serious crush on her brother. And she had the feeling that her brother wouldn't mind at all.

"Of course you can Zara. I bet my brother would be very pleased to see you." Kayla smiled assuring at the girl in front of her, whose eyes had lit up and sparkled now. "We will meet you in front of Dumbledore's office right after lunch then" The petite Gryffindor turned around and made her way back to her common room. If she would stop being so shy around my brother, I could find a way to set them up, she thought, smiling mischievously.

After lunch the whole crowd went to visit Kelsey; Kayla could barely suppress a fit of giggles when she watched her brother and Zara blush deeply, the very second they entered his hospital room.

"HELLO!!! Anybody home?" Kayla stared at her twin brother who was waving his hands in front of her face. "I'm sorry" she said. "I guess I was day- dreaming".

"I'd be highly upset if they won't let me out of here for the first Hogsmead weekend. I couldn't stop thinking about it since my dad told me about it this summer. I'm not staying behind" Kelsey pouted.

I'm quite sure Hogsmead is not the only thing you can't stop thinking about, Kayla thought.

It was hard not to notice how often her brother glanced at the pretty Ravenclaw when he thought nobody was watching him. At least the big bandage was gone now and his vision was improving.

"Hey guys, can I have a private chat with my sis please? It's kind of personal you know" Kelsey said looking at his friends "It won't take long"

"Sure. We can go to the cafeteria and grab some tea" Ron replied. "Do you want something?" Hermione asked the twins. They shook their heads; so their friends left the room and headed for the cafeteria.

Kayla looked at her brother with a mix of fear and curiosity when he grabbed her hand and squeezed it. "What I am going to tell you now has to stay between the two of us for now. You can't tell anybody else about it. So you have to give me your word of honor that you will keep it for yourself before I continue" Kelsey said sternly.

"You have my word, so spit it out now" This was not like her brother at all and the fearful feeling she had was increasing with every second that past.

"I met Harry's father yesterday" Kelsey said finally. "But how? No way! ", Kayla whispered. She rose from her chair and put her delicate hand on her brothers' forehead.

"I don't have a fever, I'm not hallucinating and I haven't been dreaming" Kelsey assured his twin sister. "Sit down and relax and I will tell you everything I found out last night"

Quickly he told her everything that had happened; how he found the secret passage and what James had told him about the night when Voldemort attacked them. He informed her about the Muscail Potion and what ingredients were necessary to complete it.