A/N: In case you Haven't gotten the message by now, non of the Harry Potter stuff is mine, at least, very little, if any, is mine.
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Lani looked moodily out the window at the ward at the changing colors of the sky, it was almost sunset.
She sighed and started making her way towards the lake where she would be able to be cured.
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All of the teachers, as well as the headmaster, Lani's father and her aunt and uncle were standing around the lake, talking.
Oh, great, now I'm causing trouble for my uncle and aunt by them coming here. They probably think I'm a cry-baby. Why is everyone causing so much trouble for themselves to keep me alive?
Dumbledore walked up to her. "Hello, Elana", he said, his gray eyes twinkling as usual.
"Hello, professor Dumbledore" Lani replied curtly.
Ignoring Lani's tone, Dumbledore continued, "Alright. All you have to do is drink this potion--" He held up a sick looking greenish-brown liquid in a clear vile. "--and touch your father's scar"
"Why his scar?", Lani questioned.
Dumbledore lowered his voice to an undertone, as if somebody was spying on them. "It is a link to Voldemort's powers, we can only hope that Voldemort doesn't realize what we're doing"
A sudden question came to Lani's mind. "Why are you doing all of this. Going through all of this trouble for me?"
"Well, first off, you are an important girl, and we don't want to see anything bad happening to you. Secondley, many people, as you can see, love you. And lastly, it is very important that something to counter-act this spell is in exsistance, this is a very good oppurtunity to test this."
"Oh"
Dumbledore walked over to the group of adults near the lakes' edge. Lani gazed at the lake in the sunset, it was beautiful. The colors of the sun and sky melted into each other. The giant squid in the lake was swimming near the surface, causing storms of bubbles to erupt at the surface of the water.
Lani sighed and walked over to the group of adults, where her aunt was beckoning her.
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All of the adults were standing in a line, holding their potions. Dumbledore looked around at them all, as if checking for something and then said.
"One"
"Two"
"Three!"
All of the adults downed their potions and held hands, Dumbledore told Lani that she was then to do what she was told earlier.
The potion tasted of mold and medicine, and smelled of an old carcass. Lani elt like she was going to throw up, and it took all of her self-control not to spit it out on the spot.
She gagged and then reached up and touched her father's scar.
For a moment, nothing happened.
The adults started muttering some type of incantation. Lani started feeling a tingling sensation at the tip of her fingers, and suddenly, her hand, then arm started glowing an odd red color. Lani felt a sharp pain emitted from the scar which seared through her body and attempted to yank her arm back, but it wouldn't budge.
Frustrated, Lani looked around, seeking Dumbledore, he gave her a reassuring smile but did nothing.
Then something caught Lani's eye. It was a cloudy white figure of a man, he looked about professor Lupin's age and his long hair was neat but in front of his ears, obscuring part of his face. He looked a little like one of the ghosts at Hogwarts, but somehow... Different.
Lani thought she recognized him from somewhere... some picture or something, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Before she could think on it much, the man grabbed hands with Dumbledore, who was the last in the line. Dumbledore didn't seem to notice his presence.
The second he grabbed the headmaster's hand, a jolt of power so strong surged through Lani that she actually flew backward, the scar relinquishing it's grip on her finger. She gasped for air and looked back at the figure, which winked, before disappearing
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Lani shook her head as all of the adults and her two friends and cousins came over to her. That person had to be some sort of mirage, she thought. Probably some side-affect of the potion, best not bring it up.
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"Did it work?" Eliza asked impatiently to no one in particular.
"Yes, it did", replied Dumbledore, eyes gleaming happily.
Lani felt so happy she could jump with joy. She did. Everyone laughed except for Edinburgh and Snape. Grouches, Lani thought idly, but didn't dwell on it. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled with amusement behind his spectacles.
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That night, in Gryffindor tower, there was a celebration. Some of the older students had snuck into Hogsmeade, the wizarding town bordering Hogwarts, and brought all types of junk, and Butterbeer. Lani and Eliza also snuck into the kitchens to get some food.
Everyone was happy for a reason to celebrate; any reason would do, they loved to stay up and talk and eat late into the night, and this was a substantial reason for them to give to the teachers for their reasons for a celebration. Peeves the Poltergeist even came in to wreak havoc.
They celebrated well into the night until an angry McGonagall shooed them off to sleep.
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During the next few weeks the weather grew colder, until it was finally mid- December and snow came regularly.
Lani was also doing better in her classes. She still wasn't amazing at Transfiguration, though. Lani winced at the thought of when she had tried to turn a parakeet into a rock; The rock had wings, a tail, fuzzy feathers and a beak, but was round and hard and heavy like a rock. It had flown half way around the room when it finally got tired and fell, right on top of Thomas Lestranges head, knocking him out. Well, he deserved it, Lani thought with a smirk.
"What are you so happy about?" William walked up behind Lani, making her jump.
"Oh, nothing. Just thinking."
"Oh"
"What are you doing?"
"looking for you, Eliza wants to know if you want to go sledding."
"Oh, sure!" Lani loved to sled, she had done it every year with her 'mum' at the hill in her back yard.
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Lani, Eliza, and Will sled and had snowball fights all day, though most of the snowball fights ended in magic, they couldn't stand not using it. Lani and Eliza ganged up on Will once and levitated a large pile of snow until it was on top of his head then exclaimed "Oh! look!" pointing at the sky, when they released the pile of snow on his head.
Soon it was nearing Christmas, and both Eliza and Lani decided to go home for the break. Lani's Dad and Step-mum were living together, as well as her brother, James.
Will had decided to stay at Hogwarts. He said that his dad lived very close to Hogwarts, but wouldn't say where. Lani and Eliza just shrugged it off.
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A couple of nights before it was time to leave for break, Lani got a letter from an unfamiliar white snowy owl. It read.
Lani,
Hey! How are you feeling? Are you having a good time at school? I'm sorry but I'm not going to be home for the first couple of days of your break, but your mum will and she'll pick you up at Kings Cross. OK? Also, in case you didn't already know, you're brother, James now lives with us, rather than your aunt and uncle. This is my Owl, Hedwig. I hope she made it to you ok, she's getting old. Well, I'll see you in about a week!
Love,
Ha
Dad
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I know, not great, and short, as my other chapters are.
NOTE: I may be changing some of the chapters around and combining some of the chapters so I don't have eight zillion chapters.
AND: THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOO much for all of the people who have reviewed my story, I love reviews, and will still appreciate more.
Sorry for how long this part took, the next part is going to take even longer, and once again sorry. I'm sure at least one person has to be reading this story, right? So… anyway, I you care, the next part is to be a little longer than this one.
