"She's been like this for three days!"
"Shh be quiet Mags. We'll wake her."
"I highly doubt that."
"Would you guys just shut up!"
The room fell silent.
"It's almost dinner time. Let's go."
Lily was trying to open her eyes but her body didn't want to let her. Three days? She thought. I have to get up. She could move her fingers and her feet. She tried again to open her eyes and succeeded. She had to blink a few times to adjust to the lighting. Lily looked around her. There were cards all over the table to the side of the bed. At the foot of her bed, she saw some balloons and candy. Lily grinned as Madame Pomfrey walked in.
"I'm glad to see you're finally awake Miss. Evans. Drink this up."
"What is it?"
"Headache potion. Or rather, a prevention. You got quite a bump on your head. I suggest that you take this a few times a day for a week. Well, I'm going to make you take it."
Lily laughed before drinking the potion. It was bitter and Lily immediately started coughing after she drank it. Making her head start to pound severely.
"Easy there. Take some deep breaths. You will come here to see me before each meal every day for a week. You will take that potion. It may affect you're eating but not too much."
Lily nodded and leaned back in her bed. She felt very tired but Madame Pomfrey forced her to eat some soup and chocolate. Lily, full and extremely tired now, laid her head back and fell into a deep sleep.
"Lily, are you coming to the station?"
"Yes, I'll be right there!" Lily grabbed her heavy cloak and made her way to the common room. It was a week or so before Christmas and all her friends were leaving to go home today. Lily's parents had sent her a letter saying they had to visit her great aunt who was ill, and they wouldn't be able to pick her up in London. So, being the case, Lily signed up to stay at Hogwarts over the break. She was already afraid of getting lonely. She'd be the only one in her dormitory.
"Ready?" Lily asked as she got to the bottom of the stairs.
Her other four roommates smiled and nodded then headed out of the portrait hole. The walk to the entrance hall was silent. They got a carriage for themselves and it started moving by itself. The ride to the station was silent. They stood awkwardly on the platform. Lily thought this was getting silly.
"Oh come on! Group hug!"
They all started laughing and hugged. Lily said goodbye to everyone separately. The four girls boarded the train and shouted things to Lily. Eventually the train started moving and Lily waved until it was out of sight. She turned around and got into a carriage. She felt alone already. Lily starting to twiddle with her ring as she watched things going on outside. She noticed a few snowflakes hitting the ground. I bet Hogwarts will look gorgeous covered in snow. She thought. The carriage came to a stop and Lily stepped out of the carriage. She walked up the steps to the entrance playing with her ring still. Not noticing it was glowing a deep red.
Lily walked through the corridors heading for the portrait hole. She was almost there when something made her glance at her ring. It was glowing brightly. She was startled at first but continued staring into it. She started to feel dizzy. She slowly crunched down to the ground and passed out.
Lily opened her eyes facing the bright blue sky. She knew where she was. Lily stood up and headed for the archway and the big rose on the other side of it. She could see the glow. She passed through the archway and everything went black again. Lily was about to touch it when.
"Nice to see you again." Came a girl's voice. Lily jumped in surprise. The girl giggled. "I never introduced myself. I'm Kerrie. No need to tell me your name. I know your Lily." She smiled.
"How? What are you?" Lily never actually meant to ask the second question but it slipped. She knew Kerrie wasn't just another person. She had very fair skin, the seemed to look white. Her voice was somewhat shaky and her eyes that were blue at her last visit were now red and sad. She was wearing a beautiful green dress with a gray cloak, the hood on her head. Her hair, coming out from under the hood, now seemed much longer than from the last visit and a lighter brown.
After Lily's question Kerrie laughed. "Well, I know who you are because I'm responsible for your family and friends, and bringing you here. You will find out in time what I am. All I can say is that I am now a 'woman of the hills'. But this is not the point of the visit."
"How did you choose me?"
"I have to keep my secrets." Kerrie said firmly but very softly. The entire conversation she was talking barely above a whisper, which Lily thought was odd, but didn't think anything of it. Lily decided to drop that topic, but she didn't really know what else to say.
"If you have nothing else to say, I suggest you touch the rose. It's your only way back. Keep the ring safe." And with that Kerrie disappeared.
Lily had no choice than to go to the rose. Her shaking hand reached to touch a petal and saw the familiar blast of light coming towards her.
Her vision wasn't as blurry. Actually it was clear. She saw a woman that reminded her of Jack except, obviously, older. They were in a park and it was snowing. Lily noticed people in black robes started to surround her. There was no escape, there were too many there. Lily saw a flash of light and Lily felt a surge of pain go throughout her body. It was different from last time. It kept going and didn't stop. The woman screamed. As did Lily.
**REALITY**
"This is scary. Maybe we should bring her to the hospital wing"
"Let's go. We better hurry. She looks like she is in some serious pain."
James, Sirius, and Remus had saw Lily collapse to the ground and they had called her name several times as they approached her. She started screaming and twitching not long after they got there. Sirius, being the most muscular, picked Lily up and went as fast as he could to the hospital wing. Remus and James had run ahead of him to tell Madame Pomfrey what happened.
**BACK TO THE DREAM**
Lily stopped twitching and she watched the limp woman being dragged away. Lily glanced at her ring. It wasn't glowing anymore. It was back to its normal color. Lily fell down to the ground and her herself fall out of consciousness.
"Shh be quiet Mags. We'll wake her."
"I highly doubt that."
"Would you guys just shut up!"
The room fell silent.
"It's almost dinner time. Let's go."
Lily was trying to open her eyes but her body didn't want to let her. Three days? She thought. I have to get up. She could move her fingers and her feet. She tried again to open her eyes and succeeded. She had to blink a few times to adjust to the lighting. Lily looked around her. There were cards all over the table to the side of the bed. At the foot of her bed, she saw some balloons and candy. Lily grinned as Madame Pomfrey walked in.
"I'm glad to see you're finally awake Miss. Evans. Drink this up."
"What is it?"
"Headache potion. Or rather, a prevention. You got quite a bump on your head. I suggest that you take this a few times a day for a week. Well, I'm going to make you take it."
Lily laughed before drinking the potion. It was bitter and Lily immediately started coughing after she drank it. Making her head start to pound severely.
"Easy there. Take some deep breaths. You will come here to see me before each meal every day for a week. You will take that potion. It may affect you're eating but not too much."
Lily nodded and leaned back in her bed. She felt very tired but Madame Pomfrey forced her to eat some soup and chocolate. Lily, full and extremely tired now, laid her head back and fell into a deep sleep.
"Lily, are you coming to the station?"
"Yes, I'll be right there!" Lily grabbed her heavy cloak and made her way to the common room. It was a week or so before Christmas and all her friends were leaving to go home today. Lily's parents had sent her a letter saying they had to visit her great aunt who was ill, and they wouldn't be able to pick her up in London. So, being the case, Lily signed up to stay at Hogwarts over the break. She was already afraid of getting lonely. She'd be the only one in her dormitory.
"Ready?" Lily asked as she got to the bottom of the stairs.
Her other four roommates smiled and nodded then headed out of the portrait hole. The walk to the entrance hall was silent. They got a carriage for themselves and it started moving by itself. The ride to the station was silent. They stood awkwardly on the platform. Lily thought this was getting silly.
"Oh come on! Group hug!"
They all started laughing and hugged. Lily said goodbye to everyone separately. The four girls boarded the train and shouted things to Lily. Eventually the train started moving and Lily waved until it was out of sight. She turned around and got into a carriage. She felt alone already. Lily starting to twiddle with her ring as she watched things going on outside. She noticed a few snowflakes hitting the ground. I bet Hogwarts will look gorgeous covered in snow. She thought. The carriage came to a stop and Lily stepped out of the carriage. She walked up the steps to the entrance playing with her ring still. Not noticing it was glowing a deep red.
Lily walked through the corridors heading for the portrait hole. She was almost there when something made her glance at her ring. It was glowing brightly. She was startled at first but continued staring into it. She started to feel dizzy. She slowly crunched down to the ground and passed out.
Lily opened her eyes facing the bright blue sky. She knew where she was. Lily stood up and headed for the archway and the big rose on the other side of it. She could see the glow. She passed through the archway and everything went black again. Lily was about to touch it when.
"Nice to see you again." Came a girl's voice. Lily jumped in surprise. The girl giggled. "I never introduced myself. I'm Kerrie. No need to tell me your name. I know your Lily." She smiled.
"How? What are you?" Lily never actually meant to ask the second question but it slipped. She knew Kerrie wasn't just another person. She had very fair skin, the seemed to look white. Her voice was somewhat shaky and her eyes that were blue at her last visit were now red and sad. She was wearing a beautiful green dress with a gray cloak, the hood on her head. Her hair, coming out from under the hood, now seemed much longer than from the last visit and a lighter brown.
After Lily's question Kerrie laughed. "Well, I know who you are because I'm responsible for your family and friends, and bringing you here. You will find out in time what I am. All I can say is that I am now a 'woman of the hills'. But this is not the point of the visit."
"How did you choose me?"
"I have to keep my secrets." Kerrie said firmly but very softly. The entire conversation she was talking barely above a whisper, which Lily thought was odd, but didn't think anything of it. Lily decided to drop that topic, but she didn't really know what else to say.
"If you have nothing else to say, I suggest you touch the rose. It's your only way back. Keep the ring safe." And with that Kerrie disappeared.
Lily had no choice than to go to the rose. Her shaking hand reached to touch a petal and saw the familiar blast of light coming towards her.
Her vision wasn't as blurry. Actually it was clear. She saw a woman that reminded her of Jack except, obviously, older. They were in a park and it was snowing. Lily noticed people in black robes started to surround her. There was no escape, there were too many there. Lily saw a flash of light and Lily felt a surge of pain go throughout her body. It was different from last time. It kept going and didn't stop. The woman screamed. As did Lily.
**REALITY**
"This is scary. Maybe we should bring her to the hospital wing"
"Let's go. We better hurry. She looks like she is in some serious pain."
James, Sirius, and Remus had saw Lily collapse to the ground and they had called her name several times as they approached her. She started screaming and twitching not long after they got there. Sirius, being the most muscular, picked Lily up and went as fast as he could to the hospital wing. Remus and James had run ahead of him to tell Madame Pomfrey what happened.
**BACK TO THE DREAM**
Lily stopped twitching and she watched the limp woman being dragged away. Lily glanced at her ring. It wasn't glowing anymore. It was back to its normal color. Lily fell down to the ground and her herself fall out of consciousness.
