"Go on Miss. Evans." Dumbledore said gently.

Lily took a very deep breath. Remus was watching her intently. He was taking this all in wondering how she's dealt with it all.

Lily went into great detail about what had happened. She showed Dumbledore the petal and asked if she should plant it.

"When you have finished Lily. Continue please."

Lily finished Kerrie's instructions. She hesitated again not wanting to continue. She pulled herself together and told Dumbledore what happened. She lost control in the middle and couldn't stop crying.

"Miss. Evans, I know this is hard but I must know who was attacked to see if everything is okay."

Lily kept crying.

"Lily, please, he needs to know." Remus persuaded.

"Emma." Lily whispered and burst into a fresh wave of tears.

Remus went pale. Dumbledore stood up.

"Mr. Lupin kindly escort Miss. Evans to the hospital wing. We will finish this talk later."

Lily was hysterical by the time Remus got her to the hospital wing.

"Lily, come on. You need to calm down. You have to breath." Remus tried to calm her.

"What's going on here?" Madame Pomfrey had to come over now.

"Professor Dumbledore told me to bring her. She'd pretty upset."

Poppy guided Lily to a bed and made her lie down. Lily stopped crying. She was looking at the case with the rose petal in it.

"Remus I need you to do me a favor." Lily said. Her voice was surprisingly calm.

"Anything-just tell me what." Remus said. He wanted to help Lily as much as possible, especially after all the things she had done for him.

"Go to the greenhouses. I need a pot and soil." Lily said staring at the petal.

"Lily don't you think we should ask Dum-"

"Remus please. Just do this. I don't have time to convince you." Lily's eyes were desperate.

"Okay okay. I'll be back in a half hour." Remus left and Lily laid back into her pillow. She was passed crying now so she just sat there waiting for Remus to return.

~~Half Hour Later~~

Remus walked back into the hospital wing. Lily was just staring straight ahead.

"Lily I got your things." Remus said. Lily snapped her head towards him and waved him over. She took the pot and bag of soil. She placed them on her bed. She opened the case with the petal inside and gently tore one half of it off. Then the other half. The center strip, the part glowing the brightest, was left now. She put some soil in the pot and placed the strip in. She covered it with soil.

"Remus do you have your wand?" He nodded and gave it to her.

Lily conjured a cup of water. She poured some into the pot. She gave the wand back to Remus.

"Thanks." She said as she put the two halves into the case Kerrie gave her.

"Remus I'll be back. This shouldn't take long." She was turning the ring around on her finger.

Remus stared at her confused. He saw her staring intently at her ring.

"Lily no!" But it was too late. She passed out.

*

Lily landed on her feet. She almost fell but gained control quickly. She ran through the archway not paying attention to the scenery around her.

"Kerrie? Kerrie where are you? I got here as quickly as I could. Kerrie!?" Lily yelled. She stopped running and looked around.

"Oh my god…"

There was no grass anymore. There were no plants or flowers. It was a desert. All Lily could see was sand and rocks. The sky was black with no moon or stars. Lily felt depressed just looking at the dead area.

"Lily! Hurry up, over here!" Lily snapped her head to the left and saw Kerrie waving her over. Lily ran over to her.

"Do you have the pieces?" She pressed.

Lily nodded and gave her the two pieces left. She then looked at Kerrie. Kerrie had completely changed since Lily first met her. Her once straight brown hair was now a mix of a light brown and gray and was wavy. Her blue eyes now a bright red. She was paler then ever. The only thing the same was the emerald dress she wore along with the gray hooded cloak.

"Kerrie what happened to you?"

Kerrie looked at Lily but shook her head, "There's no time for that now Lily. I have too much to do to save the garden. You should leave and don't come back for a while. Things are getting serious…and dangerous."

"Kerrie how do I get back? There is no rose for me to use."

"I had almost forgotten." Kerrie pulled something out from her cloak. Another ring. It was just a simple, thin silver band. "To go back put it on. When you get to school, place the ring on this chain and wear it around your neck. It won't only get you from here, but from many places. You really need to go." Kerrie was pushing Lily away.

"Kerrie what aren't you telling me?" Lily asked agitated.

"Please Lily. I don't want you to watch."

"What?" But Lily was too late. Kerrie had placed the ring on Lily's finger. Lily could still hear for a minute. The last thing being a long wail that pierced her ear and seemed to ring in her ear.

*

Lily came back conscience again. It took a couple of minutes to focus. She looked around. It was hard to see anything because it was dark. She could tell people were there, she just didn't know who. She looked at her finger with the ring on. She took it off and put it on the chain Kerrie had given her. She placed the chain around her neck. He eyes were adjusted to the dark. It was still hard to tell who was who but she saw three girls, which Lily concluded were her roommates. Then there was one boy but Lily didn't know who it was.

Lily reached to the side and pushed a button. Madame Pomfrey came in a couple of minutes later.

"Glad to see you're back. You have to stay until morning. The headmaster wishes to speak with you. Take this, it's a sleeping potion." Poppy whispered to Lily.

Lily drank the potion and fell into a very deep sleep.