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Sorry again about the delay and thank you Deefa for reviewing. I dont know if I'll need more chapters like the last one...eh we'll see how this week goes.
Chapter 48: Game Time
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"Carly? Are you home?" Came Lily's voice from the door way. Lily walked in and flicked on the lights. Carly's cloak and broom where gone so Lily figured she must be a practice or something. She changed out of her work clothes and wrote a note to Carly,
At the guys place. Pop over when you come home.
And with that she apparated to the guys kitchen. She didn't even have to call out for the boys. All three of them where sitting there stuffing their faces with random foods from their fridge.
"Mph…Wiwy!" James said loudly food coming out of his mouth. Needless to say she was disgusted,
"Chew, swallow, and then talk." She saw all three boys gulp, "So have you seen Carly?" James shook his head,
"I had lunch with her two weeks ago and that was the last time I saw her." Remus answered. Sirius raised an eyebrow,
"She's not home?" He asked looking at his watch. Lily shook her head, "She should be back from practice by now…wait what's today?"
"Umm…the tenth I think." James said, "Why?" Sirius groaned,
"Carly's game is in 15 minutes." He said stuffing his face with the rest on his plate. Before Remus could even say, 'Where are the tickets?' Sirius was gone. He popped back a second later, "Sorry, I've got the tickets." He said reaching into his pocket and pulling them out. Lily shook her head and apparated to the stadium. There was a long line of people waiting for their tickets to be collected. Sirius groaned again as he followed the rest to the end of the line. A little boy six people in front of them turned around and stuck his tongue out at them. Sirius growled at the boy who yelped at turned back around. A large man walked over to them. He had a huge roll of parchment in his hands,
"Are you five Sirius Black, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, and James Potter?" The man asked in a low deep voice. Sirius slowly shook his head, "Come with me." The man turned and walked ahead of every one in the line. When Sirius passed the little boy he stuck out his foot causing the boy to trip. James snorted as did Remus. Lily grabbed Sirius' shirt,
"What are you five?" She asked pulling them along. When they got to the gates the man stopped,
"Miss. Mullet gave you five V.I.P. passes. For every home match you are aloud to come to the front of the line. You also have the reserved Potter box on the twenty fifth floor. Have a good time." The man said dryly stepping aside to let them pass.
"Score!" Sirius whispered under his breath. When they got to the box they saw Carly already there. She was pacing and her breath was short,
"About bloody time!" She said wringing her hands.
"Sorry, we had to eat." James answered.
"There is food already here." She exclaimed hysterically,
"We didn't know we where V.I.P." Remus said calmly,
"That doesn't matter you still have the box seats." She said picking up the broom,
"Where sorry." Lily said taking a seat. Carly shook her head and James approached her,
"Calm down. Now breath…in…out…" He said his hands on her shoulders. Carly listened and breathed deeply, "Now what time is it?"
"Game time." She whispered her eyes becoming distant. She grunted at them before rushing out of the box and down the stairs.
"How long do we have till it starts?" Remus asked checking his watch,
"Ten minutes." Sirius said watching the crowd below him,
"Good, I'm going to get some food, anyone want something?" He asked.
"You just ate." Lily said narrowing her eyes at him.
"Let him go, he's a growing wolf." James said, "Fish and chips my dear Moony." Remus stepped out of the box and sniffed making sure he caught the whiff of food before following the scent. When he was trying to balance James' food and his own someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and almost dropped the food,
"Remus Lupin?" The man said. He was a good head taller then Remus with messy sandy colored hair and large blue eyes,
"Danny?" Remus squeaked.
"Hey Ben look who it is." Danny said calling over to a brown haired man,
"How you doing Remus?" Ben said his voice a little deeper,
"Fine. How's your last year at school?" Remus asked. Danny groaned as did Ben. Remus was about to fall over with the amount of food in his hands. Suddenly a large red haired boy came over and helped him out, "Doug right? Are you all here?" Remus asked now becoming hesitant,
"Yup Sue, and Jack are over there getting drinks. So where you sitting?" Danny asked,
"James' parents got us a box." Remus said,
"Is everyone from your crew here too?" Doug asked eyeing the chips. There was a roar of the crowed and Remus shifted his feet,
"Yeah and their probably wondering what happened to me. It was nice seeing you all again." Remus said grabbing the fish and chips out of Doug's hands and running off. When Remus got back to the box he was looking a little harassed, "What happened?" He asked seeing the players already warming up on the field,
"Nothing they just announced the players." Sirius said.
"What happened to you? You where gone forever." James said grabbing his food,
"I ran into some…people." He said sitting down next to Sirius,
"Who?" Lily asked,
"Doug Benner, Ben Lynch, and Danny Koler." He whispered,
"What did they want?" Sirius in a low voice,
"Nothing they just wanted to say hi that's all." Soon the game started and their was little room left to converse. Carly had started off slow getting blocked when she shouldn't have and so on, but about ten minutes later she was scoring goal after goal,
"Makes me want to have practiced more at Hogwarts." James said watching as Carly scored another goal. Halfway through the game the stadium became dark. The whistle from the referee blew and the players stopped. All the lights where out in the entire stadium. James cursed under his breath and grabbed his wand. Always when where having a good time, he thought. Sirius was up with his wand out as was Remus. Lily seemed to be looking every which way. They saw a light from a wand shine and Sirius sighed in relief as Carly's face appeared before the light. Their was a flash of red light and a scream Carly's wand fell to the ground. Everyone in the stadium jumped five feet when there was a scream coming from center field.
"Carly." Sirius croaked rubbing his neck. James put a levitating charm on himself and jumped out of the box and onto the field. Lily, Remus, and Sirius followed. The entire stadium was now in an uproar as the lights turned back on. Sirius looked up at the players who where all scared to touch down. One of the chasers who was brave enough flew down,
"She was next to me." Troy said in a thick Irish accent, "And then she flew towards the ground. She pulled out her wand then she screamed and was gone." Sirius cursed,
"What the hell do we do?" Remus asked. James straightened,
"Remus go tell Dumbledore we'll be their in a minute. Lily go to the Minis-" He was cut off as Ministry Aurors flooded the field. Sirius snatched up Carly's wand, "Okay…we need to go to Dumbledore now." His apparated home just in time to see Remus leave the fire. He followed shouting, "Dumbledore's Office." He closed his eyes as he spun. When he got there Remus was already telling Dumbledore what happened. Hagrid and McGonagall where already there. James helped Lily and Sirius up before joining in on the conversation,
"I thought something like this would happen." Dumbledore said stroking his beard, "Minerva find Benjamin Fenwick right away and bring him to me. First Dorcas and now this."
"What about Dorcas?" Lily asked.
"Two weeks ago she went missing and not to worry Benjy we didn't tell him. Then yesterday we found her body at the front gate."
"Here?" Lily squeaked. Hagrid nodded blotting his eyes with a large napkin,
"Wait…" Remus said. He was having a strange sense of deja-vu.
Carly struggled against the bonds on her chair. She screamed out but her scream was muffled by the gag in her mouth, "Try as you might, Caroline, you can't get through." A voice hissed in her ear. She stopped moving. Work with me. Okay. Think fire. Carly thought of fire. The heat, the brightness of it. Little did she know that a ball of flames was forming in her hands and slowly burning away the ropes. Suddenly she felt her hands go numb. "Now, now none of that. You hear to talk to me." The hiss said now moving in front of her. She gasped. If this was Voldemort she didn't recognize him, "You like my new look? Thanks to your little friends I was severely damaged, but that's okay now because I am stronger then ever." She glared at him. His eyes where now bloodshot and red. They seemed like slits that just opened enough for him to see through. His nose was flatter on his face and his mouth was lipless, "And now that I am stronger I can take your power, and with your power I can destroy Dumbledore, Potter, Black, the werewolf, and the Mudblood." She growled under her breath. Think of a brick wall. Okay. Voldemort stared at her and she felt him inside her head. Brick wall. She thought with all her mind and Voldemort was pushed out slowly. With one last push she knocked him on his feet, "Your getting good at this. That's good, because now it's even stronger for me." He hissed. "Why don't you talk to me?" He asked waving his hand. Carly's bond was let lose and she breathed deeply before speaking,
"All you want is my power?" She asked and he nodded.
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