Chapter Nineteen: Can't Look Down

Ariadna took in a deep iced breath, it filled her lungs and she still felt no relief. She couldn't handle this right now, it was all too much of her past slamming in her face. She need to talk to someone, someone not involved, but involved in the same moment. She had to talk with Donnie, he was Raven's husband, he didn't know much of the situation and what he did know was a tiny bit from herlsef and some from Raven. But, how in the world would she get the nerves to talk to him right now? He was probably working and if he was, he probably wouldn't have time to spare. She paced back and forth, rthis brought a smile to her face because Raven commonly did this in the Common room, some nights.

She continued to paced and plopped on her floor, she was not at the mansion, she had no clue of the celebration. At the current time it was the least of her worries... She was at her cabin in North London, she needed to get away from the mansion. She didn't even know that Raven was in town, for that matter. I have to get over to St. Mungo's, she thought to herself, I need to talk with Donnie and he needs to be there. She heaved a great sigh, not particularly having a desire to involve him, but she had to do it, she then apparated.

SNAP!

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"Nope, it'd be a sin to start any party without the Weasley twins, ain't that right, Harry?" Fred grinned, motioned his mug towards Harry, nearly forcing an answer from him.

"Exactly right, mate..." Harry with a distant voice and smile, his thoughts were all over the place.

Harry then took a seat, sipping his Butterbeer, he couldn't focus his thoughts. Not a single one. Why did things have to happen the way they did? Was Neville right? Harry closed his eyes, set down his mug and rubbed his forehead with the ball of his palm. Did drama and all that was horrible follow him simply because he was Harry Potter? He tried to push such thoughts from his mind and could hardly succeed, the thoughts overcame him and he hated it.

"So, what brought Verity and yourself to the Potter mansion, Rae?" Vaughn asked, watching Harry out of the corner of his, but not making his observation of him noticable.

"Well, we came off business really, after tomorrow night we're off again. I came to see Donnie really, he's been busy, as have I. Though I figured, since I'm in town, I might as well pop in to see my husband." She frowned lightly, she didn't see Donnie much because of her profession, but when she did see him, she was more than happy.

"Your husband?" Fred coughed up a little of his Butterbeer, a startled look spread across his face.

"Yes, my husband, I told you about Donnie..." Raven blinked, she was quite confused by Fred's reaction.

"Yeah, but you never told me you married him! He was that bloke in Slytherin, he taunted Ron horribly..." Fred's startled look faded, now it was concern and anger in a strange mix.

"No, Fred, that was his older brother Mark... Donnie was the quiet one who didn't really involve himself in the social politics of Hogwarts!" Raven's confusion switched to anger, she was quite bothered at Fred's remark about him being from Slytherin,"He may have been from Slytherin, but that doesn't make him a bad person."

Fred could not bring himself to say anymore, he still cared for Raven and did not want to press on her anymore about Donnie or the fact that he was a Slytherin. He took a sip of his Butterbeer again and took a deep sigh, then he wandered toward the fireplace and took a seat. He stared deep into the flickering light of the fire, sipping his drink he heaved another sigh and silence overtook the room.

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Ariadne muttered to herself about how she shouldn't go into the building as she paced back and forth in front of the doors of St. Mungo's. I can't go in, he might not even be working... But what if he is working? Though maybe he's working tomorrow...? She sighed and just grabbed the door, walked in and went to the service desk, she took a deep breath and tapped the bell. She pondered leaving before the clerk came to ask he what she needed.

"Is Donald Logan on unit tonight, miss?" She asked the clerk who then shuffled through some papers and then tapped her wand against what seemed to be nothing.

"Will Donald Logan please report to the service lobby, there is a Miss Ariadne Black to see you." The clerk said and it echoed through the halls of the hospital.

Moments later Donnie walked down the service lobby halls toward Ariadne, he smiled and gave her a hug. He noticed her facial expression and told the clerk that she was a friend and they'd be in his office if he was needed for an Emergency and only an Emergency. Ariadne was curious why it had to be capitalized, but didn't ask, she just followed him to his office.

"Big man on campus now, Donnie?" She smiled to him as he sat at his desk.

"I guess you could say that, Aria, now what is it and if you say nothing that door is being locked until you tell me." Donnie looked at her with a stern face.

"Well, I met up with April Burns the other day and... She collected bet money from me..." She took a deep breath and looked at the wall,"It was involving Neville... I was surprised Gar wasn't with her..."

"April? Holy crap, she's still around...?" Donnie tried to avoid asking why she said Gar's name in context with April.

"Yes, sadly, she did a number on me with her fist, but I'm alright..." She sighed,"Have you seen Gar? He hasn't talked to me in weeks... Not that I gave him reason to."

"Garfield and I haven't talked in maybe a month or two... I haven't seen Mark in maybe 3 years..." Donnie turned in his chair to look out the window,"The Logan family sort of fell apart when Mark told he wanted to kill Harry... and the Weasleys..."

A silence fell among the two for a number of minutes before anything was continued. Neither of them even moved in that time, Ariadne knew some of what happened with Donnie's family, having been with Garfield as long as she had. She just hadn't known that of Mark, she knew he was bad news, just not in that way... She watched Donnie for a moment, who looked quite melancholy about that subject, so she figured she'd bring up Raven to lighten the mood.

"So... How's Raven been...?" She asked with a faint smile.

"I believe she's fine, I think she might been in town either tonight or tomorrow, so I'll see her very soon hopefully..." Donnie's distant and upset demeanor faded and a happiness took its place at the mention of Raven.