a/n: sorry about the long update, i have exams!

disclaimer: not mine.

Chapter seventeen.

I'm trying not to think about James. So instead I'll write about the letters Ellie sent me.

Hey Lils,

How are you?

I'm staying with Remus. (Yay for me!)

He took me to see my Dad; he's gone deaf. So I'm going to learn sign language. He said he doesn't want to be treated for it; I'm not going to force him. Hope you had a great Christmas, I'll send your present with this letter. It's a set of charms for the bracelet James gave you. The people at St. Mungos are trying to arrange somewhere for me to stay over the summer holidays. They'll probably stuff me in some muggle orphanage where the nuns will lock up all my things. They say that letting me go home to Australia is too far from England, I would much more prefer that. I could stay with my Auntie Sarah.

Anyway, how are things with James? I hope you're behaving yourselves! Haha! Just joking.

I'll see you in three days.

Love from Ellie.

This just made me think more about James. So I wrote a reply.

Hey Elles,

The charms are absolutely gorgeous, thank you so much. I'm sending your present with my owl; Emma is in America so it's too far to make Ginalla fly.

James and I broke up. He found out about Asteria. I bet he doesn't want to see me anymore.

I'm dying here, my sister and her lump of a boyfriend (more like a lump of fat) are here and they are driving me nuts.

SAVE ME!

Love Lily.

She sent me one back; at first I had no idea what it was about, now I do. It consisted of one small word.

Ok.

That was all it said. Now I know what she meant, so I am rapidly packing my things into my trunk as my quill writes this down. She's coming to save me from my family. She's here.

Later, Remus' house.

She had bought three brooms. One for herself, one for me, and one that she had bewitched to fly along side us, carrying my things; and she had borrowed an invisibility cloak from someone, so that we could stay out of sight. Now Ellie is a good flyer, but I'm not. She's the seeker on the Gryffindor team. The only class I didn't pass in first year was flying, because I fell off and broke my arm.

So today I just clung on to my broom while she flew around with no hands.

Remus is looking good; apparently he and Ellie have been to the beach a few times, so they both have a great tan.

But then, after I had a shower, I was sitting in the guest room on my bed, and some dark skinned girl walked in and leant on the doorframe.

Diarecordium Spell.

"Excuse me? Who the hell are you?" she asked, the girl had dark brown hair and brown eyes, and she had very dark skin.

"I'm Lily Evans, I'm Remus' friend." Lily said politely, holding out her hand. The girl shrugged it off, "I'm Remus' girlfriend, Jenna. He never told me he was expecting company. Female company." Jenna said

"It was kind of spur of the moment. How can you be his girlfriend? My friend Ellie is."

"No she's not. He just strings her along for fun." She laughed

"Do you realize that if she finds out she will probably cause you excruciating pain?" Lily said viciously,

"She wouldn't do that to me." Jenna said confidently,

"How can you be so sure?" Lily said, with venom.

"Because, I'm her," she said, as her dark hair switched to light brown, and her eyes turned aqua. She burst out laughing,

"Ellie!" Lily yelled, "You freaked me out, I thought Remus was cheating on you!"
"As if he would cheat on me, it's Remus; he's so loyal. I love him for it." she laughed, "Remus' parents are taking us out for lunch, want to come?"

"No, I'm alright. I'll just stay here and sulk for a while."

"Hey, don't worry about James. We'll find a way to break it." she said kindly, "Seeya."

Diarecordium Spell Terminated.

But then as I was moping around Remus' very large house, the strangest thing happened. I'm used to seeing ghosts around at Hogwarts, but I've never seen a dead ancestor.

"You shouldn't mope so much, it's destined to happen eventually." A voice said, I looked up to see a woman standing in front of me; a long red scar lay burned into her neck. She had blonde hair and sad, empty blue eyes.

"Katherine?" I asked, I knew exactly who it was, the scar on her neck told me. It would have been from the rope burn when she was hung.

"Yes, I am. I was not a witch, but when I met my daughter in heaven, she gave me the chance to come down as a ghost."

"Okay, but why are you here?" I asked her,

"My daughter was weighted by a burden, which I caused her, she killed herself after her husband died, and my heartache killed her. And now it will kill the man you love." She told me

"Please, don't kill him." I begged, a tear ran down my cheek, though I brushed it away immediately.

"It is not my choice." Katherine said, before fading away completely

"No, please."

"Not my choice, he will die." He voice echoed. She was gone, and I was left alone. Crying on the floor, in the hallway. But then there was a very strange noise, and I heard a yell.

"Mother that was mean, scaring the poor girl like that." Another voice called, as another ghost faded in.

"Claudia Evans." She said politely, she had dark auburn hair and green eyes; she looked just me, apart from the fact that she was transparent.

"I understand you have fallen for someone.

"Well, sort of."

"But the curse?"

"He doesn't believe in curses!" I cried,

"If you don't believe in curses then they will not be real. If he truly loves you, then no curse can break you apart."

"What?"

"Does he believe in curses?" she asked,

"No."

"Do you?"

"Well, I don't know." I said; I was very confused.

"Well, once you decide, you will know what to do." Claudia said, as she dissolved slowly,

"No don't go!" I sobbed, I walked back to my bedroom and curled up in her bed and cried softly into my pillow.

a/n: is it too short? i tried to make it longer but i have to study! please review!

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