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Disclaimer: I had a dream last night that Harry Potter and his friends belonged to me. Sadly I woke up this morning with nothing but a purple, pink and silver bedroom, a pink mobile phone, loads of clothes, all of the Friends episodes on VHS and the Harry Potter books and DVD's so I took that as a there is no way on this earth that I own them!

Summary: Harry has defeated Voldemort and he leaves the wizarding world after graduating because all is not well there. He returns after a year and discovers that his life has changed dramatically. Theres a new enemy but who is it? We follow Harry's life as he learns that One night REALLY can change everything in a persons life.

Sorry for not posting wednesday but our phone line got cut off so I couldn't get onto the net and I was rushed into hospital tuesday evening because the doctor thought that I had a blood clot in my leg. I had to have blood tests and some medicine injected into my stomach and they wanted to keep me in overnight but I begged them not to because I'm absolutely petrified of needles and hospitals. It took a lot for me to actually get into the hospital voluntarily and not have someone to drag me in there. lol. It's all good now though because my blood tests and my scan I had on my leg came back negative and I have a calf strain not a blood clot. Thanks for all the reviews they mean a lot to me.

Anyways now onto our feature presentation. Here's Chapter 46. Enjoy!

Chapter 46 - Dealing with a Loss

Harry and Ginny arrived at the Hospital Wing a few minutes after Ellie left and were greeted by Madam Pomfrey.

"How is she?" Harry asked showing signs of nervousness in his voice.

"She's fine. Just a bit shaken up and she had a broken arm and a few broken ribs but I have healed those. She also has a few cuts and bruises but other than that she's fine."

"Can I see her?" a very hysterical Ginny asked.

"I'll see if she feels up to having vsitors" Madam Pomfrey replied.

Harry looked at Ginny then at her petruding bump.

"Gin, calm down baby. It's not good for you or the baby" he said to her.

Ginny looked at him square in the eyes and grabbed his ear to drag him down to her height.

"Calm down. You want me to calm down. Well if you hadn't have taken her flying then she wouldn't have fallen. You're lucky that nothing has happened to you so far because if anything happens to my daughter you will live to regret it. And I will personally make sure that someone castrates you" Ginny said angrily.

She let go of his ear and he suddenly felt as though he had just had the fear of god put into him.

"She's asleep right now but if you're quiet then you may sit with her" Madam Pomfrey said walking towards them.

Harry and Ginny sat down in the chairs next to Peyton's bed and Ginny started to smooth Peyton's hair.

"Oh my baby" Ginny whispered.

Peyton stirred and woke up.

"Mum?" she said weakly.

Ginny nodded and helped Peyton to sit up before hugging her gently.

"Are you okay sweetheart?" Ginny asked.

"As well as I can be considering that I've just fallen off a broom" Peyton replied.

Harry looked at Ginny and mouthed an apology to her.

"I'm sorry" Peyton said.

"What for Princess?" Harry asked.

"For worrying you. I know I worried you, Ellie, Cady and I'm pretty sure Dan's worried as well. Has anybody told him?"

"I'm sure Cady's telling him now Peyt."

They spoke quietly to each other for the next thirty minutes until they heard someone run into the Hospital Wing.

"MR HALLOW! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?" Madam Pomfrey yelled at Dan.

"Two. Detentions. For. Running. In. The. Halls. But it was worth it. Where is she?" he replied in between breaths.

"Miss Potter is asleep and her parents are with her now. Come back and see her later."

"No. I want to see her" Dan said whilst getting angrier by the second.

Harry heard the commotion and went to see what was going on.

"Dan? What's wrong?" Harry asked.

Dan turned to face him.

"Professor, how is she? Is she awake? Can I see her?"

"Calm down. She's fine. She is awake and yes come and see her. She was just asking about you."

Harry led Dan into the cubicle.

As soon as he saw Peyton sitting up in bed, Dan rushed over to her and launched a tirade of questions at her.

"Dan, calm down. I'm fine. To be honest I think I'm more worried about Cady and Ellie. How are they?" Peyton asked.

"Cady's really shaken up but when I left she was being 'comforted' by Scott Barber in fifth year. As for Ellie I didn't see her but she may have gone to find Harmony and Fletch. When do you get out of here?"

"I don't know. I hate being in here, I'd much rather be in the common room with everyone else."

Peyton looked at Harry and he nodded at her before standing up and walking out of the cubicle.

After a few minutes he walked back in and told Peyton that she could leave in two days.

Peyton looked at Dan with a sad smile.

"Don't worry, I'll come and see you all the time and when you get out I'll meet you before breakfast and we can walk to the Great Hall together. I'll see you soon Peyt."

He then blew her a kiss and walked out of the Hospital Wing.

Peyton continued to chat with her parents until Madam Pomfrey came over and told them that it was time for them to leave as Peyton needed her rest.

Two days later, Dan met Peyton outside the Hospital Wing and together they walked to the Great Hall.

All through breakfast Dan kept asking Peyton if she was okay and tried not to notcie the fact that she wasn't eating.

"What now Dan?" Peyton sighed when she saw Dan looking at her for what must have been the twentieth time that morning.

"Nothing. Are you back in classes today? Without you in Potions, Snape's not got anyone else to pick on. He's having to make do with 'the bad Potter twin'. You can tell that he doesn't like it coz she argues back."

Peyton glared at Dan.

"So is that what I am then? Does everyone see me as a goody two shoes? Is that what they call me? The good Potter twin?"

"Peyt, no. What I meant is -"

Peyton cut him off.

"Forget it Dan. See you in Potions."

Peyton then got up leaving a plate full of bacon and eggs and stalked out of the great hall.

Dan opened his mouth to call after her but nothing came of it.

Meanwhile Peyton had collected her books that she needed and changed into her school uniform.

She was now sat outside the dungeon where Potions takes place writing in her diary.

Ever since she was nine, Peyton had kept a diary.

She could still remember the day that she had gotten it like it was yesterday - she had been begging Ginny to give her a diary all afternoon and Ginny kept saying no.

When she questioned why, all her mother would say was that she was too young to even understand about keeping a diary and that she hadn't started to keep a diary until she was fourteen.

Peyton kept on at her and finally Ginny relented and had gotten Peyton a diary when she next went to Diagon Alley.

Peyton now knew that the part about the age of which her mother had started to keep a diary had been a lie because of the Chamber of Secrets and everything that was involved in that part of her mother's life.

Peyton heard the footsteps of her fellow students approaching, finished writing the sentence that she had been writing and put the little pink and silver book back into her schoolbag then stood up.

Dan saw her and approached her.

"Peyt, did I upset you at breakfast?"

Peyton looked up into Dan's sky blue eyes with her green ones.

"No. I just want to be left alone for a while. I've never fallen from that height before and it's really scared me."

Dan nodded to show that he understood then suddenly remembered something that had been pushed to the back of his mind since the accident.

"Are you going to Fletch's party later?"

"Yes. Ellie's got me helping to get the food from the kitchens. That's really easy coz house elves just give it away."

"She's given everyone jobs hasn't she?" Dan asked.

Peyton nodded and at this point Dan knew to stop asking her questions because she truely wanted to be left alone for the time being.

He looked at her and smiled before going to stand where Cady was standing.

Cady looked at Dan as he stood next to her and she noticed that he wasn't his usual self and appeared to be rather miserable.

"Is she okay?" Cady asked out of concern.

"She says she's fine and she wants to be left alone for a bit. I don't know where I stand with her anymore. It's like she doesn't want to be with me."

"Hey, don't be like that. You know what she's like. She's got a right temper on her, it's something she inherited from her Mum."

Dan nodded and they both noticed that the rest of the class had started to file into the dungeon.

Peyton took a seat with Maddy and Tasha and Cady and Dan sat together at the back of the room.

"Yeah but she's been off with me ever since Christmas. I honestly don't know why I bother."

"Dan, do you love Peyton?" Cady whispered.

"Of co -" Dan started before he was interupted.

"When you have quite finished discussing your love life Hallow, I would like you to listen to me. Potions is not the time to discuss your latest lover's tiff with Potter to Mayfair" Snape sneered at Dan.

"Sorry sir."

"Copy the notes o - Yes Potter?" Snape said when he saw Peyton's hand up.

"May I go to the toilet please Sir?" Peyton asked.

"No. Now cop - What?"

"But it's an emergency Sir. Why can't I go?"

"Because this is my lesson and I can say who does what in it."

At this point Peyton got very mad at Snape and stood up.

"DON'T YOU DARE TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T DO! YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER AND THEREFORE HAVE NO RIGHTS OVER WHAT I DO! IF YOU WANT TO BE SPENDING YOUR LUNCH HOUR CLEANING UP A PUDDLE OF PISS THEN DON'T LET ME GO TO THE TOILET! IF I PISS MYSELF I WILL NOT BE CLEANING IT UP!" Peyton shouted at him.

He looked at her then thought of cleaning a puddle up in his lunch hour and grimaced.

"Fine, go then but go there and only there. If I find out that you have strayed then you will have detention and one hundred points from Gryffindor."

Peyton nodded and walked out of the dungeon whereas Snape looked at his class and repeated what he had tried to say before Peyton had shouted at him.

"Copy the notes on the board about antidotes" he sneered at them.

The class started to mutter between themselves as they wrote the notes.

Snape however didn't like this and certainly didn't want the students thinking that he had gone soft in his old age especially after what had just happened with Peyton.

"IN SILENCE! OR THERE WILL BE DETENTIONS FOR ALL OF YOU! AND THAT GOES FOR SLYTHERINS AS WELL MALFOY!" he yelled at them.

The class jumped and their conversations faded away.

They continued the work in silence.

After a few minutes, Cady nudged Dan and slipped some parchment under his arm.

Dan read it and they carried on with the conversation that they had started before Snape interupted them on the piece of parchment.

Do you love Peyton? read Cady's neat handwriting.

Dan carried it on.

Of course I do. But she's acting like she doesn't feel the same way Dan wrote back.

She does feel the same way. She's just been under pressure lately.

What do you know that I don't?

I can't tell you. It's a thing between us. You know between best friends.

So I can't know what's causing my girlfriend to feel pressured?

No Dan. I didn't mean it like that. It's just that she...

That she what?

Nothing.

Cady tell me! Please?

Okay! She's worried about Ellie, her O.W.L.s next year and she heard her parents arguing. She'll be back to her old self before you know it.

I hope so Dan finished before going back to his work.

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