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Chapter 10-A 'perfect day'?
The day after Daphne was released from the Hospital Wing the Marauders and Carla, Daphne and Lily were walking down to the lake. It was a perfect day, a crisp blue winter sky, and powdery snow under their feet, crunching as they walked. James and Lily were walking along, hands interlaced, as if in a dream, the others walked behind, smiling at how cute they looked, and how oblivious they were.
"God, it took them long enough to get together didn't it?" joked Daphne, "I thought we'd all be old and grey before they figured things out!"
"Mmmm, me too," smirked Sirius. Daphne's heart jumped, it was funny how he still had that effect on her.
They reached the lake and walked around it until they reached the shore that was close to the forbidden forest, it had always been the Marauder's hang out, no-one went there except them. Lily and James had stopped walking and were just standing staring into each other's eyes. Sirius broke the moment brutally.
"Hey, you two, anyone i-in?" he cried in a sing-song voice, "OW!" he then yelled as Daphne thumped him for ruining the moment, "Well, sorry Daph, but they're boring me to death,"
"Well unless you want another punch like that, then I suggest you are a little more sensitive towards OTHER PEOPLE!" said Daphne and smacked him again.
"Hey, Daph," said Remus tentatively, "what's up? You seem really..."
"On edge." finished Sirius, rubbing his arm where Daphne had hit him.
"I know, I'm sorry," muttered Daphne, hanging her head, "It's just that this is the anniversary of my brother and dad's..." her voice choked her for a minute, "their deaths." she whispered, forlorn.
"Oh Daph," said Carla lowly, drawing her friend into a hug, "I'm really sorry." They all just stood there for a minute, watching Daphne, in case she was about to snap at them, or start crying, she was so unpredictable, they could never tell what she was about to do.
"C'mon," she said finally, "lets go for a walk or something, I really need to get my mind off this,"
As they started to walk back around the lake, they heard something in the trees behind them (AN: remember they're at the edge of the forbidden forest) Sirius whirled around.
"What was that?"
"Why are you so tense Sirius? There're always noises in the forest." Remus said in surprise.
"I don't know, I just thought I heard... Hang on, where's Wormtail?" Sirius exclaimed.
"You've only just noticed that he's not here!" asked James, laughing.
"Yeah, well, he's not exactly the 'Highlight of my day'" scoffed Sirius. "Where is he anyway?"
"He never seems to be with us anymore." said Daphne, "he hangs around with some of the Slytherins, Lucius Malfoy, Goyle, Crabbe, Snivellus... Y'know, that lot."
"Why the HELL, is he hanging out with them?" shouted Sirius, "Anyone would think he wants to be a Death Eater, hanging out with THEM." he spat at the grass "He'll only get himself into trouble, stupid little shit."
"Who says he doesn't?" said a flat, low voice from the trees. They all turned around, startled. A dark cloaked figure stood in the trees. Daphne's throat went cold and she opened her mouth to scream and scream, but she couldn't make a noise. At that moment a jet of light shot from the wand and she began to writhe and shriek, falling to the floor, evidently under the awful power of the Cruciatus curse. Sirius ran towards the figure in the trees, but before he could reach it, it had lifted its wand and vanished, now there were only shadows where their attacker had been.
Sirius ran to Daphne,
"Daph, are you alright? Oh, please Daphne, c'mon, open your eyes," he seemed to be pleading her now.
Eventually the eyes opened "Siri? What happened? I, I, oh, my head..." she sank back into Sirius' arms.
"Right" said Sirius, looking worried, "back to the Hospital Wing!"
When Daphne had been taken to be revived and treated by Madam Pomfrey, James sighed and said,
"And to think, this morning I hadn't a care in the world, 'cept for NEWTS of course, and now Daph's in the Hospital Wing AGAIN..."
"I know," muttered Lily, as James pulled her close to him and kissed her gently, "I feel so sorry for her."
"You two, is this really the time for snogging?" asked Sirius, outraged, "what I want to know is who that bugger was. And what did he mean by 'how do we know that Wormy's not a death eater' thats the most stupid thing I ever heard..."
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