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CHAPTER 21: RAIN OF HOPE
"Lily, why did you follow?" James asked her.
"I just can't leave you," Lily replied, burying her face on James' chest. She was crying. "Everything's my fault."
James held Lily and Lily whimpered in pain. James saw her wound. "Lily, what happened to you?"
"Don't worry about me, James," Lily smiled before embracing James once again. "We're going to die!"
When the two of them got nearer to the ground, they closed their eyes, knowing what was going to happen. But they felt that their fall became slow so they opened their eyes. Five floors below, they saw Dumbledore, his wand pointing at them, smiling. Sirius sighed in relief as he embraced Kristanna. Kristanna was holding their wands.
The two of them gracefully landed on the ground. James ended up carrying Lily, who was panting. "What happened to her?" Kristanna asked, going near her.
"It's Janice," James said.
"Janice stabbed me with a knife," Lily said slowly.
"Don't worry, Lily, we can do something about that," Kristanna said in assurance.
"No, Kris. It's a knife dipped in an Immunity Potion," Lily explained.
Kristanna gasped. "What are we going to do?" she asked, panicking.
"Don't worry, there's always an answer," Dumbledore said, patting her shoulder. He made the others apparate before obliviating the muggles staring wildly at the scene.
They all arrived inside St. Mungo's and James laid Lily on top of a bed. "What are we going to do now?" Kristanna asked everyone, brainstorming herself.
Everyone became quiet, except for Lily's breathing. Just then, there was a greenish glow coming from Lily's hand and Argua came out and became a life size nymph.
"I know the suitable thing to do," she said with a smile. "But before anything else…" She placed her hands in a praying position and placed her hands on top of Lily's head and she became a giant ice cube.
"What exactly did you do?" James asked indignantly, looking at Lily's hard and cold body.
"I have to freeze her body so she would not die," Argua explained. "We have to find Dalin."
"Who is Dalin?" Sirius asked.
"Dalin is the Lady of the Woods. She is the only creature capable of curing any kind of disease, even if that nasty woman tried to stab her with a poisoned knife," Argua explained.
"We will go," the three of them said.
"No," Argua said, stopping them from advancing to her. "Only one can go with me. Dalin hates parties," she explained. "The only one who could endure the most terrible pain just for the sake of his loved one. And I know the exact person to bring with me."
"Who?" Kristanna asked.
"It's the one who caught me in the woods. Catching me for someone is really a great deed that could have cost your life, James, but you still did it. Therefore, I accept you to be my companion in this journey."
She waved her hand in front of James and said, "Ashna nashen a voya."
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"Where are we?" James asked but there was no one there. Then he found a green butterfly with trails of colors behind. "Is that you, Argua?"
The butterfly did not answer but it perched on his shoulder. He continued to walk. They passed a small gate made by trees and vines. At that moment, Argua became human again, perched on top of James' head and with her butterfly wings.
"What the hell are you doing on the top of my head?"
"We have passed the
tree or Reihav. It means I could use my powers again. And also
yours," Argua said, getting off and flying down. "But now, the
peril starts."
Without warning, hundreds of vines came swinging
out of nowhere, trying to whip the two of them. "Oh, this looks
like battling the Whomping Willow!" James exclaimed, jumping and
ducking in order to escape."
"Ne sshuda," Argua replied. "They're actually relatives. We have to find their freezing point!" she gasped. One of the vines captured her and pinned her to a large trunk, binding her more.
"Argua! What will I do?" James said, blasting all the vines but they kept on regrowing.
"Well, think!" she said sarcastically before disappearing inside the tree.
"This is really a serious matter," James said before turning to a stag. But what can a stag do? Kick the vines until he becomes a piñata? Anyway, he ran as fast as he can until he found a small knot out of green vines with flowers. Remembering that the vines and the Whomping Willow were relatives, he returned to his human form and pulled the vine with all his might. At that instant, there was a brief rain and Argua was there again, formed by the raindrops.
"Where have you gone?" he asked angrily.
"Anywhere?" Argua answered. "So, you're not really color blind. Let's go. That's the first obstacle and Dalin will not stop pestering our lives until we reach her."
Argua disappeared once again before James could say a word. He continued walking towards nowhere, following a trail of wild flowers.
He was slowly walking away from the covering of trees, sunshine hitting his face. He continued walking until he heard a beautiful voice, a hypnotizing voice.
"What is that?" James asked. He was totally mesmerized by the voices so he got off the trail he was following and followed the voice.
He found himself standing by a waterfall in front of a woman dressed in brown. She was wearing a crown of flowers on her head. "A lovely day," she greeted, turning her face to James.
"You've got the most wonderful voice," James praised.
"And it is definite that you'll hear all of it," the woman said in her enchanting voice, making James forget all about his existence. She opened her palm and magically, berries appeared. "If you eat these, my voice will be yours forever."
Suddenly, a voice popped at the side of his head. "You should not follow her!" the voice hissed. However, her voice of reason was shunted by the wonderful enchantress.
James took a berry, much to the woman's delight, and looked at it in wonder. In return, the woman smiled. "Take it," she offered.
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