Disclaimer: I own nobody but Dani, Evelyn, Elizabeth, Allison and Amy. So no suing. Sorry it took me so long to update. School's been nuts lately!

thoughts

The wind and sleet pounded against Evelyn's head as she stood alone in the graveyard just outside Hogsmeade.

Just figures the week I come back, Oliver gets engaged, I get my ass kicked by Malfoy, and the weather sucks!

She'd been standing in front of her parent's graves for a while, just staring. It took her a while to realize that the rain wasn't hitting her anymore. She turned around to see Liz, Amy and Allison standing behind her with a large umbrella.

"We heard you got released this morning." Allison explained.

"Yeah. I complained to Madame Pomfrey until her ears almost fell off." Evelyn joked.

"Whatcha doing here?" Liz asked.

"Felt like a visit."

"Do you think there's a clue to the heir around the graves?" Amy commented.

"Nah. Too easy." Evelyn replied as she walked to the opened gate of the graveyard.

"Was she always this stubborn?" Amy asked the other two. They just looked at her."Never mind. Stupid question." They watched silently as Evelyn reached the gate and dissapparated.

Evelyn was walking up to the castle doors contemplating her actions towards her friends, when Hermione Granger came tearing through the field like the hounds of hell were at her feet.

"Evelyn, I need your help!"

"What's wrong?"

"Draco's been attacked. I know you hate the Malfoys, but there's no one else here to help me." The girl was hysterical.

"Okay. Calm down. Where is he?"

"He's by the forest." They raced down there quickly. Upon arrival, Evelyn could tell it was bad. Draco was grey as ash and a bloodstain was quickly spreading along his stomach, clearly caused by a knife. Evelyn bent down and examined him. Dammnit. How do I do this again? She put her hand on Draco's stomach and concentrated.

"Go find Madame Pomfrey." Evelyn ordered and Hermione fled up the steps to the castle. Focusing on Draco once more, Evelyn closed her eyes, subconsciously going through every old spell she knew.

"Damnnit, just heal already!" she shouted. As soon as she did, the wound closed and immediately clotted. Shocked, she pulled away as Madame Pomfrey ran towards them.

"Get him to the infirmary right now." she ordered, staring at Evelyn, shock registering in her eyes. Evelyn just stared back.

"He'll be fine. He just needs rest." Evelyn told her and then went her separate way as Hermione and Madame Pomfrey ushered him inside.

"How did she do that?" Hermione demanded.

"I have no clue." Madame Pomfrey admitted.

Evelyn finally got into the castle only to be met with more chaos. Does anybody rest in this damn castle? Where the hell are all the teachers? Then she remembered that they were having an important meeting of god knows what. It better be how to find Harry because I'm at a loss. She had thought of every place possible for hiding Voldemort and had been coming up empty. Gathering the energy to climb the stairs, wanting nothing more than to rest her weary brain for a bit, she was nearly run over by a flying suitcase. That's it! I've nearly been killed by Malfoy, I just saved his son and now I'm nearly being run over by suitcases! I hate this place! Unfortunately, now her interest was peaked. She hid in a corner to watch the unfolding scene. Following the suitcase closely was none other than Katie Bell, Oliver close on her heels.

"Can't we talk about this?" he was pleading.

"There's nothing to talk about. I got a job offer in France and I'm taking it!"

"What about our engagement?" he yelled.

"There is no engagement Oliver! There never was!"

"I'm pretty sure I remember putting the ring on your finger. That's not something a man forgets!"

"That doesn't matter. It means nothing to me. Not while you still love her."

"Why do you keep saying that?"

"Because it's true! You never stopped loving her! You never will and I refuse to play second best to a distant memory!"

"Evelyn is a thing of the past, Katie. Please, you must believe that!"

"I can't. I've tried forgetting, but I can't. I always thought that you could love me more, but I'm done being naïve Oliver. I deserve to have more than this."

Evelyn slipped out of her hiding place. She escaped up the stairs to the astronomy tower, not wanting to hear anymore.

"I do love you, Katie." Oliver said, at a loss for words.

"I know. But you love her more. You don't know it yet, but you do. You've spent so many years being angry with her for leaving you, that you've forgotten how much she meant to you. Now that she's back, you're going to realize those feelings aren't gone." she replied sadly. "We had a wonderful two years together, Oliver, but now it's time to go our separate ways. I wish you all the luck in the world." Katie walked out to the carriage, waved goodbye and left Hogwarts behind.

Oliver just stared down at his hand, where she had placed her engagement ring. He wanted to run after her and tell her that she was wrong. A haunting melody floated down to where he was standing and he looked around. Finally, he pinpointed the sound. Looking up to the astronomy tower, he saw Evelyn's shadow in the window. She was playing her flute. It was then he knew that Katie was right. She was right about everything. Now, it was time to figure out what to do about it.

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