A split second later it all came rushing back to Riley. Not the pain, thankfully. Just her surroundings. She could hear the shouts of spells and debris. Within moments it was over. Riley heard footsteps
"Riley?!" Elanora asked desperately.
All Riley could manage was to moan.
"You're okay, Love. They can't hurt you anymore." Elanora cooed.
"Arlin?" Riley whispered.
Elanora looked over to the boy lying unconscious close by, she felt his pulse.
"Unconcious but he has a steady pulse." She squeezed Riley's hand.
"Poppy?" Riley heard McGonagall say.
"I'm fine, I just feel exhausted. Took a bit of a beating." Riley smiled over at her, flinching when she tried to sit up.
Madame Pomfrey started murmuring incantations while moving her wand over Riley's body.
"A bit? A bit?! There's essence of multiple unforgivable curses throughout your body but you only took "a bit" of a beating?"
Madame Pomfrey turned to Minerva. "The magic surrounding her would have put the most strongest of wizards out. She shouldn't even be conscious right now. I would confiscate all of their wands just to be sure." She didn't trust any of them.
"Will Riley be okay?" McGonagall asked.
"As far as I can tell she's already fine, a little stiff and exhausted but fine." Madam Pomfrey was baffled yet intrigued at how this young witch had come out of the ordeal fine.
"Expecto Patronum!" McGonagall's cat appeared again. "The situation has been handled. Riley appears to be okay. She has been checked out by Poppy and will also be looked at by Horace when he arrives." McGonagall sent the cat off.
"Who was that to?" Teddy asked intrigued.
"My father." Riley said matter of factly.
Teddy couldn't look her in the eyes.
"Why weren't you here?" Riley asked staring straight into Teddy's eyes, challenging him.
"They told me the plan had changed. That both you and Elanora were heading to the prefects bathroom. When we scouted the area I got hit by a spell from behind. I'm not sure if they figured my plan out or wether they just got sick of me leading them." Teddy shrugged.
"Your plan?" Elanora asked not believing his story.
Teddy looked at Riley. "I have a lot of explaining to do and I know I don't deserve the chance but when this has settled I would like to explain to you first, Riley." Teddy said sincerely.
"Did you mean what you said. That you don't love me? Riley asked quietly.
"No." Teddy said sternly.
Riley nodded at him. She knew when he wasn't here at the attack that something wasn't right. When she got hit with the first cruciatus curse she knew without a doubt that not only was Teddy nothing like Murik but that Murik was behind the attack on Elanora. She had pieced together most of Teddy's motivation and plan but her self doubt still needed for him to confirm it.