How to Live Life

A/N: Hey everyone, sorry I haven't updated in awhile. Schools stressful. I've been planning this chapter and some of the next one for awhile now…Just haven't had the time to write them, but it's here now! Thank you to all of you who have returned, love you all 3

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

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"Al, what's wrong?" Rose asked her cousin who was staring off into nowhere in the common room, a scared look upon his face.

"Something doesn't feel right," he said, still staring off into space.

"What do you mean?" Alice asked him.

Albus got up from the chair and started pacing, looking out the window and taking a gulp, "I don't know, something just doesn't feel right about that…"

Scorpius gave Alice and Rose and questioning look before he asked, "What doesn't feel right?"

Albus looked Scorpius dead in the eye and said, "Something bad is going to happen."

"Where? Here?"

Albus shook his head, "I don't know, could spread here eventually… but everything is going to change…"

"Hasn't it already, Al?" Rose asked him.

Albus closed his eyes, then looked at her, tears in his eyes, "Worse than this."

"How do you know, Al?" Alice asked him, standing up next to him and putting a hand on his shoulder.

Albus turned Alice toward the window, "Look out the window."

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"Harry, what's wrong?" Ginny asked her husband as a beep started to go off.

Harry got up from the couch where he sat next to her and rushed to his office, only to find that his emergency attack alarm was going off, he cursed wishing it was a different alarm, then said, "Gin, I got to go."

Ginny rushed over to him, "What's wrong?"

"Attack on Hogsmeade."

"And you think I'm not coming with you," Ginny questioned, hands are her hips.

"It's bad, Gin. I don't want to lose you again," Harry told her, looking her dead in the eye.

"You'll never lose me, Harry, physically here or not, I'll always be with you. And right now, we need to fight, yes, we need to, not just you. Now give me a minute, I'll floo Lily over to my parents," She told him before leaving the room.

She walked down the hallways of her house quickly, trying to let off some of the anger Harry gave her.

"Lils, we gotta go," Ginny told her daughter quickly.

Lily looked up from her book and gave her Mum a worried look, "Something bad is happening? Isn't it"

Ginny frowned, "Yes, unfortunately. Now come on, pack what you need for the night then floo over to Grandma and Grandpas quickly, they're expecting you. I bet they know what's going on by now."

Lily got up and gave her Mum a hug, "Be safe, Mum."

Ginny sighed, "I will, baby girl. I'll see you soon. And don't try anything like you did in New York."

Lily nodded and wiped a tear away before she grabbed a bag and shoved some cloths and a few thing to do in it. Then quickly ran down the stairs and flooed off with a flash.

Ginny then went back to Harry's office, he looked at her, "Ready?"

Ginny took his hand, "As I'll ever be."

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"Is that smoke over the trees?" Ella asked the Golden Marauders.

"I'm sure it's nothing?l," James said, trying to concentrate on the prank.

Ella still gave the smoke a weary look, but waved it off and continued work.

Right now, she and the Golden Marauder were working on the Giant Squid prank, trying to get it done so it could go off tomorrow.

Louis looked up from his work to look at the smoke Ella was talking about and frowned, "I don't think that smoke is nothing, James."

James rolled his eyes, "Get back to wo-"

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James flinched and looked up to see a fire behind the trees, Hogsmeade, "Frick."

"No shit, James," Ella told him as she started to run off.

"Where're you going?" Fred yelled after her.

"To fight, of course. You dolts coming or not?"

The three shrugged and started to chase after Ella, totally forgetting about their prank.

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"Is that smoke and fire at Hogsmeade?" Alice asked Albus as the four made their way over to the window.

"Yep."

"So you think Vlasta attacked?"

"Yup."

"Is that Ella and the Golden Marauders running towards it?"

"Ye- wait, what!" Albus exclaimed as he saw his brother and his friends stupidly running towards a battle they couldn't win.

"Those idiots, I have to stop them!" Albus exclaimed as he started to rush out of the common room.

"Al wait!"Rose yelled after him. But Al didn't hear her, he was already too far off.

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Celeste rushed through the chaotic streets of Hogsmeade, pushing her way through anything in her way, she needed to find her. She needed to get her out of the way, once and for all. Problem was, she didn't want to do this. Really didn't want to do this.

Celeste paused in her tracks, I can't do this, she thought to herself. She blinked really fast and turned her head to right to see an empty alley. She rushed over and collapsed against the wall. Celeste knew tonight was the night everything was going to change. She knew things were going to get ugly. She new it would be all her fault because she contributed to it. She wanted nothing more but to be back in the old days when she and Ella were friends, she didn't want to live this life she was living, she never wanted it.

She started to to close her eyes and think of all the happy memories she had in the past, but then she felt an agonizing pain in her hand.

"Damn Ring," She muttered as she looked at her red, dry, cut up hands. She wanted nothing more than to take the damn thing off, but she had to wear it, it kept her on track.

She then felt a wave of emotions take over her and got up in a flash. She smiled evilly as she started to run off to find her again. But this time, she wanted nothing more than to do this.

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"JAMES! STOP! PLEASE!" Albus yelled after his brother and his friends.

Albus had been running nonstop since leaving the common room. He was out of breath, sweaty, and would like nothing more than to just collapse, but he had to stop them. If he didn't, who knows what will happen to them…

"JAMES! ELLA! LOUIS! FRED! I KNOW YOU LOT CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE STOP FOR A SECOND, WILL YOU!?"

James paused in his steps and turned around to see his brother running toward him, looking quite dreadful, may he add. "Hold up a second, guys," James told them as he approached his brother.

"What up, Al?" James asked him quickly.

Al put his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breathe, but between breathes, he Managed to croak out, "What…do you think.. you're doing?"

James frowned, he knew it would be hard to convince Al, so he lied, "Just to the Forbidden Forest, lost something in there earlier."

Albus shook his head and laughed, "Don't lie to me, James, I know you lot are going to the fight."

James closed his eyes and groaned, "I need to go, Al."

Albus rolled his eyes, it was hard to put any sense in his head, sometimes, "No, you don't. But if you do go, I'm most likely going to be attending your lots funeral next week."

"Oh come on, Al, don't you have faith I can handle myself," James asked his brother.

Albus shook his head and sighed, "Maybe somewhere else, but not there, not with people much older and skilled than you who can kill you in an instant!"

"I have to, Al! I can't just sit here while people are dying! Not where Dad and Mum and the rest of are our aunts and uncles are risking their lives. I can't!"

Albus just shook his head, "Please, James."

James just shook his head and ran back to his friends, but before they could leave their was a loud pop making everyone turn around.

"Hello," Celeste said as she evilly twirled her wand around between her fingers.

Albus' heart skipped a beat, Louis cursed, Fred put his hands in fists, James' eyes widened, and Ella rushed right up to her.

"What are you doing here?" Ella snarled.

Celeste smiled and grabbed Ella's hand while Ella tried to get out of her grasp, "To get you, of course."

And with that they were off in a flash.

The four remaining boys stared at each other in shock before James muttered, "Shit."

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"Vic, we got to go," Teddy told his girlfriend.

Victories looked up from her healing textbook and sighed, "Another attack?"

Teddy nodded as Victoire got up to change, she didn't plan on doing anything other than hang with Teddy at his place, so she just had on her pajamas. She was at Teddy's often so she had some of her cloths at his place. It didn't take her long to change and the pair the went off in a jiffy to headquarters.

"Vic!" Victoire heard her friend Chloe yell to her.

"Chloe, I haven't seen you all week, how's Auror training?"

"It's fine, but nows not the time. Harry wants to speak with you two. I'll see you after the battle, stay safe, both of you," Chloe told them before she ran off.

"You too, Chloe!" Teddy yelled back to her before he and Victoire rushed off to find Harry.

"What do you think he wants?" Victoire asked Teddy who just shrugged in response.

They kept going down the hallways of the Orders headquarters until they found Harry pacing in the corner.

"Harry, are you all right?" Teddy asked his godfather.

Harry looked up at them and sighed, "Not really, just scared of what could happen tonight, but don't worry about me."

"It's okay to be scared, Uncle Harry. Anyway, why did you call us here?" Victoire asked him.

Harry sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, "I need you two to do me a big favor tonight."

They both nodded and Harry continued, "Previous battles have shown us that Vlasta usually sets up a headquarter up at each battle location. I need you two to help me find out where it is, can you do that for me?"

Victoire and Teddy both nodded, "Of course."

"Thanks. If or when you find it, send me a Patronus and I'll be there as soon as I can. Now let's get going, everyone else already left for the battle," Harry told them before taking their hands and apparating to Hogsmeade.

When they arrived it was in complete Chaos. Spells flying everywhere and tons of people lay dead on the ground. Harry gulped, "I'll see you two in a bit, be safe."

They both nodded, but then four familiar boys caught Teddy's eye, "Wait, Harry?"

Harry shot back around and Teddy asked hesitantly, "Is that Al, James, Fred, and Louis?"

Harry looked over Teddy's shoulder to see none other than those four, "Those little buggers. You two go, I'll take care of them," Harry told them before rushing over to the quartet.

Harry grabbed their shoulders and pushed and dragged them away discreetly, throwing a few hexes and shield charms once in awhile. Once they were deep into a nearby forest, where Harry was sure no one was, he stopped and glared at them and performed a silencing charm. The four cowered at his gaze, "What in the hell do you four think you're doing stepping into a deadly battle like that?" Harry yelled at them.

All four looked at the ground not wanting to meet Harry's gaze, "Yeah, that's what I thought," Harry muttered.

James then took all of his courage and looked up at his dad. And for the first time since finding them Harry noted his sons appearance. James looked incredibly pained, not just from his tear stained cheeks, but just the look of pure pain and hurt in his eyes. "She…she took her Dad. She… Celeste took…Celeste took Ella," James stuttered out.

Harry's heart broke for his son, he knew the feeling,"How?"

Louis spoke up for James, seeing his friend was not in a state to talk about it, "We were just working on our prank and we saw the battle start. Ella wanted to go off and fight, and so did we, so we went off on the track to Hogsmeade. But then Al comes, and he tried to stop us, but we decide to keep going anyway. But before we could, Celeste showed up. Ella ran right up to her, ready to start a fight, but then Celeste grabbed her hand... and…apparated them away…"

Harry shook his head, "Well, shit. Just another thing to do…"

"We have to find her, Dad," James told his Dad.

Harry gave James a sympathetic look, "We'll try our best, James. You're still in major trouble when this is over though. Going off like that into battle…Pure stupidity…"

"But we had to tell someone," Louis spoke up.

"Yes, and did you realize that McGonagall is right in Hogwarts, where it is safe. And she could have delivered the message?" Harry asked them.

They all looked at the ground sheepishly, "I'll deal with you later. James, do you have your invisibility cloak?"

James nodded, he always had it on him, "Do you know the passage for Hogshead?"Harry asked them.

"Of course," Fred answered with a sly smile.

"Okay, I'll send a message to Alberforth, he'll take care of you. Now I know it's going to be tight under the cloak, but please make it work the best you can."

They all nodded as Harry started to send his Patronus and the four struggled to fit under the cloak. They eventually got it to somewhat work, some of their feet showed when they walked, but they all doubted anyone would notice with the chaos surrounding them.

"Now, Albus, you're the eyes, look and steer everyone towards the most direct path there. The rest of you, look out for spells and constantly have a shield up. Got it?"

"Yes," they all responded in unison.

"And James, I'm trusting you to go back to Hogwarts. This is no time to play the hero. We'll find Ella. I had Teddy and Vic looking for their headquarters anyway, she's probably there. And if I find out you didn't go directly back to Hogwarts, no Quidittch till you're of age, no map, no cloak, and you'll have to answer to your Mother, which will not be pretty."

James gulped, "Okay."

"And you three keep an eye on him. Now get going, I have to get back to the fight and find Ginny." Harry told them as he started to walk off.

Harry hoped James would use his head for once. He knew James liked the girl a lot, but there was nothing he could do. He really didn't want Vlasta to have him…again. But he pushed that thought to the back of his head as he searched for his own love, Ginny.

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"What do you want with me!" Ella yelled as soon as she and Celeste arrived at who knows where.

Celeste looked her in the eye, "I want you out of the way, but Vlasta wants something with you, don't know what it is."

Ella groaned as she looked around and took in her surroundings. It was a dark room, and she couldn't really see much more than what was right in front of her, "Where in the hell are we anyway?"

Celeste gripped Ella's wrists tighter between her hands, "Some random house in Hogsmeade."

Ella shut her eyes as she asked a question that she already knew the answer to, "Where are the owners."

Celeste laughed as she led Ella down a hallway, "I think you already know that they're dead."

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see," Celeste smiled as she opened a door and took Ella's wand from her back pocket.

Ella looked through the door and saw an evil lady with an evil grin on her face, Vlasta. Vlasta rushed over to the pair, "I'll take it from here, Celeste. Stay in the corner though, in case she…tries something."

Celeste nodded and rushed to a dark corner in the room as Vlasta looked Ella in the eyes, "Sit."

Ella didn't budge though, she just continued to glare at the horrid lady. Vlasta laughed, "Don't be stubborn, Ella. I'd corporate if I were you, unforgivables aren't too fun to be the victim of."

Ella sighed and sat down into the chair Vlasta was talking about. Vlasta then muttered a spell under her breath that tied Ella up. Vlasta smiled, "Okay, now we can get started."

Ella's heart was beating really fast, she was absolutely terrified, "Start what?"

Vlasta started to pace the room, "Our… hmm, what would I call it… a life altering chat, maybe."

Ella laughed, "All we're going to do is talk?"

Vlasta smiled, "For now, yes, but this chat will develop into much more."

Ella sighed, "Can we get this over with?"

Vlasta grinned, "There is something I think you ought to know. It happened a long while ago, when you were very little. It's the reason why I've been after you and your family for all these years."

Ella stared at her in confusion, "I thought it was because we were rebelling against you."

Vlasta laughed, "Really? That's what you thought?"

"Well, we didn't know what else it could be."

Vlasta stopped pacing and looked Ella in the eyes, "Do you really think your family was that special? There are a ton of well respected wizarding families, I would not spend so much time on what I already had plenty of. Your parents knew why I was after you guys, they just made up that lie for you and your sister. I only went after your family because of you. I need you."

Ella stared at the floor to avoid Vlasta's evil glaze, "I'm not special though! I'm just an average witch!"

Vlasta went up to Ella and bent down so their eyes were at level, "And that is where you are wrong, Ms. Smith, there is a lot more to the story. Do you really think you are naturally the way you are?"

Ella turned her head up to meet Vlasta's gaze, "What do you mean? Is my life a lie or something?"

Vlasta untied Ella and brought her over to the corner of the room, "This is a pensive, nicked it awhile ago from some old wizard in Canada. Now, this memory you're about to see is your mothers, Rachel Smith's memory of the… incident."

Ella looked at her fearfully, "What did you do to my parents."

"They're locked in heavy security, in a place that I will never tell you. I wish nothing more than to kill them, but they are good bait for you."

Ella continued to glare, but Vlasta put an arm around Ella's shoulders, "Come on now, let's get going."

And with that, Ella sucked in a breath before putting her head in the pensive with Vlasta, terrified of what she might find out about herself.

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A/N: Cliffhanger, haven't done that in awhile. I've been planning this for a couple chapters now, I've been foreshadowing it if anyone has noticed ;) Thanks for reading this chapter, love you all 3

~~~Lanie~~~