Author's Note: Thank you sooo much for the reviews! I'm very thankful. :hugs all: I'll answer KRP's questions...
1) how did the fire start?
Hmm... it was a random bad fire. Alyssa could have been cooking... could be candles. Good question. Nobody knows.
2) how did she get that hurt? should've only been burnt, not exactly bleeding.
I should of explained that more. Rachel doesn't know what went on in the burning building. Since the building was up in flames, beams, and the building itself (stuff)were falling down. She could of gotten hit with something which could be life damaging. And to top it off she was badly burned. She just didn't have the strength to pull through.
3) was the fire an accident, or was someone out to get them?
No one was out to get them. Not yet :grins:
4) uhh...thanks for the chocolate? (ran out of questions :P)
You're welcome. Hopefully I answered your questions! Enjoy this chapter!
PS: I'm updating A LOT lately... making up for all the times I didn't AND I'm going away soon and want to update to a certain point.
Disclaimer: I don't own this magical world. I don't own Remus Lupin :sniffle: Suzanne, Jessica and Rachel Lupin are my characters though. There cool… but a little weird…just a little.
My heart was crushed to find out the news.
"Why!" I yelled out loud, "Why!" The little scared two year old girl who was abused by the shadows and the darkness was back.
I felt the letter in my pocket… it was still there. I only had memories to remember Alyssa and nothing else, but I wished they burned up along with the shop and her possessions.
I had a rush of guilt. Maybe it was my fault, a sly voice in my head said. The voice was so believable so I gave in to it.
I knew I had to leave this town. Everything reminded me of her. She was the closest person to a mother that I was able to remember at that time.
I looked up in the sky wishing I could just leave this world. It was cruel to me and gave me grief and sorrow. Was it my fate to die with no one knowing? Or was it to be damned?
I walked back to the burned book shop and where hope use to be bright. I just wanted to know if what was happening was real. I ran away from the town without looking back.
"Now where am I gonna go?" I asked myself. Grief was taking over me and all I wanted was find a place and shut myself from this world. To be alone.
"Maybe back to the orphanage?" I another voice suggested.
It was out of the question. I missed Jessica and Suzanne a lot though, but it would also be painful to return there too. And where was the orphanage from here anyways? I had no sense of direction.
I sighed, knowing that my only choice was to wonder aimlessly again.
A blanket was wrapped around me to protect myself from the autumn wind. I found it in a trash can. I know, gross but useful. I somehow stumbled into a town that was the compete opposite of the town I lived in before. It showed no hope and promised broken dreams.
There were guys in the shadows of the alleys selling objects. The objects must have been illegal. I heard police sirens in the background shortly after I thought I heard a gunshot.
The people selling the strange item were in there own world, dazed, taken over by some force. They stared at me evilly like they had planned to do something with me. I quickly looked down and kept moving.
Across the street, two boys were in fight, and their groups of friends were rooting them on. One of the boys took out a knife
I gave a moan of fright,and ran into an alley, which was a stupid thing to do. It was dark and no one would be able to see me crying like a little girl. I leaned against the wall and gave a heavy sigh. I pulled the blanket closer to me.
I was sitting there for a while, thinking about where I should go next. I just remembered I had something else with me… a wand.
"Maybe that can help me!" I thought with joy and took it out.
I tried to do the charms Alyssa taught me, but no success. I wasn't focused to do them correctly. Drowned in sorrow.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and was afraid it was one of those boys who had come to kill me. I gave a yelp and turned around to meet death.
"Rachel?" but it wasn't who I thought it was. My eyes widened… it was Suzanne.
"Suzanne?" I asked unsure. I thought I was dreaming or having illusions like some crazy person. I stepped away from her.
"You shouldn't be alone in here," she warned.
"I know," I muttered
"Suzanne!" called another voice that sounded familiar. She ran to where we were and was out of breath. "Don't leave like that. You can get hurt. Then I'll be blamed." A girl who could have been Jessica, but it wasn't no, it couldn't of been.
"Rachel, is that you?" the girl said with surprise.
"Who are you?" I asked.
They both stared at me wondering what the hell was wrong with me.
"This is Suzanne," Jessica's tone sounded worried. She was probably concerned about my sanity.
"That can't be!" I exclaimed, still taking in the fact that Jessica is here and that she claims this is Suzanne. The little girl from the orphange.
"You're Rachel Lavender Lupin," Only Susanne and Alyssa knew my full name back then.
I nodded and felt the tiniest bit of hope.
"How did you both escape and how did you two become friends?"
"Well," Jessica sat down on the dirty ground, comfortable with her legs crossed. "I found out while we were on the run that my mum was a witch and that my dad was a muggle doctor." Jessica bragged.
"What does that have to do with the question Jessica?" Suzanne said with an impatient tone.
"But how did you become friends and why did you escape together? Don't you hate each other?" this was getting confusing.
"We escaped together but even when we were wondering we didn't talk. We really got on each other's nerves. But then we got caught," Suzanne sighed and glared at Jessica.
"It wasn't my fault. You weren't running quick enough,"
"Anyways, we took some food from this store and got caught and the owners called the authorities," explained Suzanne and Jessica gave a nervous laugh.
"We ended up in this home. There other kids, orphans too."
"There's a woman who takes care of us," said Suzanne calmly. Jessica snorted.
"What?"
"How can you say she takes care of us. She doesn't give--"
"Jessica, shut up ok?" Finally, Suzanne was able to stand up for herself.
Jessica obeyed and it became quiet.
"Do you think I can stay with you?" Even though the woman didn't seem nice I didn't really care. Shelter and decent food was all that I was hoping for.
"Sure, I don't see why not," replied Suzanne.
"I don't think she'll notice," said Jessica quietly.
We were walking towards Jessica and Suzanne's new home while Jessica was telling me about this boy they met in school. He was the same age but actually had a family.
"Is he nice?" I asked.
"Oh yeah Mark is really nice,"
"Maybe you can stay with him instead,"
"I highly doubt it," Jessica said darkly.
We were a block away from the house and I couldn't believe the neighborhood. The houses were small and the outside wasn't kept well. There were no fences, maybe some type of wall to separate houses but those had graffiti all over it. Three girls who looked about fourteen were in a car smoking and drinking liquor.
We finally arrived on Jessica's doorstep and the three of us just sat there and talked like any normal girls. If only we were just that.
"Come in," Jessica told me as she opened the door so I was able to see the living room. The living room, from what I could have seen of it was dark, but yet there was something or more like someone moving. There were sounds of enjoyment and pleasure in the living room too. I saw Jessica shaking her head ashamed and running into her room.
Suzanne looked a bit ashamed but followed Jessica and I followed her.
"Well this is home,"Suzanne sighed
I looked around at what she called home. I had a rush of missing Alyssa very much right now. In the small bedroom there were two old looking beds. The wall paper was falling off. There was barely any light in the room. Almost total darkness, which I hated.
"Well there only two beds. Usually someone else sleeps here too but I really don't think they're coming back." explained Suzanne. "You can sleep with either me or Jessica,"
The beds were big enough to share. I sat down on Suzanne's bed. I remember from the orphange Jessica kicks randomly when she's asleep.
"Well goodnight, I know it's bit early but I was up before dawn," complained Jessica.
"We'll try to explain more in the morning," said Suzanne, lying down right next to me. She fell asleep quickly, shutting out the noises from oustide. My eyes were wide open, still awake as the cresent moon was rising.
Author's Note: Please review! Sorry if the ending was a bit bad. What's gonna happen next? Well you'll see soon.Review please!