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She had almost totally forgotten about Alan, but the morning before break started, she heard the worst news imaginable: James had landed himself in the hospital wing trying to get in the way of a stunning spell.

Rushing down to the wing, her hair flying in a flurry behind her, she saw him before she had time to stop running.

His arms wrapped around her, bruising her. She squirmed, trying to get at his hand.

He slapped her, effectively making her stop moving, but she had also fainted from the force of the blow.

Before she lost consciousness, she heard Alan above her, saying "Hey, she fainted on me… I thought you said that wouldn't happen?"

The person who responded did so quietly and she had no way of identifying the speaker.

The last thing she had time to do was send up a prayer for help…

A/N: not even as good as it would be, but I'm still not feeling too good, and almost out of inspiration… thank the gods this is almost done… review?

Serindraxx