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Hogwarts Second Years

Chapter Eight – When Tragedy Strikes

The exams were over. The second years all had a free day and everyone was making the most of it. Well they were hoping to. Alice and Frank could be seen walking to the Great Hall hand in hand, each turning red if they so much as glanced at each other. Behind them, walking not very close were Lily, Madelyn and Cortessa. The three girls were whispering and shooting glances at the couple in front of them. A little behind them walked Mackenzie with third years Hestia and Lucy. The three seemed to be talking loudly about the upcoming holidays. Dark haired Hestia was occasionally glancing back at Sirius Black. A fact that Mackenzie picked up on and tried to ignore. Sirius and his three friends were walking slowly and whispering together, a fact that simply terrified most students. Leading the Ravenclaw's came Jetta and Lyam. They were bouncing about and talking about the upcoming Quiditch matches. Not far behind them came Marlene and Emmiline with Amira trailing just behind by herself. Walking on Amira's heels was Padriac. He was watching Amira walk with a look of longing on his face. Corey and Darian were talking together about the exams as Myra and Cadien brought up the rear of the second years. They were both walking in silence and seemed to enjoy it.

Coming up from the dungeon's came the Slytherin second years. It seemed everyone had the same idea of going outside to enjoy the sun. As per usual, Scarlett and Bellatrix were leading with three boys flanking them. Isabella and her twin brother were walking together, whispering about something. Then, walking by herself and looking rather proud was Morganna Zooks. If anyone glanced her way she would look down her nose and glare at them with her bright green eyes. Bringing up the rear and looking miserable came Taliyah and Severus. They were walking in silence with a respective distance between each other. They were soon joined by the Hufflepuff's. Arabella and Hamish were racing each other up the stairs closely followed by the Smith twins, Brenden and Lachlan. Walking slowly and at a measured pace came Taryn, Matilda and Amelia. They were discussing the boys in hushed voices and not really paying attention to where they were walking. Aidan and Charlie were talking about the last exam they had as they followed the girls. Walking by herself and looking lost and scared came Melody. When they all reached the Entrance Hall she stopped and looked around. If anyone had been watching her, they would have seen her pale dramatically, hands flying to her mouth.

"Stop!" The terrified cry seemed to come from Melody. James and Remus looked over to see what the Hufflepuff girl was shouting about. In stopping they caused Myra and Cadien to bump into them. Sirius had joined Jetta and Lyam in their Quiditch talk. While Peter had gone to talk to Aidan and Charlie. Not many people had stopped. In fact, no one tended to listen to Melody any more.

"Oh, sorry James," mumbled Myra blushing. James only gave her a grin and ruffled his hair. Remus was standing on tip toe trying to see Melody.

"Why are there suddenly so many second years?" he asked himself as he strained to catch sight of the tall girl. Cadien, who was slightly taller than Remus stood on tip toe and managed to catch sight of Melody.

"She looks really upset over there!" he said pointing to their left. James wasn't really listening, trying to catch sight of Sirius in the sudden crowd.

"Maybe we should go and see what is wrong then?" suggested Remus giving James a shove to get his attention.

"What? Oh yeah, um, sure, you coming Myra?" he asked heading in the wrong direction. Cadien and Remus reached around and spun him in the right direction. The four slowly made their way to where Cadien had seen Melody.

Taliyah searched her mind for anything she had heard Melody Applewhite say in the last few weeks. Anything that would make her afraid. She and Severus had stopped at the shout and were now trying to figure out why she had shouted. Calm, collected Morganna was sitting on the steps not far away, looking over at them with a slight frown plastered on her face. There was the thing Melody had said about needing to talk to her sister. Then there was something about people getting hurt and not being able to do anything about it. Also, Taliyah was sure she had heard Melody mention something about dreams coming true. She talked about missing Alice and wishing she could stay longer. Nothing Taliyah could understand but then she wasn't Melody.

Melody was scared. Everything was coming true. Early on in the year the dreams had started. At first it was little things like getting a good grade and knowing what was for lunch. Then bigger things began to happen. James beat Severus in a fight and Frank and Alice began to get closer. The dreams scared Melody. She started to snap at everyone. And it was only week two. She couldn't help herself. There was one nasty fight with James when he was taking Sirius to the Hospital Wing because of blindness. Taryn had told her later how horrible she had been. But Melody could not help it. It was around that time that the scariest dream of all started. All the second years were in the Great Hall, desperate to get outside into the sun. But as they started going out there was a loud explosion and people were flung everywhere. There was a great hole in the ground and some people were hanging off the edge. In her dream Melody had seen Frank and Alice holding hand, Padriac following Amira and even Morganna walking by herself. She knew people were going to get hurt. After the dream had repeated itself twice she had started picking fights with anyone who crossed her. Unfortunately that was most people. Then Dumbledore had spoken to her and suggested she talk to Alice. That failed when Alice refused to speak to her. So Melody had withdrawn into herself and had watched with increasing sadness as her dreams came true and the day drew closer when something terrible would happen.

Morganna Zooks sat and waited. Today was the day. Today was when everything would come together. The planets were going to align and they would break the magical bindings around this old castle. So the dark haired girl sat patiently on a step and watched her fellow second years. It would happen any second now. She glanced over at Taliyah and Severus, perhaps the only second year Slytherin's to earn her respect. She motioned for them to come over and sit with her. They would be safe with her. Too cautious to do anything else, they complied and the three sat in silence. And Morganna Zooks, great grand-daughter to the famous Morgan le Fey, sat and waited for her chaos to unfold.

Sirius was chatting away to Jetta and Lyam when the earth trembled and a large explosion suddenly went off. Sirius felt himself thrown up and away before feeling himself falling. He twisted in the air and saw a great hole where he was headed. The twelve year old boy screamed tried to make himself move away from that gapping hole. He managed to hold to the edge with one hand as he fell threw. Looking up he saw Isabella Nott falling. Reaching out he grasped her hand holding on, tightening his grip on the edge of the hole with his other hand. Taking the time to look around, he was several other second years holding on to the edge like him. Arabella and Hamish were holding each other and the edge and Isabella's brother was holding on like himself. Sirius readjusted his grip on Isabella and waited.

James had felt the earth tremble and had grabbed onto Myra, half to steady him half to steady her. He pulled her and Remus aside as he saw the floor buck and explode, sending people flying and down into the hole that had appeared. Bits of the floor also came crashing down. James managed to dodge them with Remus and Myra. Cadien followed close behind. There were lots of screams from everywhere. Finally, when it had all settled, James stood up and looked about, searching for Peter and Sirius. He saw Peter picking himself up from the ground near Aidan and Charlie. Luckily they had escaped the damage as well. James called them over.

"Have you seen Sirius?" he asked when they came over.

"No, you don't think?" Peter didn't dare finish glancing over at the hole.

"Sirius!" shouted James racing to the hole. Out of the corner of his eye he was Morganna sitting on her step watching everything with a strange glint in her eyes. Sitting near her were Taliyah and Severus, both looking horrified at what had happened. When he reached the hole he glanced around, searching for his friend. It was then the teachers came.

Sirius was slipping. He could hear people shouting and he could hear James calling for him but his mouth refused to make a noise. He could feel Isabella slipping too.

"Don't let go Sirius!" she cried, trying to get a better grip, "Please don't let go!"

"I'm trying! I'm trying!" whispered Sirius. But it was no use. The rock he was holding on to broke away and Sirius and Isabella fell…