A/N: this chapter is dedicated to Moonlight at Midnight, my first reviewer. Thanks so much, hope you enjoy it!!!
RecklessPatience
When one door of happiness closes, another opens.
Chapter 4
Feelings of Pain
She hated Petunia right now. She felt that Petunia should have died too.
"It's not fair." She said out loud.
"Oh dear, I know that you are hurting, we all are, you just have to learn to deal with it. It will pass with time." Professor McGognall said, with a sincere expression while looking at Lilly.
Lilly hadn't noticed where she was until that moment. She had been too involved in her thoughts to take note of where she was going. They were now standing outside the gryffindor common room. She hadn't really registered what the professor said due to the fact that she was not listening to anyone but here self-thinking.
"Err- yes professor. I think I need to sleep. Thank you for walking me back. I will see you in class Monday." She said without thinking.
"Oh no dear, you will not be in class, didn't the headmaster tell you? He said he would, well anyhow, you are leaving tomorrow morning for the leaky cauldron, right after your meeting." The professor said.
"Meeting what meeting?" asked Lilly.
"You have a meeting with the headmaster tomorrow morning concerning the---- final arrangements." The professor answered pausing before she said the last bit, as if she couldn't find the right words.
"Oh, what time?" Lilly asked softly, realizing the meeting was about her parents' funeral.
"Right after breakfast. Now go up to bed, I have to address the other gryffindors." She said before she gave the password, and then pushed Lilly along into the passageway into the common room.
Dumbledore's office
Remus sat there in a daze. He felt so bad for Lilly. He knew that she loved her parents very much. 'She must be in so much pain, he thought.' But then she left, to go back to the gryffindor tower. He still hadn't figured out what he was doing here. After Lilly left, he looked at his parents then to the headmaster. Remus had always thought that Albus Dumbledore, was the greatest wizard ever, after all he had been the only headmaster at any magical school who made arrangements for him to come after hearing of his being a werewolf.
The professor met his gaze fully. Remus couldn't help but notice that he looked years older. He even noticed that the blue eyes behind the half-moon spectacles weren't shinning any longer, this made him realize that something bad was coming.
"Remus, I hate giving news like this. But am would rather you hear it from me than anyone else. I asked for your parents permission to tell you, because I want to make it as easy as possible on all of you. The last person who was murdered tonight was---you brother, Romulus." The headmaster said in a rather soft voice.
Remus couldn't catch his breath. It was impossible, it had to be a mistake. His brother was in Scotland, not here in England. It wasn't true, he new it wasn't.
The head master must have some how knew what he was thinking, because he continued. "Remus, your brother was in the order of the phoenix. He was called upon tonight to help protect Lilly's parents. He arrived right after they were murdered. He fought four death eaters, all by himself. Then when other member's arrived, more death eaters arrived. He and then Voldemort himself made an appearance. Romulus was murdered by the dark lord."
Remus' mother was sobbing into her husband's chest. Remus himself felt like he wanted to cry. It was true. He couldn't believe it. No more exciting letters, no more late night talks, no more midnight snacks, his brother was gone. It was horrible. He couldn't deal with it. He leaned over and kissed his mother on the head, looked at his father, then stood up.
"Thank you for telling me, I need to go now. Goodbye." And with that he walked out of the room, down the stairs and out onto the hall. He then proceeded to go back to gryffindor tower, where his friends were. His friends, yes they would make everything right.
A/N: ok finished with the fourth chapter. Soo please read and review, and by any chance would any of you happen to know when PoA is coming out on video?? I hope to update sooner. Thanks for reading!
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