CHAPTER 9: FIRE
"It's Hogsmeade weekend again," Danicia said excitedly. "We have to call Kristanna to join us," she suggested.
"That is, if you can drag her out of the room every weekend. By the way, I have to go, I'll meet with Raven," Lily said in a whisper.
"Good luck!" Danicia said.
Lily went to Hogsmeade with Danicia and Danicia left her alone when they stopped by the Three Broomsticks. Lily continued to walk towards the place near the Shrieking Shack. She took from her pocket a green apple, just as Raven described, and her small walkie-talkie thing.
However, on the way to the place, she bumped again to Lira. "I'm so sorry again, Miss Evans," she apologized. She ran away after that. Lily noticed that Lira's hair was smoking.
Lily looked at the faraway Lira and saw a small bracelet on the floor. She picked it up and called Lira. When she did not reply, Lily had no choice but to return to the meeting place where she'll meet Raven.
She sat on the bench where she sat before and conjured a green apple. She looked around, trying to see and trying to know in advance the face of Raven.
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James walked silently, away from Sirius and co., to meet with Green Apple privately. However, as he walked towards the Shrieking Shack, he heard a shout.
"Fire! Fire!" a small house elf screamed as it ran for its life, hitting some of the people out of the way. "I must find Lady Lira!"
James looked around and saw a small portion of the village burning. Slowly, it spread throughout the small block of houses, causing mayhem. He saw the fire travel near…
"The Shrieking Shack!" James exclaimed. "Green Apple!" He ran towards the Shrieking Shack, half-wishing that Green Apple was still there, half-wishing that she had ran away, safely.
"Prongs, we have to go now," Sirius said with urgency, dragging a bag of Zonko's on his feet.
"How about Green Apple?" James asked, still looking at the sight of the fire. "And I think we have to help them."
"Surely, Green Apple could handle that," Sirius said, starting to drag James out of that scene.
"Wait, I won't leave. I told her that I would keep my promise," James said stubbornly.
Sirius was about to retort but he just sighed. "You're as stubborn as ever, James Potter," he said, letting go of his shoulder.
"Thanks, Padfoot," James said before running to the place.
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"Lily, Lily!" Danicia shouted through the crowd.
"Danicia, what's going on?" Lily asked as they were tried to be swept by the crowd. Several wizards started to move back to the fire, armed with their wands.
"Lily, are you blind? The small town's burning!" Danicia panted.
"But Danicia, how about Raven?"
"I don't care about that Raven, your life's more important than that stupid eyeball," Danicia reasoned out. Both of them panicked when the second army of wizards who will extinguish the fire came. Danicia dragged Lily out of the way and accidentally, Lily dropped her green apple and the chain that held her talking mirror.
"Wait," Lily said with alarm.
"No time for that, Lily. We have to go back to the castle. You have to assist the lower years to go back there," Danicia insisted, pulling Lily out of the stampede.
As Danicia dragged her out of the scene, she regretfully put her head down, disappointed that she was not able to meet Raven for the second time.
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The fire was gone, leaving some of the houses in their skeleton forms. Some of the wizards who own the houses started to cast spells of restoration.
James, however, arrived at the Shrieking Shack, hopeful to see Green Apple. He saw no one so he decided to search the place. When his eyes viewed the ground, he saw a green apple, squished maybe by the hundreds of feet that passed over it, and three feet away, he saw the talking mirror he gave to his penpal, its front broken to pieces due to the same reason that destroyed the apple. James picked it up miserably.
"Prongs, is she here?" Sirius asked, eyeing the green apple on the floor and the mirror that injured a part of James' hand. He patted the back of his friend and assisted him back to the castle.
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"Lily, don't be so sad like that," Kristanna said, walking to Lily's bed. It was the first time she spoke on that day.
Lily wiped her tear and said, "I don't know, Kristanna. I think I'm really unlucky. You know, everytime I have to meet Raven, there is always some trouble occurring."
"Well, cheer up," Kristanna said.
Lily raised an eyebrow. "A good advice from our homegrown pessimist," she snapped. "Kris, if you are really into it, fight for it! That Centauri is always talking about you like you're a cow, or something else like that."
Kristanna rolled her eyes before going back to her bed to isolate herself from the world once more.
"Where is Danicia?" Lily started to ask.
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Danicia wandered around the castle, wanting to escape the misery of her two friends. "At least I won't get to be that depressed," she thought. As she turned round a corner, she saw a small line of light coming from a classroom. She heard voices so she decided to place her ears on the door and listen.
"Good work, my dear," a voice said.
"What if anyone saw me?" she girl asked.
"Trust me. Nothing will happen. Just carry on with the plan," the voice continued. "Anyway, as long as the crystal won't be formed, you're all fine."
"Do I really get what I want?" the other voice stuttered.
"Of course, my dear. All of it. I just have to talk to the real authority so that you'll be fine about it. Trust me, the boy's arrows will point on your chest."
"If that's so, what is the…?" the other one started to ask but the other voice maybe stopped her.
"There's another person around," the voice hissed venomously.
Danicia heard a gasp and quickly, she disillusioned herself so that no one could see her.
Danicia saw Lily went out of the classroom to look around, seeing no one, the girl proceeded inside.
"I think you have to go," the voice said. "If someone sees you."
"Oh, right," the girl said softly. She ran outside the door and out of sight.
Danicia waited for that next person to get out but she had waited half an hour and she saw no one. Finally giving up, she went inside the classroom and she saw a woman near a horse, sitting on the desk. "Oh, what a curious little bugger," she said, smirking. She conjured a flute out of somewhere and played a piece. There was a smoky hand that emerged from the flute and was going for Lily's friend…
a/n: so, what would Erida do to Danicia? What would happen to Lily's friend? Will she have tomorrow to say the secret she learned?
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