Chapter Forty Six: Moving
"Miss Evans?" Dumbledore seemed shocked for all of 0.5 seconds, before rising to his feet and starting towards me. "My dear, are you alright?"
Tears trekked down my cheeks steadily and caused my black mascara to run. I nodded, and then shook my head. "Professor, where am I to live?" I asked in a small voice. I hated for anyone to see me when I'm vulnerable, but with Dumbledore, it seemed I was past caring.
Dumbledore sat back down and conjured a squashy armchair for me. He smiled and gestured towards the chair.
As I moved forward to sit in it, my friends toppled out of the fireplace.
"OW!" Bella, being on the bottom of the pile of bodies, yelped in pain at being squashed to the hard stone floor.
"Lil! Don't listen to what Petty says; she's a complete fucking bitch! She doesn't deserve to be your sister! I… oh hello Professor." Cassie turned red from embarrassment as she spotted Dumbledore.
"For the moment, I am temporarily deaf my dear." Dumbledore replied, his periwinkle eyes twinkling in the soft candlelight.
Cassie smiled apologetically and launched herself at me, with Belle in hot pursuit.
"Um, guys? You're crushing my lungs!" I wheezed as they both grabbed me in a tight hug.
They pulled back and smiled at me.
"If I may be so bold, perhaps one of your friends has the answer to your question Lily." Dumbledore spoke as he pushed the large bowl of sherbet lemons towards me and conjured more armchairs.
I took a sweet and unwrapped it. "I don't know where I'm going to live." I said softly.
They all sat silent for a moment, before Bella spoke up.
"I'm assuming you want to bring Jewel? Cause you can come live with us chica. I don't mind and Mum loves you like a daughter anyway, so, if you want, you can stay at Figg Manor."
"Really?" I asked, tears shining in my eyes.
Belle nodded in the affirmative.
I jumped up and hugged her tightly.
"We'll all help you move out sweetie." Cassie added. Everyone nodded in agreement.
A smile touched my lips and a laugh gurgled in my throat.
"I love you guys!" I cried, before hugging them all.
Next Saturday
Dumbledore gave us all permission, again, to go to my house and pick up all my stuff.
The Figgs were accompanying us too, so we had the use of several wands, as we weren't really allowed to use ours out of school.
"Um, can we get Jewel last? I don't wanna leave her in a strange place, whilst I come back for everything else." I asked the group in general.
Jasmine, Bella's mum, came over and smiled down at me. "Of course chica. We'll put her in the stable next to Shadow, okay?"
I nodded in reply and grabbed a cardboard box. I jogged up the stairs to my room, with everyone following.
I assigned every person a section of my room.
James had my book-shelves, Sirius and Remus had my wardrobe and chest of drawers, Cassie and Belle had my teddies, soft furnishings and bed-clothes, the adults had my heavy/awkward shaped furniture and I had my desk.
As I opened the heavy wooden lid, Petunia's shrill voice echoed throughout the house.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU FREAKS DOING IN MY HOUSE?!" She yelled.
I slammed the lid down with such ferocity, James and Sirius jumped and turned to survey me.
Petunia appeared in the doorway. "Who the fuck are these… weirdos?!" She shrieked.
"This is not your house Petunia. You have no right to call my friends foul names. Get out of my room." As I spoke, my voice shook.
"What if I don't want to, freak." She taunted.
My nostrils flared and I pulled out my wand. I knew my eyes were practically spitting fire at her. "I now abandon any responsibility for my actions. You better run Petty, cause I'm this side of turning you into a bug and standing on you!"
A wild fear showed itself in her eyes and she fled, tail firmly tucked between her legs.
I turned back to the desk and began to shove everything in it into the cardboard box.
"Would you have actually done it?" Sirius broke the tense silence.
I spun on my heel and smiled. "Nah. She just needs bringing down a peg or two, that's all."
"Nothing a good kick up the arse won't fix." Remus grinned, before taping up the last box.
Jasmine levitated all the boxes down the stairs and I went to the stable at the back of the house.
Jewel stuck her black face over her door and whickered in greeting. I smiled and patted her nose, before unbolting the door and entering her light, airy stable.
The day before, I had packed her things and taken them to Bella's house, and mucked her out. I had then just put down a thin bed and constructed a small bank on the far side of the wall.
I took down her hay-net and filled it up, ready for the journey.
Philippe, Bella's dad, appeared next to me. "The trailer's ready pet. You can bring her out if you want. I'll take her net."
I nodded and slipped Jewel's personalized head-collar over her nose and fastened the buckle around her throat. Clipping on the lead-rope, I led her out of her stable and up the ramp into the trailer. Making sure her traveling boots were strapped tightly, I jumped out and helped lock her in.
James, Bella, Sirius and I rode in Philippe's Land Rover. Remus and Cassie rode with Jasmine in her BMW M3 convertible.
The ride to Figg Manor was uneventful, with only Sirius' crappy jokes to raise a smile.
As we pulled up the long sweeping drive, I took in the large house and extensive grounds.
Figg Manor.
My new home.
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