Sirius was the first one awake the next morning. He was shocked to see that James Potter was sitting against the pillows smiling at him.
'PRONGS!' he yelled .
'Thank god!' James exclaimed, 'I was so bored, Pads.'
Remus who was sitting next to Sirius rubbed his ears. 'My ears.' he moaned.
Then he caught sight of James. 'You're awake!' he yelped.
Everyone else also woke up.
Ari gave him a hug.
'Are you ok?' Sean asked.
James nodded. 'I'm fine!' he said
Lily rolled her eyes.
'Only James Potter would almost die and then say he was fine the next day.' Addy half joked.
Everyone laughed but Sirius looked-well he looked serious.
'Prongs, who did it?' he asked solemnly.
The others quieted down and looked at James waiting for his answer.
James hesitated. 'I'm not sure if you...' he started but Sirius hled up his hand.
'No excuses. I want to know.' Sirius said.
James sighed. 'All right, I will tell you but remember that the person is wtih Dumbledore and will get expelled.' James said calmly.
Sirius just looked and didn't say he wouldn't get mad. 'Tell me.'
James sighed again and said. 'Bella.' he said softly.
'WHAT!' Sirius shouted and jumped up. James gave him a look.
'Sirius, what did I tell you. Please sit down and let me talk.'
Sirius sat down reluctantly. The others were looking at James shocked.
'Did she do that because of what happened in Potions?' Meg asked.
James nodded, 'She is definately on Voldemort's side.'
The others looked horrfied at the thought but James continued.
'She tortured me but i managed to get throught to Sirius.' he added looking at Sirius thankfully.
'Thanks Pads. You saved my life.'
Sirius did something unexpected. He gave James a hug.
'I would never leave you alone Prongs.' he said.
James looked at Ari. She hadn't said anything yet.
All of a sudden she burst into tears. James pulled her into a hug. The others looked quite bewildered. Except for Sirius who was rubbing her back looking sad.
'I thought I lost you Jamie.' she sobbed.
Lily, Addy, and Meg looked confused.
They left James and Ari alone and went with Sirius to the waiting room.
'What happened?' Lily asked.
Sirius sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
'Well, I guess I'll tell you. Ari had a twin brother. One day Ari and her parents went out for shopping and left Will home alone. They weren't supposed to be gone for long. Only about twenty minutes. When they came back, they found that everything was fine except for that Will was dead. His body was in his room. He was killed by Death Eaters.'
'Oh my god.' Addy whispered.
'I can't believe that Ari had to go through that.' Meg said softly.
Lily also looked sad. 'That was day wasn't it.'
They all knew what she was talking about. James had also been very moody that week and that was the week that Lily yelled at him. She had yelled at him for pranking the Slytherins. After that James hadn't talked to her for ten days. After that he was fine.
Sirius nodded. 'Why did he prank the Slytherins?' Lily asked.
Sean and Remus knew the answer to this question.
'Those Slytherin's parents are Death Eaters.' Remus said.
'And they killed Will.' Sean said.
The girls put their hands on their mouth in horror.
'I didn't know.' Lily said sadly.
'It's okay.' Sirius assured.
They all went back and saw that Ari and James were laughing and talking.
To lighten the mood Lily exclaimed, 'Let's skateboard!'
The others looked at her confusedly. 'What?' Meg asked bemused.
Lily looked at them in surprise. 'Really. You never heard of it?'
She conjured up seven skateboards. James watched intrestdly from the bed.
Then she got on one and rolled around the room. Sirius immediately picked one up and tried to roll like Lily had. Let's say it didn't work.
'OW! I hurt my arse.'
Lily rolled her eyes. 'That tends to happen.' Lily said sarcastically.
Everyone picked to skateboards up and started to practice. James was watching from the bed and was amused by what all his friends were doing.
In the middle of their skateboarding Dumbledore came in. Lily immedately vanished the skateboards.
Dumbledore was smiling and then walked to James's bed. The others followed.
'What happened to Bella?' James asked.
Dumbledore smiled. 'You will be glad to know that she was expelled.'
Sirius whooped and the others looked joyful. Dumbledore smiled again.
'Well, don't let me stop your celebrating.' he said and swept from the room.
Sirius exclaimed, 'Let's skateboard!'
In a few minutes there was another yell, 'OW. I HURT MY ARSE!'
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