A/N: Hey! Sorry if I'm not updating enough, I'm really sorry! I've been really busy lately. We have so many projects at school! Well, here's is the next chappie, hope you enjoyed the last one!

CHAPTER 7: Unbearable Pain

"So...who was that bird thing-y?" Sirius asked.

"That bird thing-y Padfoot," Remus said patiently, "was a Phoenix."

"OH!" Sirius's eyes went wide, "That was a phoenix? I thought they were fake and mythical."

"Yeah," I scoffed, " well, witches and wizards are supposed to be mythical to muggles too, so use your brain Pads."

We walked out the door, and Padfoot was scowling and deep in thought. I swear that his brain is the size of a galleon. We walked over to the quidditch supplies store, and Harry and I ran in like kids at Christmas time. We love Quidditch! I was drooling at a new racing broom. The Firebolt Revolution. It was so sleek and perfect. The broom tail was trimed to perfection. It was beautiful.

"Bells?" Harry asked, "What are you-"

He was cut off as he saw the broom. He stared at it transfixed, just like me. We didn't even notice everyone coming in behind us. Moony pointed at us and then the broom and whispered something to Padfoot who nodded enthusiastcally. I only snapped out of my daze when I saw a flash of a familiar white. It looked like Alice zooming around shopping, but I dismissed the thought. The Cullens didn't know about the wizarding world. They couldn't be here. I shook my head and stared at the broom again.

"Guys?" A far away voice called, "Harry, Bella! It's time to go!"

"Go away!" I snapped, "Can't you see that I'm drooling at a broom?"

"Yes, that's the same broom that you have been staring at for 20 minutes. Let's go home."

I sighed, but tore my eyes away from the beauty to see Hermione standing next to me.

"Honestly, I don't know what you see in that broom. It's just like any other," she said.

"Like just any other broom?" I repeted freezing in my tracks, "What do you mean just like any other broom?"

"Uh...nothing."

We met everyone else outside the shop. We were just outside the Leaky Cauldrom when the first spells were cast. A green killing curse flew past my ear. It was so close that it made my hair flutter. Hermione and I screamed. I whipped out my wand and looked around for the source. People in the streets were all running and screaming. There were dark shadows in the alleys, and without thinking, I ran towards them and started firing off stunners.

"Stupify!" I screamed.

"Avada Kedavra!" A voice yelled. A female voice. Belatrix LeStrange has come to play.

"Come out come out Bella!" I taunted, "Come out come out and play!"

"HA!" she laughed, "Wittle Bella has come to play with the grown ups!"

"Furnuncula!" I screeched at her.

I had the satisfaction of hearing her shriek as the curse hit her. I was momentarily distracted, so I ddin't see the purple light heading towards me. I screamed when it hit. The pain was unbearable. It was worse than fifty crucios. I fell to the ground writhing in pain. I felt like I was burning. Dimly, I heard running footsteps and people dueling before I blacked out completely.

HPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHP

"Get her to St. Mungo's!" a voice yelled.

I felt a pair of arms pick me up and hold me close. I groaned before starting to scream again when the pain started up again. I screamed bloody murder and started writhing in the person's arms. The strong arms held me firmly against their chest as I struggled.

"Hurry!" another voice called, " I don't know what curse she was hit with!"

"She won't stop screaming!" the voice that belonged to the person who held me said.

I screamed and screamed and screamed. The farther away from the alley we got, the more the pain grew. At one point, it was so bad that I passed out again.


I was burning from the inside out. The pain was unbearable. I screamed again, and I felt many hands holding me down. My own screams hurt my ears as they echoed around the room. I couldn't help but scream and fight against the many hands and the feel of cold metal on my wrists and ankles. It was just too much.

3RD PERSON POV

"What's going on?" Harry asked the healer as he came out of the room.

"Nothing good," he said warily, "We can't identify the curse that she was hit with, and every time we get close to her, she starts screaming and writhing. We might need to strap her to the bed so she won't hurt herself or anyone else."

"Can-can we go see her?" Remus asked.

"Let me-"

He was cut off as a piercing scream cut through the air. All of the heads whipped around to look at the door. The screams grew louder and more frantic. The healer rushed back into the room along with everyone else. Other healers ran in as well.

"She's-she's not dying is she Moony?" Harry whispered.

Bella was writhing on the bed and screaming as the healers swarmed around her holding her down. Another couple healers strapped her wrists and ankles down. Bella screamed even harder. Hermione and Ginny were crying behind their hands. Ron and Harry were terrified.

"Go!" the healer yelled at them, "Go! Her magic is spiking!"

Just as they hurried out the door, the windows in the room exploded with a force. They could almost feel the magic in the air.

BELLA POV

The pain had been easing slowly over time, but it still spiked up at times. I could feel the soft bed underneath me and the soft blankets on top of me. I heard voices around me talking softly but urgently.

"-been so long-"
"-don't know what's wrong-"
"-won't wake up-"

I groaned and squinted up through the light. The voices all stopped.

"Bells?" a voice said.

"Who's that?" I asked with a cracked voice.

No one spoke for a second. I looked around at the strange people.

"Do-don't you remember us?" another voice asked.

"I-I don't know," I frowned.

I looked around at the people, and sudden memories flooded in. A purple curse, a broom, a phoenix, Harry and Remus tangled, Sirius naked, all of us laughing..

"Harry? Moony? Pads?" I croaked.

They all sighed in relief. Harry sagged down further into his seat by my head.

"It's been so long. We thought you..." Harry trailed off looking pale and scared.

"It takes a bit more than a bit of pain to finish me off little bro," I smiled.

"Hey!" Harry scowled, "You're only older by a couple minutes!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," I waved him off, "It still makes me older."

I laughed as he grumbled.

A/N hey, so...I'm really sorry for not updating sooner! I promise it won't happen again! I got a few other chapters writen already, so I'll post them too! Have a very merry/hapy Christmas!