Lily sat at breakfast with Jenny and Tessa and glanced around looking for Rebecca. It wasn't like her to be late to breakfast. She glanced over at Andrew who was talking with Claire and his friends and she wasn't there. She glanced down the table wondering just possibly she would be sitting with the boys but she just saw the boys and she bit her lip and looked around.
"Something wrong Lily?" Jenny asked.
"I can't find Becky."
"I'm sure she is probably in the library finishing up an assignment she should have done, she will probably be in class."
"But she always comes to breakfast though." She said and put her tea down.
"Becky can take care of herself. You don't think anything happened to her do you?" Tessa asked and Lily shrugged.
"I don't know I have this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach." She said and continued to look around the hall.
"No need to keep looking Evans I am right here." James said as he slid in next to her and she looked at him with an annoyed look.
"Have you seen Becky?"
"No, why?" He asked confused.
"I haven't seen her since I got up this morning."
"I'm sure she is fine." He said with a shrug as he smiled at her. "How are you doing this morning Evans, looking lovely as always." He said and she frowned at him.
"Not now Potter." She said and got up and walked down the table to Remus.
"Hey Lily." He said as he wiped his mouth.
"Have you seen Becky?"
"No, why?"
"I havent seen her and I feel like something bad happened to her."
"I wouldn't worry about her, she probably went for a walk or something."
"But she always comes to breakfast."
"She might have come down earlier and grabbed something to eat and went somewhere."
"Maybe, she was up pretty early today. Alright, thanks Remus." She said and walked back to her seat as James walked back to his own and sat down.
Lily didn't see Rebecca all day and she was really starting to worry about her. It wasn't like Rebecca to just ditch the day. She debated on whether or not to go tell McGonagall, incase she had just decided to ditch the day she didn't need to get in any more trouble but a part of her told her that something was really wrong. She knew if she needed someone to be found there were 4 people that would probably be able to find her. As much as she didn't want to she was worried about Rebecca.
"Potter." She said as she walked up to him in the common room and he looked up from a quidditch play book and he looked at her surprised.
"Hey Evans." He said with a small smile.
"Look, uh I havent seen Becky all day and I am starting to worry about her. I know you would be able to find her…' She said and looked at the floor.
"Are you asking for my help?" He asked and she looked at him sharply.
"I am only asking because I am worried about Becky. I am asking for Becky." She said and he sighed and sat back in the chair.
"Where might she be? Have you looked?"
"Yeah I looked in all the usual spots, the Library, Astronomy tower, I went down to the lake and Andrew hasn't seen her either."
"Alright I will see what I can do." He said and she gave him a small smile.
"Thanks Potter. If you can't find her I am going to tell Professor McGonagall. I don't want her to get in trouble again." She said and bit her lip. "I have to go do my homework, tell me if you find her please." She said and turned on her heel and James smiled to himself. She had actually thanked him and smiled, well sort of smiled; it might have been a smile if she hadn't looked so worried. He got up and closed his play book and headed up to his room and saw Sirius lying on his bed with a magazine and Remus and Peter were playing chess on Peter's bed.
"Padfoot have you seen the map?" James asked as he looked through his own trunk.
"I think I gave it to Moony, why?" Sirius asked as he looked over his magazine.
"Well no one has seen Rebecca all day and Lily is starting to worry."
"Maybe she got expelled or something, good riddance." Sirius muttered and went back to his magazine.
"Well Lily seems really worried and she asked me nicely so I am going to see where she is. Least I can do." He said and closed his trunk.
"Who cares?" Sirius said and put his magazine down.
"Padfoot what if something did happen to her?" James asked and Sirius shrugged and laid back down.
"Where is the map?" James asked as he looked at each of his friends.
"I think it's in my trunk." Remus said as he got up and went to his trunk and dug through it.
"Here it is." Remus said and handed the map to James who opened it up and sat down on his trunk.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good." He said as he tapped the map and the school appeared and he glanced through each of the floors.
"Why is she there?" James said as he looked at an empty classroom on the 4th floor as he saw a dot labeled Rebecca Walcott.
"Where is she?" Remus asked.
"An empty classroom on the 4th floor." James said confused as he stared at the unmoving dot.
"And she isn't moving." James said as he tapped the map clear and shoved it in his pocket and headed out of the room with Remus following closely behind.
James and Remus quickly made their way to the 4th floor trying to look as inconspicuous as two 7th years could running down the hall after one another.
"Which classroom was it Prongs?" Remus asked as he glanced in to a few classrooms and James ducked behind a statue and opened up the map and checked before closing it and heading down the hall, counting the classrooms as he went until he stopped in front of one and stared at the door for a second before opening it and looking around. It looked rather dusty everywhere, there were a few chairs lying broken on the floor and he stopped in step when he saw some blood on the opposite wall and he made his way over and held his breath as he looked behind the desk and saw Rebecca out cold lying on the floor, her right arm bent at an awkward angle as well as her leg. Her head laid in a small puddle of blood that came from underneath her head. She had bruising all over her face, neck, and wrists. She was deathly pale and seemed to not be breathing and his stomach churned as he thought the worse.
"Oh merlin." He said as he knelt down next to her and upon closer inspection he saw she was barely breathing.
"We need to get her to the hospital wing." James said as he picked her up and Remus stared at her and looked at James.
"Come on move." James said and Remus stepped out of the way and followed James to the hospital wing.
Rebecca's entire body hurt. She felt like she had been hit by a big rig truck. She cracked open her eyes and immediately shut them as the light hit her eyes and she groaned and heard a gasp.
"You're awake." Lily said as she jumped up from her seat and stood over Rebecca.
"I wish I wasn't."
"You have no idea how worried I was, I mean it wasn't like you to not come to breakfast and then I didn't see you during classes and- Oh Becky I was so worried." Lily said and paused.
"Want me to get Madam Pomfrey?" She asked and Rebecca groaned.
"I'll take that as a yes." She said and left to fetch Madam Pomfrey.
"Miss Walcott, how are you feeling?" Madam Pomfrey asked as she came over with some trays.
"Gimme something for the pain." Rebecca groaned as she slowly opened her eyes and got adjusted to the light.
"Becky you have no idea how worried I was, I am so glad you're okay." Lily said and Rebecca rolled her eyes and felt a ripping pain in the back of her head.
"How long have I been out?" Rebecca mumbled as Madam Pomfrey poured a cup of some green looking liquid.
"Almost two days." Lily said and Madam Pomfrey leaned over her with the cup.
"Drink this, it will help with the pain." She said and she raised the cup to Rebecca's lips.
"It doesn't smell good." Rebecca said and Madam Pomfrey tipped the glass and the warm liquid reached her lips and filled her mouth with a bitter tasting liquid. She nearly choked as she tried to get the potion down and her whole body shook with pain as she coughed and she let out a strangled yelp.
"What happened to my arm?" She asked as she looked at her arm wrapped up in bandages.
"It was broken, so is your leg, you have a few cracked and bruised ribs as well."
"When can I leave?" Rebecca asked as she felt the pain lessen but not go away completely.
"Not until the end of the week."
"No, I have practice this Saturday." Rebecca said with a groan.
"Which you won't be going to Miss Walcott." Madam Pomfrey said strictly and Rebecca frowned.
"Take this as well." Madam Pomfrey said and brought over another goblet.
"That smells even worse." Rebecca said and Madam Pomfrey gave her a strict look and she rolled her eyes and drank back the awful tasting potion.
"Take this when you want to go back to sleep." Madam Pomfrey said as she set a goblet on the bedside table and walked away.
"Over my dead body I am not going to practice." Rebecca muttered as she watched Madam Pomfrey walk away and looked at Lily who sat in the chair looking at her with a worried expression.
"Lily I am fine, no need to worry."
"I had a really bad feeling something bad had happened and I still did nothing-."
"Lily there was no way of knowing. Ugh I have the hospital wing." She said as she glanced around.
"James found you, he said you looked awful."
"I can only imagine how I look now." She said dryly.
"What happened Becky?" Lily asked and Rebecca closed her eyes as she remembered flashes of what had happened, listening to Bellatrix's annoying laugh as they took turns beating her.
"I can't remember." Rebecca said with a sigh as she opened her eyes and looked at Lily. "My head hurts to think right now; maybe it will come to me." Rebecca said with false hope in her voice and Lily nodded.
"Well I have to go to class; its lunch right now and I came to see if you were awake." She said as she got up and put her bag over her shoulder.
"Thanks for coming to see me." She said with a small smile.
"I hope you feel better soon."
"Me too, I'll see you later." Rebecca said and Lily nodded looked at the goblet.
"Do you want that now?" She asked and Rebecca nodded and Lily picked it up and Rebecca lifted up her non- broken hand and Lily carefully gave it to her and Rebecca held her breath as she drank back the potion and gave Lily a disgusted look as she took the empty goblet from Rebecca and placed it on the table.
"Alright well I will see you later." Lily said and Rebecca nodded as she closed her eyes and started to drift off back to sleep.
"Becca." Andrew said as he leaned over her and she cracked open an eye at him and stuck her tongue out at him.
"You look like crap, just so that you know." He said and she raised her hand the best she could and gave him the finger and he laughed and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"So how bad do you hurt? Because you look like you hurt a lot." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"Like I got hit by a truck, a big one." She said, her speech slightly slurred from the potion she had taken earlier.
"Madam Pomfrey told me that you had a broken arm, broken leg, two cracked ribs and 4 bruised. Geeze who the hell did you piss off?" He asked with a small smile.
"Doesn't matter."
"How long do you have to be in here?"
"Hopefully not long, I don't know if I could take much longer than a day." She said and he laughed.
"Well I will let you go back to sleep, I've got to go back to class, I said I had to go to the bathroom and people might think something is wrong if I am gone too long. I'll come back and visit you later." He said and kissed her forehead and grabbed his book bag and silently crept out of the hospital wing and she closed her eyes and drifted back off to sleep.
"What do you mean she can't play?" Rebecca heard an angry James say which woke her from her sleep.
"Mr. Potter do not take that tone with me, I know what is best for my patients and Miss Walcott will not be playing any time soon." Madam Pomfrey said and James groaned.
"Madam Pomfrey everything hurts again." Rebecca said with a groan and James poked his head in through the curtains and he stepped inside and took his seat next to her.
"I can't believe this." He said as he put his face in his hands.
"Don't worry James, I will be up and running in no time." Rebecca said with a smile and he lifted his head.
"Madam Pomfrey said at least another week before you can practice."
"Like hell." She muttered as Madam Pomfrey came back with potions.
"Are you out of your mind? A whole week before I can play, that is not going to fly with me, I don't care if everything is broken, I am going to practice." Rebecca said as she slowly sat herself up and winced from the pain.
"Miss Walcott you will be doing nothing of the sort, if I so much as catch you out of your bed before I release you, I will confine you to the bed using my own methods." She said and Rebecca narrowed her eyes.
"I can't just sit around and do nothing for a week. I have to do something."
"Miss Walcott shall I confine you to the hospital wing for the entire week?"
"An entire week and I will have gone insane. I'm leaving." Rebecca said as she pushed the covers off herself. "James help me." She said with a wince.
"Miss Walcott you lay back down this instant." Madam Pomfrey said as she crossed her arms over her chest and Rebecca looked back at her and nearly jumped out of her skin at the look she was given.
"Yes Nurse Ratched." Rebecca said sarcastically under her breath and laid back down.
"Now take this." Madam Pomfrey said as she handed her a goblet.
"Yay, no more pain." Rebecca said sarcastically as she drank back the potion and drank back the second one quickly.
"How long until she can actually practice?" James asked.
"At least a week and a half." She said and Rebecca closed her eyes.
"Is there any way that we can make it any time sooner?" James asked.
"Mr. Potter please have patience." She said and picked up the goblets and headed out.
"Miss Walcott you better stay in your bed." She said and Rebecca frowned and stuck her tongue out at her and Madam Pomfrey left.
"How are you feeling?" He asked as he leaned back in his seat.
"You know, hurting but I'm fine, thanks for bringing me here, how did you find me?"
"Oh you know, I'm a Marauder, I have my ways." He said and shrugged.
"Right, well thank you."
"No problem. So who did this?"
"I don't know."
"I know that you know was it Lestrange?" He asked and she let out a small sigh.
"I don't remember." She said and closed her eyes.
"Right, I will find out anyways. No one messes with my team." He said and she smiled.
"Oh you're here Potter." Lily said as she walked in and James stood up and looked at Lily with a small smile.
"Hey Evans." He said and rubbed the back of his neck and she gave him a small nod.
"Hi Potter."
"Well I should be going, I'll talk to you later, and perhaps we can devise an escape plan." He said with a smile.
"The best kind of plan, an escape plan." Rebecca said with a chuckle and she gasped as a pain shot through her ribs and she held her breath.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked quickly and Rebecca gave a weak nod.
"I'll see you later Walcott, Evans." He said and walked out of the Hospital Wing and Rebecca looked at Lily with a raised eyebrow and Lily looked confused.
"What?"
"Oh nothing." She said with a small smile and laughed to herself.
"Miss Walcott what do you think you're doing?" Madam Pomfrey asked as she walked over to Rebecca's bed and she cursed herself and turned around and looked at Madam Pomfrey.
"I have practice tomorrow morning and I very well plan on going." Rebecca said as she threw her hair up.
"Miss Walcott if you attempt to leave this Hospital Wing I will be forced to take this in to my own hands." Madam Pomfrey said and Rebecca chewed her lip wondering if she wanted to get in to this with Madam Pomfrey.
"I cant stay here." Rebecca said as she looked at Madam Pomfrey.
"Well Miss Walcott you really don't have a choice in the matter, now get back in bed before I take drastic measures." She said and Rebecca looked towards the exit of the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey pulled out her wand and with a quick flick the doors slammed shut she Rebecca glared at Madam Pomfrey.
"Please I am going crazy in here, just lying around acting all sick."
"Miss Walcott you were very seriously injured not only 5 days ago, you are in no shape to be leaving the hospital wing."
"I feel fine though-."
"Miss Walcott get back in that bed now." Madam Pomfrey said and Rebecca sat down on the bed and crossed her arms the best she could.
"I better not catch you out of bed again." She said and turned on her heel and walked away and Rebecca laid her head back wondering how the hell she was ever going to get out.
"Looks like everything is healing properly Miss Walcott." Madam Pomfrey said as Rebecca walked back and forth and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Now can I please go? I have already missed almost a week of practice." Rebecca said as she gave Madam Pomfrey a pleading look.
"Alright, I want you to come back in a few days just to check up on everything, alright?" She asked and Rebecca nodded and grabbed the jacket from off the bed.
"Also Professor McGonagall wants to see you as soon as you get out so I suggest you go and see her." She said and Rebecca groaned and nodded.
"Fine, adios Madam Pomfrey." Rebecca said and nodded to Lily to get going.
"Make sure you take it easy." She said and Rebecca gave her a salute and headed out with Lily.
"I am never going back again; they will have to take me in a straight jacket if they want to get me back in that place. Madam Pomfrey did everything but shackle me to the bed like some crazy mental patient."
"Well you tried to sneak out of the Hospital wing, it would have been highly appropriate to shackle you to the bed." Lily said with a small smile.
"Oh hardy har, yes so what I am crazy, you love it." Rebecca said and ruffled Lily's hair and ran down the hall.
"Becky you aren't supposed to be running." Lily said and Rebecca glanced back at her.
"Hey look Madam Pomfrey, I'm running." She said with a smirk and felt a sharp pain in her leg and stopped and Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Well I showed you." Rebecca said cockily and Lily sighed to herself wondering how on earth she and Rebecca had come to be friends.