It had been 3 days since I had woken up in the Hospital Wing and I was now back in school. I got many stares of people, stares of awe off younger kids and the people in my year that didn't particularly know what happened, and stares of triumph from Slytherins, especially those that knew exactly what happened.
Christmas break was over two days ago and Lily, James, Remus, Izzie and Peter had all come rushing into the Hospital Wing as soon as they had got back. Lets just say it was incredibly loud in there with all their frantic yells (especially Lily's) and Madame Pomfrey had ordered them to get out. Sirius had to eventually go explain to them outside, and they all came back in looking apologetic, and scared. Lily was the worst, and tears poured down her face when I told her Severus had been there, and had helped put me in Hospital. But then, her tears were wiped and her face stoned over, a look of pure cunningness on her face.
As soon as I had got out of Hospital, Lily had grabbed me and stormed down into the Slytherin Dorm, demanding to see Severus, otherwise she was going to sit down and not leave. Luckily, a third year opened the door, and knowing Lily was Head Girl, quickly scurried to get Severus, leaving Lily and I free outside to talk.
'So… How was your holiday?' I asked Lily, who glared at me with her hands on her hips.
'You're asking me that, when we're in this situation?' Shrugging, she sighed and continued: 'It was good, James' parents seemed to like me, they didn't care that I was Muggleborn or anything, and they were really welcoming, I had a lot of fun' She was smiling now, and for the first time, I saw the love that filled her eyes when she talked about James. I almost laughed when I remembered the past years, James literally begging Lily to go out with him, and Lily repeatingly screaming at James for being an 'arrogant toe-rag' if I remember correctly.
Then the moment was ruined when Severus turned up at the door and Lily's face turned back into pure anger. Wow, she was scary when she was mad, Severus should definitely be scared.
'Severus, how could you do this? How could you do this to my best friend? Do you see what you've done to her? Do you know how she's scarred? Not just physically, but mentally too? I've seen her flinch every time someone mentions any word beginning with c, because she's scared of it. She's scared she is going to get tortured again. I've seen the way she'll look in the mirror a while longer than she has to, and I've seen the tears that are always on the brink of falling when she turns away from the mirror. She acts like everything is fine, but its not, because she is scared. The girl who I thought could never be scared, not after what she's been through, but now, she is genuinely scared of everything. I have seen how she shrinks away from Slytherins now; she doesn't want to end up traumatised. When her and Sirius walk past you and your 'friends' Avalon always goes pale, and tightens her hand around Sirius' because to her, Sirius was the only thing that stopped her dying that night. You nearly killed my best friend. How does that feel Severus?' I looked down at the floor quietly, letting my hair cover my face. Lily had seen these things? Of course she had, she's with me 24/7, and she's known me since first year, she can tell when something's wrong. I expected Severus to be apologetic and beg for forgiveness, but instead he looked me straight in the eye and said:
'Actually, yeah it does'
And that was when hell broke loose. Lily snapped. She pushed away from me and punched the Slytherin straight in the jaw, and you could hear the crunch of bone as her fist made a connection. He was knocked back against the wall and she nodded to me. I grabbed my wand, stuck it right against Severus' neck, the exact place I knew would be desperately hurting every time he tried to breath.
'Usted es escoria. No me gustas. Cada hueso de su cuerpo miserable es basura sin valor. Espero que te pudras en el infierno, el de la escoria, no yo, o Lily,. Se trató de matarme, y usted puede olvidarse de tratar de ser amigo de Lily, o más, al igual que todo el mundo sabe que usted quiere, porque ella nunca te amo. A ella le encanta James. Pedazo de asquerosa basura sin valor. No me vas a dejar de ser quien soy, y una cicatriz que no hace ninguna diferencia, sólo significa que soy más valiente que tú. Usted y sus 'amigos' no me asusta más. ¡Que se vayan' (You are scum. You disgust me. Every bone in your pitiful body is worthless trash. I hope you rot in hell, your the scum, not me, or Lily, you. You tried to kill me, and you can forget about trying to become friends with Lily, or more, like everybody knows you want, because she will never love you. She loves James. Disgusting piece of worthless junk.
You won't stop me from being who i am, and a scar doesnt make a difference, it just means im braver than you. You and your 'friends' dont scare me anymore. Good riddance.) Severus flinched, and I knew he had understood everything I had just said.
Lily and I walked away, breathless and reeling from what had just happened.
'Lily?' I asked, as we made our way back to the Common Room.
'Yeah?' She replied, stopping and turning to face me.
'Thank you, for standing up for me back then, I didn't realise you had noticed all them things' I said sheepishly and she smiled warmly at me.
'I've known you for seven years, of course I can tell when something's wrong, especially that. I have been keeping an eye on you since you were let out you know' I laughed, typical Lily. She wrapped her skinny arms round me and for some reason, I cried. I don't know why, but it felt right, and soon the tears were pouring down my face.
'And Lily?'
'Yeah?' She was smiling through her tears, her mascara running down her face making her look like a red headed panda.
'Promise me I can be bridesmaid when you and James get married?' I said 'And promise we'll always keep in touch, even after Graduation?' Lily was laughing now, and she managed to reply through her bursts of giggling laughter.
'Woah, slow down! I'm only seventeen! But yes you can. And of course we will, I'll never lose touch with you, you're my best friend!'
We walked back to the Common Room then, the atmosphere filled with love and friendship as we talked about all our memories. The Marauders thought something incredibly bad had happened when we entered the Common Room in tears, when really, we had just been talking about some of the funniest moments at Hogwarts, because soon, in about three months time, was Graduation, and that meant leaving my home, my friends, and everything that had helped me over the years, behind. We were entering the real world, and somehow, I didn't want to, I desperately wanted to stay at Hogwarts forever; it had always been there for me when no one else was, and it had helped me through even the most darkest of times. I owed Hogwarts, and everyone there, everything.
That night, I filled my Gryffindor locket with a picture of me and Lily that had just been taken in the Common Room, the first picture of me with my scar. It was Lily and I sat sideways on the sofa, our feet resting on each others, both smiling wildly at the camera, and you could see my scar on my cheek, my green eyes sparkling at the camera.
A/N Short chapter again I know, it was abit rushed.
I did use Google Translate, the little Spanish I do know is only hello how are you and can I have two non-alcoholic cocktails please? So that doesn't particularly help in this chapter.
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