Eilis O'Conner and the 2nd Wizarding War: Book One {HP}[Fred Weasley fiction]

Chapter Two: Leaving Home

I screamed and awoke suddenly jerking up from a nightmare causing Dochas to jump away from my lap. I looked down and remembered finding my mum on the ground. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to be sleeping. I looked away from her to myself, my eyes filling with tears and I realized my tights and shirt were now smudged with red. I groaned. I wondered if they had been red when I put Anice to bed. I wiped my eyes and turned to sit with my legs crossed. I petted Dochas letting my eyes wander around the trashed room before finally resting on the box my mother had been pointing at the moment before she died. I set Dochas onto the ground and reached over for the box.

                I grabbed the wooden box and pulled it into my lap. I turned it over in my hands noticing it wasn’t locked with a padlock or anything but I couldn’t get it open. I pulled at it in frustration, desperate to know what secrets it obviously held. I threw it on the bed in frustration and got up to go change and to wake Anice up. We had to leave but I didn’t know where. Lair had started to cry so I went to her first. I opened the door to the screaming baby and pretended to be shocked to see her. She hiccuped, smiling her baby smile and reached for me. I picked her up shushing her quietly. I changed her diaper and clothes, putting together a bag for her at the same time. I put another bag together of just diapers and lotions that she would need. I brought her with me to my room. I placed her down on the playpen that was in my room for the nights mum worked late.

I felt a cold breeze from the front windows that were probably still ajar. I silently went down the stairs and closed the front window curtains. I picked up a picture of me, my mum, Anice and Lair and brought it back upstairs with me. I was unsure of what exactly I needed to do now.

                  I grabbed my bag on the way up the stairs to put my dance clothes in the hamper. At the top of the stairs, I realized I probably wouldn’t need to. Who was I going to go to tell about this? Who did this? What was I supposed to do now? Where was I to go? What did I do with two children?

                I pushed those thoughts out of my mind. I wanted to be clean before thinking about things. And to have a clean thought process. I entered my room and as soon as Dochas saw me he started to mew to be fed. I gave him his breakfast and started to undress. I changed out of my bloody clothes and just threw them in the waste basket by my desk. I knew I could never wear them again even if I got the blood out. I showered first, the blood having soaked through my clothes. I stood in the shower until the water ran completely clear and I could hear Lair whimpering.

After I got out, I grabbed a bag from the hall closet. I didn’t know what we would need to wear so I decided to change into something simple and versatile. I pulled on my black skinny jeans and a purple lace peplum shirt. I slid my brown Sperry topsider boots onto my feet and grabbed my bag. Before I left, I grabbed my pink pointe shoes and a black leotard and shoved them in my bag with my Nike pointe shoes. Hopefully I’d still be able to dance wherever we ended up. I managed to fit more tights in there along with more of my clothes. I’d pack heavier once I found out what to do with my mum… Anice could pack after I woke her up.

                I paused and looked around my room before sitting in front of my vanity. I fishtail braided my hair and put a black bow on the end and put on a light amount of makeup. I stared at my reflection putting down my mascara. It was pointless but it helped me think for a moment. I grabbed my old spell book and stared at it alongside my new one. I wondered about the box as I looked at the two until suddenly I had an idea.