Elizabeth Kane and the Order of the Phoenix

Chapter 18

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𝕺𝖚𝖗 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝕯.𝕬. meeting was only a few days before break started.

"Okay." Harry said. Hermione, Ron, Harry, and I were standing in our usual places in front of everybody. "I thought this evening we should just go over the things we've done so far, because it's the last meeting before the holidays and there's no point starting anything new right before a three-week break-"

"We're not doing anything new?" Zacharias asked. "If I'd known that, I wouldn't have come."

"We're all really sorry Harry didn't tell you, then." Fred said loudly. I laughed along with a bunch of other people.

"We can practice in pairs. We'll start with the Impediment Jinx, just for ten minutes, then we can get out the cushions and try Stunning again."

I set up Rose and Grace to work on a different charm and then practiced the Impediment Jinx with Heidi. After ten minutes, I checked on Rose and Grace and found that they were eager to try out the Impediment Jinx. Malcolm partnered with Heidi to practice stunning while I set up Rose and Grace to practice the Impediment jinx.

"Very, very difficult spell." I said. "Fourth-year spell so you're going to need to put a lot of force and willpower behind it, okay?"

But they were eager and they were both very willful and by the end of the D.A. performance, both of them had frozen the other for a brief period of time. I had taken some time out to practice Stunning with Heidi again.

At the end of the house, Harry called a halt.

"You're getting really good." He said, smiling around at everyone. "When we get back from the holidays we can start doing some of the big stuff- maybe even Patronuses."

The room cleared gradually in twos and threes, everyone wishing Harry a Merry Christmas. I said a cheerful Merry Christmas to Rose and Grace as they left and then headed straight for the bathroom. I must've scratched my right hand when I had been stunned because it was bleeding again.

I washed it off in the bathroom, watching the water turn from red back to clear as my hand finally stopped bleeding and then grabbed a towel and dried it off carefully. I stared at the back of it.

I'd had my last detention four days ago and it looked horrible. Instead of thin white or red scratches, it looked as though it had been freshly branded into my hand. They were still thin, thin as my handwriting had been, but they looked purple and black instead of red, like fresh scabs.

I wondered how I was going to hide this from dad. It definitely stood out, whenever I kept my hand at my side. The teachers and students were used to it but dad. . .

As a werewolf brat, I must learn to keep my mouth shut.

The words were going to torture him. I thought about what Severus had said two days ago. Was it too late to stay at Hogwarts? But Dad wasn't going to be at Grimmauld place I didn't think. . . I had a block right now on my visions. I didn't see to be able to see anything past the fact that Cho was probably kissing Harry right now. . .

I quickly hurried back to the Hufflepuff common room and pulled out some bandages I had in my bottom drawer. I wrapped my hand carefully and then put the bandages back, climbing into bed. Susan and Hannah were talking in exciting voices about todays D.A. meeting. Leanne and Megan were fast asleep.

I quickly climbed into bed and fell asleep.

I was dreaming about Cedric and I flying on the Quidditch pitch. It was a bright, sunny, afternoon. His brown, wavy hair was blowing back in the wind. Mine was blowing into my face as I was faced towards him, the wind at my back. My hair became hands that wrapped me to Cedric, kissing. Cedric became Severus Snape and then the Quidditch field was gone.