Red hair and a Hand-Me-Down robe? You must be a Weasley!

Chapter 17: Dawn's Fall

"Hey Amber! Can I borrow your flossing container?" I asked, pinning up my hair. There was silence. "Amber?" I said again. There was a loud thump followed by a shout that said. "Amber's fainted!" I hurried out into the dormitory and saw Amber in a very uncomfortable position on the floor. "AMBER!" I screeched. I ran over and touched her forehead. She didn't have a fever, but her cheeks were red. "We need to get her to the Hospital Wing! NOW!" I yelled. Bella nodded and lifted her wand. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Amber rose into the air like a bee and some girls laughed. When we got to the Hospital Wing, the Nurse was inspecting Harry himself! He lay on his bed and Dawn sat nervously beside it. Dawn and the nurse looked up, but Harry didn't. "What's going on?"

"Amber fell unconscious. She fainted." Bella answered. "Oh, ok. Bring her onto this extra bed and I will see to her soon. Lola and Bella, you may leave-"

"No. I- I would like to stay... please.." I whispered. Bella left and the nurse raised an eyebrow. She looked comical. She was dressed in white robes and had shoulder-length dirty-blonde wavy hair. Only a few freckles were dotted on her nose and cheeks. "I'm Em Malfoy. Used to be Harry's sister. Well, I'm still his sister, but I'm married to Elijah. So technically I'm not his sister." I nodded. Amber lay faint in her white bed and I wished she would wake up. "Lola, please come with me. I have something really important to talk through with you" I gave her a frightened look. "You're not in trouble. Just come with me into a different section of the Hospital Wing."

"You can use my office. I'll inspect both of them and keep them safe. Don't worry Dawn." Said Emily. Dawn smiled gratefully at her and walked me toward the nurse's office door. We went inside and closed it. "Has anything strange been happening this year?" Dawn asked, her eyes red with crying. I nodded slowly. Dawn put her hands to her mouth and breathed out a rattling sigh. "Tell me, please. Then I will tell you what happened to Harry." I nodded again, now scared. I explained how Evil Lavender was and her punishments. I explained how Em Potter, her daughter was becoming quite evil as well. Then how Dawn's sons, Sirius, Albus, Severus and James treated us. I left out the part where Sirius and I loved each other. Then I described the way Liam was a really weird person. I wasn't sure if I should have added in Abbadon. "Anything else? I know there's one more thing you're holding back. It's probably the most evil thing or person that has happened. Go on." She demanded. I bit my lip and described Abbadon and what he did.

Dawn gasped and almost fell over. She obviously didn't expect it. "Really? Whats his name?"

"...Abbadon..."

"Last name!"

"...Umm. He had three."

"Three?!"

"Yes."

"And what were they?" She looked despicably tense now. "Oh... let me see... um... Tonks... Lupin aaaand... I can't remember the last one... oh yeah, Riddle." Dawn fell off this time and landed with her hands behind her back. "RIDDLE?!" She shrieked. I nodded, super scared now. Her eyes are glassy, she fell silent. Tense, scared and shocked. "Will you... tell me what happened to Harry?..." I waited for an answer. "What?" She said finally. I repeated the question. "Oh, sorry. Yes, I will. Harry was cursed."

"What?"

"Yes. Cursed. A letter lay on his table and he opened it. Out fell a bracelet. It was silver and embedded in Amythists. He read the letter which said,

Dear Harry.

I bought you this because I love you and you deserve everything in the world. The silver represents you. The way you shine through the darkest times. The amethyst represents me. I hope you accept this gift.

Love from,

Dawn"

I sat silent. How DARE the person to curse Harry! "Wh-what happened?"

"Harry thought it was me. The style of writing and all the words the person used was exactly how I wrote. Purple is also my second favourite colour. He put it on his wrist and when I came into the room after picking a fight with Lavender, long purple strings that looked like lightning were choking Harry to death. I couldn't touch them so I used my wand. When the strings disappeared, I saw what Harry really looked like. Crippled, in pain, his eyes were glassy, his mouth was open wide in agony, he couldn't move, he couldn't speak. He was sort of- frozen." Dawn finished her terrorizing speech and I saw tears in her eyes. "Oh, Dawn. Thats terrible!" I felt awkward doing it, but I went over to the young teacher and put my hand in hers. I squeezed it and hugged her. She hugged me back, feeling comforted by my love then burst into tears. "Oh! Harry! I don't know if he'll live! He might Die!" She cried. I also felt the pressure on my shoulders. This was Horrible!

"Do you have any idea who did it?" I asked quietly. She shook her head. "I've no clue. None!" I sighed. This was a lot of pressure. I remembered the extra lollie Jade gave to me at Lunch and I put my hand into my robe, pulling out a curious teal-looking one. "Have one. They make you calm down a lot and keep you steady." Dawn smiled weakly and popped it into her mouth. She hugged me. "Oh, Lola. Don't tell this to anyone else, but besides Jade, you're my favourite student out of all Hogwarts." I grinned, delighted. We came back out of the office and Em held up a silver and amethyst embedded bracelet. Amber was still unconscious. "Look what I found on Ambers's ankle." It was the same one Dawn described to me.

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"Amber! Are you alright?!" I half yelled. By now, Dawn had left and started to take charge of the school. It was morning now. Poor Harry still lay unconscious in his bed. Em was rubbing creams and dropping liquids all over his skin, obviously furious that someone dared to kill her brother. Even though she hated him, she wouldn't have hated him enough to try and cripple him! Let alone kill him! "Yes. I feel fiiiiiiine. What's the rush? I wake up and see Em inspecting my body. All I did was fall asleep in bed and then appear here in the hospital wing. Did you tell on me and say I had a fever? Because I think you were right. But that didn't mean you could drag me to the hospital wing just because of THAT!" She said. I chuckled. Even though her bracelet looked the same, It didn't do the same harm as Harry's did. "You weren't in bed. You fainted when I asked for your box of floss. So Bella and I took you here." Amber stared at me. "I fell asleep in bed." She argued. "Ok then, ask Bella yourself and everyone else in the dormitory."

She flushed a deep red. "I fainted in front of all the girls in the dormitory?" She replied, feeling annoyed with herself. "Why did I have to faint just at that time!" I laughed. Amber was still her normal self and that was good. "Amber, you can leave right now with Lola and get on with breakfast. You're fine. Come on. Go. Shove off!" Em grunted, not looking up from Harry. "Why is he-" Started Amber. "No time to explain. Come on!" I yanked Amber out of her bed and we rushed out the exit toward the great hall.