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Catastrophic (Part 4)

 I made dress pictures like I did for Vibrant.

-Roxanne-

I watch as the balloons start falling down from the ceiling. 

Dominique jumps to try and catch one of the balloons and it pops on her face.

White sparkles shower down on her.

White? 

We did not  put white sparkles in the balloons.

"Rox? Are you okay?" Alice asks. 

"Yeah... I-"

"What's happening?" Elliott asks.

More balloons are popping and dust is filling the air.

And people are...

Falling asleep?

Something is very wrong.

"Cover you mouth and nose!" I yell.

People look around curiously, and I'm mostly too late- no one understands what's happening. 

Frustrated, I hit the ground and push Elliott and Alice down with me. James and Fred are running over to us. 

We're silent for a moment, then we're raising our heads to look around, and the dust has settled.

Everyone else in the Great Hall is asleep.

-Alice-

"Oh my god. What in the world?" I whisper. 

I glance around the room quickly. 

"Where's my brother?"

My legs feel like jelly, and Ellie grabs my arm to steady me, but I pull away.

"I need to find my brother."

"I don't think that's the best idea," Roxy says. "There could still be powder settling around the room."

"No, I need- I need to find Frank."

"I'll go with her. I want to find Albus and Lily," James says. 

-James-

It's very eerie, everyone is fast asleep. We can tell they're not dead, I can see them breathing. And occasionally hear snores.

I find Lily sitting slumped in a corner, her two of her four best friends on either side of her. 

Albus is with his best friend Scorpius, they're heads are bent together, sort of leaning on each other, their hands loosely intertwined.

They're such good friends!

(I'm actually dying right now... Wait why did that last line sound like that one vine "My close good friends!"?)

Alice has found her brother, he's sitting at a table with my cousin Rose. There's a book on the table that they were evidently reading before they fell asleep. 

"You okay?" I ask Alice, she looks on the verge of tears.

"I'll be fine."

We stand there for a moment, until we're startled by shouting in the distance. Elliot and Roxy are arguing. 

-Elliott-

"What were you thinking? Putting everyone to sleep? I mean-"

"We didn't  mean for everyone to fall asleep! We were sabotaged!" Rox says. 

"How? You filled the balloons, didn't you?" I tell her.

"Yes, but-"

"Why on Earth would you do this? For a laugh? What sort of sick-"

James and Alice are back and James cuts Elliott off.

"My siblings are out there just like everyone else. Why do you think I'd-"

"Probably because you're a moron!" I yell.

"Ellie," I hear Alice whisper. "Maybe calm down a little. I don't think-"

"You're all idiots! I need to get of here."

"Elliott, wait-" Roxanne grabs my hand to stop me from leaving.

"Don't. Don't you tell me to wait. I thought maybe I was wrong about you- at least you. But you're just like them," I say, jabbing a finger at James and Fred. "You're all so immature, always have been. We aren't eleven anymore, and now look what you've done."

"Elliott-" Roxanne starts.

"Stop it. I hate you."

I whip around and grab Alice's arm.

"Come on Ali, lets go back to the dorm. And if someone  knows what's best for them, they won't follow."

-Roxanne-

 I hate you. 

 I hate you.

I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. 

The words are repeating in my head as the door to the great hall slams shut.

Somewhere in the background, I hear James and Freddie calling my name, but they sound underwater.

There's screaming in my ears, and it feels like a knife has been stabbed through my gut. 

Or maybe my heart's been carved out, I can't tell.

Oh.

The screaming's me.

Did I make you all sad?

~Vi