Lost in a Dream

Chapter 1

Ebony stirred from the floor of the Great Hall. She ached all over and was bleeding from several places. Very carefully, she moved the surrounding rubble enough to allow her to sit up, wincing in pain.

"Ginny... Luna." she coughed, clearing her lungs of a thick layer of dust. There was a small movement, some twenty feet away.

Ebony turned onto her knees and crawled over to where the movement had come from. She found a Death Eater, gasping for breath, almost entirely hidden by rubble.

"Help me!" he mouthed, a desperate look in his eyes.

Ebony stared at him. All the sounds she had heard before the ceiling had collapsed, were gone. Around her, people were beginning to regain consciousness, and whimpers of pain echoed around the hall. Could she really help a man who just before had been trying to kill her and her friends?

Ebony began to shift bricks off his legs and chest so at least his breathing would be easier. Stumbling to her feet, she moved around the hall, assessing every single person's injuries. She found Ginny and Luna, both were crushed and bleeding - in no fit state to assist her. Tears sprang into her eyes, when she found Ginny's brother Fred with a large brick half on his face. Ebony pressed two fingers to his neck willing to feel anything that would show his cheerful, carefree life was still there. Nothing moved beneath the skin.

Suddenly she heard voices from downstairs. Ebony moved as fast as she could towards the gap in the wall where the doors once were. A man and a woman dressed in dark green were carefully making their way in.

"Looks like something bad happened here Dix." said the man, looking upwards. He caught sight of Ebony. "Did you call 999?"

"We need to find Madam Pomfrey," said Ebony, suddenly thinking the school nurse would probably be the best help in her current predicament. "I've lost my wand!"

"How many people are hurt?" asked the man slowly and clearly.

"Lots!" replied Ebony.

"3006 to Control." The woman spoke into a black thing attached to her jacket. Ebony jumped when a voice came out of it.

"Control to 3006."

"Multiple casualties at Braxton Castle, request for back up ambulances and fire crew." said the woman, coming up the broken staircase. "What's your name darling?"

"Ebony Blake." Ebony replied. "Everyone's hurt and at least one person is dead."

"I hate DOAs," muttered the man. "I'm Jeff and this is Dixie, we're paramedics."

"Para-whats?" asked Ebony. It was a word she'd never heard of before.

"Ambulances?" asked Dixie, glancing at Jeff who shrugged.

"Amber-whats?" Ebony was very confused now.

"I think you're concussed princess." said Jeff. "Let us look after everyone."

Ebony followed them into the Great Hall. Jeff and Dixie let out an surprised gasp when they saw the destruction.

"You go left, I go right?" said Jeff and Dixie nodded.

Ebony followed Jeff around the room. He came to the Death Eater first. He picked a mask from his bag and placed it on the Death Eaters face.

"We need to find Madam Pomfrey, she can heal bones in a second." said Ebony. She didn't trust Jeff and Dixie one bit. "Can I borrow your wand?"

"Can you step back please?" asked Jeff, getting a bit frustrated. "I don't have a wand and I can't heal bones in a second, so 21st century medicine will have to do, ok?"

"Jeffrey!" Dixie called over. She gave him a reprimanding look.

There was a clatter on the stairs. A large group appeared at the door to the Great Hall, all dressed in the same dark green. Ebony watched helpless as they moved around the room, putting masks on, moving bricks and holding heads. One by one, each casualty was moved onto a board and lifted out the room. Soon only Ebony was left.

"We need to take you to hospital." said Dixie gently.

"Let's get you on this trolley, lying down." said Jeff, putting a blue blanket around Ebony's shoulders.

Feeling quite sick and dizzy now, Ebony was glad to lie down and relax. She was wheeled out to the ambulance which she wasn't particularly taken with. Ebony began to feel worse, her breathing struggling.

"Hop on it Jeffrey!" said Dixie, listening to Ebony's chest.

"ETA, four minutes!" Jeff called back from the driver's seat. "I'll radio ahead!"

"Stay with me Ebony!" said Dixie loudly.

"Connie's standing by!" said Jeff.

A loud noise started up, ringing in Ebony's ears. She could hear her heavy breathing as she struggled to take the oxygen she needed. Then the noise stopped and the doors to the ambulance flew open.

I'm writing the next few chapters so I hope you don't get bored of me!
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~Dobby