Eliza Potter: Harry Potters Sister 2

Chapter 27: The Funeral

Exams were postponed. No news of when our O.W.L.S would be. Many students were rushed home. It was grief all over and curiosity at the students who fought in the battle.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and I spent all of our time together. We visited the hospital for Bill but Neville had been discharged.

The night before Dumbledores funeral I walked down stairs into the common room after Ginny had come into our dormitory saying she wanted to sleep. I plopped down on the ground that Harry, Hermione, and Ron were all sitting on. We were all staring onto the empty Hogwarts grounds as darkness covered the earth through the open window.

"It's a beautiful night," I said quietly.

"Yes, it is," said Hermione without giving it much thought. About ten more minutes of silence and staring out the window. I watched as the moon rose high into the air and slowly stars appeared.

"We should go to bed... We've barely been sleeping... Busy day tom-" I cleared my throat and stood up.

"Yes, let's go-" Ron and Harry left after basing Hermione and I a goodnight.

"Bye Hermione-" I said and we left. When I got back into my dormitory I changed into a white t-shirt. Though, I knew I wouldn't be sleeping much that night.

Ginny was laying in her bed at least trying to sleep. I laid down in my bed and tried to sleep for a hour but with no luck. Finally, I sat up and swung my legs over the side of my bed. I rubbed my eyes then walked out the dormitory. Practically ran out into the hall and ran towards the doors to outside. I went to the grand wooden doors and tried to open them.

"Alohomora," I shouted at the doors. Nothing happened. I started panicking for no reason.

"Alohomora!" I shouted. "Alohomora!" I pounded on the doors as tears streamed from my eyes. Why? I don't know. I was kind of having a panic attack for no reason. I don't really remember exactly what happened next.

I was in my knees pounding my fists harshly against the doors when Professor Mcgonagal found me.

"Who that? Oh- Miss Pot-" she stopped talking and she rushed towards me.

"Elizabeth- w-what are you doing?" She asked me. I saw her sticking her face in front of me through my tears.

"No... Get- off-" I shouted as she tried to pry me away from banging my fists against the door. 

"Elizabeth calm down... What- are you trying- to do?" She asked me as she tried to pull my waist away. Blood trickled off my fists.

"Elizabeth!" She shouted. It was like I snapped out of a trance as Mcgonagal shouted my name. I suddenly stopped hitting the door and stood up slowly.

"What in the name of Merlins beard were you doing?" She asked me.

"I-I'm sorry Professor... I don't know what came over me," I sniffed and wiped my face with my arm.

"Miss Potter, When is the last time you slept well?" She asked me.

"What?" I asked.

"Sleep, have you been sleeping?" She asked me sounding concerned.

"Yes," I lied. "Fine-"

"Interesting because from what I've been hearing you have been found walking the halls every night," said Mcgonagal.

"Yes... I- um sleepwalk-" I spluttered.

"Come up to the hospital I got with me..." She said.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Because, Miss Potter, it is obvious you haven't slept well in days, possibly weeks. And that is, of course, suggesting you have slept at all,"

"No-" I shouted.

"Petrificus Totalus-" I went stiff and only woke up the next day in the hospital wing.

"What time is it?" I mumbled. I looked around and saw light streaming in through the window. I jumped out of the bed and ran out of the hall before anyone could stop me. Back in Gryffindor Tower I couldn't hear a single soul. I ran into my dormitory and got changed into a black skater skirt and black sweater with a black t-shirt. I also had on black flats. I tied my hair in a pony tail and then ran outside onto the Hogwarts grounds. I could catch a glimpse of hundreds of people going towards the lake. I sprinted down and finally caught up when people were int their seats in front of a white marble table like thing. I slug into seats beside Hermione Ron Ginny and Harry.

"Where've you been?" He whispered to me.

"Hospital wing... Unimportant," I responded back while still staring in front of me.

Many ministry employees came to the funeral- the minister, And Unbridge were both there and I hated her. To be honest I hated the whole ministry. Suddenly, a strange music filled the air. I looked towards the source and looked towards the lake. Merpeople were singing in a unknown language to humans.

Hagrid started to carry Dumbledores bash down the aisle and tears fell from my eyes along with Ginny and Hermione's. Harry looked at loss from any emotion. Ron was very white and pale. Hagrid sat Dumbkedores lifeless body on the marble table and retreated down the aisle towards his half brother, the giant, Grawp. He patted Hagrid on the shoulder and he looked very sad.

A man in the front spoke a bunch of words that didn't really mean anything to me. I sat with tears falling slowly down my face. There was movement towards the forest. As I looked towards it I saw Harrys face wet with a few tears. The cenataurs of the forest were hidden by the shadows of the trees yet they had their heads bowed in respect to Dumbledore who had always been kind to them.

Resulting in a lot of confusion large flames engulfed the marble thing. A few people screamed but then the flames died. Dumbledores body was now gone and inside of the white marble tomb. At the end of the funeral. Ginny and Harry hung behind and I walked with Hermione towards the lake.

"Are they breaking it off?" Ron asked. I nodded. Somehow I just knew.

"I'll get Ginny... You two walk back with Harry," and that's just what we did. Ginny went into our dormitory and I left her alone after a hour then I went into the common room. About a dozen students were in the common room as I sat down on a chair in the corner of the room. Our O.W.L.S were finished and we boarded the Hogwarts express back home.

"Goodbye," I said to Hermione and Ron and Ginny before Harry and I set off for the Dursleys.

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