Finding Happiness

Chapter 29

Shouting. Yelling. Screaming. Crying. Loud bangs. Silence.

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The weight on my eyelids lift and I find the ability to open my eyes. I'm in the Hospital Wing, white curtains surround my bed, giving me privacy, however I can still hear voices outside it.

"-Pompfrey says there will always be scars, Fleur insists she will always love him though." I recognise Ginny's voice.

"Maybe we could use one of our antidotes from our joke products-" Fred's voice drifts in.

"No. Definetely not. Mum would kill you if anything went wrong." Ginny replies.

I sit up against my pillows and gasp at the pain in my rib cage. Footsteps hurry closer and the curtain is ripped back from around my bed. Ginny, George and Fred stand at the opening.

"Maia!" George exclaims making a move to hug me but decides against it because of my wounds. He moves closer to me and cautiously squeezes my hand. Fred grins at the end of the bed but when my eyes rest on Ginny, I see she is glowering.

"You traitor." She spits, her eyes narrowing even more.

I shake my head but a pain shoots in my neck, causing me to wince, "I swear I'm not. Dumbledore put me up to it."

"And why should I believe that?" She growls.

"It's true Gin." George cuts in.

"Go ask Dumbledore, he'll tell you." I say pointing to the door of the Hospital Wing. Ginny lowers her head, as do George and Fred, solomn expressions on their faces.

"What?" I ask.

"Dumbledore's dead." Fred says, sadly, avoiding my eyes.

"What!" I yell, my stomach sinking. How could Dumbledore be dead? He is, was, the most powerful wizard. He can't be dead. We're all doomed if he is.

Ginny nods and raises her head, "Maia," she pauses, "Snape killed him. On the Astronomy Tower."

George squeezes my hand again, I feel my eyes beginning to water, "No. Snape is good."

Fred and Ginny shake their heads.

I sink back into the bed in pure shock. Snape is, was, supposed to be on our side, Dumbledore trusted him! "What about anyone else?"

Ginny scratches her head, "There was a second year Hufflepuff, Arianna, who was unfortunetely hit with the killing curse and Bill got attacked by Greyback, but all of the Order and Dumbledore's Army are alright."

"But it wasn't full moon..." I trail off remembering Remus explaining, one time, that werewolves can still loose control when the moon wasn't full.

"What happened to me?" I ask, looking down at my body. My arm is in a sling, my cheek is stinging and my ankle hurts.

"Neville hit you with a stunning spell. He said after the spell hit you, you fell to the ground and later on your appearance changed. You broke an arm and two ribs, and you've sprained your ankle." Fred explains, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"Neville?" I repeat, slightly shocked.

George nods.

"The D.A. really helped him." Ginny says.

"WHERE IS SHE!"

I hear a loud voice yell outside the Hospital, and by the sound of it, a few corridors down. Loud footsteps stomp closer and then the door burst open. Remus stands in the entrance, fuming. I sink further into the bed, further away from him. I have never seen him look this angry.