The Forgotten One

Greatest tragedies and Broken Families

Life changes, events shape the lives of little girls like me all the time. This event was one of many that will affect my life forever. It started at 3 am on December 3, 1976. There was a loud bang that shook the whole house. All 3 members of the Potter household were woken as soon as the bang was made. Charlus Potter was the first one down wand drawn soon followed by his wife Dorea in the same position and there 3-year-old following behind them. They got down to the main floor to see death eaters, a whole squadron of 20, in their foyer running towards them. Charlus Potter was the first to fall than his wife following soon there daughter thrown into the floo going somewhere safe. This is what the newspaper said the morning after the incident but this is how I remember it. There was a loud bang I was woken from my sleep and being the curious child I was, I went down to investigate. When I got down there I saw my mommy and daddy with their wands drawn pointed to a bunch of scary people with skeleton masks to cover their face and black cloaks. I saw my dad defend my mom. My mom saw me and made her way towards me and ran with me to the living room to shield me from the trauma that I could witness. But it was too late, I saw my daddy fall. The man I looked up to my whole life. The man who taught me quidditch and who tucked me in at night, the bravest man I have ever met dropped to the floor in the heroic act to save his family. I felt the tears start to fell and heard the thump. I knew my mom did because she ran faster and got me to the living room. The bad people were following us. My mom got me to the floo and placed me in I saw the tears streaming down her face. The last thing she would say is "I love you Bella. Remember mommy and daddy love you." I felt the tears come quicker. The bad people broke down the door and came flooding into the room wands pointed at my mom the next thing I knew floo powder was in my hand and I saw my mom drop down like my dad. I keep waiting for them to stand up and say it was a prank. The green light wasn't real, the bad people would remove their masks and be my family and friends but it never happened the bad people started to advance on me. I threw down the floo powder and said Potter Manor loud enough so I would be transported there but not loud enough the bad people could here. I got there and reality hit mommy was dead like daddy. The women who was home with me during the day but still managed to go to work at night. The women who made the best food ever. The women who raised me, sung to me, tucked me in at night, watched the stars with me and taught me the constellations and read me bedtime stories was gone. What happens next is a blur. My aunt and uncle heard the floo activate and come running down the stairs wand raised to see who was there. When they saw me crying in a heap on the floor. They put their wands away and Aunt Mia picked me up and asked me what's wrong. "Bad people" that was all I got out before I started crying again. My uncle Monty went through the fire to go to my house. By the time he got back, it was at least 30 minutes later. By the time he got back my old life was burned to the ground. Everything was gone and all that was left were the bodies of my parents. My life before was gone burned down by the people in masks who killed my parents. All that was left was a necklace, a ring, and the memories. I had to go to my Aunt Minnie in the morning and Aunt Mia had to go to St. Mungos due to patients coming in because of death eater attacks. Uncle Monty had to go back to the ministry. Aurors were needed because of the rise of the dark people, the Death Eaters, and Voldemort. So I was being sent to the "safest" place on earth. But I don't think so I thought my house was the safest place on earth. But is anywhere really safe in the world. Aunt Mia takes me to Aunt Minnie's office in Hogwarts. Once I was with Aunt Minnie she left. But right now all I want is Jamie. Aunt Minnie takes me to the Great Hall because she needs to eat breakfast. I'm not hungry, I don't know if I ever will again. I don't know if I'll ever cry again due to how much I cried last night. When we got there I spotted Jamie immediately, he isn't very hard to miss. He's laughing with his friends at the Gryffindor table. Once I spot him there's no going back I let go of Aunt Minnie's hand and start running towards him. I see the owls coming. I know one of them is an owl with a letter telling Jamie that mom and dad had died. Sirius is the first to realize that I'm on my way over to them and points me out to him. Jamie turns around in time to catch me as I threw myself at him and the tears start again not that they ever really stopped. " What's wrong Izzy? Everything's going to be okay come on tell me what's wrong" I shook my head admitting what happened was just going to make it worse than it was right now and I don't want it to be real. I don't want to admit that mom and dad are dead. That I will never see them again. Never hear my mom's laugh again or my dad's stupid jokes that shouldn't be funny but are. The owl came and James took the letter and the owl flew off. I knew he read because he squeezed me even harder and when I looked up his face held heartbreak. The Potters were very much family-oriented and there was no changing that. So when one of us died there were tears and there was pain. There was grieving and lots and lots of black. Though this was the first family member Jamie and I lost we both were heartbroken. Potters never missed a chance to be together so Jamie was influenced majorly by my parents just like I was to his. There was love in our family that no one understood. Losing my parents made the war even more real for both of us because suddenly it really affected us. Aunt Minnie must have come over at some point because I felt James stand up and start to walk. He was walking for a while and when I looked up I saw Sirius, Remus, Peter, Frank, Marlene, Alice, Dorcas, even Lily was there. I don't think they knew what was happening but they were far back so James probably doesn't know they are following us. The next thing I knew we were back at James dorm, we had gone to Aunt Minnie's office and James is getting a few days off of school to go to the funeral and just cope with everything before he has to come back for exams and to make up homework and tests. We were on James' bed right now he started to cry and held me tight. Aunt Minnie told him everything with my help and James hasn't let me go since. He kept repeating "I almost lost you this morning and I'm not letting you go and I am always going to keep you safe." The daily prophet released what they thought happened this morning and everyone now knows and James' friends came up but left later to give us some room. I didn't know what was going to happen know. My parents are gone I have to face that but being there made it all so much more real. What was going to happen now? James and I fell asleep but with everything still fresh in my mind of what happened I woke up from nightmares during the night that I couldn't control or wanted. Life went on after the wake and funeral everything became real and I had to accept it. But I don't know if I ever could. James went back to school for exams before coming back for Christmas break. I was now living with my Aunt and Uncle. But they weren't really around and was at work a lot. I think it's their way of coping with the loss. But in the meantime, I was babysat by Aunt Minnie a lot. The nightmares continued it didn't matter what we tried they were still there; no matter what we tried they seemed to never go away. I just want life to go back to normal. Not have to relive the worst moment of my life over and over again every night. When will it stop?