Dursley's Choice | The Dursley series #2 |

♧ Chapter 10 ♧

Catching a glimpse of sunglight, she smiled weakly... She couldn't take it anymore and darkness overcame her body.

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"Do you think she can hear us-"
"She just sprung out of the Black Lake you tosspot!" Audrey lifted her heavy eyelids to see her friends huddled around her looking out on the lake, when she realised, "Where's Harry? How long have I been out?"
"Only a few seconds. He still has time" Hermione said rubbing Audreys arm worridly, her usually thick bushy hair now matted and tangled; she heart raced like a 10 mile marathon runner, her eyes scanned over the lake waiting for his Gryffindor shirt to glisten in the opaque mirror below them. When all hope seemed lost, Harry burst forth almost collapsing, Audrey scrambled towards him holding him close; she shed tears as she slapped the back of his head, "Ouch!"
"Don't scare me like that Mr. Potter!" She cried, bringing him closer again, "Don't think about doing that again!"

Fleur briefly thanked and kissed both Harry and Ron for saving Gabrielle, "You were brilliant, Harry"
"Well, I finished last anyway Audrey" Hermione kissed his forehead thankfully, "Second to last. Fleur never got passed ze Grindylows." Durmstrung began to chant widly, over powering Dumbledores normal voice, the headmaster took out his wand, "SILENCE!!" He paused, allowing people's hearing to return. "The winner for this task, is Cedric Diggory!"
"Yes Cedric!!!" Audrey cheered, watching his friends cheering proudly for him; Audrey caught his smile for a moment before turning to Harry,
"However if it weren't for Mr. Potter and Ms. Dursleys determination to save not only Mr. Weasley and Ms. Hatsman but the others as well- we've agreed to give them, joint second place!! For outstanding moral fibre!!!" Karkarof growled and stopped on his own hat, before trudging away to the closest boat.

With Liza awake, she found herself walking amongst old friends. Rachel, Rodney and Connor and Emily whom were holding hands and Caleb silently humming to himself. "Hi everyone... I know I haven't been talking to you guys a lot recently, but I was hoping we could... start fresh?" Most of them turned away,
"You didn't talk to me in potions" Rachel stuttered, "When I tried to tell you that I like Disney movies too"
"You blew me off to talk to Nicholas Malfoy, when I was trying to tell you Emily and I are dating" Connor sighed, clutching Emily's hand tighter. Rodney stepped forward, his eyeballs brimming with waterfalls about to burst, "I couldn't tell you about my break-up with Neville, because you were studying with Draco Malfoy. Audrey, we're your friends" he beamed, embracing her, "Just don't ignore us again okay? Does that seem fair?"
"Yeah... Who wants to go and pig out in the kitchens? I call dibs on the first slice of apple turnover!!" They all laughed hysterically, racing passed angered Durmstrung students and several teachers to get some deliciously delectable food.

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Chaos and flashes of light surrounded her, Audrey felt like grieving for all these people that fell in her blurred vision. She raced up what felt like ladders, listening to the whispers in her head.

Swirling in a mist, Cedric's face appeared amongst the colourless clouds, his goofy smile quickly was slashed away and a cold, dead stare replaced it as his face lost colour. He fell into the nothing.
Many people appeared as she began to lose sight: Hermione, Draco, Harry, Nicholas, Ginny, Liza and Ron. Her vision clouded by voices and visions and rotting hands falling before her.

A woman stood what seemed miles away, she could just make out curly fire ginger hair and a loving smile. Knowing her face from studying it for weeks, she tried to scream, but nothing happened, like her lips were sewn shut.