Ethereal [George Weasley]

𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙭 - 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨

I woke up - only half an hour later - to my friends surrounding my bed in the Hospital Wing. They all looked worried to death.

"You're alive!" Harley said, grinning in relief. "We thought-"

"We thought you died!" Lindsey said in a wobbly tone, clutching onto Trésor and Gizmo, both of whom seemed very uncomfortable to be next to each other.

"I only fainted." I mumbled. "What happened to Harry?"

"He's still out too." Amanda explained as she held my hand. "He's on the other side of the wing right now."

I groaned. My head was killing me.

"Do you need anything?" Evelyn asked in concern. "Food, another blanket, some water?"

"That's okay." I said, slightly sitting up on the bed. "I wonder why it tried to attack us..."

"You've done enough wondering for a lifetime." Amanda snorted. "Just relax."

"Diggory caught the stupid Snitch." Harley said abruptly. "Did you see? If only those stupid Dementors didn't attack... we would've won!"

"He did offer a rematch, though." Evelyn pointed out. "And you still have a few more matches to win."

"Suppose." Harley said miserably.

There was a moment's silence as we all took in what had happened today. It was funny. I woke up this morning with excitement pumping through my body. But instead of a home victory, a fair match and many celebrations, we ended up losing, getting attacked by ghastly beasts, and with two of us in the Hospital Wing!

I'd rather have Lockhart as my teacher again.

As it all sunk in, I noticed Fred and George walking over, looks of concern mixed with relief painted on their faces.

"Heya, Jess." Said George as the two came next to me. "You feeling any better?"

"She's feeling tremendous!" Harley snorted. "Especially after being attacked. By a Dementor."

"I see our cousin is quite the sardonic character." Fred said. "Excellent, Harley."

"Thanks."

"Do you know why the Dementor attacked you?" George questioned. "Lee said that it was aiming more towards you than him or McGonagall."

I sighed. "I honestly have no clue. This whole day has been crazy to say the least."

"Maybe it's to do with Sirius Black." Lindsey suggested.

"I have no connection with the man." I pointed out.

"No, I get what Lindsey means." Amanda said as we all looked at her. "The Dementors attacked Harry on the train and then they attacked him again during the match. And we all know that Black was in Azkaban because he betrayed Harry's parents and killed that man. Now that he's escaped, the Dementors keep on going after Harry because he's the reason why Black escaped - as Black's trying to kill him as revenge!"

"That's a bit far fetched." George said.

"And that doesn't explain why I was attacked either." I pointed out.

"Black could be trying to kill you too." Amanda said. "That's why your Grandma didn't want you to return. She could be hiding the fact that you are somehow linked with the imprisonment of Black."

"I disagree." Evelyn spoke up. "If Jess truly was one of Black's next victims, then she definitely wouldn't come back, she'd have no choice but to stay at home. This is a serial killer we're talking about here."