Never Is Our Always

A Celebration of Life 2

(Oliver pov)

As we were getting ready for bed, everyone was asked to wait in the common room, we all thought it was going to be another roll call.

As the portrait door opens, we all look at it as McGonagall walked into the common room with an ashen appearance on her face.

"Is this another roll call, Professor?" Someone asks her, but she shakes her head before giving a small feeble smile to us.

"Ginny Weasley has been found, she is alive and well!" she told everyone before sweeping her eyes through the crowded common room.

We all burst into cheers, Ginny was safe and well, I'm sure Percy will be all right now. I look at Percy and brought him into a side hug with my arm around his neck before ruffling his hair.

"Told you," he laughs as he fixed his glasses before I let him go and pat his back.

"Thank Merlin for that," he said as everyone's cheering dies down.

"You will be going to the Great Hall, Dumbledore has returned and has good news for you all." She told us before climbing back out of the portrait hall.

"I'm not getting changed," I heard someone say and we all murmur in agreement, so we left together in our Pyjamas.

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(Minnie pov)

As my body stirred itself into consciousness, I felt like I was drowning. I spluttered as I shot my head up with a heave for air.

"Ah!" I shouted, everything was blurry, "monsters eyes- in the water- big yellow... yellow, eyes."

"There we go," Madam Pomfrey dabbed my face while I cough into my arm. Everything felt so stiff and sore as I slowly ball a fist and then stretched my fingers out.

"I can't see," I told her hoarsely, "why... why can't I see?" Panic fills me as I started breathing heavily, "my contacts were in! Where are-" the antidote that was still in my throat came spilling out, making me splutter again.

"Oh dear..." I heard Madam Pomfrey say. "Alice, dear, stay calm," she said, I felt her touch my head, her hand was stroking my hair softly.

"Where am I?" I ask.

"The hospital wing," Madam Pomfrey replies, "and there's a gift for you, your Cousin came in and dropped them off for you." I slowly nod as she placed a small box in my lap.

I touch it before feeling around for the lid and then opened it, I poke inside the box and felt something cold but familiar.

"Glasses?" I grabbed them out and then opened the sides before putting the pair of glasses on my face.

"Those look better on you," I look to Madam Pomfrey before smiling.

"Thank you," I said to her.

-

"You seem to be doing okay, so you can be dismissed, go have a shower and then go to the Great hall." She told me as she put her wand back into her robe pocket.

"I can?" I ask.

"Yes, now go on," I thanked her as I got off the bed and fixed my clothes before pulling back the curtain to leave.