chapter forty-eight; Empty eyes "Would it have been easier if I had died?"
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Lucy Reese Collins
I OPEN MY EYES AND LOOK AROUND ME. "Oh Merlin, you are awake!" Madame Pomfrey says, what wakes up the girl who is sitting on a chair and laying with her head on the bed. "Ow, my back hurts." She mumbles while getting up. "You should've gone back to the common room." I chuckle and she directly looks at me. "Luce!" She says and she hugs me tight. "Hey hey, don't kill me with your hug." I joke what causes that she hits me. "Josephine!" "You stopped breathing, Lucy! None of this is funny!" She says with a serious face. "I could've lost you!" "Sorry," I mumble while feeling guilty. "What do you remember, Miss Collins?" Madame Pomfrey says as she arrives with a cup with... Yeah, I don't know what it is. "I remember fighting against one of them and then Lily arrived... Someone yelled a spell, I think it was-" "Sectumsempra." Someone says and we all turn to the door. Lily walks inside. "What did you just say?" Jo says as she gets up. "The spell he used- Madame Pomfrey, do you mind if I talk to them real quick?" "Of course not, darling, drink that. It's Devil's Claw, it will make you feel better." She says and after she walks away.
"Dumbledore is trying to figure out how they got in-," She says as she walks closer. "I can't tell him what I know because it will give me a lot of trouble with the wrong people, but I can tell you. They couldn't get in and they didn't because they were already inside." Silence. "Lily are you saying that-" "Yes, the death eaters that fought us were students from Hogwarts." Again neither of us knows what to say. "Who was it?" "There were seven of them-" "Who almost killed me?" I clear up while looking at Lily. She sighs and runs her hand through her hair. "Severus Snape...-" My eyes go wide and I immediately know who the others were. I quickly chuck down my Devil's Claw and after I get out of bed. "What are you going to do?" "I need to check something!" "Wait I'm coming with you!" Jo says and she walks after me. I move my hand and mumble a spell that will give me new clothes. No need to be careful because everyone already knows what we can do.
I arrive at the great hall and different students look at us. "Luce you are supposed to be in bed, what-" "Get out of my way, Coleman!" I snap at him while I push him to the side. Nathaniel looks at me for a moment and after he looks away, not planning on saying something. I arrive at Bella, Narcissa, Andromeda and Regulus who all glance at me in confusion. "Don't tell me you knew!" I say as I stop in front of Bella. "Don't fucking tell me that you knew!" I try to keep quiet because I know that they will be expelled if Dumbledore finds out. I can see how Cissy and Andy exchange a look. "I- I didn't. I just found out when I heard you were in the hospital." I calm down a bit and sit down next to her. "They almost killed me, Bella," I say wearily while running my hand through my hair. "What do you mean?" "She means that her heart stopped after a spell called Sectumsempra..." Jo interferes with the conversation. "You-... Your heart stopped? How did you survive?" Cissy says concerned and she scans me for a moment. "I just remember a blue light." I lie. I remember everything. "Oh, I am so sorry that had to happen to you. Believe me, if I knew, I would've told you." Bella says as she hugs me for a moment. "Thank you. I will talk to you later then."
