A Loss, Depression, and the Unforgivable Word
I awoke to bright sunlight and the throbbing of my head. I looked around and saw that I was in the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey was in the middle of stirring a potion.
"Ah Miss Granger, you're awake," she greeted whilst handing me the potion. "Drink this. Your headache will cure."
I slowly but surely drank the potion. It tasted absolutely gruesome, but it was for the better.
Madam Pomfrey waited until I was finished, then opened her mouth again to speak. "Do you know what happened?" she asked.
I shook my head. "All I can remember is Liliana blasting me backwards in the Gryffindor common room last night. I might've hit my head really hard on the ground after that."
She had a disbelieving look on her face. "I'm sorry, Miss Granger, but Miss Potter was in here last night. Miss Turpin had broken her wrist, and I believe that Miss Potter, Miss Brocklehurst, Miss Li, and Miss Patil were in with her."
What?! "You mean Liliana wasn't in the Gryffindor common room last night?"
Madam Pomfrey shook her head. "Miss Potter and the others had returned to Ravenclaw Tower by ten." She went back to her office.
I lay back down in shock. If we'd seen two different Lilianas, one of them must be a mistake...or, an imposter.
I fell back into an uneasy sleep. In the dream, I saw a young woman with shiny, golden blonde curls hanging down her back. Her back was facing me, and as she turned around, there was something recognizable about her features. Her stormy grey eyes and her pale skin made her look like a Malfoy, but something about the way she walked, slowly towards me, made a huge resemblance to Liliana.
For a split second, I thought she'd seen me staring at her-
"Hermione! Hermione! You okay?!" Ron's worried voice woke me up.
"Ron! I told you to not wake her up!" Harry's voice carried over, somewhere behind Ron.
I opened my eyes.
"Whoa, Hermione, you okay?" Ron asked.
"Ask Liliana," I replied bitterly as Harry turned and left without a word.
"What's with him?" Ron murmured to himself.
"What happened to you two?" I questioned.
Ron looked glum. "We went to Hagrid's last night, alright. But Malfoy caught us and turned us to McGonagall. Then we lost 50 points." My eyes widened. "Each. And somehow Neville bumped into us, too, which meant another 50 points lost."
I gasped. Ron sighed. "And we got detention too, but Malfoy has it with us."
"That's awful, Ron!" I exclaimed. "150 points lost to Gryffindor all in one night!"
BANG!
The infirmary doors slammed open.
"MR. POTTER!!!" Madam Pomfrey scolded angrily as Harry muttered a 'sorry'.
"You're be good to go, Miss Granger. If your head continues to hurt throughout the week, please come in and I'll have a potion ready for you. If not, then you'll be fine."
I nodded and got up. "Thank you, Madam Pomfrey."
She smiled a little and went back to her office.
The minute Harry, Ron, and I exited the infirmary, Harry started shouting.
"SAID SHE DIDN'T CARE! SAID SHE WANTS TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME! SAID SHE'S ASKING TO BE RE-SORTED TO SLYTHERIN! SLYTHERIN! SAID SHE HATES ME NOW!!!!!"
At the last words, tears filled Harry's eyes. I put a hand on his shoulder to reassure him, but he shook it off and ran down the corridor.
Ron looked sad, too. We silently walked back to the Gryffindor common room.
When we entered through the portrait door, we were nearly knocked over by Liliana and Seamus, who each had a suitcase in hand.
"Lily-" Ron started, but Liliana held up a hand to silence him. Ron pushed past Seamus roughly, and ran upstairs to the boys' dorms.
I turned to Liliana. "What's up with you, hurting everyone's feelings?!"
She glared at me, and I looked straight into her eyes. Instead of the usual emerald green, there was an eerie grey-ish colour mixed in with it. I couldn't help but shiver.
"What's up with you, you nosy mudblood?"
I gasped. She smirked. I felt my eyes getting watery.
Seamus didn't look affronted at all. "C'mon, let's go, Lily. Wouldn't wanna be late."
Liliana nodded, and they left as a tear slid down my cheek.
I thought we were friends, Liliana.
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