Chapter Six - By The Lake Once More June 1978
“Izabella! Wake up.”
“Go away.” Izabella grumbled, rolling over in bed and burying her face in the blankets. Suddenly, a pillow hit her forcefully on the head and she sat up, glaring at the girls in her bedroom.
“What was that for?” she complained, rubbing her head and yawning.
“You're going to miss the train.”
“We've got ages!” Izabella retorted.
With a sigh and a dramatic roll of their eyes, the girls waved their wands at their trunks and followed their luggage out of the room and down into the common room. Izabella stretched and slowly climbed out of bed.
She groaned slightly at the reflection in the mirror then ran a brush through her hair, pulling it up into a ponytail. She yanked off her pyjamas and threw them into her messy trunk, pulling on a pair of jeans and a top.
She glanced about the room, then sat on her trunk and with some effort, and managed to close the lid. She waved her wand then made her way to the common room, dumping her trunk in the corner where the House Elves would take them to the carriages.
“You're finally awake then.” Severus said, arching an eyebrow at her. She rolled her eyes.
“I've been up for ages.” she lied. “I'm going to get breakfast.”
She left the common room and made her way through the dungeons to the Great Hall. Spotting Lily at the Gryffindor table, she walked over, plonking down next to her and grabbing a piece of toast. Lily looked up from her book and laughed slightly.
“Sorry, are you in Gryffindor now?” she asked. Izabella grinned.
“What we doing in the holidays then?”
At that moment, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter joined them at the table.
“Get back to your own table you traitor.” Sirius said, grinning at her. She rolled her eyes.
“Fancy doing something tomorrow?” James suggested. Lily looked at Izabella who glared back.
“What's going on?” Sirius asked, looking between the two girls suspiciously. Izabella sighed.
“It's Tobias' funeral tomorrow.” she said quietly.
“He's dead?” Sirius said frowning.
“That's why my mother was here the other day.”
There was a silence before Sirius reached across the table and squeezed her hand gently.
“Are you-”
“I'm fine.” Izabella snapped, pulling her hand out of his grasp forcefully. The others exchanged a look whilst Izabella took a long drink.
“Tomorrow... Afterwards, you can come and stay at mine?” Lily said gently. James looked at Lily and narrowed his eyes slightly then sighed. Izabella smiled.
“Thanks Lily.” she said gratefully. “Well I'll see you on the train.” she said as she jumped up and left the Great Hall quickly.
She turned right, leaving the castle and going out into the warm grounds. The early morning sun was shining brightly and as Izabella reached the lake, she smiled at the orange glow that was bouncing off the surface. She sat down at the edge and rolled the bottom of her jeans up so that she could dangle her feet in the cooling water.
She smiled and leant her hands behind her, leaning back and letting the sun warm her face. She was still for a long time before there was a sound behind her and she turned to see everyone leaving the castle.
Izabella stood up slowly and stretched, then looked up at Hogwarts. The next time she returned, it would be alone. No Lily, no Sirius, no Severus.
With a sigh, she joined the procession of students, looking for the red hair and hoping that the summer would be one to remember.
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