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[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz had fell out of consciousness on the way to the hospital wing, trying to carry her own weight. Wiping her sweaty brow, she sighed loudly after giving a final heave. Rosaliz looked around, but she couldn’t control her sight of dizziness. She held onto a railing post not letting it go. Her stomach seemed to be lurching, as if she was going to be sick. The pain in her head continued, but was even stronger then it was on the way getting there. She had been out of breath. A tear tickled down her face from her fighting to stay conscious. She had thought she had heard footsteps but it was probably her thoughts. Rosaliz looked ahead of her but the stairs, well everything had still appered to be spinning. She couldn’t control it; taking another breath she fell unconscious. Falling down the stairs her body lay on the pavement of the stairs base. Her head apparently had made a slit and started to bleed.

((Writing abades me right now...I didn't have much inspiration))

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Cougar walked through the corridor leading to his common room. He had just eaten so naturally he would just lay around and be lazy. He jogged up the stairs at a brisk pace. He felt his feet skipping a step and slipping into nothing but air it was a sickly feeling of dark surprise, but luckily he caught himself from falling harshly. He jogged up to the base that lead to the last flight of stair until you get to the Ravenclaw common room. What he saw when he got there made him sick. Rosaliz was in a heap on the base with blood trickling from her head. For a moment Cougar couldn't think. This was on of his best friends, she is staying at his dad's with him during vacation.

Cougar finally rubbed of the shock and picked her up and cradled her as he started walking back down the stairs to the Hospital Wing. He try to go as fast as he could, but was careful not to make a mistake and slip and drop her. It seemed like forever on the stairs. Was this going to be serious? Surely a magical healer could do something. He passed some Hufflepuffs who gasped as Cougar ran by. He ran into the Hospital wing to find Madam Pomfrey tending another student. "Madam, please see what you can do!" Cougar exclaimed as he made his way to a bed. He set her down gently, pulling a pillow to lay under her head.

He stood by as Madam Pomfrey examined Rosaliz. He wanted to ask some questions but worried that it would get in the way of her work. Cougar then realized the Gryffindor that lay on the bed adjacent. He looked rough. Cougar didn't mean to advert The healers attention from him. "Sorry I didn't mean to cut you out." Cougar tried to apologize. "It's O.k. She was just keeping me company. Nothing better for me than some rest." Cougar nodded toward him and diverted his attention once again to Rosaliz.

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz forced her eye lids to open. For some starnge reason the felt heavy as if they didn't want to budge. She hardly couldn't see much since she had a hazy blurry view. Her head felt as if it had been spinning in circles over an over again. After a minute or so, she was able to see what was ahead of her. For a minute she had no clue who had been stading near her. She noticed two figures. Relizing it was Cougar and Madam Pomfrey? How in the world she got there? She had no clue.

She felt something cold move down from her head to her neck and onto her robes. Blood!! She couldn't believe it. How she hated the sight of blood. It made her terribly sick. As she felt her wounds being attened she cried in pain. But she knew it wasn't as worse then her past events. From getting hit by a car and all. She felt as if Pomfrey had tried to force her to stand to make her go into the nearest bed. Once she stood she felt her legs were shaking. SHe couldn't hold much of her balance even thought she hadn't weighed much. EVerybody had always said she was lighted than her typical age. She shrugged at this. It wasn't as if she was going to die.

Lying down on the soft bed. She wondered what had happened. All she could remeber was feeling dizzy. Either way maybe Cougar knew since he was there. "Cougar" she called in a soft voice. She wanted her best friend to be near. Beside his family was nice enough to take her in for a bit of time. Cougar is her friend that she relied on. Laying there she waited for him to respond.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Cougar watched as Rosaliz slowly regained consciousness. He saw Madam Pomfrey make her switch beds. Cougar would have offered to carry her had she not made it. However, she did. Many thing whirled through his head. What had happened? Was it accidental or intentional. He pondered these as Rosaliz settled in her new bed. He grabbed a cloth and started cleaning the blood from her head as Madam Pomfrey tended the other wounds she had sustained.

"I'm here." Cougar replied to Rosaliz's weak cry. He wanted so badly to ask her what had happened, but he would let her go at her own pace. He pulled up a stool and sat as he awaited what he hoped to be an explanation

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Roasliz watched Cougar make his way towards her with a stool. What had happened was the question that ringed in her head. And why was she getting sick all of a sudden? Who knew? So she at least thoughjt it was useful to explain what she remebred last until waking up here. "Cougar, do you know how I got here?" she asked, continuing "all I remeber that I was making my was up the stairs, feeling dizzy, I had been fighting to stay conscious. Since I was in and out of it. I took another breath and feel back going unconscious. I think I feel down the stairs, but I wasn't awake to see it happen. THe next thing I knew that I was here." She said. Cougar was her best friend. And wondered if her had brought her up? He was a nice person.

She lay there feeling her wonds being tended. She watched Madam Pomfrey walk away. She heared her muffle to Cougar about speneding the night for a couple of day or weeks. She couldn't hear it clearly. "I have been sick for a couple of days but I don't now why. I just can't help to notice myself getting worse and worse." she sighed wondering what he was going to say. She just hoped that he would at least keep some company.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Cougar let out a disappointment sigh. He was sure he'd find out what happened. His curiosity would now be squash on the fact that not even Rosaliz knew what had happened. He then felt guilty on not noticing that she had been ill."I was hoping you knew what had happened so you could tell me. I am sorry but I don't have a clue. I should have gotten you in here days before now. This whole mess could have been avoided. Also, Madam Pomfrey says you'll need to stay a couple of days and get your rest. I'll stay with you as much as I can. Just remember I've got classes, and you'll be swamped with make-up work when you get better." Cougar finished trying to joke a little.

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz had been shivering from head to toe even though she had been covered with several layers of blankets. She coughed a light cough. She frowned when Cougar said that she would have to be staying in for a couple of days. Anyways Cougar was the best friend she probably ever have. Once more she coughed but even more heavily. She suddenly felt sick. She immediately jumped out of bed and made her way to a visible wastebasket. After she felt much better she made her way back to her bed. How she hated it. Sighing to this she layed in her bed. When was the last time I was in the hospital wing? she thought. Of coarse during the diagon alley attack. She remembered how some of her body parts were distorted. And how she saw the death eaters were haughty during the attack. Rosaliz called them as incarnates of Lord Voldemort even though her father and uncle are death eaters themselves. Rosaliz shaked the idea out of her since she didn't want to deal with the details. Wondering if she still had her pocket mirror in her pocket, she put her hand in her jean pocket. Yes! It was still there. For she had loved carrying a mirror always around with her.

But that was beside the point; she wanted to see her physical appearance. What she saw she couldn't believe. Her skin was very pale with rosy red cheeks along with her messy blonde hair with visible bloodstains on it. Rosaliz then felt sick again. She clenched her fists from this and not wanting to get out of bed. But yet she forced herself back to the wastebasket. This time on her way to her bed she lost her balance. Falling off her own to feet she saw the place swirl in circles around her. After of minute or too after retrieving her sight back to normal she made it back to bed sneezing three times in a row. "What have I done?" she mumbled. She couldn't find out the reason why she had this type of vengeance. Looking back at Cougar, she wondered what he was thinking about. Rosaliz felt sick again. But this time she fought it. Hoping that if she closed her eyes it would help. It didn't work. So she thought talking to him would make her feel a bit better. She began saying. "Hey Cou- achoo" she sneezed continuing n "-gar do you want to ha-achoo" another sneeze after another, and then continued "-ng out sometime when I’m a bit better?" she finished looking at him. Even though she had spent a lot of time near him.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Wow! That came out of the blue. Cougar Had never looked at Rosaliz like that. Of course she had always been pretty, but he just thought of it as an innocence cuteness. As he watched her now even though she did look pale, He could finally see the beauty in her. He Looked at her in a whole new light. But before he went any further he had to make sure of what she had said. The last thing he wanted to do was make himself look dumb when it finally hit him. "Um, I'm sorry I didn't catch that. It was kinda between your sneezes."

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz smiled at him. He had said, he didn't understand what she said inbetween her words from all the sneezing. I said "Do you want to hang out sometime? More than friends?" she said hoping her words wouldn't ruin their friendship. She felt so silly now since she had been sick and all, including that she had been vomiting in front of her best friend. She layed in the bed and waited for a reply. She was ready for the words he was going to say even if it was the worse to come.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

This is what Cougar had been waiting for. He did not know why he suddenly had feelings for her. Sure, he didn't want her hurt before but now, it was different. "Yes, I..I..I'd love to. But first, we got to get you better." Cougar said. He didn't want to linger on the subject too long as to seem like he dwelled on it. You see, Cougar thought he knew women (don't all men untill they have first-hand experience) He was already planning what they might do. But all too soon He was jerked into reality by Madam Pomfrey's walking by to tend the other patient. "So ugh..." Cougar tried to think of something next so say, but reason abaded him.

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz looked at Cougar. How innocent he did look. He had said he wanted to know Rosaliz better. She agreed with him. Also herself, she wanted to know more about him. She looked at him and said. “I think it’s true, but what do you want to know?? That I’m an orphan? You already know that. Or do you mind my personality? And I also want to know more about you. Like what you hate, like, your judging on things and history. If that isn’t too much? As you can see we have all night to talk about it.” She said watching him, with the sweetest eyes ever. She wanted to show him that she can be an understanding person, but will he?

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Cougar looked back for a moment. He had neglected to tell many people about himself. He didn't like to very often. It made him feel vulnerable. After much deliberation, he decided he should tell her. "Well, My history is kinda boring. My mother died when I was eight. I still cling to her, but I'm mostly over it. My dad has always been there for me. Ugh.. Yeah, I don't know how to really just blurt out my likes and dislikes. You'd just have to hang around me, I guess. You have all night. I've got classes you lucky dog." Cougar finally expressed with a smile. "So yeah, ugh... So what about you? I mean I know about your parents, but what was it like before that?"

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz answered Cougar's response by replying. "Well, I don’t know how to tell you this so I’m going to start from the beginning. About a year ago I met this slytherin. We had so much in common. During that experience with her I made a connection with my dad who was a death eater. I got to know him and we supported each other. I felt I had a family again since it was after my mother died. He was a death eater who fallowed the dark lord. I kept a close eye on him until the day he died in my arms from a slaying of one of my best friends aunt. He made me promise right before her sided that I should fallow his steps supporting the dark lord. For how much I suffered. I came to a point almost killing my self but my slytherin friend helped me threw it. Then the attacks came at Diagon alley. I then wondered of the dark lord and why he would do such a thing but I continued with my life. Now I’m afraid of the promise I had made of supporting the dark lord. I cry sometime wondering how my future is going to hold it’s self. But I don’t look for an answer. It serves me as a reminder how it would be like to serve the dark lord and how I need to get use to it because of this. That’s why I’m afraid of Monica. She reminds me of my tragic past and it shows me my position. I cry thinking about this. Monica helps me serve the price that I need to pay. You might think I’m insane and it is physically impossible. But I ensure you I’m the same person you have known before just with a flaw in my life. You are wondering why I mentioning this to you? I tell you this because it shows you how I have to endure this problem so you can tell me anything but it won’t affect me so bad since I know there isn’t anything worse than death.” Rosaliz was afraid that Cougar probably won’t accept her but she’d just looked at him and waited for his response.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Cougar sat dumbfounded. All this time he hadn't thought much of the war. Just that Dumbledore and the Ministry would win because they were good and anybody who had any brains would join THEM. Not Death Eaters. All this time Cougar had been hanging out with a Death Eater-in-training. Cougar's out-look on her changed entirely. If he had just left her there to die, he would have save aurors everywhere alot of trouble. "How can you promise something like that?" Cougar replied after thinking a moment. "Do you have full intentions on actually doing it? How.." Cougar was at a loss for words. after a moment her continued.."Can you follow The Dark Lord! I mean he is evil! Just because your dad died doesn't mean you MUST do what he asked you. I mean think about it. The Dark Lord.." Cougar emphasized once again. "Everyone in the wizarding world will hate you and try to kill you except for other mindless hate machines that follow him!" Cougar sat back down after mindlessly jumping up from his seat. He took some deep breath before concluding with a loud "Well" to urge her to go on.

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz looked at Cougar she couldn’t believe that he was fine with this. She wasn’t
a bad person. She just couldn’t answer his question. She didn’t know what she would do. She did promise him after all. It wasn’t as if she could go back in time and fix it. Besides the dark lord was the only person she had. She just couldn’t believe him. “Other mindless hate machines that follow him” What? Did he call her own father and uncle machines? Was she that bad? Well there was just one way to fix this problem, maybe better enough to fix the solution. Rosaliz took out and took her wand out of her pocket. She held her wand towards her chest. “Look to what has happened to me” Rosaliz screamed, she was going to kill her self with the spell that nobody survived except Harry potter. She then fell on her knees and sobbed. She needed the comfort that her father and mother once gave her. They were the only people that loved her; everybody else in the family rejected her since her father was a death eater. She was having a major beak down. But she was ready to die.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Wow! This is too much drama for a metter a as few minutes. Cougar's pitying side took over. He had seen her better than this. She could overcome this. Just because she made a promise doesn't mean anything. I mean take muggle life. Breacking a promise in the wizarding world is like justifieable homicide in the muggle. He sat a few more moments too shocked to move untill finally stepping down and wraping his arm around her. "You can get through this. We can get through this." Cougar said comfortingly. "Look we can work all this out, but we have time on our side (I hope) so we can deal with this through time. Remember time heals all wounds. Just sit up and talk to me." Cougar said finishing with, "So, have you contacted any Death Eaters or ((Gulp)) he himself about joining them?"

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

Rosaliz forced her way out of Cougars arms. She had enough strength to at least do that. She ignored him. He started to act all giddy even after calling some of her family member’s machines, and not wanting to accept so she knew she needed to finish what she started. She still held her wand in her hand. But this time she ran out of the hospital wing, ignoring Madam Pomfrey shrilling voice in the background. She had been saying that she would regret on leaving the nursery. Rosaliz ran down the halls and then quickly made her way down the stairs and towards the Hogwarts grounds. She felt the damp grass touched the bottom of her feet. How muddy it had been since earlier it had been raining. She stopped and looked around. Yes, no sight of Cougar. Rosaliz pointed her wand towards her chest and said “Avada Kad-" but she wasn’t able to finish because….

[Cougar Farmer R7]

As Rosaliz forced her way away from Cougar and out the Hospitol Wing, she ran outside. What on Earth could this girl be doing? Cougar ran after her at full speed, which he regrets now seeing as he slipped in the doorway just as you get outside. He struggled to get up quick. "Expelliarmus" boomed across the grounds as Cougar's spell flew at Rosaliz. "Accio Rosaliz Hernandez's wand" was Cougar's next move to ensure that she could not do any more harm to her-self. He said it all out to make sure he left no room for error. "What is wrong with you. You really are weak. You get caught in a tight spot and you QUIT? That's not the Rosaliz I know. Let someone help you. Yes, I know It's hard, and I know It will probably get worse before it gets better, but give us a chance. Come here." Cougar said trying to get her to calm down enough to get things straight.

[Rosaliz Hernandez G6]

“What the hell?” was the only question that rosed into Rosaliz mind when she felt her wand leave her grip. The next thing she knew that she had been moved. She knew it was a spell and found her self-standing in front of Cougar. "What is wrong with you? You really are weak. You get caught in a tight spot and you QUIT? That's not the Rosaliz I know. Let someone help you. Yes, I know It's hard, and I know It will probably get worse before it gets better, but give us a chance. Come here." She heard these words come out of Cougar. What a boy. She wouldn’t take into any of his words. “It’s not like you can help,” she screamed not caring if anybody heard. “You’re just somebody who hates me” she knew she wasn’t making sense but he didn’t know what went in her mind. He probably wouldn’t even understand.

[Cougar Farmer R7]

Hates me. The words stuck deep into Cougar's mind and heart. Was all the time hangung out and all the time convincing his Dad that she needed to stay just to say that Cougar hated her? No, it wasn't, and Cougar simply gasped for air as she said that. "Hate you? Where in the hell do you get that from? I hang sround you because I hate you. I wouldn't let you live on the streets because I hate you? I persuaded my Dad to let you stay because I hate you? Come on now. At least make some sence. If I hate you for doing those things, those NICE things, well then I guess your father must really love you, all the hell he has put you through. I guess that's how It is. I have to ruin your life to love you? You have some really screwed logic going there." Cougar finally eneded.