Sorry (Open)

Eva sat on the ground in front of the cold room. She couldn't make herself go in. She couldn't go in the place where she had died. She had made a vow. She was going to live as well as she could. She was going to find a way to save herself in some way. She didn't know how but she could. She was going to accept it. She was going to move on.

In order to do this she had to tell Anne that she was sorry. She had to tell her that she was sorry. She didn't mean to leave her in pain. She hadn't meant to leave her friend alone. She had to get enough courage to go in. She was a bloody Gryffindor she could do this. She didn't notice someone else come in the hall she was in.

Peeves was soaring around as usual, flying through the walls and rushing through the stairs and falling down them on purpose. He cackled happily and kept soaring, occasionally dropping dung bombs and stuffing keyholes with gum. He trashed a classroom randomly and cackled even louder. Then he stopped as he heard someone further down the stairs. A girl. He heard her breath. A second year at that. Peeves grinned wickedly.

He sped up and saw a girl stand near the Cold Room. He knew why. Anne, the new ghost. Peeves cackled again, possibly alerting the girl of his presence, but he then threw a inkbottle at her, hoping he hit her with it. He cackled and soared over her.

"Itty bitty girly, looking so sad. Well, watch it, because Peeves can be bad!" he chanted evilly and threw a bag of feathers on her.

Eva groaned when Peeves threw an Ink bottle at her. She moved just in time. She really never liked Peeves. Sure she liked pranks but not like this.

"Peeves, Can't you let a girl mourn in peace." She asked as he dropped feathers on her. She was really liking him less and less.

"Oi Peeves. Have some respect for the dead and dying." She said shaking her fist at him.

Haley was walking down to the dungeons for no reason, really, but exploring the castle, when she heard some ruckus by the Cold Room. She frowned slightly and moved towards the place, seeing Peeves and a Gryffindor girl there. She narrowed her eyes.

"Peeves! Piss off!" she yelled at him, running towards the girl.

She looked at her. "Are you all right?" she asked, though it seemed like the girl was pretty good at fighting her own battles.

Eva saw a hufflepuff girl come to help. She hoped Peeves would leave but she didn't really care. She felt tears drip down her face when she saw it was Haley. She had heard about her from Anne. Everything had to remind her of her friend.

"Thanks Haley. I can handle Peeves." She said shaking her head. "But no I'm not ok." She said drying her eyes.

"I'm trying to gather the courage to go in." She said gesturing to the cold room.

Peeves cackled at the girl. "Aw, itty bitty girly," he said in a baby tone, "Not being respected by Peeves? Well, if it's any consolation to you, no one has my respect!"

He cackled again, and then another girl came running, shouting at him to leave. He cackled. "Another playstudent!" he yelled, "What do you want in your head madam?"

Before getting a reply, he threw a dungbomb at them, soaring away before they called the Bloody Baron.

Haley frowned when the girl started crying. She quickly wrapped an arm around her and felt a bit bad, her knowing Haley's name, and Haley not knowing hers. Then Peeves called at her, and she just rolled her eyes. He threw a dungbomb at them. Haley whipped out her wand. "Protego," she said firmly, and the dungbomb, jumped off and some meters away, the stench not penetrating the shield either.

"What's wrong? What happened? And why would you want to go into the Cold Room?" she asked with questions in her eyes, still holding the girl.

Eva nearly groaned when, she asked what happened. Did no one know, her friends should. She sighed and looked at the room, ignoring peeves as he left.

Eva looked back at Haley and took a deep breath. "I guess you haven't heard, about Anne." She said sadly. "She killed herself." She told her. She had told so many people but it still was hard to say. Even harder knowing that Haley had been her friend.

"I want to go in there because that's where it happened. I want to tell her a few things." She said wondering if Haley was going to think that she was mad.

Haley had a sinking feeling in her stomach, not feeling very happy when the girl mentioned Anne. And then the words came. Haley stopped breathing. A hand clutched itself around her heart, in the process making her lungs unable to breathe. Suddenly, she felt the need to breathe, and didn't realize a minute had passed without breathing, so she took a sickly deep breath, that broke into a sob as tears filled her eyes. She clenched her teeth, trying to calm herself down, but it wasn't possible.

She couldn't keep standing up and slid to the floor. Anne killed herself? No! Why?! Not Anne...! Why was everyone falling away. First her parents, then Corinne and now ... Anne... Her friend. How on EARTH had she not found out sooner? When did it happen? Why did it happen? And what did the girl mean when she said she wanted to ask her something? Haley so badly wanted to sound her questions, but her mouth wouldn't let her. All that came out was: "How...? When...? W-why...?"