Long Time Ago

There was a girl named Kelsey

That I used to know,

In the yard she'd frolic

Long time ago.

She had a brother, Harry,

Who was very sweet, you know.

They used to play together

Long time ago.

His best friend's name was Ron,

His hair did brightly show.

He was quiet and complacent,

Long time ago.

Kelsey knew Hermione

Who quite a lot did know.

She helped them through some tough times

Long time ago.

Their other friend was Jenny,

Soft as falling snow,

And silent as a feather

Long time ago.

The oldest one, named Percy,

Was five years old, but so?

He played with Harry's brother

Long time ago.

The brother's name was Cedric

Which only goes to show

Such names were fairly common

Long time ago.

The babies--yes, that's plural,

Since there were three, you know--

Were just too young to play too much

Long time ago.

They all got together

To put on an acting show.

Their parents clapped and cheered for them

Long time ago.

Halloween was coming

To be followed by the snow.

The big boys went Trick-Or-Treating

Long time ago.

When they came home afterwards

With plenty food to stow,

Cedric's dad looked worried

Long time ago.

Harry was quite nervous,

Mad as mist and snow,

He swore he'd seen the future

Long time ago.

He'd seen familiar children

All standing in a row.

This was in a dream he had

Long time ago.

Folks that he knew stood there,

While one just stuttered "No",

The others tried to reason

Long time ago.

His brother tried to calm him

By telling him to go

To sleep, forget the future

Long time ago.

An evil man came in the house,

Someone they didn't know.

He cruelly killed their father

Long time ago.

Their mother tried to hide them,

Then just told them to go.

She died to save her children

Long time ago.

The children stumbled onwards

Their progress, though, was slow,

Since the twins couldn't run fast

Long time ago.

As they headed round the corner,

Well, whom they met, we know.

He'd already killed their parents

Long time ago.

The cruel man grabbed poor Kelsey

And just would not let go.

Cedric made him do it

Long time ago.

Harry saved his sister

From certain death, you know,

By shielding with his body

Long time ago.

The curse just bounced right off of him

And hit that man we know.

The house exploded with him

Long time ago.

Cedric left the rubble

With Percy and twins in tow.

He turned them o'er to families

Long time ago.

They met just ten years later,

It seemed much longer, though,

Since the Potters lost their family

Long time ago.

Friendships were recreated,

By all of them, although

They could not be what they once were,

Long time ago.

It's good they patched their differences,

For just a year ago

Cedric was killed, though it seems to be

Long time ago.

He was killed by a man called Voldemort,

A name that we all know.

He tried to kill the Potters

Long time ago.

They helped each other get through

This summer, but they know

The year will be hard as it was

Long time ago.

-Bronwyn Sciance