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Jonas skidded on the crumbled pavement and fell on his arse when he reached the guitar case he was looking for. He cried out at the dizzying jab of pain it sent to his aching ribs, but he hugged his chest and crawled anyway. He reached into the case and licked his lips as he tugged the journal free. Jonas dumbly stared at it's unmarred cover before hastily flipping through until he found an entry from the WWN.

"--experiencing an earthquake in Diagon Alley--"

Jonas breathed out a swear and scanned quickly through the comments. He saw nothing about rescue efforts. Digging out a pen, he scribbled out a plea for help. The journal was slammed closed and tucked under his arm. He grimaced as he got to his feet and walked back to Kobe, straining to breath through the pain.

Then he heard her sleepy, slurred singing. Oh, Zeus...

Jonas took off in a sprint. He yelped when he banged a shoulder into the Florean's sign as he rounded it and dropped to Kobe's side; the journal hit the pavement next to him. She was singing that stupid bloody Hogwarts song of all things.

He snorted as he slumped down to sit on his hip and lean over her. "I always tried to come up with new words to that one," he told her as he moved her arms to lay across her torso so she wasn't so sprawled. "Every year. It never was any good," he added with a hiccup of a laugh.

Kobe's eyelids fluttered asynchronously and Jonas's breath hitched out of fear. He scooted himself closer to her and propped himself on an elbow to bring his face near hers, curbing the urge to swear at the searing pain in his side. She was really dying. He didn't know if he could handle this.

"Do you want to hear a song?" he asked quietly, his voice cracking. He clamped his mouth shut to hold back a sob; tears were pricking at his eyes. He gently brushed his palm over her pallid cheek.

"Kobe? Do you want me to sing?" It was the only thing he could think to do. "You have to stay awake, love."