Friendly Fire.
"Do you have to go?" Geroge asked me with his lip pouted out like a little kid. I smiled up at the ginger before wrapping my arms around his waist. "Yes Georgie, I have to go to work" I said chuckling. He finally stuck his lip back into it's normal position before smiling down at me. We were once again standing on the platform to get onto the Hogwarts Express and go back to school. I enjoyed the rest of my Christmas vacation with my sister, Remus and the Weasley's but it went by way too quickly.
At first everyone acted like i was going to break, seeing as I had just been kidnapped by death eaters, but I soon assured them that I was more than fine. My sister and Remus had gone back to work at the ministry a few days ago, and I was missing them already. Fred and I had chatted many times over vacation, and I really did forgive him just like I told him....and George, Fred and I were the three amigos just like old times.....Only slightly different seeing as George and I were now the ones who couldn't keep their hands off of each other.
George had taken me out on that date he promised me, but it didn't turn into much as we ended up snogging senselessly fifteen minutes through. I guess you could say we were official now, only seems politically correct as we rarely pulled our lips apart from one another. I know Fred was hurting watching us together, and we tried to keep our PDA to a minimum when he was around. I hugged George's waist tightly before I heard the whistle of the Hogwarts Express sound loudly in the background.
"Time for me to go" I said sadly as i squeezed George's waist one last time before pulling away. I savored in his scent that smelled like gun powder and a mix of freshly mown grass, and sighed sadly realizing I wouldn't be able to smell it until the end of the year. "Ill miss you babe" George said softly as he rested his forehead against mine. We leaned in quickly and our lips met, the taste of breakfast still lingering on his lips. Like normal our soft kiss turned heated very quickly. "Come on love birds" I heard Ron's voice call from the doorway of the train. I pulled away and laughed at the red head that was shaking his head at us.
"Ill miss you too" I told George and kissed him one last time. "Ill write you as soon as I can!" I shouted backwards as I ran to jump on the train, Ron helped me up and when the train started pulling away I waved to George. George blew me a kiss and waved sadly, and his tall figure disappeared into the distance once more.....
Hogwarts was busier than ever after Christmas break, many students heard about my kidnapping and would come to the Hospital Wing to ask me various questions. I didn't mind at first, but the crazier the questions the more annoyed I became. I had to take a mid-term exam for my healer qualifications, and i passed with flying colors like I expected. I was reading one of my healing books in the back office for my next exam, and Madam Pomfrey was changing all the bed sheets, today was Hogsmeade day and the castle was basically empty....in fact we hadn't had a patient all day.
I heard the hospital doors slam open and I jumped and the sound. I heard Madam Pomfrey shouting at someone and I closed my book and peeked out of the door to see what was going on. Hagrid was the one who slammed open the doors, and had just layed a tiny figure on the bed closest to the doors. I couldn't see who it was from where I was, but I ran out and gasped realizing it was a fellow Gryffindor....Katie Bell.
"Ronnie, I need you to owl St. Mungos, tell them I have a patient for them and it is urgent" Madam Pomfrey said ushering me over to her desk. I nodded quickly and did as she told, sending a quickly scribbled letter with her owl out into the snow. I ran back over to Madam pomfrey to see what had happened "Poor child has been cursed" She muttered before casting several spells on her body. Katie laid there with her hair and clothes disheveled, snow covering her body. I hadn't talked to Katie too many times, she was very quiet and mostly kept to her tiny group of friends but that didn't make this any less shocking for me....Katie would never hurt a fly....
It was weird around Hogwarts these days....Katie had been rushed to St. Mungos in the hopes of reversing whatever curse was done to her. They said she touched a necklace which had been tampered with, where she got it though was a completely different issue at hand. The teachers cracked down on supervision around Hogsmeade, thinking death eaters might be luring around the corners. A small part of me thought of asking Draco or Aimee if they had any idea what happened, but thought against it as they were now the enemy no matter how much I loved the both of them.
Tonight was a quiet night, I was working late on some assignments that St. Mungos had sent over for me to finish as part of my training. The snow was still falling heavily from the sky, and I watched it peacefully as I twiddled my quill between my thumbs. Madam Pomfrey had the night off, so she had apperated off somewhere for the night leaving me in charge of the hospital wing by myself. It was weird being here by myself, leaving only a third year Slytherin who ate something he was allergic to, in the wing with me.
The Slytherin had fallen asleep a few hours ago, and I found myself dozing off every now and again. "Ronnie!' I heard someone shouting down the hall causing me to jump from my desk. I ran over to the doors and yanked them open with my wand before I reached them. I didn't see anything at first, but Harry's undeniable dark hair popped around the corner quickly. "Harry whats wrong?" i asked frantically running over to meet him down the hall. Someone else appeared around the corner, Ron. Harry was levitating him and he looked to be having a seizure at the moment.
I gasped and helped him levitate Ron into the wing, laying him gently on a clean bed. I turned on the lights with my wand quickly before rolling the seizing Ron onto his side. "What happened?" I asked before looking in the drawers for what I needed, then slipping the potion down Ron's throat as gently as i could to stop his seizure. "I think he was poisoned" He muttered and sat down in the chair beside the bed looking with worry to his best friend.
"He should be dead by now, did you use a bezoar?" I asked checking his heart rate with my stethoscope. Harry nodded before leaning forward and touching Ron's hand gently. "That was quick thinking" I told him before gently slipping an anti-poison potion into Ron's mouth. Ron's body seemed to relax immediately, and he was now just resting. I wrapped the bed sheets around him tightly before taking the seat on the other side of the bed. "We were with Slughorn, Ron had a love potion meant for me. Slughorn just froze..." Harry said trailing off looking at our ghostly white friend on the bed. Ron almost looked as pale as the sheets he was laying on.
"You need to go get Dumbledore, I can't leave the wing" I told Harry softly, Harry nodded and I gently patted his shoulder before going to tend to the Slytherin who had awoken to the racket we were causing....
"You did well Ronnie" Dumbledore said from beside me as him along with several other teachers stood looking down at the now pinker Ron. Ginny and Hermione were sitting on either side of him, Hermione's hand inching closer to Ron's. "Im going to go owl the Weasley's" I told Dumbledore softly before leaving into the back office.
I quickly scribbled a letter to Molly and Arthur, before writing a second one for George..
Dear Georgie,
Ron got into a bit of trouble last night but everything is ok, love potion gone wrong. I miss you so much already, I cant believe I have already been gone a month. But time goes by fast when your having fun, minus having your brother as a patient. How is everything at the shop? and tell Freddie I say Hi and I miss him as well. Just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you, Must get back to work though!
Love, Ronnie.
I sent the two letters with Madam Pomfrey's owl and went back to Ron. I must have missed quite a bit when I got back because Hermione was holding Ron's hand and Lavender was screaming as she ran out of the hospital wing. I gave Ginny a questioning look and she just shrugged and laughed before following Harry and the rest of the teachers out of the wing....
Everything seemed to be going smoothly for the next couple of months, George and i owled as much as we could but both of us were pretty busy with both of our works. The weather was finally getting warmer, and as much as I love the snow and the cold I really was looking forward to not having to wear a scarf when I went to the dungeons at night.
But as I suspected, the calm never lasts as I got a new patient that I was expecting...
"Draco!" I cried out as Snape levitated Draco's unconscious body into the hospital wing. His white school shirt was soaked in blood, and his platinum blond hair was drenched in water with some of it dripping down onto his paled face. I practically shoved Snape out of the way to rush to my cousins side "I'll leave him in your hands" Snape's slow voice said before leaving.
I had no idea what happened to Draco, why was he covered in blood? I gently unbuttoned his shirt to examine where the blood had been coming from. Draco had several large gashes on his stomach, but they looked like they were slightly healing. I grabbed a healing potion I had brewed earlier in the day and poured it over the cuts on his stomach, and i watched as they slowly started to heal themselves.
The gashes were so large that I needed to also use healing spells to get them to heal properly. I magically changed Draco into one of the hospital gowns before slipping him a calming draft to help him sleep easily. I couldn't help but choke back tears looking down at my cousin, and it only reminded me of that fateful day when I found my mother dead two years ago...it didn't help that last month was February, the month it all happened and I was so busy I pretty much forgot my birthday and me turning seventeen.
Draco's blood was on my hands, and when I saw my fingers stained with the crimson liquid that's when I lost it. Draco may have been a death eater but he would always been my family, and one of the only members I had left. I grabbed a rag from the side table and scrubbed my hands as much as I could to get the blood off of my hands. Tears were running down my face once again, and once I felt my hands were clean enough I clasped onto Draco's cold hand.
I could hear shouting from outside the door, two voices and some very loud footsteps. A female voice was screaming hysterically before the doors slammed themselves open and the two figures stumbled inside. I glanced up and saw it was Harry and Aimee standing there looking at my tear stricken face with emotional faces. Aimee cried out and ran to Draco's other side, placing her head against his side and I saw her shoulders quickly rising and falling from crying. Harry looked with wide eyes to Draco, with a look of regret. I noticed Harry had a black eye, from I'm guessing Aimee.
"I'm so sorry" Harry said looking from me to Draco, his eyes flickering to the sobbing Aimee as well. I knew Harry must have done this but I don't know why, I love Draco but knowing him he probably provoked Harry in some way. "Just go Harry" I said softly. He looked at me questioningly and I nodded telling him I was ok. Harry nodded to me and silently left the wing.
I wiped my eyes and walked around the bed over to Aimee who was still silently crying next to Draco. No matter what Aimee would always be my best friend, and i realize how wrong I was for not talking to her because she was a death eater, I know they were probably forced into this. I wrapped my arms around her shaking frame and whispered comforting words in her ear. She turned around and soon wrapped her small arms around my waist.
I sat holding onto my best friend for the rest of the night, and making sure Draco was ok. We didn't talk, we didn't need to talk, because there were no words we could say that would make our situation any better. I just wish Aimee would have somehow warned me of the mess her and Draco were about to create....
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