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Chapter 2

"Mr. Nott? Hi I'm….."

"Hermione, really don't feel the need to be so cordial. We were classmates after all." Theo smirked.

Hermione chuckled to herself. She remembered Theo of course from Ancient Runes class. He was the only classmate who had the academic prowess to keep up with her.

"Well, Theo, I wish I could have reunited with you under different circumstances." Hermione said waving her wand to perform a diagnostic charm. She saw where his vertebrae looked like they were disintegrating. It was hard to look at because she knew if they couldn't solve this, Theo would forever be bound to a chair or bed for the rest of his life.

"As do I. So do I need to give you the whole year by year story or can I just hit the highlights to why I've turned into a vegetable." Theo pointed to himself from the waist down.

"Please, feel free to speak candidly with me." Hermione sat in the chair next to the bed.

"Well, during the battle I came back to find Draco. I was worried about him and what the Dark Lord would do to him." Theo glanced nervously at Hermione.

"Theo, Draco and I are friends, he told me what Voldemort made him do. I don't hold anything against him. He wanted to save his family and stay alive. We were children; Theo, what else would anyone have done?" Hermione spoke gently.

"All right then. So I went on to the grounds and saw Draco walking away with his mother and father. Then Potter came back from the dead and chaos ensued. I ran towards where I saw Draco heading and I ran into my father." Theo sneered at the last part. Hermione raised an eyebrow at him.

"I was not into the Dark Lord's plan for domination. My father attempted to force me to take the Mark. I declined saying I needed to finish my years at Hogwarts first." Theo replied to her unspoken question.

"Anyway, I ran into my father and he began to scream at me to fight alongside him. I of course wanted nothing to do with this. I wanted to find Draco. He is the closest thing I have ever had to a family since my mother passed on. I remember walking away and then feeling like I had been hit with a bludger in the back. I woke up in Madam Pomfrey's care the next day." Theo explained.

"So when did the symptoms of paralysis begin then?" Hermione inquired.

"Well that would be about two years ago. I was in Romania working with the dragon tamers."

"WHAT! Dragon tamers? Did you work with Charlie Weasley?" Hermione interrupted.

"Well, yes." Theo chuckled.

"Oh, please excuse my rude interruption." a red blush spreading across Hermione's cheeks.

"It's no problem. Well I was actually working with Charlie when out of nowhere my back started spasming. I fell to the ground and couldn't move, which was problematic when you are trying to calm a Chinese Fireball. Charlie had to help and levitate me out of the dragon's cave." Theo explained.

"After that incident every month or so, I would collapse and not be able to use my legs for a day or two. I just thought maybe my work with Dragons had over stressed my body, but then just last month it happened again and I have not been able to use my legs since." Theo finished.

"So nothing seems to trigger these episodes?" Hermione asked while tapping his knees with her wand. There were no reflexive movements that came from her tapping. Hermione frowned, this was not a good sign.

"Nothing that I'm aware of. Each time it happened I was in a different place and situation." Theo stated.

"Have you tried physiotherapy?" Hermione asked.

"Physio what?" Theo asked thoroughly confused.

"Pardon me, that is a technique Muggles use to help stretch and strengthen their bodies after accidents." Hermione explained.

"Oh, well then the answer to that is no. I haven't done anything besides coming to the hospital to get help. I've apparently become a bothersome case to poor Healer Hawthorne." Theo tried to joke.

"I think Healer Hawthorne is just frustrated that he can't get you well yet." Hermione smiled at Theo.

"Even so, I am appreciative that you are helping with my case. I feel an outside eye might help. Besides you are the brightest witch of our age right?" Theo winked at her. Hermione felt a blush spread across her cheeks.

"Such a charmer Mr. Nott. You are correct on a fresh pair of eyes though. I will be taking your file home with me tonight to try to figure out something to try tomorrow." Hermione gathered Theo's chart and stood up from the chair.

"Thank you Healer Granger for taking me on your caseload." Theo said with a wink. It's a good thing he has such a good sense of humor. It must be so hard for him to deal with this on his own Hermione thought.

"I'll see you in the morning. If you need anything you just call on Daphne. She's the best medi witch here. Also, she can get in touch with me if there is anything you need or think of." Hermione said walking towards the door.

"Oh Daphne, will just bustle about here like a grandma scolding me for not coming sooner." Theo pouted.

"Well serves you right. Your friends must be very worried about you." Hermione said thinking of a distraught Draco.

"Touché, Granger. I will do better." Theo said with a small smile.

"Til, tomorrow then. Goodnight." Hermione said leaving the room.