A/N: I'm so sorry for the delay in updating after the cliffy I left you all at... So here it is... Hold on to your seat folks you're in for a ride...

Disclaimer: I don't own HP!

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Albus looked at Severus as did everyone else but he is the one who asked "How did what happen Severus?"

Severus looked at Albus with narrowed eyes that were completely black. "The reason the cuts on Miss Granger's stomach are not healing is because they were made by magical means. I can detect dark magic around the edges."

Everyone gasped and Harry demanded "How? I thought that both of her parents are muggles. How did they use magic on her?"

Minerva who was paled looked at Albus and said "How did we not know that at least one of Hermione's parents is from our world?"

Albus shook his head. "I don't know Minerva. I will look into it though. As far as I know neither of her parents are registered. It could be they never knew or they knew and just didn't use magic. For now I think we need to concentrate on getting Hermione patched up. I also think until we know more about her parents that she is never alone."

Everyone nodded and Severus said "I think it best that everyone steps out of the infirmary except Poppy, Narcissa and myself. This way we can start working on Miss Granger. Plus Albus you should get to the Great Hall and get the sorting and the Welcome Feast started. As soon as it is over you all can come back here. By then we should have Miss Granger stable and awake."

Albus nodded and placed a hand on Harry's shoulder as he started to protest. "Come along Harry. I promise as soon as the Welcoming Feasting is over you can come back. As can Draco, Blaise and Pansy. I know you want to stay with Hermione but you need to eat to keep your strength. The next couple of days are going to be hard."

Harry sighed but nodded and then looked at Severus. "You'll let us know if Hermione worsens before we return?"

Severus gave a solemn nod. "Yes Potter I will. I also think it best you sit with Draco, Blaise and Pansy. This way if we send word you all will get it at the same time."

Harry nodded and then said "Alright. Am I allowed to tell Ron and Ginny about Hermione?"

Albus looked at Harry and shook his head. "Not right now Harry. If and when they find out it should be because Hermione wanted to tell them. I think for tonight you four can sit at the Head Table. If asked why we'll come up with a reason. I'll let the other Professor's know about Hermione."

Severus nodded and surprised everyone by saying "Let Lupin know he can come back with you guys when you come. Now go so Narcissa, Poppy and myself can get to work."

Harry, Draco, Pansy and Blaise all looked at Hermione once more and then walked out of the cubicle Hermione was in followed by Albus and Minerva. They made their way out of the infirmary and to the Great Hall in silence. Each were hoping and praying that Hermione would come out of this alright.

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Poppy waited until the infirmary was cleared of everyone but Hermione, Narcissa, Severus and herself before she turned her head and looked at Severus. "How did you detect the fact that the cuts on Hermione's abdomen was done using dark magic and I couldn't? Even if they were shouldn't we be able to heal them at least enough to close them?"

Severus sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. With his free hand he delved into a pocket in his robes and pulled out four vials of the blood replenishing potion and handed them to Poppy. "Give those to Miss Granger while I explain. When you told me that you and Narcissa was able to get the cuts on Miss Granger's back to stop bleeding and healing but not the ones on her stomach I started thinking what that could be. I used a very old spell that I learned from reading a book that was published over a century ago. I honestly didn't think it would work but it did. I was able to detect from her wounds that it was dark magic that was used. As for why they are not healing it could be a couple of reasons. The main reason being that even while dark magic was used her parents also could have used an untraceable poison with whatever they used to cut her stomach. Another reason could be because the Muggle Doctor's stitched her up. Right now we need to get the bleeding to stop which it is already finally doing. We then fix her punctured lung and heal as many of the broken ribs that we can. Once we do that we wake Miss Granger and ask her what was used on her stomach. Then we fix her legs, hands, collar bone and vocal chords."

Poppy and Narcissa both nodded and Poppy said "The blood replenishing potion should be in Hermione's system and the bleeding has stopped. If you would Severus along with Narcissa work on healing Hermione's ribs I will work on her lung."

Severus and Narcissa nodded and pointed their wands at Hermione's side and started to work while Poppy started on fixing Hermione's punctured lung. They worked on silence for about thirty minutes.

Poppy finished working on Hermione's lung and then gave the witch another blood replenishing potion and two other potions which would help her to breathe easier without causing her too much pain. "Okay her lung is back to normal. We'll have to keep an eye on it though and make sure she doesn't have complications from it especially since it looks like the Muggles have cut her open to fix it before."

Severus frowned for a second at that and then sighed. "They operated on her and re-inflated her lung. If I'm remembering correctly she could end up with some kind of cold because of the broken ribs and punctured lung. We need to start her on a antibiotic potion to lessen the risk. Narcissa and I were able to align her ribs back to where they should be. I suggest giving Miss Granger one of the pain relief potions now and then we can wake her up."

Poppy nodded and lifted a vial off of the table beside her and then lifted Hermione's head up and forced her lips open again and poured the potion down Hermione's throat. After she was sure that the young witch wasn't going to choke she laid her head back down gently on the pillow. "We should give the potion a few minutes before we wake Miss Granger up."

Severus nodded and looked at the young woman on the bed. He couldn't believe that this was the same girl who helped to defeat the Dark Lord. His eyes took in everything that had changed about Hermione and frowned when he realized that she had lost quite a bit of weight. He made a mental note to brew up some vitamin potions so that he could make sure she got the nutrition that she needed even if she couldn't eat the things that she should.

He looked at Narcissa in surprise when he saw her lay her hand gently on Hermione's head. As he looked at her, he saw the worry and concern she felt about Hermione but he could also detect the anger in her eyes that were aimed at Hermione's parents. He couldn't blame her because he to was angry at Hermione's parents and he knew that if he ever saw them that he would hex first and ask questions later.

He looked up when he heard Poppy clear her throat. "I think enough time has passed Poppy. We should wake Miss Granger up now."

Poppy nodded and stepped forward and flicked her wand at Hermione as she silently said the spell that would bring the young woman to consciousness.

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Hermione groaned and blinked her eyes open. She gasped when she saw Narcissa, Poppy and Severus all looking down at her. "What happened?"

A/N 2: *snorts* Yes I know that it is another cliffy but hey at least she is awake... lmao... Click the button and let me know what you think!