Luna was methodically cleaning the open wounds that her spells were unable to close earlier, while simultaneously casting the Tempus Charm, to check if the allotted time to administer another potion to her patient passed yet.
Once the Blood-Replenishing Potions had enough time to settle, she uncorked the vial of Skele-Gro, sniffed it, and nodded to herself. She knew that Severus was a very fine Potions Master, but in her experience, she knew anything could happen, so she always made sure to double check the potions she was working with, as her patients lives depended upon them.
"Please hold her head up for me again." She instructed firmly, and knew what was coming would not be pleasant. "You will need to make sure that she stays in place." She reminded Severus, and touched the vial to her lip, starting to pour the foul-smelling liquid down her throat.
Hermione, even though she was unconscious, instinctively objected to Healer Krum's administrations, but she was ruthless with her actions, and did not stop until she finished, which was unblinkingly supported by the trashing witch's husband.
The dark-haired wizard's emotions were well guarded, his face as stoic and impassive as ever, but inside he was erupting lava, like a raging volcano. His eyes were like liquid obsidian, as they carefully drank in every little detail about his wife's condition. He appreciated the professionalism Luna portrayed, and he knew she was one of the most qualified witches in her field.
It was particularly hard for him to restrain his chaotic emotions, when she was administering Skele-Gro to Hermione, as it tore into his heart, seeing her battered body twitching frantically in reaction to the potion. He knew from experience that it tasted atrocious, and re-growing bones was a rather painful procedure.
His eyes snapped to her face, when he heard her barely audible whisper. "Sev-e-rus..." She moaned in pain.
"Hermione." He whispered with a flicker of emotion, reaching out to hold one of her hands, gently drawing circles on the back of it with his fingertips.
Her face contorted in pain, and she convulsed, trashing violently, alerting both Luna and the Potions Master that something was going horribly wrong. "Healer Krum, make yourself useful and do something!" He snarled at her, as he attempted holding her down.
"Calm yourself for Merlin's sake, your nerves are irritating my concentration." Healer Krum hissed at him in a very Snape-like manner, that probably would have caused his upper lip to twitch, had it been a different situation.
She weaved her wand in an infinity-shape over the center of Hermione's body, and muttered a long Latin incantation and frowned, as there was a series of colourful glows flashing in quick succession, until it stopped at an angry red, in the shape of a vegetable.
"Did you know that your wife was allergic to Chinese Chomping Cabbage?" She asked, as she ran the diagnostics once more to make sure. "We need an Equalizer Potion to neutralize the allergic reaction, and then I will ne-" She was once more interrupted by the wizard.
"I have the Equalizer Potion in the kit I have given you." He motioned towards the ornate box. "I can brew a version of Skele-Grow that doesn't have the ingredient my wife is allergic to, and of course I haven't known, otherwise this would not have happened in the first place. Do you take me for an utter invalid?" He sneered, as he cast the same gentle Stasis spell on her that he did before, touching her face tenderly. "Now, show me to your Potions Lab. I trust you have the ingredients that I need." He demanded in a cool voice.
Luna merely raised an eyebrow, neutralized the immediate threat, and cast her own spells over Hermione, carefully shielding her own emotions from both herself and the highly irritable dungeon-dweller. She closed her eyes briefly to reinforce her Occlumency shields, and counted slowly to five to calm down.
"Follow me." She said curtly, and without even looking back, if he was in fact following her, she stormed out of the private room towards the St. Mungo's Potions Laboratory.
Snape looked at Hermione softly, cast a few wordless warding spells, because it would be raining Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, before he would leave her unprotected, and followed after her Healer.
A/N: -Snorts- Can I just say I absolutely love that Luna snarks back at Severus? I had so much fun writing this. And yeah, Hermione will have a long way towards recovering, it's only one obstacle that she is allergic to Chinese Chomping Cabbage.
Sorry Mia, but then again, for the story's sake, not really.
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