In which Poppy helps.
I. Damsel in Distress
Poppy was never one for playing the damsel in distress.
No, she preferred to do the saving, thank you very much, and her prince would have to deal with it.
II. Never Too Late
"Another one?" Poppy asked when Dumbledore knocked on her door.
"A ghost this time. Petrified, like the others."
"Bring him in. Never too late to mend the dead, I suppose."
III. To Save A Life
"Is he..." Slughorn asked. Poppy shooed him away.
"Alive." She drew the curtain around Ron Weasley's poisoned form. "Lucky Potter was there."
"Lucky you're here," Slughorn said, and she smiled.
IV. With All My Heart
Poppy's entire heart was numb.
"There's nothing you could have done," McGonagall reminded her.
But those words couldn't bring Dumbledore back to life, and they couldn't alleviate her guilt, either.
V. Help Me
There were so many bodies after the Battle of Hogwarts. Too many. Poppy felt ill.
She wasn't a damsel in distress. She wasn't. She wasn't.
"Help me," she whispered anyway.