Hola! - My cousins trying to get me to learn Spanish, not going so well
Thanks to: '-Magical Moonshine-', MarianneP, Lobo de Fuego and BlueNeutrino
Disclaimer: don't own Harry Potter- JK Rowling does. However, Mia? She's owned by me. As is Debbie and Remiel. Also, I made up the Pheron
Anyways, this chapter starts in March and goes through to April
Chapter 11: The Wake Up
"I can't believe Zonko's is closing down!" Mia said, coming out of the bedroom and pulling her hair into a loose plait.
"I know," Fred said, slightly solemnly, "still!" he brightened up, "more business opportunities for us!"
"You mean opportunities to bleed poor little kids of all their money?" Mia said, pushing the sleeves of her robes up.
"Well, that too," Fred replied. Mia rolled her eyes and downed her tea, wincing slightly at the heat.
"Right," she said, sending her cup flying to the sink with a flick from her wand, "I'll see you guys later," she kissed George's cheek quickly, "and have fun in Hogsmeade- without me!" she quirked a smile and winked at them before Disapparating.
When she arrived at St Mungo's, she passed two Healers whispering quickly together as they walked down the hall.
"-His arm!" she heard on of them say.
"But Ava wouldn't-" the second one started to say, but the first one cut him off.
"You know how desperate she is! She'll employ anyone with the right qualifications! 'Sides, I doubt she knows, 's not like he'd go parading it around!" Mia pushed the doors to the Creature-Induced Injuries floor open and walked in, shooting a confused look over her shoulder, but the Healers hadn't acknowledge her presence all the way up the stairs, and they didn't realise she'd left either.
She shrugged it off as she went around the wards, checking over injuries and giving out potions. "Morning, Rem," she said to Remiel as she entered the same ward he was in. He looked over at her with- as always- a blank expression.
"Its Remiel," he corrected her. Mia shrugged.
"Whatever, Rem. You seen Mr Rowland?" she asked, gesturing to the empty bed that had been occupied when she left last night.
"I sent him home," Remiel replied, turning back to the patient he was tending to. Mia stared at the back of his head, her mouth had dropped open slightly and her eyes had widened.
"You… you sent him home?" she almost shrieked, "he wasn't due out for another week at the least!" she strode towards him, "he still needed to take all his potions! What kind of Healer would let him out after he'd only been here for three days? Three days!" she looked down at Remiel's patient- a thin woman with heavy eyebrows- was staring at the two of them wide-eyed. There was a greenish tinge to her skin and her eyes looked dim and bloodshot. She also noticed Remiel was holding a pot full of a mud like potion. Slowly, she asked the woman, "Why are you here, ma'am?"
"I… I was bitten by a Pheron…" she uttered timidly. Mia closed her eyes briefly and looked up at Remiel.
"She was bitten by a Pheron… and you're giving her Aculeat?" she barely noticed that the patient shrunk back into her bed a bit further. Mia snatched the pot from Remiel's hand and stormed out of the room, and down the hallway. Remiel followed her.
"Do you even have qualifications?" she asked, "I mean… what was you're last job? Did you suck at that, too?" she pushed her way into the supply room and slammed the pot of Aculeat back in its rightful place.
"My last real job," Remiel said, with a slightly dark tone, "paid very well." Mia glanced at him for a second; surprised that he'd answered her in an ever-so-slightly menacing voice, instead of the bored, flat one he usually used. But she quickly recovered.
"You're last real job? What's that meant to mean?" she slid a bottle sharply off the shelf, catching it before it fell to the floor. "And 'it paid well'," she scoffed, "why'd you leave then?" Remiel raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes slightly. Wow, more emotion, Mia thought.
"My boss became… unavailable," he said the last word through gritted teeth. Mia let out a short, harsh laugh.
"Unavailable? What, is that another way of saying he died?" she rolled her eyes obnoxiously and turned to leave the room. Remiel's face fell back into a blank mask as he walked slowly after her.
When Mia got back to the flat later that evening, Fred and George weren't back yet. She shrugged and flicked her wand at the kettle. The water had boiled by the time she'd gotten changed and she looked around the flat again. It was weirdly silent without the twins here. They were usually in the actual flat, talking, laughing or experimenting for new products, or they were down in the shop, and she could hear the sound of customers flow up the stairs and force itself through the door.
She stared out of the window with glassy eyes while she sipped her tea. She watched a cloud shaped like a cat with only three legs drift across the darkening sky and another one merge with it just before it moved out of sight.
SLAM! Mia shrieked and dropped her cup in the sink, causing it to shatter, and she whipped around. Fred and George fell onto the sofa with uncharacteristically solemn expressions on their faces. Mia glanced at her watch. It was nearly half nine.
"Um… didn't get Zonko's then?" she guessed. Fred looked up at her.
"Didn't even set foot in the store," he said. Mia cocked her head to the side.
"Why not?"
"Ron…" Fred replied. Mia dipped her eyebrows as she remembered it was his birthday today.
"Was he… not happy to see you?" she ventured.
"He didn't see us, at all," George replied.
"Uh…" she wasn't quite sure how to reply to that. "Was he not in Hogsmeade?"
Fred shook his head and George said, "He was in the Hospital Wing." When Mia's mouth dropped open, they explained about the… love potion incident and that apparently the wine that Slughorn had given him had been poisoned. And that he probably would have died if Harry hadn't of shoved a Bezoar down his throat.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, and wait a minute,"Mia said, "… Slughorn had a Bezoar?" she asked.
"Um… obviously," Fred replied.
"How many did he have?" she asked.
"I don't know!" Fred replied, "Why?"
"'Cause if he had a lot, I wanna know where he got them! I mean, we only have a tiny little box at St Mungo's, and we can only use them as a last resort! No, scratch that, we can only use them after the last resort!" she looked back to the twins, "so how's Ron now?"
George sighed, "He was still asleep when we left."
"Still, it was funny when he said Hermione's name!" Fred butted in.
"Wait… he said Hermione's name?" Mia laughed.
"Yeah," George replied.
"Well," Mia pondered, "I've never really… thought that would happen… but now I think about it," she paused for a second, "it's entirely possible…"
"Oi, that's our brother you're talking about!" Fred called, but he laughed as well. Mia just rolled her eyes.
As March rolled into April, the weather became considerably warmer. There was more sun, and the heavy winds turned into light breezes. Mia also started to feel like she should start getting paid double for saving the patients lives- not from animal attacks, but from sloppy Healing skills. Remiel sill wasn't a very good Healer. Several times she'd asked him whether he had the right grades, and scoffed at his skills- or, lack of skills.
This was one such time. She left the ward; her eyes pointed towards the sky and gritted her teeth, and groaned when she heard Debbie call her name. "What?" Debbie stopped in front of her, eyebrows raised. Mia sighed.
"Sorry, what good news?" she asked. Debbie grinned.
"When's your break?" she asked.
"Now," Mia said, shrugging and checking her watch. Debbie's grin grew.
"You know that Katie Bell girl?" Mia looked at Debbie, her eyes widening.
"Is she…?" Debbie nodded vigorously.
"She's awake!" Mia stared at Debbie for a minute, before clamping her mouth shut and licking her lips, and then she pushed past Debbie and sprinted down the hall.
"'Scuse me! 'Scuse me! Yeah, sorry, mate. 'Scuse me!" she practically yelled as she ran through the hospital. She reached the ward Katie was in as a Healer was coming out. The Healer looked at Mia for a second, with a slightly shocked expression, and then shrugged. "Go on in." Mia grinned before entering the room.
Katie was propped up on some pillows, staring around the room. Her skin was still an unhealthy sallow colour, there were still horrible bags under her eyes, and her hair was still greasy, but she looked a lot better now that her eyes were actually open.
"Katie!" Mia said, shooting across the room and hugging her. Katie laughed weakly and wrapped her arms around Mia. "Oh my god, you're actually awake!" Mia said as they pulled apart.
"Uh, yeah," Katie replied.
"How do you feel?" Mia asked. Katie shrugged.
"Um," she said, "I've just had about a hundred-thousand potions, so I feel alright," she shrugged, "shattered, though. Despite the fact I've been asleep for months." Then she frowned a little bit, "shouldn't you be working?" she asked, tugging on Mia's robes.
"What? Oh, no, it's my break," she replied.
"Oh, right." It was silent for about a minute, then Mia sighed.
"You know… you're parents came here everyday…" she said, "I came here everyday… Fred and George visited a couple of times…" she licked her lips, "and you didn't wake up for any of us."
"Huh?" Katie asked, utterly confused. Mia shook her head.
"Just proving a Muggle theory wrong- apparently talking to people in a coma's meant to help." Katie smiled.
"Well, don't forget, I was cursed, I think it would take a bit more then a one sided conversation to wake me up."
"Speaking of being cursed," Mia said, "what did happen? Exactly?" Katie's smile fell and she shook her head.
"I don't know," she said, "I don't remember anything! I've been trying- so hard! I just know Harry's going to ask me when I get back." She sighed, "I'm getting out in about a week. Then its straight back to Hogwarts to finish the year," she said dismally.
"There's still a couple Quidditch matches left, though, ain't there?" Mia asked, "I mean, you're still technically on the team- I'm sure Harry'll let you play! You are, like, one of the best Chasers ever." Katie laughed slightly.
"Yeah, except being out of shape, asleep for months, and there's only one match left, if I'm correct." She said. Mia rolled her eyes.
"Don't be such a pessimist!" she checked her watch. "Damn, my breaks over… I'll come back later, just before I go home." Katie nodded. Just before she left, Mia turned and said, "later, Katie."
"Bye," Katie replied. Mia grinned. Damn, it feels good to hear a reply!
Hmm… I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter… in a way I'm glad I finally managed to write about Katie waking up… in others… not so sure… oh well!
I reckon next chapter will be the last. If not that, then the one after it
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