The kitchen was silent for the rest of the night. No one slept, bar Danny who didn't stir after passing out. Around five, Mrs Weasley walked into the kitchen and announced that her husband would be fine. It wasn't until Mrs Weasley and Sirius served up breakfast that the mother noticed Danny and scowled at the bottle of firewhiskey, still open beside the halfa.

"How long has Danny been here? And has he been drinking?!" Mrs Weasley questioned, glaring accusingly at Sirius.

"He got here maybe an hour after the kids. He also got bitten by a snake. He treated himself using muggle medicine. He didn't swallow any whiskey," Sirius retorted, slightly angry at the suggestion that Sirius let an underage teen drink alcohol. Mrs Weasley blinked.

"How?" she whispered worriedly. Everyone shook their heads.

"He didn't say. He treated his bite and passed out," Fred answered softly.

After breakfast the teens headed upstairs to get some sleep, leaving Danny in the kitchen, not wanting to disturb the halfa. A few hours later, they gathered in the kitchen. Danny groaned softly and pressed a hand to his head. Everyone turned to the halfa. Danny opened his eyes slowly and saw his audience.

"How long was I out?" Danny asked.

"Less than twelve hours," Sirius answered immediately. Danny nodded, feeling groggy and weak. He almost felt like he was recovering from a bad cold but he knew better. It was his body fighting off the venom that had managed to work its way into his system. The time between getting bitten and treating the bite had been substantial.

"What happened to you?" Ron inquired.

"I told you. Got bitten by a massive snake," Danny retorted.

"Yeah, but how?" Fred interjected.

"Dumbledore sent me to where Arthur was. By the time I got there, there were already people on their way to help him. So I went after the snake and to check if it was safe," Danny answered, glancing at Sirius and Mrs Weasley meaningfully. As members of the order, both knew it to mean the prophecy.

"Was it?" Sirius ventured. Danny gave a quick nod.

"How's Arthur?" Danny asked, turning to Mrs Weasley.

"They stabilised him. He was much better by the time I left St. Mungo's this morning," she informed him. Danny smiled.

"Glad to hear it. Sirius, have you got any more clean rags, or bandages? I need to check on my wound," Danny requested. Sirius nodded and ran to fetch some bandages from a poorly stocked first aid kit.

Danny took the bandages and the firewhiskey to the bathroom.

"Don't worry Molly! Not drinking it!" Danny called over his shoulder, sensing the witch was about to comment. Danny shut and locked the door. He dropped the toilet lid and put the firewhiskey on the ground as he sat down. Gently, he pulled the now dried whiskey-soaked rags away from his arm. He grimaced at the wound. He hadn't gotten it treated fast enough. It looked to be getting infected and it was still bleeding. The skin around the wound look black too. His hand was weak, next to useless in fact.

Danny got up and ran the tap. He quickly cleaned the wound again, thanking his years of patching himself up after ghost fights. He sucked on the wound and tasted more venom in the wound. He sucked on the wound and spat out the blood/venom liquid down the sink. He grabbed the firewhiskey and rinsed out his mouth before spitting the alcohol into the bleeding wound. He grabbed the bandages and soaked them in the whiskey before wrapping his arm again. The alcohol stung his open wound but Danny knew it was working. He really didn't want to have to resort to using salt. That hurt so much worse.

Danny returned to the kitchen with the whiskey, feeling a little shaky on his feet.

"Danny? Are you alright?" Mrs Weasley asked worriedly.

"I'll be fine. Mightn't have got all the venom out last night. Got most of it. Hopefully my immune system will take care of the rest," Danny replied, secretly worried himself. The ghost snake's venom hadn't been this long-lasting.

"We're going to go visit Arthur soon. Would you like to join us?" Mrs Weasley inquired. Danny smiled.

"I'd love to," Danny confirmed. Mrs Weasley then prepared lunch for everyone and the teens' trunks arrived from Hogwarts.

Tonks and Mad-Eye arrived to escort the group through London to St. Mungo's hospital. The aurors nodded to Danny in greeting. The Weasleys and aurors were very happy. Harry was very quiet and Danny just felt sick. He was steadily getting paler and paler as they walked. Danny hardly noticed the underground or the magical entrance into the hospital through a glass shop window which was closed for refurbishment. Danny scanned the waiting room and frowned softly as he noticed his vision blurring. He tapped Moody's shoulder.

"I'm not doing well. Gonna get medical attention. Had wanted to avoid it but…" Danny muttered, having already told the aurors that he'd been bitten. Moody scanned the halfa with his magical eye before giving a quick nod.

Danny hung back and waited for Mrs Weasley to ask for her husband. As the group left, Harry glancing worriedly at the halfa, Danny stepped forward.

"Hey, I kind of need a healer. My friend, a muggle, has a snake and he said it wasn't venomous. But it bit me yesterday afternoon and I think he was wrong. The bite looks infected too," Danny explained, lying seamlessly. The witch behind the desk blinked in surprise.

"If you could fill out this form?" she requested. Danny shook his head.

"I think that'll have to wait until later," he managed before his legs gave way and he was forced to catch himself by grabbing the desk. The witch squeaked in surprise before calling over a healer. A strong wizard came over and helped Danny walk off down the corridor.

They stumbled up the stairs and Danny was brought into a small room. Minutes later an important looking wizard came in and unwrapped his arm. He gasped. Danny, feeling very faint, didn't watch as the wizard cast a number of spells and then rewrapped the wound, which still hadn't stopped bleeding.

"What kind of bite is this?" the wizard asked.

"Snake. Muggle friend keeps one as a pet. Didn't know it was venomous," Danny mumbled. The wizard glanced at Danny and gave him a blood-replenishing potion.

"How long ago was the bite?" the wizard inquired.

"Yesterday. My friend did some muggle medicine stuff to get the venom out when he realised I was sick," Danny lied.

"It seems clean. Just won't stop bleeding. I want you to come in again tomorrow. I'm going to give you another blood-replenishing potion to take with you. If you feel faint and the bite doesn't stop bleeding, take the potion and come back immediately. You may need to be admitted," the healer decided. Danny nodded and slipped the potion and another roll of bandages into his pocket.

"Thanks," Danny muttered, starting to feel better already and knowing he wouldn't be returning to be seen.

Confident that he wasn't going to pass out or collapse, Danny left the small room and walked down the corridor, noticing Harry and the Weasley children hastily hiding extendable ears in their pockets.

"Danny, where did you go?" Ron asked.

"Healer. The bite won't stop bleeding. Don't use those here guys. You're invading everyone's privacy not just the order's. Besides, if Molly sees them, she'll be furious," Danny replied. The teens hung their heads slightly in shame.

"You're not going to tell her, right?" Fred ventured. Danny sighed.

"I should. But I won't. You're just worried about your dad. But if I see you guys doing that again here, I will," Danny answered.

"Are you better now?" Ginny inquired.

"Yeah. Excuse me," Danny replied and went into the ward to see Mr Weasley, ignoring the mutterings that it wasn't fair that Danny got to go in and they didn't.

"Danny!" Mr Weasley called, grinning happily.

"Hey Arthur. Feeling better?" Danny greeted with a smile. Mr Weasley nodded.

"Lots. If the bites would stop bleeding, I could go home," Mr Weasley informed him. Danny nodded slowly.

"Glad to hear it. Do they need an antidote to stop the bleeding then?" Danny muttered. Mr Weasley nodded, finally seeing how pale Danny was.

"Merlin's beard Danny. Are you alright? What have you been doing for the last few months?" Mr Weasley gasped. Danny shook his head.

"Don't worry. Nothing bad. I just got bitten by the same snake last night. I tried to catch it. Turned a corner and it was there," Danny mumbled reassuringly.

"Danny! You need a healer. You should be in here," Mr Weasley hissed worriedly.

"Arthur, if I tell them how I got bitten, I'll be arrested. I just got seen by a healer. I said my muggle friend has a snake as a pet and didn't know it was venomous. My dad taught me loads of muggle first aid stuff," Danny replied softly. Mr Weasley scanned Danny's face with clear concern.

"But, you know, if they find a cure, mind letting me know? I might be able to get a hold of some," Danny requested. Mr Weasley nodded.

After a hushed conversation where Danny assured the present order members that the prophecy was safe, the teens outside were allowed in to say goodbye to Mr Weasley before they left. Danny noticed that Harry was even quieter. He looked frightened about something. As soon as they got back to Grimmauld Place, Mrs Weasley sent Harry up to bed and Danny soon followed him, exhausted by his injury. Ron called Danny down to dinner a few hours later. Harry didn't attend. Mrs Weasley saved him some food but Harry remained in his room all day. That evening, Danny started feeling faint again and took half of the blood-replenishing potion. He knew he should take the full dose but it was all he had.

The next morning, the house was buzzing with activity. Sirius was in an exceptionally good mood. However Danny woke up the next morning, feeling sluggish and faint again. He drank the rest of the potion before getting up and going to breakfast.

"Danny, are you sure you're feeling better? You still look sick," Ginny ventured.

"It's just blood loss. Molly, would Severus be able to make that blood-replenishing potion?" Danny replied. Mrs Weasley nodded.

"Right, I'll head to Hogwarts and let Dumbledore know what's going on here and get more of that potion," Danny decided.

"Danny, I'm not so sure that's a good idea. What if you lose too much blood?" Mrs Weasley began. Danny shook his head.

"The healer gave me some of that potion. I took half last night, and half this morning. That'll keep me going until I can get more," Danny retorted, not mentioning that he bled slower in his ghost form and could always resort to that.

Harry didn't come downstairs before Danny left. The halfa was worried about the teen, but right now he had to focus on not bleeding to death. He stepped into his dark alleyway and changed into his ghost form. His hand was much better after seeing the healer. It was a lot stronger and he no longer felt sick apart from when he was losing too much blood. He teleported to his room in Hogwarts and with a smile spotted his rucksack from the other night on the bed. He then floated in to the classroom and found Peeves floating sadly there.

"Peeves? What are you doing here?" Danny called in surprise. The poltergeist spun around before crying out joyfully.

"Phantom! You're back!" he exclaimed excitedly and managed to pull the halfa into a tight hug.

Danny quickly turned intangible and backed away a few inches, startled by the sudden display of affection.

"Woah, easy Peeves. I guess you missed me," Danny smirked. Peeves nodded.

"Look, I need to talk to a couple of people. It's important. But afterwards, why don't you tell me what I missed over the last week?" Danny requested. Peeves grinned happily.

"Does Phantom want Peevesy to come? Or wait here?" Peeves asked.

"I don't mind. But I'll be invisible for the most part," Danny answered. Peeves nodded.

"Peevesy will follow. Where are you going first?" Peeves decided.

"To Severus Snape," Danny replied. He then turned invisible and phased out of the classroom. He floated through the school and arrived at the potions master's office.

So Danny's in trouble with his own snake bite.

Like I've said before this is Danny's journey but it follows the events from the books. So if you're curious about what's going on with Harry, you can see it in the book.

Let me know what you guys think so far.

After the last chapter I got a question, asking if this was a way to treat a snake bite. Unlike me, I didn't actually research this before writing this story but I did after this question. Sucking the venom out used to be the way to treat a snake bite but it is not advised anymore. From what I saw, you should avoid eating or drinking, applying a tourniquet or ice. You should remove all jewellery or restrictive clothing in case of swelling and call the emergency services. Try to remember what the snake looked like but don't try to capture it. Allow wound to bleed for fifteen minutes or so, wrap with dry bandages and apply a splint, keep wound, if possible, below heart level.

So that is how you should treat a snake bite but for the purposes of the story, let's say Danny was doing the right thing. I do know that alcohol, salt and saliva have healing properties. But that's the medical lesson out of the way, and if you try to treat any injuries yourself make sure you know how first, not using fanfiction methods as they may not be the best methods. Disclaimer over.

Until the next chapter.