Chapter 36

Soon it was lunch time and I was sitting in the great hall for lunch. Professor Lupin wasn't there because the full moon is tomorrow night. Poor Remus. I wonder if there is anything in the Ravenclaw Library on a cure for werewolves. Maybe it just got lost over the centuries. I decided I would check after lunch.

I was avoiding Fred for obvious reasons so when I saw him enter the hall with George, I quickly came up with an excuse and left to go to the Library. I found the passage in the Gryffindor common room and soon I was in the Ravenclaw Library. I went and took a seat at the table. "Is there a cure for lycanthropy?" I asked the library. Four books flew off the shelves and opened themselves in front of me. I picked up the first book and started reading.

Werewolves are horrible beasts and they must be killed on sight as there is no cure for-

I didn't finnish reading that sentence because I had slammed the book shut. I picked up the next book.

There is no magical cure for being a werewolf in the modern world. There is a potion that can enable them to keep their minds but it doesn't stop them changing.

I closed that book and picked up the next one.

All forms of magic have been tried but it just isn't possible to cure lycanthropy. Some of the best minds of the generation have tried but nothing has worked.

I closed that one and picked up the last book. It was a diary but it wasn't one of Rowena's.

Unfortunately, there is no magical cure for being a werewolf.

I was about to throw the book away in frustration but something caught my eye so I kept reading.

However, I did not stop there. I have been combining magic with muggle science and I believe I am coming close to finding the cure. My younger brother was infected with lycanthropy when we were young and I must find a way to save him. I have started to make a liquid cure that will devour the werewolf gene. I have found the right muggle chemicals and at the moment I am working on using magic to stabilize it so that it doesn't destroy any human parts.

I flipped through the book until I came to what looked to be a promising page from one of the later entries.

I have done it! I completed the potion and cured my brother. His scars even faded considerably. It has been three full moons and he hasn't changed. I have written the directions and ingredients below. I will be announcing my discovery next week.

Citric acid

Sulfuric acid

Hydrochloric acid

Acetone

Ketone

Universal indicator (green)

Wolfsbane

Powdered Bezoar

Peppermint

Octopus powder

Eye of Newt

Silverweed

After that there was a list of directions. If it worked, why wasn't it publicized. I flipped ahead to the last few entries.

Someone killed my brother. They're coming for me. I've hidden in a safe house. I just have to wait until tomorrow. Then I can present my findings. Someone doesn't want me to. I am not sure who yet but I think I am safe here. If not, this book is charmed to go to The Ravenclaw Library if I die. I found the Library while I was at school in Hogwarts. I am a descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw. Now if I die, hopefully another descendant will find my diary.

That was the last entry. I guess she died. I turned to the back, inside cover. The name 'Fiona Henry' was written in silver. I left the book open and went over to the family tree wall. I found her and her brothers names. She was my great great great aunt. I turned back to the book and found the page with the directions on it.

I read the ingredients again. I could owl-order all the wizard ingredients but I don't know how I'm going to get my hands on the muggle chemicals. If only I had a computer. I could order them over the internet. I don't have time to find a computer though, let alone wait for the things to arrive.

I wrote all the ingredients and directions down on a spare bit of parchment before going back to the common room. I rushed up to my dorm and filled out the owl-order form. I put ten galleons in the envelope before rushing back downstairs. Harry, Hermione, Neville and Ron were just walking through the portrait hole. I ran strait up to them. "Harry can I borrow Hedwig?" I asked hurriedly.

"Uh sure." He said. I ran through the portrait hole.

"Thanks." I called over my shoulder as I quickly made my way to the owlery.

I rushed up the spiral stairs and found Hedwig. "Hey girl." I said to her. "Can you take this for me." She nipped my finger in confirmation and I attached the letter to her leg. She flew away. It should arrive tomorrow at breakfast.

I am going to have to go into the muggle world tomorrow and get the other ingredients. I can't go today because I have to go to that DA meeting after dinner. Also, I suck at potions so I'm going to have to get Hermione to help me make it.

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After dinner I met Harry and everyone else in front of the entrance to the room of requirement. Harry paced three times and the door to the room of requirement showed itself. I heard some people gasp in amazement at it's sudden appearance. Harry lead us inside a room. It was much like the Gryffindor common room. There were lots of couches arranged in a 'U' shape. Everyone except Harry, Hermione and I, sat down on a couch.

We stood facing the 'U' so everyone could see us. Harry in the middle, me to his left and Hermione to his right. "So," Harry started awkwardly. "We're all here because we want to know how to defend ourselves. Our defense teachers have been inconsistent and we need to learn how to properly defend ourselves."

"Why?" Justin Finch-Fletchley asked.

"Because there are still death eaters out there. Just because you-know-who might be dead, which he isn't by the way, it doesn't mean there is nothing out there that could hurt us." Hermione explained gently.

"What makes you qualified to teach us?" Padma Patil asked.

"Well it's not just me." Harry quickly explained. "I'll teach you things like disarming charms and defensive spells, Hermione will teach you useful jinxes, hexes and curses, Joanne will help us and teach you shield charms, the patronus charm (with me), and other useful things. Then if any of you know any good spells, you can teach everyone too. Basically we're just all sharing our knowledge."

"That's a great idea." Said a blond haired girl dreamily. That could only be Luna Lovegood.

A table appeared in front of Hermione and she pulled out a long piece of parchment and a quill. "Joanne and I have charmed this parchment so that if you sign it, you will not be able to tell anyone. You could try to talk about it but nothing will come out of your mouth unless the person you are talking to already knows." Hermione explained. We had found that charm while we were researching my curse and thought it would be a good idea to place it on the members of the DA.

To our pleasure, everyone decided to sign. I handed out the charmed galleons Hermione had created for us to communicate. We explained how the numbers on the fake coin will be the times and dates we are meeting.

"Where do we meet you?" Daphne Greengrass asked. Ron had been reluctant to let Slytherins in but Hermione and I were insistent.

"Just be in your common rooms." I said mysteriously. "We'll come and get you." Some people looked a little confused by this but no one said anything.

Once everyone else had left, Hermione, Harry, Ron, Neville, Draco, the twins (to my annoyance) and I sat down on the couches because I had told them I wanted to tell them something. "Why is George here?" Draco asked.

"Fred told him everything." I growled.

"Wait, everything, everything?" Neville asked.

"Yes, everything." I said.

"Well, they are twins." Ron reasoned. Now that I think about it, Ron does kind if have a point. Then again, he could have asked me before telling. If he explained things I would have been fine with it. I didn't realize it was that hard for him to not tell George. I was still kind of mad though.

"But it was Joanne's secret! He shouldn't have told anyone." Hermione argued for me. My point exactly! However, I decided then that I was being a little unfair.

"No it's okay. Ron's right." I said. Fred jerked his head up and met my eyes. He had been avoiding making eye contact the whole meeting. I felt kind of bad for being so mad at him now. "He's your twin, I should have expected it to be hard to keep it from him. I wish you would have asked me first though. I would have been okay with it if you told me."

"Sorry." Fred said quietly.

"No it's my fault really." George put in. "I basically made him tell me." I nodded and Fred smiled at me.

"So was that what you wanted to talk to us about?" Draco asked me.

"Actually no." I told them. "So you know how professor Lupin is a werewolf?"

"Professor Lupin is a werewolf?!" George exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah." I stated before continuing. "So anyway, the full moon is tomorrow and I felt bad for professor Lupin so I figured if there is a cure it would be in the Ravenclaw Library."

"There isn't a cure." Hermione told me. "It says so in all the books."

"Not my books." I said happily.

"You found a cure?!" Ron asked in amazement.

"Yep!" I said.

"That's wonderful. I thought there was no cure." Neville murmured, too awed to speak louder.

I told them the story of my ancestor, Fiona Henry. "So she combined science and magic. That's brilliant." Hermione said.

"We need to have the potion ready before the full moon tomorrow." I told them as I pulled out the list of ingredients. "I've owl-ordered all the magic ingredients. They should arrive at breakfast tomorrow but the muggle ones are going to be hard to get a hold of."

"Maybe not." Hermione said as she looked at the list. "This is all stuff you can find in a University science lab. That wouldn't be too tuff to break into considering we're magical."

"Did my ears deceive me-" began George.

"-Or did Hermione-goody-two-shoes-Granger-" continued Fred.

"-Just suggest steeling." George finished.

"Shut up." Hermione scowled at them. "We need to."

"So Hermione and I can go tonight after dinner." I said. "We can take the night bus." Hermione nodded.

"No, you shouldn't go alone." Fred said.

"Joanne and I know the muggle world the best. It'll be quicker and easier if we go alone." Hermione explained.

Fred still didn't seem to like the idea but he realized he had no say in the matter and just scowled at the table. We were going and there was nothing he could do about it.

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Hi readers. I feel so bad. I haven't updated in almost a week! I think that's the longest I've gone without updating on this story. But it's here now!

Also I have drawn a new cover picture. I'm not the best at drawing but I just wanted to give you a basic idea of what Joanne looks like. It's how her, Ron, Harry and Hermione look at the moment. I know it's not very good but I did my best.

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