St. Mungo's ward for victims of creature attacks
Hermione sat there next to her boyfriend watching him breathe and tears silently fell down her cheeks. Draco was dying and there was nothing she could do to fix it. In the back of her mind the thought of what would happen to him when the transformation occurred. Would he end up in a blood fury and have to be sent to the Veil and have his soul taken from him or would Harry and the Aurors have to "kill him." She couldn't think of that right now. She needed to stay hopeful that Draco would come back to her in any form and that she would be able to have her love back in her life. Would him being a vampire change many of her hopes for the future yes, but that's ok if she still had him to love and he loved her in return. She began to blame herself for the attack. If only she had been able to find some evidence from any of the crime scenes maybe this psycho would be off the streets and her dragon wouldn't be in the state he was. She laid her head on the edge of Draco's bed and began to fall asleep to the sound of his shallow breaths.
Harry arrived at the hospital ward and went to find the Healer in charge. When he arrived at the desk he gave his credentials and the nurses quickly went to find the healer in charge of Draco's case. While he waited he felt a hand come to rest on his shoulder without turning around he let out a breath he had been holding in. "Gin, I never wanted this to happen. I feel like I failed Hermione and Draco." She stepped closer to him, turning him to face her and hugged him.
"Harry, she doesn't blame you. No one wanted this to happen, but this isn't your fault. As I was saying earlier, you can't carry the safety of the wizarding world on your shoulders all the time. This is hard for all of us. We just need to be there for Hermione and Draco as much as we can right now."
Harry turned and embraced Ginny and kissed her soft lips. "You're right. Where's the bloody healer?" He stepped back from Ginny and looked around for anyone. There was no one around; it went from seeming like a normal hospital ward to a ghost ward with the only sound being a few monitoring spells on charts sitting on the desk. "Excuse me, Are you Auror Potter?" A thin tall older dark skinned man asked.
"Yes I am and you are?" Harry asked, looking at the gentleman. "I'm healer Boatwell. I am the healer handling Mr. Malfoy's condition. The nurses tell me you wanted to gather information about him. I received you forms requesting the health information in regards to the ongoing investigation. I can't tell you all the information about him, but I can tell you he was only bitten by one vampire and he is in the process of turning into one. It looks like he was a target and not an accidental victim like in the other cases I have seen. His other injuries have already started to heal. He has maybe a week if the transformation occurs quickly or it could take up to a month. Once the transformation has fully taken effect then he will be only able to live a life in the shadows and avoiding the sunlight. That's all saying that he doesn't contract blood rage and try to go on a killing spree like the last few victims have."
"I see, is there a way that I could see him to take note of his physical appearance now from when he was found at the crime scene?" Harry tried to keep a professional mentality to this all but inside knew that his best friend was probably crushed and losing all her sanity with everything that is going on.
"I'm sorry Auror Potter, but only family is allowed to see him right now. He has some visitors right now. I can see if they would allow you to come by later." Healer Boatwell was watching Harry closely as if he didn't trust him.
Harry turned to walk away and started down the hall when Ginny followed after him. "And where do you think you are going?" Ginny asked her git of a husband. "Hermione is in there and I already have permission from Hermione to come and go. Come on." She grabbed her husband's arm and followed her back and past the healer towards Draco's room.
"Auror Potter I already told you that you can't visit with Mr. Malfoy." Boatwell followed after them quickly. "Can it? He's coming in with me and I already have Ms Black's and Miss Granger's permission to go in." Ginny glared at the healer making him stop in his tracks. Harry had seen the glare many times from his wife and it was usually followed up by a hex being thrown at that person if they didn't heed her warning. They passed through the hospital room doorway and Ginny motioned to Harry to be quiet as they approached the bed. There with her head rested on Draco's bed and her hand holding his was Hermione. "Draco, I know you are in there somewhere, but please know I don't want to go on without you. I lost so much in my life and you have helped me pick up the pieces and helped me gain some of it back. But all of it means nothing without you. You are what I need I don't think I could go on knowing you are gone." She picked her head up to plant a kiss on his hand when she noticed Harry and Ginny on the other side of the bed. "Oh Harry, I didn't notice you there."
"Hermione, I'm sorry this happened to him. I'm going to find the vampire that did this to him." Harry didn't know what else to say after hearing his friend's declaration to her boyfriend. "Harry I just want Draco back. Vampire or not I want him back and I am not going to leave him. I want to help catch the person who did this also." Hermione got up walking over to her friends and hugged Harry.
"We'll get them." Harry hugged her back. They stayed a few hours before leaving Hermione at the hospital for the evening.
