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Chapter 60: Sad days

I stood up next to the chair I sat in for the past hour. I couldn't sit down anymore, I could barely sit through my classes, let alone in a chair in the hospital wing. It started two days ago, we didn't really talk much about it, but supervised in shifts anyway. Fred was on the opposite side of her bed, looking thoughtfully at the window. I haven't had time to find out what was wrong with him, but something told me that I was going to find out soon anyway. Maybe because I was his twin. My thoughts were suddently interrupted when the dors opened.

"Anything new?" a hoarse voice asked but we didn't move our eyes from the girl on the bed, we were so used to that voice that we knew who it was.

"Nothing. She hasn't even moved a finger." I finally looked up. "You need to stop looking like that Malfoy."

"Like what?"

"You look like…I don't know, but the look on your face is heartbreaking. If you don't stop it, someone will start getting suspicious. Get yourself together."

"You're right Weasley, I wouldn't want them to find out about her. They won't let her alone then. And if Potter finds out, it will be even worse. I hope she wakes up soon." I and Fred nodded. It's been five days since Selene fainted in the Great Hall, in the middle of lunch. Even Malfoy wasn't able to contact her through their mental connection or whatever.

People had various opinions on what happened, and they kept getting more ridiculous every day. But Dumbledore told us why she really was in the Hospital Wing, unconscious, and nothing seemed to help her; she'd been poisoned. None of us knew how, or by whom, or what poison had been used. That's why she was still there. But we had been researching. We couldn't seem to find the poison anywhere and Snape couldn't bring himself to set foot in the Hospital Wing. Over time, we learned he really loved her, as a daughter, and we had to admit that we wouldn't wish any parent to see his or her kid like that. She was really pale, and her lips turned purple three hours after she fainted; she hadn't moved a finger or anything in the past five days and if it wasn't for the slight raising and descent of her chest, we couldn't even tell she was breathing.

"I'll be going then. Watch over her Weasley. Who's after you two?"

"Ginny."

"I'll be coming later too then. And remember: never tell anyone I told you that you were right. I wouldn't be able to bear the shame."

"Of course Malfoy, if you don't tell anyone I pitied you." I grinned, and he left, slowly closing the doors behind him.

"Fred."

"What?"

"We gotta go. Ginny has the shift after us. Besides, we have classes tomorrow, unlike today."

"Oh, right. Let's go to the library to see if they found out anything new. About the poison…or her symptoms. And we can send Ginny from there."

" 'Kay. Cmon."

We left and headed to the library. Somewhere on the way we thought maybe we could go talk to Snape, but that would keep him even farther away and that was the last thing we needed. We found the four of them closet o the Restricted Section, though we doubted the teachers would even want to keep them away from there, because who knew how dark the poison really was, if it was slipped by someone who didn't leave any traces. Hermione was ( what a surprise) neck deep in a dictionary size book, Ron had about three books on the floor besides the one he had in his hand, and Harry and Ginny were collecting books from the higher shelves.

"Hey guys, sorry to interrupt your learning…"

"…spree, but it's Ginny's shift now. Need any help?"

Hermione's point of view

Ginny leaved as soon as the twins told her their shift was finished.

"Frankly guys, I'm exhausted. And school starts again tomorrow."

"Then go sleep Mione, you work a lot for school and this research. We can continue from here." Harry said and Ron jumped to help him.

"Yeah, and we still got your list to mark the books we already checked. Go get some sleep." The tiredness overthrew the wish to keep looking for answers. I was no help in this state.

"Ok then, I'll go."

Third point of view

Sadly, none of them got to find out what the poison was. With every day they were getting more an more desperate.

The rest of the school, however, didn't seem to notice that. Some of them, mostly Slytherins even forgot about the girl in the hospital wing, and the others didn't talk so much about it anymore. But the Gryffindors were the ones who still remembered. They supported and tried to make Harry and the others felt better, because they knew how close they were to Selene, even if not why.

On the other side, what the whole school noticed was that Snape was getting harsher and stricter every day. But what only seven kids noticed was that he was close to breaking. They had to do something about the girl, because they didn't even know how she was still alive.

"Professor Snape?" Harry finally gathered his courage to talk to the man who hated him most, because it was to save his sister. At least they had a common goal now.

"What is it Potter? Don't you think I have better things to do than listen to your blabbering?"

"Actually, sir, I think there is something more important that I can suggest you to do."

"I'd like to hear about your so called important things. Pray tell, Potter, what is that?"

"Find out what is poisoning my sister. She's looking like she just got out of a block of ice and has been there for over a week now. No one can reach her unlike other times and nothing is working. She's barely breathing. And we can't find out what poison was used. We even looked up in the Restricted Section. There's nothing there. And if we don't find out soon, we could lose her."

The Potions master was clearly taken aback by that comment. His colleagues urged him to go to the Hospital Wing, but none of them really told him what was happening with Selene. Probably because they didn't really know either. It seemed like the kids were braver than the adults in this case. He looked back at the stubborn look on the 13 year old's face and composed himself.

"Alright Potter, I'll go. But not for you, because I couldn't bear losing her. Not after what we've been through." That pleased Harry. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but Snape really was a master of potions and he was probably going to find out what was going on.

They found out, after a great shock from Snape at seeing Selene, but that didn't mean the results warmed their hearts. The reason why they didn't find out what the poison was, was because it wasnt a poison, there were actually more of the most dangerous poisons mixed. How she wasn't dead was a miracle. Now the hardest part was going to be brewing the antidote, especially because they didn't know how long she was going to be able to resist it.

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