A/N: Here's another chapter. Enjoy.:))

Chapter 61: Not broken yet

September 17, Tuesday, a day just like the others, because she was still unconscious. Snape was trying his best to brew the antidote, but a lot of the ingredients had complicated ways of being prepped for potions.

Some of them had to be kept in oil for a week, so it took a while to make the potion. As far as the kids knew, it was going to be ready before the end of the week, and they couldn't wait. Selene's state was getting really concerning, her breathing getting slower every couple of days. But as Ron put it, she was lucky she was still brething. The poison was strong if Snape was to be trusted, so it could have killed her on spot. Draco was barely kept in character by Blaise, who hadn't relly been told what happend to his friend. Harry, Ron and Hermione were really concerned, but didnt quite grasp the concept of what could happen because of their young age. Fred and George though were starting to concern everyone. They barely laughed these days and haven't pranked anyone in two weeks. They didn't even talk much, only whispering between themselves and sometimes to the unconscious girl, only talking in class when adressed directly by the teachers. Even the Slytherins observed their drastic change of behaviour, and they were usually as oblivious as Harry, at least when it came to the Gryffindors' bad times. Lee was afraid this situation broke their happy part, and was getting more and more convinced of that every day.

Over those two weeks, Hermione and Blaise got to know each other better, even if they only had two hours of Muggle Studies, and have been told that next week they were going to start choosing projects for the end of the first term, in order to have time to finnish them. That meant they would spend more time together and, hopefully, Selene will be there to when they were to choose the project. Everyone was surprised at how well the Slytherin and Gryffindor got along, but no one complained.

But that was only on the background of life at Hogwarts. Even though there were still two more weeks until the guests were supposed to arrive, the preparations already started. Filch was rubbing each and every stone of the old castle, Dumbledore and the Bloody Barron were trying to make an agreement with Peeves so he wouldn't trouble the guests, and the house elves were making lists of french and northern dishes for the opening banquet.

That night was no different than the last ones for the three friends.

"How late is it Harry?"

"It's half past eight Ron. Fred and George are supposed to come every moment now." He answered monotony, not taking his eyes away from his sister. How did she end up like that? They still haven't found out who poisoned her. Harry thought at one point that maybe it was Moody when he came to their table before she fell from the bench, but, as Hermione reasoned, he was an auror and old friend od Dumbledore. It couldn't have been him.

"Hey kids, we're taking…"

"…over from here, you can go." Fred and George muttered and the three jumped a little, not having seen them enter. Harry got up from the chair and kissed Selene's forehead, shivering at the coldness, then they went back to the common room, parting to go to sleep.

Harry and Ron got ready for bed in silence, and were ready to go to sleep by nine. As Harry climbed in bed, Ron cleared his throat.

"She's going to wake up, you know. She's really powerful, and Snape is a-he's good at potions." He said the last words as if he's been forced rather then saying them by free will.

"I know, but, seeing her like that… I- we've been apart for 10 years mate. It's hard."

Hermione was alone in the bedroom, Lavander and Parvati talking in the common room and Selene in the hospital wing. Instead of learning as she usually did before bed, she decided that she was ahead of the others enough. Glancing at the bed next to her, that was almost as cold as the person who should have been in it, she slipped between the covers of her own and into the world of dreams.

"Excuse me, Professor Moody?" Hermione was startled when Professor McGonagall interrupted their DADA class, not that she minded it, Moody was just telling them how since they had two hours today, in the second he was going to start putting them under the Imperius.

"Yes?"

"Could I take Potter, Granger and Weasley a little? It's very important."

"Of course, I'm just going to continue my lecture, the second class is more important." He said with a smirk that gave goosebumps to the whole class.

The three of them were glad to exit the classroom, as they were never sure how he would react or what he would do next. They looked up hopeful at the teacher.

"The potion is ready. We are going to administer it to her. We thought you three would want to come."

"Yes!" they answered in unison, their faces lighting up suddently.

When they arrived at the Hospital Wing, Harry could swear he saw a bunch of white hair at the other end of the corridor, but didn't pay it much attention. Inside they found Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey and the twins who Harry knew for a fact that they currently had potions with Snape who was there as well. Probaly the other 5th year Gryffindors and Ravenclaws were making a mess in the dungeons now. The two boys looked a lot better than they had in the past weeks, but still you couldn't say they were happy.

When they were all gathered, Madame Pomfrey poured the green concoction into a glass goblet, as instructed by Snape, and the twins put Selene up into a sitting position, so she wouldn't choke on the drink. Then Madam Pomfrey gently opened her mouth and poured the substance into it.

What happened next didn't seem to surprise Snape, Dumbledore or the nurse, even the twins didn't look really surprised. But still, she didn't wake up.

A/N: Cliffhanger, oh, how I missed that. Well, hope you liked it.

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