I left the staff room quickly. If Granger was ill then we had a big problem. Soon I arrived in the dungeons. The dungeons had always unnerved me. They were so dark, so dim, such a big contrast to the light, bright hospital wing. Minerva was kneeling over Granger checking her pulse.
"Well?" I asked.
"Check for yourself" she said. I checked her pulse, it was fine. I checked her breathing, it was fine. There was no obstruction in her throat and her neck seemed fine. How odd.
"I'll take her up to the hospital wing" I assured Minerva. As I levitated Granger and took her out of the dungeons I heard Minerva attempting to call order back to the class. I laid her on one of the beds. "Hmmmm," I murmured, "Very irregular" I vaguely heard the door open and I could feel Albus' eyes on me.
"Regular pulse, regular breathing, no obstruction in the throat or stomach and nothing wrong in her neck…"
"What do you think is wrong?" Albus asked.
"I don't know," I replied simply, "it could be exhaustion…"
"Or?"
"Well, I suppose it could be poison but…"
"But what?"
"But there's only one poison which reacts as violently as this, as quickly as this and in the same way as this…"
"And?"
"And if she'd had that she'd be dead"
"Which poison?"
"Morana. It reacts with the food in the victim's stomach to create unfightable (A/N Yes, I know that's not a word but I couldn't think of any other words) amounts of poison."
"Can you give her an antidote?"
"Well yes," I replied, "but I'm not sure what good it'll do"
"Try it, if she dies, well, we're in big trouble" So I gave her a weak antidote.
"Poppy," Albus said, "Can you go and check on Severus?"
"Of course," I replied, "I'll go now"
I could hear voices, only vague ones but voices none the less. I tried to move to give some sign that I could hear but I couldn't. I was trying with all my might to move even a finger but I couldn't. I could hear McGonagall and Dumbledore talking in hushed voices.
"Ok, just say that it is poison, who would have given it to her? Only five people know about her, you, me, Severus, Miss Granger and Poppy. I have complete confidence in all of you." That was Dumbledore's voice.
"Well Granger wouldn't have poisoned herself, Severus is too ill, I haven't done it and nor have you. That just leaves Poppy. I don't want to think it's her but…"
"Yes," Dumbledore said, "I see what you mean…She does have a history but…We'll have to be careful. Track her movements over the last few days, find out the usual things, ask the usual people-" Suddenly he cut off as I heard footsteps.
"Well?" I heard him ask Pomfrey.
"I think that you should come and see. He's got worse. Much worse"