Hermione slowly opened her eyes. Where was she? But the memory came flooding back.
She sat up quickly, and her eyes met with those of Professor Dumbledore, Arabella and Professor McGonagall.
"They don't remember... they don't remember anything..."
She began to cry.
"Hermione, don't cry." Arabella, said. "Someone get one of her friends in here, Ginny, Alicia, someone."
McGonagall left to get someone.
"But they don't remember, they don't remember any of it! Why, it doesn't sense...."
"Calm down Hermione. They're okay, for now."
"No they're not... no they're not...."
"What happened?" McGonagall came back with Ginny, Alicia, Angelina and Katie in tow.
"She's really upset. Can you guys take her for a walk, do something?"
"Yeah sure. Come on Hermione."
"No... No I'm staying here."
"Nope" said Ginny. "Come on. Can we take her into Hogsmede?"
"I guess. If there's any trouble, bring her back."
The three girls nodded and pulled a reluctant Hermione out the door.
"That was good Bella... just send her out the door..."
"Hey, it was all I could think of... and you were the one who gave them permission to go into Hogsmede..."
"Ladies... come on, they'll be fine, we have bigger problems.... Arabella, alert Sirius, get him down here. It's to the library we go, Minerva. Poppy, stay here, alert us immediately if they begin to stir."
They all nodded and parted ways.
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"Why the library?"
"Because we need to look up ways to replenish memories, after amnesia."
"What about a simple memory restorative charm? Wouldn't that work, Albus?"
"No, I'm sure it's not strong enough. But go get Flitwick, maybe he'll no something... and Severus... I'll meet you in the library."
She nodded and went back the other way, towards the Hogwarts teachers quarters.
Professor Dumbledore entered the library.
"Albus, what bring you to the library?" The librarian, Madam Pince asked, rising up from the chair she had been reading in.
"Amnesia, m'dear."
She looked puzzled.
"I need to research was to restore memory after amnesia."
She nodded and led him down the rows of books. "Is this natural amnesia, or one brought on by a spell, or a spell gone wrong?"
"A spell gone wrong. The Anam Cara. It snapped, and we attempted to replace the bond, but it did not work, due to lack of memory."
"Hmm" said madam Pince. "I can't think of any particular book that could help you with that." She handed him a book on the Anam Cara, one on memory spells and reversals, and one called 'When spells go wrong: how to repair the Damage You've done.' "You could also browse the restricted section."
"Thank you, Madam Pince."
He pulled a couple (well, more then a couple) books of the restricted section shelves, and sat down at a private table in the back room, which was there so teachers could research quietly. Flitwick, Snape and McGonagall were already there.
They poured over volumes and volumes, without luck. Flitwick opened, 'When spells go wrong: how to repair the Damage You've done.' And turned to the index.
"Would you believe it, the Anam Cara is actually in here."
The other teachers looked up are listened as he read.
"When a snap occurs, get all subjects together as soon as possible. Perform the counter curse right away or death will be immediate for all subjects. The airway is disabled and the hearts stops."
"Well that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know."
"If during the process of the Anam Cara spell working, if there is sparks, flashed and cracks, it means there is friction. A bond is non-existent, or not strong enough for the Anam Cara to work. This may occur with the loss of memory, or subject simply not being attuned enough to each other. If this happens, someone will have to pry their hands apart manually. It burns badly, but if they are not separated, subjects will die. Once they are pried apart, there will bleeding and blistering, but the spell will be over."
"Is that all it says?"
"I think so, but- wait. How to re-establish bond after friction break: If the friction break is caused by loss of memory or amnesia you must:
1. Take Veritas Serum and mix with a memory potion and repair potion.
2. Feed it to subjects, and chant this incantation:
Cuimhne bearna athbheoigh! Cuimhnigh cà tú sí ò agus cà tú tiomma imeacht.
(Mind blank revive! Remember where you started from and where you will go.)
3. Perform and tri healing charm.
If this doesn't work, memory is lost forever."
They all sighed.
"Severus, do you have any veritas serum left? And the other ingredients?"
"Yes. I have them all."
"Okay, go down and brew it. Flitwick, you, Arabella and I will perform the tri healing charm at the end. Let's go see Arabella."
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They finally had Hermione calmed down enough to tell them what had happened. She explained to them what had happened, starting from when they had snapped.
"And they don't remember anything... not one thing... not even who they fuckin' are!"
"Hermione, calm down." Said Ginny, as they say on a bench, eating ice cream. (If only wizards had Ben n' Jerrys. That's what I call comfort food.) "You're forgetting something. We're magic. There's got to be a billion ways to restore memory. You know that."
Hermione sighed. "I know. But I have this bad feeling, and hanging with Harry, you learn to trust your instincts. I don't think any regular spells will work. There's a reason, too."
Ginny took out her wand, and without the other noticing, placed a cheering charm on Hermione. It might help a little. God knows she needed it. What if her brother and Harry never got their memories back?
"Hermione" said Alicia, laughing. "Don't go all cryptic on us."
"Yeah" said Angelina. "And look who we have on our side."
"Albus Dumbledore" finished Katie. "One of the most powerful wizards of our time."
Hermione laughed. "Okay, I'll try to think positive. Let's go into Zonko's. Lord knows I need a laugh."
Katie spoke up. "Fred said that Zonko's agreed to sell some of their stuff. Stay away from anything labeled "Weasley's Wizard Weezes."
The group laughed and entered the store.
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"Albus?" said the matron, poking her head into the small room, just as the teachers were about to leave. "There are waking."
"Is Arabella back with Sirius?"
"Yes, there in the hospital wing already."
"Let's go. Severus, brew that potion, we need it now."
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***knock*** ***knock*** ***knock***
Sirius answered the door.
"Hey" he said, pulling Arabella into a kiss. She accepted it for a minute, then pulled away.
"What?" he asked, puzzled.
"Something went wrong."
Sirius' eyes widened. "What? Harry?"
"The Anam Cara snapped. He- him and Ron don't remember anything Sirius."
"What? Nothing, total amnesia?"
She nodded.
"Dammit!" he yelled. "What the hell will go wrong next something always does! We're lucky that kid is basically immune to dying, but nothing else ever goes right! Nothing ever goes bloody right!"
He was in a rage. Arabella was slightly frightened, but she understood. He was being protective of Harry. Loved him like a son. But then again, they were all protective of him. Her mother live right down the street from him, so she made sure her mother kept an eye out for him, and when she was over at her mother's, she always took a peek to see how he was doing.
"Sirius, calm down! Albus is looking for a way to fix it. Calm down."
"I can't Arabella, I can't. How can I? I'm supposed to look after him, but everytime-"
"Hey, we'll fix, it. We always do." She laughed. "And besides, if he is immune to dying somehow, it can't get much worse, can it?"
He glared at her. "Last time you said something like that..."
"Sirius, it's not my fault everything I say seems to back fire. Come on, let's go see that godson of yours."
He sighed. "Yes, let's."
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They entered the hospital wing, and found the curtains drawn back, and Harry and Ron slowly waking up. Harry sat up and stared.
"Where am I? And where's that nice girl we were talking to? I think her name was Hermione."
None of the adults knew how to react to this.
"Well Harry" said Dumbledore finally. "How are you feeling?"
"Hermione, then you. Why do you keep calling me Harry? I don't know a Harry."
Ron finally opened his eyes and sat up. He also stared at the wizard robes and asked where he was.
Dumbledore sighed. "Well..."
Snape entered the room, carefully carrying a cauldron full of potion.
"It's ready."
Dumbledore nodded. "Are you two thirsty?"
Ron and Harry thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess."
Snape ladled them out some potion.
"You know how much I really don't want to do this, Albus."
"Severus..."
"I was kidding."
Ron and Harry looked utterly puzzled.
"Flitwick, are we ready?"
"Yes we just need Arabella. She better hurry."
At that moment (What do you know? Guess who comes through the door? I was too lazy to write in dialogue while they waited.) Arabella and Sirius came through the door.
"Are they okay?" Sirius asked immediately, his face edged in worry.
"They will be" said Dumbledore. "Are you ready to do a tri healing spell?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Okay, Severus, give them the potion."
"Potion?" said Harry and Ron in unison.
Dumbledore looked frustrated. "Yes, well, it's just something to make you feel better."
They still looked skeptical.
Arabella pulled out her wand and said,
"Gullibius belivius!"
A convincing spell.
They took the cups from Severus and went to take a drink.
Dumbledore, Flitwick and Arabella placed their wand tips together, and closed their eyes. They said the incantation in unison:
"Combinius medicana manna. Lificus leviosa healthi."
There was a strange beam and it swirled around Harry and Ron as they drank the potion. There was a sound like rushing wind, and then the beam disappeared.
Ron blinked and looked around.
"Why are we in the hospital wing?" he asked." And where's Hermione Professor Dumbledore?"
All the adults let out a sigh of relief.
"So you remember?"
"Remember what?"
"Who you are."
"Yes. Ronald Weasley. At least I hope so."
"And you Harry?" asked Dumbledore, very relieved, almost laughing. "Do you remember who you are?"
"Why do keep calling me Harry? For the last time I don't know anyone named Harry!"
Uh oh.
So, now everyone's normal, except Harry. What's new?
Please review. I've decided that this is going to be thirty parts long. (I know I said it would be only twenty, but hey? Anyways, three more parts. But I promise you, it will be interesting to the end!
~Danie
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da_twins_chica@swimmail.com
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Or Review!
She sat up quickly, and her eyes met with those of Professor Dumbledore, Arabella and Professor McGonagall.
"They don't remember... they don't remember anything..."
She began to cry.
"Hermione, don't cry." Arabella, said. "Someone get one of her friends in here, Ginny, Alicia, someone."
McGonagall left to get someone.
"But they don't remember, they don't remember any of it! Why, it doesn't sense...."
"Calm down Hermione. They're okay, for now."
"No they're not... no they're not...."
"What happened?" McGonagall came back with Ginny, Alicia, Angelina and Katie in tow.
"She's really upset. Can you guys take her for a walk, do something?"
"Yeah sure. Come on Hermione."
"No... No I'm staying here."
"Nope" said Ginny. "Come on. Can we take her into Hogsmede?"
"I guess. If there's any trouble, bring her back."
The three girls nodded and pulled a reluctant Hermione out the door.
"That was good Bella... just send her out the door..."
"Hey, it was all I could think of... and you were the one who gave them permission to go into Hogsmede..."
"Ladies... come on, they'll be fine, we have bigger problems.... Arabella, alert Sirius, get him down here. It's to the library we go, Minerva. Poppy, stay here, alert us immediately if they begin to stir."
They all nodded and parted ways.
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"Why the library?"
"Because we need to look up ways to replenish memories, after amnesia."
"What about a simple memory restorative charm? Wouldn't that work, Albus?"
"No, I'm sure it's not strong enough. But go get Flitwick, maybe he'll no something... and Severus... I'll meet you in the library."
She nodded and went back the other way, towards the Hogwarts teachers quarters.
Professor Dumbledore entered the library.
"Albus, what bring you to the library?" The librarian, Madam Pince asked, rising up from the chair she had been reading in.
"Amnesia, m'dear."
She looked puzzled.
"I need to research was to restore memory after amnesia."
She nodded and led him down the rows of books. "Is this natural amnesia, or one brought on by a spell, or a spell gone wrong?"
"A spell gone wrong. The Anam Cara. It snapped, and we attempted to replace the bond, but it did not work, due to lack of memory."
"Hmm" said madam Pince. "I can't think of any particular book that could help you with that." She handed him a book on the Anam Cara, one on memory spells and reversals, and one called 'When spells go wrong: how to repair the Damage You've done.' "You could also browse the restricted section."
"Thank you, Madam Pince."
He pulled a couple (well, more then a couple) books of the restricted section shelves, and sat down at a private table in the back room, which was there so teachers could research quietly. Flitwick, Snape and McGonagall were already there.
They poured over volumes and volumes, without luck. Flitwick opened, 'When spells go wrong: how to repair the Damage You've done.' And turned to the index.
"Would you believe it, the Anam Cara is actually in here."
The other teachers looked up are listened as he read.
"When a snap occurs, get all subjects together as soon as possible. Perform the counter curse right away or death will be immediate for all subjects. The airway is disabled and the hearts stops."
"Well that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know."
"If during the process of the Anam Cara spell working, if there is sparks, flashed and cracks, it means there is friction. A bond is non-existent, or not strong enough for the Anam Cara to work. This may occur with the loss of memory, or subject simply not being attuned enough to each other. If this happens, someone will have to pry their hands apart manually. It burns badly, but if they are not separated, subjects will die. Once they are pried apart, there will bleeding and blistering, but the spell will be over."
"Is that all it says?"
"I think so, but- wait. How to re-establish bond after friction break: If the friction break is caused by loss of memory or amnesia you must:
1. Take Veritas Serum and mix with a memory potion and repair potion.
2. Feed it to subjects, and chant this incantation:
Cuimhne bearna athbheoigh! Cuimhnigh cà tú sí ò agus cà tú tiomma imeacht.
(Mind blank revive! Remember where you started from and where you will go.)
3. Perform and tri healing charm.
If this doesn't work, memory is lost forever."
They all sighed.
"Severus, do you have any veritas serum left? And the other ingredients?"
"Yes. I have them all."
"Okay, go down and brew it. Flitwick, you, Arabella and I will perform the tri healing charm at the end. Let's go see Arabella."
********************************************************************************
They finally had Hermione calmed down enough to tell them what had happened. She explained to them what had happened, starting from when they had snapped.
"And they don't remember anything... not one thing... not even who they fuckin' are!"
"Hermione, calm down." Said Ginny, as they say on a bench, eating ice cream. (If only wizards had Ben n' Jerrys. That's what I call comfort food.) "You're forgetting something. We're magic. There's got to be a billion ways to restore memory. You know that."
Hermione sighed. "I know. But I have this bad feeling, and hanging with Harry, you learn to trust your instincts. I don't think any regular spells will work. There's a reason, too."
Ginny took out her wand, and without the other noticing, placed a cheering charm on Hermione. It might help a little. God knows she needed it. What if her brother and Harry never got their memories back?
"Hermione" said Alicia, laughing. "Don't go all cryptic on us."
"Yeah" said Angelina. "And look who we have on our side."
"Albus Dumbledore" finished Katie. "One of the most powerful wizards of our time."
Hermione laughed. "Okay, I'll try to think positive. Let's go into Zonko's. Lord knows I need a laugh."
Katie spoke up. "Fred said that Zonko's agreed to sell some of their stuff. Stay away from anything labeled "Weasley's Wizard Weezes."
The group laughed and entered the store.
********************************************************************************
"Albus?" said the matron, poking her head into the small room, just as the teachers were about to leave. "There are waking."
"Is Arabella back with Sirius?"
"Yes, there in the hospital wing already."
"Let's go. Severus, brew that potion, we need it now."
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***knock*** ***knock*** ***knock***
Sirius answered the door.
"Hey" he said, pulling Arabella into a kiss. She accepted it for a minute, then pulled away.
"What?" he asked, puzzled.
"Something went wrong."
Sirius' eyes widened. "What? Harry?"
"The Anam Cara snapped. He- him and Ron don't remember anything Sirius."
"What? Nothing, total amnesia?"
She nodded.
"Dammit!" he yelled. "What the hell will go wrong next something always does! We're lucky that kid is basically immune to dying, but nothing else ever goes right! Nothing ever goes bloody right!"
He was in a rage. Arabella was slightly frightened, but she understood. He was being protective of Harry. Loved him like a son. But then again, they were all protective of him. Her mother live right down the street from him, so she made sure her mother kept an eye out for him, and when she was over at her mother's, she always took a peek to see how he was doing.
"Sirius, calm down! Albus is looking for a way to fix it. Calm down."
"I can't Arabella, I can't. How can I? I'm supposed to look after him, but everytime-"
"Hey, we'll fix, it. We always do." She laughed. "And besides, if he is immune to dying somehow, it can't get much worse, can it?"
He glared at her. "Last time you said something like that..."
"Sirius, it's not my fault everything I say seems to back fire. Come on, let's go see that godson of yours."
He sighed. "Yes, let's."
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They entered the hospital wing, and found the curtains drawn back, and Harry and Ron slowly waking up. Harry sat up and stared.
"Where am I? And where's that nice girl we were talking to? I think her name was Hermione."
None of the adults knew how to react to this.
"Well Harry" said Dumbledore finally. "How are you feeling?"
"Hermione, then you. Why do you keep calling me Harry? I don't know a Harry."
Ron finally opened his eyes and sat up. He also stared at the wizard robes and asked where he was.
Dumbledore sighed. "Well..."
Snape entered the room, carefully carrying a cauldron full of potion.
"It's ready."
Dumbledore nodded. "Are you two thirsty?"
Ron and Harry thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess."
Snape ladled them out some potion.
"You know how much I really don't want to do this, Albus."
"Severus..."
"I was kidding."
Ron and Harry looked utterly puzzled.
"Flitwick, are we ready?"
"Yes we just need Arabella. She better hurry."
At that moment (What do you know? Guess who comes through the door? I was too lazy to write in dialogue while they waited.) Arabella and Sirius came through the door.
"Are they okay?" Sirius asked immediately, his face edged in worry.
"They will be" said Dumbledore. "Are you ready to do a tri healing spell?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Okay, Severus, give them the potion."
"Potion?" said Harry and Ron in unison.
Dumbledore looked frustrated. "Yes, well, it's just something to make you feel better."
They still looked skeptical.
Arabella pulled out her wand and said,
"Gullibius belivius!"
A convincing spell.
They took the cups from Severus and went to take a drink.
Dumbledore, Flitwick and Arabella placed their wand tips together, and closed their eyes. They said the incantation in unison:
"Combinius medicana manna. Lificus leviosa healthi."
There was a strange beam and it swirled around Harry and Ron as they drank the potion. There was a sound like rushing wind, and then the beam disappeared.
Ron blinked and looked around.
"Why are we in the hospital wing?" he asked." And where's Hermione Professor Dumbledore?"
All the adults let out a sigh of relief.
"So you remember?"
"Remember what?"
"Who you are."
"Yes. Ronald Weasley. At least I hope so."
"And you Harry?" asked Dumbledore, very relieved, almost laughing. "Do you remember who you are?"
"Why do keep calling me Harry? For the last time I don't know anyone named Harry!"
Uh oh.
So, now everyone's normal, except Harry. What's new?
Please review. I've decided that this is going to be thirty parts long. (I know I said it would be only twenty, but hey? Anyways, three more parts. But I promise you, it will be interesting to the end!
~Danie
water_nymph@swimmail.com OR
da_twins_chica@swimmail.com
Pleez e-mail me!!!!!
Or Review!