Chapter Four: Moving In
Disclaimer: I only own Michaela as of yet and the plot. The rest belongs to J. K. Rowling and S. E. Hinton. Oh and The Subtle Knife belongs to Phillip Pullman
Authors Note: I'm kind of in a rut. I know what I want to do but it might take a week or two to figure out how to string it together. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Pony broke the silence with the question that was on everyone's mind, "So you're a Witch?"
"Last time I checked." Michaela was smiling inside because she sensed real acceptance for her story in everyone, except maybe dally. But hey he hadn't suggested they burn her at the stake so she figured that was a step in the right direction. She figured she'd have to, for lack of a better way to put it, prove it to them.
"If you're a Witch then can you heal Johnnycake? Oh and why do you call him Shea? asked Darry.
"For your first question I was going to see to that after my story. No, I can't but Madam Pomfrey back at the school can. As to your second question I call him Shea because that's was Mom and Dad named him."
"How will Johnny get to Hogwarts?" asked Soda.
"That's simple enough." said Michaela and with those words she took a knife out of a sheath attached to the underside of her forearm.
The knife blade was black with ethereal swirls on and beneath its surface. The handle was of a plain nameless material.
As soon as she drew it five other knives came out. The only one who didn't unsheathe his knife besides Johnny was Pony who seemed to really trust her, "Well at least I've gained one friend" she thought. Michaela quirked an eyebrow at the blades and then glanced at the faces of the guys holding them. "You five actually believe that after all this time searching for him, I'd harm him?"
She moved to the other side of the room and placed the blade against nothing but air. She was concentrating hard on the different particles and soon a portal opened to the other side of the world.
The appearance of a hole in space visibly startled all that were present in the room. What startled them more however was when a middle aged woman poked her head through the portal and said "You found him Michaela?"
"Yes Madam and we were going to need some of that healing elixir professor Snape brewed last week, and some of the nerve and bone mender that is always so helpful with Neville."
"Oh, I see. I'm aware of why you need the healing elixir" she said after looking Johnny over, "but why the other?"
"Because the nurse outside said he was paralyzed and I don't doubt it. He hasn't moved his legs the entire time I've been here."
"Oh my. Oh my oh my oh my oh my." Madam Pomfrey went bustling around the room on the other side of the hospital wing and started murmuring things to herself.
She came all the way through the portal with a blue mystical swirly flask and a vessel in the shape of a crouched human body with the arms wrapped around the legs and the bones exposed.
Michaela took them and handed the blue flask to Darry who was the closest to Johnny. "Drink it" she said to Johnny. Darry held the cup for him.
Immediately there was a change. All of the burnt flesh covering Johnny slowly started to change. It was fascinating, in a morbid sort of way, to watch the ugly red welt on his arms to kinda fade into soft delicate pinkish-white skin.
There was a collective gasp from the group and Johnny's eyes bugged. But he was smiling so Michaela took it as his reaction to the change and the tingling sensation that the elixir gave off when it was working.
"Now the other" she said before adding "but this one won't be instantaneous. It's an over night deal. I've heard it's a little painful". She failed to mention that when Harry lost all of the bones in his arm in his second year he was moaning from the pain of re-growing them for most of the night.
"Well that's comforting" Two-Bit stated uncharacteristically serious but with an unmistakable sarcastic tone. "Way to not frighten him".
"Hey I'm just telling it as it is. I mean there's no profit in lying"
"I have to stay here another night?" Johnny asked almost pleading. Actually he was pleading and Michaela was having one hall of a hard time resisting those eyes. In the end it didn't matter. Resistance was futile. "Damn it" she thought. She lost.
Michaela sighed, " No" She seemed to think on something for a moment and then directed a question at Darry, Soda, and Steve. "Can you guys help me get him disconnected from all of these machines?"
"Sure" said Steve "but why?" asked Soda. It was the first time either had spoken to her the whole time.
"Well he doesn't need them anymore. I mean he can breathe alone and his heartbeat is stable. I don't think he really needs the IV now either. Plus I want to wheel him through the portal into the hospital wing of Hogwarts and we can't do it with him strung up like that. But we have to hurry because I don't want the muggle nurse to come back and find we're abducting one of the patients. I mean visiting hours are almost over."
"Alright but can we come too?" asked Pony.
"Of course I wouldn't dream of separating you guys. I mean I like you already. You were willing to beat me up because you were worried I was a threat to .Johnny." She said the name uncertainly because to her he would always be Shea. She didn't want to push on the past thing right now though. It would take time.
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Ten minutes later, after lot of stress and a couple curse from Dally's general direction they had Johnny unhooked from all of the machines and the hospital bed through the portal. As soon as they unhooked the machines a silent alarm must have gone off because security was pounding on the door. All this accomplished however was the guys barricading the door and fouler language (if that was possible) from Dally.
As soon as they were all through Michaela closed the portal. When she turned to the guys she saw the same ecstatic look on their faces for different reasons. Johnny: he'd gained a real loving family and he wasn't in the hospital anymore. Pony: Johnny was happy. Darry: Michaela was kinda beautiful and it looked like he might be seeing a lot of her. Dally: They had just lifted a hospital bed with one of the patients to boot. Soda: he liked the happy goofy glazed look on Darry's face. Steve: he could stop worrying and he was in a place of real magic. He would never tall anyone but he had always been interested in that stuff. Plus he'd just gone through a portal and he thought that was wicked cool. Two-Bit because he felt he could call Michaela 'Mickey' without getting annoyed and like everyone else, because Johnny was alright.
She didn't know it at the time but Michaela had just found seven avid followers and a family. From that point whenever she needed anything or was feeling low she now had: seven people who loved her in their own ways, comic relief for when she was depressed, a bad-ass violence junky willing to kick the shit out of anyone who bugged her, ever, and comfort and support from all.
There wasn't a lot of time for her to contemplate anything of the future however, because at that moment the door to the hospital wing burst open revealing a rather large and unlikely welcoming party.
Disclaimer: I only own Michaela as of yet and the plot. The rest belongs to J. K. Rowling and S. E. Hinton. Oh and The Subtle Knife belongs to Phillip Pullman
Authors Note: I'm kind of in a rut. I know what I want to do but it might take a week or two to figure out how to string it together. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Pony broke the silence with the question that was on everyone's mind, "So you're a Witch?"
"Last time I checked." Michaela was smiling inside because she sensed real acceptance for her story in everyone, except maybe dally. But hey he hadn't suggested they burn her at the stake so she figured that was a step in the right direction. She figured she'd have to, for lack of a better way to put it, prove it to them.
"If you're a Witch then can you heal Johnnycake? Oh and why do you call him Shea? asked Darry.
"For your first question I was going to see to that after my story. No, I can't but Madam Pomfrey back at the school can. As to your second question I call him Shea because that's was Mom and Dad named him."
"How will Johnny get to Hogwarts?" asked Soda.
"That's simple enough." said Michaela and with those words she took a knife out of a sheath attached to the underside of her forearm.
The knife blade was black with ethereal swirls on and beneath its surface. The handle was of a plain nameless material.
As soon as she drew it five other knives came out. The only one who didn't unsheathe his knife besides Johnny was Pony who seemed to really trust her, "Well at least I've gained one friend" she thought. Michaela quirked an eyebrow at the blades and then glanced at the faces of the guys holding them. "You five actually believe that after all this time searching for him, I'd harm him?"
She moved to the other side of the room and placed the blade against nothing but air. She was concentrating hard on the different particles and soon a portal opened to the other side of the world.
The appearance of a hole in space visibly startled all that were present in the room. What startled them more however was when a middle aged woman poked her head through the portal and said "You found him Michaela?"
"Yes Madam and we were going to need some of that healing elixir professor Snape brewed last week, and some of the nerve and bone mender that is always so helpful with Neville."
"Oh, I see. I'm aware of why you need the healing elixir" she said after looking Johnny over, "but why the other?"
"Because the nurse outside said he was paralyzed and I don't doubt it. He hasn't moved his legs the entire time I've been here."
"Oh my. Oh my oh my oh my oh my." Madam Pomfrey went bustling around the room on the other side of the hospital wing and started murmuring things to herself.
She came all the way through the portal with a blue mystical swirly flask and a vessel in the shape of a crouched human body with the arms wrapped around the legs and the bones exposed.
Michaela took them and handed the blue flask to Darry who was the closest to Johnny. "Drink it" she said to Johnny. Darry held the cup for him.
Immediately there was a change. All of the burnt flesh covering Johnny slowly started to change. It was fascinating, in a morbid sort of way, to watch the ugly red welt on his arms to kinda fade into soft delicate pinkish-white skin.
There was a collective gasp from the group and Johnny's eyes bugged. But he was smiling so Michaela took it as his reaction to the change and the tingling sensation that the elixir gave off when it was working.
"Now the other" she said before adding "but this one won't be instantaneous. It's an over night deal. I've heard it's a little painful". She failed to mention that when Harry lost all of the bones in his arm in his second year he was moaning from the pain of re-growing them for most of the night.
"Well that's comforting" Two-Bit stated uncharacteristically serious but with an unmistakable sarcastic tone. "Way to not frighten him".
"Hey I'm just telling it as it is. I mean there's no profit in lying"
"I have to stay here another night?" Johnny asked almost pleading. Actually he was pleading and Michaela was having one hall of a hard time resisting those eyes. In the end it didn't matter. Resistance was futile. "Damn it" she thought. She lost.
Michaela sighed, " No" She seemed to think on something for a moment and then directed a question at Darry, Soda, and Steve. "Can you guys help me get him disconnected from all of these machines?"
"Sure" said Steve "but why?" asked Soda. It was the first time either had spoken to her the whole time.
"Well he doesn't need them anymore. I mean he can breathe alone and his heartbeat is stable. I don't think he really needs the IV now either. Plus I want to wheel him through the portal into the hospital wing of Hogwarts and we can't do it with him strung up like that. But we have to hurry because I don't want the muggle nurse to come back and find we're abducting one of the patients. I mean visiting hours are almost over."
"Alright but can we come too?" asked Pony.
"Of course I wouldn't dream of separating you guys. I mean I like you already. You were willing to beat me up because you were worried I was a threat to .Johnny." She said the name uncertainly because to her he would always be Shea. She didn't want to push on the past thing right now though. It would take time.
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Ten minutes later, after lot of stress and a couple curse from Dally's general direction they had Johnny unhooked from all of the machines and the hospital bed through the portal. As soon as they unhooked the machines a silent alarm must have gone off because security was pounding on the door. All this accomplished however was the guys barricading the door and fouler language (if that was possible) from Dally.
As soon as they were all through Michaela closed the portal. When she turned to the guys she saw the same ecstatic look on their faces for different reasons. Johnny: he'd gained a real loving family and he wasn't in the hospital anymore. Pony: Johnny was happy. Darry: Michaela was kinda beautiful and it looked like he might be seeing a lot of her. Dally: They had just lifted a hospital bed with one of the patients to boot. Soda: he liked the happy goofy glazed look on Darry's face. Steve: he could stop worrying and he was in a place of real magic. He would never tall anyone but he had always been interested in that stuff. Plus he'd just gone through a portal and he thought that was wicked cool. Two-Bit because he felt he could call Michaela 'Mickey' without getting annoyed and like everyone else, because Johnny was alright.
She didn't know it at the time but Michaela had just found seven avid followers and a family. From that point whenever she needed anything or was feeling low she now had: seven people who loved her in their own ways, comic relief for when she was depressed, a bad-ass violence junky willing to kick the shit out of anyone who bugged her, ever, and comfort and support from all.
There wasn't a lot of time for her to contemplate anything of the future however, because at that moment the door to the hospital wing burst open revealing a rather large and unlikely welcoming party.