Healing Spells
Chapter: 10
Author's Note: Ten chapters! Wow! Thanks for all the support. And patience. I've had alot of trouble getting new chapters written and my beta reader is having trouble finding time to edit, so thanks for having patience with out work guys and keep reviewing.
Thanks again: Misty for beta-ing this fic even when you have problems to deal with.
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"Are you okay Hermione?" Ron asked coming from behind her. Hermione had
rushed ahead of the others moments ago.
"Of course not," she said, her temper flaring, "I'm terrified! We escaped
our evil controlled Professor, we're in the forest, and Harry could be
somewhere dying-or dead even!"
"Please calm down," he whispered, "I know, but we'll be okay sooner or
later. Harry's never let us down before."
She stopped breathing so heavily and smiled, "He never has... thanks Ron, I
needed somebody to say that. You're such a great friend. You've always
been."
"I love you," Ron looked down, "I really do. I'm sorry I never said it, but
I've been so crazy about you for a long time."
"That's so- good."
Draco and Ginny were just catching up with them. "Hey," Draco said, "Ginny
said she saw some light to the left. I think we're reaching a town."
For a second, Draco could feel that Ron was looking at him suspiciously.
Then Ron moved toward Hermione protectively. 'Does he actually think I'm
going to hurt her or something?' Draco thought shaking his head, 'I knew it
would take a while for them to get it, but I wouldn't do anything now even
if I was evil.'
"Come on," Ginny said breaking the tense moment forcedly, "Look Hermione, do
you see it?"
"Yeah," Hermione smiled relieved too, "I think it is a town. Let's go."
Hermione and Ginny both started running. Draco and Ron followed.
They reached the town, it was full of people walking around busily. "Where do we go?" Hermione asked frustrated.
"This isn't the city I thought it was," Ron said suddenly, "We went way too
far for Hogsmead. This is Freeburg, the city-"
"Where the Department of Defense holds council," Draco finished, "I remember
that also."
"This is great," Ginny said happily.
"Or not so great," Draco finished, "I haven't had much luck with the law
enforcement if you all do not remember."
"He's right-" Ginny said softly, genuinely worried about Draco, and the
suspicions law enforcement officials might have. She turned to Draco and
said softly, "Go hide somewhere, please. When it's safe I'll come to you
somehow. I just don't want them to suspect you! If they somehow think you're
involved..."
"Are you sure? Don't you need me?" he asked frantically.
"No, I'll be fine. I can manage on my own you know? It'll work out, I just
don't want you hurt."
Ron surprisingly agreed, "Ginny's right. You do need to go." He didn't want
his sister to worry about the safety of the person she loved. It would add
too much to the already huge problem.
"I'll go somewhere, maybe back at school I can find help for us," Draco
said, hugging Ginny. Then he left the other three to explain their situation
to the Magical Law Enforcement.
~~~~
Draco did not mind being alone for the long walk back to Hogwarts. It gave
him some needed time to think about everything that bothered him. Everything
changed so fast! He tried to think of all the things that had happened. All
started with the argument with his father, it was like any other argument
they had before. Ginny hearing it had changed everything so rapidly, now
that was a girl who really cared for anyone.
A high pitched wail came from the trees above him and he jumped. It was just
a bird... he needed to calm down. "It's just so dark," he whispered to
himself.
He started walking faster, nervousness setting in. One thing he remembered
from his past life was that the bad guy never got scared. Right now, he
wished he wasn't so afraid.
~~~~
"Magical Law Enforcement," a bored young witch said looking at them
suspiciously, "How can I help you? Hang on- aren't you that little girl that
got the whole Ministry freaking out?"
"Yeah, that's me," Ginny said quickly. She recognized this girl as someone
from Percy's year. She always was annoying him if Ginny remembered right.
"We need help right now, okay? There's an emergency at Hogwarts."
"I'll get the head of our department for you kids," she said. Hermione was
sort of wondering why she didn't question them being there. Then again she
thought, they were used to weird things.
The higher level employees were much more concerned. They did not get the
head of department for he was on a vacation, but they were still surrounded
by angry looking men and women. "The Weasley kids-" one said angrily,
"Can't your family stay out of trouble?" Ron guessed this guy must have been
a friend of his dad's.
"It's not our fault," Ginny said frantically, "We found out that Harry
Potter was going to go after You-Know-Who at a certain location..."
"So," Ron continued, "We went to tell McGonagall about what we saw and she
was controlled by a Death Eater or something. She said she planted the
information on You-Know-Who just to trap Harry."
"Please," Hermione said desperately, "It was terrifying sir... we just want
to save Harry in time."
"Potter," a tall dark man said quietly, "Potter and friends always are
causing trouble, why believe them?"
"They're good kids," said a woman's voice. Ginny and Hermione recognized her
as Helena, the silver haired woman who they'd met earlier, "I believe 'em...
these are smart ones."
"Yes," Hermione said, " The Department of Defenses abandoned building,
that's where Harry went."
"Alright," the man who'd spoken against them sighed, "Helena, send some men
out there now to see... if Potter's even there."
"I'm on it," she said softly, "Now Tom find these kids a place to stay."
Ginny looked on a little pained that she said this. She'd wanted to get back
to Draco as soon as possible, she was worried about him. Still, they
followed the mean looking man who led them to an inn with a few small rooms.
"Don't leave this place," he said shaking his head, "If it's proven that
your teacher is controlled we'll need you right away."
After he left Ron tried to say something comforting to Ginny, "It's gonna
work out now for us."
"Yes," she decided, "It is going to work out soon..."
~~~~
Draco looked and saw the castle in the distance. It loomed dangerously over
the water like a mountain and it scared him to think what was inside it. He
shivered and pressed on toward it.
When he reached the foot of the monstrous structure, he went around the back
remembering a secret entrance. He crawled into it and came out in a
corridor. He rushed to the entrance of the Slytherin Common Rooms, but heard
a noise. Someone was in there! It was Sibyll Trelawny, the Divination
Teacher.
"I know what disturbs you," she began eerily looking at him across the
darkness, "I foresee that you are concerned that your teachers might be
controlled by evil forces."
Draco did not speak. How did this nutcase know what he knew?
"It's not an Imperius Curse like you think Mr. Malfoy. It's a deeper magic
Lord Voldemort has given his most loyal followers. The power to posses
another's body. Guess who I am Draco boy..."
Only one person would dare call him that. "Father..." he said shocked. It
had to be! It was crazy, but it had to be.
"Nice to see you again son," Professor Trelawny said laughing, "I may be in
jail thousands of miles away, but I still get to be part of our siege. Every
one of Hogwarts Professors is possessed. We have the Common Rooms locked
tight, and our take over has just begun! Hahaha!"
Draco did not know what to do. His thoughts suddenly turned to his mother,
who just had started teaching. "What did you do to my mother?" he asked
softly.
"You're mother is alright so far," his father's voice came out of the woman,
"She is alive- but barely. I captured her and she is mine now. You cannot
steal my wife from me Draco."
"She's my mother!" he yelled flinging himself at the teacher, "You can't do
this to her after all she's been through."
"Yes, I can..." Thousands of miles away in prison, Lucius Malfoy, unconscious
on the stone floor was laughing. He had his wife in the school dungeons,
locked up and beaten. She could possibly die soon. Then he was struck with a great idea. "Draco boy," the Professor's body laughed, "I have a deal to
make. You know I keep my promises, so believe this. The spell that keeps us
inside the teachers will end by sunrise tomorrow. If you can get your mother
freed from the Hogwarts Dungeons where she is kept, and stay alive by
then... you win. If not, well obviously, if I catch you first, you die."
Draco did not have time to contemplate his father's honesty. If his dad was
lying then he was dead, but what choice did he have. The doors were all
locked for the night. He sprinted to the dungeons.
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A/N: If you give me your email adress I'd be glad to occasionally let you know how the fic is going (whether it's written or being beta-ed or whatever) I'd love for you all to know when I update.
Chapter: 10
Author's Note: Ten chapters! Wow! Thanks for all the support. And patience. I've had alot of trouble getting new chapters written and my beta reader is having trouble finding time to edit, so thanks for having patience with out work guys and keep reviewing.
Thanks again: Misty for beta-ing this fic even when you have problems to deal with.
_________________
"Are you okay Hermione?" Ron asked coming from behind her. Hermione had
rushed ahead of the others moments ago.
"Of course not," she said, her temper flaring, "I'm terrified! We escaped
our evil controlled Professor, we're in the forest, and Harry could be
somewhere dying-or dead even!"
"Please calm down," he whispered, "I know, but we'll be okay sooner or
later. Harry's never let us down before."
She stopped breathing so heavily and smiled, "He never has... thanks Ron, I
needed somebody to say that. You're such a great friend. You've always
been."
"I love you," Ron looked down, "I really do. I'm sorry I never said it, but
I've been so crazy about you for a long time."
"That's so- good."
Draco and Ginny were just catching up with them. "Hey," Draco said, "Ginny
said she saw some light to the left. I think we're reaching a town."
For a second, Draco could feel that Ron was looking at him suspiciously.
Then Ron moved toward Hermione protectively. 'Does he actually think I'm
going to hurt her or something?' Draco thought shaking his head, 'I knew it
would take a while for them to get it, but I wouldn't do anything now even
if I was evil.'
"Come on," Ginny said breaking the tense moment forcedly, "Look Hermione, do
you see it?"
"Yeah," Hermione smiled relieved too, "I think it is a town. Let's go."
Hermione and Ginny both started running. Draco and Ron followed.
They reached the town, it was full of people walking around busily. "Where do we go?" Hermione asked frustrated.
"This isn't the city I thought it was," Ron said suddenly, "We went way too
far for Hogsmead. This is Freeburg, the city-"
"Where the Department of Defense holds council," Draco finished, "I remember
that also."
"This is great," Ginny said happily.
"Or not so great," Draco finished, "I haven't had much luck with the law
enforcement if you all do not remember."
"He's right-" Ginny said softly, genuinely worried about Draco, and the
suspicions law enforcement officials might have. She turned to Draco and
said softly, "Go hide somewhere, please. When it's safe I'll come to you
somehow. I just don't want them to suspect you! If they somehow think you're
involved..."
"Are you sure? Don't you need me?" he asked frantically.
"No, I'll be fine. I can manage on my own you know? It'll work out, I just
don't want you hurt."
Ron surprisingly agreed, "Ginny's right. You do need to go." He didn't want
his sister to worry about the safety of the person she loved. It would add
too much to the already huge problem.
"I'll go somewhere, maybe back at school I can find help for us," Draco
said, hugging Ginny. Then he left the other three to explain their situation
to the Magical Law Enforcement.
~~~~
Draco did not mind being alone for the long walk back to Hogwarts. It gave
him some needed time to think about everything that bothered him. Everything
changed so fast! He tried to think of all the things that had happened. All
started with the argument with his father, it was like any other argument
they had before. Ginny hearing it had changed everything so rapidly, now
that was a girl who really cared for anyone.
A high pitched wail came from the trees above him and he jumped. It was just
a bird... he needed to calm down. "It's just so dark," he whispered to
himself.
He started walking faster, nervousness setting in. One thing he remembered
from his past life was that the bad guy never got scared. Right now, he
wished he wasn't so afraid.
~~~~
"Magical Law Enforcement," a bored young witch said looking at them
suspiciously, "How can I help you? Hang on- aren't you that little girl that
got the whole Ministry freaking out?"
"Yeah, that's me," Ginny said quickly. She recognized this girl as someone
from Percy's year. She always was annoying him if Ginny remembered right.
"We need help right now, okay? There's an emergency at Hogwarts."
"I'll get the head of our department for you kids," she said. Hermione was
sort of wondering why she didn't question them being there. Then again she
thought, they were used to weird things.
The higher level employees were much more concerned. They did not get the
head of department for he was on a vacation, but they were still surrounded
by angry looking men and women. "The Weasley kids-" one said angrily,
"Can't your family stay out of trouble?" Ron guessed this guy must have been
a friend of his dad's.
"It's not our fault," Ginny said frantically, "We found out that Harry
Potter was going to go after You-Know-Who at a certain location..."
"So," Ron continued, "We went to tell McGonagall about what we saw and she
was controlled by a Death Eater or something. She said she planted the
information on You-Know-Who just to trap Harry."
"Please," Hermione said desperately, "It was terrifying sir... we just want
to save Harry in time."
"Potter," a tall dark man said quietly, "Potter and friends always are
causing trouble, why believe them?"
"They're good kids," said a woman's voice. Ginny and Hermione recognized her
as Helena, the silver haired woman who they'd met earlier, "I believe 'em...
these are smart ones."
"Yes," Hermione said, " The Department of Defenses abandoned building,
that's where Harry went."
"Alright," the man who'd spoken against them sighed, "Helena, send some men
out there now to see... if Potter's even there."
"I'm on it," she said softly, "Now Tom find these kids a place to stay."
Ginny looked on a little pained that she said this. She'd wanted to get back
to Draco as soon as possible, she was worried about him. Still, they
followed the mean looking man who led them to an inn with a few small rooms.
"Don't leave this place," he said shaking his head, "If it's proven that
your teacher is controlled we'll need you right away."
After he left Ron tried to say something comforting to Ginny, "It's gonna
work out now for us."
"Yes," she decided, "It is going to work out soon..."
~~~~
Draco looked and saw the castle in the distance. It loomed dangerously over
the water like a mountain and it scared him to think what was inside it. He
shivered and pressed on toward it.
When he reached the foot of the monstrous structure, he went around the back
remembering a secret entrance. He crawled into it and came out in a
corridor. He rushed to the entrance of the Slytherin Common Rooms, but heard
a noise. Someone was in there! It was Sibyll Trelawny, the Divination
Teacher.
"I know what disturbs you," she began eerily looking at him across the
darkness, "I foresee that you are concerned that your teachers might be
controlled by evil forces."
Draco did not speak. How did this nutcase know what he knew?
"It's not an Imperius Curse like you think Mr. Malfoy. It's a deeper magic
Lord Voldemort has given his most loyal followers. The power to posses
another's body. Guess who I am Draco boy..."
Only one person would dare call him that. "Father..." he said shocked. It
had to be! It was crazy, but it had to be.
"Nice to see you again son," Professor Trelawny said laughing, "I may be in
jail thousands of miles away, but I still get to be part of our siege. Every
one of Hogwarts Professors is possessed. We have the Common Rooms locked
tight, and our take over has just begun! Hahaha!"
Draco did not know what to do. His thoughts suddenly turned to his mother,
who just had started teaching. "What did you do to my mother?" he asked
softly.
"You're mother is alright so far," his father's voice came out of the woman,
"She is alive- but barely. I captured her and she is mine now. You cannot
steal my wife from me Draco."
"She's my mother!" he yelled flinging himself at the teacher, "You can't do
this to her after all she's been through."
"Yes, I can..." Thousands of miles away in prison, Lucius Malfoy, unconscious
on the stone floor was laughing. He had his wife in the school dungeons,
locked up and beaten. She could possibly die soon. Then he was struck with a great idea. "Draco boy," the Professor's body laughed, "I have a deal to
make. You know I keep my promises, so believe this. The spell that keeps us
inside the teachers will end by sunrise tomorrow. If you can get your mother
freed from the Hogwarts Dungeons where she is kept, and stay alive by
then... you win. If not, well obviously, if I catch you first, you die."
Draco did not have time to contemplate his father's honesty. If his dad was
lying then he was dead, but what choice did he have. The doors were all
locked for the night. He sprinted to the dungeons.
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A/N: If you give me your email adress I'd be glad to occasionally let you know how the fic is going (whether it's written or being beta-ed or whatever) I'd love for you all to know when I update.