Disclamer: We do not own, yes we. Me and me mate Sarah have co written this little fic *which is gradually getting longer* hope u enjoy! We do own Dominica Matolov Ridler and Natalie Domomov Ridler. Set in Harry's 5th year. This story starts on 18th March 2003. All other dates mentioned are based on this. The dates do not correlate with the actual year 2003.
A Day in the life of the Hospital Wing
Chapter 6
Dom lead the way through the castle and out onto the lawns. When the group were out of sight, Dom began to run down to the forest.
"You'd better tell me where we need to go" Dom shouts at Tal behind her "I understand why he didn't tell me but…" Dom suddenly stumbled and tripped in the darkness, making her go head-over-heels and dropping her wand on the ground. A loud splash and a gurgled yell sent everyone running. Dom had fallen into the lake.
"Tal!" Dom screamed out of the darkness "You get into this freezing water and get me out!" She falls silent as she is pulled under the surface of the water by the current.
"Quickly, we must help her! She never learnt to swim!" Tal seemed truly worried for her sister.
"I didn't think you liked her!" George yelled back
"She's still my sister!" Tal argued back and jumped into the water, leaving Hermione, Draco, Fred, George and Filch standing astounded on the bank. Tal did a surface dive and swam down. She saw her sister struggling in the seaweed. Tal swam further down and pulled at the seaweed. It came loose and Dom swam away, not even noticing her sister as she swam past and back up to the surface. Tal started to follow but her foot got caught in the same weeds. She panicked as she knew she had very little air left. She pulled at the weeds but couldn't free herself. Dom reached the surface and, without a glance back at the water, let Hermione and Draco pull her out.
"Where's Tal?" Fred asked.
"Oh, I'm soaking wet! Dom screeched. Tal still hadn't come to the surface. George hesitated before kicking his shoes off and diving in. He swam down until he saw a very still Tal. She wasn't struggling, only swaying with the current. George freed her ankle and dragged her back up to the surface when, suddenly, something cut his leg. The Squid! It had cut the skin on the back of his shin. He kicked and kicked until their heads broke the surface. Fred helped pull Tal out. She wasn't breathing! Dom was still complaining about being wet so Fred sighed and started doing mouth to mouth. George painfully pulled himself out of the lake and put a hand over the cut on his leg. Tal coughed and spluttered. Filch stood to one side, watching the students try to dry themselves off. Dom started running again, Malfoy and Hermione following. She stooped quickly to pick up her wand before setting off again. Tal lay coughing for a minute but then stopped. Fred and George, who was limping with blood pouring down his leg, helped her up and began their way back to the Hospital Wing, Filch following quietly behind them.
"Some sister" George muttered, wincing with pain.
"Oh, I'm used to it now. Ever since my mother died, I haven't exactly been adored by my family. I guess that's what I expected for being forever at odds with my father and sister."
"Who was your mother?" asked Fred, intrigued.
"Her name was Jenny, Jenny Dumbledore" she said flatly.
"What?! Dumbledore as in Albus Dumbledore?" George blurted. Filch looked as surprised as the twins at this statement.
"Yep. She was his…Hang on" Tal started counting on her fingers. "Great, great, great, great, granddaughter. I think that would make me his great, great, great, great, great, granddaughter"
"Boy, how old is that guy?" Fred asked George quietly, not really expecting an answer. George just shrugged. They went up the stairs as fast as possible, Filch walking in the opposite direction, and approached the shattered doors of the Hospital Wing. Harry and Ron, who had been thrown through the doors earlier, were lying on the floor in rather awkward positions, covered in splinters of wood.
"Come on" said Fred, letting go of George and Tal, "Let's get them inside" Fred and George grabbed Harry and Ron by the shoulders and pulled them inside.
"It looks even worse than when we left" George commented as he sat Harry up against Ginny's bed.
"Yeah. That spell must have had a lot of power" Fred agreed, pulling Ron into a chair.
"It did" said Tal, standing by Dumbledore "It was the same as the spell she used to attack the entire Great Hall"
"Great! Hang on, how did you know what she did earlier?"
"Er, she used a spell to communicate with us."
"Again, great. George, have you got your wand?" Fred asked, having just searched his pockets.
"Nope" George said after a pause.
"Dominica, she took 'em, remember" said Fred, snapping his fingers to remind himself.
"Darn it" George said in a huff.
"What happened in here?" McGonagall exclaimed, carefully stepping over the remains of the doors "Albus!" she ran over to Dumbledore, lying against the collapsed screen.
"Dominica knocked them out. We would have revived them but she took our wands" Fred said eagerly, jumping forward.
"Thank you for that Mr Weasley" she replied annoyed. McGonagall revives Dumbledore with her wand and moves on to the others. George hissed in pain as he moved his leg.
"What? Why are you all wet?" Harry asked when he came round.
"Lake, don't ask" George said painfully. He started to shiver slightly but when he moved his leg twisted painfully.
"You're hurt" Harry said.
"Yes, and c-c-cold" George's teeth starting chattering. Fred noticed and took the blanket off the nearest bed, wrapping it around his twin's shoulders. Tal had already got her own blanket.
"Mr Weasley, can you please explain exactly what happened to us?" Snape asked Fred strictly. So Fred explained, everything. George sneezed loudly. Tal sneezed quietly. Pomfrey immediately went into full nurse mode and got both of the wet people in bed. George's leg hurt a lot, Ginny's lungs hurt when she breathed. Harry, Ron and the teachers were not badly hurt, yet some were slightly dizzy and light-headed.
"Mistress. Where are we going?" Hermione asked, running to catch up with Dom.
"I don't know!" Dom snapped back, turning angrily to Hermione. "Tal is the only one that knows where he is!" "Tal, where the hell is the hideout!" Dom screamed through the psychic link.
Tal cringed and answered "In a bloody cave!"
Dom growled low in her throat "Next time I see that cow I'm gonna kill her" she said murderously before sneezing heavily. Ginny coughed quietly, but didn't stop coughing, she couldn't! It hurt so much tears came out of the corners of her eyes.
"Ginny!" Harry shouted. Everyone crowded around her as she coughed. Madam Pomfrey quickly searched her cupboards and brought out a bottle of something. Pomfrey pushed her way to the bedside, asking for Ginny to be given more room.
"Mr Potter, make sure she drinks it all, that spell has most likely crushed her lungs" she said handing the bottle to Harry, who nodded.
Ginny coughed and spluttered as she drank "Its disgusting, Harry" she whispered as he took the bottle off her. She soon fell into a deep sleep.
"Don't worry" Pomfrey said to Harry and Ron "It is better that she is asleep in the condition she's in"
"You can help her, can't you?" Ron asked, almost pleading
"Yes Mr Weasley. She will pull through. It just won't be easy on her" Pomfrey did her best to comfort Ron, pulling him quietly to the chair next to his only sister's bed. Harry looked torn, sitting on Ginny's bed. Too many of his friends were now in this ward. He was horrified.
"Tal was rather vague but I'm sure I'll find the place" Dom said smugly at Hermione and Draco "I wonder why I've got these" Dom had just found two wands in the pocket of her robe. She looked curiously at them, trying to remember.
"Mistress" Draco spoke up nervously. He had been left for several hours under the Imperius curse yet his mind had been left blank. He had good reason to be nervous.
"What?!" Dom angrily demanded
"I believe the wands belonged to Fred and George Weasley" he answered immediately
"Is that all you wanted?" she threatened. Draco quickly stepped backwards.
"No, but that is the cave we are looking for." He indicated to his right
"Why didn't you say so? I don't like playing games"
"Sorry Mistress" Draco murmured, very afraid.
"I will not tolerate mistakes. Crucio!" Draco flew several meters backwards and hit an outcropping of rock. When his side impacted on the rock, an almighty crunch rang through the forest.
"Imbecile. Now to return to my father." Dom indicates to Hermione to go and retrieve Malfoy's wand. She quickly returns and hands Malfoy's and her own wand to Dom. Hermione then turns away from Draco and follows Dom into the cave.
"What happened to you?" a high voice asked "Did you complete your task?"
"I'm afraid not, father. I did not have the chance to kill Dumbledore or Potter."
"Do not lie to me!" Voldemort then hit her around the face, yet she still told him nothing "Imperio!" Dom was thrown off her feet and onto the uneven ground of the cave, now being able to guess that the Imperius curse will never work on someone who is an identical twin. All curses she had started were immediately lifted, making Hermione yelp as she regained control of herself and ran out of the cave.
