Disclaimer: same as the other chapters.
Rating: R
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"Severus, I'm bleeding!"
For a moment he just looked at her, the pale girl in the dark, outside his door. Then he reacted, hauled her up into his arms and carried her to the infirmary.
"Poppy!, Poppy!" he yelled as he kicked the door open. {Where is that stupid woman? She can't be asleep NOW?!} He mused, lowering Hermione on the nearest bed.
At the same moment Madam Pomfrey turned up in her nightgown, blushing a bit as she was trying to pull her robe around herself.
As the headmaster came stumbling out of her room also trying to "get decent" Severus understood why she blushed.
{I bloody don't believe it! She is younger than me, and he is 120!!!} Snape thought, before she asked him what was wrong.
"She's bleeding Poppy!" his voice was strained, "please, don't let her loose her child!"
Hermione, who had been silent since he lifted her in his arms, said:
"It might be the best solution Severus, We're still not married, and if I loose the baby, you don't have to go through with the marriage you know.» Her voice was weak. She was having a lot of pain now.
Snape turned away from the mediwitch, and looked at his tormented fiancée. "How dare you suggest such a thing!" He was really angry "Do you really think I would let you down like that? The wedding is on, no matter what! You don't get rid of me that easily! -And besides, you are not going to loose the baby! Isn't that right?" He turned back to the mediwitch who now was scanning Hermione's body with her wand.
"Yes," Madam Pomfrey answered, "and no."
The others looked at her with similar confused expressions on their faces.
"I - I don't think I understand?" Hermione asked, her voice was husky from the pain.
"Hermione, dearest," Madam Pomfrey started, "You are not having one baby inside you, but two. It's twins."
"Twins?!" Hermione and Severus said at the same time, looking at each other with a trace of pride in their eyes.
It vanished as the mediwitch continued: "Unfortunately one of the babies are dead, and it must have been dead for several weeks. Your body is trying to get rid of the dead baby, to be able to save the other. Because the other is safe and alive!"
"But, but?" Again the scared parents-to-be talked as one voice. Severus shut his mouth and allowed Hermione to go on: "But if I'm having twins, will not the miscarriage of one kill the other?"
"No my dear, They are not from the same egg-cell, You and your baby will probably be fine, but I'm warning you, It will be painful, because I cannot give you anything against the pain, that will affect the living baby as well. "
Severus got even paler than his usual appearance. He could see that Hermione was in a lot of pain already, would it be worse?
He turned to Dumbledore, who was keeping himself in the background, pretending not to be there, "Can't you do anything?" Snape said to the older wizard, with hope and trust in his voice.
The old man shook his head, looking sad. "No, this is not my area to help. I don't have what it takes."
Hermione was moaning and whimpering in pain in her bed, and Severus turned to her again. He placed himself at her bedside, holding her tiny hand in his. Murmuring silly and reassuring words to her as the contractions raged through her body, he felt more helpless than he ever had.
Then all of a sudden the knowledge came to him, like someone had hit him in the head:
He gave a wave with his wand, and muttered: "Med-kjærlighet-skal-smerten- overvinnes!» then he framed her face with his hands, and leaned forward, placing his forehead to hers.
He gasped, and closed his eyes as her pain flowed over him like a wave from the sea. His whole body tensed, as all of her pain now left her body, and filled his body instead.
For over an hour he held her like that, not saying a word, taking all of her pain from her contractions, until they finally stopped, allowing them both to breath normally again.
Green in his face due to the pain, he lowered her head to the pillow, sleeping. Then he stumbled to his feet, and walked stiffly out to the bathroom.
He didn't bother to close the door, and as Madam Pomfrey was cleaning Hermione up, she and the headmaster could hear the Potions Master empty his stomach because of the pain.
Without a word he came back in, stopped by Hermione's bed, stroked her cheek, and without a look on the other he asked. "Will she be OK?"
"They're fine, both she and the baby." Madam Pomfrey said, looking at him as she wanted to ask something, but the headmaster held her back.
"Good!" Snape whispered, before he laid himself on the nearest bed and fainted.
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Madam Pomfrey turned to her very old lover as they were back in her chambers: "What was he doing, what was that?"
Dumbledore smiled, his blue eyes sparkled more than usual, as his glasses were placed not on his nose, but on the nightstand. : "Severus performed the strongest magic there is, Poppy, its called LOVE!"
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A/n: Dumbledore & Madam Pomfrey?! That shocked even me, I didn't plan that, he just appeared out of her bedroom!..
Rating: R
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"Severus, I'm bleeding!"
For a moment he just looked at her, the pale girl in the dark, outside his door. Then he reacted, hauled her up into his arms and carried her to the infirmary.
"Poppy!, Poppy!" he yelled as he kicked the door open. {Where is that stupid woman? She can't be asleep NOW?!} He mused, lowering Hermione on the nearest bed.
At the same moment Madam Pomfrey turned up in her nightgown, blushing a bit as she was trying to pull her robe around herself.
As the headmaster came stumbling out of her room also trying to "get decent" Severus understood why she blushed.
{I bloody don't believe it! She is younger than me, and he is 120!!!} Snape thought, before she asked him what was wrong.
"She's bleeding Poppy!" his voice was strained, "please, don't let her loose her child!"
Hermione, who had been silent since he lifted her in his arms, said:
"It might be the best solution Severus, We're still not married, and if I loose the baby, you don't have to go through with the marriage you know.» Her voice was weak. She was having a lot of pain now.
Snape turned away from the mediwitch, and looked at his tormented fiancée. "How dare you suggest such a thing!" He was really angry "Do you really think I would let you down like that? The wedding is on, no matter what! You don't get rid of me that easily! -And besides, you are not going to loose the baby! Isn't that right?" He turned back to the mediwitch who now was scanning Hermione's body with her wand.
"Yes," Madam Pomfrey answered, "and no."
The others looked at her with similar confused expressions on their faces.
"I - I don't think I understand?" Hermione asked, her voice was husky from the pain.
"Hermione, dearest," Madam Pomfrey started, "You are not having one baby inside you, but two. It's twins."
"Twins?!" Hermione and Severus said at the same time, looking at each other with a trace of pride in their eyes.
It vanished as the mediwitch continued: "Unfortunately one of the babies are dead, and it must have been dead for several weeks. Your body is trying to get rid of the dead baby, to be able to save the other. Because the other is safe and alive!"
"But, but?" Again the scared parents-to-be talked as one voice. Severus shut his mouth and allowed Hermione to go on: "But if I'm having twins, will not the miscarriage of one kill the other?"
"No my dear, They are not from the same egg-cell, You and your baby will probably be fine, but I'm warning you, It will be painful, because I cannot give you anything against the pain, that will affect the living baby as well. "
Severus got even paler than his usual appearance. He could see that Hermione was in a lot of pain already, would it be worse?
He turned to Dumbledore, who was keeping himself in the background, pretending not to be there, "Can't you do anything?" Snape said to the older wizard, with hope and trust in his voice.
The old man shook his head, looking sad. "No, this is not my area to help. I don't have what it takes."
Hermione was moaning and whimpering in pain in her bed, and Severus turned to her again. He placed himself at her bedside, holding her tiny hand in his. Murmuring silly and reassuring words to her as the contractions raged through her body, he felt more helpless than he ever had.
Then all of a sudden the knowledge came to him, like someone had hit him in the head:
He gave a wave with his wand, and muttered: "Med-kjærlighet-skal-smerten- overvinnes!» then he framed her face with his hands, and leaned forward, placing his forehead to hers.
He gasped, and closed his eyes as her pain flowed over him like a wave from the sea. His whole body tensed, as all of her pain now left her body, and filled his body instead.
For over an hour he held her like that, not saying a word, taking all of her pain from her contractions, until they finally stopped, allowing them both to breath normally again.
Green in his face due to the pain, he lowered her head to the pillow, sleeping. Then he stumbled to his feet, and walked stiffly out to the bathroom.
He didn't bother to close the door, and as Madam Pomfrey was cleaning Hermione up, she and the headmaster could hear the Potions Master empty his stomach because of the pain.
Without a word he came back in, stopped by Hermione's bed, stroked her cheek, and without a look on the other he asked. "Will she be OK?"
"They're fine, both she and the baby." Madam Pomfrey said, looking at him as she wanted to ask something, but the headmaster held her back.
"Good!" Snape whispered, before he laid himself on the nearest bed and fainted.
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Madam Pomfrey turned to her very old lover as they were back in her chambers: "What was he doing, what was that?"
Dumbledore smiled, his blue eyes sparkled more than usual, as his glasses were placed not on his nose, but on the nightstand. : "Severus performed the strongest magic there is, Poppy, its called LOVE!"
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A/n: Dumbledore & Madam Pomfrey?! That shocked even me, I didn't plan that, he just appeared out of her bedroom!..