Chapter 21: Bad Potions
To say the teens were board would be an understatement. After a full day of not being able to leave their small nursery they were all wishing for classes again. Throughout the day the teens took care of, and played with the babies, did school and homework McGonagall had brought for them, read for fun and just sat around being board.
"I wonder who the traitor is?" Ginny asked with a yawn.
"I don't know but I vote we all go to bed early." Harry said as he began to move his two cribs into his room. The rest of the group nodded and did the same; Ginny opted to sleep on the couch. They were asleep in no time, but not for long. The babies seemed to sense it a minute before it happed and all five of them began to wail at the top of there lungs. Then there was a scream and the sound of glass braking. Harry grabbed his children putting the in slings and ran out of is room, only to stop wide eyed, as were the other parents. There in the middle of the nursery stood Susan their nanny holding Ginny with a knife to her throat.
"Susan, what are you doing?" Hermione asked quietly. Susan did not reply quietly.
"I must obey my master! He will never be defeated!"
"Susan, why don't you let Ginny go?" Ron asked from the other side of the room. Susan turned around and sneered at Ron. "You think I am that stupid?" She cut a thin line across Ginny's throat just enough to have blood begin to run down Ginny's chest. Harry pulled out his wand and lipped sorry to Ginny before pointing his wand at her and yelling:
"Stupefy!" Ginny dropped like a ton of led, leaving Susan without a hostage. The other teens quickly stupefied Susan. The babies began to cry harder and louder. Harry ran out to the door and slammed it open. In front of the door a large group of Gryffindor's stood sleepy eyed trying to figure our where all the noise was coming from.
"You and you go get McGonagall and Dumbledore, we've been attacked." With that Harry slammed the door shut again and ran over to Ginny. Ron had conjured a gauze and had it placed on Ginny's neck. Harry took out his wand.
"Evernerate." Ginny woke up, eyes wide. Hermione was shooting every spell that would keep Susan tied up for as long as possible. Harry glanced over to the door and saw Dumbledore and McGonagall rushing through the crowed. Harry jumped up and ran to the door to open it up for them.
"What happened? Dumbledore asked surveying the scene grimly.
"The spy was Susan, she attacked us." Harry said sitting back down by Ginny.
"Is she working for..." McGonagall started but was interrupted by Hermione who jumped up threw her wand across the room with a whoop-pi, and began to dance around the room.
"Harry, that was sooooo great! Where on this bloody earth did you think of shooting Ginny to get to Susan?" Harry suddenly looked like he snapped as his eyes became unfocused, and he jumped up and began to dance around with Hermione.
"Have you ever seen that Muggle movie, Speed?" Harry asked speaking very fast.
"Oh yeah! Shoot the hostage! Harry your bloody brilliant!" Hermione grinned. Ron jumped up and ran over to them and started dancing also.
"I have only seen one Muggle movie, they called it Scary Movie, but it wasn't really scary." Ginny ran over to them, just in time for the four of them to yell:
"WWWUUUZZZ UUUUUPPPP!!!"
"Oh, oh, oh! Have you ever seen that Muggle TV show, umm what was it...Cops?" Hermione asked. Ginny began to do cart wills.
"Bad boys, bad boys, what'cha gonna do, what'cha gonna do when they come for you!"
"Hey do you think Susan slipped something in our drinks when we weren't looking?" Harry asked.
"I don't know but I wish those babies would shut there big mouths, their giving me a headache!" Ron yelled back.
"Headache! It can't be any worse then mine!" Ginny yelled right before the four of them fell unconscious. The two teachers ran over to the teens, the babies went silent with wide eyes.
"Albus, if they really were poisoned..."
"Go get Severus, hurry, their not getting enough oxygen." McGonagall looked down to find the students lips turning blue. "I will get Poppy via the fire, go!" McGonagall made a ten minute trip into a five minute trip, not having run so fast since she was young. She skidded to a halt at Snape's chambers and began to bang on the door.
"Snape , Snape, wake up, hurry!" Snape slammed his door open ready to take hundreds of points to whom ever he found on the other side.
"Potter, Granger, and the two Weasley's were attacked, we think they were poisoned, hurry!" Snape nodded before they ran to the Gryffindor common room. Upon arriving in the Nursery, they found Madam Pomfrey and a few other medi-wizards leaning over the four teens. Poppy was just finishing putting Ginny on a magical breathing tube.
"What are their symptoms?" Snape asked seeing the seriousness of the situation.
"They started off calm. Susan their nanny was the spy, and managed to get back in somehow. After disarming her, the teens got help, and were taking care of details when we got here. They very rapidly got hyper, and literally started to bounce off the walls, singing and talking about Muggle movies and TV shows, they then just dropped to the floor unconscious. They stopped breathing only moments before you arrived." Dumbledore whispered.
"Did they complain of headaches before they fell?" Snape asked, obviously thinking hard.
"Yes." Dumbledore stated back, not taking his eyes off of the teens.
"Livensor Potion, very dangerous. Antidote is easy enough to make, but is hard to make if under the poison. Their heart will stop within the hour without the potion. I can have it back up here in fifteen minutes." With that Snape dashed out. Lupin and his dog Snuffles were walking by the Gryffindor common room when they saw Snape run out; a look of fear on his face. The two marauders looked at each other then dashed into the Gryffindor common room. McGonagall saw them coming and opened the door for them. Snuffles changed into Sirius, and ran over to Dumbledore.
"What happened?" The story was explained again.
"What will happen to the children? They are only a year old." Sirius asked.
"A bit ironic." Lupin whispered.
"What is?"
"Harry was only a year old..." If possible, Sirius looked even more afraid then he was before.
Snape ran in carrying four vials, filled with a transparent dark purple liquid. He handed them to Poppy who nodded her thanks, before beginning to carefully give her patients the cure. Snape stepped back to watch silently. A minute passed no change. Two minutes...three minutes...nothing. Finally, Hermione started to fight the magical breathing tube, she was immediately taken off the tube, and a mask was put on. One by one the others joined in, on breathing on their own, much to the adults' relief.
"How could the nanny of gotten in?" Sirius asked.
"Harry said something about her sneaking in before the password was changed." McGonagall said, looking ready to help wherever she could.
"I have the students ready for transport, who is going to take care of the babies?" Poppy asked; standing up, stress lines running across her face.
"There are five of us and five children, we will each take care of one until their parents are better." Dumbledore stated as if he had been planning this all along. Snape nodded, much to the rest of the teacher's dismay. (They had all expected him to argue.) He walked up to the play pin and picked up Lily, before nodding at the group and walking into Harry's room to get her things. The others shrugged and walked over to the play pin themselves. Sirius grabbed Daniel, while Lupin picked up Souroch. McGonagall lifted Julie who had her hands up waiting to be raised. Dumbledore smiled as John crawled over to him to play with his long beard. Then for the first time in awhile, the nursery was empty.
To say the teens were board would be an understatement. After a full day of not being able to leave their small nursery they were all wishing for classes again. Throughout the day the teens took care of, and played with the babies, did school and homework McGonagall had brought for them, read for fun and just sat around being board.
"I wonder who the traitor is?" Ginny asked with a yawn.
"I don't know but I vote we all go to bed early." Harry said as he began to move his two cribs into his room. The rest of the group nodded and did the same; Ginny opted to sleep on the couch. They were asleep in no time, but not for long. The babies seemed to sense it a minute before it happed and all five of them began to wail at the top of there lungs. Then there was a scream and the sound of glass braking. Harry grabbed his children putting the in slings and ran out of is room, only to stop wide eyed, as were the other parents. There in the middle of the nursery stood Susan their nanny holding Ginny with a knife to her throat.
"Susan, what are you doing?" Hermione asked quietly. Susan did not reply quietly.
"I must obey my master! He will never be defeated!"
"Susan, why don't you let Ginny go?" Ron asked from the other side of the room. Susan turned around and sneered at Ron. "You think I am that stupid?" She cut a thin line across Ginny's throat just enough to have blood begin to run down Ginny's chest. Harry pulled out his wand and lipped sorry to Ginny before pointing his wand at her and yelling:
"Stupefy!" Ginny dropped like a ton of led, leaving Susan without a hostage. The other teens quickly stupefied Susan. The babies began to cry harder and louder. Harry ran out to the door and slammed it open. In front of the door a large group of Gryffindor's stood sleepy eyed trying to figure our where all the noise was coming from.
"You and you go get McGonagall and Dumbledore, we've been attacked." With that Harry slammed the door shut again and ran over to Ginny. Ron had conjured a gauze and had it placed on Ginny's neck. Harry took out his wand.
"Evernerate." Ginny woke up, eyes wide. Hermione was shooting every spell that would keep Susan tied up for as long as possible. Harry glanced over to the door and saw Dumbledore and McGonagall rushing through the crowed. Harry jumped up and ran to the door to open it up for them.
"What happened? Dumbledore asked surveying the scene grimly.
"The spy was Susan, she attacked us." Harry said sitting back down by Ginny.
"Is she working for..." McGonagall started but was interrupted by Hermione who jumped up threw her wand across the room with a whoop-pi, and began to dance around the room.
"Harry, that was sooooo great! Where on this bloody earth did you think of shooting Ginny to get to Susan?" Harry suddenly looked like he snapped as his eyes became unfocused, and he jumped up and began to dance around with Hermione.
"Have you ever seen that Muggle movie, Speed?" Harry asked speaking very fast.
"Oh yeah! Shoot the hostage! Harry your bloody brilliant!" Hermione grinned. Ron jumped up and ran over to them and started dancing also.
"I have only seen one Muggle movie, they called it Scary Movie, but it wasn't really scary." Ginny ran over to them, just in time for the four of them to yell:
"WWWUUUZZZ UUUUUPPPP!!!"
"Oh, oh, oh! Have you ever seen that Muggle TV show, umm what was it...Cops?" Hermione asked. Ginny began to do cart wills.
"Bad boys, bad boys, what'cha gonna do, what'cha gonna do when they come for you!"
"Hey do you think Susan slipped something in our drinks when we weren't looking?" Harry asked.
"I don't know but I wish those babies would shut there big mouths, their giving me a headache!" Ron yelled back.
"Headache! It can't be any worse then mine!" Ginny yelled right before the four of them fell unconscious. The two teachers ran over to the teens, the babies went silent with wide eyes.
"Albus, if they really were poisoned..."
"Go get Severus, hurry, their not getting enough oxygen." McGonagall looked down to find the students lips turning blue. "I will get Poppy via the fire, go!" McGonagall made a ten minute trip into a five minute trip, not having run so fast since she was young. She skidded to a halt at Snape's chambers and began to bang on the door.
"Snape , Snape, wake up, hurry!" Snape slammed his door open ready to take hundreds of points to whom ever he found on the other side.
"Potter, Granger, and the two Weasley's were attacked, we think they were poisoned, hurry!" Snape nodded before they ran to the Gryffindor common room. Upon arriving in the Nursery, they found Madam Pomfrey and a few other medi-wizards leaning over the four teens. Poppy was just finishing putting Ginny on a magical breathing tube.
"What are their symptoms?" Snape asked seeing the seriousness of the situation.
"They started off calm. Susan their nanny was the spy, and managed to get back in somehow. After disarming her, the teens got help, and were taking care of details when we got here. They very rapidly got hyper, and literally started to bounce off the walls, singing and talking about Muggle movies and TV shows, they then just dropped to the floor unconscious. They stopped breathing only moments before you arrived." Dumbledore whispered.
"Did they complain of headaches before they fell?" Snape asked, obviously thinking hard.
"Yes." Dumbledore stated back, not taking his eyes off of the teens.
"Livensor Potion, very dangerous. Antidote is easy enough to make, but is hard to make if under the poison. Their heart will stop within the hour without the potion. I can have it back up here in fifteen minutes." With that Snape dashed out. Lupin and his dog Snuffles were walking by the Gryffindor common room when they saw Snape run out; a look of fear on his face. The two marauders looked at each other then dashed into the Gryffindor common room. McGonagall saw them coming and opened the door for them. Snuffles changed into Sirius, and ran over to Dumbledore.
"What happened?" The story was explained again.
"What will happen to the children? They are only a year old." Sirius asked.
"A bit ironic." Lupin whispered.
"What is?"
"Harry was only a year old..." If possible, Sirius looked even more afraid then he was before.
Snape ran in carrying four vials, filled with a transparent dark purple liquid. He handed them to Poppy who nodded her thanks, before beginning to carefully give her patients the cure. Snape stepped back to watch silently. A minute passed no change. Two minutes...three minutes...nothing. Finally, Hermione started to fight the magical breathing tube, she was immediately taken off the tube, and a mask was put on. One by one the others joined in, on breathing on their own, much to the adults' relief.
"How could the nanny of gotten in?" Sirius asked.
"Harry said something about her sneaking in before the password was changed." McGonagall said, looking ready to help wherever she could.
"I have the students ready for transport, who is going to take care of the babies?" Poppy asked; standing up, stress lines running across her face.
"There are five of us and five children, we will each take care of one until their parents are better." Dumbledore stated as if he had been planning this all along. Snape nodded, much to the rest of the teacher's dismay. (They had all expected him to argue.) He walked up to the play pin and picked up Lily, before nodding at the group and walking into Harry's room to get her things. The others shrugged and walked over to the play pin themselves. Sirius grabbed Daniel, while Lupin picked up Souroch. McGonagall lifted Julie who had her hands up waiting to be raised. Dumbledore smiled as John crawled over to him to play with his long beard. Then for the first time in awhile, the nursery was empty.