~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 51- To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Lily, James, Sirius and Peter sat by Remus's beside for the better part of the day, but although his breathing had become much less labored, he had not yet woken up. They didn't realize how late it had gotten until Dumbledore cleared his throat behind them.
"I believe it would be wise for you four to go back to the common room. All the rest of the students are in their beds," he said gently. It was not until then that Lily remembered what day it was.
"Oh my God, the exchange students!" she exclaimed. "I was supposed to be at the feast." Great she thought that's just one more thing to feel guilty about.
"I would't worry about it Lils," Sirius said. "This is just a little more important."
"Where's Pandora?" asked Lily, suddenly wondering where her new friend was.
"I took her down to the Great Hall when I came up here," explained Professor Dumbledore. "She got sorted into Gryffindor house."
"We really should go. There's nothing more we can do for him. If he wants to wake up, he'll have to find the power to that himself," said James. He put his arm around Lily and lead her from the room. She took one last glance at Remus, who seemed so small all of a sudden. His robes had never been in the best condition, but she never thought about how shabby they looked anymore. Scars were carefully softened with magic, but she could still see the lines that were faint rememberances of what he became on the full moon...
It was then that a distrubing thought occured to her.
"What will happen on the full moon?" she wondered aloud. James, Remus and Peter looked at her, and it was obvious that the thought hadn't even crossed their mind.
"I don't know Lily," said James. "I really don't know."
Lily glanced over at Sirius, who had a tear in his eye.
"When I first found out about Remus, I started reading about werewolves. It takes a tremendous amout of energy to make the transformation. You've seen what happens to Remus when he's perfectly well, he comes back and he feels terribly sick. If he is in such a weak condition, it would probably kill him," Sirius explained.
"How long do we have until the full moon?" asked Peter.
"We have about two weeks."
***
In his dream, Remus was stuck in a dark cave full of cold water. There was a lightvery far off, just a pinprick in the distance. He could breathe underwater, but barely. He coughed and wondered what he should do and where he was. This place was too terrible to be heaven, and it wasn't at all like he had imagined hell.
He decided to swim towards the light, whatever it was. He reached it sooner than he thought possible, and as he got closer he realized that there was a dark figure outside of the watery cavern. He could just barely see the faces of his friends; Lily, James, Sirius and Peter were motioing over to him, trying to get him to come out of the cave.
This must be heaven afterall Remus thought, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the people I care about.
He attempted to jump out of the cave, but he realized that there was a layer of ice preventing him from getting out.
Or it could be hell, keeping me from them, Remus concluded. But I can get through. I know I can.
He tried to hit the ice, but nothing happened. He had no tool to dig out, so he kept ramming his body against the threshold of the ice chamber. The ice didn't even crack.
Remus was beginning to dispair. He decided that he had to give it one more try, and he forced his body against the ice as hard as he possibly could. Nothing happened, and he was thrown from the ice with a massive amount of force. His head pounded, and he felt himself vomitting from a sudden onset of dizziness. The entire world flashed a brilliant white, and then faded to black.
***
Lily woke to a pounding headache and the dizzying feeling of vertigo. She rolled over on her side and moaned as the room spun around her. It was then that she heard a familiar voice from the bed next to her, the one that had originally belonged to Jamie.
"Lily, are you okay? You don't look so great?" the voice asked. Lily knew who it was, she just couldn't quite place it.
"Yeah," Lily replied, and then attempted to sit up and see who was talking to her. Although her vision was blurry, she could make out the shape of a girl that she hadn't seen in a long time. "Crystal?"
"Yeah Lils, it's me," she replied. Lily would have continued the conversation, but she felt a wave of nausea and ran to the bathroom. It felt as if her insides were trying to escape.
"Come on, we have to get you to the hospital wing," said Crystal. She handed Lily a tissue to wipe up her face and then lead her away. Lily couldn't walk straight, and collapsed about five feet from the portrait hole. James, who had been sitting in front of the fireplace studying, saw her lying there and ran to her.
"What happened?" he asked Crystal as he dropped to the floor beside his girlfriend.
"I don't know. She woke up sick this morning and just blacked out," replied Crystal.
"We have to get her to the hospital wing," said James, picking Lily up. He held her in his arms and carried her all the way to the hospital wing where, to his suprise, a young wizard sat at the door with a clipboard.
"Do we have another one?" the wizard asked in a very official tone.
"Excuse me, who are you?" asked James. The wizard just scowled.
"Honestly it's none of your business who I am if you have a sick friend. However, I guess I can tell you that my name is Oliver Nickel, and I'm training for work at St. Mungo's," Oliver gave an exasperated sigh. "So we have another one?"
"Another one of what?" asked Crystal, confused.
"There's been a nasty bout of michostroniosis," he explained as if this were entirely obvious. He looked at the blank looks on their faces and said "Mermaid's flu, in layman's terms."
Crystal and James both looked at each other knowingly. "Yeah, that's probably it," replied James.
"Well then come in so it can be treated," Oliver lead them inside. "I've got something brewing to releive the symptoms, but your little friend's gonna be sick for a week or two."
"I'll take care of this one," said Madame Pomfrey, pushing Oliver aside. "Just give me the draught and get away."
Oliver handed a steaming cup to Madame Pomfrey and looked at Lily one last time before going back to his post at the door.
"He's so arogant," Madame Pomfrey said in an irritated tone. She mixed up the substance once more and then held it under Lily's nose. "We need help and they send him over. Could train a first year better than him if you ask me."
Oliver could obviously hear them, and was about to say something to Madame Pomfrey when a very green looking first year came in.
"Where am I?" Lily asked, waking up and looking around.
"You're in the hospital wing honey," Madame Pomfrey said soothingly, handing the cup to Lily. "Drink this and your symptoms will go away."
"Symptoms of what?" Lily asked.
"Mermaid's flu," James explained. Lily had absoutely no idea what he was talking about.
"Huh?" she asked.
"You'd probably compare it to chicken pox," explained Crystal. "It's a wizard flu. Most kids get it when they're young, but sometimes entire schools get it. If you've had it before, like me, and probably James, then you can't get it again."
"It makes you feel dizzy and nauseated. You get it for a couple weeks. Some days you're fine, some days you have to stay in bed and sleep," James kissed the top of her forehead. "Don't worry, it's not life threatening. You'll be fine."
"Luckily we have a new medicine that will get rid of the worst of your symptoms. It'll just feel like you have a cold," said Madame Pomfrey. Just then she looked over at Remus, who was shivering, coughing and shaking.
"Madame Pomfrey, Remus has seized again!" Oliver shouted, bringing over some sort of compress. Madame Pomfrey got a tear in her eye.
"I didn't want you to find out this way, but Remus has developed a servere case of michostroniosis. He won't react to treatment, and his condition is worsening."
"Oh my God," said Lily, starting to cry.
"There's something you have to know," Madame Pomfrey said, lowering her voice. "If he's not awake and much better by the full moon, he doens't even have a chance."
***
"Lily help me, please please help me," Jamie whispered, looking around at the small room that she had been confined in for the past month. She looked at herself in the large mirror, which was the only furnishing in the room besides a gross matress and the shade that sectioned off this living area from a dirty bathroom.
Her hair was long and ratty, she hadn't been able to wash it at all. Dirt covered her entire body, and her eyes were red from crying.
But now she didn't even notice that. She was more disturbed by her apparence. She had become so skinny that her bones appeared to poke out of her body.
"Well obviously I show signs of anorexia. They only feed me here about once every five days," she said to no one in particular. A cry was heard from down the hall, another girl that was in her early twentys. Jamie knew what he was doing to her...
"Someone, please please help me."
A/N- Once again I'm sorry about the late publishing. There has been a huge wildfire around my house and we just recently got back home. Everything in my town is pretty much fine, but it's been an emotional experience for all of us.
Fortunately I've pretty much gotten back into the swing of everything, and I'm ready to start writing again. I hope to but out the next chapter tomorrow, and I'll try to do one a day for the next couple days. I'm really sorry about not being able to post this earlier.
Disclaimer- Don't sue me, I own nothing.
Chapter 51- To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Lily, James, Sirius and Peter sat by Remus's beside for the better part of the day, but although his breathing had become much less labored, he had not yet woken up. They didn't realize how late it had gotten until Dumbledore cleared his throat behind them.
"I believe it would be wise for you four to go back to the common room. All the rest of the students are in their beds," he said gently. It was not until then that Lily remembered what day it was.
"Oh my God, the exchange students!" she exclaimed. "I was supposed to be at the feast." Great she thought that's just one more thing to feel guilty about.
"I would't worry about it Lils," Sirius said. "This is just a little more important."
"Where's Pandora?" asked Lily, suddenly wondering where her new friend was.
"I took her down to the Great Hall when I came up here," explained Professor Dumbledore. "She got sorted into Gryffindor house."
"We really should go. There's nothing more we can do for him. If he wants to wake up, he'll have to find the power to that himself," said James. He put his arm around Lily and lead her from the room. She took one last glance at Remus, who seemed so small all of a sudden. His robes had never been in the best condition, but she never thought about how shabby they looked anymore. Scars were carefully softened with magic, but she could still see the lines that were faint rememberances of what he became on the full moon...
It was then that a distrubing thought occured to her.
"What will happen on the full moon?" she wondered aloud. James, Remus and Peter looked at her, and it was obvious that the thought hadn't even crossed their mind.
"I don't know Lily," said James. "I really don't know."
Lily glanced over at Sirius, who had a tear in his eye.
"When I first found out about Remus, I started reading about werewolves. It takes a tremendous amout of energy to make the transformation. You've seen what happens to Remus when he's perfectly well, he comes back and he feels terribly sick. If he is in such a weak condition, it would probably kill him," Sirius explained.
"How long do we have until the full moon?" asked Peter.
"We have about two weeks."
***
In his dream, Remus was stuck in a dark cave full of cold water. There was a lightvery far off, just a pinprick in the distance. He could breathe underwater, but barely. He coughed and wondered what he should do and where he was. This place was too terrible to be heaven, and it wasn't at all like he had imagined hell.
He decided to swim towards the light, whatever it was. He reached it sooner than he thought possible, and as he got closer he realized that there was a dark figure outside of the watery cavern. He could just barely see the faces of his friends; Lily, James, Sirius and Peter were motioing over to him, trying to get him to come out of the cave.
This must be heaven afterall Remus thought, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see the people I care about.
He attempted to jump out of the cave, but he realized that there was a layer of ice preventing him from getting out.
Or it could be hell, keeping me from them, Remus concluded. But I can get through. I know I can.
He tried to hit the ice, but nothing happened. He had no tool to dig out, so he kept ramming his body against the threshold of the ice chamber. The ice didn't even crack.
Remus was beginning to dispair. He decided that he had to give it one more try, and he forced his body against the ice as hard as he possibly could. Nothing happened, and he was thrown from the ice with a massive amount of force. His head pounded, and he felt himself vomitting from a sudden onset of dizziness. The entire world flashed a brilliant white, and then faded to black.
***
Lily woke to a pounding headache and the dizzying feeling of vertigo. She rolled over on her side and moaned as the room spun around her. It was then that she heard a familiar voice from the bed next to her, the one that had originally belonged to Jamie.
"Lily, are you okay? You don't look so great?" the voice asked. Lily knew who it was, she just couldn't quite place it.
"Yeah," Lily replied, and then attempted to sit up and see who was talking to her. Although her vision was blurry, she could make out the shape of a girl that she hadn't seen in a long time. "Crystal?"
"Yeah Lils, it's me," she replied. Lily would have continued the conversation, but she felt a wave of nausea and ran to the bathroom. It felt as if her insides were trying to escape.
"Come on, we have to get you to the hospital wing," said Crystal. She handed Lily a tissue to wipe up her face and then lead her away. Lily couldn't walk straight, and collapsed about five feet from the portrait hole. James, who had been sitting in front of the fireplace studying, saw her lying there and ran to her.
"What happened?" he asked Crystal as he dropped to the floor beside his girlfriend.
"I don't know. She woke up sick this morning and just blacked out," replied Crystal.
"We have to get her to the hospital wing," said James, picking Lily up. He held her in his arms and carried her all the way to the hospital wing where, to his suprise, a young wizard sat at the door with a clipboard.
"Do we have another one?" the wizard asked in a very official tone.
"Excuse me, who are you?" asked James. The wizard just scowled.
"Honestly it's none of your business who I am if you have a sick friend. However, I guess I can tell you that my name is Oliver Nickel, and I'm training for work at St. Mungo's," Oliver gave an exasperated sigh. "So we have another one?"
"Another one of what?" asked Crystal, confused.
"There's been a nasty bout of michostroniosis," he explained as if this were entirely obvious. He looked at the blank looks on their faces and said "Mermaid's flu, in layman's terms."
Crystal and James both looked at each other knowingly. "Yeah, that's probably it," replied James.
"Well then come in so it can be treated," Oliver lead them inside. "I've got something brewing to releive the symptoms, but your little friend's gonna be sick for a week or two."
"I'll take care of this one," said Madame Pomfrey, pushing Oliver aside. "Just give me the draught and get away."
Oliver handed a steaming cup to Madame Pomfrey and looked at Lily one last time before going back to his post at the door.
"He's so arogant," Madame Pomfrey said in an irritated tone. She mixed up the substance once more and then held it under Lily's nose. "We need help and they send him over. Could train a first year better than him if you ask me."
Oliver could obviously hear them, and was about to say something to Madame Pomfrey when a very green looking first year came in.
"Where am I?" Lily asked, waking up and looking around.
"You're in the hospital wing honey," Madame Pomfrey said soothingly, handing the cup to Lily. "Drink this and your symptoms will go away."
"Symptoms of what?" Lily asked.
"Mermaid's flu," James explained. Lily had absoutely no idea what he was talking about.
"Huh?" she asked.
"You'd probably compare it to chicken pox," explained Crystal. "It's a wizard flu. Most kids get it when they're young, but sometimes entire schools get it. If you've had it before, like me, and probably James, then you can't get it again."
"It makes you feel dizzy and nauseated. You get it for a couple weeks. Some days you're fine, some days you have to stay in bed and sleep," James kissed the top of her forehead. "Don't worry, it's not life threatening. You'll be fine."
"Luckily we have a new medicine that will get rid of the worst of your symptoms. It'll just feel like you have a cold," said Madame Pomfrey. Just then she looked over at Remus, who was shivering, coughing and shaking.
"Madame Pomfrey, Remus has seized again!" Oliver shouted, bringing over some sort of compress. Madame Pomfrey got a tear in her eye.
"I didn't want you to find out this way, but Remus has developed a servere case of michostroniosis. He won't react to treatment, and his condition is worsening."
"Oh my God," said Lily, starting to cry.
"There's something you have to know," Madame Pomfrey said, lowering her voice. "If he's not awake and much better by the full moon, he doens't even have a chance."
***
"Lily help me, please please help me," Jamie whispered, looking around at the small room that she had been confined in for the past month. She looked at herself in the large mirror, which was the only furnishing in the room besides a gross matress and the shade that sectioned off this living area from a dirty bathroom.
Her hair was long and ratty, she hadn't been able to wash it at all. Dirt covered her entire body, and her eyes were red from crying.
But now she didn't even notice that. She was more disturbed by her apparence. She had become so skinny that her bones appeared to poke out of her body.
"Well obviously I show signs of anorexia. They only feed me here about once every five days," she said to no one in particular. A cry was heard from down the hall, another girl that was in her early twentys. Jamie knew what he was doing to her...
"Someone, please please help me."
A/N- Once again I'm sorry about the late publishing. There has been a huge wildfire around my house and we just recently got back home. Everything in my town is pretty much fine, but it's been an emotional experience for all of us.
Fortunately I've pretty much gotten back into the swing of everything, and I'm ready to start writing again. I hope to but out the next chapter tomorrow, and I'll try to do one a day for the next couple days. I'm really sorry about not being able to post this earlier.
Disclaimer- Don't sue me, I own nothing.