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Chapter 4:
Amora and Dumbledore entered the staff room, where most of the teachers were currently gathered. The young woman felt a pair of hands take her and lead her to a small chair.
The hands touched her face and Madame Pomfrey spoke softly, though her tone had an annoyed hint to it. "I've already heard what happened. We have to find out how much damage you've done to yourself."
Amora could hear the Headmaster telling a couple of the other staff to put out all of the lights, then felt the healer's hands undo the strip of cloth bound around her head. That fell into her lap, as did the damp cloth that had been pressed against her eyes.
Madame Pomfrey whispered a spell, and a very faint, warm light touched Amora's eyelids. "Now, open your eyes slowly," she commanded.
The young woman obeyed, slowly lifting her eyelids. The light was almost soothing, though beyond that, she could see nothing but a dark blur of colors. She heard the door to the staffroom open quickly as two sets of feet walked in, then it shut almost immediately.
"Is she going to be okay?" Remus' voice was barely a whisper.
"Of course." The headmaster replied.
Madame Pomfrey on the other hand, was staring at the young woman's eyes. The pupils had turned white and the irises were a very pale purple. "How on earth did you damage your eyes so badly?" She scolded Amora. "It's the same effect as if you had looked directly into the sun after being charmed. Good thing this wasn't left any longer, the damage could have been permanent."
This caused Amora to blush slightly in embarrassment and try to close her eyes again.
"No, keep them open." The healer commanded. "We will need to light the candles, one by one, so I can cast the cure."
The young woman froze, more light meant more pain. "Are you sure we can't leave it for a couple of days? Se if it will get better on its own?"
"No." Came the blunt reply.
Amora signed in defeat, waiting as the started lighting the candles around the room. The pain born from the light caused tears to gather at the edge of her eyes.
Madame Pomfrey suddenly held out her wand in front of Amora's face. "Reparus Fientha Morseighus."
With that, there was a bright flash of light, bringing fiery agony, then darkness as the young woman passed out.
Remus had moved forward immediately and caught Amora before she could hit the ground. He looked up at the healer witch.
"She'll be fine Professor Lupin. Her sight should return to normal after she wakes up."
The DAtDA teacher nodded, then walked over to a large armchair in the room, and sat down while still holding the young woman, waiting for her to wake up.
[not too much later]
Amora groaned softly, bringing a hand up to her aching head. She slowly opened her eyes, though it still hurt a little and made her head throb, and found herself looking into a pair of grey eyes.. She tried to move and sit up, but soon realized that she was held in place by the owner of those eyes. She sighed in defeat and lay her head down on his shoulder. "I feel like I got into a fight with a brick wall... and lost.
"And so you should." Was all the reply that came from her sandy- haired friend.
This causes Amora to tilt her head and look up at him. "Remus... I'm sorry... I..."
The DAtDA teacher looked away, a heavy frown upon his intelligent features. "You should have said something. I don't understand why you felt you couldn't."
A matching frown reached her face, then she lifted a hand to his face, turning him back to look at her. "I just didn't want you to worry, that's all. Though I suppose it didn't make a difference anyways." She grinned and planted a kiss on his cheek. "It won't happen again, I promise!"
A small smile appeared on Remus' face. "Good." He stood up, setting the young woman down on her feet. "Now, it's late. You should get some rest."
She nodded, taking his hand in hers, squeezing it softly. "Alright, goodnight."
"Goodnight Amora."
Amora smiled, then turned and headed back to her rooms.
[Back at her rooms]
The young woman signed as she entered her living room, taking out her ponytail so that her long dark hair fell about her shoulders. "What a day..."
"Indeed."
Amora mentally curses, then looked over at Snape who had been standing by the fireplace, arms crossed in front of his chest. She should have known she wouldn't get away so easily after what happened earlier. "Hello Severus."
She could feel him glaring at her back as she made some tea and took out 2 teacups. Then, Amora walked over to the couch and sat down, pouring them both some tea. She rubbed her aching head absently, making the observation that this felt almost too much like if she had been extremely hung over. Her eyes met the dark glare of the Potions Master. "I suppose you'd like an explanation..."
"Well, that might be nice." Snape snapped, venom dripping from his voice. "Would you care to 'indulge' me as to why you outright lied and decided to keep your condition a secret?"
Amora looked away, feeling very guilty about deceiving not only one, but both of her best friends. Then, she frowned. "Waitaminute, how on earth did you get into my rooms?"
Snape almost looked uncomfortable for a minute, then sat down beside her on the couch, picking up one of the cups of tea. "Your passwords aren't exactly hard to figure out, 'Professor' Dar. You had the exact same one on your diary in 7th year at school."
Her jaw dropped as she stared at him. "YOU opened my DIARY??" Then her eyes narrowed slightly. "I don't believe you."
This caused him to smirk at Amora evilly. "As I recall, there was a passage in there about how even though Lupin was your friends, you still 'fancied' him back in 4th year, but that you would never let him know that."
Amora smirked, then poked her friend in the side. "Why you snoopy little rat! Alright, what else did you read?"
Severus chuckled, batting her hand away from him. "Actually, that was it. I stumbled upon it because of one of the pranks Potter and Black pulled. I didn't tell you then because I know that I would have found myself in the middle of the lake making friends with the giant squid."
She poked him again, avoiding his hand as he tried to swat her away once more. "Darn straight you would've! I was quite moody that year..."
"Yes, you were."
This earned the potions teacher a glare, causing him to chuckle again.
Amora took a sip of her tea, then glanced over at him, her face going very serious. "Severus, I'm sorry about earlier... I won't lie to you again... about something like that?"
Snape raised an eyebrow in question. "Just about something like that, hum? Is there something else that I should know that you haven't told me about yet?"
The young woman winked at him slyly. "Of course not."
The two professors talked for a while more, then after Severus had left, Amora sighed smiling, and went to sleep.