Summary: Three Aurors, two friends, attacks by the Dark Lord, and a hospital: the makings of a friendship. Slightly AU in the Marauders time.
Kimiko Anne- thank you very much! you'll have to tell me if this is still slow! I felt that last time I went through my story much to quickly, but I don't want it to be boring!
Disclaimer- JK Rowling owns most of it I suppose. Wait, nope all of it, what can ya do?
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"Sir?"
"There was a full moon a few nights ago and to make the entire healing process quicker you need to find any substantial scratches." I nodded and left to tend to him. First thing I did whilst entering the room was to move him back. 'Lord knows how embarrassing it would be for him and me to check the injuries out while they were watching.' Then I shut the door and quietly put a silencing charm on it so we would be aware of knocking but no one could hear the inevitable conversation.
"Hey Sands! We know you! Kira Sands, Gryffindor at Hogwarts." Sirius said giving a smile of recognition and a questioning look as Lupin was sliding away.
"Not lights out already?" Potter said joking. "Why're you taking Moony away?"
Wow, I must be stupid. Moony, they said it all through Hogwarts and he said he was allergic to silver. I suppose some things were higher priority.
"Sorry Lupin, Long said I need to check you for any 'moon' related injuries to help your healing." I said while trying to get a healing potion.
"I-uh-oh-um-shit." Lupin said putting his head on his pillow in defeat.
"Shit's right, if I don't find these scratches you could be here longer than two weeks." Poor guy, but he doesn't need my sympathy, jeez he looks scared as hell. "You alright? You look like you've seen a boggart."
"Do I have to leave?" He said quietly, I looked around at Potter and Black for conformation that he was serious but they were waiting for an answer too. "Of course not Lupin, and I'm going to take real good care of you, Black, and Potter. But I need to know if you remember where any bad scratches were."
"He usually gets himself bad on the chest." Potter said helpfully, so he is a good person to somebody. I suppose we never really had the chance to talk to one another. But I unbuttoned his hospital robe and saw a semi- healed gash that ran about ten inches long; this could take a while.
Remus POV
I knew I had seen her before. This was Kira Sands, the girl who James and Sirius used to pick on and now the girl who is saving our lives. She has grown quite goodlooking over the years too. Her used to be frizzy brown hair was now tamed and wavy and her gray eyes didn't look so magnified on her head.
Crap, she knows I'm a werewolf, this isn't good. Sirius and James see it too.
"Of course not Lupin, and I'm going to take real good care of you, Black, and Potter. But I need to know if you remember where any bad scratches were." She's going to help me, even though I'm a monster? Some people amaze me. I can hear James say something about scratching my chest, and that's when she started to unbutton my robes and her face looks so sad when she sees the scratch.
"Oh Lupin." I hear her sigh as she mends the cut with spells and potions. Gradually I see her find a few more and some bites on my legs.
"Thank you Kira." I hear myself whisper hoarsely. I think she's surprised that I used her first name.
"I was glad to do it Remus." Though the moment was ruined by another MediWitch coming in at that moment.
"KIRA! Lily's asking for you! She's still a bit out of it, but she knows she's in Mungos." A quite tall witch said loudly.
"Be right there Kallie, tell her I'll be there in a minute." With that she bustled over to James and gave him a potion and vaguely I could here him asking about Lily.
"Yes James, Lily is here, she's alright now though she was very beaten up. I'll go tell her that you said to feel better. Yes Black, the buzzer still works and you can still call me on it. I'll be back in ten."
Kira's POV
"Oh Lord, let Lily be ok." I said outside of her hospital room, with a deep breath a walked in. Lily had some bandages here and there and more or less looked ok.
"Hi Kira," She whispered. "Always in the wrong place at the wrong time, eh?" This was referring to her and my knack to get it bad from the marauders and the Slytherins. Lily was a muggle born witch but I was pureblood, apparently I went wrong when I became friends with her. I never, ever regretted it.
"Well you know us." I said while fixing things on her nightstand. "By the by Potter said feel better, he sounded really worried."
"Potter's here? I'm surprised he hasn't barged in the room yet." She said smiling.
"He won't be barging anywhere for at least two weeks, neither will you. Or Black. Or Lupin. Hmm, gangs all back, 'cept for Pettigrew but I suppose he'll stop over here after he gets out of the Ministry."
"Are they ok?"
"The Marauders? Yea, they'll be fine soon enough. In a day or two I'll wheel you over there and the injured can have a chat." Still trying to keep my cheery disposition. "Well Lily, you know how it is, I have to get back to my patients. I'm going to Hogsmeade today, is there anything I can get you from Honeydukes?"
"Chocolate frogs and chocolate, lots of it."
"Alright, and I'll get some Butterbeer too." She smiled at me and I left the room where Kallie was waiting to take over. I thanked her and walked back to my patients, the Marauders, who made my school life hell.
"How's everyone doing?" I asked as I walked in.
"Good enough to leave?" Potter said trying to sit up but quickly lying back down after the amount of pain he felt.
"Oh yeah, you'll leave, in two weeks." I said while Black was laughing at Potter but trying not to laugh too hard because the pain from his chest.
"Lupin, how are you feeling?"
"Good, thank you. Are you our permanent MediWitch."
"Unfortunately yes, I know how well we got along at school and I'm sure you guys are looking forward to the next two weeks we have together." I don't think I should be this sarcastic, they've been through a lot today.
"Oh Sands and your humor." Black said smiling. "I remember it well from Hogwarts." Feigning to be reminiscing.
"So how's Lily?" Potter asked barely missing a beat.
"She'll be fine, she has to be here for two weeks also. I think the person who brought her in said she was ambushed by a group of Death Eaters walking out of Gringotts, they'd never be stupid enough to go inside. But she did get a few curses here and there and there's weak sign of Crucio on her." Oh shit, I'm tearing up again.
"It's alright Sands, she'll be fine." Potter said holding my hand, 'I think he's saying this more for him than me. I really do think he loves her. Of course I always told her that, and got full body binded for it.'
"Thanks Potter, and I'll be bringing her in tomorrow for a bit so I can talk to her and look over you guys. So Potter maybe you should wait to hit on her until she's better, eh?" He's blushing; I so have to tell Lily.
"Anyway it's getting late so Kallie's going to look after you for a bit until I come back from Hogsmeade. Anything from Honeydukes?"
"Chocolate frogs." Black said immediately.
"Sherbert ball." Potter said happily.
"Ok, Lupin?" I suppose I should be nice and move closer poor guy can barely talk.
"Just some chocolate." he said quietly.
"Alright, I should be back in an hour. Kallie? You ready to take over?"
"Yup." She walked in with a book and sat down on the chair between Black and Lupin.
One Apparation Later.
"Hello there." The owner called out as I walked in the large shop. Candy covered the wall and I picked out various candies. I got the chocolate frogs, the sherbet ball; well I got Potter more than one because who wants only one piece of candy? I got a decent amount of chocolate as neither Lupin or Lily specified a flavor.
"This'll be all for you then?" The man asked with a smile on his face, he was always smiling even back in my Hogwarts days and so did his son who was a year ahead of me.
"Yes thank you."
"You a MediWitch?" He queried looking at my robes.
"Yes, these are for my patients."
"Well that's nice of you. Here have a pound of chocolate free of charge."
"Thank you very much." And with that I was walking out of Honeydukes with at least four pounds of candy. I went to the Three Broomsticks and asked Madame Rosmerta for some Butterbeer to go.
"Of course Kira dear. All your patients doing all right? When I heard of that attack I thought of all the poor injured souls, but then I knew that they were going to be taken care of by you lot just fine."
"Yes, in fact I'm taking care of three of my classmates from Hogwarts."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, Potter, Black and Lupin."
"Well I'll be a thestrals aunt, those three nice boys? Do take good care of 'em, Dumbledore says they're his three best Aurors and something else."
"Don't worry I will, these are for them in fact." I said pointing to my purchases and the Butterbeer she had given me.
"Good good. Well I'll see you later then?" She said while fixing drinks.
"Of course, good night."
"Bye sweetie."
One Apparation later (again)
"Alright you guys, here's your Butterbeer, we'll have candy tomorrow since it's late and you need sleep." She said giving them goblets and Lupin his bronze one.
"Ohhh." Black said sadly.
"But Mr. Honeyduke gave you an extra pound of chocolate so tomorrow we'll just have all sorts of candy." I said trying to cheer them up and it worked so on to Lily!
"Thanks Kira, Butterbeer sure hits the spot. Do you know how boring it is to stay in a hospital?"
"No I can't imagine." I said sarcastically.
"That's not what I meant, you work here and you have something to do."
"Tomorrow I'll bring you over to the boys and you guys can chat."
"Can you do that?"
"Probably not, but I will anyway."
"Was it scary?" Lily asked timidly. "To see all those people so near death?"
"Yes," I sighed and continued. "Especially when I saw you here, it was terrible Lily, I really wish that nothing bad like this will happen again, but sadly enough, I know it will. And there's nothing I can do."
"Yes there is, every time something bad happens to the people who are brave enough to challenge the bad things that happen you fix those people up and they go on saving people again."
"I suppose you're right."
"Sands, your going to have to leave." Dr. Long said walking into the room. "Miss Evans needs sleep. Make sure those boys sleep too." With that he shooed me out and I went back to my patients.
"Ah! You're back." Sirius said as she walked in the room. "I was wondering if you could give me news of the outside world?"
"No news, just sleep."
"Pwease...."
"Fine, they speculated that the number of Death Eaters there was about three fourths of the number that exist. And about two-thirds were killed or detained. So there are still about half out there, which number anywhere from 40 to 50. You guys really made a difference. And I heard that a lot of it was down to you three."
"You're making me blush Sands."
"Go to sleep Potter." With that he saluted her and fell asleep, Black had also fallen asleep shortly after the news.
"Why'd you do it Sands? I mean take care of us after we were bad to you and Lily."
"It's my job Lupin, not doing it would get me fired." Kira said smiling.
"Yeah, but why are you a Healer anyway? Doesn't it scare you?"
"Lupin, you're an Auror, that's scary. Besides my job is making sure people can stay alive, and that's a nice thought. My job also cleans your job up so you guys can go save more people."
"That's noble." He said half yawning.
"Go to sleep Lupin, you need it."
"Yes'm." With that he was gone and Kira started to sleep soon after.
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! a/n: sorry I hate for the authors note to be so close to the story...anyway, in case anyone wonders and they say...why didn't she notice the cuts? Well it was his leg that was broken so she healed that and since the cut wasn't bleeding she didn't check it! Please review! Thank you once again to Kimiko Anne who was my first (and only) reviewer!