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Chapter Eleven: Major Events
Lily cringed as Nik leaned down, she was sure he was going to force a kiss on her. But no, instead he kissed her forehead and said, "How are you feeling, Angel?"
Lily didn't understand, Ôshouldn't he be mad that I didn't go home over break? Wouldn't he be mad for me being alive? Oh how I want to tell everything to mum. MUM! Of course! He wouldn't say anything cause mum is there! Oh thank the Lord for mum.' Lily gave a weak smile, "I'm feeling better actually."
Margie and Nik stayed right by Lily's side for the rest of the night. Margie fussed over Lily all night long, even though most of the time Lily was asleep and it really didn't make any difference in the slightest.
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The next morning, Lily awoke to find someone she had never seen before leaning over her. She looked around quickly and saw her mum and Nik in the chairs next to her bed. Nik was awake and her mum seemed to be asleep on his shoulder. On her other side, Lily saw Madame Pomfrey cowering behind the unknown woman.
Mustering her courage and her strength Lily finally asked, "I'm sorry, but who are you?"
"Oh of course, dear child, I'm a Healer from St. Mungo's. Professor Dumbledore asked me to come and help you get better. A fully trained healer can do much more than a school nurse of course, no offense, Poppy."
Madame Pomfrey just shook her head.
"Of course, dear, you can call me by my first name."
"Oh, er, ok, I-I'm sorry but I didn't catch what that was..."
"Of course, dear. Raphaella."
"Oh, that's really pretty."
"Thank you dear, but I am going to have to ask you to be silent just for a while as I do a thorough exam of you..."
Lily nodded meekly and stayed silent as Raphaella poked and prodded her and performed a few various revealing type charms to see what she could find. At one point Raphaella even made her drink a potion just to see out her body would react to it. Lily was not a happy camper. During the course of the examination, Lily's mother woke up and Nik decided to step outside to get some air. Lily was delighted that he left, but no one could really tell since he did so just as Raphaella made Lily drink the potion. This meant that instead of smiling because Nik was leaving, she was throwing up into a bed pan.
"Oh sweet heart! Are you all right? Was that completely necessary?"
"Yes, ma'am, I'm sorry but it was. I need to know exactly what's wrong with your daughter." Raphaella then turned to Lily, "I'm sorry dear, we're all done for now. I'm going to put a potion into your system and it's going to make you sleepy okay?"
Again Lily just nodded, she had silent tears streaming down her face. After a minute, as Raphaella prepared the potion in the correct way so that Lily wouldn't have to swallow it, Lily asked the question on everyone's mind, and the one whose answer she was half afraid to hear, "I'm I going to be okay?"
Raphaella looked at Lily. She didn't just glance at the girl she really looked at her, studied her. She looked directly into Lily's eyes and could see the fear and apprehension, the confusion and worry, but most of all she could see acceptance. She could see that the small eleven year old in front of her was prepared to die and was going to accept it right away if that was her fate. She gave a small smile, without breaking eye contact and said, "Yes, you're going to be okay, Lily dear. You're going to be okay."
"Okay.... Raphaella...?"
"Yes dear?"
"Is it bad for me to be afraid?"
"Of course not! I'll tell you a secret... I get scared all the time!"
"Really?"
Raphaella nodded. Lily gave a small smile and grabbed a hold of her mum's hand. She squeezed it hard as Raphaella gave her the potion. Margie held tightly onto Lily's hand comforting her, even after she had felt the small hand in her own go lax from unconsciousness.
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A few major things happened that day as Lily slept.
Raphaella returned to St. Mungo's with the results from her exam of Lily. As soon as she returned to St. Mungo's she sought out the best Healer there to question her. The meeting they had was brief and when Raphaella returned she had a long meeting with Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey...
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At the same time, in another area of the castle, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter walked in on a conversation that would have been better off not heard by them...
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In yet another part of the castle, two outsiders were about to have an argument that would come back to haunt not only them, but a few students in the castle as well...
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"My superiors tell me that the sort of reaction that young Miss Evans had to her nightmares is very rare. They said that in order to have as severe of a reaction as it did on Miss Evans then the nightmare could only have been either a premonition or a memory. And that whatever it was about had to be vivid and instill tremendous fear inside the dreamer."
"Miss Evans is not going to break down and reveal what it was she saw in her nightmare. I've tried getting her to many times. It's not going to happen."
"Then there is only one thing we can do. Nurse her back to heath and give her a potion to take every night so she doesn't have the nightmare any longer."
All through the meeting Dumbledore sat calmly pondering what he was being told. He had his hands along his face so that a few of his fingers were resting on his nose, a few on his cheeks and a few weren't on anything. He watched the other two from over the top of his half moon glasses while absorbing the information and trying to decide how best to help his student.
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There were no classes that afternoon so the four boys had decided to get to know the castle a little better. As they walked down the hall, Peter decided to check out an unusual passage on the left. The others had waited outside, just in case.
All of the sudden, Peter came running back stuttering about there being people down there.
Sirius' eyes lit up at the thought of eavesdropping. The three other boys followed a frightened Peter down the passageway until they could hear voices.
"...it's just not fair. She's a dumb Mudblood!"
"Calm your bloody self down! Don't worry. If we're lucky she will be forced to fail first year. How much of an idiot would she look like then?"
"But I hear she's getting better. I hear that she'll be out soon. What do we do if she does get out?"
"We'll get rid of her. She's a hazard and there will be no problem with torturing her until she is too scared to stay. She'll be running back to the damn muggle world soon enough."
James looked at Sirius, they were thinking the same thing... whoever it was had to be talking about Lily. And by the sound of things if she did get better, they would be torturing her.
James talked in a hurried whisper, "We have to let them know now that we aren't going to let it happen! We have to stand up for her!"
"James," began Remus in a voice of reason, "it won't do her any good if we all just end up in the hospital wing with her." Remus grabbed James' sleeve, but he jerked his arm out of Remus' grasp, drew his wand and ran into the room.
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Margie finally realized that Nik had been gone for a length of time. She vaguely remembered him talking about getting some air, so she decided to go after him.
Outside on the grounds, Margie could see a man wearing muggle clothes out by the lake.
"Nik, honey, it's cold out here, why don't you come back inside with me and Lily?" asked Margie worriedly.
"I don't want to go back in that bloody place."
"Why in heavens not?"
"Don't you feel it?"
"What?"
"That place, the way it makes you feel. The sensations of watching people actually do things that aren't... normal. Watching someone wave a stick and then having something move in response, all of its own record. It not bloody normal!"
"Nik, I don't understand. You've always wanted to be there for Lily before. Why not now? Why does being there for Lily in the magical world have such a negative connotation?"
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Sirius, Remus, and Peter all stood there stunned for a moment before they too rushed into the room with their wands drawn.
"What's the meaning of this Malfoy?"
"Wouldn't you like to know, Potter."
"I know who you were talking about and let me tell you, you won't get away with doing anything to her."
What do you think you're going to do? Challenge me to a duel?" sneered Malfoy in disgust.
"Actually, I think I will-"
"James, are you bloody insane? Malfoy's a fifth year! FIFTH YEAR! He'll tear you to bits," Remus tried to reason.
"Remus, if I don't take care of this now, what do you think he's gunna do to her? And what about our other friends... he's not going to stop with one bloody muggle born, he's gunna go after all of them in the school. I don't care what happens, I'm doing it." Then James said in a louder voice, "Tomorrow night, midnight, in the trophy room. Sirius is my second."
"Snape is mine. Be prepared, Potter. I'm not going to give you an easy time of it just cause you're a dumb first year."
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"I just don't like this magic thing! I'm afraid of what it will do to Lily!" Nik claimed, and while he spoke the truth, Margie didn't know what he really meant.
"This is where she belongs! Magic is going to help her in more ways than one! And now, now she needs magic to heal her. And she needs us to be there for her while she gets better. So lets drop this for now and we can discuss it later. Because my little girl is in there and she needs her parents' love and support!" Margie walked back towards the castle willing to put aside the argument she had just had to help Lily in anyway possible.
Nik waited a few minutes out by the lake. He was afraid of magic. He was scared that Lily would do something to him or learn how to keep him from finding out if she told or not. He was afraid she'd talk and he couldn't let that happen. And then he sneered, he had a plan in mind, a way to keep her well to frightened to say anything. And as the plan formed in his mind, he walked back towards the castle and back towards the lies he had to maintain.
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The next morning, Lily woke up with Raphaella standing over her. "Good morning dear. I'm going to do a series of spells on you and it might sting just a tad. But it is going to convince you're body that it's okay for you to swallow when you have fluids and from there you will be able to slowly advance to eating food as well. So shall we begin?"
Lily nodded slowly and grasped for her mother's hand. When she found it she squeezed it as hard as she could and she did her best to keep from having tears form in her eyes.
With a flick of her wave Raphaella said the incantations, "Solvo vestri mens. Teneo ut vos can voro. Liquidus adveho vestri somes es necessarius. Vos mos non reprobo lemma.
Lily winced as the spell took effect. Her whole body glowed purple for a moment and then everything returned to normal. Lily felt as if she had just run a ten mile race. She was well too exhausted to even say anything to her worried mother.
Raphaella handed her a potion and spoke very softly to her, "Lily, I need you to drink this. We need to find out if it worked and if it did, this potion will help you sleep without dreaming."
Lily nodded and took the goblet and with help from Raphaella she managed to drink it. As soon as she had downed the liquid she fell back onto her bed and slept.
Shortly after she fell back asleep, Kira and Cece came in to visit her. Raphaella told the girls what had happened earlier that morning. Kira had a puzzled look on her face, "But, Raphaella, I don't understand... What happened to Lily? Why did she end up in here unconscious for six weeks?"
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Keep the reviews coming!! I am leaving town to go camping on Tuesday and I'll be gone for two weeks so there won't be any updates during that time, but I'll try and get at least one more chapter up before I leave. While I'm gone review a lot and I will post more when I get back!
Chapter Eleven: Major Events
Lily cringed as Nik leaned down, she was sure he was going to force a kiss on her. But no, instead he kissed her forehead and said, "How are you feeling, Angel?"
Lily didn't understand, Ôshouldn't he be mad that I didn't go home over break? Wouldn't he be mad for me being alive? Oh how I want to tell everything to mum. MUM! Of course! He wouldn't say anything cause mum is there! Oh thank the Lord for mum.' Lily gave a weak smile, "I'm feeling better actually."
Margie and Nik stayed right by Lily's side for the rest of the night. Margie fussed over Lily all night long, even though most of the time Lily was asleep and it really didn't make any difference in the slightest.
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The next morning, Lily awoke to find someone she had never seen before leaning over her. She looked around quickly and saw her mum and Nik in the chairs next to her bed. Nik was awake and her mum seemed to be asleep on his shoulder. On her other side, Lily saw Madame Pomfrey cowering behind the unknown woman.
Mustering her courage and her strength Lily finally asked, "I'm sorry, but who are you?"
"Oh of course, dear child, I'm a Healer from St. Mungo's. Professor Dumbledore asked me to come and help you get better. A fully trained healer can do much more than a school nurse of course, no offense, Poppy."
Madame Pomfrey just shook her head.
"Of course, dear, you can call me by my first name."
"Oh, er, ok, I-I'm sorry but I didn't catch what that was..."
"Of course, dear. Raphaella."
"Oh, that's really pretty."
"Thank you dear, but I am going to have to ask you to be silent just for a while as I do a thorough exam of you..."
Lily nodded meekly and stayed silent as Raphaella poked and prodded her and performed a few various revealing type charms to see what she could find. At one point Raphaella even made her drink a potion just to see out her body would react to it. Lily was not a happy camper. During the course of the examination, Lily's mother woke up and Nik decided to step outside to get some air. Lily was delighted that he left, but no one could really tell since he did so just as Raphaella made Lily drink the potion. This meant that instead of smiling because Nik was leaving, she was throwing up into a bed pan.
"Oh sweet heart! Are you all right? Was that completely necessary?"
"Yes, ma'am, I'm sorry but it was. I need to know exactly what's wrong with your daughter." Raphaella then turned to Lily, "I'm sorry dear, we're all done for now. I'm going to put a potion into your system and it's going to make you sleepy okay?"
Again Lily just nodded, she had silent tears streaming down her face. After a minute, as Raphaella prepared the potion in the correct way so that Lily wouldn't have to swallow it, Lily asked the question on everyone's mind, and the one whose answer she was half afraid to hear, "I'm I going to be okay?"
Raphaella looked at Lily. She didn't just glance at the girl she really looked at her, studied her. She looked directly into Lily's eyes and could see the fear and apprehension, the confusion and worry, but most of all she could see acceptance. She could see that the small eleven year old in front of her was prepared to die and was going to accept it right away if that was her fate. She gave a small smile, without breaking eye contact and said, "Yes, you're going to be okay, Lily dear. You're going to be okay."
"Okay.... Raphaella...?"
"Yes dear?"
"Is it bad for me to be afraid?"
"Of course not! I'll tell you a secret... I get scared all the time!"
"Really?"
Raphaella nodded. Lily gave a small smile and grabbed a hold of her mum's hand. She squeezed it hard as Raphaella gave her the potion. Margie held tightly onto Lily's hand comforting her, even after she had felt the small hand in her own go lax from unconsciousness.
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A few major things happened that day as Lily slept.
Raphaella returned to St. Mungo's with the results from her exam of Lily. As soon as she returned to St. Mungo's she sought out the best Healer there to question her. The meeting they had was brief and when Raphaella returned she had a long meeting with Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey...
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At the same time, in another area of the castle, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter walked in on a conversation that would have been better off not heard by them...
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In yet another part of the castle, two outsiders were about to have an argument that would come back to haunt not only them, but a few students in the castle as well...
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"My superiors tell me that the sort of reaction that young Miss Evans had to her nightmares is very rare. They said that in order to have as severe of a reaction as it did on Miss Evans then the nightmare could only have been either a premonition or a memory. And that whatever it was about had to be vivid and instill tremendous fear inside the dreamer."
"Miss Evans is not going to break down and reveal what it was she saw in her nightmare. I've tried getting her to many times. It's not going to happen."
"Then there is only one thing we can do. Nurse her back to heath and give her a potion to take every night so she doesn't have the nightmare any longer."
All through the meeting Dumbledore sat calmly pondering what he was being told. He had his hands along his face so that a few of his fingers were resting on his nose, a few on his cheeks and a few weren't on anything. He watched the other two from over the top of his half moon glasses while absorbing the information and trying to decide how best to help his student.
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There were no classes that afternoon so the four boys had decided to get to know the castle a little better. As they walked down the hall, Peter decided to check out an unusual passage on the left. The others had waited outside, just in case.
All of the sudden, Peter came running back stuttering about there being people down there.
Sirius' eyes lit up at the thought of eavesdropping. The three other boys followed a frightened Peter down the passageway until they could hear voices.
"...it's just not fair. She's a dumb Mudblood!"
"Calm your bloody self down! Don't worry. If we're lucky she will be forced to fail first year. How much of an idiot would she look like then?"
"But I hear she's getting better. I hear that she'll be out soon. What do we do if she does get out?"
"We'll get rid of her. She's a hazard and there will be no problem with torturing her until she is too scared to stay. She'll be running back to the damn muggle world soon enough."
James looked at Sirius, they were thinking the same thing... whoever it was had to be talking about Lily. And by the sound of things if she did get better, they would be torturing her.
James talked in a hurried whisper, "We have to let them know now that we aren't going to let it happen! We have to stand up for her!"
"James," began Remus in a voice of reason, "it won't do her any good if we all just end up in the hospital wing with her." Remus grabbed James' sleeve, but he jerked his arm out of Remus' grasp, drew his wand and ran into the room.
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Margie finally realized that Nik had been gone for a length of time. She vaguely remembered him talking about getting some air, so she decided to go after him.
Outside on the grounds, Margie could see a man wearing muggle clothes out by the lake.
"Nik, honey, it's cold out here, why don't you come back inside with me and Lily?" asked Margie worriedly.
"I don't want to go back in that bloody place."
"Why in heavens not?"
"Don't you feel it?"
"What?"
"That place, the way it makes you feel. The sensations of watching people actually do things that aren't... normal. Watching someone wave a stick and then having something move in response, all of its own record. It not bloody normal!"
"Nik, I don't understand. You've always wanted to be there for Lily before. Why not now? Why does being there for Lily in the magical world have such a negative connotation?"
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Sirius, Remus, and Peter all stood there stunned for a moment before they too rushed into the room with their wands drawn.
"What's the meaning of this Malfoy?"
"Wouldn't you like to know, Potter."
"I know who you were talking about and let me tell you, you won't get away with doing anything to her."
What do you think you're going to do? Challenge me to a duel?" sneered Malfoy in disgust.
"Actually, I think I will-"
"James, are you bloody insane? Malfoy's a fifth year! FIFTH YEAR! He'll tear you to bits," Remus tried to reason.
"Remus, if I don't take care of this now, what do you think he's gunna do to her? And what about our other friends... he's not going to stop with one bloody muggle born, he's gunna go after all of them in the school. I don't care what happens, I'm doing it." Then James said in a louder voice, "Tomorrow night, midnight, in the trophy room. Sirius is my second."
"Snape is mine. Be prepared, Potter. I'm not going to give you an easy time of it just cause you're a dumb first year."
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"I just don't like this magic thing! I'm afraid of what it will do to Lily!" Nik claimed, and while he spoke the truth, Margie didn't know what he really meant.
"This is where she belongs! Magic is going to help her in more ways than one! And now, now she needs magic to heal her. And she needs us to be there for her while she gets better. So lets drop this for now and we can discuss it later. Because my little girl is in there and she needs her parents' love and support!" Margie walked back towards the castle willing to put aside the argument she had just had to help Lily in anyway possible.
Nik waited a few minutes out by the lake. He was afraid of magic. He was scared that Lily would do something to him or learn how to keep him from finding out if she told or not. He was afraid she'd talk and he couldn't let that happen. And then he sneered, he had a plan in mind, a way to keep her well to frightened to say anything. And as the plan formed in his mind, he walked back towards the castle and back towards the lies he had to maintain.
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The next morning, Lily woke up with Raphaella standing over her. "Good morning dear. I'm going to do a series of spells on you and it might sting just a tad. But it is going to convince you're body that it's okay for you to swallow when you have fluids and from there you will be able to slowly advance to eating food as well. So shall we begin?"
Lily nodded slowly and grasped for her mother's hand. When she found it she squeezed it as hard as she could and she did her best to keep from having tears form in her eyes.
With a flick of her wave Raphaella said the incantations, "Solvo vestri mens. Teneo ut vos can voro. Liquidus adveho vestri somes es necessarius. Vos mos non reprobo lemma.
Lily winced as the spell took effect. Her whole body glowed purple for a moment and then everything returned to normal. Lily felt as if she had just run a ten mile race. She was well too exhausted to even say anything to her worried mother.
Raphaella handed her a potion and spoke very softly to her, "Lily, I need you to drink this. We need to find out if it worked and if it did, this potion will help you sleep without dreaming."
Lily nodded and took the goblet and with help from Raphaella she managed to drink it. As soon as she had downed the liquid she fell back onto her bed and slept.
Shortly after she fell back asleep, Kira and Cece came in to visit her. Raphaella told the girls what had happened earlier that morning. Kira had a puzzled look on her face, "But, Raphaella, I don't understand... What happened to Lily? Why did she end up in here unconscious for six weeks?"
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Keep the reviews coming!! I am leaving town to go camping on Tuesday and I'll be gone for two weeks so there won't be any updates during that time, but I'll try and get at least one more chapter up before I leave. While I'm gone review a lot and I will post more when I get back!