The next morning saw a sluggish Remus Lupin enter the hospital ward. As soon as he entered, he could smell blood. Worried that he might have hurt someone the night before, forgetting that he was locked up, he rushed towards the scent. Instead of a bleeding body, all he found was Cordelia feeding the baby a bottle of milk, which had a slight pink tinge to it.
"You're bleeding," he accused.
"I know, considering I cut myself on purpose, it would be hard not to know," she shot back gently.
"But why? Is he... is he drinking blood in his milk?" Remus was alarmed at the concept of the whole thing.
"Well his parents were vampires, of course he has blood in his milk."
Cordelia had thought that Remus couldn't look worse than what he looked when he had walked in, but she was wrong. Upon revealing that Connor's parents were vampires which was why he had blood in his milk, Remus had paled even further.
"His parents are what?" he asked.
"His parents were vampires," Cordelia repeated slowly. Her voice caught in her throat as she added. "As in no longer vampires as they have been dusted."
Remus sat down next to Cordelia still in shock but before he could speak again Madame Pomfrey came bustling out of her office. She took one look at Remus before rushing back with some pepper up potion. She gave it to him and watched him until he had drunk the lot of it.
A movement at the door to the ward startled them all. In walked the boy from Cordelia's vision covered in boils. Remus took one look at him and rushed to his side, Madame Pomfrey just behind.
"What's happened Harry?" Remus asked.
"Neville's cauldron exploded... again," Harry answered with a wry grin. "It's just not Potions without an exploding cauldron. Snape still can't believe that Neville got into the NEWT class."
He laughed which caused a boil to burst, to which Cordelia let her revulsion known.
"EWWWWWWWW! And I thought fungus demons had it rough, that's disgusting!"
Harry heard the unknown voice and looked towards the bed it came from. Seeing someone he didn't know, he automatically tried to brush his hair down in front of his scar, tensing while doing so. When she didn't react at all, he relaxed slightly.
"Fungus demons?" he asked her.
"Yeah, ugly looking things that are really quite vicious when they want to be... guess you would have to be if you were made of fungus too," she thought aloud.
She thought of the time that she and Doyle had been set upon by fungus demons and sighed in memory. It was only a week before he sacrificed himself to save the half demons. One week before she received the brain splitting visions.
Harry shot a look at Remus who just shrugged. He didn't know that there was such a thing as a fungus demon and he was the Dark Arts professor.
"Harry Potter, this is Miss Cordelia Chase. Miss Chase this is Harry Potter," Remus introduced the pair to break the uncomfortable silence.
"Oh hey Harry, I take it you're a student here? What's that like?"
Harry was taken back by the lack of reaction to his name. Most people would have at least shown some kind of reaction on their faces. But maybe, he could be around this girl without having to worry that she wanted something.
"It's not too bad," he began to answer as Madame Pomfrey tugged on his arm.
"Mister Potter, I do believe you should drink this and then go back to class. I know that you won't listen to me if I tell you to stay here now right?"
"Madame Pomfrey you know me too well," Harry replied before turning to Cordelia. "I have this thing about hospitals. I don't like them!"
"You and me both!" Cordelia agreed before burping Connor.
A little while later Harry was in the common room with Hermonie and Ron. He was telling them about the girl he had met in the hospital ward. They listened intently to his description and he's conversation with her plus her lack of a reaction to his scar and name.
"So you think she's a muggle?" Ron asked.
"Were you even listening to him? Seriously Ron, of course she is a muggle," Hermonie snapped. "And Professor Lupin was talking to her when you came in?"
"He was taking a potion so no, he wasn't talking to her, but he was really close to her," he replied. Then he remembered something. "And she was talking about fungus demons. 'Monie, do you know anything about fungus demons? We haven't covered them in Dark Arts have we?"
"Fungus demons? No, I didn't even realise that they existed," she replied as a familiar gleam entered her eyes.
"Thanks a bloody lot Harry," Ron groaned. "Now she's not going to leave the library."
Hermonie shot him a look before stalking out of the common room, leaving Harry to shake his head at Ron.
Cordelia was realised from the hospital ward later that afternoon. Minerva was there to escort her to her new room and surprisingly so was Remus. She smiled at him and the three headed down to the guest quarters closest to Minerva.
When they entered the quarters, Cordelia almost squealed in delight. There was a large living room which had several baby toys available for Connor. There was also a bassinet and a rocking chair amongst the normal sofas and chairs. The fireplace had a specialised grate in front of it to keep Connor from the flames. There were three doors leading off from the living room.
Cordy walked towards the first one and opened the door. Inside the room was a nursery set up. It was painted in muted blues with silver edging. There was a cot set up and a baby change table as well as several other things that Cordy may need while looking after Connor while he was a baby. She walked around the room and noticed several changes of clothes for Connor in several sizes. She grinned at the thought that Minerva had obviously thought of everything that she may need to raise Connor.
There was a connecting door in the nursery as well. Opening the door, Cordelia discovered her bedroom. The bed took up majority of the room and had black and red covers. The rest of her room had the colours slightly more muted but still there. She had a large mirror on one wall and plenty of closet space but unlike Connor's room, there was no clothing in them.
"I thought you might like to go to Diagon Ally and maybe London tomorrow to purchase your own clothing. I know you have an unique taste in fashion," Minerva explained to her niece.
"Thank you Aunt Minnie!" she screamed excitedly before hugging her aunt.
Finally she walked into the final room which turned out to be the bathroom. A large sunken bath tub with multiple taps filled the room. There was also a baby bath and a toilet within the room. Another large mirror was available and there was several cupboards for make up and other toiletries. Cordelia was amazed at the guest quarters. It was even better than what she had at her home in Sunnydale and when she lived in the hotel.
Remus shared a look with Minerva over Cordelia's expression. He loved watching her amazement at all they were offering to her. He shook his head slightly. What chance did he have at being with someone so full of life?