A/N: sorry! I've just been lazy, and never get around to getting a chapter done! But I have a lot in my mind! Plus, my back brace makes me all lazy... man this sucks, I'm going to be a freshman in high school with braces, back brace, fizzy hair, eye glasses, acme, I'm short... damn I'm babbling again... sorry... um... probably once school starts again I'll be on track and updated more often! Well... REVIEW! I'm starting to think your all dead!
PS: does anyone read the songs in the beginning of the chapter? I just want to know! Well, if you haven't been reading the songs, I suggest you go back though the chapters and check them out!
Full Summery: After being accused a murder right after the Tournament, Ron 'runs away' to America, hoping to start over anew. But three years later, his wife is struck by a curse that will end her life in one year. There is no cure for the curse, except a powerful potion. But no one knows how to brew it, well, except one. So leaving his wife at a famous wizard hospital in California, Ron and his two year-old Daughter go to England, where the only man who knows how to brew it lives. And that man is Severus Snapes, Potion Professor at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So here are the big questions: will his family and friends accept Ron again? And will his wife's life be saved?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use. They belong to their respectable owners/ creators. But anything that I have made up belongs to me!
X o X o X
We loved each other so much it hurt
Before we noticed, dreams turned into despair
The piercing light, the drafty wind
Hurts my wet cheeks, like it's trying to sink in
Anyway, there will still be a day called tomorrow
Something will be fulfilled, someday
A new, small dream without basis
I can feel it in the palm of my hand
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better now
The wind that shakes the cradle
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better yeah
As if turning back, I wake from a dream
With an unclean heart, I want to smash them to pieces,
Dreams, hopes, everything, with these hands
What was it I was afraid of?
I still don't know
And I don't want to know
The sun will come up again In this sky, even if I feel something keenly
Memories and things I speak of sadly
What help will they be?
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better now
I want to break it carefully
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better yeah
Like kicking a cold flower
I can feel it in the palm of my hand
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better now
The wind that shakes the cradle
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better yeah
As if turning back, I wake from a dream
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling myself again I'm feeling better yeah Like kicking a cold flower
- Tsumetai Hana (A Cold Flower), The Brilliant Green
X o X o X
Wind
Chapter Seven: A Cold Flower
"So, this is it." Ron looked down at his wife who lay on the hospital bed.
"Don't worry, it will work." He took a seat at the side of her bed and held her hand. "Your parents visited you already today?"
"Yeah, this early morning but they had to leave soon, because Amory was still at home asleep." Layla sighed. "So, when's the professor coming?"
"He should be here any moment now."
Layla looked at her husband, "You know, we should be grateful for him. He saved your life back then, and now he his saving mine's."
"Yeah, yeah..." Ron replied. Soon after that, the couple sat in her hospital room in an eerie awkward silence, then a knock at the door broke it and a nurse, who was a witch, walked in.
"Excuse me, but Mr. Snape has arrived, and we will give her the potion." The nurse explained. The two nodded to acknowledge what the nurse told them. As soon as the nurse left Ron turned to Layla and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Don't worry, it's just a potion..." Layla rambled.
"Is that a yes?" Ron asked with a silly grin on his face. Layla returned the grin and nodded. "Alright."
A couple moments later, Dr. Ni and Severus entered the room. "Harry Holidays." The doctor greeted.
Severus ignored the pleasantries, and got down to business. "This potion took two months to make. It will also take about two months before it starts to go into affect-"but was cut off by Ron.
"Why two months?" he asked bluntly.
"The potion gradually makes its way all over her wife's body. It goes to every single vein and blood vessel very slowly." The potion master explained quickly before returning to what he was originally talking about. "During those two months while the potion is taking affect, your wife will be losing a certain amount of her life energy, making her weak, sleepy, and her immune system weak too, meaning that a simple flu could be- "
"I get it." Layla interrupted. "So it's like I'm an patient with AIDS."
"What?" both Severus and Ron asked.
"Never mind." Both Dr. Ni and Layla replied.
"After that two months, and the potion starts to take affect, how long will it take until she is fully recovered?" Ron asked looking down to Layla.
"Six to seven months. The potion has to take some time to get back her life energy, and that takes awhile." Severus answered.
"And that's if it works." Dr. Ni said.
"What will happen if it doesn't work?" Layla asked.
"70 percent chance it will work, and for that 30... if it doesn't work we will know by doing a test by the end of the seventh month, and if more then 70 percent of her life energy is regained then you are well on your way to recovery with no side affects. If it is between 69 percent and 40 then you would most likely survive but with minor and major side affects, like frequent headaches, muscle pains, your sight being bad, and unable to reproduce children. If it is 39 percent and bellow..." Dr. Ni hesitated and Severus picked up where he left off.
"If you life energy is 39 percent or below, then on the night before you were hexed you will fall into a coma. On the following day, being the date that you were hex, on the hour it happens, you will die peacefully." Severus looked at Ron then at Layla. "Lets just hope for the best."
He then pulled out the vile out of his robes and handed it to Dr. Ni who took a look at it before giving it to Layla. Layla held in her hands, popped the cork, and took a glance at Ron before drinking all of it. As the last bit of it left her mouth, she looked like she was going to throw up. "Taste like crap." She said wishing the taste on her tongue were gone.
"Glad you liked it." Dr. Ni said jokingly. "Well, Mr. Snape, I do believe that you have to being going now."
"Well, then, until next time." Severus said and with a pop he was gone.
"Am I able to go home?" Layla asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry, but you will have to stay over night so we can check up on you. Then you will be able to go home for Christmas. Originally you were scheduled to stay for the rest of the week, but Mr. Snape assured me that you are able to go home and spend Christmas with your family."
"Thanks you." Ron said before the doctor left.
"Oh no, don't thank me." Dr. Ni said. "Thank Mr. Snape."
X o X o X
Soon the holidays pasted, and they year 1996 fade into the New Year, 1997. The current month is late January.
Layla still sifted from her home to the hospital every now and then, she started to become weak, but tests showed that the potion is half way done with her body, by the end of February the potion should be in full affect and she should be getting some of her life energy back.
During the days and weeks she wasn't resided at the hospital, she stayed at her childhood home, the Glory Estate, with her parents, daughter, and Ron. Teddy watched over the manor for Ron; Ron would stay at the manor during the times Layla stayed at the hospital. Elaine continued to plan her wedding, which was reset for April 12.
Amory was always by her mother's side when she wasn't in the hospital. The only times she wasn't with her mom was when Ron had to speak with her privately or when Layla requested her to leave for a while. When Layla stayed at the hospital, Amory would visit every single day with out fail. Sometimes it would be her mom, and, or, dad that would bring Amory, or one of her godparents. Sometimes Ron would bring Amory, but it was really a lot, he was busy, he was an Auror part time (but still worked for the magical games branch full time), two more ex-Death Eater attacks as happen in the west coast, in total about six attacks have happen world wide in the past few months since the one that took place at Penguin Avenue.
Currently at moment, Layla was at home, with her mom, her dad was at work. Elaine and her fiancé were at a meeting with a wedding planner. Ron was taking a break, well, sleeping in his office; he had just finished signing a bunch of papers. As for Teddy, he decided to take Amory out for the day.
"Do you like that?" Teddy asked Amory as he crouched besides her. They two were in a muggle mall and had pasted by a toyshop the sold new toys that were made the old fashion way. The store caught the young girl's eyes. The window displayed toys that looked like they traveled through time from the Victorian Era.
Amory nodded to Teddy's question. "Can I go inside?"
"Sure." He replied, and the two walked into the store. Teddy knew that Amory would like stuff from here. She was just like her mother, loved toys just like theses. Layla always had a thing for Teddy Bears, and it was no exception with Amory. Both parents, grandparents, and godparents would give Amory a teddy bear on a certain day, on her birthday, Ron and Layla would give her a stuff bear as a gift, on Christmas, her grandparents would give her one. As for Elaine and Teddy, both agreed to give Amory a bear together when a special event happens, like when she wins a award, or when she graduate from school. She so far had a total of eight bears, each which she loved.
(Layla so far had a total of 20 bears, 17 given to her by her parents, one for each of her birthdays, and three by Ron, given on each of their wedding anniversaries)
The little girl headed straight to the Teddy Bear section. "Wow..." she said in her three year-old voice. Little did she know; this was one of the shops that most of her bears came from.
"Uncle Teddy! Uncle Teddy!" she cried out to him in joy as she walked over to her. "Looky at this one."
Teddy picked up the bear she pointed to. It a small Panda, it was soft, had a light yellow ribbon tied around it's neck, and the arms and legs were attached by these joint things that enabled them to move the arms and leg forward. 'Well, this is cute...' Teddy thought. He say the price tag attached to it's ear, it read $55.
(A/N: I've decided that the toys in the store are all hand made! So the price is a but pricey.)
"Can I get? Please!" Amory showed him her puppy-dog face. They only person who can resist that face was her mom, everyone lese would fall victim to it.
"Okay. But... do you really want it?" she nodded. "Are your really, really, really, really, really sure?" he asked jokingly.
"Yah, I'm really, really, REALLY sure, Uncle Teddy." She paused for a moment before speaking up again. "If you buy it then I wont tell my daddy that you've been eating his cookies from his secret cookie jar."
"Darn! Alright, lil' lady. You win." Teddy said with a wink.
"Yay for me!" she said joyfully. Teddy then purchased the bear and they left the store.
X o X o X
"Mommy! Mommy! Looky what Uncle Teddy bought me today!" Amory called out to her mother as she climbed the stairs and headed to the wing of the house that her mother and father stayed at (Amory's current room was her mother's old bedroom). She quickly found the door and opened it. "Mommy! Look what I got..." but stopped mid-sentence when she found the room empty. "Mommy?"
Teddy soon followed and peered into the room. "Uncle Teddy? Where's Mommy? She doesn't need to go back to the Care place until next week!" the Care place meant Hospital, Amory, couldn't pronounce it.
"I know..." Teddy looked around. "She had to go back." he said to her has he knelt down in front for the crying girl.
"But why?"
"Your Grandma just flooed me and said that she caught a cold and had to go to the Care place so they could get rid of it." Teddy explained. Because of Layla's weak immune system a common cold can be bad. "Look, I'm going to go get your daddy. Stay here in the house and don't leave, the house elves will take care you. Your Grandpa will come home soon and will take you to Mommy. Alright?"
Amory nodded. "Okay, I'll take you to your room and then I'll leave." They eighteen year-old picked up Amory and the bag that had the teddy bear. As soon as they reached their room, Teddy left Amory in the care of the House Elves.
"Would Miss like anything?" one of the house elves asked.
"I wanna sleep." She replied. The house elf tucked her in, she didn't want to dress up, and she fell asleep. Before the elf left he noticed a shopping bag, he took out the teddy bear and placed it right next to Amory, under her arms.
Just as the house elf closed the door Amory's eyes fluttered open. She got up from her laying position and saw the stuff toy next to her. 'I forgot to name It.' she thought. She got out of bed, bear in hand, and walked over to the bookshelf. She remembered when her parents and her started to live in her grandparent's home; her mother showed her a book of names that she kept in her room.
Amory quickly found the book and pulled it out of the shelves. She blew the dust off, opened it, and began to scan its pages until she found a suitable name for her new bear. A couple pages later she found it. Amory closed the book and looked at the toy panda. "From now on your name is Mika." She whispered to the teddy bear. "I hope you like it."
X o X o X
A/N: Aw... now wasn't that cute and sad at the same time? ... Okay, well, I updated... now some please review! What happen to all my reviewers? Can I get at least three reviews? C'mon! PLEASE!
Well, I just want to give a brief description on how Amory looks: she has dark brown hair, but when you put light directly on her hair it looks a bit red-ish. I don't know what eye color Ron has, so Amory's eyes will be this bright blue, and she has a slightly tanned skin (from Layla) and some freckles. Oh, and her birthday will be some time in June. Okay, that's all cleared...
So, if you are reading this story then review! Please! Damn it! I'm begging!
-LalathePanda
PS: does anyone read the songs in the beginning of the chapter? I just want to know! Well, if you haven't been reading the songs, I suggest you go back though the chapters and check them out!
Full Summery: After being accused a murder right after the Tournament, Ron 'runs away' to America, hoping to start over anew. But three years later, his wife is struck by a curse that will end her life in one year. There is no cure for the curse, except a powerful potion. But no one knows how to brew it, well, except one. So leaving his wife at a famous wizard hospital in California, Ron and his two year-old Daughter go to England, where the only man who knows how to brew it lives. And that man is Severus Snapes, Potion Professor at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So here are the big questions: will his family and friends accept Ron again? And will his wife's life be saved?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use. They belong to their respectable owners/ creators. But anything that I have made up belongs to me!
X o X o X
We loved each other so much it hurt
Before we noticed, dreams turned into despair
The piercing light, the drafty wind
Hurts my wet cheeks, like it's trying to sink in
Anyway, there will still be a day called tomorrow
Something will be fulfilled, someday
A new, small dream without basis
I can feel it in the palm of my hand
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better now
The wind that shakes the cradle
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better yeah
As if turning back, I wake from a dream
With an unclean heart, I want to smash them to pieces,
Dreams, hopes, everything, with these hands
What was it I was afraid of?
I still don't know
And I don't want to know
The sun will come up again In this sky, even if I feel something keenly
Memories and things I speak of sadly
What help will they be?
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better now
I want to break it carefully
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better yeah
Like kicking a cold flower
I can feel it in the palm of my hand
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better now
The wind that shakes the cradle
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling better yeah
As if turning back, I wake from a dream
I'm feeling myself again
I'm feeling myself again I'm feeling better yeah Like kicking a cold flower
- Tsumetai Hana (A Cold Flower), The Brilliant Green
X o X o X
Wind
Chapter Seven: A Cold Flower
"So, this is it." Ron looked down at his wife who lay on the hospital bed.
"Don't worry, it will work." He took a seat at the side of her bed and held her hand. "Your parents visited you already today?"
"Yeah, this early morning but they had to leave soon, because Amory was still at home asleep." Layla sighed. "So, when's the professor coming?"
"He should be here any moment now."
Layla looked at her husband, "You know, we should be grateful for him. He saved your life back then, and now he his saving mine's."
"Yeah, yeah..." Ron replied. Soon after that, the couple sat in her hospital room in an eerie awkward silence, then a knock at the door broke it and a nurse, who was a witch, walked in.
"Excuse me, but Mr. Snape has arrived, and we will give her the potion." The nurse explained. The two nodded to acknowledge what the nurse told them. As soon as the nurse left Ron turned to Layla and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Don't worry, it's just a potion..." Layla rambled.
"Is that a yes?" Ron asked with a silly grin on his face. Layla returned the grin and nodded. "Alright."
A couple moments later, Dr. Ni and Severus entered the room. "Harry Holidays." The doctor greeted.
Severus ignored the pleasantries, and got down to business. "This potion took two months to make. It will also take about two months before it starts to go into affect-"but was cut off by Ron.
"Why two months?" he asked bluntly.
"The potion gradually makes its way all over her wife's body. It goes to every single vein and blood vessel very slowly." The potion master explained quickly before returning to what he was originally talking about. "During those two months while the potion is taking affect, your wife will be losing a certain amount of her life energy, making her weak, sleepy, and her immune system weak too, meaning that a simple flu could be- "
"I get it." Layla interrupted. "So it's like I'm an patient with AIDS."
"What?" both Severus and Ron asked.
"Never mind." Both Dr. Ni and Layla replied.
"After that two months, and the potion starts to take affect, how long will it take until she is fully recovered?" Ron asked looking down to Layla.
"Six to seven months. The potion has to take some time to get back her life energy, and that takes awhile." Severus answered.
"And that's if it works." Dr. Ni said.
"What will happen if it doesn't work?" Layla asked.
"70 percent chance it will work, and for that 30... if it doesn't work we will know by doing a test by the end of the seventh month, and if more then 70 percent of her life energy is regained then you are well on your way to recovery with no side affects. If it is between 69 percent and 40 then you would most likely survive but with minor and major side affects, like frequent headaches, muscle pains, your sight being bad, and unable to reproduce children. If it is 39 percent and bellow..." Dr. Ni hesitated and Severus picked up where he left off.
"If you life energy is 39 percent or below, then on the night before you were hexed you will fall into a coma. On the following day, being the date that you were hex, on the hour it happens, you will die peacefully." Severus looked at Ron then at Layla. "Lets just hope for the best."
He then pulled out the vile out of his robes and handed it to Dr. Ni who took a look at it before giving it to Layla. Layla held in her hands, popped the cork, and took a glance at Ron before drinking all of it. As the last bit of it left her mouth, she looked like she was going to throw up. "Taste like crap." She said wishing the taste on her tongue were gone.
"Glad you liked it." Dr. Ni said jokingly. "Well, Mr. Snape, I do believe that you have to being going now."
"Well, then, until next time." Severus said and with a pop he was gone.
"Am I able to go home?" Layla asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry, but you will have to stay over night so we can check up on you. Then you will be able to go home for Christmas. Originally you were scheduled to stay for the rest of the week, but Mr. Snape assured me that you are able to go home and spend Christmas with your family."
"Thanks you." Ron said before the doctor left.
"Oh no, don't thank me." Dr. Ni said. "Thank Mr. Snape."
X o X o X
Soon the holidays pasted, and they year 1996 fade into the New Year, 1997. The current month is late January.
Layla still sifted from her home to the hospital every now and then, she started to become weak, but tests showed that the potion is half way done with her body, by the end of February the potion should be in full affect and she should be getting some of her life energy back.
During the days and weeks she wasn't resided at the hospital, she stayed at her childhood home, the Glory Estate, with her parents, daughter, and Ron. Teddy watched over the manor for Ron; Ron would stay at the manor during the times Layla stayed at the hospital. Elaine continued to plan her wedding, which was reset for April 12.
Amory was always by her mother's side when she wasn't in the hospital. The only times she wasn't with her mom was when Ron had to speak with her privately or when Layla requested her to leave for a while. When Layla stayed at the hospital, Amory would visit every single day with out fail. Sometimes it would be her mom, and, or, dad that would bring Amory, or one of her godparents. Sometimes Ron would bring Amory, but it was really a lot, he was busy, he was an Auror part time (but still worked for the magical games branch full time), two more ex-Death Eater attacks as happen in the west coast, in total about six attacks have happen world wide in the past few months since the one that took place at Penguin Avenue.
Currently at moment, Layla was at home, with her mom, her dad was at work. Elaine and her fiancé were at a meeting with a wedding planner. Ron was taking a break, well, sleeping in his office; he had just finished signing a bunch of papers. As for Teddy, he decided to take Amory out for the day.
"Do you like that?" Teddy asked Amory as he crouched besides her. They two were in a muggle mall and had pasted by a toyshop the sold new toys that were made the old fashion way. The store caught the young girl's eyes. The window displayed toys that looked like they traveled through time from the Victorian Era.
Amory nodded to Teddy's question. "Can I go inside?"
"Sure." He replied, and the two walked into the store. Teddy knew that Amory would like stuff from here. She was just like her mother, loved toys just like theses. Layla always had a thing for Teddy Bears, and it was no exception with Amory. Both parents, grandparents, and godparents would give Amory a teddy bear on a certain day, on her birthday, Ron and Layla would give her a stuff bear as a gift, on Christmas, her grandparents would give her one. As for Elaine and Teddy, both agreed to give Amory a bear together when a special event happens, like when she wins a award, or when she graduate from school. She so far had a total of eight bears, each which she loved.
(Layla so far had a total of 20 bears, 17 given to her by her parents, one for each of her birthdays, and three by Ron, given on each of their wedding anniversaries)
The little girl headed straight to the Teddy Bear section. "Wow..." she said in her three year-old voice. Little did she know; this was one of the shops that most of her bears came from.
"Uncle Teddy! Uncle Teddy!" she cried out to him in joy as she walked over to her. "Looky at this one."
Teddy picked up the bear she pointed to. It a small Panda, it was soft, had a light yellow ribbon tied around it's neck, and the arms and legs were attached by these joint things that enabled them to move the arms and leg forward. 'Well, this is cute...' Teddy thought. He say the price tag attached to it's ear, it read $55.
(A/N: I've decided that the toys in the store are all hand made! So the price is a but pricey.)
"Can I get? Please!" Amory showed him her puppy-dog face. They only person who can resist that face was her mom, everyone lese would fall victim to it.
"Okay. But... do you really want it?" she nodded. "Are your really, really, really, really, really sure?" he asked jokingly.
"Yah, I'm really, really, REALLY sure, Uncle Teddy." She paused for a moment before speaking up again. "If you buy it then I wont tell my daddy that you've been eating his cookies from his secret cookie jar."
"Darn! Alright, lil' lady. You win." Teddy said with a wink.
"Yay for me!" she said joyfully. Teddy then purchased the bear and they left the store.
X o X o X
"Mommy! Mommy! Looky what Uncle Teddy bought me today!" Amory called out to her mother as she climbed the stairs and headed to the wing of the house that her mother and father stayed at (Amory's current room was her mother's old bedroom). She quickly found the door and opened it. "Mommy! Look what I got..." but stopped mid-sentence when she found the room empty. "Mommy?"
Teddy soon followed and peered into the room. "Uncle Teddy? Where's Mommy? She doesn't need to go back to the Care place until next week!" the Care place meant Hospital, Amory, couldn't pronounce it.
"I know..." Teddy looked around. "She had to go back." he said to her has he knelt down in front for the crying girl.
"But why?"
"Your Grandma just flooed me and said that she caught a cold and had to go to the Care place so they could get rid of it." Teddy explained. Because of Layla's weak immune system a common cold can be bad. "Look, I'm going to go get your daddy. Stay here in the house and don't leave, the house elves will take care you. Your Grandpa will come home soon and will take you to Mommy. Alright?"
Amory nodded. "Okay, I'll take you to your room and then I'll leave." They eighteen year-old picked up Amory and the bag that had the teddy bear. As soon as they reached their room, Teddy left Amory in the care of the House Elves.
"Would Miss like anything?" one of the house elves asked.
"I wanna sleep." She replied. The house elf tucked her in, she didn't want to dress up, and she fell asleep. Before the elf left he noticed a shopping bag, he took out the teddy bear and placed it right next to Amory, under her arms.
Just as the house elf closed the door Amory's eyes fluttered open. She got up from her laying position and saw the stuff toy next to her. 'I forgot to name It.' she thought. She got out of bed, bear in hand, and walked over to the bookshelf. She remembered when her parents and her started to live in her grandparent's home; her mother showed her a book of names that she kept in her room.
Amory quickly found the book and pulled it out of the shelves. She blew the dust off, opened it, and began to scan its pages until she found a suitable name for her new bear. A couple pages later she found it. Amory closed the book and looked at the toy panda. "From now on your name is Mika." She whispered to the teddy bear. "I hope you like it."
X o X o X
A/N: Aw... now wasn't that cute and sad at the same time? ... Okay, well, I updated... now some please review! What happen to all my reviewers? Can I get at least three reviews? C'mon! PLEASE!
Well, I just want to give a brief description on how Amory looks: she has dark brown hair, but when you put light directly on her hair it looks a bit red-ish. I don't know what eye color Ron has, so Amory's eyes will be this bright blue, and she has a slightly tanned skin (from Layla) and some freckles. Oh, and her birthday will be some time in June. Okay, that's all cleared...
So, if you are reading this story then review! Please! Damn it! I'm begging!
-LalathePanda