FleurInBloom: Thanks for the review :) Christine is awake now, but she won't be seeing Sirius in this chapter :) But no worries, he'll pay her a visit in the next one ;) Oh, and when are you going to post your story?

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Chapter 11 - Visitors

Christine opened her eyes and looked around. She was alone in the infirmary. She tried to sit, but her body hurt and her injured arm wasn't feeling any better. She groaned and closed her eyes. The sound of footsteps made her open her eyes again and she smiled when she saw Lucius approaching.

"Good morning Chris."

"Morning." She replied in a sleepy voice.

"How are you feeling today?" Lucius kissed her forehead and sat next to her.

"I don't know. My body hurts, I think it's because of staying in bed for a long time." She replied. "How long have I been here anyway?"

"A couple of days."

"Oh God, and I missed classes, too."

"Don't worry about classes. All you need to think about is your health. Classes can wait." Lucius said with a smile, but at the sound of the opening door his smile faded and he turned to see who was it, thinking that it would be Sirius. Instead, he saw a first year girl enter the infirmary with a rose in her hand.

Christine smiled at the sight of Jane entering the room. "Jane! How nice it is to see you."

"Hello Christine." Jane said and tears filled her eyes instantly. She hugged Christine and started to cry.

"Don't cry honey, I'm alright." Christine moved her hand through Jane's hair. "Shhh. Don't cry."

"I was scared that you might die." Jane said between sobs. "Madam Pomfrey didn't let anyone in, except for Lucius Malfoy and Sirius Black."

"She didn't let you in?" Christine said and looked at Lucius, who shrugged. "I'll tell her that you're always welcome to come and see me as long as I'm here."

Jane let go of Christine and wiped her tears. "I'm happy to see you again." She managed to smile, and gave the rose to Christine. "I brought this for you."

"Oh, that's so sweet of you." Christine said and pulled Jane close and kissed her cheek. "Thank you." She smiled.

Lucius cleared his throat, which made the girls pay attention to him.

"Oh, sorry Lucius." Christine said. "Meet Jane, she's also in Hufflepuff and she's my friend. Jane, this is Lucius Malfoy, he's also my friend."

"Nice to meet you." Jane said shyly.

"Nice to meet you too Jane." Lucius smiled. He didn't like Hufflepuffs just because they were Hufflepuffs, but he didn't show it in front of Christine. She was his best friend, and it wasn't her fault that she was sorted into a house full of half-bloods and muggle-borns.

"So, tell me Jane, how were your classes in the past two days?" Christine asked.

"Good." Jane replied as she sat on a chair near the bed. "Transfiguration and Charms are my favorites. I can levitate a feather now!" she added excitedly.

"How nice!" Christine said and winked at Lucius, who smiled.

"One of my classmates mentioned something about some wizards being able to transfigure themselves into animals. Professor McGonagall said that they're called animagus and it's a hard thing to do." Jane said.

"Yes, animagi is considered advanced magic and only witches and wizards who are approved by the Ministry can use that ability." Lucius said.

"I want to be an animagus too." Jane said excitedly. "I want to turn into a phoenix, they're so beautiful."

Christine moved her hand over her injured arm and remembered the night she was trying to save Sirius' life from the werewolf. She knew that he was also an animagus as she has seen him transfigure himself into a dog, but she didn't know if he was registered or not.

"I wonder if they can have the same abilities as the true phoenix." Lucius said. "I mean the transfigured phoenix."

"They do." Christine said before she could stop herself.

"How do you know?" Lucius asked.

"I read about it somewhere." She said quickly. "I remember it said that the animagus can use the same abilities of the animal that he or she transform to. So, I guess it's the same with a phoenix."

"That means, if I can transform into a phoenix, I would be able to die and be born again?" Jane asked.

"No." Christine said. "It means that your tears would have healing abilities, just like a phoenix. And since you're human, you can't die and reborn."

"Oh." Jane said.

"I'll leave you two talk and I'll go to have some breakfast." Lucius said as he got up. "I'll be back later Chris. I need to talk to you about something."

"Alright." Christine said. "Jane, aren't you hungry? I don't want you to miss breakfast just for the sake of being here."

"I'm not hungry." Jane replied.

"I'll see you later." Lucius said and walked out of the infirmary.

"He seems to be shy." Jane said after Lucius closed the door.

"Oh don't be tricked by the looks. Lucius is not one of the shy people, believe me." Christine said and laughed. "He's the boldest and most arrogant person I know, but he has a heart of gold."

"You like him?"

"We knew each other since the day we were born. They lived a couple of houses far from ours, and we kept visiting each other every day when we were kids."

"I never had a friend like that. I mean a boy friend. All of my friends are girls."

"Sometimes, boys can be better friends than girls." Christine said. "Not that I'm complaining about my girl friends, no, but if you have a friend like Lucius, you'll have someone who would be there for you all the time."

"I hope that I'll have a friend like him some day." Jane said with a smile.

"You will." Christine replied.

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The Marauders entered the Great Hall and headed to the Gryffindor table. Sirius was feeling miserable as always and his misery got worst when he saw Severus enter the Hall, followed by Lucius.

"Here comes the…" Sirius started but Remus interrupted.

"Just sit down and have your breakfast Padfoot."

Sirius growled. "I'd like to see them get drowned in the lake!" he sat down between James and Remus.

"Will you stop thinking and talking about them already? You make me feel that they are something special!" James said.

"Sorry mate, but I can't help it."

"That sneaky Snape didn't get what he deserves yet. I'll make sure he regrets the day he was born." James whispered to Sirius, who grinned.

"And I'll be more than willing to help you, mate." Sirius replied.

Severus Snape walked gracefully to the Slytherin table and sat down, Lucius followed him and sat next to him.

"Morning mate." Lucius said.

"Good morning."

"How did you sleep?"

"Fine. I didn't know I'd miss that bed." Snape grinned.

"It's much better than St. Mungo's." Lucius said.

"Countless times. So, where were you a while ago?"

"At the hospital wing. I was visiting a friend."

"That Hufflepuff girl? The one that everyone's talking about?" Snape asked.

"Yes."

"She's your friend?"

"Since the day I was born. And don't worry, she's not a mudblood."

"Good." Snape said and started eating.

Lucius looked at Sirius, who was whispering to James. He knew that Sirius was planning something, but that didn't matter at this moment. Lucius was convinced that Sirius was the reason for Christine's injury and he wanted revenge, and the only way to get it without being blamed was seeking help from someone outside of school. A smirk appeared on Lucius' face as the idea formed in his head. He was going to ask for help from someone he respected and worshiped.

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Jane spent the whole breakfast time with Christine talking about different issues. She kept telling Christine about her achievements in Charms and Transfiguration and her failures in potions. Christine promised to help her as soon as she fells better, which made Jane happier.

As soon as Jane left for her first lesson of the day, Christine felt sadness fill her. She was alone in the infirmary now, and there was no one she could talk to. Madam Pomfrey came to see her a couple of times, but didn't stay with her as she had some other work to do.

After the end of classes, Christine was surprised of the amount of students who came to visit her. They were all Hufflepuffs and from different years. Most of them of course, were her classmates. They were worried about her and explained to her that Madam Pomfrey didn't allow any visitors at the beginning, for the exception of two certain people. Her classmates kept convincing her that she didn't miss much homework, and most of them were ready to do it for her until she was able to use her right hand again.

"Why doesn't she use some healing spell on your arm?" asked one of the girls.

"I don't know. I haven't asked her about it yet." Christine replied.

"Maybe it's infected." Said another girl.

"If it was infected, I don't think we would've been allowed to enter." Said another.

"I don't know about infections, but it still hurts." Christine said.

"I'm sure there's a good reason for not using a healing charm." Said the first girl.

"I guess so." Christine said.

She was happy to have her classmates with her, but most of all she wanted one specific person to be by her side at this moment.

Why didn't he come today? What's keeping him away from me? Is it Lucius? I'll have to talk to him about it. But no, I should ask Sirius if I can tell Lucius first, and then I'll tell him. On the other hand, I should just keep my mouth shut. But… I want to see Sirius more often! Christine kept thinking to herself.

The Hufflepuff students left the hospital wing when Madam Pomfrey came to give Christine her potion. As soon as her classmates were gone, she took the potion and fell asleep again.