A/N: Most of this stuff, most unfortunately, is not mine. *Sighs* but it is the brilliant J.K Rowling's.
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A week later, Lani was released from the hospital wing. She still didn't know exactly how her grandmother's voice came out of her mouth, or what the curse was that Voldemort used on her. She was a little confused why Voldemort said she'd die, but she most definitely was not dead.
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That Saturday, Lani spent the entire day in the library, trying to look up curses that started with 'Slowre". She couldn't find anything, after about three hours, she decided to ask Eliza and Will if they had remembered more of the curse.
"I think it started with something like 'Slowreq'" Said Will, and then added in a serious tone "Do you think he was telling the truth about you dying?"
"No, I think I'd be dead already if he was." Lani replied, shrugging of the possibility.
"I think the curse had something like ... 'Cat' at the end or something... do you want some help looking it up?" Eliza spoke for the first time.
"If you don't mind you could..." Lani said, trying to hide the fact that she really hoped they'd help her.
"Then we will, right Will?", Will nodded fervently.
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After hours of a wasted Saturday looking for the curse, the trio were unsuccessful. Lani's father had some 'business' to attend to elsewhere, and left a few days after their encounter with Voldemort, so Lani couldn't ask him what the curse was.
On Monday, Lani had a fairly normal day; In potions, she had managed to somehow concoct some sort of explosive that blew up her cauldron and papers to smithereens, losing her 50 points to Gryffindor, because Snape was convinced she did it on purpose, just for a laugh.
Tuesday, Lani had started to feel sick. In charms, they were working on a charm that illuminated their wand tips (Lumos!) and Lani sneezed, somehow managing to set her desk on fire.
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On Tuesday, Lani and her friends searched more books, looking for the curse that was used on her, to no avail. Eliza suggested to maybe get permission to the restricted section to look. Lani thought this was a good idea, but doubted she'd get permission.
The next day Lani begged professor Lupin to sign a permission slip so Lani could look up the curse, he did not want her to at first, but then finally, reluctantly agreed to let her look.
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Lani rushed to Madam Pince, who scrutinized the signature thoroughly before letting Lani into the restricted area. Lani pulled books from shelves for two hours, then finally found what she was looking for:
SLOWREQUIESCAT- This is a curse that is very rarely used, and when used, only by a very powerful, dark wizard for it requires much magic, and an evil demeanor. The unfortunate people who have been hit with this curse, will die. It first makes you very sick, eventually shutting down all of the victim's organs and killing them. It takes about a month, sometimes a month and one half. There is no counter-curse. No cure.
So he wasn't joking. Lani thought, really freaked out. I've got to tell Will and Eliza... and Dumbledore. Lani fumbled in her bag for a quill and parchment, and quickly wrote down the information and the title o the book it was in: Dark Curses And What To Do When Cursed.
Lani, still thoroughly freaked out, told Eliza and Will everything and showed them what she got from the book. They both looked shocked, and told her to go straight to Dumbledore, which she did.
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Lani told Dumbledore everything, and he merely nodded with a grave look on his face. "Try not to worry about it" He said in a calm voice. "The less you think about it, the less you will be affected sooner."
"We'll sort it out" He said before she left, but Lani had said "But there isn't a cure, it said that in th book..."
"There isn't a known cure", Dumbledore corrected, then told Lani to get a good-night's rest and to try not to get too worried.
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Ok... not a great chapter, I know. Please read and review. I know that there is a lot of confusing stuff, but it'll get cleared up, I promise.
