Chapter 12
Wake Up Raye!!!
Everyone continues dancing throughout the next five songs. At the end of "Barbie Girl" Raye decides that she wants to take a short break.
"Man, my feet are killing me," she hisses bending over to take off her red heels. "Come sit down with me, will you Draco?"
"Sure, I need a break myself," he agrees.
"Wait up you guys, we'll join you," Serena shouts over "Born to be Wild".
Everyone follows the path that Raye and Draco had taken back to their table and find Raye plopped down in her chair with Draco massaging her sore feet.
"Awww, doesn't that look so cuuuuute?" Lita whispers to Hotaru.
"Yes, so adorable," she agrees.
"I think I need a drink," Raye says picking up her cup of punch (which by the way has the sleeping potion in it). She tilts her head back a bit and takes a long sip from the cup, nearly draining it. "That was refreshing," she sighs.
"Good night princess," Pansy snorts as she watches Raye drink the concoction (AN: I simply love that word).
As soon as Raye sets her cup back on the table she begins getting light headed. "Oh, I feel so tired all of sudden," she yawns.
"Do you want me to take you back up to the Gryffindor tower?" Draco asks sincerely.
"No, no thank you Draco. I think I can manage alone. You stay here and have fun," she replies.
"You don't look so good, I'm coming with you nonetheless," he insists as he picks up her shoes in one hand and wraps his other hand around her waist to keep her from collapsing and leads her out the doors of the Great Hall.
At the Entrance to Gryffindor House
"Thank you for walking with me Draco," Raye yawns for the 10th time that night.
Draco kisses her hand as a prince would and whispers, "it was my pleasure Princess."
She smiles and blushes a bit. Just as she turns to whisper the password to The Fat Lady she becomes drowsy and passes out on the floor.
Draco was already fifteen feet away so he didn't see her collapse. From his place down the hall he heard a loud thump and turned to see what it was. As soon as he saw her lying there on the floor, he immediately ran back to her side. "Raye, Raye, what's wrong?" he whispers while lifting her upper body off the stone floor to try to wake her up. He shakes her a bit but that does not work. "Oh Merlin, Raye wake up, please Raye wake up," he begins to shout when she does not open her eyes. After a moment has passed he picks her limp body up off the floor and carries her bridal style to the hospital wing.
In the Hospital Wing
Once at the doors of the Hospital Wing, Draco forcefully kicks the doors open and quickly goes in and gently sets Raye's body on the nearest unoccupied bed.
As soon as he let go of her he takes a tiny step back and looks at her now pale face. He then moves his hand foreward and slowly brushes a few strands of loose hair out of her porcelain-like face. As soon as his hand leaves her face he is startled by a deep gasp. He turns around and comes face to face with a shocked Madam Pomfrey.
"Mr. Malfoy, why are you here and what is wrong with Miss Hino?" she asks.
"Madam Pomfrey, Raye wont wake up. She became sleepy during the party so I helped her to her house and before I even turned the corner to leave she just collapsed right there on the floor. I dont know what is wrong," he struggles to get out without shedding a tear.
"Leave her with me and go get Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape, hurry," she replies while hastily pushing him out of the Hospital wing.
Draco runs as fast as humanly possible down corridors and stairwells, all the while thinking, "I hope nothing is seriously wrong with Raye, I dont know what I'd do if anything should happen to her." As he thought this a single teardrop slipped from his eye.
Back in the Great Hall
"Draco is taking an awefully long time with Raye," Hotaru states. "Do you think he might have taken a wrong turn on the way back?"
"I'm sure he's fine Hota," Harry says leaning down and kissing the top of her head. They were in the middle of dancing to "Once upon a December."
Just as the song ends they hear the doors slam open and see a worried, breathless Draco leaning on the doorway for support. The scouts and the trio run to his side immediately. "Oh My God, what's wrong Draco?" Serena asks ," he states in between heavy breaths.
"Oh God, Ron and Lita, you two get Dumbledore and Snape and bring them to the Hospital Wing quickly," Harry instructs as he and Hotaru drape one of Draco's arms over each of them and helps him back up to the Hospital Wing.
Without question Ron and Lita rush over to the staff table and tell Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape what happened and lead them up to the Hospital Wing as fast as they can.
Back in the Hospital Wing
"What is it Poppy?" Professor Dumbledore asks immediately upon arrival.
"I can't point out what it is Professor," Madam Pomfrey replies with a distraught look upon her face.
"Let me look at her," Professor Snape commands pushing past her to get to Raye's side. He gently lifts her eyelids and looks into her eyes. "The girl has merely been given a sleeping potion."
"I..is it reversible Professor?" Serena stutters with tears nearly trickling down her face.
"If you had been paying attention in class Miss Tsukino then you would not have to ask that question. No, it is not reversible but CURABLE. The cure is a kiss from her one true love," Snape replies haughtily.
"Do any of you know who her true love might be?" Dumbledore asks turning to the others.
"No," they reply in unison.
"What to do, what to do?" Dumbledore ponders.
AN: That's where I'm ending for now readers. Tell me what you think they should do and tell me what you think about the story so far. I will try to submit chapter 13 as soon as possible but no promises. Well, gotta go now. I love all my faithful readers. Thank you to my fans (reviewers so far, lol): Hotaru170, mae-E, Firenze, Rena H.M., Princess Ren, kitty-kat7685, Suuki-Aldrea, airdreanna, Jasmine Starlight, momocolady, karaschacket, and Dark Devil Goddess.
