A.N. Sorry this has taken me so long guys. I was really busy, but here's the next chapter for all you weirdos :grins: you know I luv ya!
Disclaimer: they aren't mine and never will be.
Ginny fled down the stairs to the Great Hall, her feet carrying her as fast as she could go. Although in her haste, she forgot about Sirius and he only left a few moments before her. He gave her a stern look as she came to a stop and did her best to look innocent. This is hard to do when one is flustered.
"What are you in such a hurry for?" he asked.
"I was just in a hurry to get back to the Great Hall," she said, breathing heavily. 'And it isn't a complete lie…'
Sirius narrowed his eyes at the young girl. Ginny simply ignored him, taking off towards the Great Hall at her previous speeds. 'If you can't floor them with facts, baffle them with bullshit.'
Her legs carried her back to the Great Hall where she spotted a lone cloak almost immediately. She skidded to the cloak, her knees protesting against the harsh treatment and her skin rubbing against the stone. She lifted the rather tattered cloak up to her eyes and dove her hands into every pocket.
She was lucky she had made it this far without getting caught or even confronted. She could look in any one direction and see a battle ragging on. All of the Order members were occupied, which only aided her mission. With a cry of joy, her lithe fingers wrapped around the vial of potion.
As she rose to her feet, wincing because of the marks on her knees, guilt wrapped itself around her heart. Lupin could die because of this, and she would be to blame. She hesitated looking back up towards the stairs that would lead her back to the Hospital Wing. 'Am I doing the right thing?'
She worried her bottom lip staring guiltily at the ground.
A dull thud was her only warning before someone crashed into Ginny, sending her sprawling to the ground as the vial slipped from her fingers.
"No!" she cried, reaching for the container.
The sound of glass shattering was all that Ginny could hear as the vial slipped from her fingers and crashed to the stone floor.
She stared at the purple liquid as it spread across the ground and not a moment later, dissipated with a hiss. Having noted that the liquid was gone she went to push the body atop her off. As she wrapped her hands around the lifeless body's shoulders, she felt something warm and somewhat sticky come in contact wither her hands.
'Oh… Oh my… It's blood. I've got to get it off! GET IT OFF!'
Sirius increased his pace towards the Great Hall as the battle sounds came closer. It was going to be a very long very dark night. He slipped around the side of the Hall doing his best avoid any confrontations. He had promised Remus he would take care of Hermione and getting caught up here would not make it any easier. He was almost to the door when he looked over and caught a flash of red hair and what sounded like the beginnings of someone hyperventilating; they were compressed under a dead body.
He reached over and lifted the body atop the red hair up. He was most shocked to have Ginny Weasley all but throw herself into his arms.
"Ginny?" he asked, trying to pull back and look at the younger woman in his arms.
"There was so much blood…" Ginny whispered.
Sirius sighed; he did not have time for this. He took Ginny's hand and began to run out onto the grounds. He had to find Hermione, Harry, and Ron. If those three were to disappear it would devastate the Order. Although with surprising strength Ginny wrenched her hand out of his.
"Where does Hermione keep the rest of that potion she made?" Ginny asked, already starting back towards the castle.
"No!" Sirius hissed. "Remus needs to live! He needs to survive and that potion will not help in that endevour."
Ginny gave Sirius a glare that was would have made Moody proud, "You have no right to dictate what he will and will not do! It's not your decision! He asked me to go get this potion and I will, if I have to tear Hogwarts apart to do it!"
Sirius shook his head, "You have all of Hogwarts to look over, be my guest. You won't find it in time."
Her glare only intensified, "Then I'll carry him back out here myself!" She turned back towards the castle.
"It's in her bedroom, top drawer of her dresser."
"Hermione! Seriously we… cannot run that… fast!" Ron panted as they stopped at the Whomping Willow.
Hermione only slinked towards the tree, dodging the branches to get to the knot at the base of the tree.
Harry leaned over, supporting himself on his knees and gasping for air that was gratefully given to his lungs. He would never tease Hermione about being a bookworm again, be her wolf or not she could move.
Hermione keened at the two boys, imploring that they hurry. They could rest in the tunnel but right now they needed to get out of the open.
"Would you give us a bloody minute?" Ron whined.
"No, she's right, we need to get into a safer place," Harry said diving in the hole amongst the trees roots.
Once inside the dark cavern Harry hit his knees and Ron collapsed.
'Perhaps I should have slowed down a bit more,' Hermione thought guiltily.
She sat in front of the two boys watching the tunnel to make sure nothing happened while they both caught their breath. Nothing was going to come through the other way, the Whomping Willow had regained its movement and was slashing madly at the empty space she, Harry, and Ron had left.
"Harry, what… are we going after anyways?" Ron asked. He was now leaning up against the side of the tunnel, the damp earth cooling his overheated senses.
"Celine said that Wormtail would… would be in Hogsmeade tonight," Harry said.
Hermione let out a low rumble, just notifying the two boys she was still there.
Ron raised an eyebrow at her, "What have you got to complain about?"
Harry almost laughed at the droll look the werewolf gave him. She was definitely still Hermione under all the fur.
'We have to hurry,' she thought. 'I'll be changing back soon and I don't want that to happen in front of those two.
Hermione keened getting to her feet.
Harry gave her a questioning glance, "What?"
She reached down wither teeth and pulled at the cloak. Harry released it quickly stuttering, "Should we just stay… stay here?"
Hermione nodded and took off down the tunnel, far enough that they wouldn't be able to see the transformation. She grimaced as a dull spike of pain throbbed through her foot, the painkillers she had put in the potion obviously wearing off. She muffled her moans of pain as best she could as she changed back to her human body.
For a moment she just lay there on the floor and shook, the cold earth seeping into her overheated body. 'That potion definitely has some problems I need to fix.'
She pulled the cloak on; grateful it fit her and walked back on unsteady legs to Harry and Ron.
"Are you alright?" Ron asked coming up to her. "You don't look so good."
"I'm fine," Hermione said, although she took the arm he gave her to rest on.
"Are you sure?" Ron asked.
Hermione nodded, "I'll just be weak for a few moments until my body can get back onto its normal track."
"If you're sure," Harry said.
"I am Harry."
Ginny scrambled into Hermione's room and ripped the top drawer open. She wasn't surprised to find it to be her underwear drawer. 'The one drawer most people won't look in.'
She threw the clothes out and dumped it upside down on Hermione and Remus bed she heard a dull thunk and grabbed the vial that had fallen onto the bed.
She bounded out of the room and up the stairs, hoping Sirius had managed to find the others by now. Things would turn out badly if Hermione, Ron, and Harry went missing. She fell on the stairs but only picked herself back up to continue her frantic pace up the stairs, back to the Hospital Wing.
She skidded to a halt next to Remus' bed, "Remus?"
Grey eyes opened only a slit as he saw her, but he was still awake.
"How much do I give you?" she asked.
His mouth moved but Ginny failed to hear what exactly he had said. She leaned down next to his mouth, her ear practically pressing against it.
"Two drops," came the near silent whisper.
Ginny wrenched the cork off the bottle and sat next to Remus on the bed. She lifted his head and set it in her lap as she pushed his lips apart. Under any other circumstances she would have been embarrassed, but now was not the time.
She watched attentively as two drops slid past Remus' lips and his eyes closed.
A.N. Sorry guys I know it's short but hey, you'll probably get another chapter out of her this way! Also I have the SAT's tomorrow so I have to go! Enjoy and review please!
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