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It seemed to Harry that in less then a second both Draco and Delando had crossed the distance to the curtains and ripped them down. Harry rushed up behind them trying to help but what he saw on the bed made him freeze in his tracks.

The blood had now been cleaned off of her but it didn't make a difference because the girl's nails were lashing out opening all the healing wounds.

Delando was struggling with her, desperately trying to make her stop ripping at her skin. Ron pushed Harry out the way and grabbed a hand that Delando had let go of.

Eyes widening, Delando shouted "no" but her foot was already twisting its way out of the sheets and snapping out to connect with Ron's chest.

'Merlin she's strong' was the only thought that went through Harry's and Hermione's mind as they watched Ron's body smash into the wall 5 metres away.

Signing Snape strolled into the store room and came out holding a little vial filled with a funny looking orange substance. Seeing and hearing that she had stop screaming and shut her mouth he ordered Draco to open her mouth.

Draco, not liking to be told what to do glared at him.

"Or" Snape continued "would you rather we let her kill herself" gesturing in the direction of the struggling girl in Delando's arms.

Nodding at Snape, Draco gently opened her mouth avoiding her now sharp teeth.


Dimly feeling something trickling down her throat. Desdemona started to cough and fight more. But each time she would fling one of here limbs out she found that there was a barrier stopping her.

Opening her eyes she just saw black. She quickly snapped them shut.

"What the hell?" she muttered to find out she now couldn't make a sound even though she'd had been screaming a few minutes ago.

A image came floating into her mind of a white-haired man. 'Father?'

Another image nearly identical to the first followed. She couldn't put a name to that one. Slowly she reached out to touch the image to find that the face was real.

The background cleared and she saw stonewalls and a few other people that she didn't recognize. Looking back to the nearly identical boy she remembered.

"Draco" she whispered. 'Yes I can talk!' Looking around again she added "where the fuck am I?"


Sharing a worried look with Delando, Draco answered "you're at Hogwart's hospital wing Des"

"Where?"

"Hogwarts. You remember we used to go here as kids in the summer holidays to annoy the hell out of Delando" Draco informed her exchanging another look.

"Delando?" she asked, frowning.

"You remember me don't you?" Delando said his tone soft.

"No sorry I don't"

The second the words had escaped her lips Delando fell back as if he had been slapped.

"Don't mess about Desdemona" Snape harshly told her.

Coughing slightly she replied "I'm not messing about, I don't know him" noticing her reflection in a mirror she frowned again "what happened?"

"We were hoping you could tell us that" Delando said looking down at the floor.

"I'll get her a remembering potion" Snape told the headmaster.

Professor Dumbledore nodded "Let's just hope it works".

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