(A/N: A million bazillion points to whoever can figure out what the big long latin word/phrase means. Trust me you'll know which phrase I am referring to when you come to it.)

Chapter 31: A Possible Cure

Faith and Sirius hobbled into Saint Mungos. They immediately headed for the floor labeled Bites.

When they reached the floor they were instantly greeted by a nurse of some sort. She instantly asked

"What kind of bite?"

"Werwolf." Sirius answered. The nurse's face fell and she hurriedly ushered the two into an empty room. Faith moved towards the bed and carefully sat down on it. She looked down at her torn pants and decided to cut them off to the knee since the doctor was going to have to do it anyway.

The bite was deep and fresh blood still oozed out of it. The veins leading away from the gash were very slowly beginning to turn a dark blue almost black color.

"Not good." Faith said leaning back and sighing.

Lily wrung her hands as Faith and Sarah busied themselves with various chores. Lily had wanted a simple muggle wedding. She wanted it to be small. It was only close friends and family. Faith had gotten to be the Maid of Honor and Sarah was loving being a bridesmaid. They had spent hours picking out the perfect dress for Lily and just the right colors for flowers and bridesmaid dresses. They had chosen a light purple color for the bridesmaid dresses and yellow and white roses decorated the bouquets.

"Whew...your hair looks like its on fire." Sarah said stepping back to admire the handiwork she had done on Lily's hair.

"Is that a good thing?" Lily asked nervously.

"Its a great thing." Sarah said beaming.

"All you need is a bit of this." Faith said applying a certain shade of strawberry colored lipstick to Lily's lips.

"That's so you don't look so pale. Brings a lot of color to your face." Faith said with a smile and handed a mirror to Lily. Lily sighed and looked into the mirror and gasped.At that moment in time it would be impossible for anyone else to even come close to Lily's beauty. Lily blushed and put the mirror down.

"Now its time for the main course." Faith said grabbing Lily's wedding dress and brining it towards her.

"I figured you'd try and reference something to food." Sarah said rolling her eyes and grabbing the dress from Faith.

"Can you blame me! I'm starving, I haven't eaten in like 12 hours. That's a record for me." Faith said smiling and flashing a wink. Sarah just sighed and she and Faith helped Lily into her dress.

"Wow." They both breathed as Lily moved towards the mirror. Wow was right. Lily looked at herself and smiled. She couldn't help it, who could? Lily's dress was strapless and tied in the back with a light purple ribbon sewn into the hem of the dress. The dress pooffed out considerably and pulled out the curve of her waist.

"You guys...I'm getting married." Lily said with a huge smile.

"I know its crazy isn't it!" Sarah said with a huge grin.

"Healer, the patient in there has a werewolf bite." The nurse said to a passing healer as he passed by Faith's and Sirius's room. The Healer froze and looked towards the door. He then walked calmly through the door and over to Faith and Sirius who both sat on the bed wondering what was going to happen next.

"I must know, how long ago was the bite?" The Healer asked

"Almost an hour ago." Faith said thinking about it. The Healer froze and had Faith repeat what she had just said. He then excused himself and left the room.

"Nurse! Send an emergency owl to Gordwaski, Letion, and Franglin. Tell them I think we just might have our chance for that theory we've been working on. Now go quickly!" The Healer shouted at a nearby nurse

Lily twisted the bouquet in her hands over and over again as she watched Sarah and Faith leave the small cabin they had rented out. Lily took a deep breath and walked out the door and into the sunlight. She could see the white tent covering the few guests. Her father was waiting at the very edge of the tent for her. Lily walked carefully over to him and smiled. A light breeze came by whipping her veil up.

"My pretty little daughter." he said and pulled the veil down. That's when the music started and Sarah began the walk down the aisle. Following closely after her was Faith and then came the wedding march. Lily could make out the faint outline of the guests through the white material. Her father took her arm and led her into the tent. Immediately Lily found herself looking at James He looked so handsome in his tux and his hair was slightly messy. Lily couldn't help but smile. Her gaze was glued to James and her smile remained throughout the ceremony. She was completely oblivious tot the guests. She didn't notice Faith or Sarah standing there smiling nor Remus and Sirius on James's side with large smiles. Alice, Frank, Petunia…that Vernny guy, her parents and James's mother seemed to all melt together and disappear.

"My colleagues and I have discussed a possible way to stop people from becoming werewolves after being bitten. We've never had a chance to test the theory because no one has ever come in within 2 hours of the bite. Its called abdoderedididitum aegrescoere caedesis. Basically we will try and draw out the infected blood before it can contaminate all of your blood. Its never been tried so we don't know if it will work.." The Healer said.

"But..." Faith put in for him.

"But, there are two possible other outcomes, besides being rid of the werewolf that's beginning to grow inside of you. One consequence is that it just might not work and you'd be a werewolf, the other.." The Healer said trailing off.

Faith and Sirius gave him a look that told him to continue

"You only have 20 minutes to make your decision. The other consequence is death. I'll be back in twenty minutes." He said and then left.

(A/N: What do you think? should Faith risk the surgery or just suck it up and allow herself the pain and torture of being a werewolf?)