Chapter 84: In a Daze
Phoenix stared at the empty spot Wyatt had occupied. 'Great, now how am I going to pull that off?' she thought. 'I guess I'll figure it out later. I need to get Ron.' Giving out a sigh, she headed out the door, hoping Ron was not too far ahead. To her luck he wasn't, Ron was standing around the hall, looking dazed and confused.
Ron felt Phoenix walking up behind him, "Do you know how to get to Madame Pumfrey? I don't know how I ended up here." He looked at her when she got caught up. "How did you get here? Did we have class up here? Where are we?" He asked, freaking out a bit.
Phoenix remained quiet, trying to figure out what to tell him. She had to be careful; anything could trigger his memory of her cousin. "Why were you going to Madame Pumfrey?" She asked, hoping that would distract him from the other questions.
"I…." Ron started, then looked around, trying to bring his thoughts together. "I was going to ask if she had anything for headaches and check my temperature. I feel like I'm catching a fever." He stated.
Phoenix was silent for a moment. Ron didn't sound like himself when he said that. She guessed it was because of the memory dust and wondered if she sounded like that when Kaleb, her sister, and herself were memory wiped. She looked back at Ron, who was walking off.
"Wait!" she said, catching up to him. "You are going the wrong way." Phoenix grabbed Ron's arm and smiled at him. "It's this way." Pointing in the opposite direction, she waited until he wasn't looking, then orbed out with him.
The two orbed in front of the hospital wing seconds before Madame Pumfrey opened the door. She barely turned her head around to feel a warm substance on her clothing. Pumfrey looked towards them, seeing Phoenix with big round eyes and Ron as white as a sheet. Gathering her composure, she moved out of the way to allow the students in the wing.
"What happened?" Pumfrey asked, guiding the two to an empty bed. She looked back at Phoenix, waiting for the answer.
"I don't know. He kept mentioning about a headache and a fever."
Pumfrey was about to respond when Ron started muttering.
"Pretty blue lights, twinkling lights, white and blue. My head hurts. Is it hot? I feel hot but cold."
Phoenix looked at Madame Pumfrey, hoping she wouldn't make sense of what he was saying. 'I am so hoping no one will get word of me orbing here. I would be dead!' Instead, Madame Pumfrey shook her head and headed back towards her office.
"Tsk, tsk, oh, he is delusional. Miss Matthews, are you aware of anything he may have come into contact with?" She asked after coming back with viles in her hand.
"Er, no ma'am"
Pumfrey shook her head again. "Well, that will be all, Miss Matthews. Here is a pass for you to let your professors know where you were. Mr. Wesley here is going to stay here a while longer. These are interesting delusions. I'm going to give him a dreamless potion to help him sleep." She told Phoenix.
Phoenix let out a sigh when she walked out of the hospital wing.
'Now, I need to figure out how to get Wyatt here without someone seeing him.'