"Hermione, are you sure you're ready for this?" Ginny asked again sounding uneasy and the wind whipped our hair away from our faces and the grey day loomed over us. I rolled my eyes, knowing she meant the best.

"Not really, but we're going to fix this Gin." I shouted over the wind, determination coursing through my veins. I wasn't going to take this laying down anymore. It was still early, and Ginny had skipped her morning run, so we had made our way to the quidditch pitch so that we could figure this out without being disturbed. Ginny had conjured an old death eater practice dummy that we'd used for the DA in fifth year and I'd cast a few enchantments around us, so we didn't get any unwanted watchers.

"Ok, so I've set it up to attack you, I'll stay way back and add a few curses in and see if it makes any difference. Do you know how you plan to trigger your powers?" She asked watching me carefully. I looked over to the dummy nervously and took a deep breath.

"Not massively, I was hoping it would just sort of happen." Ginny giggled as we both noted how crazy that sounded. I waited until she was safely positioned up in the stands and nodded to tell her it was time to get started. Dropping my wand on the grass I wanted to know I was helpless if this curse was going to be triggered. In seconds and with a loud bang the dummy was in front of me blasting me backward. I landed with a heavy thud as pain bounced through my bandaged arm. Groaning I sat up and looked across at the perfectly intact dummy.

"Are you ok?" Ginny shouted from the stands looking nervous. Gritting my teeth, I clambered back up and dusted off my clothes.

"I'm fine let's reset, you ok controlling him from up there? I don't want you in danger." I shouted earning myself a thumbs up from Ginny who still looked concerned. Taking a deep breath, I stared at the dummy again trying to remember that sense of pending doom that I'd felt both times I'd last triggered the curse. I had to find a way to solve this.

*****A while later******

"Urghhh" I yelled punching the grass with my only good hand as once again I was thrown back. My bad wrist was throbbing, my clothes were dirty, and my head was starting to pound. Grabbing my notebook out I noted down the tenth failure of this attempt. Somehow, when I wanted this stupid curse to trigger it didn't but when it was the last thing, I wanted that's when the stupid curse had been triggered.

"This isn't working!" Ginny said as she ran over from the stands finally giving up.

"Why though! That thing hurts and I should be in fear of it." I moaned feeling exhausted and my body aching. It was almost as if this curse didn't want to be figured out.

"Right we need a new approach clearly. So, tell me what you remember from both times you've used the curse?" Ginny said calmly perching next to me and taking my notebook out of my hands.

"I don't remember the first time, I remember thinking I wasn't going to make it out of that house and then I lost all control and the next thing I was at my childhood home, the only place I felt safe." Ginny nodded carefully and made a few notes.

"The second time was different though wasn't it? Nothing exploded the second time, and you actually saved Draco, Harley and Aiden. So, what happened?" I thought as hard as I could about what had happened.

"I felt myself losing control, I'd been so scared I could feel it coming as Lucius did more and more and then Draco took that curse for me and I was crying because I thought he was gone and the last thing I remember was thinking about them all and how they deserved better." I explained watching carefully as Ginny noted down a few more things before smirking. She shut the notebook and stood up quickly.

"I think I've got it. Just watch." She said strolling towards the stands without another explanation. Once she was finally high up in the stands she waved.

"What are you doing?" I shouted up to her confused as to what she was doing and slightly cautious for that stupid dummy to attack me again.

"You're the only one that can save me!" She shouted and before I even had chance to pay attention she jumped off of the stand. My heart leapt into my throat as she plunged towards the ground. I felt myself losing control I focused on her with everything I had trying my best to control my emotions. As if my body wasn't in my control anymore, I rose my arms and a blue flame flew out cradling around Ginny before gently slowing her fall essentially placing her on the ground. As the blue flames faded, I fell to my knees pain radiating through my bad arm as it burned. Clutching it tightly I tried to ignore the pain.

Ginny came running over and put her hand on my shoulder.

"Are you ok? Where does it hurt?" She said quickly crouching to my side.

"My arm." I gasped out, trying desperately to catch my breath. Ginny grabbed her wand.

"Raparifors" Ginny muttered and a purple spell shot out towards my arm. The pain faded slightly but I could still feel it. I took a few deep breaths before I glared at Ginny.

"You could've died." I snapped angrily causing Ginny to laugh.

"You saved me! That blue flame was so cool, and you controlled it to do exactly what you wanted. To control it you just have to know what you want." She said excitedly showing me her notes in my notebook.

Curse focused on control of emotions.

"You couldn't warn me because I had to think you could die, that's why it wasn't working with the dummy." I muttered understanding it all now. This was great news, maybe I could learn to control it.

"Gin you're a genius. You scared the life out of me but you're a genius." I said scribbling my own notes in the notebook.

"I wouldn't have died, I'd already cast a cushioning charm just in case, but now we know that you can control it over time. I think we're done for now though; your arm really needs to heal and if you keep doing this it might never heal." Ginny said softly. I nodded slowly, I really needed to let it heal.

"There's just one more thing I haven't figured out." I said quickly as we gathered our things and took down the enchantments surrounding us.

"What's that?" Ginny replied quickly reading through the notes once more.

"Well, Draco was dying, then he was fine but now he can't be anywhere near me." Ginny flicked through our notes for a few moments and was silent as she thought it over. Then she tapped the notebook quickly.

"Here!" She said shoving the notebook into my hand and tapping the word Crying. "You cried when you thought Draco was dying and you cried! This is called the phoenix curse and the phoenix tears have healing powers!" I gasped as I realised what she said was true.

"Of course! I was healing him." I said putting a few pieces together and stopping to scribble down a few more notes.

"but if you saved him and healed him, how come he can't be near you. They said he got worse when you were too close on the way to the hospital and even now, he says he feels like he's being stabbed a thousand times when he's close to you."

"Of course! You just said it, he feels like he's being stabbed a thousand times, that's what sectumsempra does to you, I took the curse from him and somehow I'm still holding it so he feels it when I'm near him." I blurted continuing to write it down.

"You didn't finish healing him! You did enough to take the curse but then you lost control and killed Lucius to save the others, you blacked out so you couldn't heal him. It hurts to be near him because you only managed to capture the pain, he felt but not fully heal it." Of course! At last we had answers. I felt my heart jumping with excitement as I finished the notes and we continued walking. At last I knew what I needed to do.

"I have to finish healing him. It'll hurt him and probably me too, but we can break it." I said happily and was entered the castle. "Thank you so much Gin, I couldn't have figured this out without you." I said wrapping my good arm around her shoulder as she laughed.

"It's been a crazy day so far; I need a nap." Ginny said yawning. As we reached the stairs.

"Well, I'm going to go find the love of my life and solve our issue, then I'm going to spend the day in his arms." I said excitedly, the idea of finally having this in the past meant the world to me. We'd spent so long feeling disheartened by the prospect of what the curse could do we'd all forgotten to understand how to control it and the benefits it could hold. Thanking Ginny again I turned towards the heads common room leaving her to continue up towards Gryffindor tower. Now all I could think about was Draco.

******Heads common Room*****

"Hey, where have you been?" Draco said playing with Scorpius whilst making sure he kept his distance from me.

"I figured out the curse Draco." I said quietly, smiling as his eyes widened with hope.

"wh…how?" He stuttered clearly trying to take in what I had said.

"Ginny and I worked on it, I can explain it all but right now we have to fix us." I said stepping slightly closer. Draco looked nervous and I didn't get too close simply because I knew it would hurt him at first.

"How can you fix us?"

"Do you trust me?" I said carefully taking a deep breath as I popped my stuff down at the edge of the sofa.

"Of Course" He silky voice wrapped around me and I knew it was now or never. Draco's eyes widened as I stepped closer to him. I could see the pain ripping through him as I approached and finally stood in front of him. I knew his instinct was to back off, but he fought hard to stand still. I felt the pain rising within me and tears formed in my eyes. Wrapping my arms around him he grimaced and I tried not to show him it was hurting me too.

"I don't know if I can do this" Draco winced in my ear showing his vulnerability straight away.

"I know, I'm sorry, trust me." I said allowed the tears to fall softly from my eyes and focusing with everything I had on healing him. Finally I watched the pain leaving his eyes and he visibly relaxed in my arms, squeezing me tightly. Feeling a wave of exhaustion I pulled away and sat down slowly, holding my head as a wave of dizziness hit me.

"Are you ok?" Draco said sounding concerned and confused at the same time.

"Just tired, it worked though! Turns out I had healed you but passed out before it was gone so I had to fully heal you to stop being a trigger of that pain." I said with a weak smile as I lay across the sofa my head feeling too heavy to both holding up.

"You need to rest, you can explain everything later, just relax for now." Draco said conjuring a glass of water and throwing a fluffy throw over me.

"Hug me." I said softly as I closed my eyes. I didn't care that I sounded demanding or needy, I just wanted to be in the arms of the man I loved. I vaguely heard Draco chuckle before I felt the sofa expand underneath me and he slipped in behind me his strong arm enveloping me in.

"Better?" His silky voice was like music in my ears. Everything was as it was meant to be, my little family enjoying a moment of peace.

"Much" I muttered back before drifting off to sleep. My body needed to relax, my heart needed to feel loved and my brain needed to unwind. After everything this year, it was hard to believe we were only now getting to enjoy some quiet time as a family.

Finally we had our drama free moment.

*******End of Chap*******

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