I don't own KHR, HP, Sherlock, or Ranma 1/2!
Quick Note: I do include Fantasic Beasts in the HP universe so I consider that to be in my disclaimer already. To those of you that haven't seen "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald" - You really should! It showed a bit of Nagini's background. I found it enlightening, even if it is a tiny side note in the movie. But I won't give any more away if I can help it.
foxchick1: I agree, and it took an unexpected turn, even for me!
Guest: I don't try to make them cliffhangers, but they do tend to turn out that way. Good news is that this is the next chapter! Cheers!
FANactic Writer: I did plan that little twist, but think of how annoyed Lucius will be having to deal with a weepy toad all day long! Yeah, I'm still not sure how Umbitch is going to kick the bucket or get her comeuppance, but it will happen.
D C JoKeR H S: I finally got to the part that I told you was coming! Now, I just need to push the characters in the right direction to make it work. I did try to make Healer Tyler a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, but a competent one. She has... potential. If you haven't seen the 2nd Fantastic Beasts movie, it actually explains the Circus and Nagini. It's a footnote in the entire story, but for me, it stuck out like a sore thumb. Now I have to wonder if it did for anyone else?
The Healer's Hands
Joy's reaction to the healer, had the woman a bit surprised. It was enough that she took as second look at the two women before her and changed her demeanor, immediately, "Sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you. I just find that dealing with the idiots at St. Mungos goes better when I behave briskly. Most Wizards are a spoiled, pampered bunch of layabouts and narcissists with genocide issues."
Joy blinked in surprise at the almost dual personality that the healer had just displayed, and there was even a small genuine smile coming from the healer. Skull was the only one who said how they all felt, "Anyone else just get whiplash?"
"Sorry, again. When Amelia called me I assumed that some of her pampered Aurors got into a kerfuffle and needed a dose of *Kick 'em when they're down, so they don't get big heads and croak.* Or something like that," healer Tyler shrugged. "You can call me Thyme, like the spice. My parents had a horrible thing about naming matches. My mother was Tillie Thomas, before she married my father, who was Timothy Tyler. Needless to say, if I'd had siblings, they'd have probably been named Titus and Titania."
This bit of conversation had Melody gaping at the healer, before she finally got a few words out, "Are you serious?"
"Sadly, yes. Just trying to go on a date while at Hogwarts I heard so many you must be into strong and earthy guys that I wanted to hex them silly, instead of knock them out. Surprisingly, most of them had glass jaws. Dad practices fisticuffs in his spare time," Thyme shrugged.
"You poor thing," Joy pouted. "I just got the line that they said that they could give me *Joy like no other.* While Mel got that they *Could make sweet music together.* She's actually in that chair because some guys didn't like me saying no and she saved me. But they hurt her to where she'll never walk again."
Skull looked at the healer in surprise. She definitely wasn't the hard-ass she appeared to be, but the change in demeanor did have him a bit worried if this healer was truly all there, "Bill was talking to us about Mind-healers. He said that it was what the girls might need, but their friend, my cousin, is in desperate need of."
"I am a fully trained healer and I specialize in Mind-healing. Amy knows I'm discrete and we've been friends for ten years. She was my mentor in Ravenclaw," Thyme shrugged. "Any questions, just ask me."
"Can Skull stay?" Joy asked hopefully.
"If you want him to, he can," Thyme agreed. "However, I will have to spell a robe on both of you ladies."
"Okay," Joy shifted nervously. "Do you think you can help Diana?"
"Your other friend?" Thyme asked curiously.
"Yes," Melody added. "She's not waking up. She's in a catatonic state, according to Shamal and Bianchi."
"I'll do what I can," Thyme frowned worriedly, but then focused on her task at hand of assessing the injuries of the girls and fixing them up. "I need you to take these two potions. They will prevent scarring and conception."
"What if they are already carrying a child? It's been a few days, if not weeks," Skull frowned.
"It won't happen, and I already tested for it, but it's better to be safe than sorry," Thyme stated, as she began waving her wand over Joy. She noticed that Joy flinched every time the wand was aimed at her. "Joy, can you tell me what the witch looked like that attacked you?"
"Wait, it wasn't just men?" Skull blinked in surprise.
"The other one with her coloring called her Alecto," Joy whispered softly.
Thyme's smile froze on her face, as she stood, "Excuse me, sweetheart. I need to see the Auror that came with me. His name is Kingsley, by the way. Kingsley Shacklebolt."
"Okay," Joy nodded. "Skull can stay, right?"
"Of course," Thyme smiled with a bit of pain as she stood, her knees creaking just a tad as she stood. She woodenly walked out into the hall and took hold of Bill's shirt, "Where the hell is Kings?!"
"What? Why?" Bill blinked at the shaking healer in surprise.
Thyme's eye twitched, "Because that bitch of a Carrow attacked the younger girl in there. Where she goes, her incestuous brother follows. Now, where the devil is Kings?!"
"You say you recognize one of the girls attackers?" a man materialized next to her, making her jump a foot in the air.
"Jumping Jellyfish! Make some noise, man!" Thyme barked at what looked to be the butler for the estate or compound or whatever it was, "Yes. I recognized the name and if Alecto Carrow was there, then so was her bloody bastard of a brother. I know they raped and caused poor Genevieve Cornfoot to commit suicide back when we were in school. I just couldn't prove it! Now we have a victim witness!"
"Okay, hold up, Tyler, don't you think that that's jumping to conclusions? Besides, Amelia wants this kept quiet, for now. She wants to make sure that we catch all parties involved, not just the fall guys," Bill tried to calm the slightly older woman down.
"Fine, but get me to Shacklebolt... Right after you take me to my catatonic patient," Thyme Tyler shook her head as she got it back on straight.
"Okay, this way," Bill led her to the next door over and opened it up, leaving her with Bianchi and the catatonic Diana Hunter.
"You should have brought me in here first, Weasley," Thyme grumbled as she began to meticulously wave her wand over Diana. Her face turned puzzled before her eyes lit up.
"You're the healer?" Bianchi frowned.
"Yes, now the bad news is that it will take a while to wake her. The good news is that she isn't as far gone as completely catatonic," Thyme smiled happily. "I'll need a few things, but she should be up and about in a few days to a week, if I do everything right. Can you make sure that I'm not interrupted?" Thyme asked Bianchi hopefully.
"Yes. My skill is poisons," Bianchi nodded.
"Great, I guess?" Thyme shrugged, but immediately began to work on fixing Diana.
Back at Malfoy Manor, Draco hid his scowl when he saw his mother's bruised face, "Mother, why do you allow him to do this to you?"
"Draco, if I didn't he'd come after you," Narcissa smiled painfully at her son. "Besides the only one that can dissolve our marriage is Lord Black, and the Lordship has never been claimed. Even then, I'd have to leave you behind. I couldn't do that to my little dragon."
"Mother, I don't care what it takes, but we will get away from Father," Draco promised his mother softly, before he left her to go to his room, he couldn't take the sight of her bruised face anymore.
"Dobby, make sure that Lucius never finds out what Draco plans. If something happens to me, take him to Severus or Andromeda, they're the only two that can keep him safe," Narcissa ordered the house elf.
"Dobby promises, Mistress."
"Thank you, Dobby," Narcissa closed her eyes as she sank to the ground in sobs, hugging the tiny servant.
In London, inside the get-a-way vehicle John Watson was driving, Tsuyoshi was still on guard from the attack, when his phone startled him, "Moshi moshi... I understand."
"Tsuyoshi?" Nana asked as she watched his expression lighten slightly.
"Bill and the others will be returning, sans the Displinary Committee. The healer reached them," Tsuyoshi informed her in the car.
"That's a relief," Nana sighed tiredly, only to jump when her phone rang, "Moshi moshi..." Nana hung up the phone with a surprised look on her face. "That was Principal Kuno. He said Tatewaki and Kodachi are on their way to London. Something about Ranma needing them?"
"Urgh," Tsuyoshi rolled his eyes. "I know that they went through the program, but they both are still a bit crazy."
"Sky crazy, maybe," Nana agreed with a sigh of resignation. "I just hope that London can handle the Nerima Wrecking Crew."