Danny woke up. The world was spinning and he felt sick. It was sunrise. He'd been out all night. He blinked blearily. He slowly reached his hand into his robe pocket and found the twin mirror he had. He pulled it out and slowly brought it up to his face. He needed help. His head was throbbing so much he couldn't focus on anything more than getting the mirror out of his pocket.

"S-Severus S-Sn-Snape," he croaked. His tongue felt massive in his mouth. The mirror slowly grew lighter and Snape's hooked nose and greasy black hair came into view.

"Danny?! You're alive! Where are you?" Snape exclaimed in relieved surprise.

"N-not sure. I'm hurt. Can you come help me?" Danny replied woozily. Snape scanned Danny's face worriedly.

"Danny, can you teleport somewhere I know? I can't apparate to somewhere I don't know," Snape requested. Danny swallowed his nausea down.

"I-I'll try," Danny mumbled. He reached into himself and pulled forth his ghost half. The change sent a wave of cold through him and he felt lighter making his head spin much worse than before. He groaned. Snape frowned in concern.

"Where do you want me to go? Having trouble focusing right now," Danny asked.

"Grimmauld Place," Snape readily suggested. Danny nodded and focused as much as he could on that location. He pulled his energy together and managed to teleport to the dark, dank alleyway he was very familiar with in Grimmauld Place.

"Done," Danny gasped and rolled over as he began to retch.

"I'm coming," Snape assured Danny. A loud crack echoed over the square and Snape was bent over Danny in seconds.

"I need more light. Danny change back and I'll apparate you to the Malfoy's mansion," Snape ordered gently. Danny nodded and changed back to human. The rush of warmth and feeling heavier made Danny feel even sicker for some strange reason. Snape bent down to grab Danny but the halfa blindly pushed him away and vomited. Snape waited for Danny to recover before carefully scooping the teen up in his arms, grunting with the effort. Danny cried out in pain as his leg hung limply and Snape pressed against Danny's ribs. Snape quickly disapparated and rushed up the driveway. He kicked the door, unable to knock. Narcissa answered the door warily, having developed insomnia and had already been awake.

"Severus? Danny?! Come in, what happened?!" Narcissa greeted with concern and alarm.

"Danny called me using the mirrors. I needed more light. I thought it best to bring him here to treat him," Snape explained as he pushed his way through the mansion to the living room where he lay Danny on an expensive couch.

"I'll get you some water and towels," Narcissa mumbled and bustled off to the kitchen. Snape nodded distractedly. Snape finally got a good look at Danny. He had a gash on his temple and a large bruised lump there too. The teen also obviously had a broken leg. Snape magically ripped open the teen's shirt and dark robes which he was still wearing and gasped at the large bruises along Danny's left side. The wizard gently touched the bruised area and Danny yelped in pain and flinched away from his touch.

Narcissa returned with a large bowl of water and an armful of towels.

"He looks bad Severus. We should call a healer," Narcissa whispered. Snape hummed in agreement.

"Let me just clean his head and calm him down," Snape muttered and grabbed a rag and the water. He soaked the rag and wiped the blood from Danny's temple. Danny cringed as Snape pressed against his bruised and swollen temple. Snape snapped his fingers in Danny's face to get the dazed teen's attention.

"Danny? Can you remember what happened? Tell me what you remember," Snape called.

"Er… I… I was on a broom. Um… I got hit. Fell," Danny mumbled blearily.

"Who hit you? Do you remember that?" Snape prompted.

"T-Tonks," Danny recalled uncertainly. Snape lifted one of Danny's half-closed eye lids.

"How many fingers am I holding up?" Snape inquired and held up two fingers.

"Uh… three? No, two! One? Everything's spinning," Danny stammered.

"Concussion. Not surprising really with that bruise," Snape deduced.

"Mother, what's going on?" a voice called uncertainly from the doorway. Draco peered into the room and gasped when he spotted Danny, Death Eater robes and shirt ripped open, baring his bruised torso.

"Nothing to worry about Draco. Danny fell off a broom. He'll be fine," Snape assured the teen.

"Yes Draco, you should go back to bed," Narcissa agreed immediately.

"I got woken up by banging," Draco mentioned, watching Danny worriedly as the dark haired teen slipped in and out of consciousness.

"I apologise Draco. I was unable to knock. Danny. Danny?! Wake up," Snape replied before snapping his fingers in Danny's face again. Danny groaned but forced his eyes open.

"No sleeping," Snape ordered. Danny grunted an unintelligible answer.

"I'll get a healer," Narcissa decided. Snape nodded distractedly. Draco edged closer.

"Can… can I help?" Draco offered. Snape looked up before nodding.

"Help me keep him awake. He shouldn't fall asleep if he has a concussion. At least not until a healer sees him," Snape requested. Draco nodded.

"Danny? Tell-tell me about your family," Draco offered. Snape's eyes widened in alarm. Danny wasn't particularly with it, he mightn't remember to use his cover story!

"Er, my dad, Jack… he's um," Danny muttered blearily.

"Danny, tell me about the night sky instead if that's too hard," Snape suggested instead. He knew of the halfa's fascination with stars. The stars didn't change between the muggle and wizarding worlds. It was a much safer topic to distract Danny with. Danny frowned.

"Uh, okay. There's um Orion's belt," Danny mumbled. Snape nodded encouragingly.

Danny's knowledge on stars and prompting questions kept the teen engaged enough to keep him awake for the time it took Narcissa to bring a healer into the room. The healer issued a couple of pain relieving potions and healed Danny's broken leg and ribs within minutes. The healer admitted that the teen would have to wait the concussion out. Narcissa paid the healer and led him out. They allowed Danny to sleep on the couch with the healer's go ahead. Less than an hour later, Voldemort got up and learned of Danny's survival and current recovery.

Good old Snape huh? Looking out for Danny like that.

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