The man who had won the battle walked over to the other one to make sure he was dead.
He was. The color was drained from his face. He felt cold as the other man checked for a pulse.
Then he made his way to where Hermione lay on the floor not moving at all. He thought she was dead.
"Hermione." Ron said in horror. (A/N think of Ron's face when he saw Hermione was petrified in HP movie 2 that's what it looked like.)
He bent down to check for a pulse. He was relieved when he found it.
Then without hesitation he apparated Hermione and himself to St Mungos. Before he went he picked the empty vial that was lying in an upright position on the couch.
"I need a nurse." Ron said holding Hermione in his arms, as soon as they arrived at St Mugos.
Cara the nurse that knew Hermione from work recognized her and went over to help.
"What happened?" Cara asked her eyes wide.
"She was hit with some spell." Ron tried to explain.
"Follow me." Cara led Ron to a hospital room on the eighth floor.
He set Hermione on the bed and walked over to Cara.
She asked questions about what happened and Ron answered and as best he could.
"They made her drink this." Ron gave Cara the vial.
I'll take this to get checked out and be back to check your wife. I'll let you know if I find out anything." She told him.
"Before you go do you know how Ginny Potter is doing? She's my sister." Ron asked worry on his face.
"Yes, I do. She's stable but still unconscious. If you wish to see her she's in room 113 on this floor." She explained.
"Thank you." Ron said.
Ron waited by Hermione's bedside until the nurse came back.
She started to do tests and spells and everything. Then after a few moments she told Ron what was wrong.
"Your wife's going to be fine. She's stable but it well be hours before she regains consciousness." She told him.
"Thank you very much." Ron said happily.
"I still haven't heard anything yet on the vial, so I'll be back when I hear something or if Hermione regains consciousness." She called back as she left.
Ron toke Hermione's hand and sat by her bedside waiting.
"Wake up Hermione." Ron whispered to her then kissed hand.
Hours went by but still no word about the vial and still Hermione slept.
After about two hours Ron felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see Harry.
"Hey, how is she?" Harry asked with concern.
"The nurse said she'll be fine but it would be hours before she wakes up." Ron told him.
"How long have you been here?" Harry asked
"About 3 hours." Ron said.
"How's the baby?" Harry asked afraid to know the answer.
"I don't know yet." Ron said "There still doing tests on the vial."
"How Ginny's baby?" Ron asked.
"Babies." Harry corrected.
"What do you mean babies?" Ron asked.
"Well the nurse did some tests to see if they were okay. Then she came back she told me they were both babies were doing fine." Harry explained "Ginny's having twin girls."
"That's great." Ron said with a smile on his face but then it disappeared.
"Ron what's up?" Harry asked with concern.
"What if Hermione lost our baby." Ron said sadly.
"Well you could always try again." He said.
"I know but what if the potion made so that she can't have any children." Ron went on.
"Well you could always adopt." Harry said "Beside even if Hermione did lose this baby and wasn't able to give you another would you love her any less?"
"Of course not. I love Hermione baby or no baby." Ron told him. "I'm just saying because Hermione wants to have a somewhat large family since she was an only child."
Harry and talked for a little bit longer and Harry went back to Ginny's room.
It was two in the morning when Hermione started to stir.
"Hermione." Ron gasped excitedly.
Hermione slowly opened her eyes and tried to focus on him. "Ron?"
"Yeah?" Ron said.
"I thought you were dead." She said.
"No, Malfoy is." He answered. Then he lends over and kissed the top of her head.
"How's the baby?" She asked.
"I don't know." Ron told her "They haven't told me anything yet."
"How's Ginny?" She asked.
"She's fine." He told her.
Cara the nurse walked in with an expressionless face.
"Well." She said "You and the baby are both fine and healthy."
"Are you serious?" asked Ron surprised.
"Yes. You can go home in the morning." She said.
"But how?" Hermione asked.
"Well for the potion to work you had to drink every last drop. There was still a drop in the vial so it didn't do anything." Cara explained.
"That's great. Thank you." Hermione squealed.
"Well get some rest." Cara said before leaving the room.
The two fell asleep a few minutes later in one another's arms.
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The next morning Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry all left St Mungos happy that everyone was alive and well.
A/N I'll have the epilogue up as soon as I can. Till then Merry Christmas. Please R&R.