The Truth Of A Certain Black Family Member

Chatper 5- Heading Up and Madame Promfrey

By: The Gryffindor Drummer

Disclaimer: I don't own it, just the plot

Recap of chapter 4:

Sirius nodded his head, not stopping to find the first-aid kit. Once he did, he rushed up the stairs, with Dumbledore close behind him. Molly started to give people jobs to do to keep them out of the way.

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Walking up the stairs to the room that Harry and Hermione were in, Sirius' mind began to wonder to what he would like to do to the Grangers for what they did to Hermione.

"I want them to pay for what they did to her!" he thought. "I swear if I was allowed to go over there right now, I would rip their hearts out with a spoon. That is, if they ever even had a heart! Those sick sons of bitches! Oh how I would love to jinx them so bad that they would never be able to touch another person, let alone look at one. Hey, that gives me an idea...NO, bad Sirius! Stay focused Padfoot...maybe I could role them up in a carpet and drop them off of a bridge...not to muggle mafia styled I guess...Nah, I think I'll stick to the spoon theory; much more fun!"

Dumbledore noticed the sour look on Sirius' face, so he laid his hand gently on his shoulder and said," Sirius, it will not do to dwell on the thoughts of hunting down the Grangers and jinxing them. Instead, I would like you to help me find Hermione's real parents; at least in an attempt to fix some of the damage that has been down. I'm sure it would mean a lot more to Hermione. Or would you like me to get some more of those delicious muggle lemon drops?"

Quick as Dumbledore asked Sirius, he immediately replied," YES." And he may have said it a little too loud, because Harry stuck his head out of the doorway and motioned for him to shut-up.

"Keep your voices down will you," Harry said softly when Dumbledore and Sirius came into the room. He motioned to where Hermione was asleep on the bed. She had just gotten to sleep.

"How is she holding up Harry?" Dumbledore asked, looking at Hermione. The usual twinkle in his eyes began to slowly fade away. Harry frowned slightly and sighed.

"Well, we were talking and she told me all that had happened to her this time, before she cried herself to sleep a few minutes ago..." Harry said, before trailing off. He looked at Hermione with a saddened look upon his face. He hated seeing her like this.

For a few moments, no one said anything. They just watched as Hermione slept on. Professor Dumbledore broke the silence that had passed over them though. He turned to Harry.

"Madame Promfrey will be arriving in a few moments to heal Hermione up," he said, but he fell quiet. The silence took hold again. Harry sat down on the edge of the bed and held one of Hermione's hands in his and gently rubbed his thumb on the top of her knuckles.

Downstairs in the kitchen, the fireplace roared with giant green flames. Professors McGonagall and Snape stepped out, closely followed by Madame Promfrey. She was carrying a big bag of supplies, healing potions and the like.

"I told you Severus that she would be in the Room of Requirement! Why of all the places would she be stealing your potion ingredients? She gets all her potions directly from you!" McGonagall raged. Many strange looks were pointed towards her.

"Well, you never know with her. She is a healer after all, and everyone knows that a school nurse takes things from all over the place!" Snape argued back, not noticing the cold look Madame Promfrey shot him behind his back.

"What an outrageous thing to say," McGonagall said as they passed through the kitchen. She and Severus argued until Promfrey interrupted with the more important information that was at hand.

"Where is Miss. Granger?" she asked. She shot Snape a death glare before adopting the serious, no games attitude she used for her patients. Worry and determination crossed her facial features.

"Upstairs, third-floor, fifth room to the right," Alastor replied, before turning back to the paper he had previously been writing on. Everyone suspiciously thought that it was a secret love letter to Professor Trelawney.

Promfrey swept out of the kitchen, and up the stairs. Once she reached the correct room, she could hear soft voices talking. She opened the door and saw Harry sitting on the side of the bed, brushing a stray lock of Hermione's rich, chocolate brown hair off of her face. Sirius and Dumbledore were standing near the door.

Clearing her throat, she was able to get the attention of Dumbledore and Sirius. Harry made a small gesture to show that he knew she was there. Upon seeing this, Dumbledore announced that they would be leaving the room to talk to her for a few minutes, giving Harry a few more minutes time with Hermione, before he had to leave the room so Promfrey could heal Hermione.

They closed the door as they left the room to go and talk to Madame Promfrey about what they had been told by Harry, so she could give Hermione the best possible treatment to her ability.

"Thank you for coming Poppy, for although it is cutting into your holidays, but I think Hermione would trust you more than St. Mungo's healers. That and I don't think Harry would let them near her," Dumbledore said, his eyes gleaming at the last part of his sentence.

"Nonsense Albus! She is a Hogwarts student, and I am willing to help any of the students in any way that I can!" Poppy replied. "It is probably a good thing that I am the one to heal Hermione, since St. Mungos is still over flowing with those from the war...and that place has too much pastel green," she added as an afterthought.

Walking back into the room, she smiled at Harry who was packing up all the mess that he and Hermione had made with the food. Once he grabbed everything, he turned around to face Poppy.

"I thought that you would be able to work more effectively if there wasn't a mess everywhere. I'll just wait outside until you have finished healing her. Thanks for doing this, I really appreciate it." he said. With that, Harry walked out of the room to wait with Sirius and Dumbledore.

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