A/N: Sorry its been so long. School has been a killer pain and I got really sick so I couldn't concentrate enough to write. Thanks for sticking with me.
Warnings: Blood. Slightly graphic.
Mrs. Patterson:
"Come along, come along," Dumbledore led Elizabeth and Snape through the bland white corridors of St. Mungo's. Elizabeth was thankful she was following someone or she would have been lost ages ago in the labyrinth of the hospital. Finally the headmaster slowed to a stop outside a plain white door and knocked.
A man who looked to be in his 30s with shoulder length dirty-blonde hair quickly opened the door and smiled before ushering the three into a small but quaint office, "ah Dumbledore, what a delight to see you again. And Severus too, this is a surprise. And who would this young lady be?"
"This is Ms. Elizabeth Moon and she is a new student at Hogwarts," Albus beamed and Snape simply sniffed in distaste. "She has created a potion from scratch for the Cruitus Curse (t)."
"Indeed? Well, how can you be sure if she has just started at Hogwarts?" the man looked at Elizabeth quickly and then locked his eyes on the headmaster.
"That is why we are here, we were wondering if we could test it on someone," Albus pulled out a vial of the silver-type potion and handed it to the healer.
"We would have to ask permission of someone already under the curse, we had four more come in today with it, they won't last long either way, follow me," the healer pocketed the potion and stood up from his desk, leading the three out into the hallway.
They moved quietly along the corridors to a small section near one corner of the hospital. The healer moved into the room but Dumbledore held out a hand to stop Elizabeth, "this may be very disturbing Ms. Moon and we will understand if you wish to wait outside."
Elizabeth breathed deeply for a moment and then looked up into the blue eyes of Albus Dumbledore, "I'll be ok."
"Very well then, but feel free to leave at any time," the old man had a grave expression on his face and then pushed the door open for himself and the two behind him, Snape staying quiet during the entire time.
Red filled Elizabeth's vision as she entered the small room; she almost turned around and fled back into the safe and plain white corridor but held herself together as she shakily moved to the end of a blood soaked bed. A witch in her 40s was shaking continuously as blood spilled from her nose and mouth. 'So much blood,' Elizabeth nearly threw up where she stood but simply grasped the nearest thing to support herself.
"What are you doing?" Snape began to ask as he felt the girl's weight latch onto his sleeve but stopped when he saw the girl swaying and turning very pale. He simply held her up, slightly disgusted with himself for doing so.
"Now Mrs. Patterson, concentrate on my voice. There has been a potion created that may help you through this. It hasn't been tested and may not work. Can we administer it to you anyways? Mrs. Patterson, just simply nod your head or shake it, can we use a new potion on you to try and help you?" the healer spoke slowly and strongly so the lady could hear above her coughs that caused great amounts of blood to spill from her mouth.
She nodded her head ever so slowly in the positive and then let out a cry as a large clot of blood was choked up and left her body. Elizabeth's grip on her professor's sleeve grew greatly and she turned her head away until the lady was once more calm, her view blocked by Snape's arm.
The healer quickly uncorked the potion and forced it down the lady's throat, his hands and arms becoming bloody as he held her down. A silvery light surrounded her and she stopped shaking and a bit of colour returned to her face. This continued and the blood flow finally ceased altogether. The lady in the bed blinked numerously and looked around, "where am I?"
"You are in St. Mungo's, how are you feeling?" the healer looked at her with shock and surprise.
"Quite well actually, I have a slight headache but after that curse it is a welcome thing," she smiled at everyone in the room and then looked back to the healer, "I thought there was no cure for the curse."
"You have Ms. Moon here to thank for your life," the healer motioned a hand to the girl covering her face with the potion master's large robe sleeve. She quietly peeked her head around Snape's arm and when she saw that no more blood was leaving the lady's body, she slowly righted herself with a little help from both teachers at Hogwarts and smiled weakly.
"Dear child I thank you, but I must know, how did you do it? So many before you of greatest skill and education have tried and failed at what you have accomplished," the lady smiled lightly at her and Elizabeth blushed.
"I had extra time in potions class and I wasn't interested in any potions the textbook had so I just followed my instincts and the potion just kind of created itself," Elizabeth laughed nervously.
"You are a student at Hogwarts?" she asking in great surprise.
"Yes, my first week and I love it already," Elizabeth smiled and then remembered something. She quickly pulled her notes from her pocket and handed it to Dumbledore, "here are the steps to making it."
"We should administer these others to the rest here and then make more potions," the healer picked up the other vials and Dumbledore nodded. "Mrs. Patterson, someone will be in to help you get tidied up and although you are better, you should stay here for a while we do some testing."
Mrs. Patterson wasn't paying attention, instead she was looking at Elizabeth with great shock in her expression, "Severus, don't waste her skills, there are many other things yet uncured and don't be stubborn about it," she looked at the potion master sternly and he nodded. "Thank you again Elizabeth, I hope to see you again some day for I owe you my life."
"Your welcome Mrs. Patterson but no debts are needed, I'm just happy one less person will die in the hands of Voldemort because of my boredom," the supposed muggle smiled.
"Oh many will be saved, more than you will ever know. Keep good care of her you hear?" she looked at Albus and Snape and they smiled in a silent response.
Elizabeth began walking but was still slightly queasy and had to let her potion's professor lead her into the corridor and down towards one of the many fireplaces in the lobby. Dumbledore and the healer had gone to other rooms in the ward to give the rest of the potions she had made. She felt stupid at holding onto her Professor's arm the way she was so she let go but began to sway once more.
Snape grabbed her arm and put her hand back on his arm, "supporting you is one thing, but I refuse to pick you off the ground because you are too stubborn to accept help so just hold on, we're almost back anyways."
"Where do you know that lady from?" Elizabeth asked out of the blue as the main lobby expanded out in front of the two.
"We knew each other at Hogwarts, we were somewhat good friends," Snape grabbed some Floo powder and called out 'Hogwarts, the Hospital Wing' and they were gone in a burst of green flames, reappearing moments later in the hospital wing. "Please get this girl a Calming Draught (t) and a Scintillation Solution (t)," Snape helped Elizabeth to a bed and then departed quickly.
"Hello again Ms. Moon, has young Mr. Potter told you that you will be catching his number of visits to the hospital wing soon?" the head nurse smiled as she handed the girl the two potions. Immediately she felt better and able to support her own weight and left to her room.
She was happy that she didn't meet anyone in the hallways on her way back to her room even though she was feeling much better. In her room she looked around and muttered a quick spell to light her fireplace before grabbing her homework and sitting at her desk in front of the large glass windows.
She spelled them open to let in the refreshing breeze seeing as it was unusually warm that day and listened to the birdcalls from outside as she worked on her small amount of homework.
Just as she finished the last of her homework, the sound of shouting floated through the open windows and she got up and looked out. In the weird sport pitch she had seen the other day where people flying around… "Flying!" she exclaimed and hopped up on the table and sat in the windowsill, watching with keen interest.
She saw quite a few people zipping around with more people on the ground, all in Gryffindor colours. Unable to contain herself she grabbed a scarf from her room and then casting a strong levitating charm, lowering herself multiple stories to the grass below and then rushing off to the pitch.
(t) Cruitus Curse – I completely made this spell up.
(t) Calming Draught – Calms emotional turmoil.
(t) Scintillation Solution – Effects unknown, but I looked up 'scintillation' and its like letting off sparks and stuff so I'm using it as a pick-me-up potion.
All curses, draughts, etc that I list on these chapters are J.K's creation unless I specifically say otherwise. I'm using a website with HP info for these too just so you know.
A/N: Again I apologize firstly for taking so long to update and second for the update being so short. I could have made one big one but I thought I'd break it up into two. So anyways, I hope I didn't make anyone sick or anything with the blood. It was kinda graphic but not overly so. Anyways, review and I'll get a new update going as soon as possible.